Published Document States Khamenei Is Planning to Escape to Russia …Update: Khamenei's Jet Put on Standby
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, December 29, 2009, 6:44 PM
A letter published on the Iranian websites claims that Ayatollah Khamenei is planning a possible escape to Russia.
There were rumors floating around yesterday that Ayatollah Khamenei was preparing to flee Iran.
Today Planet Iran posted a letter written on the official Islamic Regime letterhead that discusses Khamenei’s possible to escape to Russia.
Iran Global website has exposed a document that discloses information on Khamenei and various authorities of the regime’s possible escape to Russia.
The document is on the National Security Agency of the Islamic regime’s letterhead addressed from the office of the High Assembly of the Islamic Republic’s National Security official [name is redacted] to an individual [name redacted] in the revolutionary guards. The letter is dated 6th of Dey (December 27th).
It reads:
Re: Response to a letter number [redacted] written on the 5th of Dey (December 26th).
Salam Aleykom
With respect, we would like to inform you of the inspection, check up and preparation of the aircraft, destination Russia, for the purpose of transporting the Supreme Leader, his esteemed family and various officials of the Revolutionary Guards. Should the commanding forces lose control, direct your attention to the attached permit, number [redacted] of the National Security Agency and the Bureau of Revolutionary Guard’s Intelligence Security in order for the necessary steps to be taken.
Va al-salam
Office of the high assembly of the Islamic Republic’s national security
Commander, Brigadier-General, Revolutionary Guard
Stamped by Secretary General of the High Assembly of the Islamic Republic’s National Security
Stamped by Dr. Saeed Jalili
CC: [redacted]
In related news, regime critic Ayatollah Mohsen Kadivar, currently a visiting research professor at America’s Duke University, says he is convinced the regime will fall.
UPDATE: Reports from Iran indicate that the Supreme National Security Council has ordered a complete check-up of the jet which is on standby to fly Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei and his family to Russia should the situation in Iran spiral out of control.
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American Elephant commented:
You know Obama will take credit for it. They probably already have the spin worked out.
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squeaky commented:
American Elephant
December 29th, 2009 | 6:10 am | #3
somehow he’ll convince everyone his silence on
the dying of people on the streets of tehran is
just another example of his “right on target”
measured response. he’s a manipulator of words and his speechs are peppered with enough escape hatchs that he can argue that whatever you think he said is in fact not what he said and just a matter of misunderstanding.
always in the interpretation.
nadadhimmi commented:
come on. everyone knows obama is on the side of the mullahs.
Reaganite Republican commented:
I wouldn’t expect the new democratic government to promptly drop nuke development, and certainly not due to from pressure from the US now that Obummer has played golf and ate shave ice cones while they bled in the street- why should they?
And watch all the oil development deals go to Russia, as Putin taking Khamenei off their hands is far more helpful to the revolution than Obama’s cowardice and empty, politically motivated platitudes
JFP commented:
The Iranian gov’t is blaming the protests on the U.S., at the same time we’re blaming for Obama for not giving the protesters any support. Ha, ha, ha.
Jim in Europe commented:
Too easy to fake.
mueller commented:
Hope it’s true
Robb76 commented:
I wonder if our Supreme Leader has a simular letter prepared.
daryl commented:
“I wonder if our Supreme Leader has a simular letter prepared.”
Doubt it.
Little Erkle obama is similar to Little Jack Horner sitting in the corner, in that he has his finger in several things and brags about what a good boy he is, but has yet to pull out a plum.
Doug Edelman commented:
Lawdy Lawdy… what is Obama gonna do when DEMOCRACY and REASON defeats the radical jihadists in Iran DESPITE the best efforts of the Administration to promote the interests of President Imagonnajihad!
Male Silverback commented:
The guy is a chicken s#*t. None of the Muslim leaders from Muqtadā al-Ṣadr in Sadr City Iraq to this fool ever stick around when the heat is on them. He will probably escape the country hiding under a burqa.
Mountainbear commented:
They’ll be trading one dictator with another.
There won’t be freedom and democracy in Iran. They’ll just get another mullah regime, just some more “moderate” guys (whatever that’s supposed to mean, I guess “moderate” mullahs don’t support stoning women to death, but rather shoot them), or a military regime.
daryl commented:
Sorry.Make that Urkel.
My ebonics method of spelling is rusty.
