Kamangir (Archer)

An Iranian looking at Iran as a foreigner…

Archive for October 10th, 2007

On Some Iranians’ Hate of Jews

By Kamangir • Oct 10th, 2007 • Category: Iran, Islam, Islamic Republic, Israel

-Jews have not been enjoying total freedom but Iranians have never chased them down in the streets. In fact, Jews have been very active in the financial sector in Iran.
-Many Arabian governments hate Iran, because of religious differences and also because of the still active idea about Arabian superiority. I was once asked by a [...]



Politics and Fuzzy Clustering

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

Last night I was at my desk till 4am, working on the slides for my today’s presentation. That means that I only went to bed at 5am, 5 hours after which I was to stand in front of our group and do the presentation. After three hours of sleep, and thanks to Azadeh for preparing [...]



Politics of Genocides

By Kamangir • Oct 10th, 2007 • Category: Human Rights, Iran, Islamic Republic, US

In contemporary Persian, the term “politics” means “the art of survival through the best use of the situation”. This is probably a result of the long periods through which the Iranians have had to use their minds to survive against external and internal hazards. But there is more to this.
As I have mentioned earlier, I [...]



Sugar Strike

By Kamangir • Oct 10th, 2007 • Category: Human Rights

In solidarity with the sugar factory workers of Haft-Tappeh in Khuzestan, who have been on strike for days demanding their pay (which they have not been paid for months) and better working conditions I will not take in any sugar on Thursday 11 October 2007.
Through Ahvzi.Â