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Multiple Radical, Islamist, Al Qaeda, and Brotherhood Vultures,

Are Now Circling a soon coming Carcass of Assad’s dying Syria,

As the Middle East sees a struggle twixt Sunni and Shiite Clans,

And it seems impossible for 10 Islamic Horns to be under 1 Horn,

But from Syria Civil War 10 horns eventually unite under a Mahdi,

Because the Spirit of God places it in their 10 evil Hearts to do So,

But End of Mahdi and 10 Horns will be Replaced by God’s Kingdom.

April 1, 2013

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10 Horns Will Eventually Attack Israel after Obama Departs

Revelation 17:12,13,17 – And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. [13] These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. [17] For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

This Ends the 7 Vials of Wrath at the Final Battle of Armageddon

Revelation 19:19-21 – And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. [20] And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. [21] And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

This Is the 2nd Advent Dominion Kingdom after Armageddon

Daniel 7:11-14,27 – I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. [12] As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. [13] I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. [14] And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. [27] And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.

Zechariah 14:9,16 – And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one. [16] And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.

Begin Excerpt from Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs/Daily Alert

March 29, 2013

Players Begin Savage Moves for Post-Assad Power Grab

Clare Lopez

(RadicalIslam.org)

The forces that will savage one another to succeed Bashar al-Assad in Damascus are beginning to make moves that are calculated to improve their position in an immediate post-Assad period.

Key players are being either removed from the chess board or strategically placed on it.

For example, on March 19, 2013, the Turkey-based Syrian National Council (SNC) elected Ghassan Hitto, a senior member of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood, as head of an interim opposition government for Syria.

The Free Syrian Army rejected Hitto’s election, asserting that they do not recognize the Qatar-backed Muslim Brother as the legitimate choice of the anti-Assad coalition.

In another example, a massive explosion inside a Damascus mosque on March 21 killed at least 42 people, including one of the most important remaining Sunni clerical figures still supporting the Assad regime, Sheikh Mohammad Said Ramada al-Bouti, 84.

In yet another case, somebody also tried to assassinate Col. Riad al-Assad, one of the top leaders of the Free Syrian Army, on March 24. The grenade attack on al-Assad’s car did not kill him, but he lost a leg.

The writer served for 20 years as an operations officer with the CIA.

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EASTER – THE LAMB’S LOVE IN I CORINTHIANS 13:13!

The God-Man’s Love is the Story of Lamb’s Passover
I Corinthians 13:13 – And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

The Godhead fulfilled the Office as the Lamb Son
John 10:15 – As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

John identified the Lamb Son Office He would Fulfill
John 1:29 – The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

Isaiah tells us Why the Lamb Man had to Do It
Isaiah 53:6 – All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

John tells us the relationship the Lamb wants with all he saves
John 15:12-14 – This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. [13] Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. [14] Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

John tells us of a Lamb relationship he wants twixt His Disciples
John 13:34,35 – A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. [35] By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

John tells us our flesh cannot keep his commandment
John 3:6,7,27 – That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. [7] Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. [27] John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
John 6:63 – It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

Paul asks a question: Were you baptized for a dead man?
I Corinthians 15:12-22,29 – Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? [13] But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: [14] And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. [15] Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. [16] For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: [17] And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. [18] Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. [19] If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. [20] But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. [21] For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. [22] For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. [29] Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?

Paul makes the point – Believing He is alive to hear you causes you to call on him to save you.
Romans 10:9-17 – That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. [10] For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. [11] For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. [12] For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. [13] For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. [14] How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? [15] And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! [16] But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? [17] So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Isaiah 53 is quite clear that when you call upon the living Lamb of God to save you, believing he is alive, that you have obeyed the gospel.
Acts 4:12 – Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
John 5:40 – And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
John 10:28 – And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

Israel Flies on the Shoulders of Uncircumcised Gentile Philistines

At Armageddon To Victory Which Begins 2nd Advent Millennium

On Tectonically generated Landscape prepared by God’s Hand

During 3 and ½ years of tribulation prior to Armageddon Battle

Part 1

This series is a line by line exposition of ISAIAH 11:10-16

March 30, 2013

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ISAIAH 11:10 – And in that day there shall be a ROOT of Jesse, which shall STAND for an ENSIGN of the PEOPLE; to IT shall the Gentiles SEEK: and HIS REST shall be glorious. (Root means to “shoot forth from the root”)

Isaiah 53:2 – For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a ROOT out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

Revelation 5:5 – And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the ROOT of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

Revelation 22:16 – I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the ROOT and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.

Isaiah 5:26 – And he will LIFT UP an ENSIGN to the nations FROM FAR, and will hiss unto them from THE END of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:

John 12:32 – And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.

