THE EYERANIANS

Us Iranians wake up in Tehran in the mornings. Our business and shopping area is in Dubai. Our talent is discovered in Tehran, but our genius blossoms in Europe. We go to France or London to study, but as we do not like to work in Europe, we work in the USA. Any time we [...]

Although never elected, these so called Iranian “dissidents” claim to represent the “real” government of Iran. Interesting, especially since they appear to advocate a US attack against Iran, something that Iranians overwhelmingly oppose. And even more interesting given that they are nothing more than a front group for the Mujahideen Khalq Organization (MEK), a terrorist [...]

“Them” Eyeranians can’t treat their women or gays with respect. “Them” Eyeranians do not share our Western values based on Enlightenment principles. Therefore, “them” Eyeranians are both politically and morally inferior to “us,” the rational Westerners. So naturally, whatever “we” do is at least marginally better than anything those Eyeranians ever could do. Similarly, our [...]

In another three weeks, on 6 March, trade unions around the world are holding an international day of action in solidarity with the workers of Iran. As you probably know, the Iranian government has been arresting workers who have stood up and tried to organize unions — including Mansour Osanloo and Mahmoud Salehi, who both [...]

The following is a great letter by NIAC’s Trita Parsi about Google’s use of “Arabian Gulf” in Google Earth. Dr. Eric E. Schmidt February 1, 2008 Chief Executive Officer Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, California 94043 Dear Dr. Schmidt: It has come to our attention that Google Earth recently included the term “Arabian [...]

Greg Von Doersten for The New York Times   By JAMES VLAHOS Published: February 10, 2008 “MADRASA kojast?” Where is the religious school? Leaving my hotel on the tree-shaded boulevard of Chahar Bagh Abbasi in Esfahan, Iran, I had ducked down a small lane just south of Takhti Junction, made a couple of turns, and [...]