A quick review of known statistics

A quick review of known statistics
by Cost-of-Progress
07-Feb-2010
 

- 30% inflation - 6 million “judicial” files created in the last 6 months - Income below 900K tomans a month marks the poverty line (guess what % of the population in the country makes that much a month) - Over 60 people on death row, right now (No. 1 in executions per capita) - Alarming number of people diagnosed with mental problems - Alarming number of young folks committing suicide - Alarming number of people dying of heart attacks and strokes - Alarming number of people dying in highway accidents many many more depressing stats are not noted, of course.

Those who defend the incompetent regime of the unelected clergy, whether knowingly, or unknowingly, share the blame for the systematic deconstruction of an ancient culture and nation.

Time is running short.

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vildemose

Sargord: Are you telling us

by vildemose on

Sargord: Are you telling us that you're blogging from Iran???


vildemose

didn't know there are

by vildemose on

didn't know there are alternative names for tehran neighborhoods in the english language.  maybe there's no gh sound in english but at least they have r.  what's tehran in english language, tehnan?  how about shemran?  shemnan?  i don't know if someone's actually paying you for the crap you dish out, if they found out they'd want their money back. 

 

ROFL....Excellent. I nneded this laguh...


vildemose

COP, HG: Fantastic job of

by vildemose on

COP, HG: Fantastic job of deconstructing poor Tahgord...

Khasteh nabashid...lol

 


AMIR1973

Hamsade ghadimi

by AMIR1973 on

Een heyvaan, tahgord, ra peydash kardam. Moosh bokhoredesh. Va moosh-e koor basheh keh nabineh cheh goh-i mikhoreh.


hamsade ghadimi

tahgord

by hamsade ghadimi on

good job on finding the exchange rate.  i'm proud of you.  that must've been a tough assignment for you.  now you must realize that you made the case for c.o.p.  you know what i mean?  about the poverty and all.  as i told you before, for the complete statistics on iranian economy, you need to go to the bank markazi website.  they have monthly statistics on consumer prices and inflation (even categorized by commodity).  again, c.o.p. nailed on the head.  too bad you can't read farsi to read the original source for these numbers.  not to mention that these number are still bogus.  if i go there and see the price of meet is doubled, i don't care who says the price of meat has increased by 15%.  i know it's 100%.  you see, we iranians (unlike you), have first-hand knowledge of these prices.  we don't have to search the internet and listen to press tv.  i can make a call to iran and get the prices.  i can see it when i go there.  i can ask my friends who go there. 

now that you found out the average income of an iranian is $400/month, for your next assignment, i like you to find out the rent for a 3-bedroom house in tehran (or any other city).

and i did say there's no neighborhood called gheytaneh in tehran.  are you saying the english spelling of gheytarieh is gheytaneh?  that's real funny.  i didn't know there are alternative names for tehran neighborhoods in the english language.  maybe there's no gh sound in english but at least they have r.  what's tehran in english language, tehnan?  how about shemran?  shemnan?  i don't know if someone's actually paying you for the crap you dish out, if they found out they'd want their money back. 


AMIR1973

SP: I trust Press TV almost as much as North Korean News Agency

by AMIR1973 on

The Orwellian official media of the People's Democratic Islamic Republic of Iran should always be taken at face value. Oh yeah, IRI is the land of prosperity, free press, free speech, technological prowess,  personal freedoms, human rights and dignity, and meritocracy--to such an extent that it should make the millions of Iranians who have fled the country blush with shame. I'm sure there are links to stories from IRNA, Fars News, Press TV, and Tehran Times that will attest to that. If only Iranians living in Iran knew how good they had it, the lines at the US, Australian, European, East Asian, and Canadian embassies would become that much shorter. Why, oh why, did my relatives in Iran complain time after time about the inflation and joblessness? Why should they believe their own eyes when functionaries of the Rapist Republic say it is otherwise? It's a wonder that more Americans aren't looking to emigrate to Iran, instead of the other way around. The IRI is advancing its progressive Islamist, humanistic vision one prison rape, hanging, flogging, stoning, and assassination at a time.

