Mercenary- it is always best to source any news from a 3rd party, that is most likely a non-stakeholder specially in political matters such as the one of Iran. I see that you are mainly backing your views by referencing sites built and ran by overseas Iranians who all lost out in one way or another after the fall of Shah and are extremely hostile to the revoloutionary regime. Its similar to many Baathist Arabs who are hating the process of people empowerment that is taking place in Iraq at the moment because they see power and wealth as their monopoly only. They now consider Saddam an Arab hero, a martyr, and seem to have gone as far as supporting Al Qaeda elements to destablise Iraq, a country that is very fragile at the moment anyway.
Sir thanks for an educated reply.
I did quote a 3rd party source, a Russian Newspaper in which the Russian govt condemned Ahmedinijad's denial of the holocaust.
What people like Ahmedinijad will never understand is that acknowledging Jewish suffering is in no way decremental to Palestinian suffering.
BBC/CNN and likes unfortunately have taken a very biased approach towards Iran ever since the revoloution. The simple reason being that Iran will not give the Western powers unconditional welcome to step in and shape and enhance their own Western geopolitical interests in the Middle East. Thus, the same popular and powerful media machinery around the world that used to glorify the Shah to no end all of a sudden turned anti-Iranian govt after the Shah. However there are some sources that do good neutral reporting. A clear benchmark to judge a media outlet that is free from the clutches of the Zionist/Imperialist- one which is ready to expose Israel and its crimes.
What you say is true. I am however fearful that Iran being run by religious ideologues adds a dangerous element to the game that Iran is playing. Namely, trying to become the most powerful nation in the Islamic world.
They are doing this by funding movements in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Egypt, Gulf States, etc.
I dont mind secular states becoming powerful like Turkey, Indonesia but nations like Iran and Saudi Arabia are dangerous because they are totally linked with a narrow ideology.