Observer

During Kouchner’s visit to Lebanon, he talked about Clotilde Reiss, the French citizen who is arrested in Iran with espionage accusation. Kouchner said: “Do you think my country would be so naive and shorthanded as to send a 23-year-old woman to spy in Iran? That’s stupid, it’s not possible.” Well, Monsieur Kouchner, although we all [...]

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In reply to Christiane Amanpour’s question from Ahmadinezhad regarding the safety of Mir Hossein Moussavi, Ahmadinezhad compared the protesters to soccer match fans that “may become excited and there may be confrontation between the people and the police force. People who violate traffic regulations will be fined by the police no matter who he is. [...]

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If you have an interest in middle east and you would like to know a bit more about the country which because of its nuclear activities, is the topic of lot of political negotiations these days, then you should not miss the documentary that BBC has produced about Iran. The program is divided into three [...]

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Although the protection of “Privacy” is somehow mentioned in Iran’s laws but its invasion is not something strange to lots of people living there. The government feels free to know whom you invite to the party at your home, what kind of music you listen to, if you drink, and etc. However, I was shocked [...]

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29 years has passed since the diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States. Although the “Down with USA” slogan is still seen on some walls in Iran, the ceremony is becoming more and more something that you will only notice if you watch the national TV on that day! It is interesting to know [...]

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Both McCain and Obama, during their first face to face debate on Friday night, called a group, a terrorist group without even knowing its right name! Gentelmen, it’s Iran’s “Revolutionary Guards” and not “Republican Guards” for your information. P.S. McCain called the new Pakistan president “Kardari” instead of “Zardari”!

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When I hear McCain’s plans about making US’s economy better than what it is now, I just ask myself a question: Aren’t George Bush, the current president of US, and John McCain from the same party? OK? have this and let’s assume that McCain and Palin have very amazing plans to shake the American citizens [...]

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Before reading this post, I should let you know that I am neither a Democrat nor a Republican. I even don’t live in U.S. which means that I will not be affected DIRECTLY by the fact of “who is gonna be in White House from January 2009.” After hearing some of the speeches at the [...]

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Guardian has looked into the keynote speeches at the Democrat National Convention to see what words have been mentioned the most. Here you can see the statistics of Barack Obama’s, Bill Clinton’s, and Joe Biden’s speeches. Although Republicans accuse Democrats of not putting America first in their plans, it’s interesting to see that the words [...]

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There have been a lot of blog posts and news about Ahmad Batebi, the way he fled Iran, reasons, and facts. I am not going to comment on any of those discussions. He has been spending the best time of his life in prison for 8 years and I believe that it is totally his [...]

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