Babak Namdar

It seems the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has finally conceded that America was and in fact continues to support the “reformist” faction against the “hardliners.”

During an interview with CNN the Secretary of State said:

“So, we were doing a lot to really empower the protesters without getting in the way. And we’re continuing to speak out and support the opposition.”

Note, what Clinton means by opposition, is Mousavi, who in turn is part of the “reformist” faction of the Islamic Republic.  “Reformists” and the Iranian opposition are not the same.  We do not believe in reforms from within, and we also don’t believe in doing the same thing over and over but expecting different results either.

Her comments strongly “support” that the State Department in fact financed Mousavi’s campaign and used it’s propaganda arm, Voice America, to mold Mousavi into “the opposition.” Voice of America even dis-invited guests and cancelled programs where the guests or hosts did not belong to the “reformist” camp – so much for being “impartial”.

I probably shouldn’t surprised by State’s policies, after all they can’t even distinguish between a democracy and a theocracy; let alone be able to determine the difference between regime-factions and genuine opposition to the Islamic Republic.

One would think that at a time when the Islamic Republic’s more fanatical faction is seeking to prove that foreign entities are supporting their “reformists” bretheren, that those providing the support would keep quiet about it – but not the State Department. Mousavi is probably somewhere, other then trying to avoid being presecution for treachery, cursing at the State Department.

Her comments about “continuing to speak out” would be much more accurate if it read “continuing to speak out against speaking out”.

Very interesting.

When there is talk of Iranian opposition being helped financially that’s bad - very very bad; but when reformists want to receive financial backing it’s good - very very good.

FDI has a great write-up of the developments taking place to the run-up of the Islamic Republic’s [s]election.

Here’s a excerpt:

According to Saeed Behbehani of MihanTV, a U.S. government emissary met in Dubai two weeks ago with Mehdi Khazali, campaign manager for Mir Hossein Mousavi, bringing assurances of U.S. government support for his campaign. So far, organizations such as “One Million Signatures” inside Iran, which is funded through NGO’s getting State Department fnding, have been mobilized in favor of Mousavi in the election. For 30 years, Iranian women have been knocking their heads on the doors of Western “feminist” organizations, seeking - if not help, at least sympathy. Until now, they have been given the brush-off. But with a “reformist” in the White House, “reformists” in Iran have access s to campaign war chests, VOA Persian Service, National Endowment for Democracy grants, and more.

Frontpage magazine conducted a very interesting and detailed interview with Roozbeh Farahanipour, head of Marze Por Gohar Party.

I recommend everyone read it as it contains information that’s rarely, if ever, disclosed about the regime’s [s]elections.

One specific piece I liked, since the American government is turning a blind eye to illegal activities the Islamic Republic is conducting within the United States:

The regime tries to have it both ways: they try to discredit Iranians living outside of Iran who support boycotting by claiming they [boycott supporters] are detached and out of touch, while at the same time they provide logistical support to pro-regime entities living outside Iran to help promote the elections.  The latter is in fact illegal: it is illegal for the Islamic Republic to place ballot boxes in foreign states with which it has no official relations.  Meaning, it is illegal for the Islamic Republic to place ballot boxes in the Unites States and count the votes cast here in the states for the elections in Iran.

But hey, Obama wants to engage the Islamic Republic, so it’s okay if the Islamic Republic breaks American laws within America.

Well you knew it was coming and finally a senior military official stated as much.

When asked whether the Islamic Republic could keep their nuclear program, Admiral Michael Mullen replied “that’s certainly a possibility“.

While the State Department says that “We want to keep the focus on Iran and what Iran is doing, and what we can do collectively in order to try to persuade Iran to take a different course“.

The two statements taken together basically means “Ok, you win”.