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نسرین ستوده: زندانی روز | Dec 04 | |
Saeed Malekpour: Prisoner of the day | Lawyer says death sentence suspended | Dec 03 |
Majid Tavakoli: Prisoner of the day | Iterview with mother | Dec 02 |
احسان نراقی: جامعه شناس و نویسنده ۱۳۰۵-۱۳۹۱ | Dec 02 | |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Prisoner of the day | 46 days on hunger strike | Dec 01 |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Graffiti | In Barcelona | Nov 30 |
گوهر عشقی: مادر ستار بهشتی | Nov 30 | |
Abdollah Momeni: Prisoner of the day | Activist denied leave and family visits for 1.5 years | Nov 30 |
محمد کلالی: یکی از حمله کنندگان به سفارت ایران در برلین | Nov 29 | |
Habibollah Golparipour: Prisoner of the day | Kurdish Activist on Death Row | Nov 28 |
ISLAMIC REPRESSION....
by Anoyed (not verified) on Tue Dec 09, 2008 09:30 PM PST1400 YEARS OF REPRESSION BY ARABS THRU ISLAM....OPEN YOUR EYES AND SEE THE ENEMIES...
mayeye aberoo reezee!
by ali12 (not verified) on Tue Dec 09, 2008 09:27 PM PSTI bet khomeini is watching this from hell right now! what a heartbreaking video that spells out our misery for the past thirty years.....
I hate to say it, but the genepool has been so fouled up with the mongols, arabs, greeks, etc. that everyone is bee-gheyrat...
this is what u get when you let some dirty arab-loverz shove sharia crap down your people's throat...
just imagine what iran could have been like if these bastards had not ruined it!!! these mullahs are the same ones that import dutch stipers for their own enjoyment and have legalized prositution through "sigheh"!
you think we would all be here writing about our homeland from some foreign country!!??
may god once again save iran very soon!
badbakhte beechareh kouroshS (not verified)
by Fair on Tue Dec 09, 2008 09:06 PM PSTI never claim to motivate anybody. I don't care one iota whether you or anybody are motivated, the reality is there and the camera and your eyes don't lie. I just seek and speak the truth. Furthermore, You have no clue and it is none of your goddamn business what my brother or cousin or myself have done in Iran when confronted with pathetic scenes like this and what sufferring ensued and who paid what price.
Yes, khak bar sare oon mardhaye Irani who believe it is their place to tell women what to wear, what to think, what to believe, and their place in society. Yes, khak bar sare oon marde Irani who tells his daughter she cannot go to school because she might get corrupted. Khak bar sare oon marde Irani who goes in the street, risks his life to bring down the Shah in the name of human rights, freedom, and then goes supports and votes for an Islamic government and the biggest marde khak bar sare Irani - Khomeini who dictates to women what to wear and think and believe, and that she is half as valuable as a man.
I am not talking about those mardhaye Irani who stand up and fight for people's rights, they are the minority/in jail/dead/exiled. There were not/have not been/continue to not be enough of them (like Bakhtiar and Farrokhzad who so many mardhaye Irani made fun of) I am talking about the mainstream which drove this revolution, and accept its eventuality today and even express pride that it is some sort of "liberation" for others like Palestinians and Lebanese Shia.
And I don't give a damn whether or not you are motivated or what you think. The biggest influence on my being resentful of mardhaye Irani are mardhaye Irani like yourself.
FAIR
Such a nice regime
by Zion on Tue Dec 09, 2008 09:06 PM PSTLet's allow them to have nukes as well, since they are so filled with lovingkindness to all humanity. It will probably make all these impotent Iranian males, oops I meant "men", feel very proud and powerful.
Oh yes, and never forget the "palestinians", ever. So they beat your women. Be quite ands let them go so no one gets hurt. This is what another outspoken palestinian lover KouroshS advises you. God forbid you resist his thug buddies in Iran.
Or listen to this Saman character. He is sooo intellectual and open-minded.