Mark, you have convinced me. Keep on speaking truth to power like you do, buddy. 


Fair

Double digit inflation?

by Fair on

In a country with the world's second largest natural gas and 4th largest oil reserves? In a world which is starved for energy? We are somehow supposed to feel better that inflation in this energy and resource and technology rich country is "only" 15%?

Even if someone were to believe such a bogus source like presstv and the central bank of Iran, this number is pathetic. Under Hoveyda inflation was barely existent for 15 years of him being prime minister- despite having a fraction of this regime's oil income, and having REAL foreign threats of the USSR to the north and Iraq to the west, both of which had territorial ambitions on Iran.

By contrast, Iran's inflation rate has been double digit every year over the last 30 years.

I guess that is what happens when the founder of the glorious Islamic fascist state said publicly "Economics is for donkeys".

A simple google will show you that last year, Iran was 8th in the world (out of 219) for rate of inflation. Countries that had lower inflation than Iran (more than 200 of them) included Gaza strip, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Yemen, Rwanda, shall I go on.....:

//www.indexmundi.com/g/r.aspx?c=ir&v=71

Waffen SS Major, you have clearly shown yourself here- you are not even Iranian and are a fake . Can you specify even ONE consumer item in Iran (not your fictitious neighborhood) that has gone up only 15% since 1 year ago?

It is not clear who is paying you how much to spew out such garbage here. But it sure is not on behalf of the Iranian people. You represent the most anti Iran forces on the planet.

Maaloome keh aslan neveshthehaye hamsayeh joono aslan nakhoondi o ye zarb raftee sare aghaye bahmani. moshallah beh een savad o beh een tahghighate amighe shoma. Cheghadr to irani-e- vagheyee hastee keh aslan esme mahallehye khodet ham nemeedonee. Baad beh baghie meegee kharejee neshin o zede Iran. mamlekatee sargordesh to bashi fatahesh o bayad khoond. Hala bachehaye iranzamin ro chand rooz deegeh meebeenee va yad khahi gereft keh irani-e vaghehee keeyeh. Behtare khoob pasandaz konee choon hoghooghe to maaloom neest ta key bedand. albateh negaran nabash,bank-e-markazi-e-iran poshtiban e kamele shomast! Aslan negaranee nadaree.

Sleep well.

Tick tock tick tock...

 

-Fair


hamsade ghadimi

amir jan

by hamsade ghadimi on

are aziz.  mp doroste; faghat p-sho yejoor dige spell kon (sadeh-tarin joor spell kardan).  faghat ye nafar tu emrika ba oon esme.  ba'd to daftar telefon computery sefid searchesh koni sen va adresesho herfeh-sho va esm zan o bachasham dar miari.  esme koochik bachash esme akharin tsar roosias.  taraf tu velayat sabegh man zendegi mikone.  man oonja bis sal zendegi kardam va hich vaght raham behesh nakhord.  hala ba rafigham tamas migiram bebinam kasi mishnasatesh ya na.


Sargord Pirouz

the inflation rate- again

by Sargord Pirouz on

Hammy,

So now it's no longer the exchange rate, it's the english spelling of the neighborhood (I thought you said there was no such thing?). What will it be next? It'll always be something other than the topic at hand- won't it.

Here is the reference for the inflation rate:

"The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) says the country's inflation rate plunged about 1.6 percent in November [2009] from the previous month."

"CBI chief Mohammad Bahmani says the annual inflation rate in the Iranian month of Aban, which ended on November 20, [2009] stood at 15.1 percent."

"Bahmani expressed hope that the inflation rate would be brought down to around 10.5 to 11 percent by the end of the Iranian year (ending March 20)."

"The average inflation rate in the 12 months to Mehr also dropped to 16.7 percent, the CBI said in its past monthly report."

