Archive for the 'Middle East' Category

Comments about the Baharestan incident presented on CNN

Embedded video from CNN Video
This is quite a shocking description of todays repression of the demonstrations at Baharestan square in Tehran. Two woman in the video is asking the help of America to finish this ordeal.
All these events that happened in Iran in the past few days are showing the world that Iran is [...]

Transcript of President Obama’s Remarks on Iran

Transcript in English:
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. Good afternoon, everybody. Today, I want to start by addressing three issues, and then I’ll take your questions.
First, I’d like to say a few words about the situation in Iran. The United States and the international community have been appalled and outraged by the [...]

TRANSCRIPT OF REMARKS OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AT STUDENT ROUNDTABLE IN ISTANBUL

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you so much. Well, it is a great pleasure to be here. Let me begin by thanking Professor Rahmi Aksungur — did I say that properly — who is director of the university here. And I want to thank all the young people who’ve gathered together. This is a great privilege for [...]

President Obama’s Surprise Visit with the Troops in Iraq, speech transcript

This morning President Obama made an unannounced visit to Iraq, landing in Baghad at 4:42 p.m. local time (9:42 a.m. ET). He met briefly with the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. Ray Odierno, but the main purpose of his trip to Iraq was to visit U.S. forces. Nearly 600 troops assembled to meet President [...]

Barack Obama Nowruz message transcript in English and Farsi

VIDEOTAPED REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN CELEBRATION OF NOWRUZ
THE PRESIDENT: Today I want to extend my very best wishes to all who are celebrating Nowruz around the world.
This holiday is both an ancient ritual and a moment of renewal, and I hope that you enjoy this special time of year with friends and family.
In [...]

Transcript of Ahmadinejad’s Christmas message on Channel 4

Thursday 25 December 2008 – 22:48
Message for the birth of Jesus son of Mary, word of God, the messenger of mercy
In the name of God the Compassionate the Merciful
Upon the anniversary of the birth of Jesus son of Mary, word of God, the messenger of mercy, I would like to congratulate the followers of [...]

Video of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Christmass Message on Channel 4

Iran’s president is offering season’s greetings to Christians in a British TV address and suggests that if Jesus were alive, he would oppose “bullying, ill-tempered and expansionist powers” — an apparent reference to the U.S. and its allies.
Watch the entire video here:

Read the transcript here>>