Category: IRAN

This map shows the how the Iranian government is organized. (hat tip DJM)

Day 13 updates here 11:17 pm: Jane spoke to my friend with family in Iran – she can't call her family on their cells – everything has been shut down. 10:52 pm There has surely been a terrible blackout, as the most reliable Iranians on twitter, whom I have been following for days, have gone…

Earlier today I posted Ahmadinejad and Yazdi Going Nuclear? and had asked for a translation of this video. The video first posted on translation of the video here: This is a summary transcript of the conversation that took place between Ahmadinejad and Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi and others in Qom immediately after the elections (23/3/88 Persian calendar)….

The following story was sent to the left wing web site Salon, a site I can barely tolerate (so, no, I won't link). What is so irksome is why these stories are being sent to left wing sites. The comments are vile. This horrible story of torture and beating generated comments like this: We're worse…

The prevailing wisdom in Middle Eastern circles is that the Iranian protests will only grow …………. here is a translation of an influential editorial in CAIRO. I have reviewed a number of pieces like this …. EDITORIAL EXPECTS FURTHER ESCALATION OF IRANIAN PROTESTS CAIRO AL-AHRAM IN ARABIC 23 JUN 09 P 11(U) Editorial: "Escalation of…

How lovely …………and Carter threw it all away with both hands in assisting the Ayatollah Khomeini. The second worst President US history, Jimmy Carter, did not back our ally. Here we are 30 years later ….. and in what is shaping up to be the worst Presidency in the history of the US, we will…

Earlier this morning I posted this video asking for translation. It has been attributed to Twitter, when in fact it was first posted on the blog Raye Man Kojast blog (where is my vote?): Ahmadinejad and Yazdi preparing a coup (unconfirmed), an excellent blog I have been watching since the start of the revolution.It has…

Obama's silence in the face of the violent and brutal Islamic crackdown on the Iranian people peacefully demonstrating for freedom is in keeping with Obama's previous silences: 1.  Silent on the Black Muslim Riverdale bombers.2.  Silent on the release of the Black Panthers voter intimidation case. His department of justice ordered the case dropped.3.  Silent…

Obama and the Rogues WSJNorth Korea and Iran intrude on his diplomatic hopes. President Obama took office loudly promising to be the anti-George W. Bush of foreign policy, vowing to "extend a hand" to adversaries "willing to unclench" their fists. What he has received instead is an education in the reality of global rogues, and…

26 year old murdered by Islamic rulers in Iran. Her name, Neda, means "voice" or "the call"………….. The most extraordinary aspect of the Iranian revolution is the leading role women have taken — indeed, the leadership role they have assumed. They are the heart, the soul, the fuel of this enormously courageous effort. I do…

There is, it seems, a power struggle going on behind the scenes, between wannabe Islamic dictators. Is there no voice for Persian nationalism? That would be discouraging; it remains to be seen. This is a tipping point; we don't know what is happening. Firstoff, on Mousavi, I wrote of who and Mousavi really is 10…

If the mad mullahs crush dissent…….what will become of those freedom fighters and citizen journalists who beamed those messages, tweets, pics and reportage, without which the world would never have known of the brutal oppression and violence of Islam? Iran's Web Spying Aided By Western Technology WSJ …………..in confronting the political turmoil that has consumed…

Iranian riot police block protesters. "Iranian state radio said Monday that 457 people were arrested in clashes between demonstrators and security forces in Tehran that took place late Saturday. The arrests were made around the Iranian capital's Azadi square, the radio report said, quoting the police." Forty police officers were wounded and 34 government buildings…

I hope to see a struggle, with the Persians winning out over the Islamic supremacists. The people who supported the Westernized lax-Sharia Pahlavi regime haven't gone away or all been killed.  A secularized Western Iran — what a wonderful turn that would be.  There is a leadership vacuum and a scramble by Iran's Islamic leaders….

Actual Caption: President Barack Obama steers the cart with his golfing partner, Vice President Joe Biden, left, as they finish 18 holes at the Fort Belvoir Golf Club together on Father's Day, Sunday, June 21, 2009. Think about the howls of outrage from the Left if George W. Bush played golf while people were being…

Dear Atlas, First of all, thank you for showing the pictures of the casualties in Iran. They are graphic and disturbing but their exposure is necessary. People need to see what is happening in there. My heart goes out to those brave people in Iran, they are fighting for freedom and I admire them. They…

"The word is a simple one: freedom."  Israel Matzav had this: On Sunday's Meet the Press, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu came out in favor of the student demonstrators in Iran. Let's go to the videotape. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Netanyahu is masterful – he's everything the…

