Khamenei calls elections a victory for Iran

[ECH1969]

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday called U.S. President George W. Bush's defeat in congressional elections a victory for Iran.

Bush has accused Iran of trying to make a nuclear bomb, being a state sponsor of terrorism and stoking sectarian conflict in Iraq, all charges Tehran denies.

"This issue (the elections) is not a purely domestic issue for America, but it is the defeat of Bush's hawkish policies in the world," Khamenei said in remarks reported by Iran's student news agency ISNA on Friday.

"Since Washington's hostile and hawkish policies have always been against the Iranian nation, this defeat is actually an obvious victory for the Iranian nation."

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[RethugAssKicker]

1. Hopefully, its a victory for the WORLD

[Cobalt Violet]

2. A victory for the people of the world...

and the planet itself.

[denverbill]

3. Pretty much the entire world thinks it's a victory for the entire world.

Europe, Russia, China, Venezuala, Iraq, Iran...

The only country I've heard whining about it is Israel.