Kamangir (Archer)

An Iranian looking at Iran as a foreigner…

Archive for July 13th, 2007

Blood Splashes, “They Stoned Him Here”

By Kamangir • Jul 13th, 2007 • Category: Human Rights, Islamic Republic

This is the hole, now filled, in which they stoned Jafar Kiani. Source: Meydaan.
Asieh Amini went to the place where they stoned Jafar Kiani. Her account is so powerful, and horrible, that I decided to translate the rather long piece to English. Fortunately, before I managed to do so, she, or her friends in [...]



Recipe for a Silent Election

By Kamangir • Jul 13th, 2007 • Category: Human Rights, Iran, Islamic Republic

Ali Asghar Karandish, elections’ deputy of the ministry of state, stated in an interview with IRNA, “Candidates for the coming parliamentary elections are banned from using posters … [and many other types of urban advertisements]“. As of what is legal, he listed, “publishing their biography and interviewing with the media and websites are legal. Whichever [...]