Obama's July 4 Invites To Iranian Diplomats Rescinded

[babylonsister]

Good move.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/24/obamas-july-4-invites-to-_n_220297.html


Obama's July 4 Invites To Iranian Diplomats Rescinded

June 24, 2009 04:23 PM EST | AP


WASHINGTON — An offer for Iranian envoys to attend U.S. embassy Fourth of July parties has been rescinded as the violent crackdown in Tehran continues, the White House said Wednesday.

"Given the events of the past many days, those invitations will no longer be extended," presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs said.

Postelection protests and violence have rocked Iran since the contested re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The past 10 days in Iran have posed the strongest challenge to that nation's clerical rule since the system was established 30 years ago in the 1979 Islamic revolution.

President Barack Obama condemned the violence against protesters Tuesday and lent his strongest support yet to their accusations the hardline victory was a fraud.

No Iranian diplomat had accepted an invitation from U.S. diplomatic posts abroad to attend embassy Fourth of July parties, according to the State Department.

Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton had authorized U.S. envoys abroad some weeks ago to invite Iranian diplomats to attend the annual celebration. Her authorization was required because Washington has no formal diplomatic relations with Iran.

Kelly said no Iranians have accepted, and he indicated that the U.S. saw little reason for them to, given the political crisis over their disputed presidential election.

[SunsetDreams]

1. Excellent move, Mr. President!

[Cha]

2. I know you were for this

yesterday, babylonsister..I think it's good the invite was in place so it can be rescinded.

[babylonsister]

4. Yes, I thought they shouldn't have been invited after what's

transpired in Iran. I'm glad the WH is doing the right thing.

[Cha]

5. Yes, oh, and Rec'd~

:hi:

[AtomicKitten]

3. We don't really have diplomatic relations with them anyway.

But as I recall somebody asked him that yesterday at the press conference.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

6. "Damn it what are supposed to do now with the 30 lbs of kebabs we were bringing?

Not to mention the giant tubs of yogurt with eggplant."

[Beacool]

8. Heck, I'll take them for my party.

Waste not, want not............

:D

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

9. You know that Persian ain't no joke. I'm getting hungry just talking about it.

:)

[Beacool]

10. Actually, I never had Persian food.

I love Middle Eastern food, but I'm not sure what they eat in Iran.

:-)

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

13. The persian rests. here in Chicago serve a lot of kabobs with dill rice.

But they also have things like pomegranate cornish hen and this delicious eggplant (baba ganoush like) with yogurt dip. I highly recommend it.

[Beacool]

14. Hmmm, sounds yummy!!!

I love baba ganouj, I make it all the time. As a matter of fact, I'm preparing it tonight. I already baked the eggplant and peeled it.

The cornish hen with pomegranate sounds delicious.

:-)

[Lord Helmet]

7. That's probably a wise move even though no Iranians accepted the invite.

according to the article.

[eleny]

11. kick

[PVnRT]

12. It's a good symbolic move

"Symbolic" not meant in a bad way, since all the U.S. should be doing at this point is symbolic to keep Immadunderhead from scoring propaganda wins.

[bdamomma]

15. very acceptable move.