Wow, I just got my daily alert from CAIR, and not so much as a word on Iran's bloodiest day yet. Just their daily Islamic obsession with the Jewish people. Muslim Jew hatred — they cling to it, like the "Palestinians" cling to "occupation," even though there is not so much as an Israeli toenail…

I do not believe that people are dying in the streets for this Islamist Mousavi. He sounds like Ahmadinejad. It's like switching your panties that say "Monday" for the ones that say "Tuesday". Why bother? I wrote about this thing  here last week when the Iranians first took to the streets: It Has Always Been…

From the tweetdeck, tweeting the revolution. Unconfirmed reportage from the street, as the leftists and their media handmaidens in America hold their noses and pray this goes away. President Pantywaist: come out, come out, wherever you are. Ugh. Latest tweets: UPDATE: 6:54 PM Iran Press News FB friend says: Iran source: there is a military…

UPDATED ALL DAY PLEASE SCROOL FOR NEW VIDEO AND UPDATES "President" Obama VIDEO UPDATE: TEHRAN, Iran: wounded girl dying in front of camera (hat tip Kitten) Katherine provides these details: “A young woman who was standing aside with her father watching the protests was shot by a basij member hiding on the rooftop of a…

Every once in awhile I risk incurring Robert Tracinski's wrath by running his whole column from TIA Daily (which is worth the price of subscription). Today is such a day, because it is so fundamentally important that everyone should read it and send it to their email lists. What is happening in Iran is historic….

Nidra graces us with her unique insight into the Iranian election bloodbath. On these frail shoulders the world might turn Paris 19 June 2009 Nidra Poller Something is missing from most of the analyses floating around this week as Iranians one by one proclaim liberty against overwhelming odds. So many commentators seem to be afraid…

And Obama swats flies. Obama doesn't meddle unless it's to destroy Israel. Them thar's the rules, brothuhs and sistuhs. Much thanks to Jan, who put the numbers into a spreadsheet.  The total is 250, as against the reported 7.  Here it is:   Tehran 23 Shiraz 11 Isfehan 7 Qum 4 Arak 2 Mash'had 9…

The President of United States does not want to meddle in Iranian affairs, but he has no compunction about telling the Jews where they can or can't live, telling the Jews they can't have babies, and telling the Jews they can't build on their land. But he can't meddle in the mullahs' outrageous crimes against…

If there is violence in the Middle East, rest assured the "Palestinians" are there, doing a-what comes naturally.  I live for they day when I see a good and decent Palestinian contribution to man. Until then, duck. And where's Obama? Having a pedicure while Brian Williams collects the cuttings for an extra special insider NBC…

It Has Always Been the Mullahs Pamela Geller Obama was "deeply troubled by the violence" in Iran. In contrast, he was "shocked and outraged" when late-term abortion doctor George Tiller was murdered.

I feel for those terrified souls marching through Tehran blindly acting out in hope that it might effect any change. An exercise in futility. If they value their lives, they will flee the country. We should have backed the reformers and the dissidents years ago when free men had a shot …………. now we are…

I guess the ACORN affiliate and the SEIU branch in Iran used the Obama's presidential election as their template. SAVVY MULLAHS SURPRISE "EXPERTS" INFURIATE OPPONENTS Consider: U.S. analysts find it "not credible" that challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi would have lost the balloting in his hometown or that a third candidate, Mehdi Karoubi, would have received…

Jonathan Galt saw this interview on Fox News this morning, and his points on understanding the significance of the Iranian election are very important… "particularly interesting that John Bolton made a distinction between the extremist and the moderate… take a listen and note the distinction starts around minute marker 1:30 in which he says the…

The most notorious terrorist,  the barbarian behind the mass murder is being honored by the terror stae Obama wants to talk with, dialogue down with, you, chat on, Iran. The stamp, which features a smiling picture of Imad Mughniyeh wearing a military uniform, was unveiled at a ceremony attended by the Iranian minister of post…

Hal posits, "Iran has just received their 7th shipment of 11 tons of nuclear fuel from Russia.  That brings their total amount of fuel received from Russia to date to 77 metric tons of nuclear fuel rods.  The news says they need around 82-85 tons total.  (I’m thinking 88 tons total, 8 shipments of 11…

Since Jimmy Carter helped install the Ayatollah Khomeini,  Iran has been behind  major Islamic terrorist acts and major Islamic terrorist groups, Iranian foreign legions as it were. They declared war on the West in ’79 and have never looked back. It is the caliphate they want and the caliphate they mean to inflict on the…

The footage of the British hostages thanking Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his hospitality and forgiveness, like the footage of Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi covering her head in a scarf while on a visit to Damascus, was enough to make you sick. Must we lose this war? Read it all….

