IRI's preocupation with death has led Robert Fisk to call Iran an infantile necrocracy in his essay on the 30th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution
Excerpts:
.... crimson tide overflowed the fountain at the great cemetery of Behesht Zahra – close to where the great man himself now lies – and we would later watch corpses coming back by the hundred. I think the eight-year war between Iran and Iraq was final proof of the revolution. Iran did not, as the US hoped, fall to pieces, but it entered a kind of stasis, a sort of childishness from which it never awoke. The French word infantilism may be closest. It was government for and by the dead. Iran had become a necrocracy.
There were many who saw what was happening. Ayatollah Taleghani, for instance, was highly critical of Khomeini's auto-theocracy, arguing that even socialists had suffered martyrs in the revolution, that they, too, should be embraced by the revolution's children. But it was not to be. When Mohammad Khatami, a genuinely good and civil man, tried to change the legacy of the now-dead Khomeini, he was defeated because he would not let his supporters die in the streets of Tehran. And so this week, it is his successor, the childish President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, with his love for all things nuclear – or maybe not all, we shall see – who represents this great nation, a boy clutching power rather than a titan, prattling on at Holocaust "conferences" and making small talk with children.
The real test for Iran, of course, is how it casts itself adrift from this ghostly regime. It's not that the priests are fools – that was a mistake Carter made – but that running a modern, powerful nation takes more than a degree in Islamic jurisprudence. Foreign affairs is where the Iranian revolution has always failed. It has consistently underestimated – or overestimated –
So, what's the real motivation behind such a childish and vile propaganda? I think Paymaneh Amiri explains in her essay, "Bones Really matter" the best.
IRI Celebrates the dead to silence the living.
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Vildemose
by Onlyiran on Mon May 31, 2010 09:43 AM PDTThis is a very nice blog and hits the nail on the head. No wonder you have jacka**es coming out of the woodwork and trying to talk about Gaza, Israel, etc. trying to divert attention.
Na Gazah, na lebnan, janam fadayeh iran!!!!!
No to Gaza No to Lebanon, I die for Iran
by Mardom Mazloom on Mon May 31, 2010 09:32 AM PDTIf anyone has a doubt where Iran's interest lies, here what Iranians say:
It's better in Farsi:
Na ghazzeh, Na Lobnan, Janam fadayeh Iran
i_support_khannass
by Mardom Mazloom on Mon May 31, 2010 09:22 AM PDTOh I forgot; here is the latest slogan that Iranian youths are painting all over Tehran
خامنه اى بميرى - هم شمرى هم يزيدى
i_support_khannass
by Mardom Mazloom on Mon May 31, 2010 09:14 AM PDTWhen you'll be kicked out of Iran with your @#s marked by people's Boots forever, we'll see if God loves you and more precisely how your master, Satan, has leaved you like washouts.
Father Khamenie will give kick ass Speech on June 4th- CANT WAIT
by i_support_khamenie on Mon May 31, 2010 03:53 AM PDToh, man with the Israeli assault....you will see University of Tehran up on Fire just like Kobe Bryant was !
Israel kills over 20 on Aid ship.===another IRI victory
by i_support_khamenie on Mon May 31, 2010 03:49 AM PDTNo doubt , GOd loves IRI
Anytime pressure is on IRI, N.Korea and Israel act stupid
by i_support_khamenie on Mon May 31, 2010 03:47 AM PDTExactly why God loves IRI
I said it before, GOD LOVES IRI
by i_support_khamenie on Mon May 31, 2010 03:45 AM PDTI said it and you can see it posted under Fred's mumblings
AO Jan: You are so
by vildemose on Sun May 30, 2010 08:56 PM PDTAO Jan: You are so right.
Yolanda: Very peceptive in connecting the dots.
MM: Jan, Brilliant rebuttle.
Sargord - in US, dead are revered so living pursue happiness
by MM on Sun May 30, 2010 08:10 PM PDTThe big difference between memorial day here and Iran is that in the US, the dead are revered because of the sacrifice they paid in blood to preserve the country so that the living can pursuit happiness, politics aside.
