
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev with Iran President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during their meeting during the
Eighth Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Aug. 28.
Iranian Republic News, Islamic Republic of Iran
President Ahmadinejad
Blames 'Zionists' for Georgia Crisis
Could it be that 'Zionists' are
behind the recent crisis in the Caucuses? According to this news account from
Iran's state-run Iranian Republic News Agency. Such is the latest crime
ascribed to those one-time yearners for the promised
land, who the unsettling Iranian president appears to blame for most of the
world's ills.
August 29, 2008
Islamic
Republic of Iran - Islamic Republic News - Original Article (English)
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
said Thursday that there is evidence that proves Zionists are behind the events
on South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
"We have information showing
that Zionists have has a role in the situation in South Ossetia and
Abkhazia," said President Ahmadinejad, during an interview with reporters
on the sidelines of the Eighth Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
President Ahmadinejad said that
problem in the Caucasus was caused by the intervention of the "ultra-regional
powers." He said that if those powers didn't interfere, regional
governments would be able to solve their problems on their own.
"In our opinion, if
Georgian officials had acted properly and not allowed outside forces to
interfere, the situation wouldn’t have taken on its current dimensions,"
the president said.
President Ahmadinejad said
that the world is speedily moving toward change and development. He said that on
the one hand, there are changes that come as a result of unilateralism and
discrimination, and on the other, there are those that result from the resistance
of nations to movement that run counter to humane approaches.
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The proper method of change,
he said, is the recourse to law and justice - and making the respect for human
beings and law the basis of international relations.
Asked about the Iran-U.S.
relations, President Ahmadinejad said, "Had U.S. officials heeded the view
of experts, conditions would have recovered by now."
On the SCO summit, the
president said the SCO members constitute more than one third of the world
population and enjoy high capacity with drastic impact on global equations.
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