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Most of these kids are gypsies or Afghans!

At least that's my understanding. In Tehran, many people are migrants coming from other cities and villages. However, this situation is not a justification for the poor economy in Iran. Almost everyone is suffering from the economic situation that includes hyper inflation and unemployment.

There is no justification for this except the fact that the ones on top only care about themselves. Corruption and mismangemnt are the main internal elements causing this disaster.  Sactions? Well that's another story which requires a comprehensive report.  To force this regime to work for them, sanctions are implemented, not to eliminate poverty.

Where are Rafsanjani's kids ?

    All these children working on the streets remind you of the Charls Dickens era in Euroup .

    Where is ( Hokumate Adle Ali ) that they promised us ? Why do we have abject poverty ? Where are Rafsanjani's kids ?

IRI's only accomplishment here is to put a "roosari"

on this young child's head.  I guess that makes up for her roaming the streets begging for money while she should be in school, and while Hussain Munif Ashmar and Abu Nasser of Lebanese Hezbollah sit on their fat asses in Tehran and enjoy daily servings of first class chelo kabob on Iran's dime.  

ahmadi: "developing nation my arse..."

who said that iran is a developing nation?  last year at the 22 bahman parade, ahmadi "declare[d] officially the iranian nation to be a true and real superpower."  the apologists seem to use every excuse in the book even at the expense of contradicting themselves.  goroohban sefr: now you can try plan b and point out to economic problems of the u.s.  and say that's every superpower's problem.

in iran, i've seen house servants with masters degrees and phds driving taxis.  the first video emphasizes this underemployment phenomenon.  the poor children shown in the second video, the children that should be either in school or playing at home truly should shame those who are running iran. 

Waffen SS Major betrayed Iranian People

and has the gall to blame the plight of these children on Iranians who left the country. Most successful Iranians I know are like COP- they left Iran with a suitcase and a brain, and that is how the Islamic Fuehrer and Waffen SS Major's fellow fascists wanted it. We were never and are currently not welcome in the Islamic fascist state of Iran. So don't blame the plight of one group of victims of the Islamic Fuehrer on fellow victims of the Islamic Fuehrer.

As far as "flight of capital" nobody is more responsible for that than the IRR fascist regime that you support, just under the dictator AN that you claim as being "legitimate", a colossal flight of capital happened because of his stupid policies. And as far as stealing money and sending it abroad, your mullahs take the cake. Rafsanjani alone has stolen way more money than any other dictator in modern Iranian history. Not to mention the $18 billion mysteriously turning up in Turkey. And today, the IRGC, a stateless terrorist organization who is accountable only to the Islamic Fuehrer, controls billions and billions of dollars in the economy with absolutely no transparency, while Iranian children like the above struggle in the streets. Even under the Shah the military did not interfere in the economy.

So waffen SS major, put a lid on it, and stop betraying your own people and standing with rapists. Shame on you for betraying Iran and being a propaganda mouthpiece for the oppressors of your people and a military dictatorship. You are truly a pathetic traitor.

-Fair

tell me Sargord

when you say:

 "Iran's efforts at providing the basic necessities of life to its underprivileged..."

How is the Lebanese Hezbollah in distress and how does it need basic "necessities" of life? South Lebanon has (and had before 2006) a good and thriving economy.  Israel was not occupying it and had withdrawn from it years before the 2006 war.  There was no conflict.  But that fat bastard Hassan Nasrollah, probably on IRI's orders, attacked an Israeli camp across the border and brought death and destruction on Lebanese citizens.  He even issued a videotaped "goh khordam" afterwards saying that he wouldn't have gone on this misadventure had he known all these people would die.  But at the end of day, the Iranian people ended up paying for South Lebanon's reconstruction, and that's not counting the hundreds of millions that the IRI has spent on arming that terrorist organization.  So, how are they in distress?  And why should the Iranian people pick up the tab for Nasrollah's misadventure?  

Sargord, you are repeating the official line made by i.r.

Please try not to justify all that is wrong in Iran just by telling that the above is common in the whole developing world.Why should Iran be a deevloping world and not a developed one as it wasback in the days? Let me see, as KHA.R and AN say, it is because of the great satan and UK and the sanctions and so on.

Why are these tings not common in Europe? The same Europeans that used to live in cages when the Persians were almighty.

