Syria crucial interest for Iran

CNN Report

Los Angeles Times: Iranian officials and state-run media for as long as they could have turned a blind eye to the weeks-long unrest in Syria. But as the turbulence in Syria and international outrage over the hundreds killed gain momentum, many Iranian diplomats, pundits and academics can evade the question no longer. In an interview on Iran's Arabic-language Alam TV on Saturday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast, unable to sidestep addressing the concerns about unrest in Syria, vaguely and tactfully stated that Iran respected the sovereignty of other countries. But then, in a turn of boldness that many consider hypocritical, he subtly advised the Syrian regime to give in to democratic demands that Iran has long denied its own people. "We respect the demands of [Syria’s] people," he said. "We consider the use of violence againt the people of any country unacceptable. We call on all regional regimes to address the demands of their people." >>>

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mahmoudg

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by mahmoudg on Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:16 AM PDT

has spoken,  At least she taught him to say Persian Nation.  I am surprised Amanpouer herself can spell or pronounce the word.


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alaaf

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by alaaf on Thu Apr 28, 2011 09:33 AM PDT

CNN doesn't even try to hide its bias any more it's so blatant. We're discussing the mid-east so let's a have a Zionist dual-citizen Jew as the expert. Yes the Syrian government is brutal but they're placed in a brutal situation. Desperate times calls for desperate measures. 


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Bavafa

There is a silver lining in all of these...

by Bavafa on Wed Apr 27, 2011 04:43 PM PDT

Every two bit bozo reporter now can pronounce Iran and know it is not eye-ran

meanwhile regarding the coverage...

I wonder what those Americans/audience who know there are some other regimes in Middle East, such as Saudi Arabia and Bahrain who have been killing torturing protestors and why these reporters have never heard of them since it is hardly ever mentioned. So, only if we could teach GWB that eye-ran does not have nuceler bomb [yet], and introduce these reporters to other parts of middle east such as Bahrain and Saudi Arabia…

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