“TO IT SHALL THE GENTILES SEEK”

John 12:20-32 – And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast: [21] The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus. [22] Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. [23] And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. [24] Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. [25] He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. [26] If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour. [27] Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. [28] Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. [29] The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him. [30] Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. [31] Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. [32] And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.

John 3:14-21 – And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: [15] That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. [16] For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. [17] For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. [18] He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. [19] And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. [20] For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. [21] But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

“AND HIS REST SHALL BE GLORIOUS”

Revelation 14:12-16 – Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. [13] And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. [14] And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. [15] And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. [16] And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.

Stealth Aircraft Will Be Part Of The Nuclear Missile Israel War Umbrella!

Final Tribulation Period Gentile Age War will be Conventional High Tech

Fought Under Nuke Prevent Umbrella if they’re Launched toward Israel

March 29, 2013

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Isaiah 11:14 – But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.

I plan to present a series exposition on Isaiah 11:14 in the context of Isaiah 11:10 to 16, which will show how I believe it ties in with a protective tribulation umbrella.

Begin Excerpt from Associated Press via YNet News

US flies stealth bombers over South Korea

Nuke-capable bombers flown over South Korea to demonstrate ‘long-range ability,’ says US military; drill follows North’s threats to target US bases

Associated Press

March 28, 2013

The United States said two nuclear-capable B-2 stealth bombers flew “deterrence” missions over South Korea on Thursday, defying apocalyptic threats of retribution from North Korea against ongoing war games.

The deployment of the stealth bombers was clearly meant to deliver a potent message to Pyongyang about the US commitment to defending South Korea against any aggression as military tensions on the Korean peninsula soar.

Related stories:
——–N. Korea: War with South may break out ‘at any time’
——–North Korea defies international sanctions
——–UN approves new sanctions against North Korea

It came shortly after the North severed its last-remaining military hotline with South Korea and put its rocket units on combat status with a threat to target US bases in the Pacific region.

The two B-2s, from Whiteman Air Force base in Missouri, flew the 13,000 mile (20,800 kilometre) round-trip in a “single continuous mission”, dropping dummy ordnance on a target range in the South, the US military said in a statement.

“This … demonstrates the United States’ ability to conduct long-range, precision strikes quickly and at will,” the statement said.

The bombers were participating in South Korean-US military exercises that have incensed North Korea, which has threatened to unleash a second Korean War and launch pre-emptive nuclear strikes on South Korea and the US mainland.

“The B-2 bomber is an important element of America’s enduring and robust extended deterrence capability,” the US statement said.

Earlier Thursday, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told his South Korean counterpart that Seoul could rely on all the military protection the United States has to offer — nuclear, conventional and missile defense.

The US and South Korean militaries signed a new pact last week, providing for a joint military response to even low-level provocation by North Korea.

The use of the stealth bombers is sure to prompt a fresh outcry from Pyongyang, which has already denounced the use of US B-52 bombers in the joint exercises as a rehearsal for a nuclear strike.

While most analysts have dismissed the bulk of the North Korean threats as rhetorical bluster, there are concerns that even a minor incident could swiftly escalate in such a volatile environment.

In its latest protest at the military drills, North Korea announced Wednesday that it was severing its military hotline with the South, saying it was no longer needed given that “war may break out any moment”.

The joint drills are held every year and are regularly condemned by Pyongyang as rehearsals for invasion.

Their staging this year came as tensions were already riding high following the North’s long-range rocket launch in December and its nuclear test last month.

The North has severed the military hotline before, most recently in March 2009, again in protest at the annual South Korean-US military exercises. In that case, the line was reconnected less than two weeks later.

Several weeks ago North Korea severed a Red Cross hotline that had been used for government-to-government communications.

Among other things, the military hotline was used on a daily basis to organise movement in and out of the Kaesong industrial complex — a joint South-North Korean venture established in 2004.

The South Koreans used the line to give the North the names of those seeking entry to Kaesong, guaranteeing their safety as they crossed one of the world’s most heavily militarised borders.

The crossing was operating normally Thursday, officials said, adding that they had had used a civilian link to get the names to the North Korean guards.

North Korea has always been wary of allowing crises in inter-Korean relations to affect the zone, which lies 10 kilometres (six miles) inside its side of the border and is a crucial hard-currency earner for the communist state.

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8th King Antichrist will form a Caliphate larger than the 7 Before Him

Seven Evil Empires, Kingdoms, or Caliphates Have Afflicted The Jews

From the Egyptian Bondage down the Ages to an Umayyad Caliphate

March 28, 2013

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These 7 great evil united man formed masses were, in Chronicle Order:

(1) Egyptian, (2) Assyrian, (3) Babylonian, (4) Medo-Persian, (5) Grecian, (6) Roman, and (7) Umayyad.

