MidnightWatcher – Prophecy in Motion

If a history of deceit and obfuscation wasn’t enough for Western “leaders” to learn that the Islamic Republic could never be trusted, then the words of “moderate” President Rouhani today should serve as a sobering reminder. Sadly, they will not. The only lesson the West seems to have learned is the art of selective hearing. What complicates matters even further, however, is the fact that with a nation like Iran the problem is not just with what they say, but also with what they do not say. While President Rouhani claims on one hand that Iran does not “want” nuclear weapons, he conceals the other by omitting the very fact that Iran NEEDS them in order to fulfill their own stated Islamic goals: To annihilate Israel for peaceful purposes and to prepare the way for the Islamic “Messiah” that will bring the world under Islamic rule. According to Rouhani, the accusations that Iran is attempting to build a nuclear bomb is “one of those funny jokes of history.” And he’s right. Unfortuately, the joke’s on you, America. And Israel is the punch line …

Proverbs 14:8, “The prudent understand where they are going, but fools deceive themselves.”

By Jason Rezaian, The Washington Post – “Iran’s top officials on Sunday welcomed the initial agreement struck with world powers over its nuclear activities, hailing the deal as the beginning of a new era for the Islamic republic, both in its relations with other countries and for its sanctions-ravaged economy.

‘Trust is, of course, a two-way street, and we must also find this trust in others. The first step in creating that trust has been taken,’ Iran’s new president, the moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani, said in a statement broadcast live on television Sunday morning.

Addressing concerns over the language in the agreement between the six world powers and Iran regarding Tehran’s ability to continue work on its nuclear program, Rouhani said, ‘Let anyone make his own reading, but this right is clearly stated in the text of the agreement that Iran can continue its enrichment, and I announce to our people that our enrichment activities will continue as before.’

Rouhani, who was joined on the broadcast by the families of several Iranian nuclear scientists who were assassinated in recent years, also reiterated what Iran claims is the peaceful nature of its nuclear program.

‘Let me say once more, the Iranian nation does not want nuclear weapons,’ Rouhani said, referring to the accusations that Iran is attempting to build a bomb as ‘one of those funny jokes of history.’

A key point for Tehran throughout the negotiations with the group of world powers has been a clear path to reductions in the sanctions that have wrought havoc on Iran’s economy in recent years.

One of the achievements of Sunday’s agreement, according to Rouhani, is that ‘the sanctions will be broken. The cracks in the sanctions began last night, and in the future those gaps will be grow.’

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has long doubted the sincerity of Western leaders, expressed guarded approval of the agreement.

Responding to a letter from Rouhani, Khamenei thanked the efforts of Iran’s negotiating team, led by foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, but asked the members to continue their vigilance in dealing with old enemies.

‘God willing, standing against the arrogant powers is and will be the main criteria on the path forward for those in charge of this issue,’ Khamenei wrote.” Read more.

Flashback: Ayatollah Khomeini: Iran Needs Nuclear Weapons To Prepare For The Arrival Of The Islamic Messiah And Bring The World Under Islamic Rule – “A just unveiled 2009 internal International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) document summarizes a conversation with then Iran’s president, Ayatollah Khamenei. The ayatollah explained ‘During a [1984] meeting …the spiritual leader Iman Khomeini had decided to reactivate the nuclear program.’ … President Khamenei explained ‘This [possessing nuclear weapons] was the only way to secure the very essence of the Islamic revolution from the schemes of its enemies … and to prepare it for the emergence of Imam Mehdi [messiah],’ who would bring the world under Islamic rule.” Read more.

Flashback: Iran: World Forces Must Strive To Annihilate Israel To ‘Solve All The World’s Problems’ – “Speaking to ambassadors from Islamic countries ahead of ‘Qods Day’ (‘Jerusalem Day’), an annual Iranian anti-Zionist event established in 1979 by Ayatollah Khomeini and which falls this year on August 17, Ahmadinejad said that a ‘horrible Zionist current’ had been managing world affairs for ‘about 400 years.’ Repeating traditional anti-Semitic slurs, the Iranian president accused ‘Zionists’ of controlling the world’s media and financial systems. It was Zionists, he said, who were ‘behind the scene of the world’s main powers, media, monetary and banking centers.’ … Ahmadinejad added that ‘liberating Palestine’ would solve all the world’s problems …” Read more.

Flashback: Iran: Spiritual Leaders Declare Use Of Nuclear Weapons As LAWFUL Under Sharia – “‘The spiritual leaders of the ultra-conservatives [in Iran] have accepted the use of nuclear weapons as lawful in the eyes of shari’a. Mohsen Gharavian, a disciple of [Ayatollah] Mesbah Yazdi [who is Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s spiritual mentor] … stated that ‘in terms of shari’a, it all depends on the goal.’… he said for the first time that the use of nuclear weapons may not constitute a problem according to shari’a. He further said that ‘when the entire world is armed with nuclear weapons, it is permissible to use these weapons as a counter-[measure]. According to shari’a, too, only the goal is important…’” Read more.