Archive - Jun 2009

Face of change

More than 25 years later in the 2005 presidential elections, Iranian reformers used SMS messages and blogs to encourage votes against the block of supporters that swept current President Mahmud Ahmadinejad to power. Although they had little success, the reformist bloggers who actively followed the elections found themselves in the ranks of Iran's opinion makers and intellectuals. Today, the lack of primaries in the presidential elections cuts the active election period to less than a month and the flurry of activity common during this one month has only been exacerbated by the exchange of information and mobilisation made possible by online technologies. Readers of Iran's early blogs have become bloggers in their own right and are using the popular online application Facebook to promote their preferred candidate>>>

Vote him out

Iranians from every political stripe have taken to FACEBOOK to discuss whether they should vote in this month’s presidential election. There are numerous daily online articles on the subject; it is now a hot dialogue among the Iranian diaspora. Many argue that their vote does not count, that at the end of the day, all four frontrunners--Ahmadi Nejad, Karrubi, Musavi and Rezai—are of the same mold, and that the outcome is clear anyway. Most Iranians also remember the Khatami era when more than 70 percent of the population voted for him and the result was that very little changed. Therefore, they have come to conclude that no matter what, in the Islamic Republic, their vote doesn’t really count because the structure of the regime stays intact. Is that true? Maybe, maybe not>>>

ایران - کره جنوبی

بازی سرنوشت ساز تیم ملی فوتبال ایران در راه جام جهانی 2010 >>>

Zahra Rahnavard - The Secret for Mousavi?

Is it true that Zahra Rahnavard is the key to this election? >>>

Prospects for the 2009 Election

Large voter turnout for Iran's June 12 presidential election would be a double-edged sword for the country's hardline leader, Ali Khamenei. Although Khamenei would like to maximize participation in Iran's elections, which he sees as an affirmation of the regime's legitimacy, higher turnout would likely lead to a smaller share of support for hardliners. Such was the case with Mohammad Khatami's 1997 landslide victory over Khamenei's favored candidate, a result due primarily to a larger than expected voter turnout that caught the regime off guard. This year's June 12 presidential election provides Iran's 46,199,997 eligible voters with a choice between only four out of the 476 presidential aspirants>>>

June 12th Elections

The Need to VOTE!! >>>

مادرم معذرتم را بپذیـــــــــــــر

ای مردِ پُر از باد وُ غرور
باید اینک بپذیری در ذهن
عصرِ روشندلی وُ جلوۀ فرهنگ به آغاز شدست
مردوُ زن زوجِ برابر هستند
وَ زنان خالقِ تو تویِ جهانی هستند
که تو در پهنــــۀ آن سینــۀ خود گستردی:
"منم این طاوُسِ عِلیّن منم"
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Thank you Karimi

IRANIAN OF THE DAY!>>>

Voting Information

Join millions of Iranians and Vote. Vote early. Call and Email your friends and family and encourage them to also vote.>>>