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Well said Fair... Ba Dorood

Well said Fair... Ba Dorood va Sepaas... ONLY A FREE IRAN!

What an idiot this Khamenei

What an idiot this Khamenei is... :-) By showing an abvious OPPOSING view and anouncement he has once again seriously jeopardized his own weak position by yet again showing signs of fear!!!

Fear of TRUTH and GOOD which proves he himself is a LIE and EVIL... Good job EVIL Khamenei, digging your own grave, slowly but surely...Please feel free to take "Antari" and the rest of your followers as well! Looking very much forward to that... :-)

Aazaad va Peerooz Baad Iran bar Ahreemanaan.

Abarmard- Plan B?

First you say it must be a lie.  Then when it is clear that it is not a lie, you go after the messenger for their motives.

So now it is BBC's fault for reporting the truth that you could not believe?  

And of course, no problem with Khamenei himself, for making such an anti Iranian statement?

Which country are you from Abarmard?  I know which country Khamenei is NOT from.

-Fair

whatever

I suppose BBC Persian service should only cover news regarding new year in Chad, New Guinea and Lichtenstein.

I didn't mention because I know Israel is already covered by many benevolent! 

I am glad that BBC is so concern about Iranian new year

When some one claims that a media is based on propaganda, it doesn't mean that those medias are telling lies. For example Press TV is telling the truth when reporting about the Palestinians, or BBC is correct when reporting about the Israelis. They just focus on the side of the news that they want to represent and for us to form opinions. They are not balanced. 

Islam has not basis

therefore to justify its existence they have to attack cultural values, so they can conjur up reasons for forcing Arabic vices down our throats.  No worries though, this regime and its dark aged thought process is on its way out.

چه خوب

Regularity of coexistence

Then I simply offer my apology.

Reply: Regularity of mind

Please
read your favorite text in a language you speak, even if it is a base
and vulgar vocabulary your mind demands and perhaps you may realize
the religions are all mythical and fictional. My point of
commenting on Khamenei is that the whole business of religion would be null and
non existent without superstition and lies.

Regularity of mind

A simple correlation between your name, and your avatar of a clinched fist, shows you are suffering from logical constipation. Superstition did not start with Islam, and will not end there.

The "calf" alludes to Jewish betrayal, and what they did to Moses. Their own prophet.

KORANIC SUPERSTITIONS: HOLY COW

Before Khamenei expresses opinion about Persian traditions he needs to explain superstition exposed practically within every Surah in Koran. Have you read the the second Surah? It is called Baqarah (Cow) it focuses around a cow that needs to be killed and its flesh used to smash against a murdered man's corpse which will bring the man to life again, and the cow cannot be a calf and cannot be old and must be a virgin. I suppose from this same Judeo Christian story which writers of Koran plagiarized, comes the expression "Holy Cow"

Down with Superstitious Islamic Republic of Iran and Sepah Pasdaran (IRGC)         Long live free Iran

Oops Abarmard

You failed to erase the news from that site completely. Forgot the cache?!

I don't think IRI wanted it to be the news. Abarmard is right in that sense. But it's out and I, along divaneh, thank him for that! 

Please Thank Khamenei

His enmity with Iranian culture will cause more unrest and will speed up the IRI end. I cannot believe how he has just lit another fire and forced people into another battle with his basij thugs.

And lets thank the wise Akhonds who tell us Chaharshanbeh Souri has no rational basis. What has rational basis is of course praying to a hole in the ground and throwing money in the well to get favour from the 1400 years old saint. As rational is throwing money in the graves of long dead Arabs and asking for help. Transferring $5 billion of our wealth to Saudi Arabia every year for throwing a few stones at the devil of course is the height of rational behaviour. Pity that Akhond knows no shame.

The TOP Anti Iran Cheerleader is Khamenei

And he proved it by this anti Iranian Fatwa with his Fat Mouth.

Charshambeh Souri is one of the oldest Iranian traditions and only anti Iranian traitor would do as he did.

You know who else tried this?  Saddam Hussein of Iraq.

-Fair

What's the hurry?!

So interesting that this is reported from the government site TODAY, and you are responding right away and TODAY, as if you are editing the government site! but I'm totally sold. BBC is based on lies and propaganda. The only unbiased truth is coming from IRI.

