We should just leave Iran alone. They will change from the inside eventually. The majority of the country is young and doesn't like all the nationalist religious crap being pushed on them anyway.
"Nationalistic??"
Supreme ruler his merry band of marxist mullahs are and always have been talking about a world wide islamic caliphate that rules the whole world.
As a matter of fact, Erdogan (described by Obama as a close personal friend) the PM of Turkey who advocates for a revived Ottoman Empire, recently stated he would have no problem with being aligned with Iran and having a Shiite rather than Sunni caliph to be in overall charge of the world of islam.
The Atheist Conservative: Ground Zero mosque: the Iranian connection
Larijani was the Iranian representative who defended Irans abysmal human rights record before the UN Human Rights Council in February and June of this year. Among other things, Larijani told the Council: Torture is one thing and punishment is another thing.
This is a conceptual dispute. Some forms of these punishments should not be considered torture according to our law. By which he meant flogging, amputation, stoning
which are all part of Iranian legal standards.
Prisoner rape isn't mentioned here but is also condonned in the islamic theocracy of Iran.
If you really think the people of Iran are capable of throwing off the draconian rule of these freaks, then you are far more delusional than I previously thought.
Bottom line is that our current administration isn't going to do much about it except mouth a few words as if they really cared what the American people think.
The Iranian connection to the launch of Cordoba House may go beyond a relationship between Rauf and Larijani. The Cordoba Initiative lists one of its three major partners as the UNs Alliance of Civilizations. The Alliance has its roots in the Iranian-driven Dialogue Among Civilizations, the brainchild of former Iranian President Hojjatoleslam Seyyed Mohammad Khatami. Khatami is now a member of the High-level Group which guides the work of the Alliance. His personal presidential qualifications include the pursuit of nuclear weapons, a major crackdown on Iranian media, and rounding up and imprisoning Jews on trumped-up charges of spying.
In addition, a Weekly Standard article in July suggested that the idea of building an Islamic memorial in lower Manhattan may have originated back in 2003 with two Iranian brothers: M. Jafar Amir Mahallati, who served as ambassador of the Iranian Islamic Republic to the United Nations from 1987 to 1989, and M. Hossein Mahallati.
Flashback;
NOVEMBER 27, 2006 : (ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS FUND GAVE $30,000 TO THE CORDOVA INITIATIVE OF ASPEN, COLORADO --See IMAM FEISAL )
Also note:
ASMA : AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MUSLIM ADVANCEMENT
ASMA : AMERICAN SUFI MUSLIM ASSOCIATION
Feisal founded both of these groups with different names but the same acronym.
The American taxpayer has contribute over $40 million to fund charter shools that preach and teach the revival of a world wide ottoman empire that includes the USA.
The American taxpayer has funded innumerable mosque building or refurbishments world wide.