Fred Petrossian · November, 2005

Latest posts by Fred Petrossian from November, 2005

Iran: Save Heritage

  14 November 2005

Shahram Kholdi says the Centre for the Defence of Human Rights, led by the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi , has taken legal action against the ministries of Oil and Energy for the protection of Pasargadae historical heritage site (this is not the actual ruins of the Pasargadae palaces,...

Iran: Flight Plan

  13 November 2005

New Wave, an Iran based blogger, introduces newest films in US. He talks about Jodie Foster's, Flight Plan and 11th September influence on this movie: Insecurity in airports links to Middle Eastern people's presence. (Persian)

Iran: Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art

  12 November 2005

Sooratak invites people to visit Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art where many western masterpieces are exposed. Blogger writes that this collection was bought more than 27 years ago and it can be considered one of the world's top art collections. (Persian)

Iran: Join WTO!

  11 November 2005

Golbang says Saudi Arabia has become a new member of World Trade Organization. Blogger asks when Iran will become a member. Among 191 United Nations members only 42 countries are not members including Iran. Golbang adds that Iran is losing opportunities.

Iran: Ahmadinejad's Ministers

  11 November 2005

Jamile Kadiver, a former deputy in Iranian parliament a London based blogger, writes: Ahmadinejad's choices for his Ministers are based on friendship neighbourhood & family ties rather than their qualification and experience. Ahmadinejad had promised during election to bring new elites to goverment! (Persian)

Iran: Riots in France

  9 November 2005

Mr.Behi writes: At the moment, Iranian government is really anti-western in attitude and they are very pissed off that France together with other countries condemned Ahmadinejad for his speech. As a result, Iranian media is trying to show that there are peaceful Muslims that have the right to fight and...

News about Iranian Blogs: Filtering, New book and Ramadan

  8 November 2005

In Iran, government is privatising filtering! A company, “Delta Global”, gets exclusivity from Iranian government to impose filtering on virtual world. Irony of story is that American softwares are used to block Iranian sites & blogs! American companies say that Iran uses their softwares without permission or payment. Probably Iranian...

Iran: TV False News

  8 November 2005

Hanif Mazroi writes that Iranian TV broadcasts false news. Recently Iranian TV reported that US Foreign Affairs asked for Akbar Ganji to be liberated and US thanks for all Ganji has done. Blogger says TV wants to give this image that Ganji was a spy! (Persian)

Iran: Open Letter to President

  7 November 2005

Kaskol Haji who presents himself as a faithful person to Islamic Republic wrote an open letter to Ahmadinejad. Haji mentioned raising prices of some products by goverment has disappointed many who voted Ahmadinejad. (Persian)

Iran: Woman Working Hours

  7 November 2005

According to director of Center for Women & Family, Women's work hour will be reduced. Then they can spend more time in their families. Sooratak say that women will be more at their husbands’ service. (Persian)

Iran: Ahmadinejad on Palestinian TV

  3 November 2005

Rooznamenegar No ( which means New Journalist in Persian) says that Palestinian official TV was really indifferent to Ahmadinejad's anti Israel speech. He says Palestinian TV just reported comments from all over the world about Ahmadinejad's speech.

Iran: National Interest

  3 November 2005

Hanif Mazroi, Iran based journalist, says one of the most essential principles in a country's Foriegn Policy is preserving national interest. He adds, “now look at conservatives in power in Iran. One thing that they don't care is national interest.“(Persian)

Iranian Bloggers Write about Ahmadinejad's Speech & Israel

  1 November 2005

Ahmadinejad’s speech about Israel created a lot of emotions and reactions around the world. Iranian president said that Israel must be wiped from map! According to President “With God’s help we will experience a world without USA and Israel”! UN Security Council condemned Iran and World’s Media is still talking...