{"id":10727,"date":"2012-07-10T10:22:56","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T17:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=10727"},"modified":"2012-07-10T10:22:56","modified_gmt":"2012-07-10T17:22:56","slug":"unreasonable-american-positions-highlight-failed-and-contradictory-us-islamophobic-foreign-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=10727","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Unreasonable American Positions&#8221; highlight failed and contradictory, US Islamophobic Foreign Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Obama stand on Syria marked by Islamophobia: Larijani<\/strong><br \/>\n7 July, 2012 &#8211; Daily Messenger<\/p>\n<p>The people of Bahrain are under extreme hardship; they are not demanding anything extraordinary but merely want the right to a ballot in which there is no difference between Shia and Sunni vote, but the parliament of this state (Bahrain) only conforms to the American version of justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaker of Iran\u2019s Majlis (parliament) Ali Larijani has described the US intervention in the Syrian affairs as a clear instance of US President Barack Obama\u2019s Islamophobic policies.<\/p>\n<p>Comparing Obama\u2019s outright support for anti-Syria armed gangs in the name of democracy while backing the dictatorial regime in Bahrain, Larijani insisted that \u201csuch dual standards cannot be justified by any reason,\u201d IRIB reported Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people of Bahrain are under extreme hardship; they are not demanding anything extraordinary but merely want the right to a ballot in which there is no difference between Shia and Sunni vote, but the parliament of this state (Bahrain) now only conforms to the American version of justice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The top Iranian lawmaker, speaking Friday night in the holy city of Qom, also blasted Obama\u2019s contradictory statements and policies regarding Islam before and after his 2008 election as the American president.<\/p>\n<p>    Obama has been the only US president throughout the American history that has implemented the most number of threats and sanctions against the Islamic Iran, while continually talking of peace and dialogue with nations and claiming to defend human rights, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Larijani further censured \u201cunreasonable American positions\u201d with respect to Iran\u2019s nuclear energy issue, adding that \u201cthe US accuses Iran of violating (the International Atomic Energy) Agency regulations\u201d while its representatives at the P5+1 nuclear negotiations \u201cfirst travel to Israel and finalize the outcome of the talks there before the [actual] summit gets underway.\u201d  <a href=\"http:\/\/dailymessenger.com.pk\/world\/2012\/07\/07\/obama-stand-on-syria-marked-by-islamophobia-larijani\/\" target=\"_blank\"> &#8230;source<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"igit_tsb_button\" style=\"float: left; 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