Kamangir (Archer)

An Iranian looking at Iran as a foreigner…

Archive for February 8th, 2007

Looking for Khamenei’s Replacement

By Kamangir • Feb 8th, 2007 • Category: Iran

Rafsanjani spoke yesterday in the opening of a biannual conference on Islamic Governance, as opposed to Islamic Republic. There, he mentioned words which made the state-run pro-Ahmadinejad website Raja very angry.

Rafsanjani’s Strange Words in Qom

This morning, surprisingly, Rafsanjani talked about selecting the leader’s replacement… He mentioned “The Assembly of Experts (AOE) accepted the tough responsibility [...]



Countdown: 3 Days

By Kamangir • Feb 8th, 2007 • Category: Iran

Three days to the big day. This is an announcement in a school, found by Reza, who is a teacher. The text reads, “22th Bahman Rally - Sunday 8:30am - Starting at Sepah St. in front of Sepah Building - Attendance of all teachers and students, in all grades, is mandatory.”

Thanks tsedek for correcting my [...]



Another Footage

By Kamangir • Feb 8th, 2007 • Category: Iran

This footage was aired in the national television, claiming to show an anti-ship missile, called SSN4, tested in Sepah’s undergoing drill. I am afraid the footage shows that the missile slips away from the target and sinks in the ocean. I hope Brando tells us what exactly has happened there.



Jordan Reports

By Kamangir • Feb 8th, 2007 • Category: Iran

Jordan is a good friend of mine, who despite claiming to be Canadian responds very well to my totally informal Persian sentences. He has been conducting a survey on Iranian blogsphere, the partial result of which has been recently published. Here is an interview with him and also his preliminary report (pdf).