http://kamangir.net/2006/06/30/at-home-iranian-leader-admired/ An Iranian looking at Iran as a foreigner... Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:25:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://kamangir.net/2006/06/30/at-home-iranian-leader-admired/#comment-7886 Armageddon Cocktail Hour » Liveblogging August 22, Part 2 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 02:28:27 +0000 http://kamangir.net/2006/06/30/at-home-iranian-leader-admired/#comment-7886 [...] Is this more evidence of a robust moderate democratic movement?  Not exactly.  As Kamangir, “an Iranian looking at Iran as a foreigner,” writes: Unlike reports in the Western media, the average Iranian is not the well-dressed, lipstick-wearing woman of northern Tehran who speaks with Western reporters about Channel, Gucci and Jennifer Lopez. The average Iranian is from the lower income brackets and lives outside Tehran. [...] [...] Is this more evidence of a robust moderate democratic movement?  Not exactly.  As Kamangir, “an Iranian looking at Iran as a foreigner,” writes: Unlike reports in the Western media, the average Iranian is not the well-dressed, lipstick-wearing woman of northern Tehran who speaks with Western reporters about Channel, Gucci and Jennifer Lopez. The average Iranian is from the lower income brackets and lives outside Tehran. [...]

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