Posted in Dictateur Sanguinaire, Norouz on Mar 31st, 2010 5 Comments »
This is one of the best Ahmadinejad videos I’ve ever seen.
You see Ahmadinejad giving his Norouz message, going on and on about how free and fair and exemplary the June 2009 elections were … the music you hear in the end is the music we play for new year.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a [...]
Posted in Norouz, Sidewalk Lyrics, code smell on Mar 31st, 2010 6 Comments »
Sign says: “Men’s Toilets”
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First of all, though it is a state news agency, I would like to thank Mehr photographers for being my eyes and ears into Iran – they capture so much of what I see and hear and notice everyday.
…….. I write a lot about my native province of ♥Khuzestan♥ and our travels [...]
Posted in Heroes, S-election, Serious A** Kicking, Sidewalk Lyrics on Mar 31st, 2010 12 Comments »
I voted for Khatami in 2001 … I thought he was too soft, flimsy and decrepit … I thought I had no “choice”.
I voted for Mir Hossein Mousavi with reserve, constantly remembering that he was prime minister during one of the darkest times in our modern history, with the stories of the executions of 1987 [...]
Posted in Heroes, People with brains, Serious A** Kicking on Mar 30th, 2010 5 Comments »
Amir Sadeqi from the wonderful photo blog Tehran Live is out of prison … and back to blogging and taking amazing photographs.
I know it happens over and over again, but still, each and every time, I sit in simple awe of how fast our journalists, photographers, artists, activists, writers, etc … go back to work [...]
Posted in Islamic Nazis of Iran, LMAO, Nincompoops on Mar 29th, 2010 4 Comments »
In Iran, if you ever want access to any of the millions of banned websites (everything from porn to the Huffington Post to websites of reformists and moderate conservatives) you will always be greeted with this welcome message:
Dear Subscriber
Access to this site is not possible.
In the event that this site has been accidentally filtered, contact:
filter@dci.ir
Please [...]
Posted in Iran-Iraq War, Memories, Sidewalk Lyrics on Mar 29th, 2010 11 Comments »
I saw this photo this morning .. and it took me back to my memories of growing up during the war.
Since gas and electricity were cut off some of the time, we had to use oil lamps … and oh boy, were they exciting! I loved that scent of burning oil, though many weren’t very [...]
Posted in Generation-Go-Fuck-Yourself, LMAO, Sidewalk Lyrics on Mar 26th, 2010 7 Comments »
I’ve been meaning to post this for some time now.
BaroBax is one of Iran’s most famous bands right now (their site needs some English editing, calling them “an alternative video and music producer”) …And irrespective of how you feel about their music, they are part of the crowd inside Iran (they have recently left) that [...]
Posted in Ahmadionomics, IRIB, Nincompoops on Mar 26th, 2010 11 Comments »
Zarghami [head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting] and Ahmadinejad.
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I wrote about the Ramadan TV series before.
Now this is a post about the Norouz TV series airing on IRIB for the duration of the 13 day Norouz holidays. These series are aired everyday, starting from the new year and end after the two week holiday.
I [...]
Posted in Generation-Go-Fuck-Yourself, Iranian Rose Garden, Norouz on Mar 25th, 2010 7 Comments »
Symbols are the key.
They have always been for us as Iranians, and with the birth of the green movement, our symbols have thrived.
I’ve spent so long looking at this photo of Sohrab Arabi’s mother, because in this one photo, there are so many symbols to look at, there’s so much that might at first escape [...]
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 Dictateur Sanguinaire, Meet and Greet, Norouz on Mar 23rd, 2010 5 Comments »
Abbas Amir Entezam was the spokesman and Deputy Prime Minister in the Interim Cabinet of Mehdi Bazargan in 1979 and later served as the ambassador to Sweden. He has been in and out of prison since 1980, on charges of “efforts to topple the Assembly of Experts, undermine the supreme leader, transfer classified information to [...]
Posted in Norouz, Sidewalk Lyrics on Mar 19th, 2010 16 Comments »
Happy New Year!
Edydetoon Mobarak!
I hope this will be a year – with just a bit – of calm, tranquility, peace … for all, but most especially for the Ahmad Zeydabadis and Masoud Bastanis who were not released from prison for Norouz, who were not even permitted a short time with their families for new year.
Thank [...]
Posted in Galadriel, Norouz, Serious A** Kicking on Mar 18th, 2010 10 Comments »
2006 – Zahra Rahnavard stands before a painting in her exhibition.
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I was always uncomfortable with the Zahra Rahnavard/Michelle Obama comparisons that were prevalent during campaign season. I found them quite derogatory and belittling of Rahnavard, as I find the position of “first lady” quite an archaic institution all together. I don’t see what is so [...]
Posted in Norouz, Sidewalk Lyrics on Mar 18th, 2010 5 Comments »
One other very important sign of the new year I’ve neglected to mention before: the special Norouz issue of reformist newspapers which are published as a special issue magazine and span hundreds of pages.
It all began with the first reformist newspaper, Jame-e [Society] and their special Norouz magazine in 1997, in the first year Khatami [...]
Posted in Islamic Nazis of Iran, Nincompoops on Mar 17th, 2010 9 Comments »
Sign: “To protect and respect Islamic guidelines, we are unable to give bicycles to the honorable females”.
Iran Nameh reports that following an article in the conservative publication, “Ebrathayeh Ashoora” [Lessons from Ashura] in the city of Esfahan, bicycles are no longer rented to females.
One of the things I’ve enjoyed about Esfahan very recently, were the [...]
Posted in Generation-Go-Fuck-Yourself, Heroes, Norouz on Mar 16th, 2010 5 Comments »
Sir: garlic, Serkeh: vinegar, Sib: apple, Samanoo: wheat pudding, Somagh: sumac, Senjed: the dried fruit of the oleaster tree, Sabzeh: lentil sprouts
… These are the seven items we place on the Haft Seen [literally translates to the "seven S's"] for our new year. The blogger at A Chaotic Mind has written a beautiful poem for [...]
Posted in Digory Kirke, GREEN, Norouz on Mar 16th, 2010 8 Comments »
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.. And oh what a year it has been. Looking back, I’m sure many of us are grateful Mousavi never became president. In less than a year, he has risen to a place where no president in our recent history ever has, and garnered the respect of millions of Iranians.
This is not undying respect and [...]