Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei says Washington is “disintegrating” from within

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran’s highest leader issued a sharp response Thursday to a letter to the country’s leadership by Republican lawmakers, deriding it as an indication that Washington is “disintegrating” from within.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, said the letter warning that any nuclear deal could be scrapped by a new president was “a sign of a decline in political ethics and the destruction of the American establishment from within.” The statement was posted on his website.

Mr. Khamenei, who will have the final say in Iran over a nuclear deal, characterized the open letter written by 47 Republican senators on Monday as a reflection of Washington’s decadence.

“All countries, according to the international norms, remain faithful to their commitments even after their governments change, but the American senators are officially announcing that at the end of the term of their current government, their commitments will be considered null and void,” Mr. Khamenei wrote. He said the letter was a “sign of declining political ethics.”

Most surprising perhaps was the fact that Mr. Khamenei appeared to continue to support the nuclear talks, despite the Republican threats that they, or a possible Republican president in 2017, would try to undo any deal made.

Mr. Khamenei has often expressed doubts about American intentions and sincerity in the negotiations, but on Thursday he supported Iran’s negotiating team, as he has frequently in recent weeks. Speaking to members of the Assembly of Experts, a council that theoretically has the constitutional authority to appoint and dismiss the supreme leader, he called them “good and caring people, who work for the country.”

In Iran, as in the United States, conservatives tend to distrust the other side in the negotiations and are thought to prefer that the whole effort come to nothing. But as long as the supreme leader is voicing support for the talks, criticism from the hard-liners will be muted.

Nevertheless, Mr. Khamenei warned that it remains important for Iran’s team to be vigilant, saying that when deadlines in the talks loom, the opponents harden their positions. “Of course, I am worried because the other side is a sneaky and crafty one who stabs with a dagger in your back,” he said.

Mr. Khamenei also noted that the recent speech to Congress by the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu — whom he referred to as a “Zionist clown” — had led to division in Washington. “Some American officials, who did not want to side with him, made some remarks,” he wrote. “But they also accused Iran of terrorism.”

Iran’s leader made some accusations of his own, repeating earlier remarks saying that the militant group Islamic State, sometimes referred to by its Arabic name, Daesh, is an American invention.

“America and its allies in the region have created the most evil and wicked terrorists like Daesh but accuse Iran of committing such acts, “ he said.

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50 responses to “Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei says Washington is “disintegrating” from within”

  1. MekensehParty Avatar
    MekensehParty

    local propaganda
    sign or disintegrate, Khamenei knows this very well

    1. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
      TheUSequalsTheIS

      khamenei will never bibi pro-america
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5lsbp7YmHI

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    IMAGINE (theory) (and now that everyone like an El Supremo is repeating the lines others speak, seemingly) …..
    ‘The World’ may be experiencing another radical ‘change’ in the ‘human experience’. The gradual realization that ‘systems’ – both of religions and of governments – have been less than beneficial to the species.
    Various people postulated it … from Churchill who said basically that ‘democracy is the best we have come up with so far’, to the Sci-Fi writers of things like ‘Voyages of the Enterprise’ which showed a ‘World Government’ which also had little wrangles.
    Each stage of ‘development’ has been marked by huge or significant conflicts. And as with computer development, the amount of time between the bigger changes is roughly halved.
    For example, ‘Early Man’ walked to populate, then rode animals, then made machines to carry him, then airplanes, then rockets … each within shorter and shorter time-frames. Why not consider that there are changes inside as well … in the way a brain developed with increasing knowledge? And a recognition more of ‘our place’ in the preservation of ourselves … as a species … on a single planet … in a single galaxy … in an uncharted but changing universe.
    Many humans may realize now, that it is only ‘us’ who can have a future by ‘self-policing’ our actions.
    But the changes to everyone recognizing it are only progressing at the ‘natural evolutionary’ speed – not computer speeds – not at ‘created’ speeds – by wars.
    Some time is still needed … and general education is a main factor in that. Will there BE a future?
    Not for those who cannot ‘see’ the need for ‘compliance’ to the speeds of natural evolution.
    Nor those who desire to ‘create’ their own changes. Nor, indeed, any of us, if ‘we the brain’ cannot learn that sooner, and we allow ourselves to annihilate our own ‘Life Support’.
    Both ‘Superman’ and ‘Spock’ came from backgrounds of annihilation … If we can imagine those, can we imagine better??