The religions of the 7 were all different – they all affected or afflicted Israel, the apple of God’s eye.

Revelation 17:9 – And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.

The 7 mountains are 7 horns (power) kingdoms, each one with its own lines of rulers that have affected or afflicted Israel from the Egyptians to the Umayyad. None of these great mountains have worshipped the true God.

The woman represented the apostate Catholic Church and all her heretical daughters that have sprung out of her, as well as all the tares and tare churches planted by Satan. The woman’s spiritual headquarters is Rome, which sits on all the acquired mammon and human ability of the 7 evil kingdoms. It is not coincidental she also sits on the 7 hills of Rome.

Revelation 17:10 – And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.

When John wrote Revelation, the Egyptian. Assyrian, Babylonian, Medo-Persian, and Grecian governments, with their lines of Kings had fallen (five are fallen) – The Roman Empire was in existence (and one is) – Then the Umayyad Caliphate with its Caliphs came and “continued a short space.” (89 years) Its capital was in Greater Syria.

Figures (Governments) ————–Figures (Lines of Kings)

Mountain 1 = Egypt —————-King 1 = Egyptian Rulers
Mountain 2 = Assyria —————King 2 = Assyrian Rulers
Mountain 3 = Babylon ————–King 3 = Babylonian Rulers
Mountain 4 – Persian —————King 4 = Persian Rulers
Mountain 5 = Greece —————King 5 = Grecian Rulers
Mountain 6 = Roman —————King 6 = Roman Rulers
Mountain 7 = Islamic —————King 7 = Muslim Umayyad Rulers
————————————————-King 8 = Muslim Antichrist

The last two governments kings are both Islamic and are therefore listed as one.

CALIPHATE NATIONS OF ANTICHRIST CALIPH BY TIME OF 2ND ADVENT

BEFORE Antichrist’s call for the nations to come and help him finish off Israel in the Negev at Armageddon, I believe MOST of the following countries will rapidly join his 10 toed Caliphate AFTER he drives Israel into the Negev and conquers Egypt. The MOST likely candidates for the 10 toes, when he attacks Israel are in ALL CAPS.

Afghanistan, Albania, ALGERIA, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bruner, Burkina Faso, Comoros, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Indonesia, IRAN, IRAQ, Jordan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, LEBANON, LIBYA, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, MOROCCO, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, SUDAN, SYRIA, Tajikistan, TUNISIA, TURKEY, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Western Saharia, and Yemen.

When he invites the nations of the “old world” to join him in final battle of Armageddon it will include Europe, Eurasia, Russia, China and Africa.

Their Rulers were identified as Pharaoh, King, Emperor, or Caliph.

The family blood lines were broken from time to time in the succession of kings within each line by assassination, conquest, and rebellion, but in Revelation 17:11, the entire line under a kingdom is counted as a single king.

Revelation 17:11 – And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.

Begin Excerpt from MEMRI

Middle East Media Research Institute

Special Dispatch No. 5219

March 6, 2013

Iranian Ayatollah: If Elected President, I’ll Restore Iran’s Sovereignty Over Tajikistan, Armenia, And Azerbaijan

Recently, Ayatollah Mohammad Baqr Kharrazi, secretary-general of the Hezbollah-Iran organization and part of the Iranian regime elite,[1] announced his candidacy for the upcoming Iranian presidential election set for June 2013. He has promised that if elected he will restore Iranian sovereignty over the territories of Tajikistan, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, which it lost under the 1828 Treaty of Turkmenchay with Russia.[2]

It should be noted that already in 2010, Ayatollah Kharrazi had outlined his vision to restore these territories to Iran, and stressed the need to reestablish “Greater Iran” from Palestine to Afghanistan, based on the pre-Islamic Persian Empire (see MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 3021, The Iranian Supremacy Manifesto of ‘Greater Iran’: Hezbollah-Iran Secretary-General Lays Out Plan, Strategy for Reestablishing ‘Greater Iran’ as Prelude to Establishment of Global Government Led by the Mahdi, June 10, 2010).

Kharrazi’s comments were criticized by Iranian Ambassador to Armenia Mohammad Raisi, who explained that he is a cleric whose statements lack official status, and by the website Entekhab, which questioned whether he was really an ayatollah, and said that his statements were not be taken seriously because they were intended solely as a provocation.