My dear Saman, there are pro-palestinian groups all over the world, in all universities and in all cities. How many groups are there to expose the oppression against Iranians, and especially Iranian women in universities around the world? Do the pro-palestinian groups mention the atrocities the Iranian Islamic system does to Iranian population during their campaigns? It seems they don't have many great "open-minded intellectuals" like you among them, and somehow I think they are much better off than Iranians, and their message is heard much louder. Actually thanks to the likes of you, I wonder of 99% of the world population are even aware of anything like this going on in Iran in the twenty first century.
I'm sure you must be so proud.
Khak bar sare mardaye irani???
by kouroshS (not verified) on Tue Dec 09, 2008 07:38 PM PSTYet another loud mouth, shouting lengesh kon from the outside.
Let me ask you something. DO your brothers or cousins and all other males in your life have such an active presence on scenes such as this one and are they one of the first ones who throw the first punch? or they rather stay in the back and shout and yell and try to be a "motivator"?
It is a sad story in our culture indeed that someone as frustrated and as disgruntled as you, takes to the internet, and by resorting to profanity and denigration, one of the most precious hallmarks of our culture, wants to supposedly motivate people, while in reality is taking out his/her frustration.
Khak bar sare those who had enough influence on you to make you resentful of mardaye irooni.
Enemy Is Islam
by Iran ram (not verified) on Tue Dec 09, 2008 07:05 PM PSTNumber one enemy In Iran and for iran is [islam] and must times i don't see any pointing that direction- am i missing some thing?
Where Are you Q? Where are you Jaleho?
by Anonymous888 (not verified) on Tue Dec 09, 2008 06:49 PM PSTYou are only brave and ba sharaf when it comes to the Palestinians?
You only have something to say when someone tries to explain the Israeli Palestinian conflict to you?
Why do you people always complain about the Shah and savak and have nothing to say about these crimes commited against us on a daily basis?
Why were you brave with slogans such as marg bar shah but you do not say anything about the akoohnda and marg bar akhoonda who have abused us more than the shah and his men ever did?
Is this the Iranian democracy you defend Q?
Is this the same Iran that you say deserves to be in the G20 Q?
Why are you leftist supporters of IRI hiding like moosh when we see images of Iranians being abused by Iranians?
THANK YOU DK!!! WELL SAID.
Iranian women are always have to pay the price!
by Anonymous Iranian (not verified) on Tue Dec 09, 2008 06:37 PM PSTAny time we have social or economic problems,the Mullah always play this game with Iranian women to distract the public.
Very well said DK
by Fair on Tue Dec 09, 2008 06:26 PM PSTIranians have double standard to the max. In the 1970's, there were tens of thousands of Iranian students in the US and Europe. They kept complaining about Shah, human rights, etc., and they would demonstrate in large numbers calling for who? For Khomeini, or Fadaee or Mojahed. This was the opposition when the government was pro western.
Today the government is anti western, and has a MUCH worse record than Shah on all fronts, especially human rights. Where are the large demonstrations? Where is all the Iranian wealth supporting students, women's, and other democratic movements? They are quick to ridicule someone as caring as Nazanin Afshin Jam, or Fereidoon Farokhzad for style and appearance reasons, but when you ask them, "what the hell have YOU done for your country ever?" they are curiously silent.
But let us not worry, let us be happy that we are rid of the "nocheh" and "puppet" government that betrayed us and was not patriotic, and now we are "independent". Let us be happy that our government has the "balls" to stand up to the US and Israel, the true criminals in this world, and when we look at scenes like the above, let us just accept that things have to "reform slowly", and someone like Khatami will gradually lead us out.
Khak bar sar-e- mardhaye Irani, it will be up to the women and youth themselves to stand up empty handed while Iranians abroad drive their Mercedes and refrain from any sort of activism because "they want to come and go", and some Iranian men at home actually are stupid enough to think that Islamic Republic is our best bet to stay "independent" and reflect our "values".
In 1978, this was the best we could do. As long we accept this situation as a nation, we are nobody to complain about "we didn't have democracy under the Shahr" or "Israel does this or that". To nag about this yet explain away the crap that we brought on ourselves is being a bit hypocritical.
Down with the Islamic Nazis and their thug supporters. Rest in peace Farrokhzad and Bakhtiar, and thank you so much Ms. Afshin Jam and Ms. Ebadi and all others who walk your path. Like all great figures in Iranian history, you walk alone, but you walk tall. There would be no Iran or Iranian culture if our history wasn't speckled with people like you. Thank you.
