Kamangir (Archer)

Ahmadinejad is going to New York, for attending a UN meeting. Before the trip, he answered to a handful of questions in the state-run television channel Jam-e Jam [Persian], which targets outside Iran. These are some of his sentences,
1- I have never been involved in a fight…I am not either a dictator or a violent [...]

Tehran’s Campus Crackdown, Amir Taheri - New York Post
After his controversial report about Iran forcing Jews to wear badges, which was then proved to be wrong, I am cautious about Amir Taheri’s claims. This one, however, seems to be reasonable. Link through Freida.

Bush setting America up for war with Iran
Possible preliminary plan [...]

For the anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini’s birthday, Mehr News has posted a collection of pictures of him painted on the walls of Tehran. Someone has loved watching his face, I guess. See more pictures in the photoblog.

“Was the 9/11 remembrance ceremony the place for showing ‘devil’s hand’?” This is the title of a piece recently published in Mouood [Persian], means Messiah. Mouood is the website of a magazine devoted to the Islamic Messiah, Mahdi. Through a couple of posts and pictures [Persian Persian], the website advocates the idea that “George W. [...]

This picture is taken in Tehran, while a national television reporter is asking a person’s opinion about fuel rationing. The person, however, is reading from a sheet provided by the reporter.

In separate events, 12,000 illegal movies [Persian] and 2.5 tons of narcotics [Persian] were discovered and 17,000 bottles of alcoholic drinks were destroyed [Persian]. More pictures in the photoblog.

About a month ago, I blogged in Persian about the rising epidemic of Iranian porn clips taken by camera-equipped cellphones. For that aim, I made a short movie to support my argument that it is becoming a trend for Iranian men to fool their partners into taking their pictures during sex. These clips then find [...]