In his trip to New York to participate in the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been undertaking a media blitz, giving interviews to many, ranging from Christian Amanpour of ABC to Charlie Rose of PBS and Larry King of CNN. Aside from his typical boasting, exaggerations, and arrogance, he has been lying so frequently that it has almost become impossible to keep track of all of his prevarications. Some of his lies are so brazen that even his supporters in Tehran have expressed astonishment and rebuked him. A sample of his lies:
"No newspaper in Iran has been closed for criticizing me and my government":
This is while just since last year's rigged election, many newspapers have been closed, precisely because of their criticisms, most notably the daily E'temad Melli, Mehdi Karrobi's newspaper, and Kalameh Sabz, Mir Hossein Mousavi's daily.
"Iran is the freest country in the world":
This is while there are at least 800 political prisoners in Iran whose sole "offense" has been protesting the terrible state of the nation, at least 110 people have been killed since last year during demonstrations and in detention centers, at least two prominent supporters of the Green Movement have been assassinated, and at least eight people have been executed.
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نسرین ستوده: زندانی روز | Dec 04 | |
Saeed Malekpour: Prisoner of the day | Lawyer says death sentence suspended | Dec 03 |
Majid Tavakoli: Prisoner of the day | Iterview with mother | Dec 02 |
احسان نراقی: جامعه شناس و نویسنده ۱۳۰۵-۱۳۹۱ | Dec 02 | |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Prisoner of the day | 46 days on hunger strike | Dec 01 |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Graffiti | In Barcelona | Nov 30 |
گوهر عشقی: مادر ستار بهشتی | Nov 30 | |
Abdollah Momeni: Prisoner of the day | Activist denied leave and family visits for 1.5 years | Nov 30 |
محمد کلالی: یکی از حمله کنندگان به سفارت ایران در برلین | Nov 29 | |
Habibollah Golparipour: Prisoner of the day | Kurdish Activist on Death Row | Nov 28 |
Islamist logic
by Fred on Mon Sep 27, 2010 04:40 AM PDTSo The Islamist Rapist Republic's "president" does lie in grand style, but not about nuke?
This sort of Islamist logic only makes sense to nuke lobbyists for the Islamist Rapist Republic.