IRAN RISES

Bare Naked Liars

Evan@qlineorientalist.com (Evan Siegel) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:43:19 +0000

I thought my viewers might find the following interesting. An Islamophobic site titled Bare Naked Islam carried the following photo: Now, any fool would suspect that this picture had been photoshopped. I mean, really, if Code Pink had called for the murder of American troops, wouldn’t they have brought public catastrophe on their heads? After less than a [...]

Iranian Cyber Army

Evan@qlineorientalist.com (Evan Siegel) — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:12:26 +0000

Translator’s Introduction: What follows is an article I was asked to translate. Midway through the translation, it occurred to me that it was marred by unsubstantiated statements and exaggerations. Thursday, 29 Bahman 1388 [February 18, 2010] Report on the Operation of the Cyber Army in Hacking Websites by Farvartish Rezvaniyeh Source: http://www.kaleme.com/1388/11/29/klm-11615 During the past few months, the activities of the [...]

Speech by Engineer Mir Hosein Mousavi on the Eve of the 22 Bahman Demonstrations

Evan@qlineorientalist.com (Evan Siegel) — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:28:45 +0000

According to Kalame, Engineer Mir Hosein Mousavi, the Prime Minister beloved of Imam Khomeini (May God be pleased with him!) continued his speech as follows: We salute the dear students and the youth for the Ten Days of the Dawn [the days leading up to 22 Bahman]. These ten days are a commemoration of a great [...]

Statement by Mehdi Karroubi on the threshold of 22 Bahman

Evan@qlineorientalist.com (Evan Siegel) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:00:58 +0000

In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate Great and proud nation of Iran: Now that we are on the threshold of 22 Bahman and the anniversary of the victory of the glorious Islamic Revolution led by the Imam, I consider it necessary, while commemorating this day and paying my respects to the martyrs who sought [...]

The Stolen Coffin by Ahmad Shirzad

Evan@qlineorientalist.com (Evan Siegel) — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:13:00 +0000

Today, Massoud’s body was buried, but left a battlefield behind. The Hezbollahi brothers had mobilized from that morning and did not stop surrounding the body for an instant. Loudspeakers and electric generators and eulogizers and very high-power stereo systems and organized pickup trucks were all at their disposal. The family and its circle had practically no [...]

Akbar Ganji Eulogizes Ayatollah Montazeri

Evan@qlineorientalist.com (Evan Siegel) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:03:23 +0000

The Historians and the History-Making Ayatollah Montazeri Akbar Ganji gooya new He resisted and resisted and resisted until he became a model of Iranian people’s struggles. He showed that one could stand up to absolutist power. He showed that even if even if a pragmatic personality attracts everyone to himself, one could still remain unimprisoned by populism and [...]

Anti-Bahai Pograms, Then and Now

Evan@qlineorientalist.com (Evan Siegel) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:51:41 +0000

I read about the impending trial and all-too-likely execution of seven Bahais in Iran as I was reading about the outbreak of Babi/Bahai-killing in Iran a little over a century before. As I was wending my way through Mirza Yahya Dawlatabadi’s memoirs, Hayat-e Yahya, I came across a passage describing the mob violence let loose [...]

Mir Hosein Mousavi Is Intent on Overthrow

Evan@qlineorientalist.com (Evan Siegel) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:22:15 +0000

Kawsari: Mir Hosein Mousavi Is Intent on Overthrow Source: IRNA http://www.irna.ir/View/FullStory/?NewsId=712931 Esmail Kawsari is once more beating the drums for the prosecution of Mir Hosein Mousavi. This insistence, added to Kawsari’s important public position (he is the Vice President of Parliament’s Commission for Foreign Affairs and National Security) might presage a new stage in the repression–an attack on [...]

Mehdi Karoubi’s Second Letter to Hashemi Rafsanjani

Evan@qlineorientalist.com (Evan Siegel) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:02:13 +0000

Mehdi Karoubi’s Second Letter to Hashemi Rafsanjani: What Is Your Answer to People Who Are Questioning the Duties of the Assembly [of Experts] Presided over by You under Such Circumstances? Source: Islamic Republican News Agency (IRNA) http://www2.irna.ir/fa/news/view/menu-234/8807046059143439.htm Date: 5 Mehr 1388 (September 27, 2009) In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate Ayatollah Hashemi-Rafsanjani Honorable President of the Assembly [...]

Javad Larijani Compares Mousavi to Rajavi, Attacks Sayyed Hasan Khomeini

Evan@qlineorientalist.com (Evan Siegel) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:43:51 +0000

Javad Larijani’s Criticism of Hasan Khomeini; Mir Hosein Mousavi’s Tone Is Like Masoud Rajavi’s Source: Islamic Republican News Agency (IRNA) http://www2.irna.ir/fa/news/view/menu-234/8807046059143439.htm Date: 5 Mehr 1388 (September 27, 2009) Criticizing the measures of Mir Hosein Mousavi and Hasan Khomeini after the presidential elections, the Secretary of the Judiciary’s Human Rights Office emphasized, “Mousavi was guilty of a great sin [...]