Kamangir (Archer)

An Iranian looking at Iran as a foreigner…

Archive for May 15th, 2007

Interesting pictures from Iran

By Kamangir • May 15th, 2007 • Category: Iran

Apparently, thirty years ago, the Supreme Leader used to smoke.

Citizen journalism during flooding in Tabriz. Hat trip Haji Washington.

“Praying Machine” accepts coins and then prays for you. The sign reads “It doesn’t work”.

“[Owner of] This stone owes me some money”. According to the Iranian burial rituals, after the body is laid under ground, the area [...]



Let’s All Attend Basij!

By Kamangir • May 15th, 2007 • Category: Iran

Transcript of a member of Basij has been published in the Internet and has caused rage among the youth. In Iran, to get into a bachelor’s program, all students take part in a very competitive exam. The administration, however, has always kept a percentage of the seats for whom they prefer. That includes Basij members [...]



Unconfirmed Report on Police Officers Raping a Girl Arrested for Immodesty

By Kamangir • May 15th, 2007 • Category: Iran

Three policemen raped a street girl after they arrested her for immodesty and living in the streets. The three officers arrested her a month ago in Varamin, a southern suburb of Tehran, and raped her after they pulled her to a private house. The officers have confessed to raping the twenty-eight-year-old girl and are being [...]



No Comment

By Kamangir • May 15th, 2007 • Category: Iran

“Mr President! Whom do you step on to go further?” This is the title a Balatarin user chose for this picture: a seriously injured former soldier is brought to Ahmadinejad’s speech.



Censoring Store Showcases

By Kamangir • May 15th, 2007 • Category: Iran

Watchtower has fascinating pictures from censoring mannequins in the holy city of Qom using thick tape. He writes, “the only thing which is lacking is a wall to stop anyone who might want to take a look from beneath”.



“Hello Mr. Wolf”, on the Beginning of Iran-US Negotiations

By Kamangir • May 15th, 2007 • Category: Iran

English translation of a post by Jomhour.
Hello Mr. Wolf
In the recent twenty years and so, leaders of Iran have always rejected any negotiation with the US. Ayatollah Khomeini resembled the communication between Iran and America to the friendship between a sheep and a wolf. After him, Ayatollah Khamenei, in one of his most famous [...]



Paid to Walk in the Streets

By Kamangir • May 15th, 2007 • Category: Iran

Eshrat Shaiegh, female MP from Tabriz, said, “some immodest women have no specific [bad] reason for being like that. However, some of them are paid for it. They are paid to walk in the streets and advocate for prostitution. Their cloths are so tight that you think they would be short of breath. Some others [...]



Confiscating Cars for Carrying Pets

By Kamangir • May 15th, 2007 • Category: Iran

The chief commander of Traffic Police in Tehran told to Fars reporter, “since the beginning of the social security program [the new anti-immodesty program by Police], 2905 cars have been stopped and transferred into Police custody. From them, 1554 have been confiscated for playing loud music, 385 have been involved in harassing women, 423 have [...]