Wow, that's interesting... Thailand such a country where US has influence, and now Iranian president visiting Thailand?

I believe that next decades wars will be about Water instead of Oil.

It has already started in fact: Libya.

Libya was about to finish one of the worlds greatest man made water projects in the middle of the desert. now it's all destroyed and many libyan small towns are struggling to get fresh water.

Water is a resource that the middle east is working hard to secure and western main corporations to monopolize.

The things you don't see on the main-stream news media...

He visits the US as well.

Only to make a speech at UN and be booed. While here, he might be a guest of honor

The friendship is pretty strong, I'd say.

Thai trade official slams US sanctions on Iran

http://www.presstv.com/detail/230133.html

What happened to the Obama love fest? How soon we forget and he just visited Thailand.

Yes, anyone is allowed to visit for U.N. functions. Last time I checked, no U.N. in Thailand.

What a surprise TVF 'experts' condemning this. Is this the same President who was invited to the US a few years ago and gave a talk at one of the Ivy League universities. Is there anything that people on here wont complain about? God knows why people even stay living in Thailand. (If at all they do)

Indeed it is rthe same fool who spoke at am ivy league college in the US. Telling them there were no gay people in Iran.

I wonder if he knows that much about water.

What a surprise TVF 'experts' condemning this. Is this the same President who was invited to the US a few years ago and gave a talk at one of the Ivy League universities. Is there anything that people on here wont complain about? God knows why people even stay living in Thailand. (If at all they do)

Indeed it is rthe same fool who spoke at am ivy league college in the US. Telling them there were no gay people in Iran.

I wonder if he knows that much about water.

There are no gay people in Iran, all the gay people have moved in Pattaya and BKK., Just check out arab soi's and you would be lucky to spot 1 real female

What a surprise TVF 'experts' condemning this. Is this the same President who was invited to the US a few years ago and gave a talk at one of the Ivy League universities. Is there anything that people on here wont complain about? God knows why people even stay living in Thailand. (If at all they do)

Indeed it is rthe same fool who spoke at am ivy league college in the US. Telling them there were no gay people in Iran.

I wonder if he knows that much about water.

There are no gay people in Iran, all the gay people have moved in Pattaya and BKK., Just check out arab soi's and you would be lucky to spot 1 real female

Gay men in Iran have three choices:

Deep deep closet

Being jailed/executed

Cutting their willy off and becoming a woman largely paid by the government

Option 3 is OK for actual transsexuals, but reports are coming out that the majority of those getting these snips in Iran are not transsexuals, but regular gay men who have decided this is their only viable choice of the three for ANY life. In other words, Iranian Sharia coerced genital change.

The friendship is pretty strong, I'd say.

Thai trade official slams US sanctions on Iran

http://www.presstv.com/detail/230133.html

The sanctions against Iran are unjust, unfair, unreasonable and probably counter productive.

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What a surprise TVF 'experts' condemning this. Is this the same President who was invited to the US a few years ago and gave a talk at one of the Ivy League universities. Is there anything that people on here wont complain about? God knows why people even stay living in Thailand. (If at all they do)

You aren't really telling the whole story. This president has a lot in common with those "Ivy League" universities. They are politically "progressive" thinkers that hate America.

What a surprise TVF 'experts' condemning this. Is this the same President who was invited to the US a few years ago and gave a talk at one of the Ivy League universities. Is there anything that people on here wont complain about? God knows why people even stay living in Thailand. (If at all they do)

You aren't really telling the whole story. This president has a lot in common with those "Ivy League" universities. They are politically "progressive" thinkers that hate America.

Not true, his speech at Columbia Uni was heavily critisised by the students, as were his policies during the Uni President's opening remarks.

What a surprise TVF 'experts' condemning this. Is this the same President who was invited to the US a few years ago and gave a talk at one of the Ivy League universities. Is there anything that people on here wont complain about? God knows why people even stay living in Thailand. (If at all they do)

You aren't really telling the whole story. This president has a lot in common with those "Ivy League" universities. They are politically "progressive" thinkers that hate America.

Not true, his speech at Columbia Uni was heavily critisised by the students, as were his policies during the Uni President's opening remarks.

