Iran rejects idea of U.S. NGO presence: media
REUTERS
22-Oct-2008 (3 comments)

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran will refuse any request by U.S.-based non-governmental organization American-Iranian Council (AIC) to open an office in the Islamic Republic, the interior minister said in comments published on Wednesday.

In a rare move, the United States this month said the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control had granted permission to New Jersey-based AIC to operate in Iran.

A U.S. official said the decision to allow the NGO to go to Iran was "carefully reviewed" within the U.S. government, which cut ties with Iran after its 1979 Islamic revolution and is now embroiled in a standoff with Tehran over its nuclear program.

But Iranian Interior Minister Ali Kordan, an ally of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, made clear in comments carried by Iranian media that his ministry would not give its approval.

"If such a request is handed over the Interior Ministry, because of the country's interest ... will not issue permission," Kordan was quoted as saying by the Kayhan daily.

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Re: Practising double standards or something else? (a response)

by Baba on Fri Oct 24, 2008 05:36 PM PDT

 Baba will try to give short responses to your "deep" questions. I hope they satisfy you!

You ask:

> How come Sunni Palestinainas who sided with Saddam Hussein in >Iraq's eight-year old war with Iran are defenseless and need full >support, both financially and logistically from Iran's mullahs

My response:

Because they can be used as pawns in the international politics. 

 You ask:

>yet Sunni Baluchis and Kurds who are Iranian citizens must be >hanged, imprisoned, or eliminated?!!

My response:

No one without criminal deed is hanged in Iran. In any country criminals pay the price in some way (prison, hanging, electric chair, poison, etc.)

You ask:

>How come Russians are not considered terrorists by mullah regime >and its lackeys when they invade Georgia or when they slauaghter >MUSLIM Chehchens? What is the difference and how is this >differnce explained in mullahs' vocabulary?

My response:

We are not talking about Russian dialogue here, although that would be an interesting discussion. We are talking US dialogue.

 


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Practising double standards or something else?

by Inquiring minds (not verified) on Fri Oct 24, 2008 06:15 AM PDT

How come Sunni Palestinainas who sided with Saddam Hussein in Iraq's eight-year old war with Iran are defenseless and need full support, both financially and logistically from Iran's mullahs yet Sunni Baluchis and Kurds who are Iranian citizens must be hanged, imprisoned, or eliminated?!!

How come Russians are not considered terrorists by mullah regime and its lackeys when they invade Georgia or when they slauaghter MUSLIM Chehchens?

What is the difference and how is this differnce explained in mullahs' vocabulary?


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Baba

Dialogue with Terrorists?

by Baba on Fri Oct 24, 2008 05:27 AM PDT

US government leads the gang of terror in the Middle-East (e.g.,  arming Zio-Nazis against defenseless Palestinians, etc.). Why have a dialogue with it?

 


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