Kamangir (Archer)

One of the top news of the day is the event of IRGC warships trying to provoke US Navy ships (CNN). The Iranian blogger Haji Washington, who writes from the US, has an interesting idea about the incident [Persisn].
If the US is telling the truth and if IRGC vessels have gotten close to the American [...]

There is something in Benazir Bhutto’s assassination that hurts me. It is not the fact that she was relatively young; it is rather about the way she and many others like her are being killed everyday. What makes me terrified is the popularity this weapon is gaining.
I am a fan of Empire Earth and I [...]

IRGC’s Basij just performed a 10,000 drill, named “Sovereign Iran”, in the deserts of central Iran [Persian]. Looking at the pictures taken at the event, and also following the news [Persian], this was a preparation for urban warfare. While the official news claim that Basij is preparing for “probable infiltration of the enemy to Iranian [...]

The commander of the artillery unit in the IRGC stated [Persian] “On the first minute of any attack, 11,000 rockets and bullets will be fired at the designated hostile targets”. He added, “The first bullet will hit the 50-meter vicinity of the target. The fire control system utilized in Iran is unique in the world”. [...]

As every year, many cities in Iran were the scene of the biggest military show of the year. This event is the remembrance of the anniversary of the “Holy Defense”, the fancy name the Islamic Republic has given to the eight-year war which was started by slowing down Saddam’s military machine, continued with pushing it [...]

Twenty Seven years ago these days, the Iraqi army invaded Iran. For the next eight years, the long border between the two countries, both of were ironically Shia Muslim, was the scene of shooting, bombarding and artillery fire. Behind the scene was all filthy politics, including Khomeini’s ambitious sentence “War is a good thing” and [...]

Nikahang Kowsar’s take on Ahmadinejad’s coming trip to the UN. “The only way to prevent the war from happening”.

September 22, 1980, Iranian schools were opening shortly when the Iraqi army started its offensive. It took eight years before Iranians and Iraqis stopped the war each side related to old grudges. These days, schools are opening again. Let’s hope the killing fever does not start this time. The picture shows Iranians’ rush to bookstores [...]