Ayatollah Kharrazi: Iran Must Regain The Territories It Lost Under The Treaty Of Turkmenchay

On February 3, 2013, the Iranian website Teribon published Ayatollah Kharrazi’s speech from the previous day, in which he announced his presidential candidacy. Among his statements, Kharrazi promised his audience that “if I am elected president, I will regain Tajikistan, Armenia, and Azerbaijan for Iran.”[4]

Along with Kharrazi’s announcement that he would run for president, the website also published an image of the December 15, 2012 front page of the newspaper of the Hezbollah-Iran organization, which featured a map with arrows pointing to Tajikistan, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. The map’s caption read: “The next Hezbollah[-Iran] government will undertake legal-political and even military action to end the shameful Treaty of Turkmenchay.”

On February 9, 2013, the Iranian news agency ISNA published the text of a speech given by Ayatollah Kharrazi at the opening ceremony of the Bandar Abbas bureau of the Hezbollah-Iran newspaper. In his speech, Kharrazi said: “We must act legally [to] regain Iran’s northern territories, [which were lost] 99 [sic] years ago under the Treaty of Turkmenchay. As [part] of our legal relationship with the West, we will force them [to accept this], just as they accepted Hong Kong’s [return] to China after 99 years.”[5]
Iranian Ambassador To Armenia: Kharrazi Is A Cleric, His “Statements Have No Validity”

Iranian Ambassador to Armenia Mohammad Raisi told an Azerbaijani news agency that “the Iranian government affirms and respects the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Tajikistan. As you know, Kharrazi is a cleric and has no official post in Iran.

He continued: “Iran is a free country in which anyone can speak his mind. Iran’s official position on foreign policy matters is expressed solely by the Leader [Ali Khamenei], the president, and the foreign minister. All other statements have no validity.”[6]
Iranian Website Entekhab: Kharrazi’s Statements Are Not Serious, And Maybe He’s Not Really An Ayatollah Anyway

On February 17, 2013, the Iranian website Entekhab published the Tajikistani and Azerbaijani ambassadors’ reactions to Kharrazi’s statements. It also postulated that Kharrazi might not even actually be an ayatollah, and added that he was only seeking attention and shouldn’t be taken seriously. It said:

“Some political analysts believe that this man’s [Kharrazi’s] statements are often taken seriously due to his lineage: He is the son of Ayatollah Mohsen Kharrazi (an Assembly of Experts member), the brother of Mohammad Sadeq [Kharrazi, former Iranian ambassador to France], and the nephew of Kamal Kharrazi [former Iranian foreign minister, former Iranian ambassador to the U.N., and current head of the Foreign Relations Strategic Council].

“According to these analysts, Kharrazi was attempting to appeal to his audience’s nationalism… It seems that this man [Kharrazi] uses every opportunity to be seen and to be talked about – but [his statements] are never taken seriously.

“However, the neighboring countries’ reactions to his most recent statements were harsh, first of all because he is a cleric, [even] called by some an ayatollah (whether rightly or not), and he is connected to one of important families of Iranian politics.
“[Secondly,] it is said that he was also an [Iranian presidential] candidate in 2005 but was disqualified by the Guardian Council…”

Tajikistani Foreign Ministry: Kharrazi’s Statements “Constitute Interference In The Internal Affairs Of An Independent Country”

Tajikistan’s Foreign Ministry posted its response to Kharrazi’s statements on its official website. It said: “These statements by [Kharrazi, who is] related to Iran’s previous foreign minister, surprised and saddened Tajikistan’s cultural, political, and social circles, and they constitute interference in the internal affairs of an independent country. This cleric is not aware of the current realities of the region, the world, or the judicial system.”

Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Spokesman: We Refuse To Comment On “Such Illogical Statements”

Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Elman Abdullayev told the Interfax news agency that Azerbaijan refuses to comment on “such illogical statements.” The secretary-general of Azerbaijan’s ruling party, Ali Ahmedov, told reporters, “The statements by this Iranian presidential candidate indicate his lack of free and independent thought.”[7]

Endnotes:

[1] Kharrazi is also the brother-in-law of Masoud Khamenei, the son of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei; his father is Assembly of Experts member Ayatollah Mohsen Kharrazi.
[2] The Treaty of Turkmenchay was signed in 1828 between Russia and Persia; under it, the Persian Shah was forced to cede the territories of Armenia, Nakhchivan, and Talysh to Russia. In the 1813 Treaty of Gulistan, Persia was forced to cede the territories of Azerbaijan, Daghestan, and modern Georgia to Russia. Iran considers these treaties humiliating, because they ended the Persian Empire’s control of the Caucasus and Central Asia.
[3] ISNA (Iran), February 9, 2013.
[4] Teribon.ir, February 3, 2013.
[5] ISNA, February 9, 2013.
[6] Asr-e Iran (Iran), February 12, 2013.
[7] Entekhab (Iran), February 17, 2013.

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