“I hate the Iranian government, it’s a cruel and evil government” – Nobel laureate Doris Lessing

NCRI – In an interview with the leading Spanish daily El Pais on Sunday, Nobel laureate Doris Lessing had sharp words for both President Bush and his ally, former British premier Tony Blair.

On Iran, the country where she was born and lived for about six years, she said, "I hate the Iranian government, it’s a cruel and evil government."

"Look what happened to its president in New York, they called him evil and cruel in Colombia University. Marvelous! They should have said more to him! Nobody criticizes him, because of oil."

The author of dozens of works from short stories to science fiction, including the classic "The Golden Notebook," Lessing won the Nobel Prize for literature earlier this month. She was praised by the judges for her "skepticism, fire and visionary power."