Iran and Rafsanjani
Akbar Hashhemi Rafsanjani, now running for president of Iran, is saying the United States has been hostile toward his country for more than 30 years.
Why shouldn’t we be?
In January of 2001, Iran’s Ali Akbar Nateq-Nouri, top advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, met with Imad Mugniyah in a secret bunker to plan closer cooperation between Iran and Al Qaeda. Mugniyah is a leading terrorist, works with Zawahiri, and is believed to have killed more Americans before 9/11 than any other terrorist.
In July of 2004, just before the 9/11 Commission report was to go to the printers, Philip Zelikow, the executive director, discovered a document from the U.S. intelligence agency that documented Iran’s ties to Al Qaeda in the months just before the September 11 attacks. The documents showed Iran was facilitating the travel of Al Qaeda operatives and falsifying travel documents. The Iranians were fully aware that they were helping operatives in an organization preparing attacks against the United States.
Wake up, Rafsanjani. Let’s get real. Who is hostile here? Unlike Iraq, Iran is actively engaged in war with the U.S.