July 1st, 2009
from the Iranian blogsite "Where Is My Vote?": A witness to Neda Agha-Soltan's death who has spoken about it is being prosecuted. edited to add: please keep in mind that blogs, ljs, and tweets should all be taken with a grain of salt, since they are generated by folks like you and me. Though, of course, I've never been wrong. /sarcasm & edit
Here's ABC's news correspondent Jim Sciutto's twitter gleanings from Iran. The prisons are full, so they're using football stadiums.
And Sullivan reports that no one should believe the televised confessions of Mousavi supporters. He gets in a double swipe by reminding us that Dick Chaney & Co. also used "intensive interrogation."
Remember Princess Leia? "The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers."
eta:
National Iranian American Council has this very interesting report:
11:51 am: Conservative cleric turns on Khamenei – Haddi Ghaffari, a former minister under Ayatollah Khomeni, gave a speech Monday directly addressing the Supreme Leader and criticizing him for his behavior since the election and for his support of Ahmadinejad. Ghaffari played a major role in the creation of Hezbollah — he is no reformist by any stretch of the imagination — and his frontal assault on Khamenei would have been extremely taboo prior to the election.
“Khamenei, your recent actions and behavior has brought shame to us clerics. Our image in the streets and bazaars has been tarnished as everyone is placing us in the same category as Ahmadinejad.”
“Khamenei, you are wrong, your actions are wrong. I believe in the velayat e fagih [the governance of the Islamic jurist, the Supreme Leader or the Faghih] more than you.”
“I’m not preaching these messages so that I could be associated with the West. I loathe the West and will fight to the last drop of my blood before I or my land succumbs to the West. On the contrary, I’m preaching these messages on the count that the respect for our profession is gone.”
“Young people are not praying anymore, whose fault is that? It is your fault Mr. Khamenei, it’s your fault for placing us in the same line as that lunatic Ahmadinejad.”
“Ahmadinejad is nobody, you should congregate with us instead of him.”
Can it be all is not well?
Here's ABC's news correspondent Jim Sciutto's twitter gleanings from Iran. The prisons are full, so they're using football stadiums.
And Sullivan reports that no one should believe the televised confessions of Mousavi supporters. He gets in a double swipe by reminding us that Dick Chaney & Co. also used "intensive interrogation."
Remember Princess Leia? "The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers."
eta:
National Iranian American Council has this very interesting report:
11:51 am: Conservative cleric turns on Khamenei – Haddi Ghaffari, a former minister under Ayatollah Khomeni, gave a speech Monday directly addressing the Supreme Leader and criticizing him for his behavior since the election and for his support of Ahmadinejad. Ghaffari played a major role in the creation of Hezbollah — he is no reformist by any stretch of the imagination — and his frontal assault on Khamenei would have been extremely taboo prior to the election.
“Khamenei, your recent actions and behavior has brought shame to us clerics. Our image in the streets and bazaars has been tarnished as everyone is placing us in the same category as Ahmadinejad.”
“Khamenei, you are wrong, your actions are wrong. I believe in the velayat e fagih [the governance of the Islamic jurist, the Supreme Leader or the Faghih] more than you.”
“I’m not preaching these messages so that I could be associated with the West. I loathe the West and will fight to the last drop of my blood before I or my land succumbs to the West. On the contrary, I’m preaching these messages on the count that the respect for our profession is gone.”
“Young people are not praying anymore, whose fault is that? It is your fault Mr. Khamenei, it’s your fault for placing us in the same line as that lunatic Ahmadinejad.”
“Ahmadinejad is nobody, you should congregate with us instead of him.”
Can it be all is not well?
- Location:home damp home
- Music:"I'm Not a Hero," The Dark Knight soundtrack
Some of you may have heard by now that Iranian musical star Andranik Madadian and rocker Jon Bon Jovi were planning a musical team-up/shout-out to the people of Iran and the people of the world.
Andrew Sullivan has it. It won't be on iTunes or for sale anywhere else. It's a cover of the rock classic "Stand By Me," for the people of Iran and the people of the world. Savor.
Andrew Sullivan has it. It won't be on iTunes or for sale anywhere else. It's a cover of the rock classic "Stand By Me," for the people of Iran and the people of the world. Savor.