1.0link112504<![CDATA[Iran Condemns McCain's Cigarette Joke]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/14/iran-condemns-mccains-cig_n_112504.htmlTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's Foreign Ministry has condemned remarks by Republican presidential candidate John McCain that exporting cigarettes could be a way of killing Iranians.
The state-owned English language IRAN daily has quoted ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini denouncing the remarks as "inappropriate" and describing McCain's attitude as "regretful."