Source:

//www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=114451&sectionid=351020102 

Gentlemen, that's coming from the bank chief, himself. Your figure is for 1387. Now I know what you're going to say- you don't trust the source. Well, to that I say: you were rushing to accept the higher 25% figure; now that it's lower, you want to discredit the source? Phooey.

Any other sources for your other claims? I'm still waiting.


AMIR1973

Aghayeh Hamsade ghadimi-e gol

by AMIR1973 on

Aghayeh HG-e gol, salam arz mikonam. Man bacheh boodam vaghti keh khanevadeh-yeh man az Iran amad beh Amrika. Khoshbakhtan-e madaram man ra majboor kard keh khandan va nevashtan-e Farsi yad begiram; montaha, Farsi-yeh man nesbatan shekasteh ast. Motoasefam.   Fekr mikonam keh tahgord hamoon basheh keh man goftam MP ast? 

Cost-of-Progress

Hamsade jon

by Cost-of-Progress on

Thanks.

The snowfall has been the greatest rememebered in the last 90 years!! AND...they're calling for another 8-12" tomorrow night.....the whole court (8 families) united yesterday and dug everyone out including this out-of-touch exile.....

As for Sargord, I know.....I was going to point out the Markazi Bank website and figures to him. If he can't read Persian, he has no business posting about Persian matters specailly defending a rapist regime like the islamic thugs.

Stay safe.

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IRAN FIRST

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Dont_censor_me_again

Khomeini COWARD

by Dont_censor_me_again on

 //3.bp.blogspot.com/_iKcZ3qcCmyo/RzGsvbRiKqI/AAAAAAAACTM/sCaVRe4qzFU/s400/mullahs%2Bkissing.JPG

Its somewhat amazing that Khomieni's cult is still espoused even here.....with many condeming the IRI but rarely ever does someone call him out personally, or insult him or specifiy his smallness.

Its sorta like he's a Santa Claus or Crazy Uncle that no-one wants to admit is a farce.

Khomeini was a pure COWARD.

On pure logistics...he wouldnt even enter the country until the Shah left and the majority of his operatives were neutralizided. 

He was too chiken to even take an Iran Air jet...and chartered the Air France jet with 100 on board to shield him.

The rest of his history is one instance after another were he victimizes boys, senior citizens, women for his inadequacies as a leader, and man.  Not once, did he take a single risk, or build on a single achievement; it was all decision by default....fueled by dis-information, propoganda, and farce.

Now he has promoted and raised a generation of cowardly leaders.

The magic bullet is bringing the percieved intimidation and punishment to a personal level. 

That kid in Denmark has pulled the string that will unravel the silk robes of this decaying emperor.  Last week it was shouts in Paris, now its smacking a head...next?

It is this sign of disrespect, disobedience, disloyalty that is so grave in our culture....and the loss of face is fatal for the regime.

Bringing it to the personal level of the security officer is what makes it so damaging. 

Khomeini did this in 1978 when thousands of regime loyalists were singled out with personal phone calls by name, in the middle of the nights; or had there cars tampered with, or houses vandalized.  Anyone whose Father was an executive for the big companies, banks or ministries remembers these calls.

Next it was police officers being beat up for traffic stops, and all the way up till even the goverment turned on its own.

In 1979, when the borders, customs agents, banks and officer corps had abandonded their posts...it was after years of intimidation...not because of some rag tag students or militias.  Behind this technology campaign were thousands of calls, cables, telexes, telecopier communiques, and cassettes....all marshalled by a Khoimeini command that numbered less than 1000.....but enslaved millions.

So when you view a Youtube, twitter feed, blog or email discrediting the regime....and become apathetic that there is nothing you can do from your safety.......remember, there was a mullah and iliterate villager in '77 stuffing carbon copy and punch-card paper rolls of propaganda into a telex machine...thinking the same....yet, they kept sending and they won the revolution.

