November 14, 2008
MEMRITV New Clips From Iran TV

No. 1910 | November 5, 2008
Qom Friday Sermon: Unless Obama Changes U.S. Policies, Our Slogan Will
Remain "Death to America"
Following are excerpts from a Friday sermon in Qom, delivered by Iranian
cleric Hossein Sa'idi, which aired on Channel 2, Iranian TV, on November 8,
2008:

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Hossein Sa'idi: Our people knows that the American presidents are merely the
"tribune." The people who really pull the strings behind the scenes are the
Zionists. Statistics show that 80 percent of the Zionists voted for Obama.
[...]

If the gentleman who recently came to power changes his foreign policy
towards Islam and all we hold sacred, our attitude toward them will change
as well. But if their policies do not change, and only the faces change,
there will be no difference between Bush and Obama, as far as we are
concerned. As long as they want to confront Islam, the things we hold
sacred, and our courageous people, our slogan will forever remain the same:
Death to America.
Crowd: Death to America
Death to America
Death to America
Death to America

No. 1911| November 5, 2008
Anti-American Sentiment in Iranian Schoolchildren Demonstration: "The
Islamic Nation Abhors All Foreigners, Especially the Americans"
Following is an excerpt from an Iranian TV report on a demonstration by
schoolchidlren, which aired on Channel 5, Iranian TV, on November 5, 2008:

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Interviewer: Can you explain your drawing? What does it mean?
Schoolgirl at demonstration: This is a picture of an American. I have drawn
his true face - like a filthy Satan.
Interviewer: You mean an American Zionist?
Schoolgirls: Right. He is trampling on the schoolbooks and pencils, and he
is about to burn them. I drew it for Student Day, which marks the day they
turned our beloved students into martyrs.
Interviewer: But they will never succeed, right?
Schoolgirls: Absolutely not.
[...]
Interviewer: If you could convey a message to the Zionists and the
Americans, what would you say?
Schoolgirl: I would tell them that they have no right to make decisions
regarding our country. I would tell them that even if they think that our
men and women are not zealous...
Interviewer: You mean that's what they think?
Schoolgirl: Yes. But we Iranians believe the opposite - we will defend our
country and our identity. We do not want anyone to rule over us, and we will
defend ourselves.
Sign at demonstration reads: "The Islamic Nation Abhors All Foreigners,
Especially the Americans"

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Former Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani: We Have No Reason to Be Happy
about World Economic Crisis
Following are excerpts from a public address delivered by Hashemi
Rafsanjani, chairman of the Iranian Assembly of Experts and of the
Expediency Council, which aired on Channel 1, Iranian TV, on October 24,
2008.

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Hashemi Rafsanjani: We should not be saying that [the economic crisis] is a
good thing, and that it is a divine miracle that [the West] is being
punished. Perhaps they are indeed being punished, but things are difficult
for everyone. Of course, we don't have the means to hold back this great
tsunami, and we don't play such a large role [in the world economy]. The
first wave of this tsunami that reached us was the decline in oil prices.
The price of oil had risen to 147 dollars a barrel, and now they have
announced that Brent crude oil is 64 dollars a barrel. Our oil is several
dollars behind the price of Brent crude oil, which is determined as the
price standards in London. This is very damaging to us.

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