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  Forget about AN and

  Forget about AN and Obama. My concern is about the loss of almost 500,000 Iranians in the Iran-Iraq war. It is a fact that both  Americans and Europeans (including Arab countries) were helping Saddam. It is also a fact that chemical weapons were provided to Iraqis by the west. The media in this country did not mention a word about that. But the loss of 3000 Americans in the 9/11 is a big deal and must be mentioned over and over again. Don't take me wrong, I am against loss of life in general, but the media is biased and it bugs me a lot. Having said that, the question of 9/11 raised by AN is valid one.

If your truly are concerned about the loss of 500,000 Iranian's you would stop falsely blaming the USA for it and investigate factual History.

First realization you need is to consider is the Of course the Media is biased for the West and the Middle Eastern media is biased for the Middle East.
The Second is the time period you are refering to without considering details like the Ayatollah A$$hollah had just risen to power and taken American hostages and declared America as a enemy.
Thirdly,Saddam Hussein was fairly new also and Iraq's relationship with the United States at that time was similiar to the one today with Saudi Arabia.
And Forth the 'Western perspective' ..To the Western people,The Iran/Iraq was a war on the other side of the world in the 1980's.There wasn't much news on it at all and I will tell you why. Because noone gave a sh###....But I keep hearing how the West helped Iraq so much,really? So then you must believe that Iran defeated not only Iraq,but also the West..Have a Good laugh..

It is unfortunate that

It is unfortunate that Obama doesn't have the freedom to hold a live debate with Ahmadinejad. 

Ahmadinejad asked, why is it that US keeps helping the Zionist regime and the answer he got was that, a lot of Jews live in US.  Well, so do many from other religions.  Ahmadinejad wanted to cross his point.  that US government is being ran by the Zionists, that the reason US is willing to help a Zionist regime to commit genocide is perhaps because they share the same background. That is why he pointed to the slaughtering of American Indians but didn't get into details. He will probably speak of that and other crimes by Americans in detail in other interviews.  

I wonder why US didn't make peace with Iran during Rafsanjani and Mousavi and Khatami's presidency, if they were such peace loving individuals.  US defending Mousavi and a few others has nothing to do with them being humanitarian or democratic. It has to do with creating more division among Iranians.

If Obama is such a peace loving man, he should stop their own war machines that are killing thousands of civilians.  It is mind boggling that how they speak of peace but start wars. Obama himself almost started a war with Pakistan and expanded the war in Afghanistan.   

US has been trying to bring more countries on board by bribing and force, but that will not change a thing.  As Ahmadinejad said, Iran have done better since have been sanctioned.  That has made Iran more independent.  Sanctions might create some difficulties in short term, but in long term, they will make Iran more independent and much stronger.

AHAMDINEJAD

This interview proves yet one more time that Ahmadinejad has become a liability for the Iranian people and the interest of Iran.

He became president with Khameneiies insistance and both guys don`t understand what "being responssible" means. Khameneii doesnot have academic education and Ahmadinejad has proved that he just carries the Diploma and doesn`t really understand how to act or talk like an academic and to protect Iran`s interests.

Obama, refered to Ahmadinejad`s statements a few times and reasoned bsaed on those statements as proof for being tough on Iran and Iranian people. It is hard for me to phathom those that actually support Ahmadinejad because he returns the "ball" in the US`s court once in a while but can`t see the damage he actually is doing to Iranian cause. The statements he makes are not diplomatic nor have anything to do with him. Things like holocaust that belongs to history and has nothing to do with current events.

Ahmadinejad is not smart, he is not responssible and he talks like a big mouth. Somehow reminds me of Saddam Husein just before the US took him out.

Obama's timing of "eventually" going direct to Iranians may be

the best he could do. During the past year's turmoil, we of the Great Satan were repeatedly warned that anything that looked like Western support for the human rights movement in Iran would de-legitimize, and destroy that movement.It's a strange,strange world.Obama did make a nice statement noteing Montazeri's passing.I doubt I-com has any visitors that like Obama less than I do,but I think he's handling the Iran/IRI portfolio OK.

A personal aside ; I do encourage disappointed O-Bomiacs to diss Obama at every opportunity,BUT please don't describe the "O" as

"Bush-Lite ", he's "Bush-less" 

Thank You President Obama

Thank You President Obama

President Obama’s policies towards the fundamentalist terrorist regime is gradually getting better. Still President Obama asks why the fundamentalist regime is not behaving with decency!!!!

Paraphrasing President Franklin D. Roosevelt – who said no matter how much you pet a tiger, he is not going to act like a house cat referring to the policies of appeasement of Hitler – no matter how much you pet a snake, he is not going to behave like a horse.

To expect an extremist, violent, fascistic regime to behave "responsibly," or act with "basic humanity," or "common decency," "decently" is like expecting a cobra snake to behave like a horse.

It is naive to expect extremist, fanatic, violent groups such as the KKK, Nazis, fundamentalist regime ruling Iran, al Qaeda, or Taliban to behave "responsibly," or have "basic humanity," or "common decency."