Remember its your duty to bring this revolution to a personal level. Let everyone one of its enablers know he is accountable and will face punishment.

Expose, disparage, and undermine this teetering regime till it falls.

Curse the mullahs everytime you reference them in print, including Khomeini and Khamaeni, the COWARDS.


hamsade ghadimi

امیر، پراگرس

hamsade ghadimi


امیر جان، این تهگرد یه کم بیشتر کرم بریزه افشاش می‌کنم.  فقط بدون که تو اسمش رو میدونی‌ و فقط باید با املا صحیح گوگل کنی‌. :)

آقای پراگرس، عکس قشنگی بود.  بالاخره شهرداری مارو امروز از تو برف نجات داد.


hamsade ghadimi

cop, sargord

by hamsade ghadimi on

cop,  this tahgord would not believe any source you offer him unless if it's from iri.  and he can't read farsi to read iri's materials on the bank markazi website.  so i don't know how he'll believe anything.  according to bank markazi (see latest figures for azar 1388: //www.cbi.ir/simplelist/6802.aspx) the inflation rate for 1387 was 25.4% and this year will certainly top that (the figure is an increase from 18.4 in 1386 and 11.9% in 1385).  of course, this is an understatement as we who actually know people in iran and travel there; and therefore, we are more cognizant of inflation rate.  as you mentioned the inflation rate of meat by itself is over 100%.  bank markazi lists the inflation for meat (just for latest month to month) as 1.7% for red meat, 4.3% for lamb and 6% for chicken.  that must be just the inflation rate for the mullahs and not the general public and mind you is the 'monthly' inflation rate and not annual.

determining poverty line is a bit more complex and iri would not dare establish such figure (if it does, let me know).  but once can deduce from basic necessities (housing, food, and transportation) how much one needs to merely subsist (be poor but alive and not homeless).  given your claim and tahgord's belief of average income of 4.8 mill toman, the average person in iran earns less than half the poverty line! 

the other statistics are more straightforward and one can easily google.  the reason tahgord is asking you for the sources is insincere since he can readily get that info.  he wants to nitpick on the sources and conclude that they're unreliable.  unfortunately, i don't have that much time to school a dropout on economics.

tahgord,  you were caught on your lying.  you checked out the map of tehran to find a neighborhood to claim where you've lived.  as discussed before (i'm sure you couldn't read my post in farsi), the person who wrote the name "gheytaneh" on the map you found on the internet was either not iranian or there was a misspeling as "ri" may look like "n".  apparently you can read maps correctly and that's why you repeated someone's mistake.  it's gheytarieh, not gheytaneh.  i would assume someone would at least know the name of their own neighborhood. 


Anonymouse

Sargord can you provide links to your "technical" assistances?

by Anonymouse on

I provide technical assistance upon request to a number of (Green) bloggers, journalists, students and individuals seeking knowledge or perspectives from my fields of interest.

 Can you provide some links to your technical assistance?  In i.com all we see from you is NAJA and IRGC.  Nothing we don't know already.  The best I can recall is your "technical assistance" on who is wearing what uniform in a youtube clip. Considering NAJA and IRGC's uniform are Made in China and run of the mill, I don't see anything "technical" in them.

None-the-less a few links to your "technical assistances" would be nice.

Everything is sacred.


Cost-of-Progress

Sargord

by Cost-of-Progress on

I am a little busy today to get you exact links and references, but I'll try later.

Last year (red) meat was 9K tomans a kilo and now it is 19K toman a kilo. This hike in price (just one example) alone tells you that not many folks in Iran can afford to feed their family meat even once a week. This is what contributes to malnutriton, etc. One can argue that one does not need to consume red meat for nutrition, but that is yet another discussion which has no merit in countries like Iran.

Look, you can defend this regime all you want, but the facts do not change. This is an incompetent regime that is bent ONLY on the advancement of a religion with which we have nothing in common but a long bloody history......

