Ahmadinejad Plays Blame Game

The Iranian government runs a crooked election and murder protesters. The people have become disillusioned with the government. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is saying this is the fault of Europe and President Barack Obama.

On Thursday, Mr. Ahmadinejad said: “We expected the British and European countries to make those kinds of comments. But we were not expecting Mr. Obama, who has talked about change, to fall in the same trap and follow the same path that Bush did.”

Mr. Ahmadinejad did not stop there. “I hope you avoid interfering in Iran’s affairs and express your regret in a way that the Iranian people find out about it,” he said.

If a meteor hit Iran would that be the fault of Obama and the West? It wouldn't surprise me if Ahmadinejad tried to spin it that way.

Not So Shocking News: Iran Has Gay People

“In Iran, we do not have this phenomenon,” he said referring to homosexuality. “I do not know who has told you we have it.”

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Columbia University.

Someone should ask Ahmadinejad how Iran can execute gays and lesbians if they have no homosexuals.

(London) In a meeting between Iranian and British parliamentarians a high ranking Iranian politician has for the first time acknowledged that the Islamic state upholds the death penalty for homosexuality according to minutes of the meeting obtained by The Times newspaper.

The disclosure came during a peace conference - the Inter-Parliamentary Union - in May.

The story gets more tragic: an estimated 4,000 gay men and women have been killed under Iran's homophobic policy. Iranian women have been to be stoned to death. None of these people received anything representing Western legal representation. Trials are a mere formality.

Pam Spaulding has thoughts on the Iranian government's recent disclosure.

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“In Iran, we do not have this phenomenon,” he said referring to homosexuality. “I do not know who has told you we have it.”

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Columbia University.

Perhaps Ahmadinejad can explain Kaveh Ghaderi. He paticipated in the International Mr. Gay Competition.

According to Wikipedia, there is Persian literature detailing the history of Iranian homosexuality. Ahmadinejad has denied the existence of the Holocaust. No one should be surprised that Ahmadinejad is equally deluded about homosexuality. The audience at Columbia University laughed when he said there were no gays and lesbians in Iran. No one takes this clown seriously. He does harm to Iran's international standing.

Update: Here is the video of Ahmadinejad standup comedy performance.