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Iran:Ortega in Iran

Monday, June 11th, 2007 @ 16:25 UTC

by Hamid Tehrani

Countries:: Iran, Nicaragua
Topics:: History, International Relations

You can see several photos of Daniel Ortega's trip to Tehran in Kamangir's blog.The President of Nicaragua talked with Iranian leaders and gave a speech in the University of Tehran mentioning “the Sandanista’s revolution took over the power in 1979, the exact year that the Islamic revolution succeeded in Iran. These two are twin revolutions which had and still pursue similar goals, such as justice, freedom, sovereignty, and fighting Imperialism.”

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# 2007-06-11 at 20:50 pm
City boy

http://cityboyblog.com/2007/06/12/the-hypocrisy-of-the-islamic-republic-and-the-left/

# 2007-06-13 at 23:19 pm

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