TEHRAN, Iran – Hard-line Iranian student groups have appealed to the government to authorize volunteer suicide bombers to leave Iran and fight against Israel in response to the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip.

The government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had not responded to the call by Wednesday. Five hard-line student groups and a conservative clerical group launched a registration drive on Monday, seeking volunteers to carry out suicide attacks against Israel.

"Volunteer student suicide groups , are determined to go to Gaza. You are expected to issue orders to the relevant authorities in order to pave the way for such action," the students advised Ahmadinejad in an open letter, a copy of which was made available to The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Volunteer suicide groups have made similar moves in the past and the government never responded to their calls. However, some hard-liners have claimed they successfully but secretly left Iran and carried out attacks against Israel. Their claims could not be verified.

The hard-liners started signing up volunteers after Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued a religious decree on Sunday that said anyone killed while defending Palestinians in Gaza against Israeli attacks would be considered a martyr.

In a speech Tuesday, Ahmadinejad called for the trial of Israeli leaders on charges of massacring Palestinians in Gaza. His comments come a day after Iran's judiciary set up a court to try Israeli leaders for such "crimes."

Iran considers Israel its archenemy and Ahmadinejad has repeatedly called for Israel to be "wiped off the map." Iran also is Hamas' main backer, though Tehran denies sending weapons to the Islamic militant Palestinian group that took control of the Gaza Strip in June 2007.

Israel's airstrikes on Gaza have sparked outrage in Iran and throughout the rest of the Muslim world. Four days of Israeli air strikes have killed 374 Palestinians and prompted Arab and international condemnation and a global diplomatic push to end the fighting. Israel says it launched its campaign in retaliation for rocket fire aimed at civilians in southern Israeli towns.

Iranian student leaders claim that more than 10,000 people throughout Iran have registered for volunteer suicide attacks in the past three days.

At a gathering Tuesday in Tehran to support Gazans and condemn Israeli attacks, hard-liners were distributing registration forms to volunteers.

Volunteer Ali Reza Takrim Namini said a "sense of religious obligation" made him register for suicide attacks against Israel. Another volunteer, Mostafa Babaei, said he was "willing to sacrifice" his blood in defense of Palestinian Muslims.

Hard-line students regularly rally in front of Egypt's interest section office in Tehran to condemn Cairo's refusal to reopen the Rafah border crossing with Gaza for humanitarian supplies. They have warned they will storm the mission by Thursday if Egypt doesn't condemn the Israeli attacks keeps the border crossing closed.

Protesters are also holding daily gatherings in front of Jordanian and Saudi embassies to denounce Arab silence over the Israeli bombing.

The Iranian Red Crescent has sent a ship carrying 2,000 tons of food to Palestinians living in Gaza to be delivered through Egypt and an Iranian military plane landed in Cairo Monday with 24 tons of food and medicines for Gaza.

The head of Iran's Red Crescent, Masoud Khatami, said three more ships were waiting to be loaded with humanitarian aid, and Iranian hospitals were ready to receive injured Gazans, according to the official IRNA news agency.

And the legitimisation of terror continues. . . . these people must be smoking seaweed if they expect that their President will allow himself to be seen by the International Community as a supporter of terrorism. . . . that's an open declaration of war. The cleric in charge of the recruitment drive should be hanged under Sharia law for lack of common sense. Religious nutcase! Can you blame him. . . . his own government sets the tone with their incindiery statements.

After these Iranians are finished with the Israeli's they will probably kill the Palestinians over an argument as to the legitimacy of Wahabi and Shi'ite Islam. Stupid people.

@poster you topic doesnt fit the content. Iranians are not arabs they are persians.

Lagosboy

Lagosians are not Africans, they re Ara Ekos.

When Israel was being attacked by Hamas, we didn't hear any words of caution, or hear Iran advise Gaza to stop the unwarranted attacks. Now that Israel is (rightly) retaliating, it's the cry of 'foul' in the air. Is Israel supposed to lie down and take it? I see reason with Israel's refusal to agree to a 48-hr pause. Gaza asked for the war. Let them carry the coals of the fire they have stoked in their bare palms. I trust Israel. Enuf said.

Lagosboy:

@poster you topic doesnt fit the content. Iranians are not arabs they are persians.

splitting hairs, but for the meantime, Iranians are the only ones crazy enough to express their desire to wipe Israel off the map. And what determines their right to remain on the map?

Xavier.:

Lagosboy

Lagosians are not Africans, they re Ara Ekos.

