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Clashes at Elm & Sanat U. tonight.

Setareh Sabety — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:47:20 +0000

An unconfirmed yet reliable source reported this tonight as I was getting ready to go to sleep and I thought I should translate and pass it on. I thought that even if it proves to be untrue, which I think is highly unlikely given my experience with the source, I cannot let it pass and not give those kids fighting our fight in Tehran as much exposure as possible.So I translated it and am posting it here for you.

EVERY STEP COUNTS & WE ARE COUNTLESS! V!

Setareh Sabety — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:49:38 +0000

Friends in US,

Please call &/or email the staff at the Iranian Interests Section in Washington DC suggest that they join the People & resign by Feb. 11.

requests@daftar.org

Tel. Numbers (202) 965-4990
(202) 965-4991
(202) 965-4992
(202) 965-4993
(202) 965-4994
(202) 965-4999

FAX (202) 965-1073
(202) 965-4990

Iranian Embassies World Wide
http://www.iranvisa.co.uk/iranian-embassies.html

Every Step Counts!

Obama gets called 'N' word for extending open hand to the Iranian Regime!

Setareh Sabety — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:22:21 +0000

Javad Larijani who is, in typical IR irony, the head of "The Human Rights Council of the Judicial System of the Islamic Republic" and whose brothers are Head of the Judiciary, and speaker of the Parliament, called Obama the equivalent of the 'n' word in farsi: ka ka sia.

Neda's birthday memorial

Setareh Sabety — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:02:57 +0000

Today, Sat. Jan. 22, was the birthday of Neda Aghasoltan, the symbol of freedom seeking struggle of Iranians. Near 2 p.m. we reached plot 257, Neda’s grave was adorned with candles, rose petals and pictures of her childhood. From the first moments when one guard was making rounds in the vicinity of plot 257, plainclothes men in cars and on motorcycles started surrounding the plot.

CONVERSATION WITH A YOUNG FEMALE RELATIVE IN TEHRAN

Setareh Sabety — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:12:43 +0000

Here is the text of a chat with a young relative in Tehran. (English translation follows the farsi text which I copied and pasted here.) I told her to relieve stress she should go either to the provinces or outside Iran for a while this is how she answered:

aslan nemitoonam hatta 1 sanie az inja door sham,shahrestan miram,vali kam mimoonam.inja hadde aghal shaba mitoonam allah o akbar begam.nemidoonin sedaye allah o akbar shaba ke boland mishe che arameshi behem mide.

Far From Tehran: For Neda

Setareh Sabety — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:41:11 +0000

It is Sunday and the weather is so pleasant that it seems too luxurious. The vast blue of the Mediterranean stretches in front of me but refuses to soothe. The contrast between how I feel and all this beauty surrounding me hurts.

I am glad that my children are out of harms way. (I decided to leave Iran after the election of Ahmadinejad because I did not want my children to grow up in the suffocating atmosphere of Iran.) I was one of the lucky ones who could make the choice to live outside of Iran.

TODAY!

Setareh Sabety — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:15:16 +0000

It is Sat. morning June 20th my daughter's birthday. Fifteen years ago I gave birth to her hoping that someday she would live in a free Iran.

Today there is a protest March planned in Tehran despite the warnings of crackdown of that most evil of evil 'leaders': Khamenei.

I woke up early, like I have every day this past week, because my heart beats for the struggle in Iran. Today especially my heart, like that of many other compatriots' and well wishers, beats for Iran, like it has not in so many years.

Stay on Message and Support the Struggle Online

Setareh Sabety — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:47:58 +0000

As a fall-out of the news about the efficacy of the internet and twitter in the struggle in Iran, I have receiving articles and warnings about Mossad and other infiltrators posing as Iranians on twitter. Here is what my answer is to them:

Twitter Revolution

Setareh Sabety — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:39:12 +0000

Chase Them Crazy Liars out of Town!

Setareh Sabety — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:50:50 +0000

Ahmadinejad is claiming landslide victory. The official ministry of interior results show 64% Ahmadinejad victory!

Moussavi shouts fraud and demands recount. Not even the pro-Ahmadinejad papers this morning seem to have expected such an outright claim of victory.

My nephew, voting for the first time in his life, in Mashad,who reported that turn out was 70% for Moussavi to 30% for Ahmadinejad just said this:

"Agar mardom narizan biroon man ta omr daram ray nemidam."

Vote: A Change of Mind

Setareh Sabety — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:19:35 +0000

It is difficult to change ones stance on an issue and not be accused of flip-flopping. It is especially hard to do here in Iranian.com where the comments can get especially nasty. However, I have never been the timid sort and as a veteran writer on this site, used to the trenches of the comment section, I have developed thick skin. Plus, I have a right to change my mind. If I did not have this right then campaigning till the last minute would be a worthless endeavor. Yet we see it happen in the best of democracies! So here I jump.