Kamangir (Archer)

They want to execute us
Effective tomorrow, anyone who wears stripped pyjamas will be executed for acting against public and private safety*.
p.s. From now on, this blog will be dedicated to apiary in alpine heights, the positive effects of cucumbers in getting rid of stomach gas,  modern sewing methods, making flowers with flour, the importance of [...]

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This fantastic video has been created by members of the Middle East Youth. Do watch it, knowing the chance of it coming to existence by those shown in this video is almost as probable as you winning the lottery right now, without having bought a ticket.

The Kurd activist Farhad Hadj Mirzaei has been under arrest since last winter.
The Student Committee of Human Rights Reporters reports that the interrogators have applied harsh methods of torture, including electrical shocks and sleep deprivation, on the inmate, in order to take a forced confession out of him [Persian].
A week ago, his father wrote [...]

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“Are you sure the Islamic Republic/Ahmadinejad have asked for Israel to be wiped off the map?” This is the question I have been asked by so many people over the course of the last few years. While I became more and more concerned why so many people kept asking the same question, I kept [...]

A major source of legitimacy for the Islamic Republic is through its claims of being the connecting period between the time of the Prophet and Imams and the end of time, when the Islamic Messiah overthrows all earthly governments. To make this acceptable, Ayatollah Khameneii is commonly claimed to be a descendant of the Imams, [...]

What would Ahmadinejad look like if he was not born in Iran? I used this online tool to see the Chinese Ahmadinejad, as well as the White Ahmadinejad. There is also the Ape Ahmadinejad, in case you are interested to see. Find all the pictures at this address, or watch this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZhoD0q4NMk

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Outrageous Police Violence in Iran

“The ceremony will focus on designating rewards for the assassination of three Israeli top officials”. This is how the close-to-state website Farda describes an event to be held in Tehran. The three officials are Ehud Barack, Meir Dagan, and Amos Yadlin. The amount will be awarded for the “revolutionary execution” of these three individuals. The [...]

Unrest in Shiraz University

Etemad, a newspaper published inside Iran, reports that they have received word that the Ministry of Communication is considering complete blackout of the Internet in Iran for the day of the Parliamentary Elections [Persian]. Reportedly, this is the first time computerized polling will be integrated into the old paper-based system and the ministry is worried [...]

A very up-to-date PressTV Anchor

Riot in Tehran

“5 in the morning”, a website close to the reformists, claims that since a month ago Iranian tankers have been travelling in the Persian Gulf under foreign flags [Persian]. Reportedly, as the American ships in the Persian Gulf increased their surveillance on Iranian vessels, tankers operated by the state adopted flags from Cyprus and Malta. [...]

The simplest job on the planet

Proud to be Offensive

The International Fajr Film Festival has been a prominent part of the celebration of the Islamic Revolution since 26 years ago. Since then, every year, the cold February days see a lot of new movies competing against each other. The event also includes discussions about the participating films and a lot of other social events.

When I wrote an article for my Persian blog on how the Islamic Republic of Iran benefits from glorifying the Ayatollahs into holy figures, I had no idea that it would create such a backlash. The reactions, however, offer good insight into what Iran’s main problem is. It is neither Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad nor the Ayatollahs who have “corrupted” Iran, as some people suggest. The core problem is the corrupted framework of thought with which the Ayatollahs have infested Iran.

As mentioned before (see: January 30th, Solidarity of Bloggers with the Imprisoned Iranian Students), this blog, and its Persian counterpart, proudly support bloggers’ solidarity with Iranian imprisoned students. Join in! Spread the news!
Solidarity of Bloggers with the Imprisoned Iranian Students
“There is no doubt winter will have an end
And, the post of spring will come to [...]

“My M.Sc. application was rejected, not on the basis of my academic performance, but because of where I am born”, writes Amin, an Iranian reader of this blog. Attaching a snapshot of the communication he has received from University of Twente, in the Netherlands, he asks if this action is acceptable under international norms.
Apparently, the [...]

A large group of Iranian bloggers have decided to show their solidarity with tens of Iranian students who are imprisoned by the administration. More information, in Persian, is given in this blog.
This is the statement issued by the organizers (revised by me for grammatical mistakes in the original text),
Solidarity of Bloggers with the Imprisoned Iranian [...]

Ebrahim Latif Allahi (Persian: ابراهیم لطف اللهی) was killed under torture. He studied law in Paiam Noor University in Sanandaj and was arrested about two weeks ago by the Intelligence. Reportedly, his family has been informed that “he has committed suicide in the prison” but that “his body is already buried”. His family is under [...]

Hossein Deakhshan’s repeated attempts to be given the green light to go back to the country seem to have been accepted.
In August 2007 he wrote,
I wish the Islamic Republic.. would be tolerant enough to give financial support to any Iranian who was willing to get back to the country, whether or not they said their [...]

Well, apparently, Maradona doesn’t like Ahmadinejad at all! You don’t send your sh*t over to people you like, do you (Link in Fars News)? Hat trip Gateway Pundit.

A Song for Mahmoud