Post omits "Death to America"

From Little Green Footballs...Post sanitizes Iran

2/6/2005: "Death to America" Event Canceled in Maryland

Regime Change Iran reports that the Bethesda Marriott Hotel has canceled plans to host an event paid for by the Iranian mullahs, titled: Twenty Sixth Anniversary of the glorious victory of the Islamic Revolution and Death to America Day.

The Washington Post story reveals that the Marriott Corporation canceled the event because it is illegal to do business with Iran: Iranian Celebration Canceled. But the Post doesn’t mention the “Death to America” bit.

A celebration scheduled for this weekend at Montgomery County’s new hotel and conference center, marking the 26th anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Iran, was canceled after the hotel’s operator learned that it would violate federal law.

The Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, which opened in December, was to play host to 1,000 guests at a reception thrown by Ali Jazini, director of the Interests Section of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

John Wolf, a Marriott spokesman, said yesterday that the hotel canceled the event after realizing it is illegal to do business with Iran. He said Marriott officials will “be taking steps” to prevent similar bookings in the future.