Yes true. Just because a few students criticized doesn't change the environment of the university.

More off topic posts and replies have been removed. Topic is about a Water Conference.

What a surprise TVF 'experts' condemning this. Is this the same President who was invited to the US a few years ago and gave a talk at one of the Ivy League universities. Is there anything that people on here wont complain about? God knows why people even stay living in Thailand. (If at all they do)

You aren't really telling the whole story. This president has a lot in common with those "Ivy League" universities. They are politically "progressive" thinkers that hate America.

Funny m8, thats got to be Irony. Now the Water issue needs people from Iran as ,being a very old Civilisation they have thousands of years experience in moving water.

as a persian who lives and experiences everyday life in iran, let me give you a general view on this guy. first of all he is stupid and intelligent at same time. very often he has done or said something that he as a president shouldn't have, simply because he is stupid. but there are somethings we (persians living in iran) know about him that shows his intelligence. 8 years ago when he was running for presidency no one knew who is ahmadinejhad; he just came out of nowhere, said some interesting stuff and paid enormous amount of money to some people buying their votes and became president. at the time the leader (Khameneii) was supporting him appose to the famous Hashemi Rafsanjani the other candidate. however after 2 or 3 years something happened and ahmadinejhad became more powerfull than leader (there were some info about leader that no one should've known but somehow ahmadinejhad got those info). and so he appointed his relatives and friends on key roles including SEPAH (most powerful military organization in iran ironically created by Hashemi Rafsanjani after revolution). Constitution law of iran says Sepah is under direct control of the leader, and with this important change of events, ahmadinejhad was more powerfull than leader. 4 years ago with the help of Sepah he cheated in election and people called him dictator. in january 2011 i was in thailand when all of a sudden hell broke; one day 1 USD was 12650 Rials and the next 1 USD equaled 22000 Rials and right now 1 USD = 36600 Rials. however last year another change in relationships between ahmadinejhad and khameneii shifted the power in favor of the leader and with 20 days left to election, the next president probably will be someone close to the leader (3 candidates are) or hashemi rafsanjani (which many people are hoping he will be president.

so to conclude this pig's 8 years reign, i say he single handedly destroyed: iran's economy, iran's reputation in the world, part of its culture and people's life living in iran. plus he invested heavily in terrorism (one of them happened in bangkok, you know which) in defferent parts of the world including iraq, afghanistan, pakistan, myanmar, yemen, algeria, cameroon, sudan, lebanon and sumali which that i know but i assure you the list goes on.

that said i think he wants to go to chiang mai not for the summit but mainly because he has about 2 months left on his presidency days and wants to go around the world as much a possible with the money of government. i just hope the next president will be better than this idiot and i widh for the economy to stabilize and nuclear program to be stopped.

sorry for the long post

Thank you for a personal view and welcome to the forum.

My question is can a person live pretty well in Iran for 36 mil Rials per month?

Is it hard to get a visa? Can Americans live there without issues?

My question is can a person live pretty well in Iran for 36 mil Rials per month?

Is it hard to get a visa? Can Americans live there without issues?

Can you play basketball at pro Iranian level?

My question is can a person live pretty well in Iran for 36 mil Rials per month?

Is it hard to get a visa? Can Americans live there without issues?

Can you play basketball at pro Iranian level?

Yeah I can shoot hoops.... Free throws. Horse. Sky hooks.. You name it...

I think the thread is starting to go off-topic. Questions about visa and cost of living are probably best posted in a separate thread.

They hand out Visas to anyone now

You got one, so why not to a democratically elected leader of a country??

Democratically elected, must be the joke of the day.

i don't remember him taking professionals with him to summits like this. he always took his family and relatives. plus his profession is civil engineer. i can say for sure he doesn't know much about the subject. however iran has faced water crisis for the last 12 years. but i say it again: he just wants to travel around the world without paying a single penny.

ps: CobraSnakeNecktie if you have questions about living in iran just send me a message.

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Ahmadinejad cancels Thailand trip due to busy schedule

TEHRAN, Iran: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who was due to address a water security forum in Thailand has cancelled the trip because of his busy schedule, a member of the president's media office said Saturday.

