Ali Khamenei indicts Britain.
Who knows what I am, Neither a believer in the mosque, Nor an unbeliever worshipping clay, Neither Moses nor the Pharaoh, Neither sinner nor saint; Who know what I am….
Quote by: Seventeenth century poet Bulleh Shah
Weblinks: http://www.apnaorg.com/poetry/bullahn/
Iranian Film-making & culture: http://www.linktv.org/bridgetoiran
The giving of a speech last week by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may have helped to create political ructions between Iran and the UK, after both countries expelled two foreign diplomats from their capital cities.
From what are only politically discursive sets of action, Ahmadinejad and Brown pay little attention to each other’s repose.
Much of what Ayatollah Khamenei said in the context of his speech about the UK was delivered in a very acerbic tone.
Standing before a massive crowd of Iranian citizens and with the watchful eye of every global media agency, Khamenei’s voice wired through digital wave-lengths. TV stations in turn were probably basking well comparatively in strong block audience figures.
The BBC’s new Persian broadcasting service from Bush House, London, has also had corroborative allegations levelled at it.
Insinuated into this whole row, BBC Persian news schedules are supposedly carrying stories which veer to closely towards providing political support for Western ideals.
Although the gist of Ayatollah Khamenei’s tirade was so anti Anglo-Liberal and contemptuous against the West, we can fairly say for certain that most excerpts of his address were about the declaration of the election result and the student protests.
Besides, while his remarks about the UK were clearly designed to offend, the references made were peppered throughout the length of the entire oration.
For further reading:
http://www.linktv.org/video/4044/voice-of-iran
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090624/iran-accuses-us-spy-agency-funding-quot-rioters-quot.htm
