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Monthly Archives: May 2010
Karroubi’s Latest Interview
“Mr Karroubi, a year has passed since the eventful month of Khordad 1388 (22 May-21 June 2009). Yet this month is considered to be a historic one in Iran: the epic election victory of Mohammad Khatami on 2 Khordad 1376 … Continue reading
The World Economic Crisis and an Insulated Iran?
al Jazeera – Excerpt: However, Iran’s nuclear technology has advanced faster than expected and a 2007 report by the US government accountability office (GAO) found that “since 2003, the Iranian government has signed contracts reported at about $20bn with foreign … Continue reading
Chomsky denied entry into Gaza by Israel
The so-called “only democracy in the Middle East,” did not allow Professor Chomsky to enter the besieged Gaza Strip because accordingly, “Israel does not like what you [Chomsky] say”. See the al Jazeera video here. Read about it here.
Hezbollah entrenched in Lebanon years after Israel left
BBC – Excerpts: “Ten years on since the withdrawal, the UN together with the Lebanese army patrol the border area. But flapping in the breeze along the fence are yellow and green flags of Hezbollah. Waving next to them is … Continue reading
Brazil slams US approach towards Iran
See the al Jazeera video here.
Rima Fakih, Muslim women, and how Americans see them only through the prism of what they wear…
Newsweek – Excerpt: “Burqas in European headlines, bikinis in American ones: which one tells you more about the aspirations of Muslim women? One appears to be primitive and repressed, the other modern, cosmopolitan, and liberated. But the answer is not … Continue reading
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Hardliners Close in on Mousavi
Tehran Bureau – Excerpt: “Ahmad Yazdanfar, senior aide and advisor to Mir Hossein Mousavi and head of the team of bodyguards that protects him, has been arrested by the Islamic Republic’s security forces. A former officer in the Islamic Revolutionary … Continue reading
Finkelstein on using the Holocaust for political ends
In this video, we have Professor Finkelstein refusing to allow the memory of the Holocaust stifle legitimate criticism of Israeli policies vis-a-vis the indigenous Palestinian people.
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Gary Sick on the Latest Nuclear Agreement
Gary Sick: What to make of the new nuclear agreement by Turkey and Brazil with Iran? Perhaps the main point is to be reminded of the moral from the old folk tale: Be careful of what you wish for, since … Continue reading
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Shapour Bakhtiar’s Assassin to be Freed
AFP: “France decided Monday to send home an Iranian agent it had jailed for murdering the Shah’s last prime minister, two days after Tehran freed a young French academic accused of spying. Ali Vakili Rad was serving a life sentence … Continue reading
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Brazilian President on Iran’s Nuclear Program
I don’t know much about Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Da Silva, but I like what he has to say regarding Iran. He seems both reasonable and fair. See the al Jazeera interview here.
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The Green Movement’s Slogans
There are some slogans with which I can identify and there are others that I think are either politically immature or underdeveloped, but one slogan from the recent protests at Shahid Beheshti University really fascinated me. The protesters declared: ما … Continue reading
Lowkey and Finkelstein Rap
Here we have Lowkey and Finkelstein breaking it down behind the mic. For those of you who don’t know who Dr. Finkelstein is… he’s a leading academic critic of Israel. His parents are Holocaust survivors and he has applied the … Continue reading
Setting the record straight on Caspian Makan (Neda’s “fiance”)
I met the journalist, Iason Athanasiadis, when I was a graduate student at Harvard. He was there through a fellowship and sat in in one of my classes a few times. He later gave me a documentary on the Lebanon war (2006) … Continue reading
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Divestment Bill Debate Ends, Veto Will Stand
Let it be known that those who voted in favor of the veto or who abstained will eventually be confirmed as belonging to the wrong side of history; this I promise. FTL. Daily Californian: “The ASUC Senate upheld the veto of … Continue reading
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