Truthful, Not Emotional

Like I said you're crawfishing. fact is that debating with you people is pointless.  

One more try at dialogue:

Isn't it true that the Islamic Regime's supporters here claim that the majority of Iranians "support" the islamic system? Who is this majority, what's their role in taking Iran to the next step, can a country and a system depend on ideology and outdated notions of a messiah and such as its basis for governance? How does this majority help Iran?

Often you people talk about western influence and that they want to screw us out of resources. I will not argue with that? In fact, I agree with that!

But, the islamic regime currently relies on the EAST for development and infrastucture progress. How's that OK? Do you not think that the EAST has just as much a hard on for her resources as the WEST?

Is it even worth my time and nurves to reason with you people?????????

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anon

Well, anon, I pointed to people in the Middle East, not Africa. And, yes, this is a reflection of a cultural connection and a political decision. Nothing unusual in that.

I've already referenced Iran's efforts at providing the basic necessities of life to its underprivileged, and its assistance to those in even greater need and peril in the ME. Beyond that, if you have a problem with it, write your local MP in the Majlis. You do have a local MP in the Majlis- don't you?

COP, you're now obviously overheated with emotion. Try to calm yourself and return to the discussion at hand, if so inclined.

You are so full it Sargord

and you're crawfishing.

Everything I said is un-friggin-disputable.

My exile mentality is based on hatered for your ideology and resulting mess in my motherland. Ponder on that for a while, ay? 

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Thanks for posting Ghormeh Sabzi ...

It's so sad to see these little innocent children with so much potential must work to live and support their families.

It broke my heart when I saw the girl in the scarf that has a dream to become a doctor couldn’t even go to school. It made me cry she’s just few yrs older than my own daughter!!!

... while my beautiful rich country is among the world top three holders of both proven oil and natural gas reserves, and second largest producer after Saudi Arabia!

May God keep them safe, to fulfill their dreams someday

Mona 

Sargord

Don't "mast mali" the argument.  There are many other people in the world who are in "greater distress" and are in greater need for food and medicine (Darfur?) than Hezbollah is in need of short and medium range missiles or Hamas in in need of Qassam rockets.  BTW, Darfur is roughly the same distance away from Iran as South Lebanon.  

But all of that being said, Iranian people's priorities come first.  If an Iranian child needs money to stay off the streets and a child in country X needs food to survive, I think that every real Iranian without a political agenda will agree with me that the money should go to the Iranian child first.  All other arguments are propaganda.   

COP / anon

You didn't dispute anything specific I said. You're just arguing with me for the sake of arguing.

And, in many cases exiles return to their countries of origin for visits. There is nothing unusual in that. But the very fact that you remain a subversive is proof in itself of your continued exile mentality.

Anon, I'm not going to argue with you about Iran's assistance to ME people in greater distress and need than those depicted in this video clip. What I will say is that Iran provides a greater effort at providing the basic necessities of life for its less privileged citizenry than probably any other country in the ME. Sure, the effectiveness and effects of these policies can be critiqued. Nevertheless, the fact that the effort is made is beyond serious dispute.

Wait..Sargord, what does this mean?

"or the people that helped accommodate you into exile"

You are either profoundly brainwashed or a deliberate manipulator. Do you beleive that everyone who chose to stay out of Iran after your so called revolution has an agenda?

What hepled me here has been hard work while going to school; working 2 jobs sometimes while raising a family. No one "helped" me into anything. Capiche? 

Your comments are insults to all of us who have lived a respectful life outside our occupied motherland.

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Oh, by the way

On my last visit there I saw number of 6-7 year old kids alone selling gums and stuff on the road and at intersections well aast midnight!

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Sargord tafreh naru

You only address the things you think you can say something about and do a misrebale job at that. If I talk trash, imagine what you're spewing.

I am not in exile dude. I just have a profound hatred for your ideolgy and do not want to subject myslef and my family to your nonsense. MY CHOICE! But I've ben back a few times for visits. Perhaps one day I blog about that.

I restate part of my post:

I had planned to return to Iran after completing my education and help propel her forward. I had/have no affiliations with any group or factions foriegn or domestic.  A lot of folks I know had the same plan.

Iran is my motherland and will be forever; no matter where my bones may lie.

