Posted in Digory Kirke, Letters, The Illusionist on Feb 16th, 2011 7 Comments »
I posted Mousavi’s statement yesterday, so I thought I should post this too. I personally assumed that Mousavi had prepared this statement beforehand, but Ehsan Soltani‘s blog offers some legitimate concerns. A translation of his post follows: ——————— Three of Mousavi’s closest allies have cast doubt on the statement that was released yesterday. It is [...]
Posted in Gestapo, Heroes, Islamic Nazis of Iran, Letters, Serious A** Kicking, Translation on Aug 21st, 2010 14 Comments »
I have written of Mohammad Nourizad before. He was once again taken to prison (“called” to go to prison, as is customary these days), for writing a sixth, and according to him, final, letter to the leader. Here I have translated an interview he did before heading to Evin. This interview was published on his [...]
Posted in Dictateur Sanguinaire, Letters, Prince John, Serious A** Kicking, Translation on Apr 21st, 2010 6 Comments »
Mohammad Nourizad is a writer, producer and journalist. He began his work for IRIB with the late Morteza Avini’s Revayateh Fath [Tales of Resistance] – a documentary series on the Iran-Iraq war. Prior to the election, he wrote for the hardline newspaper Keyhan, but what made him a household name was his support of the [...]
Posted in Khordaad88, Letters, Translation on Feb 28th, 2010 3 Comments »
The recent Mousavi interview has been translated by a number of sources, including Washington Post, the New York Times, Tehran Bureau, and yes, Khordaad88 (Khordaad88 is the only source I know of that translated the entire text of the interview). While of course the first three organizations carry a much more professional staff, I take [...]
Posted in Digory Kirke, Letters, Nincompoops on Feb 27th, 2010 2 Comments »
Mir Hossein Mousavi was interviewed by Kalemeh today. Khordaad88 is working on the translatin of the complete interview, and it will be released in the next few hours. I love how he mentions the changing of the green in the Iranian flag in Ahmadinejad’s recent speeches. Here are parts of the interview: ———————————————— . . [...]
Posted in Letters, People with brains on Jan 21st, 2010 9 Comments »
After the release of Mousavi’s 17th statement, a group of Iranian scholars, professors and academics released their own statement in support of Mousavi’s plans. This move was quite significant not because of practical reasons (none of these academics are currently in Iran) but because it is the first time in recent years that scholars of [...]
Posted in Letters, People with brains, Serious A** Kicking on Jan 21st, 2010 1 Comment »
Farrokh Negahdar is one of my favorite Iranian commentators. Not only is he incredibly good looking and well-groomed , his analysis is always refreshing. Having spent the last 30 years in exile, he remains a rare commodity: he has not lost touch with many of the realities in Iran and that always sieves through his [...]
Posted in Letters, People with brains, Serious A** Kicking on Jan 21st, 2010 No Comments »
Mehdi Jami is a renowned Iranian journalist, photographer, filmmaker and writer who runs the very popular weblog, Sibestaan. From 2006 to 2008 he was the director of the Amsterdam-based Persian-language Radio Zamaneh which was one of the first Persian media outlets which attempted to capture reports by citizen journalists, and under his watch, the radio [...]
Posted in Letters, People with brains, Serious A** Kicking on Jan 21st, 2010 No Comments »
As I mentioned before, Mousavi’s 17th statement made quite a stir when it was released after the events of Ashura. Unlike any of the previous statements he released. It was spoken about everywhere, on the streets, at the grocery stores, and in intellectual circles both inside and outside Iran. Was Mousavi retreating? Did he sound [...]
Posted in Islamic Nazis of Iran, Letters on Dec 5th, 2009 No Comments »
The Jewish Fortuneteller – by 19th century Iranian painter Kamalolmolk ——————————— This is an article that was written TWELVE years ago, by Saeed Hajjariyan where he’s describing what a Mousavi candidacy may mean for the system. Before Khatami became the prominent reformist candidate (in those days, the word “reformist” was in its infancy), the more [...]
Posted in Gandolf The Grey, Letters, Turbans and Toga on Dec 1st, 2009 3 Comments »
He answers four questions: Grand Ayatollah Montazeri As you are aware, the Iranian nation raised justified demands before the election in order to achieve higher political, economical and social status. To realize these aspirations, the nation participated in the election with unquestionable passion and vigor. But the authorities who hold power altered the election results [...]
Posted in Gestapo, Heroes, Iran-Iraq War, Letters on Nov 26th, 2009 2 Comments »
5th of Azar (November 26) is the anniversary of the creation of ‘Basij[1] of the Oppressed’ by Imam Khomeini. This anniversary is an opportunity to have a second look at this influential institution in the history of the Islamic Revolution: What was the Basij? What is it now? and what should it be? What force [...]
Posted in Islamic Nazis of Iran, Letters, Revolution! on Nov 10th, 2009 7 Comments »
A woman holds a sign: “bread, housing, freedom” in a demonstration in support of the workers at Haft Tapeh (photo unverified) ——————— Haftapeh [seven hills] is an ancient city in the province of Khuzestan. Archeological excavations have found history of more than 6000 years in this town. This letter was written by the head of [...]
Posted in Gandolf The Grey, Letters, Turbans and Toga on Nov 3rd, 2009 No Comments »
Honorable Grand Ayatollah Montazeri, With Regards, We hope you are in great health. We are from the Website “Green Wave of Freedom” and would like to take some of your precious time for some questions regarding the historic day of 13th of Aban [November 4th]. We believe your answers can be a solution to the [...]
Posted in Alfred Pennyworth, Generation-Go-Fuck-Yourself, Letters, madreseh on Oct 31st, 2009 5 Comments »
In the Name of God the Compassionate, the Merciful, In our modern history, the thirteenth of Aban [4th of November] is reminiscent of three events. The first was when Imam Khomeini was exiled, and the movement went into a thirteen year recession. After being able to silence the movement by sending the Imam into exile, [...]
Posted in Alfred Pennyworth, Letters, Nincompoops on Sep 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
Mousavi and Tavakoli have been writing back and forth. Ahmad Tavakoli is a current MP, and was the minister of labor under Mousavi (though he later resigned). After the Quds day protests he wrote a letter addressed to Mousavi accusing him of “wanting to break the establishment along with breaking himself” and also “reminding” him [...]