Kamangir (Archer)

According to IRNA, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stated “the Iranian people will soon hear some news regarding the Iranian nuclear development “. While I think what he intended to say was that “the world will hear” the “news”, I guess they have a very good reason to prolong the sailors’ crisis. Thanks to a pro-IR friend who [...]

This post is written a few weeks ago when I first knew about the idea of applying moderation in Balatarin.
A few nights ago, I went to my mother in law’s place, just to be whipped by her and by my angry wife, Azadeh, both of whom are members of the Iranian community, Balatarin.
Earlier that [...]

This picture was seen by many around the world. Apparently, it shows Basij members bringing a truck full of bricks and stones to help them attack the embassy more efficiently. Rajanews, a website close to the attackers, gives a “convincing” story about the truck,

While the students were attacking the embassy, a truck full of bricks, [...]

Last August, while going through pictures of Lebanon-related protests in Tehran, I had the chance to regularly meet a very nice lady whose job seems to include chanting death-to in the streets. Today, in the protest in front of the British Embassy, the same lady showed up. I just wanted to pay tribute to her [...]

Basij members and people from other “student” organizations attacked the British Embassy today, asking for the deportation of the British Ambassador, as well as treating British captives as “foreign military invaders”. These are pictures of the event. More pictures here: link, link, , link, link, link, link.

“Deport the British Ambassador”

Important Notice: Please read this note before reading this post.
For the background on the self-assigned Iranian activists see this. One of these fake activists is Amir-Abbas Fakhr-Avar. A while ago, the political detainee Ahmad Batebi published a letter in his website regarding clamis made by Fakh-Avar. This is the English translation of that letter.

Correction on [...]

Couple of months ago, I would browse into Persian news sources and I would find interesting news to talk about in my blog. A month ago, I would look at Pajamas Media for the news. These days, I just turn on the TV and watch the rather pacifist CBC. Unfortunately, I might say devilishly, no [...]