As pas-e-pardeh said in his comment elsewhere,
//iranian.com/main/blog/oktaby/attack-persian-gulf-here-we-go-again
Khomeini, on the day Khorramshahr was freed during the Iran-Iraq war, did not mention Iran once and all his frail mind could think about was that Islam was attacked and the blood of the martyrs was in the name of Islam. Where was your sense of nationalism then?
That is what I am talking about, hubob.
......
by yolanda on Sun May 30, 2010 06:16 PM PDTI went to a stamp show a couple of months ago 'cause I am a philatelist.......I saw a lot of Iranian martyrs on stamps at mint condition......I think IRI wants people's absolute loyalty....IRI also wants people ready to scarifice themselves for IRI's cause willingly!
Vildemose jaan
by Anonymous Observer on Sun May 30, 2010 06:03 PM PDTVery nice post. The IRI is built on a culture of death and worship of the dead. Mullahs have survived on this ideology for the past 1000 years. They have bamboozled the public by killing Imam Hussein over and over in Husseyniehs every year. Do you expect their government to be ant different?
Thank you MM, Humanbeing,
by vildemose on Sun May 30, 2010 04:57 PM PDTThank you MM, Humanbeing, benross, vpk, Ghengis Khan, Mardom Mazloom and RM for commenting on present and future ramification of continuing the status quo in the Islamic republic of rapists.
Islamic of Republic of Iran is, purely and simply, the theft of billions and billions of oil revenues, aided and abetted by the criminal IRGC/basij forces of the velayate-faghih government at nearly every level of the state-dominated economy. There is nothing either Islamic or republic about this regime. This regime has alienated many devout muslims in Iran because of its barbarity. As you know there are two classes of Iranians.
The preferred class (khodi) lives in a pseudo republic while the oppressed class lives in a fascist state.
I don't see the Khodi class ever giving up their charmed existence without a bloody fight no matter how organized the opposition manages to become.
Mardom Mazloom: Devestating
by vildemose on Sun May 30, 2010 04:43 PM PDTMardom Mazloom: Devestating news round up.
Sargord: It's interesting
by vildemose on Sun May 30, 2010 04:37 PM PDTSargord: It's interesting that you mentioned "Memorial Day". Memorial Day in Iran is a farce, a propaganda tool to plunder and pillage. Everytime, I hear people like you exploit the sacrifices of those who like my beloved brother gave their lives to defend Iran, I literally get physicall ill.
I wish you'd stop dishonoring the memory of the fallen for the sake of continuing your parasitic life at the expense of hurting those who still mourn their loved ones.
MM, here we have a post on
by Sargord Pirouz on Sun May 30, 2010 04:06 PM PDTMM, here we have a post on revering sacrifice in the Islamic Republic of Iran. And its a day before Memorial Day in the United States, where sacrifices are revered.
That's what I'm talkin' 'bout, bubba.
Sargord - "What'chu talkin' about, Willis?
by MM on Sun May 30, 2010 03:45 PM PDTyou do not have exclusivity on military service, and you cannot degrade folks for criticizing the inhumane behaviour of IRI.
Kind'a ironic reading this
by Sargord Pirouz on Sun May 30, 2010 02:15 PM PDTKind'a ironic reading this post a day before Memorial Day in the United States.
But hey, how many Iranian-Americans even identify with Memorial Day? The vast majority came over post-1979, and there have been only a handful that have served in the US military.
So yeah, this kind of response is to be expected from the disgruntled, self-interested exile community.
Real McCoy
by Veiled Prophet of Khorasan on Sun May 30, 2010 11:34 AM PDTWe already have a United Front. It is called:
International Iranian Council.
It was created last year by the selfless work of Ramin Tork and we should all join it. There is a facebook group which you may join at will.
We do have some activities but need to do a lot more. Having people with energy is very helpful. It is a start.