    1. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
      TheUSequalsTheIS

      isnt it funny that 90% of the progress of the world was achieved in the Middle east? what would have happen to the world and europe in particular if the arab ibn rushd and the persian abu sina had not civilized caveman europe, pulled europe of the hole of darkness and established secularism to prevent the roman empire manipulated christianity from getting it further down that that road of destruction? 500 yrs later the europeans are still not humans, so a lot more work need to be done on our part to make sure that the white ppl wont bring this world to an end.

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        Well, don’t get into the colour themes … there’s some nice bodies in all the tones. 😉
        And today they think Putin is ‘too white’ … looking sickly. :-))
        We know the Muddled East began going backward in 1400 …. good thing an Italian smuggled ‘mathematics’ out of the place and published a book on it. Good thing some read it. 😉

        1. “We know the Muddled East began going backward in 1400 …. good thing an Italian smuggled ‘mathematics’ out of the place”

          So good thing the Italian stole but no praise for those from a “certain sect” for being the ones to provide the mathematics. Your bigotry and hypocrisy shines through like a light house.

          1. *from = for

          2. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Just as well, then, that ‘to’≠ ‘against’.

          3. Mathematics began nearly 2000 BC and had nothing to do with a “certain sect” of religion. As a race and culture you can thank early Arab and Greek society. And they are usually given credit for these early enlightenments. Many muslim seem to think the world started 1400 years ago.

          4. I never said maths started with a certain sect so please don’t insinuate otherwise.
            My comment was purely limited to showing the hypocrisy and bigotry exhibited in 5th’s comment.
            Maybe you should re read the comments.

          5. And a primitive form of maths started with the first humans.

          6. wargame1 Avatar

            What is the source of your idiotic comment as Muslims seem to think the world started 1400 years ago? Making a stupid comment like this wont make you smart

          7. Logic behind Iran and it’s Allies creating Daesh??

            After reading the shi# analysis one can clearly understand why they created Daesh, the real purpose behind its creation.
            The current events which are unfolding before our eyes in Iraq and Syria proves it to a T!!

            Hezbollah view the Syrian civil war not only in a strategic context, but in a prophetic one. In their belief, the radical Sunnis will conquer Syria for a short period of time and then Iranian and shi# forces will intervene and take over Iraq and Syria.

            According to the author, Iran and Hezbollah rely upon a book of prophecies called Al-Jafr to guide them. It was passed down to Jafar al-Sadiq, for whom the Jafari school of Shiite jurisprudence is named after. Teachers of this book say that the Syrian leader will be killed in a civil war during the End Times.

            A Sunni leader will take over Syria and persecute Shiites, Allawites and Christians. The persecution will continue until an Iranian army invades Syria via Iraq, killing this Sunni leader on the way to capturing Iraq and Syria. Once they are taken, the Mahdi will appear. Interestingly, in a modern context, this means that Hezbollah is fighting to preserve the regime of a man (Bashar Assad) that they believe will be killed.

            Keep in mind, the Jafari school of jurisprudence is mainstream Shiite doctrine. There’s bound to be disagreement over the interpretation of prophecy, but these are not the beliefs of an isolated cult. In July 2010, a senior Iranian cleric said that Khamenei told his inner circle that he had met with the Mahdi, who promised to “reappear” during his lifetime.

            A very similar eschatological viewpoint is articulated in a 2011 documentary produced by the office of then-President Ahmadinejad. The film, titled The Coming is Upon Us.

            According to Moojan Momen, among the most commonly reported signs that presage the advent of the Mahdi in Shia Islam are the following:

            The vast majority of people who profess to be Muslim will be so only in name despite their practice of Islamic rites and it will be they who make war with the Mahdi.

            Before his coming will come the red death and the white death, killing two thirds of the world’s population. The red death signifies violence and the white death is plague. One third of the world’s population will die from the red death and the other third from the white death.

            Several figures will appear: the one-eyed Antichrist (Masih ad-Dajjal), the Al-Harth, Al-Mansur, Shuaib bin Saleh and the Sufyani.

            There will be a great conflict in the land of Syria, until it is destroyed.

            Death and fear will afflict the people of Baghdad and Iraq. A fire will appear in the sky and a redness will cover them.