You and your ideology killed that plan for a lot of Iranians. 

You claim the support of majority, but lets face it, even if that's true (big if), the majority does not build infrastructure, factories, plants, etc. etc. Educated people without extreme ideology and tendencies do. Isolationist and apocalyptic  ideologies have turned Iran into a pariah state. That's not good for anyone.

AO brought up a good point wrt to the Pals and Hamas. I am, however, more interested in the thieving clan of the clergy and their billions.....

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Sargord

I think that you should stay quiet about the "money that they stole" red herring until you provide us with detailed accounting of how much money has been given to Hamas and Hezbollah by the IRI for the past 30 years, along with an explanation of why those funds were not spent on improving living conditions for Iranians.  

COP

I didn't say everyone took out a lot of capital. So if you're not one, or your family isn't one, or the people that helped accommodate you into exile aren't one- be that as it may. But many did. And those who did took out a lot.

And as far as oil revenue goes, Mexico had oil revenue. But it still has conditions like this. Russia has oil revenue. But it still has conditions like this. Saudi Arabia has massive oil revenue. But parts of its Shia underclass have conditions like this. Nigeria has oil revenue. But it still has conditions like this. Etc. etc. etc.

And you talk of pariah states, well let's look at US propped dictatorships in the ME. Egypt has much worse conditions than this. Jordan has conditions like this. Israel's occupied territories have much worse conditions than this. Etc. etc. etc.

And if you're going to reference what I say (or you think I've said), copy and paste the relevant passages. Otherwise, you're simply talking trash. 

Sargord, My Large Capital

That I took out of Iran at the age of 18 was a suitcase with my clothing. I had planned to return to Iran after completing my education and help propel her forward. I had/have no affiliations with any group or factions foriegn or domestic.  A lot of folks I know had the same plan.

Iran is my motherland and will be forever; no matter where my bones may lie.

You and your ideology killed that plan for a lot of Iranians. 

You claim the support of majority, but lets face it, even if that's true (big if), the majority does not build infrastructure, factories, plants, etc. etc. Educated people without extreme ideology and tendencies do. Isolationist and apocalyptic  ideologies have turned Iran into a pariah state. That's not good for anyone.

A few days ago you were praising the mullahs for their "progress", now you're saying this is typical of developing countries.

NO - not for a country rich with oil and other resources.

By the way, how much capital do you think your turbanned idols have stolen and are stealing from Iran?

Hypocrit.

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Unfortunately

Unfortunately, this is rather commonplace in the developing world (just ask JJ- he lives in Mexico).

It's real easy criticizing devoloping countries for this kind of thing, especially from the comfort of your Western homes and surroundings, some of you with the large amounts of capital you took out of the country in your very personal decision to abandon the homeland. Also hypicritical to bring up AIPAC, an entity whose goal it is to continue to stunt Iran's economic growth through US and Western sanctions, and to reduce all its occupied territory's children to this level, or worse.

But hey, excuse me for interrupting the anti-Iran cheerleading from the exile peanut gallery. 

Faramarz--- so Funny !!!!

" By the way, this video was produced by AIPAC to divert our attention frm atrocities of the Zionist regime of Israel against the innocent Palestinians. "   --- LOOOL.  well said !!!

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مرگ بر آن بی‌ شرمانی که دانند مردم ایران در تنگنا هستند و هنوز از اخوندها حمایت میکنند و پول ایرانی‌‌ها را به غزه میدهند.

Farmarz & Divaneh

But you gentlemen miss out on a very important fact:  and that is, with Iran's money, entire cities are being re-built in South Lebanon after the glorious leader Hassan Nasrolah's misadventure with Israel (his later videotaped "goh khordam" notwithstanding).  We can at least rest assured knowing that Lebanese children will be well taken care of with Iran's money.

Right said Faramarz

They should also be congratulated on their child protection and welfare policies. Instead of going to school, these kids hang on dangerous Iranian roads, wiping windscreens. Thanks for posting GS. It is nevertheless and excellent production.

Congratulations to the Islamic Republic

Job creation at its best.  Lots of windshield wiper professionals.

This makes Cyrus proud.  Good thing we got rid of the Pahlavi dynasty.

By the way, this video was produced by AIPAC to divert our attention frm atrocities of the Zionist regime of Israel against the innocent Palestinians.