I hope to see President Obama stop his naive expectations. I hope to see President Obama stand with the Iranian people in our demand for regime change: the replacement of the fundamentalist regime with a democratic secular republic, or as our people say in Iran "Esteghlal, Azadi, Jomhuri Iran."

Masoud

Diplomatic gestures, to get the iranian population

Ready for the attacks that will be forthcoming.  Iran knows it, the US knows it and Isreal knows it.  The world at large knows it too, that to combat terrorism and Islamic Fundementalism, our only salvation is to remove the Islamic Rapist Republic by force and end the quarrel in Saudi Arabia.

It wouldn't serve their

It wouldn't serve their interest to speak about NPT and international law.  They don't believe in the content and truth. They just like to use the word international law and international community hundred times in each speech thinking by repeating that they will become the guardian of the international law and community while they themselves are found guilty by one for breaking the other. Most people are in such a mess that they are not interested in knowing what the hell the government is doing as long as they get their small share of the blood money. 

What did he say that is new?

What did he say that is NEW?

Why the BBC reporter did NOT ask him about Alger Accord which the USA has violated ALL international agreements with Iran?  The USA has blackmailed countries such as S. Korea to go against Iran. 

Obama is talking from both sides of his mouth . . .  NPT?!  LOL.  Only for Iran not Israel.  LOL.

Waste of 24 minutes of my time.

so talk to BBC persian if you want to address Iranian nation!

This is how untrustworthy the islamist regime and all it's media outlets have become in the eyes of Iranians. I believe this was exactly the case before the shah's downfall...

We all had our doubts about

We all had our doubts about Obama.  He speaks of freedom in America while he is under constant threats form every Zionist and neocon group.  He is defending a Zionist regime and the same people are calling him Hitler.  He said, republicans think people have gotten amnesia and don't remember what Bush did.  He doesn't realized that he himself seems to have gotten amnesia and don't remember what they themselves have done to Iran and many other countries around the world and continue to do. He expects people just forget.  He seems to have gotten the same virus, thinking they are always right and are always the good guys and others are to blame.

What Obama needs is some of Dr. Norman Finkelstein's courage and integrity,   

SP

I guess we have one thing in common. We both voted for Obama and are disappointed. However the Iran issue is IRI's fault for most part. If they had let Mousavi take office Obama was all ready to roll over.  In fact that was Obama's whole policy. But that did not happen. So the NeoCons got the upper hand.

Remember USA is a very divided nation with a powerful right wing. They are ready to jump on Obama. He is *forced* to bend over for them. He has no choice or they will chase him out of office. The ball was in IRI court and they dropped it. Now we all pay for it. My own hopes for setting up business in Iran were dashed so I ain't too happy.

Bfar

Y'know, I didn't vote for Ahmadinejad. That said, I don't think everything he says it completely out of line, particularly in reference to the Palestinian issue and the nuclear issue. But I have to say, he's not very diplomatic in the way he goes about it!

And then there's Obama, perpetuating the lie that Ahmadinejad stated "Iran wants to wipe Israel off the map." 

For those of us on the sideline, hoping for rapprochement, both sides are to blame for this nonsense. And I have to say, I blame the American side a lot more than the Iranian, given that Obama's engagement policy was exposed for what it is- an utter sham- by his summary rejection of the 2010 Tehran Declaration. 

Sargord

  You made my night lol..Cheers

what I like to know

Forget about AN and Obama. My concern is about the loss of almost 500,000 Iranians in the Iran-Iraq war. It is a fact that both  Americans and Europeans (including Arab countries) were helping Saddam. It is also a fact that chemical weapons were provided to Iraqis by the west. The media in this country did not mention a word about that. But the loss of 3000 Americans in the 9/11 is a big deal and must be mentioned over and over again. Don't take me wrong, I am against loss of life in general, but the media is biased and it bugs me a lot. Having said that, the question of 9/11 raised by AN is valid one.

I enthusiastically voted for

I enthusiastically voted for Obama, and am disappointed with some of his policies, especially his Iran policy. 

Some of his comments are just as outrageous as Ahmadinejad's. The man is Bush-lite.

The hope I had in 2008 of rapprochement is dashed.  How naive I was, looking back on it all.

Fred

خوب روت میاد که این چیزا هرو مینویسی.

سنگ پا قزوین هم اینقدر پر رو نیست

Do you write these to force people to defend AN, which is hardly defendable?

 How many interviews have your leader, Natanyahu has granted to Iranian reporters.  And this is the first intervew Obama has given about Iran specifically and not really an Iranian reporter. 

Mehrdad

Ahmadinejad said, many

Ahmadinejad said, many believe 09/11 was a set up.  Well, he is right. Many experts have had such opinions about 9/11.  