          8. wargame1 Avatar

            Thank you for pointing out the Shit strategy in a beautiful way. This matter is now becoming very clear. We can recall how Nuri Maliki solders simply took their pants off and flee and allowed the Daeshbags in. But before the Daeshbags the Iraqi sunni resistance was doing good and suprisingly the Daeshbags captured those very place which Nuri Maliki lost to the sunis. Now the sunni resistance of Iraq didnt resist the Daeshbags in the beginning as they thought this group came in to help them. Same thing happened in Syria where the FSA hesitated in the beginning to challenge this Daeshbags. The role of the Daeshbags is to open the door for the enemy like a Trojan horse. Every one would object Iranian invasion of Iraq against the sunni resistance but now its like a heroic act of Iran because they are attacking the “Daeshbags”. They can now indiscriminately bomb , burn and invade those sunni populated area. Well the plan seems very effective. Now the Iraqi sunnis are facing twofold enemy : one is the Daeshbags and another one is the Shit. So the duty of the Daeshbags are to open the door of the enemy of Islam and then they will withdraw from that place and go else where.

            Let us now recall the same strategy implemented on Iraq and Afghanistan. It was Al-Qaeda who took responsibility of 911 and London 7/7bombing and USA related the Afghan Taliban as they are sheltering the Al-Qaeda. So the Taliban was overthrown. But in reality the Al-Qaeda leaders were not welcomed by the Taliban. Most of these Al-Qaeda dogs stayed in Waziristan and then they all went to Iran when the American invasion began. Then USA related Saddam Hussain with Al-Qaeda! so the same strategy was applied. I feel bad for USA and Europe who have been playing this dirty game. I dont blame the entire government but there is a faction who have been doing this. Allah gave them power , ability and acceptance on earth and they can govern the earth very well but the way they are misusing their power will anger Allah and they will lose all control someday. Allah gave Khelafa to the Aad people but when they were oppressive and disobey the command of Allah they were destroyed.

          9. wargame1 Avatar

            A prophesy of Iran (Elam or Persia) in Jeremiah 49:35-39.
            35 “Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.

            36 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.

            37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the Lord; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:

            38 And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the Lord.

            39 But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the Lord.”
            ——————————————————————————————————————-
            I have read some hadis regarding this “A fire will appear in the sky and a redness will cover them” and this fire will be in the “EAST” . It can be a strong solarflare and that can cause major earth quake or an earth Quake or an Asteroid might fall on the East causing Irans Nuke plant explode. I have found few hadis hinting this matter which I will post when the event takes place. To my understanding this Ramadan 2015 is very significant

          10. No need to be pretentious. It must be I have read too many ignorant muslim comments and has made me desensitized to more educated muslims. There is no “source” other than listening to muslims that need a deeper understanding of real history.

          11. Reasonableman Avatar
            Reasonableman

            Thats what happens when muslims become desensitised by socially disingenuous comments like your comment.

            So what exactly are you trying to prove again?
            GROW UP

          12. wargame1 Avatar

            Science and Islam, Jim Al-Khalili – BBC Documentary
            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL41gX0fJng

        2. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
          TheUSequalsTheIS

          600 yrs is a snapshot in our history.

          1. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Amen.

        3. wargame1 Avatar

          When the Muslims were Governing Spain for 800 years the rest of the Europe were facing their “Dark Age”.

        4. wargame1 Avatar

          Beautiful video about the early Arab scientists and their contribution
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz14bTt6zS8

          1. Anti ISIS Avatar
            Anti ISIS

            Thanks for sharing wargame. Very fascinating video. This just proves more and more how much islam has contributed to the achievements of humans past and present.

      2. Maborlz Ez-Hari Avatar
        Maborlz Ez-Hari

        The middle east is a shit hole. Especially areas closer to S.A, Iran kind of improves in Lebanon but the rest of the place is a dust bowl inhabited by camel heads.

        1. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
          TheUSequalsTheIS

          i didnt get this part: Iran kind of improves in Lebanon.

          so r u saying that iran is improving IN lebanon?
          lets look at some facts about the camel heads:
          among the arab, persian and paki communites in america 43%, 51% and 61% respectively have at least a bachelor’s degree compared to 28% of the americans at large.
          based on these numbers we can conclude that even in the 21st century we r building up their societies and how do they thank us? they level the entire region to the ground.

          1. Maborlz Ez-Hari Avatar
            Maborlz Ez-Hari

            Sorry bud my bad.

