{"id":18662,"date":"2013-02-04T13:34:37","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T18:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=18662"},"modified":"2013-02-04T13:34:37","modified_gmt":"2013-02-04T18:34:37","slug":"ahmadinejad-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/ahmadinejad-in-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahmadinejad in space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ahma-monkeyjpeg.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-18665\" alt=\"ahma-monkeyjpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ahma-monkeyjpeg.jpeg\" width=\"267\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Iran, having, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/middle-east\/the-mystery-of-the-iran-space-monkey-is-solved--the-pictures-showed-the-wrong-animal-say-iranian-officials-8479403.html\" target=\"_blank\">allegedly<\/a> sent a monkey into space, is looking for its next candidate. In a sacrificial gesture, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has offered himself as the next subject &#8211; to benefit science, his country and mankind.<\/p>\n<p>As Ahmadinejad takes his place floating 72 miles aloft, he will gain the stature that hitherto has eluded him, the rest of the simian community will heave a collective sigh of relief, Iran\u2019s citizens will take to the streets rejoicing, and other Islamic leaders will have an inspiring example to emulate.<\/p>\n<p>It is a win-win situation.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news\/2013-02-04\/mahmoud-ahmadinejad-astronaut-space-monkey\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he is willing to be the first Iranian astronaut to be sent into space.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m ready to be the first Iranian to sacrifice myself for our country&#8217;s scientists,&#8221; he said in an address to space scientists in Tehran, according to the official IRNA news agency.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran, having, allegedly sent a monkey into space, is looking for its next candidate. In a sacrificial gesture, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has offered himself as the next subject &#8211; to benefit science, his country and mankind. As Ahmadinejad takes his place &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/ahmadinejad-in-space\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[216],"tags":[2198,1102],"class_list":["post-18662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mahmoud-ahmadinejad","tag-mahmoud-ahmadinejad","tag-monkeys-in-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}