Obama is afraid of having a live debate with Ahmadinejad. US has made such a mess and injustice around the world that Obama knows he will have no answer to Ahmadinejad's questions. It would be very embarrassing for Obama. Obama speaks of freedom while he himself doesn't even have enough freedom to sit down and have a talk with Ahmadinejad. 

Then he speaks of the legitimacy of Ahmadinejad's government because he says, it didn't take place under their watch. Well, Palestinians held their election under special committees supervision and Hamas won the election. So what happened?

Obama is repeating the same lies as others have and is basically saying every country must do as we (or the Zionist regime) order. He keeps repeating the same old international community claims as Bush made and attacked Iraq and Afghanistan . Ahmadinejad said, international community is not US, Israel and a few European countries.

Q

I must have hit upon a nerve!

How is this for analysis. The only people who uses words such as 'Ziionosts' are 1) Far Left 2) Fascist Hitler loving right 3) Hamas 4) Hezbollah. 

Take your pic. 

You can be anyone of those altogether. How about your constant defence of the Islamic Republic or the words 'anti imperialism' stinks  of Chomsky socialist Lefty talk. But then again, you are right. I do not know you well because ultimately like all Lefty Iranians who were anti-Shah and came to the USA: You are CONFUSED

Your tex money is being used by Uncle Sam to pay for Israel to launch rocket atacks to kill Palestinians.:)

I AM ASKING YOU AGAIN: WHAT IS HE PIC OF EBI DOING IN YOUR AVATAR? WHY IS HE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. 

and now we know you're a Monarchist and a Red-baiter

with absolute zero perceptive abilities about others, and laughable analytic skills. Not only do you attempt to label with words you do not even understand, you can't even do it to the right person!

The good news is that this is pretty narrow set of qualities for people. The bad news is that there is probably thousdands of braindead exiles running around London fitting this description.

But keep up the good work!

Q

'Now we know your location and your age, besides your genocidal call for war with Iran.'

And what's your point? You live in the USA the bastion of CAPITALISM. The country which dropped the atomb bomb on Hiroshima; the country which invaded Vietnam; the country which supports 'Zionist' Israel; the country which EXPLOITS the resources of South America and funded Death Squads in El Savlador.

As her excellency Shahbanou Farah asked: Why do some many of you left wing anarchists and anti-imperialists chose to live in AMERICA?

I mean you could have crossed over the border and lived in the soviet union or any socialist Eastern block country. But like all leftists you are confused and ultimately a traitor to your cause.

Maybe, you decided to live in America because of the high standard of living created by CAPITALISM.

Just think of how much of your tax dollars are goinG to fund ISRAEL. 

WhoSe you daddy, Lefty? 

Finanlly please answer my question: What the hell is Ebi doing on your avatar and why is he running for Prez?

Dear London-resident,

Now we know your location and your age, besides your genocidal call for war with Iran.

Keep on exposing yourself!

Hey Q

I didn't know the singer Ebi is running for president!

 NUN O PANIR O SABZIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

According to FredCo's logic

there must be 100s of reporters in the US, mostly at FOX news that the "most powerful man in the world" is scared of.

Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh must be such formidable opponents that even US Presidents are afraid of them! The Israelli leader hasn't granted an interview to Netruei Karta, either obviously because he's a scared little Yabu!

It's always the same with FredCo: Different rules, different standards of judgement for "Western" leaders (which of course includes Israel) and Iranians who are obviously not as worthy.

It's very interesting to know FredCo is a BBC Persian fan.

The messianic Islamist does not grant interviews to non- IRR connected Persian reporters
Yawn...

Very calm and measured interview

This development can only be welcomed. Obama gave almost 30 minutes of his time which is a good indicator of the importance that he attaches to this issue and the audience of that interview. He has isolated Iranian government externally and now isolating it internally although the second one has happened a long time ago.

Obama v. chicken messianic Islamist

Kalbasi tried to get an interview with the imposed show president of IRR, the Islamist Rapist Republic to no avail. The messianic Islamist does not grant interviews to non- IRR connected Persian reporters who know what and how to ask key questions that really matter.

On the other hand the most powerful elected man in the world did grant an interview to the same Persian reporter who the messianic Islamist was afraid of.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_jPVu5YyaM

I haven't watch this yet

But the simple gesture that the president of United States eventually instead of attempting to communicate with Khamenei or other leaders of Islamic Republic is acknowledging the fact that they do not represent the people of Iran and giving an interview to one of mostly followed PERSIAN programings (outside Iran) , and in other words communicating directly with THE PEOPLE of Iran, is a great milestone.

If I have additional comments after having time to watch the clip I will supplement.

This is exactly what I was hoping for

The thought of talks between the US and the terrorist regime of Iran concerned me. In time honoured tradition, Ahmadinejad has made it more difficult for any talks with the USA and the terrorist regime to take place because of his usual stupid outburst: first the Zionists; international capitalism and 9/11. This is good news is - and as embarassing Ahmadinejad may be to the image of Iranians - that the regime will face increased isolation. No compromise. No talks with terrorists.