          2. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
            TheUSequalsTheIS

            its ok…
            u still need to explain the Iran kind of improves in Lebanon-part

          3. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Try this one …. If Iran gets more into Lebanon, and the Golan, through the proxies Nastyrallah and ASSad, then it has direct access to you know what all around it’s north end. And buddy ASSad will be allowing travel too. If it’s nice to Lebanon at the beginning, and becomes established, it will ‘resist’ much more frequently with the cries against that ‘evil’ it wants to push into the sea right behind the Gazans who are closer to the water.
            Also, threatens Jordan. People will make more ‘deals’ to try to save their own skins. And eventually Lebanon is either as flat as Syria, or has one Mosque. Israel may or may not ‘win’ against the ‘million-man-army, but no-one is going to be happy in Lebanon except El Supremo. Again.
            SO .. short-term improvement. Long term pain. Lebanon – the country everyone walks over, seemingly forever.

          4. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
            TheUSequalsTheIS

            is that a chapter in ur book?

          5. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
            TheUSequalsTheIS

            i’m sorry have u ever been to lebanon? the lebanese r the most conservative ppl i have ever met. they force their small children to go to church every sunday morning eventhough the kids would rather sleep to noon.
            everybody can but 72% of the americans cant get a bachelor’s degree.

        2. cook2half Avatar
          cook2half

          kind of improves in Lebanon Israel

          1. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
            TheUSequalsTheIS

            in a region where “everybody is shake” israel is the only stable country where “the earth is not shake shake shake shake shaking”, thus it improves:
            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzK9ScQ0LlI

      3. Reasonableman Avatar
        Reasonableman

        Brace yourself for the whiteman shaved chin heroism comments.
        The academia being whitewashed would be inconceivable in this modern day were it not for the middle east.

    2. cook2half Avatar
      cook2half

      You should write a book

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        With my luck, I’d kack on the last chapter, and the kids would shred it. How’s Roulette? 😉

        1. cook2half Avatar
          cook2half

          Roulette is crap. I won £30 last week, then lost it now =/ was so determined to win #rebel heart

          1. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Maybe, Cookie, you could switch to Craps. Roll dice instead of a ball. :-))))

          2. Craps, that roll was shite

          3. Kheah hea hea ha ha

          4. cook2half Avatar
            cook2half

            They don’t have that here 😛 at least not in my Mayfair casino

          5. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Oh …. Crap. :-)))

        2. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
          TheUSequalsTheIS

          no one said it would be a bestseller…. keep it real

      2. He could title it “lick lick
        Slurp slurp
        Grovelling my way to pussy”

        1. Kheah hea hea ha ha slurp slurp

  3. arzatna1 Avatar

    Look who is talking about disintegrating from within .
    The last one who should talk about this is you Ayatollah Khamenei
    You supported in 2009 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the man who stole the presidential elections and sent the Basij fighters to suppress the opposition using batons, pepper spray, sticks and and firearms . You also sent to jail all the opposition leaders for opposing Ahmadinejad’s presidency and you call yourself the Supreme leader ?

    You are no different than the idiots in Washington who issued that open letter . They have absolutely no idea how international negotiations work

    1. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
      TheUSequalsTheIS

      dont pretend there is a hostile relationship between america and the mollahs when fact is that they r best friends.

      1. Hannibal Avatar

        lol

  4. wargame1 Avatar

    Tom Cotton just shattered the wet dream of the Shits for a Bomb. He simply told the reality of this negitiation with Iran and the consequence. A president is not a dictator like Kim Jong or Hitlar who does thing as the way he pleases. According to the American democratic system a president is the servant of the people and he makes decision with the approval of the senators. Some small unimportant matter can be done by the president but this Nuke deal is not something to play with alone. A president can make mistake but when he consults with his senators and get the majority approval then that decision whether appropriate or not carry a great value. We can see the most negative reaction is coming from the Iranian fanatic leaders as they are very unhappy about the letter as if their ambition is suddenly shattered by that letter. The letter simply says the truth that a president doesn’t make any decision by his own but after consulting with the peoples representative and their subsequent approval. We can see the reason why Obama didnt consult with the senators in the first place…..! Its also true that after Obama the next government can reject any deal because the deal was made solely with Obama. As long as the majority senate approval is not there then this negotiation is naturally null and void. The most important thing is why negotiating with the terrorist who continually chant “Death to America” . So if we look deep in the matter then its Obama who broke the law. Obama can make many dates with those fanatics to take them out but a Nuke deal is something MUST be approved by the peoples representative. Accept it or not thats the way American constitution is designed. They simply reminded Iran that any negotiation you make with Obama bypassing us is nothing but a piece of paper which can be used as toilet tissue. Iran has plenty of Gas to use another 200 years so the only reason they want this deal is to make a bomb. It was USA who built this very nuke plant in Bushar ,Iran.

    1. Excellent read but unfortunately will not be understood by Khameneists.

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