-FAIR
Farokhzad was right
by MRX1 (not verified) on Tue Dec 09, 2008 05:49 PM PSThe once said: when I was in Iran and I kissed singers on the cheeks all the guys would all of a sudden became Gheyrati, angry, namoos parast you name it. Then one person (aka khomeini) came and f*ked every one and not one person stood up and said anything!
This video is a great example of what he talked about. Melat begheyrat.
So they all get their behinds kicked?
by kouroshS (not verified) on Tue Dec 09, 2008 05:44 PM PSTKaveh
I did not expect that to come out of you! That is just about the worse kind of reaction any one can have at times like these. That way, pretty much everyone will find their way to the slammer.
This may sound naive, but the best way is to not resist, do as they say just to get them to shut their freaking mouths off and get the hell away. No one gets hurt.
Dear friends and
by Fatollah (not verified) on Tue Dec 09, 2008 05:12 PM PSTDear friends and compatriots!
It is interesting to read all the comments made here! Israel and Palastine commentaries, gees! where did that come from? What does this clip to do with them? Please don't mix the two issues here!
Furthermore, it's easy for you to speak about courage and making fun of Iranian men who live in Iran. Especially, about their cowardly nature or bravery after watching a clip like that! These people have so much worries and problems in their daily lives, to them witnessing these kind of violations are almost a daily fare, to them it is normal! I don't think any of you residing outside Iran would all of a sudden become that courageous when exposed upclose to something like that, either in Iran or USA! :-) I for one witnessed a malicious incident while in Orummiyeh some three years a go, the lady was even with her husband when it happened, I remember the policeman dragging the lady and didn't want to let go of her, even though she fought the policeman fearlessly and outloud. This was an ordinary Iranian lady, not your typical teenager or a female with her boyfriend! The other policemen were holding down her husband.
The point is that women in Iran are truely the brave ones, especially when someone or anyone ravages and abuses their rights, and sometimes they respond intensely and vehemently when harassed by the police (moral police, bassijis, pasdars and any other thug)! Every God damn son of a bitch that carries a uniform in that country can take on any defenceless human no matter gender or age, but usually women are targeted as the ones they perceive the weaker being!
To my other friend who refered to the last days happenings in Greece. The main difference between Iran and Greece is the form of governing body, the fact that the Greek are not affraid of their authorities for terrorising them and their families, meanwhile The IRI is a shameless "na-javan-mard tareen" system of government. That means they can ravage you and your family! Even break their own Islamic code of conduct when it suits them. As long as it serves the purpose! Just look at the laws in Iran, it is brought from the stone age, some 1400 years old laws by and for desert people are applied in fairly developed country (from 1979 onward). I wonder, what kind of laws these Akhoonds and their lackeies would apply to Iranian society if they succeeded back in 1963!?
Abarmard jan, the laws in Iran are not in accordance with Iranian culture, and to my other friend it is unfair to even bring the shahrestani, downtown or north Tehrani factors into this discussion. The laws and system of government in Iran is not in accordance with Iranian entity as a whole.
If you guys truely want to experience humanity in IRI, next time you visit Iran, take a tour to the nearest courthouse in your home town or district.
Note: Islamic code of conduct, the so called Sharia laws are there as a domination factor, its main purpose is to create fear and terror, the Sharia laws can be interpreted differently, that means they can interpret the law in the favour of the chief of the police whom was arrested with four or five prostitutes, but in others case, they would simply stone the poor guy in Qazvine for living with a woman! I guess, hypocrisy rule all of over the world, but in the case of IRI, it has reached a new level beyond belief!
Mr. Kadivar,
by Killjoy (not verified) on Tue Dec 09, 2008 05:09 PM PSTThat's the best attitude!
Change will never come about by showing horrible scenes of the attrocities of the regime.
Change is only possible when Iranians who want a free and democratic Iran, decide to come together and create a united front against the brutal regime of the Ayatollaahs, their lackeys and goons!
