Posted in LMAO, Nincompoops, The Illusionist on May 9th, 2011 5 Comments »
In 2009, when the Iranian elections were in national – and international – spotlight, during the TV debate between Mousavi and Ahmaidnejad,which kept us Iranians, all over the globe glued to our TV (or monitor) screens, something funny happened. Mir Hossein Mousavi, the soft spoken, apprehensive opposition candidate said on live TV: “this government is [...]
Posted in Democrafascism, F*ck Big Media, The Illusionist on May 2nd, 2011 16 Comments »
My first real, vivid memories of this world took shape in a time and place where the universe had no grand villains. Perhaps Stan Lee & Co. were on a short hiatus. Adolf Hitler and the evils of WWII were decades and decades past, more like horrid fables than my reality. The end of the [...]
Posted in IRIB, Save the Middle East from bloodthirsty Douchebags, The Illusionist on Apr 23rd, 2011 4 Comments »
… or rather, chooses not to. “See no evil, hear no evil … speak just a little bit of evil occasionally” has been their motto for the past few weeks while the protests broke out in Syria. Watching IRIB [Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting] all month, has been quite an amusing ride indeed. There is [...]
Posted in Islamic Nazis of Iran, Save the Middle East from bloodthirsty Douchebags, The Death of Humanity, The Illusionist, Today is a good day to die on Feb 26th, 2011 25 Comments »
Mousavi and now Karoubi have been under siege – a blockade – on their homes for weeks (and days) respectively. Their daughters have written a letter, petrified for their parents’ well being: the lights in the house never turn on. Who knows where they really are? Or what they’re being fed? What treatment they are [...]
Posted in Generation-Go-Fuck-Yourself, Memories, Sidewalk Lyrics, The Illusionist on Feb 24th, 2011 11 Comments »
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times … it was growing up in the Islamic Republic of Iran, in the late 90s and early 2000. Not a day goes by without me thinking: “Ped, what gives? what the fuck happened?” The Islamic Republic was never known to be the kindest, [...]
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 Islamic Nazis of Iran, Nincompoops, The Illusionist on Sep 3rd, 2010 2 Comments »
FarceNews today features photos from the “Green Sedition Festival” which is being held for Ghods Day. What is worth noting is the strong emphasis on the Rajavis (heads of MEK). I’ve seen these sorts of festivals before, and there is always stronger emphasis on the West. In these posters however, Mousavi and Rahnavard are literally born into [...]
Posted in Ahmadionomics, Gestapo, S-election, Save the Middle East from bloodthirsty Douchebags, The Illusionist on Aug 5th, 2010 12 Comments »
As we and the imbecilic media laugh away at boobs, nukes and bizarre assassination plots, the state of Iranian prisoners is getting worse and worse. In a case more bizarre and macabre than the worst of them, Mohammad Mostafaie, the lawyer who represented minors on death row and recently, a woman sentenced to stoning, has [...]
Posted in Ahmadionomics, Islamic Nazis of Iran, The Illusionist on Aug 2nd, 2010 No Comments »
Mohammad Ali Abtahi is an Iranian cleric, reformist politician and former vice president. He was imprisoned following the June 2009 Selection and was forced to confess harshly against Mousavi and Karoubi on state TV and in court. He has been relatively quiet since his release, but today he updated his facebook page with a picture from [...]
Posted in Ahmadionomics, Snowball and Squealer, The Illusionist on Apr 12th, 2010 17 Comments »
“Varzeshe Sobh-gahi” (morning exercise) has been promoted more and more in the past few years. It has been more heavily emphasized by state media outlets, which air a number of morning exercise programs (which as far I know, weren’t aired at least up until the early 90′s). As far as phys ed classes go in [...]
Posted in Another Murder, Democrafascism, F*ck Big Media, The Illusionist, vultures on Mar 24th, 2010 15 Comments »
The Iranian side of Blogistan is abuzz with the news of Caspian Makan’s travels to Israel and his meeting with Peres. Makan, the self-proclaimed “fiance” of Neda Agha Soltan whose real name is “Alireza” and I’m not sure how it got switched to “Caspian” though it does make for a nice name for a talented [...]
Posted in Islamic Nazis of Iran, The Illusionist on Mar 12th, 2010 No Comments »
Seems like while building a career out of condemning the atrocities in Gaza, the IRI officials are taking careful lessons from its perpetrators: turning Iran into an open air prison. [I am in no way comparing the monstrous living conditions imposed on the people of Gaza to Tehran]. Why release Tajzadeh? I wonder? And Jalaipour? [...]
Posted in Islamic Nazis of Iran, Nincompoops, The Illusionist on Mar 5th, 2010 7 Comments »
After writing a little about Azad University, for some time now, I’ve been meaning to write about Payam-e Nour [Messenger of Light] University. The university was first established in 1989, as a distance learning institution where students had the option of attending one class per week and taking their exams at the university, or having [...]
Posted in Islamic Nazis of Iran, Nincompoops, The Illusionist on Mar 3rd, 2010 12 Comments »
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the suspension of Mayor Qalibaf’s newspaper, Tehran-e Emrooz, following the accusation that the logo looked like a dancing woman. Two days ago, it was reported that the Etemad newspaper was also suspended (I will have more on that today). I featured a photo of their staff in one [...]
Posted in Islamic Nazis of Iran, Nincompoops, The Illusionist on Mar 1st, 2010 18 Comments »
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has, for the past five years denied the brain drain in Iran (large-scale emigration of individuals with technical skills or knowledge) famously declaring that: “those who claim that we have a brain drain, are only interpreting this term the wrong way.” [that is, those who are leaving aren't really the elites with "technical [...]
Posted in Generation-Go-Fuck-Yourself, Islamic Nazis of Iran, Sidewalk Lyrics, The Illusionist on Feb 26th, 2010 12 Comments »
A mother prays [with a Koran and worry beads] outside the university gates, where her child is taking the university entrance exam – konkoor. ——————————- If you’re a young Iranian, chances are, that more than anything else, more than protests or Ahmadinejad or forced veiling, you have one thing on your mind: konkoor. The yearly [...]
Posted in Islamic Nazis of Iran, MAD, Save the Middle East from bloodthirsty Douchebags, The Illusionist on Jan 28th, 2010 4 Comments »
Amidst much fanfare, the government finally released the yearly budget to parliament a month late this week. AyandeNews has an interesting report on the 58 nongovernmental organizations in this budget which are seeking millions of dollars of aid from the government (as you may know, by reading accounts of people like the Alaie brothers, NGOs [...]