A Quick Question
By Kamangir • Feb 5th, 2007 • Category: IranJust out of curiosity, what is he carrying under his garment? It is visible in all the pictures taken in Khameneii’s meeting with Pervez Musharraf (see) (see) (see).
Archive for February 5th, 2007
Islamic Republic Shows the Finger
By Kamangir • Feb 5th, 2007 • Category: IranThis is yesterday’s front page of Kayhan, the state-run newspaper. The text reads “authorities to the journalists who visited the nuclear facilities, as you see, Iran is not implementing the resolution”. Remembering that showing the thumb in Persian is the equivalent to the finger gesture, the picture has a very explicit meaning, which terrifies me.
Why War with Iran Won’t Solve Anything
By Kamangir • Feb 5th, 2007 • Category: IranTwo good pieces are published in Open Democracy today. First, Reza Aslan talks about how to persuade the Iranian regime to respond to the national community’s calls in regards with the nuclear crisis. Second, Nasrin Alavi shows how the war would be exactly what Ahmadinejad needs. I strongly suggest reading this piece. She shows how [...]
The Science of Martyrdom
By Kamangir • Feb 5th, 2007 • Category: IranAt last in two different spots in Tehran symbolic “human chains” were formed to protect “the nuclear energy”. In the first event, the monument in the Freedom Square was shielded and the second chain was shaped up in Mahallati Square, a less-developed southern area of Tehran. According to the pictures taken in the events, chains [...]
