Iranian Regime Takes Credit For Protests Sweeping Arab States …Update: So Does Iranian Opposition
Posted by Jim Hoft on Saturday, January 29, 2011, 12:59 PM
IRGC Lieutenant Commander General Hossein Salami (Fars)
The Iranian regime took credit for the protests sweeping the Arab world today as the “manifestation of the [Iran's] Islamic Revolution in the Middle East region and the world of Islam.”
Fars News reported:
The present Revolution in Egypt serves as a prelude to more uprisings in the other Arab countries, a senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Saturday.
“Egypt is the heart of the Arab world … therefore any political changes or sociopolitical revolutions in Egypt could occur in many other Islamic countries,” IRGC Lieutenant Commander General Hossein Salami told FNA.
“This is what comes of hegemonic systems dependent on foreign [states] that start a dictatorial movement n their country,” the commander added.
The IRGC deputy commander went on to describe the developments in Egypt as a “manifestation of the [Iran's] Islamic Revolution in the Middle East region and the world of Islam.”
The military official said Egypt had become the “geologic backrest for the Zionist regime [of Israel] as well as a geostrategic spot for backing US policies on Africa.”
Emboldened by the recent popular revolution in Tunisia, which put an end to the 23-year-long reign of the country’s President Zine El Abidin Ben Ali, Egyptians have marched in several cities since Tuesday to bring an end to Mubarak’s three-decade rule.
On Saturday, thousands of anti-government protesters have returned to the streets in Egypt as President Mubarak refused to quit.
UPDATE: The Iranian opposition leader also released a statement in support of the Egyptian protesters.
Iranian opposition figure and 2009 presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi has released a statement in support of the Egyptian protesters and connecting this week’s events in Egypt to the 2009 protests in Iran.
“[Egypt's rulers] do not realise that continuing policies of intimidation will eventually turn against itself and then the coming of ‘the day of wrath’ and days of national wrath will be inevitable. Pharaohs usually hear the voice of the nation when it is too late. Our nation deeply respects the glorious uprising of the brave people of Tunis and that of the people of Egypt, Yemen and other countries in quest for their rights.”
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bg commented:
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Baghdad Bob is alive & well..
Egypt: live stream
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Sandy commented:
According to an article in the Telegraph and on Drudge this morning the US was involved in regime change to get Mubarak out of power for the last 3 years. Is Obama trying to set the entire Middle East on fire and start WW 3?
focked commented:
Translation: We did it for the lulz!
Sandy commented:
If Iran controls the Middle East oil (because a weakened Saudi Arabia is ripe for takeover is the deal cheaper oil for Americans and will Americans forget what’s been done in the Middle East for $2.00 a Gallon gas?
MrGoodWench commented:
I’d like to see how the grande arabs ( = sunni Saudis) react to the takeover of an arab population by shia persians !!
Bigger question :
Who will Hussain support when he has to choose between shias and sunnis,
arabs and persians ?
Diamond Girl commented:
Wake-Up America!
bg commented:
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Sandy #2
Egypt protests:
[The American Embassy in Cairo helped a young dissident attend
a US-sponsored summit for activists in New York, while working
to keep his identity secret from Egyptian state police.
On his return to Cairo in December 2008, the activist told US diplomats that
an alliance of opposition groups had drawn up a plan to overthrow President
Hosni Mubarak and install a democratic government in 2011.]
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Kenny Solomon commented:
Let the peace lovers go full bore and take each other out. Less of a clean up for us down the road.
There is no moderate Islam and there is no radical Islam. There is only Islam.
Diamond Girl commented:
Have you all seen this news?
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2011/01/028241.php
Mark Adams commented:
And of course Obama is calling for Mubarak to listen to the protesters, for reform. Obama and Iran- indirect allies
Charlie commented:
Whoa, I wonder how Chris Mathews is going to take this. He just stated that it was all George Bush’s fault. This is just the kind of screw ups that happen when people go off prompter.
tommy mc donnell commented:
if the protesters in egypt and tunisia didn’t like the governments they had wait until they get an islamic one.
bg commented:
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Sandy #4
lots of HUGE IFS there..
but i don’t believe Iran is going to control anything when the dust settles..
if i’m wrong however, glass parking lot comes to mind, only
they’ll be making a few of their own before we get a clue..
in all seriousness though.. i believe the Middle East is rather
serious about not wanting Iran to become a Nuclear Power..
[via live stream..
eye witensses saying police are orchestrating chaos..]
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Joanne commented:
If you go over to commieblaster.com and read what Obama is up to, it is mind-boggling, but what is more mind-boggling is that he just keeps being able to get away with it. WTH.
bg commented:
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tommy mc donnell #13
you mean like they did in Kenya?? /O’sarc/
i smell an ISLAMIST in the WH, not EGYPT..
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bg commented:
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are the Egyptians communications still cut off??
i heard they are either going to, or they
already have, shut their water off..
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Oh Noes! commented:
The beginning of World War III starts in the middle east.
dallasdan commented:
The clock is ticking on all-out war between the Islamists and the infidels. As long as obama is in power, religious freedom world-wide and the people who desire it are and will be increasingly persecuted and killed. obama is the first obstacle to world peace.
bg commented:
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Egypt is the heart of the Arab world
huh, i thought that was Iraq??
you know, the country Obama said a little GENOCIDE wouldn’t hurt..
well, i suppose he had a point, i mean, after 30 some years of
unspeakable deaths, unimaginable tortures, and oppressive
lifestyle, perhaps genocide would be viewed as humane.. gah!!
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