Just some friendly advice. (Iran and the West)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: May 13, 1989 | Copyright information

Iran and the West

Just some friendly advice

AT FRIDAY prayers on May 5th Mr Ali Akbar Rafsanjani, the Speaker of the majlis, Iran's parliament, and the man most likely to succeed Ayatollah Khomeini, advised Palestinians to murder five westerners for every Palestinian killed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza. "It is not difficult to kill Frenchmen or Americans," said Mr Rafsanjani, leaning on an assault rifle, "though it is a bit difficult to kill Isra...

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