Kamangir (Archer)

An Iranian looking at Iran as a foreigner…

Archive for July 10th, 2007

Blogger visits the place where the Stoning took place

By Kamangir • Jul 10th, 2007 • Category: Iran, Islam, Islamic Republic, Women

This is the English translation of a post by Varesh. She managed to go to Aghche-kand, the village where the recent stoning took place.

I am coming back from Takistan.
I am in Takistan, just back from Aghche-kand. I talked to the villagers. They told me about the crowd of Police officers who were sent here for [...]



Iranian Hot Couple

By Kamangir • Jul 10th, 2007 • Category: Human Rights, Humour, Iran, Islam, Islamic Republic

If you think all Iranians respect the Sharia you are dead wrong. Many of them do their best to get around it as much as they can. This picture is taken in a highway in Tehran from a passing car.



“Yes We stoned Him, 20 Others will be executed Soon”

By Kamangir • Jul 10th, 2007 • Category: Human Rights, Iran, Islam, Islamic Republic

 Jamshidi, the Judiciary’s spokesman, stated, “Twenty members of local gangs will be executed in Tehran in a few coming days. Fifteen others are receiving their verdict as well.” As of what these men have done, Jamshidi listed rape, acting against God’s rule, and homosexuality. Asked if the execution will be in public, he said “that [...]



Nuclear Computer Game to be relased in Iran

By Kamangir • Jul 10th, 2007 • Category: Iran, Islamic Republic, Israel, US

This is from Roozna,
The first nuclear computer game will be released next week. The game includes eight stages and the main character enters different countries in different stages. This 3D game is about Dr Saeed Koosha and his wife, Mariam. They are both Iranian nuclear scientists who are arrested by American soldiers during their [...]



“An Thoughtful Stoning”

By Kamangir • Jul 10th, 2007 • Category: Human Rights, Iran, Islamic Republic, Women

This is the English translation of a post by Another Viewpoint, regarding the recent stoning in Iran.
The Iranian Judiciary acted very thoughtfully when they stoned him (and not both of them). Obviously, all the human rights and anti-execution organizations will start condemning it. However, their main energy will be concentrated on saving her. Then, the [...]



“People of Bahrain want to be annexed by Iran”

By Kamangir • Jul 10th, 2007 • Category: Iran, Islamic Republic

In the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) meeting in Riyadh the Arab leaders talked about some members’ dispute with Iran regarding the three strategic islands of the Greater Tunb, the Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa, all besides the Strait of Hormoz. That was clearly condemned by Tehran. The interesting development, however, is the reaction [...]



Trip to Pinawa

By Kamangir • Jul 10th, 2007 • Category: Personal

Azadeh and I had a fantastic weekend in Pinawa. You can see a few pictures of the beautiful nature of that area in Kamangir Photoblog.



Ahmadinejad’s Morality Teacher: 9/11 was a Hoax

By Kamangir • Jul 10th, 2007 • Category: Iran, Islam, Islamic Republic, US

According to Norooz, the cleric who teaches morality to the cabinet members, Agha Tehrani, stated in a speech to military personnel,
For the September 11, they showed a model airplane on top of the buildings and then blow off the towers using explosives. Then, they accused Muslims of it and called Muslims terrorist. Is it hard [...]



Attack on Kamangir

By Kamangir • Jul 10th, 2007 • Category: Personal

Starting at 15:47:08, Central Time, Kamangir was attacked from the IP address 83.223.107.9. The attack resulted in CPU overload which downed the blog for over an hour and half. The hacker script is still running, sending a request 30 times every second. As a lateral safeguard, I upgraded Wordpress to the newest version. Unfortunately, because [...]