Iran stops would-be Hizbullah volunteers at border

[sabra]

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1153292023357&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Iran stops would-be Hizbullah volunteers at border
TEHERAN, Iran


Iran on Friday denied US allegations that it is supporting Hizbullah's war against Israel, and Iranians who wanted to fight for the Lebanese group complained their government was stopping them from leaving the country.

A group of 120 Iranians who volunteered to fight for Hizbullah said they were refused permission to go through Bazargan crossing, near the eastern Turkish town of Dogubayazit. They planned to travel through Turkey and Syria to Lebanon.

"The authorities said we could not pass through the border as we were wearing a kind of uniform," Ali Komeili, a spokesman for the volunteers, told The Associated Press. "We have sat here in protest at Bazargan border crossing to convince them to let us pass."

[bemildred]

1. I don't expect Turkey will be anxious to help them out either. nt

[Mika]

2. Proof of how the Iranian authoritarian gov infringes on citizens rights..

.. to freely travel.

:sarcasm:

[daleo]

3. I am glad Iran stopped them

Who knows how many layers of grandstanding are going on here, but I sure don't want the war widened to Iran.

[sabra]

5. indeed.

[Just Me]

4. Hmmm,...exercising restraint to prevent PNAC's desire for WWIII?

I mean seriously, why would any rational M.E. government be reactive such that PNACers temptation to create another WW would become reality. It must be difficult, that kind of restraint. I can't imagine the U.S.A. engaging in that kind of restraint if millions of its people were being assaulted.

Oops,...millions of Americans are being assaulted,...by its own government.

Apology.