Trouble with you ommaties is that you have convinced yourself that the only way for Iran to be "independent" (of what??) is through a theocracy which cares nothing for Iran and her people.

There are other ways for Iran to be independent - First, however, she'll need to break free of its religion.

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IRAN FIRST

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AMIR1973

Another SP lie

by AMIR1973 on

BTW, according to the 2009 Human Development Report, Iran is ranked 88th in percentage of Population living below the national poverty line, behind Azerbaijan and Thailand. As was remarked of Lillian Hellman, every word you write is a lie, including 'and' and 'the'.

AMIR1973

SP, it's impossible to have a meaningful debate with a liar

by AMIR1973 on

You lied about casualties during the Revolution (and plagiarized straight from a dishonest article by Dilip Hiro)

You don't speak Persian; yet you take to task "exiles" (do you live in the Rapist Republic? I didn't think so.) 

You lie on numerous websites about your cyber persona

You claim that the US security forces killed as many protestors in the anti-government demonstrations of the 1960s-1970s as the IRI has killed in the last 8 months (not to mention its Reign of Terror in the 1980s)

Moreover (and most importantly), you are a shameless groupie of a regime that has murdered more Iranians than any other in Iran's modern history

Have a nice day, Mark Pyruz aka Pirouz 

 


hamsade ghadimi

سرگرد

hamsade ghadimi


اولا که در جوابت به ادعای آقای پراگرس (نهصد میلیون تومن خط فقر) گفتین که درآمد میانهٔ ایرانیان چهل و هشت میلیون ریاله.  تلقین کردی که حرف ایشون اشتباهه، نه؟  اینکه می‌شه نصف خط فقری که آقای پراگرس تحویل داد.  دوما، تورم الان تو ایران (به گفتهٔ بانک مرکزی) بیست و شیش در صده، حالا ایشون گفت سی‌ در صد.  به احتمال قوی بیشتره. سوماً، هر خنگی میتونه گوگل کنه و ببینه که ایران در تصادف و اعدام شماره یک در دنیا هست.  آخرا، تو رفتی‌ تو گوگل مپ یه محله در بیاری که خیط کردی.  اون بیسوادی که اسم محله رو نوشته بود ایرونی‌ نبود و تو اشتباه اون رو تکرار کردی.  و مهمتر از همه، مرد حسابی‌ اگر می‌خوای ناشناس باشی‌ چرا با اسم حقیقیت تو سایت‌های دیگه میپلکی.  حالا حرف حسابت چیه؟ میدونم دوست داری زود جواب بعدی.  به انتظار.


Sargord Pirouz

hamsade

by Sargord Pirouz on

I'm not 50, either.

So you concede the exchange rate is correct? Why did you say it was in error in the first place? Could it be you were wrong? :0

Based on HDR, the current percentage living below the poverty rate is roughly 18% (which, by the way, is a significant reduction from pre-79 levels).

Again, where do you get your figures? Personal anecdotes? 


hamsade ghadimi

sargord

by hamsade ghadimi on

50 (happy birthday).  gheytarieh.  average income = 1/2 of poverty line ($800/mo. for a crappy 1-br in northern teh).  any other questions?


Sargord Pirouz

hamsade

by Sargord Pirouz on

I'm not 49.

When's the last time you read a map? It's not hard to look up. See for yourself.

US$4800 = 48,162,140 IRR (at least, that's the latest conversion rate) You think it's different? What do you think it is?

Anything else? 


Sargord Pirouz

Amir

by Sargord Pirouz on

I read a lot. As you know, I read and contribute towards roughly 50 blogs and forums, on a regular basis. I also subscribe toward specific subjects on about 60 news sources, about a third of them Iranian. 

I provide technical assistance upon request to a number of (Green) bloggers, journalists, students and individuals seeking knowledge or perspectives from my fields of interest.

Am I always right? No. No one is always right. What motivates me in this endeavor? To learn. To express ideas. That's really all there is to it.