I hope to see you there!
VPK
Mardom Mazloom
by Real McCoy on Sun May 30, 2010 11:13 AM PDT"Puerile discussions", indeed. Another member, Changeez, has alluded to the same problem. The answer, in my opinion, is in the formation of a front. Not a party, but a united front. Are we "selfless" enough?
MM
by Veiled Prophet of Khorasan on Sun May 30, 2010 10:47 AM PDTThanks. My point is that there are many people who beleive in God. They want a religion but don't like what they see in IRI and Islam. They are not going to wait until Mullahs are dragged kicking and screaming to reform. I don't see them going to Sunni which is just as violent in its own way: the Taliban for one thing.
Therefore people are going to move on to religions that have already been reformed. Or religions like Zartoshti which don't need reform because they were never violent.
I think the future of Zartoshti in Iran is very bright. It is already deeply woven into our being and we don't even know it. From our new year to our months to language it is all there. Many Shia beliefs were taken right out of Zartoshti. People will realize how much of what they do is already Zartoshti. Then the move will be very natural.
Examples are:
I am not going to hide my desire to see that happen. I am secular myself but if there were a religion that I would want it would be Zartoshti. Its core as in Gathas is pure wisdom minus the negativity of other religions.
VPK - renaissance = re-birth, otherwise go d way of do-do bird
by MM on Sun May 30, 2010 10:30 AM PDTThanks VPK. I am a big fan of the Zartoshti thinking too. However, most religions have undergone a period of re-birth to define themselves in what I call "to be human first, then religious". The difference in Islam is also what my dear acquintance calls "we are Moslem (mosalmaan) whereas these people are Islamists (eslaami)". The mainstream Islamic think-tanks need to come to that conclusion ASAP, however, given the kinds of videos we just saw from Rajaie Shahr prison as well as other inhumane behaviour of IRI, Shi'a Islam is being devolved back to 7th century instead.
There are other Islamic thinkers like Ayatollah Boroujerdi who are in the forefront of re-thinking in the areas of women, secularism and humanism. Unfortunately, people like Ayatollah Boroujerdi who are a breath of fresh air in Shi'a Islam are in IRI jails now and being tortured and probably will be killed. If so, Shi'a Islam may go the way of the do-do bird too.
Real McCoy, you're right
by Mardom Mazloom on Sun May 30, 2010 10:28 AM PDTthe guy is gone but his heritage is still there. At each time that these butchers kill people they remember the good old times. For example one of them said recently that it ain't so easy to execute people as it was in the 80's.
The question is what we gonna do? Will we continue our puerile discussions - that each one of us has reason and continue our fight among each other? Or will we wake up and unite against this devil rule?
Here the latest statement of the international committee on executions in IRI
کميته بين المللي عليه اعدام: ماشين جنايت حکومت اسلامي٬ از حرکت نمي ايستد!اعدام حداقل نه نفر در يک هفته
خبر اعدام پنج نفر در رشت٬ دو نفر در زاهدان٬ دو نفر در اهواز ... و زمينه سازي براي اعدام چندين نفر در هفته آينده اخبار جنايات حکومت اسلامي است!
طبق اخباري که اين روزها در شهررشت منتشر شده٬ جمهوري اسلامي ايران چهار مرد و يک زن را در سحرگاه دوشنبه در شهر رشت اعدام کرد. هنوز مقامات حکومت اسلامي در شهر و استان و همچنين در سطح مرکز اين خبر را منعکس نکرده اند. حکومت اسلامي از موج اعتراضات گسترده بر عليه اعدامها و بويژه اعتراضات گسترده بين المللي عليه اعدام فعالين سياسي وحشت دارد و به اعدام مخفيانه جوانان و دستگيرشدگان حرکات اعتراضي اخير مردم رو آورده است. بعد از اعدام فرزاد کمانگر و چهار فعال سياسي همرزم او٬ با ديدن اعتراضات گسترده بين المللي و اعتصاب عمومي در کردستان٬ حاکمين جنايت پيشه٬ به اعدامهاي مخفيانه روي آورده اند.
