In Qom, the Mullahs are Worried
aawsat / Amir Taheri
16-Nov-2010 (4 comments)

Iran's 'Supreme Guide' Ali Khamenei is not a travelling man.

He has not set foot out of Iran since 1988 partly for fears that an international arrest warrant issued against him by Interpol on behalf of a German court, which found him guilty of ordering the assassination of Kurdish dissidents in Berlin, may cause him a spot of bother.

He is also reluctant to travel inside Iran, cocooning himself in his palace in the foothills of Alborz.

So, it is something of a surprise that the 'Supreme Guide' has found enough time this month to visit Qom, a provincial centre some 90 miles south of Tehran, on two occasions.

Mr. Khamenei, who has declared himself Leader of All Muslims and must therefore be extremely busy, was able to spend 12 days in a city that opens onto The Great Salt Desert.

To be sure, The Great Salt Desert is not Qom's sole tourist attraction.

The city is also home to the huge mausoleum, complete with a beautiful golden dome, that is supposed to contain the remains of one Fatimah al-Ma'asoumah, a sister of the eighth Imam of the duodeciman Shi'ites Ali Ibn Mousa.

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Faranarz

by Doctor mohandes on Wed Nov 17, 2010 03:34 PM PST

How many "pheels" are in that Pheelarmonic Orchestra?


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yolanda

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by yolanda on Wed Nov 17, 2010 08:42 AM PST

Wow! What an informative article!

My favorite part:

In Qom, some theological students greeted the ' Supreme Guide' with mocking cries of: Where is Your Risalah?

Great!


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mahmoudg

yes, yes, yes, please goh!

by mahmoudg on Wed Nov 17, 2010 07:40 AM PST

i am glad this Arab invader finally realized it.  When a despotic regime gets to a point when it has to publicly utter a statement such as this (and this cholagh dast has mentioned it twice already), then you know that regime is on its death bed.  My hope is that we can also finish off, their brainwashed supporters, when we sweep them into the dustbin of history.


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Faramarz

If You Go Away, On This Summer Day

by Faramarz on Wed Nov 17, 2010 06:30 AM PST

در این سفر گروه فیلارمونیک حوزه علمیه قم آهنگ معروف "اگه تو بری" را برای خامنه ای اجرا کرد!

If you go away

ما هم  گو او وی

........

But if you stay

ما هم  میمونم

غارت میکنیم

تا که بتونیم  

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpgnFFf7PME

همشون برن به جهنم


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