Writing by persiancowboy on Sunday, 23 of December , 2007 at 2:05 am
Michael Reagan–presidential son and top-rated talk show host–shares his sick ideas on how to solve trouble in the Middle East. First he advocates killing babies by inserting “a grenade up their butts,” then he claims we will achieve peace “when everybody in the Middle East is dead.”
Radical Arabs celebrate in the street. American radicals get their own talk shows.
Writing by persiancowboy on Monday, 17 of December , 2007 at 8:38 pm
It was a year ago this month that Seymour Hersh wrote in the New Yorker that the White House (ie: Cheney) was pushing back against the release of a National Intelligence Estimate on Iran that had failed to find any evidence of an ongoing nuclear weapons program. Once again I guess you could say Sy is the polar opposite of ‘the boy who cried wolf’.’
Writing by persiancowboy on Sunday, 16 of December , 2007 at 8:10 pm
Dear Sir/Madam
Recently YAHOO removed Persia (Iran) from the country lists of their webmail services as part of stronger US sanctions against that country. Is this any way to win over Persian people’s hearts and minds?
Since the spread of Internet in Persia (Iran), undoubtedly YAHOO has been one of the most favorite websites for the youth to create an email account and chat services.
E-mail accounts in YAHOO quickly became a serious way for young Persian people to maintain contact with the outside world for freely exchanging ideas with those outside in a country where the media is under government control and the country is increasingly being isolated in many aspects because of the political problems between the government and the west.
After a long time of pro-democracy movements by the young generation and students in Persia (Iran), recently many politicians, especially in the United States have pointed out that “people” of Iran are separated from their “government” and Western world must do everything to support their pro-freedom movements through cultural and educational exchanges.
The recent action by YAHOO to remove Iran from its list has no effect or exerts no pressure on Iranian government. It’s just an additional help for those who are trying to cut off Iran’s “PEOPLE” from the outside world.
YAHOO’s act has targeted the people of Persia at a time when they’re faced with the difficult challenge for bringing about a freer society.
We would like to ask that YAHOO reverse this new unwise policy by adding PERSIA (IRAN) to its list of countries to show its support for the people’s pro-democracy movement.
Sincerely,
Writing by Rezareza on Friday, 14 of December , 2007 at 10:16 pm
We were at a party, Ali and I. Beer was flowing, girls were dancing, people were laughing and music was playing. It was kind of awkward because I didn’t know a lot people, but because I am an out going person I was doing my best to fit in. Everything was going fine until the host tried to get me to dance. I of course refused, knowing the fact that I am not a good dancer. I don’t know how to move my body or what parts of it to move. I always want to dance, but I usually rather not take the chance of making an ass of myself and just be a ring leader. I clap, whistle, snap my fingers and shout and scream, but never dance. This time was different though. Our host just wouldn’t give up. He insisted on me dancing. I guess he thought I was tarofing (a very complicated Iranian behavior) or being shy. What could I do, I started moving my buddy awkwardly and it didn’t take me long to just go back to standing around and reclaiming my ring leading duties. As I was standing there still trying to recover from the embarrassing moment, I started thinking. I wasn’t always like this. I remember when I was 6 or 7 years old; I stood up in a middle of one of the parties I went to at my father’s friend’s house and danced alone. I was the king of that dance floor. I danced for 3 full songs until my mom grabbed me and said “you are dripping with sweat. You are going to pass out if you don’t stop now”. People were clapping and cheering for me and I knew I was good. This continued for a while. I remember my 10th birthday party. People kept telling me that I was a really good dancer and if I have taken any classes. So what happened? What happened to me?
Growing up under the Islamic Republic happened. I grew up. I started Middle School and High School. I crammed Arabic and religion and Koran. My dance floor became the streets of Tehran during the month of Muharram. My music became the drum beats of the Dastehaye Ashoora and the religious songs sang by the religious singers. I beat my chest. I liked it. I felt like I was part of something bigger and better than myself. I felt like I fit in. Then I came to the United States. My talents as a seeneh zan or zanjeer zan are useless here. In U.S everyone wants to dance. But I have forgotten to dance. I don’t know how to dance. I don’t remember how I danced. I feel uncomfortable at parties. And I will continue to feel uncomfortable for a while. But I refuse to stop going. I want myself back. I want part of my past back, part of me that has been beaten out of me. I don’t know how long it’s going to take, but I know one thing,
Writing by persiancowboy on Wednesday, 12 of December , 2007 at 10:48 pm
I have never been a big fan of Shah. However I was amazed by this video and how he talks openly about the power of the American Jewish (Israel) lobby, which has been a hot topic recently. He even corrected Mike Wallace to use the term “Persian Gulf” rather than just “the Gulf.”
