Kamangir (Archer)

Hasan Haddad, security deputy of the the Prosecuting Attorney of Tehran, stated, “The 209 section in the Evin Prison is one of the best detention centers in the world and many prisoners dream about being transferred to this section”. The name 209 is the reminder of bitter memories for all political activists in Iran, because [...]

In a recent media conference held by the Police, female reporters who were not wearing the Chador [the black head-to-toe cover] and male reporters who were wearing short sleeves were not allowed to take part. When the women asked for temporary Chadors, they were told that it was outside the working hours and thus no [...]

Two years ago in August, Ahmadinejad, who had just been sworn into office, hosted one of his first foreign guests, the Syrian Hafiz Asad. Because of all his rhetoric against the former administration for using the palaces for official events, he decided to welcome Asad right in the street which passed by his office. So, [...]

The Iranian Journalist Masih Alinejad [Persian] (read the article in Financial Times about her first book) is in London. Even there, she cannot get rid of the memories of the recent executions in Iran. She writes [Persian],
As girls play the Violin in London, I see the bodies of the executed men dancing with the wind. [...]

Last year these days, balatarin.com surfaced. Balatarin, means “the highest” in Persian, is a Digg-style Persian link-list in which users post links and vote for them. When Balatarin started its operation, the Iranian blogosphere was dominated by the semi-democratic Sobhaneh.com (see Democracy vs. Oligarchy in Iranian Blogsphere, or Balatarin vs. Sobhaneh). Balatarin has long passed [...]