Kamangir (Archer)

An Iranian looking at Iran as a foreigner…

Archive for January 6th, 2008

Do Ayatollahs Fart?

By Kamangir • Jan 6th, 2008 • Category: Iran, Islam, Islamic Republic

When I wrote a piece about how the Islamic Republic benefits from turning the Ayatollahs into holy figures, in my Persian blog [Persian], I had no idea about the backlash it would create. The reactions, however, offer a good insight into what the main problem in Iran is. It is not Ahmadinejad or the Ayatollahs [...]