The Iranian parliament on Saturday voted to designate the United States' Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Army as terrorist organizations, IRNA, the country's state-run news agency, reported
The CIA and the U.S. Army "trained terrorists and supported terrorism, and they themselves are terrorists," the parliament said, according to IRNA.
The Iranian parliament said the condemnation was based on "known and accepted" standards of terrorism from international regulations, including the U.N. charter.
The parliament said it condemns the "aggressions by the U.S. Army, particularly in Iraq and Afghanistan" and calls on the United Nations to "intervene in the global problem of U.S. prisons in Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib and secret jails in other countries," IRNA reported, quoting a statement from Iranian lawmakers.
The Iranian parliament also decried the CIA's and U.S. Army's involvement in the 1945 bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II, U.S. involvement in the Balkans, Vietnam and the U.S. support of Israel.
Of the condemnation, Paul Gimigliano, a CIA spokesman, said, "There are some things that don't even deserve comment. This is one."
National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said he declined to comment "on non-binding resolutions passed by parliaments in countries with dubious records on human rights, democracy and that are state sponsors of terror."
There was no immediate response from the U.S. State Department.
Washington and U.S. military leaders have long accused Iran of training and equipping insurgents in Iraq. The United States and Iran have not had formal diplomatic relations since 1980 after Iranian militants stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and held Americans hostage for 444 days.
The Iranian lawmakers' condemnation was in apparent retaliation for the U.S. Senate's resolution Wednesday requesting that the United States designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, or Quds Force, as a foreign terrorist organization.
The Senate resolution passed a day after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the U.N. General Assembly that an agreement reached last month between his country and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over its disputed nuclear program has, in the Iranian view, settled the matter.
Iran says its nuclear program is necessary for civilian energy production. The United States and other Western nations have accused Tehran of trying to build a nuclear weapon.
Source: CNN
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Damn, didn't the Iranian Pres. just come over here..?!?
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I guess he didn't like the welcome he received. Lol...
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what the hell is his problem?!
it's damn clear we can label groups or countries "terrorist organizations"; that doesn't mean they can!!!!! FFS :angry:
it's damn clear we can label groups or countries "terrorist organizations"; that doesn't mean they can!!!!! FFS :angry:
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dubya checks out terrorist # 1
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Bush rules!
Calling Bush a terrorist is a joke. The same people bashing him for going into Iraq would be blasting him for not going in with the Intel that he had at the time. This has lasted as long as it has because we don't target mosgues(sp) and the terrorists know this shit. We have the weapons and know how to end this in five minutes but we don't because we generally follow the rules as our enemies hardly ever do.
I gotta ask, what's worse?; A naked photo with a ugly ass girl pointing at your prick or a video of someone cutting your fucking head off.
The Dems and Repubs need to start working together, we don't have 20 to 30 years to bicker over this bullshit.
Calling Bush a terrorist is a joke. The same people bashing him for going into Iraq would be blasting him for not going in with the Intel that he had at the time. This has lasted as long as it has because we don't target mosgues(sp) and the terrorists know this shit. We have the weapons and know how to end this in five minutes but we don't because we generally follow the rules as our enemies hardly ever do.
I gotta ask, what's worse?; A naked photo with a ugly ass girl pointing at your prick or a video of someone cutting your fucking head off.
The Dems and Repubs need to start working together, we don't have 20 to 30 years to bicker over this bullshit.
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