Reuters: Iran has barred the mayor of Tehran from traveling to the United States for a ceremony honoring his city's advances in public transport, media reported on Saturday. Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf, a losing candidate in the 2005 presidential election that brought Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to power, is seen by some Iranians as a possible future presidential contender. Both conservatives, the two have been at odds over funding Tehran's extensive underground railway network which the municipality and national parliament say is owned $1 billion from state coffers. Qalibaf had been invited to Washington by a non-governmental organization, the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, for a ceremony on January 24 where Tehran is one of five cities up for the "2011 Sustainable Transport Award." >>>
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I don't blame him! He'll make AN look much uglier!
by Jonny Dollar on Sun Jan 23, 2011 05:59 PM PSTHe doesn't want the world see the white ones! No wonder, when some Americans who are not exposed to iranians when they see some of us say:"how did you get the blue eyes? are you pure iranian?" Thanks AN for saving our ugly image!
"In the end, a man's life is measured not by what he has but by what he has given!"
unlike Ahmadinejad
by statira on Sun Jan 23, 2011 07:53 AM PSThe's cute! He looks way too good to be a Hezbollahi!
No sweat, Baqer
by comrade on Sun Jan 23, 2011 04:31 AM PSTNo one can bar you when you win the Nobel Peace Prize, next year. In the meantime this is a copy of the award for your transportation thing...
Never increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything.
بد بخت ذليل مرده!
G. RahmanianSun Jan 23, 2011 04:12 AM PST
حسادت احمدي باعث شد كه به ارزوش نرسه! اين فلك زده هم فكر كرد شهر هرته. تا دعوتنامه رو ديد ساكاشو بست.