Kamangir (Archer)

An Iranian looking at Iran as a foreigner…

Archive for August 21st, 2007

Sexy Sexy Sexy

By Kamangir • Aug 21st, 2007 • Category: Humour, Iran, Islam, Islamic Republic

No shame at all! Dancing on Ice!
Don’t be surprised. These images have been taken at the opening of the first ice-skating court…right before the twenty-fifth anniversary of the revolution…Yesterday, girls started cycling, today, they are dancing on ice, what will happen tomorrow?
These are the words of a conservative newspapers. What the author finds so [...]



Definitely Too Sexy for Shia News

By Kamangir • Aug 21st, 2007 • Category: Human Rights, Humour, Iran, Islam, Islamic Republic

This image is not blurred because the photographer has been lousy. This image is blurred to protect Sharia. Asking “Is this not advocating immodesty”, Shia News writes [Persian], “Is it really appropriate to have sportswomen’s photographs published in the media?” Last week, the original images had been carried here, in a post titled Too Sexy [...]



Maradona, Chavez, and “I hate American Sutff”

By Kamangir • Aug 21st, 2007 • Category: Humour, Iran, Islamic Republic

It is no mystery that the Islamic Republic is in love with Hugo Chavez. It is no mystery either that many Iranian fans of football love Maradona. Now, when Maradona attends a show whose host is no one but “Brother” Chavez, Fars News will delightfully quote Maradona saying “I totaly hate American goods. I reject [...]