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On the Uniqueness of This 'To-Bemiri'

sa_id_farzaneh — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:23:15 +0000

Hackers of the World Unite (For Democracy in Iran)

sa_id_farzaneh — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:50:35 +0000

Part One - Information and Mis-information

'Tavana bovad har ke dana bovad' a famous verse by Ferdowsi on the first page of our school books in Iran. Translated by Francis Bacon as 'knowledge is power'.

Iran Top Judge (Shahroudi) decreed today that joining any web-based society and/or satellite gathering whose objective is to undermine the country's national security is illegal in line with Islamic Penal Codes 498-502 and punishable by prison terms of 2-10 years.

President Mir Hossein Mousavi

sa_id_farzaneh — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:53:31 +0000

Mir Hossein Mousavi, an unusual and reluctant leader with mass following, an executive manager – Prime Minister - who served a revolutionary leader (Khomeini) and an opposing President (Khamenei). Now running for Presidency against the establishment headed by the ex-President who confiscated his revolution.

A shy and reserved person, no apparent charisma and certainly not a good orator as he admits himself, someone who would rather have been a ‘chiz’ (cultural ambassador) than a ‘chiz’ (presidential candidate)

A Matter of National Pride

sa_id_farzaneh — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:03:24 +0000

THEN …Twenty years ago, several thousand political prisoners were executed in Iran, after a few weeks hunger strikes were held in many Western capitals, only a few parliamentarians acknowledged the killings and most governments did not either know or care. I had just started using Internet emailing as a University researcher then and pretty sure www did not exist yet in 1988/89.