Aviation Forum / General / Aviation / September 2008

Iran’s leadership has expressed “great pleasure” at the
prospect of a Barack Obama victory in November, according to
Menashe Amir, the Iranian-born head of Radio Israel’s
Persian language service.

But Iranian President Ahmadinejad has said he doubts that
the American establishment “will allow” Obama to win.

“One of the Iranian religious leaders said if Obama will
enter the White House, then Islam will conquer the heart of
the American nation,” Amir told Isracast.com.

The Iranian leadership likes Obama “mainly because he is a
Muslim,” according to Amir. His first name, Barack, comes
from “al-baraq,” which is the name of the horse that Muslims
believe Muhammad rode on his way to paradise.

His middle name Hussein is also a Muslim name, and he was
“born in a Muslim family,” said Amir.