Fact Finding or Appeasement ?

capt_ayhab

Iran Council Offers to Meet With Presidential Candidates

Washington Post / Thomas Erdbrink
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18-Jun-2009
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eroonman
18-Jun-2009
All funds will go to promote the cause! >>>
Setareh Sabety
18-Jun-2009 (13 comments)
It is very important to pick one of two sides in this struggle. Either you believe in the fact that these elections were rigged or not. If you do, like I do, it does not matter who is behind the tweets.>>>

DEMONSTRATORS

The V sign

The V sign

Photo essay: Wednesday's protest march in Tehran

by SG
18-Jun-2009 (19 comments)

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CRISIS

Text from the Tehran street

For the first time in its political history, Iran finds itself thrown into an unprecedented crisis of legitimacy

18-Jun-2009 (12 comments)
Ever since the first days of the Islamic Republic there have been two sovereignties in Iran, a divine and a popular. The concept of popular sovereignty, which is derived from the indivisible will of the Iranian nation, is inscribed in Article I of the constitution of the Islamic Republic. And the divine concept of sovereignty is derived from God's will, which, through the medium of Shi'ia institutions of an Imamate, is bestowed on the existing 'faqih' as the rightful ruler of the Shi'ite community, a perception which forms the foundation of the doctrine of the 'Velayat-i-Faqih'. Increasingly, the divine sovereignty has been less about religion than about political theology. As for the popular sovereignty, it has found its due place in the social work and political action of Iranian civil society>>>

OBSERVER

A Letter from Iran

I could see hands in the air, synchronized to chants, and hear their chants

18-Jun-2009 (2 comments)
Dear friends, For the past week or more there have been so many activities and happenings related to the elections here in Iran but I haven’t taken the step to write until now, partially out of uncertainty about whether or not writing would pose any danger and partially because I simply haven’t had time. The past couple of weeks have been intense to say the least, between family parties, gatherings, daily chats, farsi classes, studying and naps during the heat of the day my days have been far fuller than I expected. At leisure I will write you more about those things. For now, I would like to write a little about the current events that have so many of you asking questions>>>

QUESTION

A matter of timing

Is it too early for us to chant for a separation of religion and state?

18-Jun-2009 (25 comments)
It is too early now to publicly attack Messrs Khatami and Mousavi, two appalling political fraudsters hoisted on to the placards of masses who for thirty years have suffered under the brutal reign of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It is too early because blood is being spilled by young people whose lives are denied their full expression by the medieval sensibilities of Iran’s ruling clerics. Khatami and Mousavi are, for now, untouchable – to criticise them, judging by the competing emotions on Facebook – is to attack the very demonstrators who are risking their lives for freedom. It is too early to say that these two shining lights are in fact agents of darkness. It is too early because blood is being spilled>>>

CRACK

از ورای دود

پیدایش تشنج در این حد برای نظامی که مدعی وحدت است و با نمایش وحدت برای خودش اعتبار ایجاد میکند بسیار گران تمام میشود

18-Jun-2009 (3 comments)
برای اولین بار بین دزدانی که رأی ملت را بین خود تقسیم کرده اند اختلاف افتاده و آنهایی که به سهمشان راضی نیستند صدا را به اعتراض بلند کرده اند. طبعاً ظرف مدتی کوتاه سخنان بسیاردر بارهٌ «انجام کودتا» و ... گفته شده که مثل شرکت در رأی گیری بیشتر با احساسات و آرزوهای رأی دهندگان ارتباط دارد تا ارزیابی سنجیدهٌ مطلب. باید از این سخنان گذشت و نگاه را از ورای دودی که شلوغی های اخیر بر پا کرده به تحولات احتمالی وضعیت معطوف نمود. اول نتیجه و تا اینجا مهم ترین نتیجهً کار بی آبرو شدن نمایش انتخاباتی است که به ابتکار نظام و با همکاری و همگامی ساده دلانه و بی مزد و پاداش ایرانیان داخل و خارج به طور ادواری انجام میگرفت. این دروغ را که در ایران «انتخابات نیمه آزاد» وجود دارد و اگر تا جایی اختیار به دست حکومت است از جایی دیگر مردم هم در آن شریک میشوند، افراد پرشماری طی چندین سال تبلیغ کرده اند>>>
bahram9821
18-Jun-2009 (one comment)
Insight to the aftermath of the 2009 Iranian Elections. >>>
SalmunAlFarsi
18-Jun-2009

Quotations of Vladimir Lenin,  Iran's benefactor  to the north:

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razasyed
18-Jun-2009 (8 comments)
Hello!  I am looking for an old persian song of Madam Afat "Ie Taxi Meduny Man Be Kuja Merawam...Kucha e Wafa Merawam" >>>

POINT

Optimism and Nightmares

Hopes for change dashed by silent coup

18-Jun-2009 (2 comments)
The 12th of June 2009 saw Iran’s tenth presidential election get underway with Iranians turning out in record numbers. As someone who decided to vote in one of the many polling stations made available for expats across the world, I can say that in the scenes I witnessed, the excitement was palpable; we all felt we were on the cusp of an important step and potential leap forward in the ongoing and painstaking struggle for reform in Iran. While we weren’t unrealistic in our expectations and remained cognizant of the constitutional and political constraints upon the Iranian presidential office, we felt there was great potential for a transformation of Iran’s image and place in the international order>>>

SIDELINES

The Blank Shenasnameh

"The foundation of the house is in ruins, why worry about the ornaments of the patio?"

18-Jun-2009 (one comment)
The first memories I recall of my life are snapshots of our home with the lights out after dusk, loud protests and demonstrations heard from the streets of Tehran, and the huddling around a light bulb with a makeshift cardboard shade plugged into the wall. These were the days that culminated in the 1979 revolution in Iran. The streets were unsafe for children due to violence and there was a relative period of lawlessness at the time of transition. As children, my sister and I sat in the glow of the small light bulb and heard the reassurances of our parents. I remember vividly the conversation that my father had with his childhood friend who was an assistant professor in a university in Isfahan>>>

فائزه و مهدی رفسنجانی

Today in Election News (June 17, 2009)

TelevisionWashington.com

Today in Iran Election News (June 17, 2009)

TelevisionWashington.com / WashingtonTV
18-Jun-2009
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