Kamangir (Archer)

Ahmadinejad recently wrote a letter addressing the American nation (see). This is how Nikahang, an Iranian cartoonist, interprets the letter. The text reads “You the American people! Believe in me!”
p.s. Read the whole “letter” here.

Balatarin (means “The Highest”) is the three-month old Persian lounge where Iranians around the world communicate links (also see this). Compared to the other available link-posting websites, including the famous Sobhaneh, Balatarin is attracting more people, because of a very simple rule; it tries to be a democracy. It was interesting to see that in [...]

Yonatan Shapira, touching story and fantastic music. Translation and link are from Lisa and she has more.
Twenty-four years old, 1 metre 60 and a bit
Green eyes and almost-black hair
Looking for The One and waiting to be swept away
Wanted: Groom. Wedding dress already purchased.
Twenty-four years old, interested in a boyfriend
Tall, understanding, up to 30 years [...]

This post is updated, please refer to the end for a follow up.

My first impression from democracy, and the fabulous society in which it is implemented, was based on a picture in a history book that I read when I was almost twelve. There, a man was leaning against a wall, passionately discussing with a [...]

A plane carrying Sepah crew and their families took off from Tehran for Shiraz, but landed in Tehran, all burnt out. Sepah’s chief commander first addressed the incident as something “carrying significant information”, because “it has happened in the Basij week [a week in the clanedar is assigned to appreciating Basij's rule in the society]” [...]

He is the youngest Mullah I have ever seen.

To all the curious people who ask who will fight for the Islamic Republic. When you have lost half your life for something, you are very likely to defend it, to implicitly defend yourself. Any way, I was thinking how it feels to walk in front of a huge banner which carries your own face…

Like many other countries, the average Iranian is a serious fan of sports, especially football. Unlike many of those countries, most of these fans have nothing else valuable in their lives. In a country where sex before marriage is illegal, listening to “good” music is technically an offense, and you may have to pay a [...]

It seems to be a military thing to show their physical preparedness by kicking vases and doing Karate, while no one really uses these old ways of killing and amputating people any more. Any way, there was a 12,000-member Basij-of-workplace meeting in Tehran. Although, Basij is a volunteer group with no connection to the state, [...]

The victim of the UCLA incident was an American abused by the American system. However, many of us preferred to look at him through his connections to Iran or Islam. Still, we are not sure if Mostafa Tabatabainejad can read Persian or if he says his prayers, but after all, this was a good [...]

People of the world! Help! Time is carrying out a poll to find the man of the year and guess what, Ahmadinejad is enjoying most votes. I really don’t know what some people find in him, but any how, please! Help! And let’s cheat, the Youtube guys deserve the vote, not only because Youtube is [...]

I have just found the book “The Trouble With Islam Today“. The Persian, Arabic, and Urdu versions of the book are freely available now. Let’s see what she has to say.

Please watch this video to know the relationship between Pirates Of The Caribbean, Zionism, and conspiracy. Thanks to Western Wall for the link.

Only for the record: Tehrani “students” clashed with police in front of Azerbaijan’s embassy. It seems that a newspaper in Baku has published another blasphemous article. Frankly, I don’t even care.

The recent event in UCLA brought about new insight into the hidden layers of our e-society.The story began from blogs. Personally, I first heard of the story in Iranian Truth. I was so shocked that I copied the post (which is now modified) in my blog and also in here. Then, I tried to [...]

“We Drink and Bathe from the Toilets” — Iranian Dissident Trapped 73 Days in Moscow Airport - Exclusive Pajamas Media Video (see).

Lisa says she is to be sent back to Iran on Monday. If that happens she is likely to end up in prison.
Sign a petition to support her (see)

Please sign the petition (see).

We condemn the recent excessive and unnecessary force used in the case of the Iranian American student abused at the UCLA Powell Library. This is a case of police brutality and warrants immediate action taken against the police involved. Please support this cause by signing the petition to further investigations in [...]

Designed by Esra’a and Sankar from Mideast Youth.
p.s. When I checked a few hours ago, more than 500,000 people had watched the video in youtube.

This is an excerpt of this piece.

But according to a study published in the Lancet Medical Journal in 2001, a charge of three to five seconds can result in immobilization for five to 15 minutes, which would mean that Tabatabainejad could have been physically unable to stand when the officers demanded that he do so.
“It [...]

More information is coming out regarding the horrible treatment of Mostafa Tabatabainejad, 23, an Iranian student in UCLA, by the police (see). AP Wire says “Tabatabainejad encouraged others at the library to join his resistance. When a crowd began to gather the police used the stun gun on him”. He actually did, by screaming, though. [...]

This is copied from Iranian Truth. He also links to a video showing the scene. This is bizarre.

UCPD officers shot a student several times with a Taser inside the Powell Library CLICC computer lab late Tuesday night before taking him into custody.
No university police officers were available to comment further about the incident as of [...]

Imagine that you are in a ship, which is sinking, and that at the middle of the disaster you have to watch the captain dancing nude on the deck with a silly music. This is basically who many Iranians feel these days. To have a sense of it read these,

For your information, you can salute with an Ammameh (the clergy’s hat)* (see).
*- As I remember, at least in the Iranian army code, you can salute only if you are wearing a military hat.
p.s. Clergy-soldier is another one of the Islamic Republic’s inventions (see).

The four red arrows show the words intimidation, conspiracy, satellite, and Internet. The picture is taken from Ahmadinejad’s speech in a Basij-related annual meeting. Link for Iranian viewers (see) (see).
p.s. It also lists brain drain, which Ahmadinejad does not believe in.

p.s.2. The Persian word used here means “stealing brains”, not brain drain.

Religion, especially Islam, and it effects on the individual and the society have been a constant subject for my posts, in my blog and elsewhere. Having asked the same questions over and over, I have come up with typical answers.
To justify the claim that religion has nothing to do with the daily pictures of terror [...]