Richard commented:
“I wonder if our Supreme Leader has a simular letter prepared.”
For all of Obama’s considerable defects, I think it’s unfair to the brave Iranian dissidents who have to face actual totalitarian repression by comparing Obama with the mullahs.
averagemelon commented:
I’m surprised Obama has not made arrangements for them to stay here in the USA and spun it into his “new world” bullcr@p of how we are not against Islam nor are we a nation of Christians.
I hope the document is true and the Iranian people are getting what their blood paid for.
AuntieMadder commented:
When I read the sentence from the Obamao (non)statement on the Iran protesters, which read something like, “It’s an internal Iran issue…” I immediately said a little prayer that a battered wife and/or child never lived next door to him. “It’s a domestic issue.” “That’s between a man and his wife.” “It’s an internal Iran issue.” They’re all the same and apathetic.
AuntieMadder commented:
Oh, and re the Ayatolla (who, btw, is an a**-a-hola), it’s too bad Israel is there amid all of that madness. Otherwise, my solution to the Ayatollah, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, etc., would be to nuke the hell out of the entire Arab world. Then fill the giant hole left by the nukes with water. Call it Lake Texas and send some roughnecks from the Gulf of Mexico to drill on Lake Texas. Two problems solved in one fell swoop.
pat wilson commented:
They spew hatred towards the atheist societies of Russia and the Great Satan….until they need medical attention, or some way to escape the primitives in their own land. Then all is forgiven.
Smokelessjim commented:
What is going on in Iran appears to be an illegal coup like that in Honduras. I assume that the administration will seek the restoration of the legitimate government and punish any new government that might emerge and seek international pressure to ensure that restoration. Perhaps a strict regime of sanctions – which I suspect Russia and China might actually support.
AuntieMadder commented:
Smokelessjim
December 29th, 2009 | 9:57 am | #22
The current administration in Iran is the result of election fraud. The protesters have been bravely demanding their right, as promised by the Iranian government, to elect the official they voted for last fall, instead of another term with Ahhmydinnerjacket, who, with the help of the A**-a-hola, stole the election.
The “coup” in Honduras was no coup at all. The Honduras military, by order of the Honduras Supreme Court, stepped in to remove a residing president who decided that the Honduras Constitution didn’t apply to him, term limit, shmerm limit, he was keeping the position of president.
If this is what you were saying in your post, then I apologize for misreading it…several times. If it isn’t, well, there you have it.
AuntieMadder commented:
pat wilson
December 29th, 2009 | 9:31 am | #22
They spew hatred towards the atheist societies of Russia and the Great Satan….until they need medical attention, or some way to escape the primitives in their own land. Then all is forgiven.
Replace “Russia” with “US” or “Europe,” and your statement is still just as true.
Smokelessjim commented:
Dear Ms. AutieMadder
Apparently, I have failed dismally at satire. My point was that the response to the impeachment of the Honduran president was recognized by almost all reasonable people to be constitutionally legitimate, the response of the current administration was a travesty of faux concern for the protection of actual democracy. My satiric point (however poorly executed) was that this administration is beyond parody or prediction. Actually, the more I think about it, the more likely it appears to me that this administration might try some sort of intermediation.
So, you did miss read my earlier posting.
V/R Smokelessjim
penny commented:
Perfect. Let Putin, one of the biggest aiders and abettors of the Iranian regime, give shelter to Khamenei. They deserve each other and it will be worth a few generations of well placed Iranian hatred towards another of the world’s odious regimes.
The Russian sheeple that have so little interest in forging a civil society for themselves deserve the humiliation of being a reception center for the despots that braver folks risking their lives for a civil society send packing.
If I was an Iranian out on the streets I’d despise the Empty Suit in the White House too.
AuntieMadder commented:
Smokelessjim
December 29th, 2009 | 10:40 am | #26
My bad, Smokelessjim. And thank you for not scolding me. It was, after all, an honest mistake being as so many people the protesters in Iran and the military and citizens of Honduras are/were the aggressors and lawbreakers because that’s the way the lamestream media have reported on them.
JFP commented:
AuntieMadder: I have sometimes felt the same way about the Middle East. Just bomb it to oblivion and then let us Americans move in so we can run the place right.
However, just to be picky, strictly speaking Iran and Afghanistan are not part of the Arab world. They are Muslim, but not Arab, countries. In Iran, for example, they speak Persian rather than Arabic, so they don’t count as Arab.
