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Category Archives: Iran’s Green Revolution
The Memory Hole
Share the post “The Memory Hole”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailRadio Free Europe reports that the only books allowed at this year’s Tehran book fair are those written since 2005, the year he took office. Iran’s Writers Association has said in a statement that a … Continue reading
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Security Council Whip Count
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Share the post “Security Council Whip Count”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThere is no greater test of a consensus-builder than the United Nations. Literally nothing happens in that building without everyone who matters plus a majority of the rest. So when we read that a … Continue reading
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Iran Explodes (UPDATING)
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Share the post “Iran Explodes (UPDATING)”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail11:47 PM What did I say about the divisions within the regime? Oh, yeah: the battle lines are drawn between the clerics and the soldiers as well as between the clerics. Exhibit B: Mr. Milani, … Continue reading
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Iran: Jet Prep
Share the post “Iran: Jet Prep”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThere’s a lot going on this morning. Radio Netherlands is reporting the Supreme Jurist of Iran has ordered his plane prepared in case he must flee the country. Just so we understand, Khamenei never leaves … Continue reading
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CNN’s Virtual Coverage
Share the post “CNN’s Virtual Coverage”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailUsually, there are just two shots in a developing news story. CNN viewers watched the guy in the bomb-proof suit walk up an Airbus jetway about five thousand times the other day while speculation interviews … Continue reading
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A Question Ahmadinejad Won’t Answer
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Share the post “A Question Ahmadinejad Won’t Answer”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailJudith Shulevitz reviews Nicholas Wade’s “The Faith Instinct” and sums up his argument thusly: (R)eligions are machines for manufacturing social solidarity. They bind us into groups. Long ago, codes requiring altruistic behavior, and … Continue reading
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Paranoid Dictators Say The Funniest Things
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Share the post “Paranoid Dictators Say The Funniest Things”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Ahmadinejad reportedly claims he has documented evidence that the U.S. is blocking the return of Mahdi, the Imam believed by Muslims to be the savior. “We have documented … Continue reading
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Question Time for Khamenei
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Share the post “Question Time for Khamenei”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailIn case you have not heard, a 20-year old Iranian math whiz spent 20 minutes questioning the Supreme Leader of Iran on October 28th. The news is only now reaching a wide audience in … Continue reading
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Neither Gaza, Nor Lebanon. My Life For Iran
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Share the post “Neither Gaza, Nor Lebanon. My Life For Iran”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailToday was Quds Day in Iran: the last Friday during Ramadan, when the clerical government encourages citizens to display their hate for Israel with marches and chants. Ahmadinejad gave a … Continue reading
Morning Awful
Share the post “Morning Awful”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailHer name was Mona. Her crime was teaching. Her sentence was death. In Jerusalem Post today, a member of the Basij religious police makes a shocking confession: He said he had been a highly regarded member … Continue reading
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