Writing by persiancowboy on Monday, 10 of December , 2007 at 11:55 pm
Washington DC - The Columbus Dispatch published a cartoon on Tuesday depicting Iran as a sewer on a map of the Middle East with cockroaches crawling out of it. By publishing this racist cartoon, the editors of the Dispatch have insulted and propagated hate against the Iranian American community.
NIAC Board member Dokhi Fassihian sent a letter to the Editors of the Dispatch protesting their action. She wrote: “The bigotry demonstrated by the publication of this cartoon not only betrays the mission to inform your readers, it endangers our country at an extremely sensitive time in our nation’s history by serving to further divide us at home and thrust us toward further conflict abroad.” See letter to the Columbus Dispatch.
Writing by persiancowboy on Sunday, 9 of December , 2007 at 11:20 pm
Doubtful death of the political prisoners, bans on publications, filtering internet sites, arresting political, social, cultural and human right’s activists, disregarding the religious minorities’ right, expulsion of students and professors from universities, women’ suppression, the critical situation of the labors in Iran are the daily observable news in news agencies and publications, word-wide. These kinds of news reflect the dominant harsh atmosphere in Iran.
This report gathered between December 2006 and November 2007 is a proof of this claim as:
Widespread, planned and systematic violation of Human Right in Iran.
In this report a little part of the human rights violations instances in Iran has been compile.
Students:
Arrested: 123
Interrogated: 46
Summoned to courts: 26
Tried: 11
Issued sentences by courts: 34
Summoned to disciplinary committees: 336
Sentences issued by disciplinary committees: 331
Fired from university: 344
Beaten students:2
Suspended education:24
Threatened: 4
Dissolving students’ formations:27
Banned student’s magazines: 37
Issued sentences against Press: 41
Attacks to students’ formations:1
House inspections:3
Students’ strike:4
Press and journalists:
Summoned to courts: 283
Arrested journalists: 26
Interrogated: 21
Tried: 58
Issued sentences against Press: 41
Banned books: 13
Filtered sites: 20
Banned dailies and press organisations: 65
Banned movies: 6
Issued sentences against Press: 41
Fired journalists: 3
Threatened: 11
Political, social and cultural activists:
Summoned to courts: 82
Interrogated: 175
Arrested: 1735
Tried: 681
Sentences issued by courts: 520
Threatened: 22
Released on bails: 73
Beaten: 2
Barred from leaving the country:14
Preventions on disposing ceremonies:13
Attacks to social organisations: 5
Preventions on formations’ activity: 2
Fired for having political activities: 46
House inspections:7
Terrors in side the borders:1
Labours:
Not received payments and benefits: 105686
Fired: 14946
Arrested: 83
Summoned to courts:31
Sentences issued by courts:75
Tried:99
Died while working: 1127
Interrogated:26
Attacks to labours’ gatherings: 3
Bans on labours’ organisation: 1
Political prisoners:
On strike: 37
Preventions on leave of absence for receiving treatment:12
Beaten: 3
Further interrogation: 16
Death in prison:1
Handicapped under tortures: 3
Missing: 8
Further trial:5
Sentences issued during conviction period: 6
Prevention on being released: 6
Executed:
Executed: 260
Executed( political prisoners): 8
expected to be executed:313
expected to be executed(political prisoners):18
executed in public: 87
under 18, while committing the crime(executed):6
stoned to death(executed sentence):1
stoned to death(issued sentences):7
Women
Summoned to courts: 44
Tried:8
Issued sentences:15
Arrested: 33
Threatened: 6
Interrogated: 18
Barred from leaving the country: 2
Public arrestment and public murders:
Public arrestment: 24783
Murdering people:32
Suspicious murders: 3
Retaliation sentence
Hand amputation: 8
Eye removing: 1
Iranian Human Rights Activist Groups in EU and North America (IHRAG)
E-mail: hriran@hriran.org
Phone: 1 - 514 - 365 9212 (Canada) or 46 -704-124-500 (Sweden)
Address: BOX 5047, 165 10 Hässelby, Sweden
Human Rights News from Iran: www.hriran.org
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