Category: IRAN

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…

Day 12 updates here Key Iranian Dissident Riled at Obama's Approach Kenneth R. Timmerman A key Iranian dissident tells Newsmax he was stunned when he heard President Barack Obama tell reporters that, despite government's brutal crackdown in Tehran, the Islamic Republic has time to regain “legitimacy” in the eyes of the Iranian people. “I was…

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…

FULL NATIONAL STRIKE ANNOUNCED FOR TUESDAY – ALL IRAN Analysis: Obama’s call for change rings hollow in Iran 10:55 PM ET —  Farnaz Fassihi over at the Wall Street Journal reports on this horrific story of a 19-year-old shot in the head and killed during the demonstrations and Iranian officials asked his parents to “pay…

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…

Iran bans prayers for 'Angel of Freedom' Iran's regime has issued a ban on memorials for a young woman whose death has become the focal point of protests against the clerical regime. UPDATE: Nico Pitmey reports: 11:21 AM ET — Neda was engaged. BBC Persia has an interview with Neda's fiance (some translation would be…

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…

Tehran Bureau over at Twitter: A voice from central Tehran earlier this morning (Sunday 21 June): [Translated] Things are so bad. They are massacring people here. Please tell Obama not to officially recognize Ahmadinjad. He’s not our real president. He’s a dictator. Please tell people that in Tehran they’re massacring people. There’s nothing going on…