Iran-ufacturing Consent
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 2:14 am
The dying Trump administration seems determined to coax Iran into a war before they leave office. Presumably it's their pension plan.
As appalling as the Iranian regime is (it's even worse than Trump!!!), they do a nice line in rebuttals:
As appalling as the Iranian regime is (it's even worse than Trump!!!), they do a nice line in rebuttals:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa- ... SKBN29H290Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday rejected as “warmongering lies” an assertion by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that Iran has ties to the Islamist militant group al Qaeda.
“(With) fictitious Iran ‘declassifications’ and AQ (al Qaeda) claims, (Pompeo) is pathetically ending his disastrous career with more warmongering lies,” Zarif tweeted.
“No one is fooled. All 9/11 terrorists came from @SecPompeo’s favourite ME destinations; NONE from Iran,” Zarif said.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday that al Qaeda had established a new home base in Iran and the United States had fewer options in dealing with the group now it was “burrowed inside” that country.
Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said: “Iran has been a victim of U.S. state terrorism and affiliated groups for years and has had a clear ...record in the fight against al Qaeda and Islamic State,” state media reported.
Iran’s state religion is Shi’ite Islam, and the country views itself as a sworn enemy of Sunni Islamist militant groups such as Islamic State and al Qaeda.