And I'm not surprised if it was removed from the site (by you?!) as bad politics. They don't want to confront Iranian people in this conjuncture. The Shi'a rules against Iranian rituals are as entrenched in this religion as it is the 'good politics' in enforcing the religious rules.

Impatient lately aren't you?!

Ruling Arabs against Iranian culture

Thanks Shifteh,

Here is a confirmation from AFP, after zahaak's decleration

//www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM...

Khamenei tells Iranians to shun fire festival

TEHRAN — Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday
urged Iranians to shun next week's Persian fire festival as an
un-Islamic event which causes "a lot of harm."

Seven people have already been reported killed in the runup to the festival, ISNA news agency said, quoting a police chief.

Charshanbe
Soori, an ancient pagan festival, is held on the eve of the last
Wednesday of the Persian calendar year. This year, the ritual falls on
the night of March 16.

Khamenei, Iran's all-powerful cleric, said
on his website that Charshanbe Soori has "no basis in sharia (Islamic
religious law) and creates a lot of harm and corruption, (which is why)
it is appropriate to avoid it."

The festival is a prelude to Nowrouz, the Persian New Year which starts on March 21 and marks the arrival of spring.

In
the past few years, local municipalities have helped Iranians organise
the festival but it is unclear whether they will do so this year in the
wake of Khamenei's remarks.

Iranians celebrate the fire festival
by lighting bonfires in public places on the night before the last
Wednesday and leaping over the flames shouting "Sorkhiye to az man,
Zardiye man az to (Give me your redness and I will give you my
paleness)."

Leaping over the flames symbolises the wish for happiness in the new year and an end to the sufferings of the past year.

Several
casualties are reported from the event every year and many participants
suffer burn wounds, including from accidents with firecrackers linked
to the event, as they start marking the festivals days in advance.

Iran's
deputy police chief Ahmad Reza Radan said that "so far seven people
have been reported killed" while making or lighting firecrackers, ISNA
reported, adding that most firecrackers are smuggled into Iran.

Some
clerics see the ritual as heretical fire worshipping, although it has
been marked in Iran for centuries and, like the Persian New Year itself
and some other ancient rituals, has survived the advent of Islam.

Perceptions are that supporters of Iranian opposition leaders could use the ritual this year to stage anti-government protests.

Main
opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, however, has urged his
supporters not to use the event for anti-government rallies and not to
provoke hardliners during Charshanbe Soori.

Abarmard

Hi.  Here's where they got it from the official website of Iranian government:

//www.dolat.ir/Nsite/FullStory/?Id=187804

جمهوری اسلامی ایران - پایگاه اطلاع رسانی دولت

تاریخ انتشار :23/12/1388   -   10:32:0
نظر رهبر انقلاب درباره چهارشنبه آخر سال

علاوه بر آنکه هیچ مبناى شرعى ندارد، مستلزم ضرر و
فساد زیادى است که مناسب است از آنها اجتناب شود

مراد از غل و زنجیر، آداب و رسوم جاهلی است که هیچ اثری در اخلاقیات و زندگی انسان ندارد 

حضرت آیت الله خامنه ای، رهبر معظم انقلاب به سوالات مردم
درباره مراسم چهارشنبه آخر سال پاسخ دادند.

به گزارش پایگاه اطلاع رسانی دولت، این استفتاء که در پایگاه اطلاع رسانی دفتر مقام معظم رهبری منتشر شده، به شرح ذیل است:
سوال: نظر جنابعالى درباره چهارشنبه سورى چیست؟

جواب) علاوه بر آنکه هیچ مبناى شرعى ندارد، مستلزم ضرر و فساد زیادى است که مناسب است از آنها اجتناب شود.
علاوه بر استفتاء رهبر معظم انقلاب، از دفتر برخی مراجع عظام تقیلد نیز در این زمینه سوال شد که پاسخ دادند: مراسم چهارشنبه آخر سال، علاوه بر اینکه مبنای شرعی ندارد، نوعی آتش پرستی است و خواندن اشعاری مانند " زردی من از تو و سرخی تو از من" مصداق حاجت خواستن از آتش است.
آیت‌ الله جعفر سبحانی از مراجع عظام تقلید نیز مراسم چهارشنبه آخر سال را نوعی خرافه و اعمال آن را خلاف شرع و عقل دانست.

