The Latest from Iran: Back to Political Sniping?
Saturday, August 27, 2011 at 11:471448 GMT: James Miller is back, and he provides a Cross-post from the Syria liveblog:
Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Saleh warned the "outsiders" and called on Damascus to recognise the "legitimate demands" of its people. He said:
The government should answer to the demands of its people, be it Syria, Yemen or other countries.
The people of these nations have legitimate demands and the governments should reply to these demands as soon as possible.
Syria is an important link in the resistance chain [against Israel] and some want to cut off this link in the chain. A vacuum in the Syrian regime would have an unpredictable impact for the region and its neighbours.
1240 GMT: Limited Time Offer. Mansur Arzi, the regime "eulogist" who said last week that he would pay anyone who killed President Ahmadinejad's Chief of Staff Esfandiar Rahim-Mashai, has said the offer is only open until the end of Ramadan.
1125 GMT: Ahmadinejad Watch. Perhaps the most significant show on Friday was the visit of the Cabinet to the mausoleum of Imam Khomeini --- President Ahmadinejad declared that his Government would withstand political pressures.