RE: Kaveh Nouraee
by Dr Abbassi (not verified) on Tue Dec 09, 2008 05:03 PM PSTDo you want to know what the hell happened to Iranian men? I am replying to one of them.
As barekath Islam ast.
by Anonymous879 (not verified) on Tue Dec 09, 2008 04:48 PM PSTAll these problems are caused by the backward Arab/Turk religion and not by some Mullas or pasdaran.The problem will be solved if we could get rid of Islam in our Vatan. If we want to keep our Arab religon then: Kalayegh har che layegh.
DK
by Kaveh Nouraee on Tue Dec 09, 2008 04:38 PM PSTVery well said
to hell with the Iranian
by Adel (not verified) on Tue Dec 09, 2008 03:57 PM PSTto hell with the Iranian govt, leave these women alone! if women are forced to wear the hejab, so should the men!
Useless Selective Indignation ...
by Darius Kadivar on Tue Dec 09, 2008 04:00 PM PSTI wonder what is the use of watching all this injustice anyhow ?
I'm begining to believe that Iranians will never Unite against these injustices for Generations to come. Look at the number of people who came to NY to Support Nazanin Afshin Jam regarding the Stop Child Executions and Condemn Ahmadinejad ? How many people ridiculed her and Called her names on this very website and insulting her or doubting her sincerity ?
Some Including Your Favorite IRI Lobbies even claimed it would Provoke an Attack By Israel or America on Iran if Ever We started criticizing the Iranian Regime for Human Rights Abuses.
You speak of trying to change things, YES WE CAN ? Jooneh Amatoon.
To Organize Massive Mehreghan Celebrations in NY or California or support your favorite Soccer Match in Germany. WOW for THAT of Course YES WE CAN !
But When it comes to Demonstrating In MASSES in Front of the IRI Embassies or Consulates in your Towns or Organize Demonstrations outside in Support of Human Rights and Democracy and SHOW THE WORLD that IRANIANS DO NOT APPROVE THE UNJUST LAWS IN IRAN. We All Chicken out !
If People did that Then World Governments would take into account that THERE IS ANOTHER IRAN.
Alas ... IRANIANS ARE INCAPABLE OF UNITY ! Except for ... Soccer and Self Congradulations !
Personally I'm FED UP with all this Selective and Hypocritical Indignation.
Shab Bekheir From Paris !
Pointless discussion
by پیام on Tue Dec 09, 2008 03:26 PM PSTIsrail is better than Iran, I look better you, my d..k is bigger than yours, I am smarter than you, my wife is less ugly than yours.....
Abarmard: Brain washing for 30 years.....
by aaj sr (not verified) on Tue Dec 09, 2008 03:19 PM PSTThese type of behavior are result of 30 years of constant public brain washing, TV, Radio, Friday prayer,News paper, school books, etc, otherwise, we all remember how was it pre-revolution era, where "Chadoori" and "Mini Joup" coexisting and people were walking, commuting at any time, even after midnight without any fear of being attacked or abused all over Iran. For sure, within twelve months, reversing IRI propaganda, things will change drastically. It may not go back to were we were 30 years ago, that will take more time, but this type of behaviour, while there is a few Basij, Pasdar in every Kouche controlling people's personal lives, we shall see no fundamental behavioral changes.
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by Red Wine on Tue Dec 09, 2008 03:16 PM PSTاهاي ايراني..اهاي هموطن..ديدي چي شد ؟ديدي چطور ايران خرابه شد و ايراني اواره شد ؟
اينها ايراني نيستند ، ناموس پرست...عاشق مام ميهن نيستند.
اي واي بر ما...
Iranian Observer feels "superior" to Arabs…
by Saman on Tue Dec 09, 2008 02:56 PM PSTAnytime people defend human rights is a good time to defend it! Comparing Iran to Israel or Rwanda is straight out of ignorance. Israel should be criticized for tolerating its citizens/solders behavior towards innocent Arabs civilianz (Plestinian, Lebanese etc.), and Iran’s government should also be criticized for what it does to its own citizens. Defending human rights is just the right thing to do no matter when and where. How difficult is that to accept? Iranians are not better than Palestinians and neither were the Jews, gays, gypsies or communists during WWII. Instead of making dumb comparisons … check you’re self out and see if you’re making these comments out of bigotry towards Arabs, Afghans or any ther race. By the way … you may not have been skiping history class, but IRI’s beef with Israel has never been about the “Palestinian cause” … It’s about politics and balance of power. It’s about the so called “Persian pride and history” which many brag about it. Shah started it and now the Mullahs are more successfully continuing with it.
