The council chamber was also in uproar as the Iranian Minister Saeed Rostami, now Minister of Foreign Affairs, wound up he fellow members with a hate speech against Israel.
“Brothers in Allah we cannot let these Zionists get away with the atrocities they perpetrate against our faith. This Union has no teeth when it comes to dealing with our enemies, many of our Islamic states have become too western, too liberal in their outlook. Do we always want to come under the control of the west, is it that we are scared of the west now that our oil is running out? Do we enslave ourselves to to energy, is this the will of Allah?”
There was a new swelling of shouting and cheering.
Minister Rostam turned to the Union Chair, “Mr. President, where is Saudi Arabia in this dispute? It is a month since you promised to contact the Zionists about our protests, but have we heard anything from you or the criminal Goldbloom, no we have not. We have been patient Mr. President, but the patience of my country is shortening by the day, many good Muslims lost their lives when the our installation was destroyed, their families need closure.”
“Minister Rostam, I have spoken to Prime Minister Goldbloom several times and I am waiting for some materials to show that Iran has broken the conditions of the Calcutta Accord,” said the President. “And to answer your question, my state, stands full square with all of the states of the Union, but we also stand by the agreements of the Calcutta Accord. Mrs. Goldbloom has given me some information and some non-sensitive evidence that the installation attacked was an inter- continental missile base. I have asked the Iranian Ministry of defence to comment, but thus far I have received no answer.”
The chamber went silent, so silent that you could hear people breathing, and Rostam could hear his heart beat faster.
Rostam stood his ground, he leaned with both hands on the lectern and stared at the floor for several seconds, took a deep breath and answered, “Mr. President the facility was nothing more or less that a launch area for our communication and navigation satellites, of course there were very powerful rockets there, how else can we place these satellites in high orbit, this is more Zionist lies.”
“Mr. Rostam, there were over twenty silos in the complex, according to the Israeli intelligence that I have been sent, why so many,” asked the President.
“Mr. President, I do not have the technical details about the facility, but you seem to be falling for Jewish lies.”
“This feels like a cover-up Mr. Rostam,” said the President, “It seems as if you have been caught with your hand in the sweet-meat jar.”
“Mr. President, are you calling me a liar, Sir?”
“That, Minister Rostam, remains to be seen,” replied the President.
Just then Ali Sulaib – the member for the Basrah area of Iraq stood and and walked forward to the podium, “This is a disgrace,” he stated, “we are supposed to be brothers in Allah, praise His name, but it seems that we are just as far apart as the the Jews are from us. As for me, I stand with Minister Rostam, and my state, will back Iran against the Zionist evil.”
Ali Sulaib then started the long walk to the exit, as he did so, one by one the members from his state and the Irani state joined him and silently filed out of the chamber, Rostam was the last to leave.