"Ahmadinejad is unable to attend the forum due to his volume of work ... instead the Iranian delegation will be headed by the Head of the Environmental Protection Organisation, Mohammad Javad Mohammadizadeh," Mohammad Sheikhan said, quoted by the ISNA news agency.

An Iranian embassy official in Bangkok had said earlier that Ahmadinejad would address the forum next week, a month before ending his second and final term as president.

Ahmadinejad's trip to the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai was scheduled as Iran gears up for elections and as world powers press the Islamic republic over its suspected nuclear programme and support for the Syrian regime.

The race for Iran's highest elected office has intensified since former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili officially registered for the June 14 election.

Ahmadinejad has endorsed his controversial aide and ex-chief of staff Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei.

Nuclear talks between Iran and the UN atomic agency failed to reach a breakthrough yet again Wednesday, as the top US diplomat in separate six-party negotiations warned Washington's patience was wearing thin.

Iran has also come under pressure over the conflict tearing apart its close ally Syria and has repeatedly rejected calls for foreign intervention in the increasingly brutal war.

- AFP

--ChannelNewsAsia 2013-05-19

Aw shucks, what a loss.

By the way, Iran is an "Islamic Republic" not a democracy.

If you want to split hairs, the USA is also a republic, not a democracy. In fact, I can't think of a true democracy in the last 1000 years, unless you count the Knights of the Round Table.

The High Court of Tynwald is the parliament of the Isle of Man and has an unlimited, but not necessarily exclusive, legislative competence.Tynwald is of Norse origin and over 1,000 years old, and is thus the oldest parliament in the world with an unbroken existence.

Ahmadinejad cancels Thailand trip due to busy schedule

It's all up to Kim Jong Un now. Don't let us down.

Ahmadinejad cancels Thailand trip due to busy schedule

TEHRAN, Iran: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who was due to address a water security forum in Thailand has cancelled the trip because of his busy schedule, a member of the president's media office said Saturday.

"Ahmadinejad is unable to attend the forum due to his volume of work ... instead the Iranian delegation will be headed by the Head of the Environmental Protection Organisation, Mohammad Javad Mohammadizadeh," Mohammad Sheikhan said, quoted by the ISNA news agency.

An Iranian embassy official in Bangkok had said earlier that Ahmadinejad would address the forum next week, a month before ending his second and final term as president.

Ahmadinejad's trip to the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai was scheduled as Iran gears up for elections and as world powers press the Islamic republic over its suspected nuclear programme and support for the Syrian regime.

The race for Iran's highest elected office has intensified since former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili officially registered for the June 14 election.

Ahmadinejad has endorsed his controversial aide and ex-chief of staff Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei.

Nuclear talks between Iran and the UN atomic agency failed to reach a breakthrough yet again Wednesday, as the top US diplomat in separate six-party negotiations warned Washington's patience was wearing thin.

Iran has also come under pressure over the conflict tearing apart its close ally Syria and has repeatedly rejected calls for foreign intervention in the increasingly brutal war.

- AFP

--ChannelNewsAsia 2013-05-19

Wonder if Mossad has be informed yet

Are they going to cancel the convention or bring in Jatuporn as a replacement?

Same expertise.

I am willing attend and give advice but I know nothing but I still will like to give advice.

I rode my bicycle around the Convention center (Water Conference).

The facility seems to be working as planned.

Tons of Police sitting around and lots more manning check points and groups waiting in reserve. Lot's of overtime.

Some red shirts protesting by the back entrance near the Military base. Not sure what they were protesting. Probably demanding ethnic cleansing or something.

That's all I know.

I rode my bicycle around the Convention center (Water Conference).

The facility seems to be working as planned.

Tons of Police sitting around and lots more manning check points and groups waiting in reserve. Lot's of overtime.

Some red shirts protesting by the back entrance near the Military base. Not sure what they were protesting. Probably demanding ethnic cleansing or something.

That's all I know.

Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi has attracted much criticism for comparing environmental activists protesting against the government-hosted Asia-Pacific Water Summit in Chiang Mai to garbage. He also threatened to have them arrested, saying the summit was not a venue for demonstrations.

Here a chance for Plodprasop to show he's a man of his word.