Nayereh Tohidi

Thanks Nayereh joon. It is

Thanks Nayereh joon. It is amazing how these women can be total apologists for this regime and live in a 12 room mansion in Paris while someone like Nasrin Sotoudeh is being held in a tiny cell in Evin.

It used to be that the Shah's ambassadors and their wives lived like this but at least they had some class.

How did we end up with these people? 

great blog

thanks.

That attache is brilliant

He made me laugh, but he should have been challenged a little. Here are the replies that he should have received.

Attaché: Stoning has entered Islam from Christianity and Judaism

Correct reply: Ok I got it, Muslims do it, but its Christians fault.

Attaché: The person who throws the stone must have never committed a sin.

Reply: Come on, you stole that one from Jesus. It doesn't exist in Islam.

Attaché: The person who throws the stone must have his hand attached to his body (be badanesh chasbideh baashe)

Reply: Yes, I think I would find it very difficult to move my hand if it wasn't attached to my body.

Do they still have guillotines in France?

They sound like French Aristocrats just before the French Revolution. "They don't have bread, well give them cake." She is totally detached from reality.

The last time I looked into this stoning WAS and still IS in the Islamic Penal Code, Article 71, 74, 83, 84, 89, 91, 93, 98, 99, 102, 103, 104, and 107 of the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

I didn't see the link but I

I didn't see the link but I wouldn't put too much tought into this. She admits that as a woman she is incapable of rational thought and she's incapable of making maing correct judements. So whatever she says is wrong anyway.

You hit the nail on the head, jj..Our Iranian officials

feel safe on top so they do whatever they want. And then they say whatever they want, because there is no challenge, no accountability, and most of all no common sense.  It's not so much that they really think people believe them though. It's all because they feel safe. And the person in question is no different from all the rest. The disconnect is truly shocking. But for some time now we have been at a crossroads and I do feel there is an end in sight. I hope you share my optimism.

Ajab Mosseebaty shodeh that we have Her and NKoreans has him

To Represent them abroad ...

Playboy son of NKorea leader raps succession plan

LOL

BEIJING – The casino-loving eldest son of North Korea's Kim Jong Il — once tipped to succeed him before trying to sneak into Japan to go to Disneyland — says he opposes a hereditary transfer of power to his youngest half-brother.

The chubby 39-year-old Kim, the oldest of three brothers who were in the running to take over secretive North Korea, is the closest thing the country has to a playboy.

Unlike many of his countrymen back home who lack the resources and connections to travel overseas, Kim travels freely and spends much of his time in China or the country's special autonomous region of Macau — the center of Asian gambling with its Las Vegas-style casinos.

IRI-style bliss: a life of luxury and utter stupidity

People who can afford it can have access to extremely luxurious standards of life in Iran.  We cannot be sure where this woman and her husband's wealth came from, as there is no talk about it in what we can hear.  Is it possible that she inherited the property or the money with which she bought her home?  I don't believe we should worry too much about this couple's wealth.  It is a foregone conclusion that Iranian authorities live a life of luxury. 

What bothers me about this woman is the tumor that is growing in her brain, making her stupid, pushing her into believing that other women are equally stupid and retarded as her.  And she thought she was doing so well, repeating nonsense and saying things that she was sure would endear her to Tehran as the perfect Ambassador's wife.  Who told her she could do this interview?!  That person's job is on the line, too! 

For her stupidity and this fiasco, even if her husband stays, she will be pushed out of her "tiny" mansion in Paris and she can go back to her madineh fazeleh of Islamic Republic of Iran, where she can live in her five story house and paint a few hundred more paintings.  She is a total idiot.

You are right. But I meant

You are right. But I meant to show the continuing lies and hypocrisy in this government. As a friend wrote: "Remember this is the wife of the ambassador of an administration whose president puts on a show for the wedding of his son in which one piece of fruit is placed in front of each guest right on the carpet. Even plates are deemed too luxurious! " Now, the wife of this ambassador reveals that they live in a 3-store house of 12 bedrooms in Tehran even larger than their luxurious residence building in Paris and ...

Shocking disconnect

She's no different than today's Iranian officials. They say the most ridiculous things and expect us to accept and praise their stupidity and arrogance. And that's only because they feel safe on top. There's no challenge. There's no accountability. There's no common sense.