خطر اجراي حکم اعدام حبيب اله لطيفي بسيار زياد است. حکومت اسلامي تاريخ اجراي حکم اعدام حبيب الله لطيفي را ۱۷ خرداد اعلام کرده است. خطر اعدام فوري پنج نفر به اتهام " همکاري با سازمان مجاهدين" فوق العاده بالا است و بايد براي نجات آنها و همچنين زينب جلاليان، حبيب الله لطيفی، شيرکو معارفی، رستم ارکيا، حسين خضری، انور رستمی، محمد امين عبداللهی، قادر محمد زاده، مصطفی سليمی، حسن طلعی، ايرج محمدی، رشيد اخکندی، محمد امين اگوشی، احمد پولادخانی، سيد سمی حسينی،سيد جمال محمدی، عزيز محمد زاده و حبيب الله گل پـری فورا کاري کرد. علاوه بر اينها يک ايراني شهروند کانادا که بعد از سفر به ايران دستگير و محکوم به اعدام شده است و تعداد ديگري در ليست اعدامهاي حکومت اسلامي قرار دارند.
به اين جنايات حکومت اسلامي بايد متحدانه و وسيعتر از قبل اعتراض کرد.
کميته بين المللي عليه اعدام از همه مردم در ايران و در سراسر جهان دعوت ميکند که عليه اين حکومت مستاصل و درمانده که براي ادامه حيات ننگين اش به اعدامهاي بيشترفعالين سياسي و مردم معترض روي آورده است٬ اعتراض کنند. ما بايد دنيا را بر سر جنايتکاران اسلامي خراب کنيم. هيچ سفارت خانه و مرکز جاسوسي رژيم اسلامي نبايد از دست اعتراضات ما در امان باشد. تظاهرات و اعمال فشار به دوول اروپايي و نهادهاي بين المللي براي تحت فشار گذاشتن جمهوري اسلامي در روزهاي آتي بايد گسترش بيشتري بگيرد. به اعدامها در ايران اعتراض کنيد!
//rowzane.com/fa/annonce-archiev/62-edam/2640...
مرگ بر خمینی بنیانگذار جنون اسلامی
Real McCoySun May 30, 2010 10:07 AM PDT
Have you noticed a comment on the linked site? He's already dead!!
Let's write: Down With IRI. That will do.
This slogan on a bill resumes well the situation
by Mardom Mazloom on Sun May 30, 2010 09:57 AM PDTمرگ بر خمینی بنیانگذار جنون اسلامی
//7tir.info/index/viewtopic.php?t=23054
MM jaan
by Veiled Prophet of Khorasan on Sun May 30, 2010 09:48 AM PDTI respect you and think of you as a good friend. Therefore I have a simple question:
Why should we try to reform Islam rather than move on?
There are many other religions that provide a spiritual path. People who believe in monotheism may think of:
All of them offer a far less violent spiritual path. The first two openly welcome people. The latter two are more difficult to join but it is possible. So why should someone pick Islam when they may chose another path.
Enough of Ajax, and Boot Talk
by Genghis Khan on Sun May 30, 2010 10:27 AM PDT"It has consistently underestimated – or overestimated – its enemies,
although fortune has smiled on her."
Are we, the opposition, ready for "that" moment when they run out of their "divine fortune", or are we,too, operating on the same level of "accidentalism"?
If my body dies, let my body die, but do not let my country die.
Islam
by Veiled Prophet of Khorasan on Sun May 30, 2010 09:23 AM PDTneeds to be ditched. No point trying to reform it because is has nothing to give. It is about as reformable as IRI.
Islam needs a renaissance to rid itself of the bad habits.
by MM on Sun May 30, 2010 09:22 AM PDT.
Simple dear. It's Islamic.
by benross on Sun May 30, 2010 09:11 AM PDTSimple dear. It's Islamic.