UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran, whose president has vowed to wipe Israel off the map, complained to the United Nations on Wednesday that the Jewish state was repeatedly threatening to bomb it.
The threats were "matters of extreme gravity" and the U.N. Security Council should condemn them and demand that Israel "cease and desist immediately from the threat of the use of force against members of the United Nations," Iranian U.N. Ambassador Javad Zarif said.
His comments, which came in a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan dated November 10 and circulated at the United Nations on Wednesday, prompted a quick rejoinder from John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
"I would say this is perhaps an example of the Iranians trying to learn 'chutzpah,'" Bolton told reporters, using a Yiddish word for unmitigated gall or outrageously arrogant behavior. [...]
The threats were "matters of extreme gravity" and the U.N. Security Council should condemn them and demand that Israel "cease and desist immediately from the threat of the use of force against members of the United Nations," Iranian U.N. Ambassador Javad Zarif said.
His comments, which came in a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan dated November 10 and circulated at the United Nations on Wednesday, prompted a quick rejoinder from John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
"I would say this is perhaps an example of the Iranians trying to learn 'chutzpah,'" Bolton told reporters, using a Yiddish word for unmitigated gall or outrageously arrogant behavior. [...]
Crossposted at Eye On The World.
4 comments:
I tell ya what.. Bolton just warms my poor-lil-o-heart !!
Why on Earth would ANY American not want this man to stay at the U.N. until he retires ?? If we had somebody like him as U.N. Sec. Gen. , then maybe we wouldnt have so many "letters" circulatin at the Headquartes..
I've had a chance to listen to John Bolton several times on radio interviews, and the man has yet to not impress me on any of the subjects he has commented on..
Such a shame that 90 percent of those that would vote to keep him, or not, at the U.N. have neither the quality nor integrity that he has..
He is very sharp, straightforward, honest and righteous. Just what the Dems hate in people.
Iranian president hasn't vowed to wipe "Israel" off the map, but "Zionist Regime".
"Zionist Regime" or "Zionist Entity" is how they refer to Israel.
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