Posted in 22 Bahman, Generation-Go-Fuck-Yourself, Islamic Nazis of Iran, Memories on Feb 24th, 2010 1 Comment »
Early days of the revolution. The woman who is painting scenes of the revolution on the wall … does she know of the walls that will be drawn around her in the days to come?
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In 1999 I was the photo editor of the reformist paper, Khordaad. A while after the 18 Tir [July 9th, 1999] [...]
Posted in 16 Azar, Generation-Go-Fuck-Yourself, Sidewalk Lyrics, hardtalk on Feb 16th, 2010 4 Comments »
Walking through Tehran, what I loved looking at were Wall Dialogues: conversations that take place between pro-government and pro-opposition forces on street walls. While clearly the former group has the upper hand (a death to Mousavi sign near our house has been there for months and never got erased or crossed out), the wall is [...]
Posted in 22 Bahman, Islamic Nazis of Iran, It's five minutes to midnight on Feb 13th, 2010 4 Comments »
AyandeNews, the conservative, pro-Mousavi website has not been updated since Wednesday. We now know why. Foaad Sadeghi, their editor in chief, and a large number of their staff were called in for questioning and detained.
They no longer bother going to arrest people. As was the case with Agh Bahman’s parents, Sadeghi and many others: they [...]
Posted in 22 Bahman, Agh Bahman, Democrafascism, F*ck Big Media, Islamic Nazis of Iran on Feb 12th, 2010 5 Comments »
The following is an account of 22 Bahman provided by a friend of Agh Bahman’s.
Chaharshanbeh Suri, which he describes, is a national celebration held on the evening of the last Tuesday of the year, sort of like an opening ceremony to the new year celebrations. Bonfires are made in yards, parks, etc, and people jump [...]
Posted in 22 Bahman, Agh Bahman on Feb 12th, 2010 2 Comments »
Agh Bahman has a very good account of 22 Bahman which I am busy translating. But while I do, here is some word from his parents who were arrested a day before the demonstrations (his two sisters were arrested earlier):
My dad called my aunt’s house in Tehran just a few minutes ago (around 6 p.m. [...]
Posted in 22 Bahman, Islamic Nazis of Iran on Feb 11th, 2010 30 Comments »
Khordaad88 has translated numerous eyewitness accounts of today’s demonstrations. We will continue to bring you more in the next few days.
Here is one account:
Before the demonstration, we screamed, we shouted: this is such a stupid idea [gathering at Azadi]. We kept arguing that we could not “capture” Azadi Square, and this will only help the [...]
Posted in 22 Bahman, Islamic Nazis of Iran, Nincompoops on Feb 11th, 2010 4 Comments »
The man in the picture below, wearing the khaki coat is Sadeq Mahsouli at today’s awards show demonstration. He is the man at the interior ministry responsible for orchestrating the June 2009 charade [now, minister of labor]. His sidekick at the ministry was Kamran Daneshjou [now, minister of higher education]. They remain two of Ahmaidnejad’s [...]
Posted in 22 Bahman on Feb 11th, 2010 14 Comments »
From one of my friends at Azadi today. [I don't necessarily agree with this, and I will have more accounts of today later, but thought I would share]:
The greens made a stupid miscalculation to want to “take over Azadi” and this illusion was further enforced by individuals abroad [e.g., Sazegara]. State security and supporters had [...]
Posted in 22 Bahman, Ahmadionomics, Today is a good day to die on Feb 10th, 2010 22 Comments »
08:30 a.m. IRIB1 is showing Azadi St., leading to Sharif University of Technology. The area is surrounded with people carrying Iranian flags and photos of the leader. The reporter is saying: “despite official calls for the demonstrations to begin 9:30 a.m., people have been gathering since 7 a.m.”
Which means: knowing that protesters would arrive early [...]
Posted in 22 Bahman, Generation-Go-Fuck-Yourself, Sidewalk Lyrics on Feb 10th, 2010 12 Comments »
I am, what they call, a “child of the revolution”. A kid born years after the revolution, in the midst of war. A child of the revolution must have a distinct quality, which is that she or he never lived during the days of the Shah. The revolution with all its its quirks and aberrations, [...]
Posted in 22 Bahman, Nincompoops on Feb 9th, 2010 6 Comments »
There are reports from Tehran today that along Enghelab Square, all the way to Azadi, loudspeakers have been installed. If this is true, it is indeed a brilliant idea in order to suffocate the voice of other protesters.
Also, the state news agency, MehrNews, spoke to Asghar Abkhazar, the deputy at the Islamic Revolution Public Office [...]
Posted in 22 Bahman, Islamic Nazis of Iran, Nincompoops on Feb 9th, 2010 4 Comments »
Along with the theater festival, and the movie festival before 22 Bahman, another annual event is the book festival.
Like all the other cultural affairs before 22 Bahman, the ceremonies are sponsored, headed and controlled by the government.
This year, the book, The Shia Atlas written by Rasoul Jafarian was tapped to win Best History Book of [...]
Posted in 22 Bahman, Generation-Go-Fuck-Yourself, Kids, madreseh on Feb 4th, 2010 6 Comments »
School Girls in the Islamic Republic of Iran – by Shohreh Mehran
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Daheh-Fajr (the ten day dawn) is a ten day period that begins on 12 Bahman (February 1st) and ends on 22 Bahman (February 11th) and is heavily state-celebrated in Iran as the anniversary of the revolution. The annual movie festival, along with a slew [...]
Posted in 22 Bahman on Feb 4th, 2010 9 Comments »
The Green Day of Freedom: 22 Bahman. (With thanks to Green Wave who sent me the work of his friends)
The Green Trail of 22 Bahman. (From facebook page of Iran’s Green movement)
(From facebook page of Iran’s Green movement)
By Kianoosh Ramezani
Jumping Over Hurdles (By Mana Neyestani)
22 Bahman is fast approaching – it is exactly a week [...]
Posted in 22 Bahman, Digory Kirke, Interview, Khordaad88 on Feb 2nd, 2010 No Comments »
The headline of Ettelaa-at newspaper in 1979: “The Shah Left” … (no he didn’t).
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The complete English text of Mir Hossein Mousavi’s interview with Kalemeh is now on Khordaad88
Posted in 22 Bahman, Islamic Nazis of Iran, Revolution! on Jan 29th, 2010 36 Comments »
One of the most famous poems/songs of the revolution was “rahbareh mahboobeh ma az safar ayad … deev cho biroon ravad, fereshteh darayad” meaning “our dear leader shall come [home] from his journey … this is when the monster shall leave and the angel will arrive”.
The generation who was born after the revolution, kids like [...]
Posted in 22 Bahman, Islamic Nazis of Iran, Nincompoops on Jan 19th, 2010 2 Comments »
From left (the judges) – Actor Davood Rashidi, director Ebrahim Hatamikiya, scholar Hasan Bolkhari , director Majid Majidi, director Rasool Sadramoli awarding Leila Hatami the award for best leading actress (2008)
The annual Farj Film Fesitval is right around the corner. Fajr is the biggest cinematic event of the year which takes place during the annual [...]