Iran’s mission accomplished, the British soldiers were released last night and sent home sans their military garb  and instead clad in Iranian cheap suits. As if  Iran could remove their honor, dignity, courage. The fifteen Royal Navy sailors and marines held captive by Iran returned home Thursday to a nation relieved at their freedom but…

excellent on UN reform. He continues to carry the torch and make the tough calls. Most impressive indeed.  “For the sake of our national security, the U.S. must ensure that the sensitive nuclear technology that we share with partner countries does not fall into the hands of the Iranians,” said Coleman. “The Iranians have demonstrated…

The Democrats pick, pick, pick, pick at the national psyche with their tiny but sharp beaks, distracting us from the enemy’s march to war. Iran has no intention of halting their uranium  enrichment program and building their nuclear arsenal while one of their great benefactors,  China has gone thermo. It is (if true) a real…

***TOP THREAD TODAY*** Scroll for Updates So Rice is capitulating to the euroweenies on Iran whilst Iran continues its aggression against the West. The US and the rest of  the West may pretend not to notice but Israel has no choice. Hizbollah is Iran. Hamas is Iran. Backed, funded, owned by Iran. More disgusting (and…

Ahmadinejad has vowed, “To stop Christianity in this country” [i.e., Iran] here and his recent “letter”  to President Bush emulates the jihad war precept (originally formulated by the Muslim prophet Muhammad) of calling infidel powers—often Christian powers—to accept Islam, prior to initiating a jihad war against them. hat tip Andrew. Make no mistake, this is…

Hamas says they will never recognize Israel, no matter what the cost. In its first actions heading the Palestinian Authority, Hamas plans on releasing the murderers of Tourism Minister Rechevam Ze’evi and increasing ties with Iran. JERUSALEM POST: HAMAS: AYATOLLAH WILL HAVE MAJOR ROLE IN PALESTINE D’oh, do they think we are stupid? Hamas is…

Security Council Will Come Down on Iran BREAKING NEWS: Vital Perspective sources inform us that the five permanent members of the Security Council intend to present Iran with a strongly worded demarche declaring that Tehran is building a nuclear weapon. There is growing momentum for an emergency session of the IAEA resulting from the resumption…

  An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. — Winston Churchill An Iranian delegation didn’t show up on Thursday for a meeting with the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, “The fact that the Iranians are successful time after time in getting away from international pressure … encourages…

               Iran tells IAEA atom research resumes January 9Oh puhleeze………………they started back up months ago. They are pulling the MSM’s pud (and the pud of the world press for that matter). They are doing 90 on their atomic weapons build up. Iran determined to resume nuclear fuel work: Ahmadinejad  President Mahmoud…

Hardline Iran  rejects Russian nuclear offer INSIDE ISRAEL: URI DAN "IRAN will not stop with one nuclear bomb," the chief of Israel’s Mossad spy agency, Meir Dagan, warned legislators this week. The secretive retired major general, who restored the Mossad to its heyday of operational ability, hates to appear before the Knesset’s defense and foreign…

US sanctions Chinese firms over Iran dealings WASHINGTON: The United States has imposed sanctions on six Chinese state-run firms for selling missiles or chemical weapons-related supplies to Iran, a State Department spokesman said today.The nine companies were punished for violating the 2000 Iran Non-proliferation Act, designed by Washington to block international aid for what it…

And the band plays on……… Exiles say Iran uses tunnels to hide atomic workReutersThe National Council of Resistance of Iran, which first made allegations of the tunnels in September, said their sources in Iran had evidence of underground complexes in 14 locations, near Tehran, Isfahan, Qom and other cities. Bunker bombing is an option, a…

 Iran: We Would Win Nuclear War                                      Iran Dismisses Criticism of Israel Remarks Supreme Iranian ruler Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani said last Friday that the Muslim world would win a nuclear exchange with Israel, aggravating fears Tehran’s quest for atomic weapons indeed has one…

Those of you that kick your feet up and spend precious time here know How I strongly I feel about PHyillis Chesler. I have been giving her alot of attention because I want you to buy and read her book. And I will be doing an interview with her in next 2 weeks. I have…

Police Seize Forged Ballots Headed to Iraq From Iran Iraqi border police seized a tanker that had just crossed from Iran filled with thousands of forged ballots, an official said. The tanker was seized by agents with the American-trained border protection force at the Iraqi town of Badra.The Iranian truck driver told the police under…

While I live and breathe, the holiday season has indeed started and what gifts she brings…… Italian court orders Iran asset freeze A court in Italy has ordered the freezing of an Iranian government account held in a Rome bank in what lawyers say represents an unprecedented legal victory for three US families seeking compensation…