Uh, Clem commented:
If the Iranian Govt falls, it will be Bush’s fault.
Hyphenated American commented:
Back in June, I have published a series of articles on Iran. I believe they are quite interesting, given that I was born and raised in the USSR, and I saw the anti-communist revolutions in 1991 and 1993 up close and personal…
Can Iranians win?
http://hyphenatedamericans.blogspot.com/2009/06/can-iranians-win.html
Revolution in Iran, quoting Lenin..
http://hyphenatedamericans.blogspot.com/2009/06/revolution-in-iran-quoting-lenin.html
Always Watching commented:
To: AuntieMadder
Question: Do you proclaim to be a Christian?
Bert commented:
Let’s find out what his escape route will be and plant a few of our own I.E.D.’s. Poetic justice, I’d say.
KansasGirl commented:
God is great.
Louise commented:
Maybe there will be another “unfortunate” plane crash, as there were at least a couple of times over the past six months or so.
airandee commented:
Kerry should go to Iran soon… to help the regime survive
Marsh commented:
Probably a false alarm. These protestors need to force their way into government buildings. Either they succeed or the regime will be forced to mow them down which would ignite the rest of the country against the regime. Islamofascist regimes like this simply don’t give up and fly away because they’re unpopular like another system of government would. You have to take out islamist regimes with force. Protesting won’t accomplish anything other than maybe empty promises for reforms which will just be smoke and mirrors anyway. The mullahs might sack Ahmadinejad if they have to and have another sham election. The mullahs will still remain in power though. They’ll still support terrorists, they’ll still work on making nukes, they’ll stil continue to repress the citizens of Iran, etc.
bg commented:
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Amen!!
there is a God..
(and it’s definitely not Obama)
i just hope and pray this means their Nuclear Facitlies can eiother be dismantled, or they finally take up the Bush & Putin offer, the same
deal they recently rejected from Obama..
whatever we do, we cannot afford to take our eye off of Iran’s Nuclear capabilities, North Korea was recently caught trying to smuggle arms,
etc into Iran, not to mention Iran admitting to procuring or attempting
to procure a wide range of components..
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bg commented:
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what goes around (1979), comes around (2009)..
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bg commented:
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Smokelessjim @ 10:40 am #26
re: [this administration might
try some sort of intermediation]
like this??
frankly, i think their moment has gone Aloha Akbar..
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Jamest155 commented:
obama and kerry will step in and save the iranian regime.
bg commented:
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hy Andre X in a previous post..
Coordination Center for National Iranian Armed
Resistance Forces declares its existence. 12/26/09
[The coordination center for National Iranian Armed Resistance Forces (NIRU) hereby declares its existence & accuses the current government and the leader of the Islamic Revolution, Mr. Sayyed Ali Khamenei of legal transgressions and high treason of nation and homeland.
We, a number of Officers, Soldiers and personnel of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, hereby declare our readiness for rise to the armed defense of our nation against the forces of the criminal, illegitimate, transgressing and occupying current Government of Iran, and hereby inform our brothers and sisters serving with the armed security forces of Iran, invite them to join us, request their support and ask them to provide cover for us in this moral & national act. A special request for support & cooperation goes to our brothers of the Military Police.]
also, found this..
Second Announcement National Armed
Resistance Forces Command (NIRU) 12/28/09
and this..
An SNSC Meeting took place early Monday morning. 12/29/09
[Artesh commanders of Tehran, Karaj & Qazvin units met prior to it.
AN & SL’s representative at Sepah are trying to convince SNSC to arrest all heads of green & activists. It created big discussions at SNSC meeting. Most objections & concerns were expressed against arresting Khatami, as it could bring about an international outcry. The notability of this meeting wasn’t the fact that Sepah & SL’s representative were asking for carte-blanche again (they do all the time.) It was the fact that all members fully understood that for the 1st time, regime as a whole is at immediate danger of imploding by defections if the situation isn’t ended right away. Joint Forces Command is worried revolts in garrisons could happen at any time.
What shocks them is how fast things are spiraling into chaos, cos masses
r revolting not protesting elections or asking for reforms.
It wasn’t so much situation in Tehran that worried them but across the country. They would be able to contain Tehran as long as rest of country
is quiet.
Insider : Most of SNSC are SL’s cronies. They lean towards “saving the regime” but they don’t have any longterm solutions. They just think of hammering protests at any cost.]
