Iran’s ambassador to Spain delivered himself of a stinging rebuke to “arrogant Westerners” who have the nerve to criticize the mullahs’ practice of chopping off the hands and feet of convicted criminals. It’s just the way we do things, he said, so shut up and respect us.

And in case anyone thought that they had stopped public executions because of Western protests, no, no, not at all, he said. We did it in order to deprive the arrogant Westerners of an excuse to criticize us.

I wonder when Brzezinski’s going to open his latest round of high-level contacts in Tehran on behalf of presumptive president Obama…