Posts Tagged ‘anglophobia’

Washington Post : Britian Bashing is Iran’s ‘Flavor of the Month’

In History, Iran, News, Opinion, Politics, TV, radio on 19 July 2009 tagged #Iranelection, Ali Ansari, anglophobia, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, BBC, BBC Persian, Britian, British Broadcasting Corp., Dick Davis, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini, Iran, Iranian election, Islamic Republic, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, media, Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Middle Eastern Studies, Ohio State University, protest, Reza Shah, Syracuse University, Tara Bahrampour, Tehran, University of St. Andrews with Comments

It’s interesting that Bahrampour points to the dual role of the United States in regards to talks surrounding a nuclear Iran and the unforeseen concessions and charm of now United States President, Barack Hussein Obama, as possible reasons for the Iranian emphasis on the ‘evils’ of the British:
Since Iranians took to the streets to protest [...]