LOL. And benin is not ishan, hausa isn't fulani, ijaw isn't ishekiri, kogi indigenes aren't yoruba~!

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tpia:

and the difference between Persians and Arabs is.

umm language and a whole lot of things.

tpia:

and the difference between Persians and Arabs is.

very big difference.
As different as Portuguese and Germans

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tpia:

what unites them is stronger than what divides them.

Ask Jimmy Carter.

Try calling an Iranian Arab .
The only thing they have in common is proximity.
Their names are not arabic,their foods are different,they have different culture,they look different ,they are more progressive,
they even practice a totally different Islam including having a different "mecca" for their pilgrimage.
They detest Arabs.

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tpia:

and religion.




_{tomato, tomahto.}

not really, it doesn't. the iran-iraq war is a prime example.  there is a sunni-shiite divide among the arab world and this includes iran.  sunni countries like saudi-arabia and kuwait are not fans of Iran.  This is like calling a Nupe man hausa. Persians, pashtuns etc are much different identities from Arabs regardless of religion

tpia:

and religion.




_{tomato, tomahto.}

what religion?
You need to study about Iran.
and learn what their religion is.
They don't even worship in the same mosques and don't believe the same things.
They hate Arabs with a passion

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Xavier.:

Lagosboy

Lagosians are not Africans, they re Ara Ekos.

Lagosboy:

@poster you topic doesnt fit the content. Iranians are not arabs they are persians.

Persians, arabs, ragheads, who gives a f*ck, they are all crazy.

tpia:

of course there are divides in the muslim world.

But when it comes to jihad, they all do a pretty good job working towards the same goal.

If you're waiting for Saudi or any of their other "enemies" to condemn this call quoted below because "they're not the same as Iranians", then you go siddon tire.

the last thing saudi-arabia and egypt want is an hamas government controlled by shiite Iran.  those two countries have a much more moderate stance when it comes to Isreal.   most of the support for Palestinian militants comes from shiite countries like iran and syria.

*osisi*:

what religion?
You need to study about Iran.
and learn what their religion is.
They don't even worship in the same mosques and don't believe the same things.
They hate Arabs with a passion

i was shocked to see a very mild mannered friend throw the greatest tantrum i have seen an adult because someone called her an arab. she spent the next few weeks telling me the difference.

Martian:

Persians, arabs, ragheads, who gives a f*ck, they are all crazy.

mmmmmmm

tpia:



even in some parts of Nigeria muslims from different tribes don't always worship at the same mosques. Yet that doesnt disturb the overall picture.

as long you you now recognize that Iranians are not Arabs.
Just because they both call on Allah doesn't make them the same

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JJYOU:

i was shocked to see a very mild mannered friend throw the greatest tantrum i have seen an adult because someone called her an arab. she spent the next few weeks telling me the difference.mmmmmmm

Don't mind all this ignorance I'm reading here.
The last name an Iranian wants to be called is Arab
Palestinians don't even call themselves Arabs.
That may be why Iranians are willing to blow themselves up for Palestine

*osisi*:

Don't mind all this ignorance I'm reading here.
The last name an Iranian wants to be called is Arab
Palestinians don't even call themselves Arabs.
That may be why Iranians are willing to blow themselves up for Palestine

Don't mind them, I know what they are trying to say;

To them a MUSLIM Hausa, Fulani, Yoruba, Igbo, Swahili, Zulu, Indians, Americans, British, Australian, Swedish, Danish, Chinese, Koreans should be Arabs

In their Ignorance all ARABS are MUSLIMS, and all MUSLIMS are ARABS.

Then let them tell us now, ALL Christians are Jewish and speak Hebrew.

These posters are uneducated in what they are posted.

"Never argue with a fool, they drag you down to their level"

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you don't get our point. sunni groups like al qaeda don't get along with the shiites ( hezbollah and hamas). they may hate israel but they won't collaborate with each other.

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Martian:

Persians, arabs, ragheads, who gives a f*ck, they are all crazy.

ye p ye p. lol

bawomolo:

you don't get our point. sunni groups like al qaeda don't get along with the shiites ( hezbollah and hamas). they may hate israel but they won't collaborate with each other.

I dont know about that.

In Israel they have a common enemy and that is sufficient to turn thier differences into cheesecakes.

Uche2nna:

I don't know about that.

In Israel they have a common enemy and that is sufficient to turn their differences into cheesecakes.

So, lets shove aside their differences. We can safely call them ''suicide bombers'' or ''Muslim (religious) extremists'' - right?

This reminds me of one cartoon I saw on Osisi's profile sometime ago -

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