Thursday, October 30, 2008

Ayatollah: "hatred for the United States runs deep"

Are there no positive feelings in their hearts at all for the Big Satan? From Fars:
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that his country's hatred for the United States runs deep and differences between the two nations go beyond a "few political issues".

The Leader's comments less than a week before the American presidential elections were seen as a signal that a thaw in US-Iran relations was not expected no matter who wins the Nov. 4 race unless the new White House leaders embark on a fundamental change in their approach towards Iran.

Ayatollah Khamenei said the hatred is rooted in 50 years of US intervention in Iran's domestic affairs and hostility toward Tehran.

"The hatred of the Iranian nation is deep-seated. The reason is the various conspiracies by the US government against the Iranian people and government in the past 50 years," he said.

He was addressing a group of students in Tehran days ahead of the 29th anniversary of the 1979 storming of the US espionage center in Tehran by Islamist students.[...]

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