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What most people take for granted is that IRI's public statements and gestures are not necessarily what they perceive to be reality. They're predominently aimed at their support base inside and outside Iran. By now, they've realized that the majority of Iranians are being informed of what takes place inside and outside Iran in real time. However, their official spins provide their internal base with the salvo and mroale boost in the face of all discouraging news, and damage control to their outside base via pseudo-conscientious postures!

These Mullah are so Smart

They are using this against Ahmadi Nejad. They are trying to call Ahmadi Nejad as Dictator and not their Velayate vagheh

Amir, what you write about Russia isn't accurate ....

"There are two ways to control the internet. You can influence the companies and bloggers who use the web, or you can muck with the architecture of the web itself to block or monitor traffic. China does both. Russia, so far, has leaned on websites and telecoms operators using its criminal code, and encouraged groups of like-minded citizens to nudge the online conversation in directions the Kremlin finds pleasing. Until now, few websites have been blocked altogether in Russia. But this year three such cases were identified."

(2010 Economist: note that they have tightened up the rules more.) 

//www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2010/08/internet_censorship_russia 

AmirParviz: JJ Can speak for himself ...

And not for one second do I believe "freedom of expression" includes pumping information into gullible kids to recruit them for anti-Iranian militant groups on the terror watch-list (MEK) or pushing the agenda that waging war against Iran is acceptable.  Neither does the U.S. (when it's interests are at issue) -- there are laws against that kind of speech and those laws have been held to be constitutional.  

Do you see the U.S. Justice Department arguing for Al Qaeda's "Free Speech" rights?  Do you see Israelis opening up the doors to their websites to terror groups to post messages like "bomb Israel" or to constantly perpetrate negative stereotypes against Jews?  

When people can't address facts, they come up with excuses.  And Amir, I have no problems with you writing a thousand times your point of view that you love the former Shahanshah of Iran.  That's "free speech."  I have no problem with real free speech, but when people falsely accuse you of working for the IRI and then encourage others to kill IRI people - that crosses the line.  Funny that I protect your right to free speech, and you don't protect my right to be free from baseless allegations and threats.  

The type of comment below probably gives the government of Iran an excuse to filter the internet and deny people that want a visa for traveling to Iran.  To see what the consequences will be, you have to judge it from their perspective - not your own.

I'm not cutting JJ any slack -- he's the ONLY one I know who has accepted money from the Iranian government on this site; so if he's going to let those kinds of accusations against me (and make them), he better be a man about it and address facts and QUOTE ME.   

  by Simorgh5555 on Fri Aug 26, 2011 01:33 PM PDT  Anyotherreason to hesitate against waging war on the IR? For the sake ofLakeUrumieh, for the thousands of trees cutdown in Kurdistan, for the Caspian,forthe Alborz mountains please support military action.  MilitaryActioncan save Lake Urumieh.”

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Amir Parviz

This Boos Bios fellow is relatively new to I.Com and not only does he not engage in a civil discussion or make a genuine effort to answer questions as part of a healthy dialogue but he resorts to parvandehsazi which is a common trait of IR agents. Its not only tedious and a waste of time but he reminds me of the IR thugs who stand outside embassies taking photos of demonstrators. Just ignore him until he is willing to talk properly and refrains from his childish acts.

Boos Boos content needs to be based on freedom of expression

At the end of the day, you can't moderate opinions, language yes, opinions not a chance.

All regimes that restrict info, so far in history have lost badly.

On this I have to hand it to the russians which have been facing a media war, yet they do not shut down info and instead are busy responding with their own, that is the only way for IRI to make ground...

The fact that they don't get it is great, it means they can't survive long term.

Boos boos corruption can not be reformed.

At least not corruption at the level of IRI.

The Root of the problems (on the iranian side of the equation, taking outsiders out of the picture) we have as Iranians has existed for hundreds of years even before Qajars. 

It is corruption of the religous authorities.

Corruption, lasts indefinetly until it is out rooted and addressed.  It is to such an extreme in Iran that the religous class wants political power based on their religion which is a totally different department than government.

 ie they are after money for the control it brings.

boosboos: Are you for

boosboos: Are you for real???? what kind of incentive JJ needs to provide for IRI to stop them from being the criminal and the thieving scam artists that they are? 

JJ does not have that kind of money....lol 

Reform requires the consent of the corrupt

Reform requires the consent of the corrupt

JJ: opening up Iran to more information ... thoughts?

And do you think you are providing incentives to them to open up more access to information when you sponsor the type of content below on your site or are you giving them more excuses to restrict content?   

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"by Jahanshah Javid on Sun Aug 28, 2011 10:31 AM PDT Ahmad Khatami and his boss continue to treat people as if they are sheep, as if they don't have access to information beyond the IRI's media monopoly." ====================================

   by Simorgh5555 on Fri Aug 26, 2011 01:33 PM PDT  Anyotherreason to hesitate against waging war on the IR? For the sake ofLakeUrumieh, for the thousands of trees cutdown in Kurdistan, for the Caspian,forthe Alborz mountains please support military action.  MilitaryActioncan save Lake Urumieh.” ====================================

"by Hooshang Tarreh-Gol on Wed Aug24, 2011 12:57 AM PDT  Komala: The Kurdistan Organizationof Communist Party of Iran, has been the leader of Kurdish peopele's strugglefor freedom for the past 32 years in Iran. So far it has organized twosuccessful GENERAL STRIKES in Kurdistan. The next GENERAL STIKE shall be anational one. In you utterly racist, prejudiced view of Kurds, we're all called'terrorist" while Kurdestan has shown the highest level of politicalculture inIran for the past 32 years."

Note:  Kurdish Communist Party ofIran (Komala); terrorist group, which has conducted severalterror killings in western Iranian cities.  In 1967, Komala wasfounded and fought against the government of the Shah. Komala's officialplatform states its purpose is for "The military struggle inKurdistan" through "small guerrilla groups who live secretly insideKurdistan."

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"by Masoud Kazemzadeh on SunAug 21, 2011 03:03 PM PDT I believe that the PMOI is not a terroristentity"

Note: PMOI/MEK stands for People'sMujahedin of Iran,a militant Islamic-Marxist group on the U.S. StateDepartment's list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. (See, U.S.D.S., CountryReportson Terrorism, OFFICE OF THE COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM, April 30,2007 at Chap. 6.); (see also, Official Journal of the European Union;CommonPosition on Terrorism, listing PMOI/MEK.)

Showing clear symptoms for HSFUTA! Head so far up the A$$ :-)

           Possible diagnosis: Head in the sand or head up one's a$$! :-)

Sheep?

Ahmad Khatami and his boss continue to treat people as if they are sheep, as if they don't have access to information beyond the IRI's media monopoly, as if they can't understand that a dictatorship is a dictatorship no matter where or who is in power, as if they are blind to what the Islamic Republic is doing to them every day.

Keep digging... your own grave.

Why am I surprised?

وقاحت آخودندها بی انتهاست. روکه نیست؛ سنگ پا قزوین 

Mr. Fozolie

تو اگر طبیب بودی...درد خود دوا نمودی

Enough said...