On the ground reports from Iran are hard to obtain these days. Western journalists are largely writing stories about the political chaos in the country. So I’m publishing this exclusive report from a friend currently in Tehran. He’s an Australian traveling around the country. Names and identifiable places have been removed to protect all concerned:…
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Don’t treat Tehran like a normal regime
Despite the dangers, the Islamic Republic isn’t protected from internal dissent: A group of Iranian filmmakers have issued a statement calling on their foreign peers to boycott Iran Fajr Film Festival in protest to Iranian government’s violent treatment of the people. The announcement indicates that the Government-backed Fajr Film Festival is being held at a…
Jerusalem and Tehran are really good friends (for capitalism, of course)
Israel and Iran are mortal enemies destined to destroy the other. Or so the corporate media tells us every day. So how about this story, via Shraga Elam? The Israeli company… Daronet Internet Solutions has sold 70 systems worth around US$ 1 million to the chamber of commerce of the district of Teheran. This reported the…
Tehran maintains power to continue its revolution
Veteran Iran watcher Dilip Hiro challenges the perception that the Islamic Republic is close to being on its knees.
Hitchens loves the smell of Muslim death in the morning
Christopher Hitchens, slobberer for war, now calls for a military invasion of Iran. The decline of this once principled man is revealing.
Israel can only show power by belittling others
Israel’s attempt at humiliating the Turkish ambassador has back-fired spectacularly. It is the moves of a little nation, not a democracy, a country that wants to embarrass Jews. If they think this is showing Zionist strength, they are sadly mistaken. The Haaretz editorial: Israel’s fury at critics of its policies in Gaza is not new.…
Tehran’s nuclear “threat” is far away
So much for those apocalyptic predictions: A general who was once in charge of Israel’s nuclear weapons has claimed that Iran is a “very, very, very long way from building a nuclear capability”. Brigadier-General Uzi Eilam, 75, a war hero and pillar of the defence establishment, believes it will probably take Iran seven years to…
Put your hand up if you want to bomb Gaza?
Let’s see how much coverage in the West this receives (hint: nothing). Promised Land blog in Israel highlights the casual racism that permeates the Jewish state: What would we say if a poll by Iranian or Palestinian television station presented the public with the option of completely destroying Israel? Because this is exactly what Keshet…
Please explain the real reason we back Mubarak’s Egypt
Seumas Milne writes in the Guardian that Western support for a terror state such as Egypt merely inflames anti-Western anger everywhere: Decades of oil-hungry backing for despots, from Iran to Oman, Egypt to Saudi Arabia, along with the failure of Arab nationalism to complete the decolonisation of the region, fuelled first the rise of Islamism…
Has Zionism always been about crushing one’s opponents?
How the Zionist lobby in the US confuses being “pro-Israel” with being “pro-bombing Iran“.