“Racist” — all Islamic supremacists read from the same playbook. “Iran says it may retaliate for Canada ties downgrade,” from the Jerusalem Post, September 8 (thanks to all who sent this in):
Iran accused Canada on Saturday of “hostile behavior” under Israeli and British influence after Ottawa cut diplomatic relations, and it raised the prospect of swift retaliation.
Canada said on Friday that it was closing its embassy in Tehran and gave Iranian diplomats five days to leave the country, branding the Islamic Republic as the “most significant threat to global peace and security.”
Ottawa cited Iran’s disputed nuclear work, which Western states see as a disguised effort to develop atomic bombs, its hostility toward Israel and alleged military aid to Syrian President Bashar Assad, who is battling a popular uprising.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said the move was a “continuation of anti-Iranian policies” by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government, which has long had poor relations with Tehran.
“The current government of Canada under the leadership of Mr. Stephen Harper is known for extreme policies in the domain of foreign policy,” Mehr news agency quoted Mehmanparast as saying.
“The hostile behavior of the current racist government in Canada in reality follows the policies dictated by the Zionists (Israel) and the British.”
Iran has been a regional adversary of Israel since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, while Britain expelled Iranian diplomats late last year after radical Iranian protesters sacked its embassy in Tehran.
Alaeddin Boroujerdi, who heads Iran’s influential parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy, said there could be an “immediate and decisive” response to Canada’s action, Fars news agency reported.
“It is essential that the foreign ministry respond to this action by Canada on the basis of national interests.”
Israel, Jewish groups praise Canada’s decision
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Friday welcomed Canada’s decision to expel the Iranian ambassador from Ottawa and to close the Canadian embassy in Tehran.
“I congratulate Canada’s PM [Stephen] Harper for showing leadership and making a bold move that sends a clear message to Iran and the world,” Netanyahu stated….
Indeed. Harper is taking the role of leader of the free world that Obama has abdicated.