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War of Words on Iran

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Tehran's summit "promises to be" an anti-American "festival." Iran intends to defend its sovereign rights. They include its peaceful nuclear program and call for a non-nuclear Middle East. 

Post editors say that's hostile. They also repeated earlier long ago discredited canards. Truth takes a back seat to propaganda. Beating up on nations Washington wants isolated, ravaged and plundered is policy.

Ban "will be forced to endure public lectures from the Iranian leaders about their right to enrich uranium and" anti-Israeli rants.

"By attending the Tehran conference, Mr. Ban will dignify a bacchanal of nonsense, undermine the work of the Security Council and probably get nothing in return."

Post editors give readers reason to boycott the broadsheet and denounce its shameless commentaries. They long ago wore thin. They almost make earlier yellow journalism look respectable.

On August 22, London's Telegraph delivered the latest anti-Iranian broadside. It headlined "Iran's supreme leader orders fresh terror attacks on West."

Never mind what he may have done, said and meant. Western propaganda calls it its way. Writer Con Coughlin cited unnamed Western intelligence officials, claiming:

"Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave the order to the elite Quds Force unit following a recent emergency meeting of Iran's National Security Council in Tehran held to discuss a specially-commissioned report into the implications for Iran of the Assad regime's overthrow."

"Intelligence officials say the report concludes that Iran 'cannot be passive' to the new threats posed to its national security, and warns that Western support for Syrian opposition groups was placing Iran's 'resistance alliance' in jeopardy, and could seriously disrupt Iran's access to Hizbollah in Lebanon."

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