Kamangir (Archer)

An Iranian looking at Iran as a foreigner…

Archive for June 15th, 2007

Islamic Republic of Extremism

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

As BBC also reports, demonstrators gathered in front of the UK Embassy in Tehran tried to disrupt a party held in honor of the Queen Elizabeth II. An obvious question is, who are these people. Are they just the average Iranian who is enraged for some reason and then goes there to attak the embassy? [...]



“Islamic Sewage” in the Holy City

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

An image printed on the back of water bills in the holy city of Qom has caused problem. According to Baztab, a website close to the administration, the image, which is also shown here, tries to increase awareness about the benefits of a public sewage system. To do so, it shows sewage coming out of [...]



Police Violence in Iran

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

The Iranian blogger, Dajal, writes,
Following the so-called fight against immodesty, the Police caused another incident two days ago in Tandis Mall in Tehran (see this for the previous instance). According to the eyewitnesses, the Police officers where denying the so-called immodest people entrance to the mall when they attempted to arrest a girl who [...]