وی اظهار داشت: قرآن مجید می‌فرماید یکی از اهداف بعثت پیامبر این است، غل و زنجیری که بر افکار مردم بسته شده بود را باز کند.

وی اضافه کرد: مراد از غل و زنجیر، آداب و رسوم جاهلی است که هیچ اثری در اخلاقیات و زندگی انسان ندارد. از این رو، پیامبر اسلام تمام رسوم جاهلیت را که به ضرر انسان بود، لغو کرد.

آیت الله سبحانی، مراسم چهارشنبه آخر سال را یکی از این رسوم غلط برشمرد و افزود: مراسم آخرین چهارشنبه سال، به نحوی که در ایران رسم شده، جهل است و ضررهای آن برای همه مشهود است.

این مرجع تقلید خاطر نشان کرد: متاسفانه به خاطر همین رسوم غلط، جوانان زیادی زخمی و کشته می‌شوند و پدران و مادران آنها در سوگ آنها می‌نشینند.

آیت‌الله سبحانی با بیان اینکه عقل و شرع به هیچوجه این آداب غلط را نمی‌پسندد، تصریح کرد: همه انبیا و اولیای الهی آمدند تا با خرافات مبارزه کنند و مراسم چهارشنبه آخر سال هم نوعی خرافه است.

وی با اشاره به برخی اعمالی که در چهارشنبه سوری انجام می‌شود، گفت: پریدن از روی آتش و گفتن برخی جملات به هیچوجه درست نیست.

این مرجع تقلید از مردم خواست مراقب اعمالشان باشند و در چهارشنبه آخر سال سال، دچار مسایل خلاف شرع و عقل نشوند.

حجت الاسلام و المسلمین " سید هاشم حسینی بوشهری"، عضو جامعه مدرسین حوزه علمیه قم نیز با تاکید بر اینکه جوانان و مردم باید تنها دنبال مسایلی باشند که در دین اسلام و مکتب اهل بیت(ع) بر آنها تاکید شده است، گفت: برنامه چهارشنبه آخر سال، هیچ مبنای عقلی و دینی ندارد.

وی با بیان اینکه نباید مسایل اصلی را رها کنیم و دنبال خرافات برویم، اظهار داشت: برنامه چهارشنبه آخر سال برای جوانان و جامعه تبعاتی دارد و باعث ناهنجاری های اجتماعی خواهد شد.

این عضو مجلس خبرگان رهبری از نسل جوان و مردم خواست در برنامه هایی که از طرف بزرگان، مورد نهی و سرزنش قرار گرفته است، شرکت نکنند.

حجت الاسلام والمسلمین"محمود رجبی"، عضو دیگر جامعه مدرسین حوزه علمیه قم نیز گفت: برنامه آخرین چهارشنبه سال، یک سنت غلط و خرافی است که با منطق اسلام، شرع مقدس و هیچ استدلال و برهان عقلی سازگاری ندارد.

وی اظهار داشت: در هیچ تحقیقی ثابت نشده است که چهارشنبه سوری باعث خوشبختی کسی می شود.
وی خاطرنشان کرد: این روز در سال های اخیر، منشاء آسیب رسانی به برخی از افراد جامعه شده است که به خاطر عوارض آن باید برداشته شود.

عضو جامعه مدرسین حوزه علمیه قم گفت: بیماران قلبی فراوانی در جامعه داریم و گاهی یک انفجار موجب می شود کسی جان خود را از دست بدهد.

وی افزود: این مساله فی النفسه، اثر منفی و زیانبار دارد و باید با کسانی که باعث سلب آسایش مردم می شوند برخورد شود.

رجبی یادآورشد: جوانان باید دنبال منطق و استدلال بروند و بزرگان ما بارها اعلام کرده اند که مراسم چهارشنبه آخر سال از نظر شرعی و عقلی مردود است.

BBC news?

I am doubting the truth about this report, which no one in Iran has heard of!

This is the Khamenei site: //farsi.khamenei.ir/

This is dolat site

//www.dolat.ir 

Now my question is that if this was a fatwa from the "MOST POWERFUL MAN IN IRANIAN" government, wouldn't this be all over the Iranian papers and news? 

Either you are dumb or they think you are dumb. BBC is based on lies and propaganda. Don't take it too seriously. 

Find me the related report and prove to me that BBC is telling the truth. It's that easy.