If anyone really cares about the “real Palestinian issue”, we should fully support and encourage them as we should with any human rights issue across the globe. The second you say Iranians over Palestinians … you’ve become an extremist.
I am sorry ,but I have ask Abarmard ?
by Tahirih on Tue Dec 09, 2008 02:54 PM PSTI am all for respecting majority, but why before 1979 no one asked me, or other females who used to dress modestly but not covered to wear a hejab? Is this really about Hejab or taming the population?
I think it is about showing masses who is the boss and has nothing to do with hejab.
Tahirih
Abarmard
by Kaveh Nouraee on Tue Dec 09, 2008 02:11 PM PSTWho the hell are these old ladies, or anyone else for that matter that they possess the audacity and gall to utter even a single syllable to your friend's wife concerning her attire or anything else?
Why didn't your friend say anything?
One of the reasons this still occurs is because people permit it. This mentality is ridiculous. No wonder I'm seeing a trend where more Iranian women are dating or are married to non-Iranians.
To Abarmard , Not my experience
by Toqra sholeh zard paz (not verified) on Tue Dec 09, 2008 02:07 PM PSTAbarmard
I don't know if your friend was talking about some provincial town he visited or about southern part of Tehran and/or the social class he belongs to, but my experience was quite different. A lot of elderly ladies I met in Northern parts of Tehran were quite against Hejab and thick socks.
Same police force
by Negin (not verified) on Tue Dec 09, 2008 02:04 PM PSTLet me see, This is the same police force, whose head had been cuaght with 6 naked prostitutes????
Dear Mehran-001
by Abarmard on Tue Dec 09, 2008 01:40 PM PSTI don't think anyone could agree with such actions. They are primitive and barbaric. It all started by these same people, common people during the revolution. I recall the days that my sisters were walking in Tehran streets after the revolution and many young men talked dirty to her and asked her to cover up. I was ashamed. Later on this public demand was taken as a rule of the Islamic Republic. Now we are paying the price for the backward ideas of our own citizens. How to reverse it? People need to demand it. As far as I know, still many people in many parts of the country ( don't like to use the word majority but it would not be too far off) would come to a women and ask her to cover more often than the police.
My friend just returned from Iran and he mentioned that many older ladies had asked his wife to cover her ankle more properly, and some even gave her thick socks from their shopping bags. People need to change first before this system takes notice.
I would agree that a forward modern government helps, but only a little. People are more of a factor when it comes to social behavior.
You are going on a tangent Abarmard
by Mehran-001 (not verified) on Tue Dec 09, 2008 01:23 PM PSTIranian Observer is absolutely right. Also let's face one fact. We are not Israeli's or Palestinians. we are Iranians and we should worry about what is going on with our country. The police instead of arresting criminals, they pick on this innocent lady. This is totally ridiculous.
Learn something from Greece
by Davoud (not verified) on Tue Dec 09, 2008 01:21 PM PSTNowehere in the world you can beat and mistreat women on the street except in Iran. I don't understand why people don't say anything. Maybe we should learn something from Greece. One guy was killed a couple of days ago in Athen and thousands of people got into the streets burning down everything to protest against the government and the police. Can anybody explain to me why such a thing never happens in Iran?
IranianObserver
by Abarmard on Tue Dec 09, 2008 01:16 PM PSTIf a thief steals from you and only takes a CD player, and another one empties your house, they are still both thieves. You may enjoy that fact that Israel has a slightly better record in regard to treating their own citizens. In that case one could argue so does IRI, if your citizens are only Shia and pro system, then there are no problems.
The issue is that they both treat those who disagree with them badly. Arabs are Israeli citizens too, just not Jewish!
I however think it's better to focus on Iran and don't waste our time as much about Israel, since it's useless. If you would like to provide an example next time, perhaps try some European countries. If you wish for something, let it be great!