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Longtime terrorist appointed as Iran’s ambassador to Syria |
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Monday, 23 January 2006 |
Mohammad Hossein Akhtari has been reappointed as Iran’s ambassador to Syria.
Akhtari, who was previously ambassador to Syria from 1990 to 1998,
presented his credentials to Bashar Assad, Syria’s president on
December 28.
An internal report from inside the Iranian regime in 1995 reads:
“Speaking to a crowd of Hezbollah members on his trip to Lebanon,
Akhtari, ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran said, ’Tehran has
deployed its Muslim soldiers all over the world to bring America and
Israel to their knees. I consider the US president and all their
allies, slaves to Israel. But their days are numbered and Islam will
soon get to them… Iran has sent its soldiers to every corner of the
globe and they are all ready to commit suicide bombings. They can go
anywhere… Iran will never bow to America’s pressure through Europe or
anywhere else for that matter. The Hezbollah remains Iran’s main
bastion in the war against Islam’s enemy…’”
In 1997 documents uncovered showed that Akhtari had been paying Iranian
agents in Lebanon a quarterly salary of 5 million Dollars.
After returning to Iran in 1997, Akhtari became Khamenei’s liaison officer with terrorist groups.
He became the President of the World Ahle-Beyt Convention, and received
a large budget to increase efforts to spread Islamic fundamentalism in
Islamic countries.
He has also been responsible for all matters concerning Iraq in
Khamenei’s office since 2002, organising and sending directives to the
different sections and organisations.
Coordination between the Foreign Ministry, Qods Force, Ministry of
Intelligence, Organisation of Islamic Relations, and the leading
Ayatollahs in Iran, on terrorist activities, was done under Akhtari’s
supervision.
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