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TOR-M1, The Lovely Russian Gadget

Kamangir | February 7, 2007 | Category Iran, Islamic Republic

TOR-M1 Air defense system was the hit today. While, again, no news agency has posted any picture from Sepah’s drill, Kayhan decorated its front page with a glorious picture of the Russian gadget, which they wish will save the nuclear facilities against an American/Israeli offensive. This is the footage of the drill shown in the national television.

“Explosion of Light”

Kamangir | February 7, 2007 | Category Iran

The Islamic Republic has a language of its own to describe and call things. For example, the war with Iraq is officially called “the holy defense” and you so get used to hear the title “the great leader of the revolution” that you might even forget that they simply mean Khameneii. I am not familiar with any other culture so I can not conclude anything from this.

Any how, another one of these weird phrases is Khomeini’s famous quote “our revolution was the explosion of light”. He was even awarded the Nobel Prize in physics because of “exploding the light”, in a Persian joke.

When the “dawn decade” arrives, in which the IR celebrates its establishment, everywhere is decorated with quotes of Khomeini and others, many of which are seriously funny if you think about them outside the IR framework.

These days, the 28th anniversary of the IR, the same exact thing is happening all around Iran. Thanks to blogging, the world can have a taste of the ridiculous event. This picture is from Sharto. The yellow banner holds the “explosion of light” quote. The blogger has no comment regarding to the pile of fire extinguishers in the left, neither do I.

Countdown: 4 Days

Kamangir | February 7, 2007 | Category Iran

In less than four days, Bahman 22th, the anniversary of the establishment of the Islamic Republic, will arrive. That day would be one of the last chances of the Islamic Republic to exhibit how much support it gets from the Iranians. So, look for the number of people who show up in the streets, and also those who are bussed to the scene to increase the volume.