(Thanks to Ali Alfoneh for his assistance).
- Special forces beat up sugar cane workers on their sixth day of strike.
- Ahmadinejad given bravery award for going to Columbia.
- IAEA leader ElBaradei seeks more time, warns against confrontation over Iran’s nuclear program.
- Italian, Spanish opposition to further sanctions on Iran.
- Ahmadinejad rules out new nuclear talks.
- Defense of “martyred” Palestinian boy Muhammad al-Durra becomes motto of Iranian education ministry.
- Ahmadinejad: Send the Zionists to Alaska, or maybe Canada.
- “Spontaneous” demonstrations mark Qods Day celebrations.
- Zionist regime is “totally helpless.” Growing weak.
- Referendum showing Israel’s illegitimacy.
- Iranian officials endorse resistance, condemn Israel’s existence.
- Ahmadinejad:
- ”Why don’t you let the black box of the Zionist regime be decoded?”
- ”If the Western leaders are not members of the Zionist party, they should allow an international fact finding group decode the black box.”
- “Nations should be allowed to conduct research on crimes of the Zionist regime and decode the black box for its atrocities.”
- “They violate sanctity of prophets and insult human dignity and democracy and say they have nothing to do with these acts.
- “You have turned what you call Holocaust into a holy issue and do not let anybody raise any question about it.”
- “They allowed themselves to commit whatever crimes under the pretext of the Holocaust. They even built secret prisons in Europe and attacked and imposed economic sanctions against a nation who did not officially recognize the Zionist regime.”
- Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi:
- “World Qods Day makes afraid arrogant states, especially the Zionist regime.”
- Minister of Culture:
- “Qods Day is a day of confrontation between the whole blasphemy against the whole Islam and a symbol of shouting of the world oppressed people against arrogant powers.”
- Interior Minister: “Zionism is enemy of mankind.”
- Rafsanjani: Islamic nations’ presence leads to Zionist failure.
- Chairman of parliament cancels his visit to France after some French MPs meet with terrorist Mujahideen al-Khalq.
- Ahmad Tavakoli, former presidential hopeful: “Infusion of oil money into the economy makes the plight of the people worse.”
- Picture of the Day: Child participating in rally to eradicate Zionism.
