Het lijkt steeds moeilijker om Achmadinejad nog serieus te nemen, maar hij is wel de president van een vrij groot land dat de straat van Hormuz controleert waar alle olie uit de Golf langs moet. Bovendien heeft hij bijna een kernwapen en is er een zeker land waar hij een bijzonder grote hekel aan heeft.
Wat zullen westerse progressievelingen en vredesactivisten zeggen? Ja, daarmee heeft hij wel een punt, net als met het feit dat Israel de zogenaamde Holocaust voor eigen doeleinden misbruikt en Duitsland de Joden maar een stukje gebied had moeten afstaan als het zich dan zo schuldig voelde? En hoe zal Ban Ki-Moon op het Iraanse verzoek reageren?
Ahmadinejad didn't elaborate on the details but he had earlier said he would write to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to ask that Iran be compensated for the damages caused to its people during the war and for the use of its territory and resources by Allied powers.
Misschien kan hij Iran eens in ondiplomatieke termen te verstaan geven dat aan het lidmaatschap van de VN een basis niveau aan gezond verstand en respect voor andere staten en volken is verbonden, en dat zijn geduld zo langzamerhand aan het opraken is. Oeps, nee, daar gaat de Algemene Vergadering over en die ziet hem in meerderheid als de grote held die de hegemonie van de VS durft uit te dagen. En in de Veiligheidsraad beginnen de machtsverhoudingen ook te verschuiven....
RP
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Ahmadinejad demands WWII reparations from Allied powers
http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1141342.html
By The Associated Press
Ahmadinejad demands WWII reparations from Allied powers
http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1141342.html
By The Associated Press
Iran suffered immensely after it was invaded by the Allies during World War II and deserves reparations, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a live broadcast on state television Saturday.
The hard line Iranian President has ordered the formation of a team to study the damages the country suffered from the 1941 Allied invasion in order to demand compensation.
"You inflicted lots of damages to the Iranian nation, put your weight on the shoulders [of the Iranian people] and became victors in the World War II. You didn't even share the war profits with Iran," Ahmadinejad said.
"If I say today that we will take full compensation ... know that we will stand to the end and will take it."
Ahmadinejad didn't elaborate on the details but he had earlier said he would write to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to ask that Iran be compensated for the damages caused to its people during the war and for the use of its territory and resources by Allied powers.
"A team has been assigned to calculate all the damages (inflicted on Iran) in the Second World War. This will be an invoice they (Allies powers) must pay to the Iranian nation," said Ahmadinejad.
Britain and the Soviet Union invaded Iran on August 26, 1941, codenamed
Operation Countenance to secure Iranian oil fields and ensure supply lines for the Soviets fighting Axis forces.
Food, fuel and other essentials were scarce amid mounting inflation and there was great hardship on the Iranian people as the needs of invading powers were given priority.
Ahmadinejad also warned that Iran may also demand compensation for the damages it suffered during World War I, the Western support for the former Pahlavi Dynasty and its hostility towards Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
The hard line Iranian President has ordered the formation of a team to study the damages the country suffered from the 1941 Allied invasion in order to demand compensation.
"You inflicted lots of damages to the Iranian nation, put your weight on the shoulders [of the Iranian people] and became victors in the World War II. You didn't even share the war profits with Iran," Ahmadinejad said.
"If I say today that we will take full compensation ... know that we will stand to the end and will take it."
Ahmadinejad didn't elaborate on the details but he had earlier said he would write to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to ask that Iran be compensated for the damages caused to its people during the war and for the use of its territory and resources by Allied powers.
"A team has been assigned to calculate all the damages (inflicted on Iran) in the Second World War. This will be an invoice they (Allies powers) must pay to the Iranian nation," said Ahmadinejad.
Britain and the Soviet Union invaded Iran on August 26, 1941, codenamed
Operation Countenance to secure Iranian oil fields and ensure supply lines for the Soviets fighting Axis forces.
Food, fuel and other essentials were scarce amid mounting inflation and there was great hardship on the Iranian people as the needs of invading powers were given priority.
Ahmadinejad also warned that Iran may also demand compensation for the damages it suffered during World War I, the Western support for the former Pahlavi Dynasty and its hostility towards Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
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