In a speech covered apparently only by the Tehran Times, Iranian Army Commander Major General Ataollah Salehi asserted that Iran would not respond to military or economic pressure, and that the Islamic Republic is safe from any threat the West could possibly bring.
Meanwhile, the Washington Post picks up a Reuters story discussing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's desire to discuss intervention in Iran. Olmert said last month Israel would not be reconciled to a nuclear Iran and "all options are on the table."
In other words, Iran is posturing, but no one is paying attention. For a country that already struggles with feeling ignored and unimportant, Western media snubs cannot be pleasant.
Also, based only on the last few weeks of observation, it seems that most of the Post's stories on Iran come from Reuters...
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