I try to keep an open mind. If anything, I've a skeptic streak, while striving for accuracy in detail to the best I can.  

Amir-jaan, you can follow me wherever I go, mocking me or trying to politic against me using any kind of slander you feel might be effective. But know, all the while, I consider such things petty and unworthy of discussion towards the topics at hand. Amir, it's nothing but a big waste of your time. This kind of thing has no effect on me, whatsoever. If it does on you, I can only suggest you reexamine your priorities and look towards doing something more productive with your time. Like re-joining the discussion focused on the topic at hand.


hamsade ghadimi

amir, ao

by hamsade ghadimi on

i doubt that this character has voted.  he's been living in the states at least 40 yrs. of his his 49 wretched life.  he claims his family is from 'gheytaneh.'  there's no such place. lol.  and he doesn't know how much 48 million irr is.  maybe he thinks all iranians are millionaires!  and perhaps he doesn't know how to google execution rates, auto deaths, and inflation rate in iran. 


Sargord Pirouz

COP

by Sargord Pirouz on

While I generally approach forums in the form of a sock puppet, since you're interested, I'll provide a few details- this once.

My family is from Tehran and Tabriz. The family has a history of high ranking service in the government, and to a lessor extent the military, that goes back to the reign of Reza Shah. There is a school in Tehran named after my paternal grandfather. 

The family lives in the older section of Gheytaneh in Tehran (across from Elahiyeh) down a ways from the German Embassy.   

I am not an exile. I harbor no grudge against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Like any responsible citizen, I voted in the June 2009 election. While my candidate did not win, I accept the result.

I will say this, my personal background is very unusual- you might say unique.

That's really more than you need to know. I'm here to learn and express ideas. The ideas should be the focus of interaction, not the personal details of the commenters or posters (unless, of course, they are put forth as relevant by the commenter or poster). Besides, face it, for the most part, personal details are usually so mundane- wouldn't you agree? I mean, the personal details I've just provided- big deal! Do they have an impact on the ideas I express? If they do- to you- well, they really shouldn't.

So anyway, Anon, back to the topic at hand. Where are your sources and links? I don't know about anyone else, but I'm interested. And I can tell you this, I'm far more interested in the ideas you put forward in comments and posts. As to your own personal details, I could really care less. (no offense)  


AMIR1973

Sargord Pirouz: A man of man cyber identities (all of them fake)

by AMIR1973 on

Surely, a "Sargord" would be able to speak Persian, no? As far as his being an "expert", he plagiarizes articles from Press TV and the likes of Dilip Hiro. One day, he's "Sargord Pirouz"; another, he's just plain Pirouz on the NIAC blog; next thing you know, he's Mark Pyruz. 


Anonymous Observer

Sargord

by Anonymous Observer on

What's your story?  Really.  You're definitely not Iranian.  You're here as some kind of military and know it all expert on anything and everything.  You do all kinds of acrobatics to justify anything and everything that the IRI does.  You say that you're not an exile. I guess you're technically correct, because a non-Iranian cannot, by definition, be an exile.  You've never been to Iran.  Where and when did you do your military service?  I'm not asking for personal information, but just a general location so we can take you seriously.  Really, what's your story?       


hamsade ghadimi

cop, sargord

by hamsade ghadimi on

cop, you're on the money.  not that i would expect any less from a dr. h. hs grad. :)

sargord wannabe, google all the info cop provided.  i guess you have no idea what 48,162,140 irr means, do you?  i'll tell you, it means the average iranian lives below the poverty line.


Sargord Pirouz

COP

by Sargord Pirouz on

Could you provide sources for these claims (with links if possible)?

Your inflation figure contrasts sharply with the latest figure provided by the Central Bank of Iran. In fact, the rate plunged 1.6 percent in Nov. 2009, to stand at 15.1 percent.

For 2009, the average yearly salary in Iran was 48,162,140 IRR. (source: Iran-daily, Wikipedia)

As to the rest of your generalizations, where's your sources with data?