Iran: Christian states ruined Christmas
Islamic Republic media outlet says, 'UN Security Council decision to place sanctions on Iran ruined holiday'
The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) said in an editorial on Tuesday: " On the eve of the auspicious birthday of Jesus Christ when all Muslim and Christian believers extend best wishes to each other on the onset of the new year, leaders of Christian states took an unacceptable action toward Iranians by passing a resolution against (Iran's) national nuclear program which surprised every individual in Iran."
The IRIB described the sanctions as "surprising," as "the Islamic Republic of Iran has designed the national nuclear program for civilian use and all Iranian nuclear sites are under (the) supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)."
The statement continued: "(The) IAEA has installed cameras on all Iranian nuclear sites monitoring them 24 hours and (the) Islamic Republic of Iran regards (the) nuclear bomb as forbidden in accordance with the lofty teachings of Islam."
"The resolution was passed just two weeks after the Zionist Olmert admitted having nuclear bombs, something which threatens international peace and security," the IRIB declared.
'God willing, Jesus will return'
Citing a "religious sense of brotherhood," the IRIB added that "Iranians cannot remain silent in the face of systematic slaughter of fellow Muslims in Palestine by an occupying regime and view such an atrocity against Muslims as injustice and something that should be dealt with."
The official state media outlet also wrote that "Iranians express indignation at any unjust resolution that is being passed to force them to give up their humanitarian and Islamic beliefs."
In a recent statement, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad linked Christianity's deity, Jesus, with the 12th Imam, Mahdi, revered by Shiite Muslims as a messiah who will return to earth to establish dominance for Islam worldwide.
"God willing, Jesus would return to the world along with the emergence of the descendant of the Islam's Holy Prophet, Imam Mahdi and wipe away every tinge of oppression, pain and agony from the face of the world," Ahmadinejad said.