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bg commented:
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re: bg @ 8:10 pm #44
Andrew X not Andre..
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bg commented:
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just heard Khomeini called for the
execution of Mousavi & opponents..
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bg commented:
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Intel report: Iran seeking to smuggle raw uranium
[VIENNA—Iran is close to clinching a deal to clandestinely import 1,350 tons of purified uranium ore from Kazakhstan, according to an intelligence report obtained by The Associated Press. Diplomats said the assessment was heightening international concern about Tehran's nuclear activities.
[..]
In Washington, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said, “the transfer of any uranium yellowcake … to Iran would constitute a clear violation of UNSC sanctions.”]
well he’s a regular Dick Tracy, we’ve never heard that one before..
they’ve only been working on it for a freakin’ quarter of a century!!
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FU*K OBAMA commented:
Sheik Obama, our American hating muslim presient, will probably have the Ass-a-hole-a move into 1600 Pennslyvania Ave. Then sheik Obama can learn how to change America into a pigslamic nation
bg commented:
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US-Iran Negotiations: Simulation Exercise
[The Iranians felt superior and displayed this edge towards the Americans in the negotiations game. The US in general and President Obama in particular was perceived as weak. The Iranians estimated that because of internal and international considerations Obama would not dare launch a military attack on Iran’s nuclear installations.
Nor in their view did Israel pose a real threat. And overall, it was emphasized through the Iranian team in the simulation that Iran saw no way that it could be forced to suspend its ongoing uranium enrichment project unless the regime itself was put in danger. In this context, it was apparent that a military attack on Iran that is not preceded by an intensive campaign to sway world public opinion could cause severe harm to Israel and/or to the US, immunize Iran against further attacks, and generally strengthen Tehran’s position.
For its part, the US, rather than taking the lead in the talks, was relegated to reacting to Iran’s actions and positions. Following US responses both to Iran and to the increasing European and Israeli demands that they be partners in the negotiations decisions, it became clear that while Obama may be the dominant figure in the conflict with Iran, he appears neither able nor willing to take major decisions on this issue.
[..]
Returning from the exercise to the real world, the West remains entrenched in its efforts to obtain Iran’s agreement to the Vienna proposal, Iran is becoming more adamant in its refusal while apparently still seeking a compromise solution, and more severe sanctions are yet to be seen. Meanwhile, the Iranian nuclear program proceeds relentlessly. The Vienna Agreement, even if implemented (and this is a very big if), will do nothing to slow down the enrichment process and obstruct the inevitability of Iran’s nuclear weapons capability.
Where does this leave Obama? This is the big question on the eve of 2010. If he is serious about negotiations with Iran, he must improve his negotiations strategy. At the same time, perhaps he is simply not serious enough about arriving at a negotiated outcome. It is up to Israeli decision makers to assess which alternative is most likely, and on that basis develop Israel’s own approach.]
and that was only a simulation.. *sigh*
God help US, because leaving Obama
in “present” is not helping ourselves..
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curt commented:
“in related news, regime critic Ayatollah Mohsen Kadivar, currently a visiting research professor at America’s Duke University, says he is convinced the regime will fall.”
I blame Bush
Auntie Em commented:
Always Watching #34
Question: Are you a troll?
Franklin commented:
Other than the good news that the Detroit undie bomber failed, a free democratic Iran would be something to cheer about.
I’m praying.
crosspatch commented:
If the regime tries to flee, what are the odds that the regular Army and Air Force will attempt to stop them?
T. Boyle commented:
Expect more death and destruction by the JewSA.
Leave Iran alone.
You people are sick warmongers.
How many wars are you fighting right now? 5?
WTF is wrong with you?
The world hates you.
bg commented:
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T. Boyle @ 10:23 pm #55
whaaa whaaa, whaaa
leave Iran alone!!
ROTFLMBO!!
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bg commented:
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death to Israel, Death to America, death to
England, death to Russia, death to France..
death to the world!!
[We have a strategy drawn up for the destruction of Anglo-Saxon civilization... we must make use of everything we have at hand to strike at this front by means of our suicide operations or by means of our missiles. There are 29 sensitive sites in the U.S. and in the West. We have already spied on these sites and we know how we are going to attack them.
[..]
