Leader of
Hardliners Threatens to Kill and Execute Zarif and Salehi
Majlis, the Iranian Parliament,
on Sunday approved the “general outline” of the nuclear deal with the world
power, the JCPOA, by a vote of 139 to 100, with 12 abstention.
The details of JCPOA now
will be considered in the next few days. The Majlis bill dealing with the specifics
of JCPOA, entitled “Proportional Measures Toward Implementation,” contains
sharp criticism of some key elements of the accord.
The Majlis could refer the bill, along with a long list of its concerns over the specific provisions in the agreement, to the country's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) for consideration and final approval.
The Majlis could refer the bill, along with a long list of its concerns over the specific provisions in the agreement, to the country's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) for consideration and final approval.
The Majlis today was also the
scene of the most heated debate in years with some MPs behaving in questionable
manner, at times bordering criminal. The leader of the Resistance Front, the
parliament’s hardline faction, threatened the country’s foreign minister and
chief of Atomic Energy Organization to death. This is how Kamaloldin Pir-Moazen, the MP from Ardabil, described the scene:
“Today the Resistance
Front MPs and opponents of Rouhani administration did all they could do (to
stop the nuclear agreement bill). They threatened (Atomic Energy chief) Salehi
to death and threatened to have (Foreign Minister) Zarif executed.” Pir-Moazen added
that Hojatoleslam Ruhollah Hosseinian, leader of the Resistance Front, told
Salehi: “We will execute you, bury you inside Arak reactor, and pour cement over you.” (IRNA, 11 October)
To read the account by Iran’s official news agency IRNA, in Farsi, please click here.
Top photo: Atomic Energy Organization of Iran chief Salehi under attack by
the hardliners in Majlis; Tehran, 11 October 2015 (IRNA)
Bottom photo: Hojatoleslam Ruhollah Hoseinian (in cleric dress) threatening to kill AEOI chief Salehi (at the podium) and pour cement over his body; Majlis, 11 October 2015 (ISNA)
Bottom photo: Hojatoleslam Ruhollah Hoseinian (in cleric dress) threatening to kill AEOI chief Salehi (at the podium) and pour cement over his body; Majlis, 11 October 2015 (ISNA)
If Kayhan printing nasty words about Zarif was enough to put him in a wheel chair then death threats of this nature will likely do so too.
ReplyDeleteQuite dramatic.
ReplyDeleteGreat recap, Nader. Thanks.
Iranians will certainly cheat on the nuclear deal whenever they can. Their acceptance of the deal was only to buy more time .When Iranian covert nuclear activity became known more than a decade ago , Iran was believed to have enough parts to build close to 50,000 centrifuges . Little known at the time was that those centrifuges(also (known as IR-1 type) .whose design was believed to be smuggled from Pakistan were highly unstable and susceptible to break down when spun at high speeds .The centrifuges that Iran has agreed to dismantle are believed to be of IR-1 type
ReplyDelete.The centrifuges that Iran is going to keep or install in future are probably of type IR-6 or IR-8 which are more advanced with enrichment capability of several times higher and more stable .
Not a bad deal for ayatollahs after all .
I guess Mr Zarif and Mr Salehi should have stayed in that luxury Swiis hotel and applied for political asylum .
ReplyDeleteJust another day in the "tavileh"... and people on this blog talks about reform...laughable!
DeleteWhy pour cement? Is that a new Zartushti insult now from the akhoonds? or is he borrowing it from the mafioso style disposing of the body?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK_GU8dpC38 --- Iranian Majlis (Parliament)
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcD3Pw-ADcE --- Comedy Iranian Majles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYMYGY-rTlE --- Emotional speech of head of Iranian Atomic Energy A.A.Salehi in Majlis
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0e4sjJgNp0 --- فایل تصویری کامل دعوا علی اکبر صالحی با نمایندگان تندرو مجلس