Khamenei throws the gauntlet at the West

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http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MI21Ak02.html

The hosting of an "Islamic Awakening" conference in Tehran over the weekend provided a suitable occasion for the Islamic Republic to advance its narrative on the so-called Arab Spring.

Attended by hundreds of intellectuals, spiritual leaders and political activists from the Islamic world and beyond, and addressed foremost by the leader of the Islamic Revolution Grand Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei and President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, the conference was a major event and can be viewed as a significant statement of intent.

The inaugural speech by Khamenei is of prime importance in so far as it clearly and succinctly sets out the Islamic Republic's view on the political upheavals sweeping across the Arab world


and the extent to which Iran is determined to frame those changes in an Islamic revolutionary paradigm.

It is important to examine Khamenei's words in detail as this was his most important public speech since June 2009, when he addressed Friday Prayers a week after the disputed presidential elections that triggered unprecedented demonstrations and riots in Tehran.

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1. Hasn't he run out of gauntlets yet?

I mean, he's thrown so many already. ;-)

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2. tasteful pearl encrusted gauntlets i'm sure. nt

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3. The Youth of the Arab Spring

They were much the same Youth that revolted over the rigged elections in Iran. They would like to control the message but the Youth are not likely to have any part of it. Anyway, Iran is a Persian majority,and a Shia Bastion, not likely to endear themselves with the primarily, Sunni Arab Youth.