The Americans are not ready to send a million men (to defeat the Islamic Republic),” Abbasi said. “Even economic sanctions against the Islamic Republic will fail thanks to opposition from the Western public opinion and the refusal of most countries to implement (them). …
But it is not only the US that Abbasi wants to take on and humiliate. He has described Britain as “the mother of all evils”. In his lecture he claimed that the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, and the Gulf states were all “children of the same mother: the British Empire.” As for France and Germany, they are “countries in terminal decline”, according to Abbasi.
“Once we have defeated the Anglo-Saxons the
rest will run for cover,” he told his audience.]
death to (fitb).. make way for the 12th Imam!!
Ahmadinejad believes he is called by Allah to usher in his
version of the Shiite Messiah, the 12th Imam, and the way
to speed that process is to set the world on fire.
just a sample:
Senate Floor Statement on Iran’s Human Rights Record
[It is a tragic irony that the government perpetrating these deplorable acts of violence and abuse came to power three decades ago because the Iranian people rejected the abuses and violence of a previous regime. Now following in the repressive footsteps of that previous regime, the current Iranian government has been widely condemned by the community of nations. Passage of this resolution would add the United States Senate’s loud and clear voice of condemnation to the many voices inside Iran, and out, calling for the restoration of basic human rights for the Iranian people.]
Human rights violations persist in Iran 30 years after Islamic revolution
["Thirty years on, some of the worst abuses of the Shah’s time – torture, executions and the suppression of legitimate dissent – are still being replicated in Iran, despite the efforts of the country’s growing and valiant community of human rights defenders," said Malcolm Smart, Director of Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa Programme. "It is high time that Iranian authorities lived up to their obligations under international human rights law."]
Iran Cited Over Execution of Minors [2007]
[The 41-page report lists names and details of each known case but says the actual number of executions was higher because many death penalty cases in Iran go unreported. In the last three years, only three other countries used the death penalty against minors: China executed one child offender in 2004, Sudan executed two in 2005 and Pakistan executed one in 2006.]
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bg commented:
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Hyphenated American @ 12:49 pm #32
[It would appear that Mousavi is quite up to the task. Not only the dissident leader publicly said that he was ready to die for the revolution - he even smacked Obama for equating him with Ahmadinejad. It looks like Mousavi is ready to fight the mullahs and Obama at the same time. Attaboy!
I personally believe that Iranian dissidents may well win this time. God's speed, comrades! Lets finish off the Islamo-Fascist-Theocracy. Death to Tyrants!]
here’s hoping liberty gains the reigns!!
the only difference between Utopianists (by any
other name) methods & results are their names..
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eaglewingz08 commented:
Too good to be true.
Khamenei sings the morning of his indefinite ‘vacation’:
“All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go
I’m standing here your former Mullah
I don’t dare wake you up to say goodbye
But the dawn is breakin’, it’s early morn
The IIRC are waitin’, their blowin’ the horn
Already I’m so lonesome I should die
So bless me and smile for me
Tell me that you’ll till kill for me
Worship me like you’ll never let me go
‘Cause I’m leaving on a jet plane
I don’t know when I’ll be back again
Oh, basijis, I hate to go
There’s so many times I’ve spread terror around
So many times I’ve bloodied the ground
I’ll tell you now, they gave my life meaning
Every place I go, I think of power
Every prayer I sing, I sing for Allah
When I come back I’ll send your freedom fighters all to hell
So bless me and pray for me
Tell me that you’ll still kill for me
Worship me like you’ll never let me go
‘Cause I’m leaving on a jet plane
I don’t know when I’ll be back again
Oh, basijis, I hate to go
Now the time has come to leave you
One more time, oh, I will fatwa you
And close your eyes and I’ll sign your lives away
Dream about the days to come
When you won’t have me to kick around
About the times that I will be in misery …
Oh, bless me and smile for me
Tell me that you’ll still kill for me
Worship me like you’ll never let me go
‘Cause I’m leaving on a jet plane
I don’t know when I’ll be back again
Oh, basijis, I hate to go..”
Always Watching commented:
I’m a reader.
American Elephant commented:
Oh, you forget we have a “progressive” in the White House! Which means dont count your democracies before they hatch.
Remember the last time we had a president this bad in the White House…The Shah fell, pro-democracy Iranians were striving to fill the void, and Jimmah Carter, our last “enlightened” progressive, stomped on them and backed the Mullahs!
Dont assume that if the Mullahs fall Democracy will thrive…especially not with the current fascist in the White House!