Latest posts by Fred Petrossian from August, 2006
Iran: Ahmadinejad & CBS
Berkeley Forum talks about Ahmadinejad's interview on CBS. We read in this collective blog that during his interview with Mike Wallace from CBS there were a number of other instances when Ahmadinejad had “teacher-like” comebacks. It certainly reminded me of the old school days in Iran. This is because Ahmadinejad...
Iran: Holocaust & Cartoon Exhibition
Faham criticized an exhibition of cartoons about the Holocaust in Tehran. The blogger asks what will be Iranians’ reaction to a similar exhibition about Iranian victims in Iran-Iraq war. Won't their feelings be hurt? The blogger adds Iranian authorities say in the West, media is in the hands of Zionists...
Iran: Carpet exportation declines
Faryadnameh says Iranian carpet exportation needs a scientific marketing to adapt itself to a changing market. The blogger also refers to Mehrnews agency report that Iranian carpet exportation declined 8% this year compared to previous year. The blogger adds our targeted market is Europe and a few countries such as...
Iran: Iranian Digg or Reddit!
Zharf says he has launched a new site similar [Fa] to digg and reddit in Persian. The blogger says site's name is Balatarin and everybody can add a link to that. All of the links on Balatarin will be from users who are rewarded for good submissions (and punished for...
Iran: Religion & Modernity Seminar
Mohammad Ali Abtahi, former Vice President reports that this Thursday a seminar on Religion and Modernity will be held in his Dialogue Between Religions Institute. The blogger says several Iranian scholars will participate in this one day seminar and several writings from some other Western or Iranian academics will be...
Iran: Steel Market
Pouyan writes about steel market in Iran. The blogger says last week the new government ended the free market in steel which was established a few years back. The free metal market had ended the rent of steel merchants in Bazar but finally they got the rent back through the...
Iran: Copyright & newspapers
Kosoof, photo blogger says Shargh newspaper has published several photos without paying attention to copy right principle or even mentioning photographer's name. The photo blogger has published some of these photos on his blog.
Iran: Radio & Blogs
Dutch financed and Amsterdam based Radio Zamaneh has also launched a blog. We read on this blog that radio Zamaneh is a radio that learns from blogs [Fa].
Iran: Ahmadinejad is Blogging!
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian President has started his own blog in four languages. In his first post he talks about his life. On his blog the following question is asked: Do you think that the US and Israeli intention and goal by attacking Lebanon is pulling the trigger for another world...
Iran: Photos & Released syndicate leader
Kosoof, photoblogger and journalist has published several photos of Mansour Osanloo, leader of bus drivers’ syndicate after being released from jail. He had been arrested at the beginning of this year after leading a bus strike in Tehran.
Iran: USA deported Iranian Scientists
We read in Nikahang's blog that US deported visa-holding Iranian scientists on arrival. The blogger says US government funded Iran human rights documentation center can investigate this event [Fa].
Hunger strike, a filtered journal & a banned NGO
Many Iranian bloggers are worried about Ahmad Batebi, activist student who is on hunger strike in prison for about ten days. Many compared his case to Akbar Mohammadi’s, another student activist who died in prison while he was on hunger strike. Several bloggers have written that Mohammadi is gone we...
Iran: Stereotypes
Mr.Behi, Iran based blogger says now with so many slogans about Iran from both Iranian leaders and world leaders, it will come a day when people look at explosions in Tehran, eating their breakfast, hoping for a better world without nuclear Iran while the world of children without their parents...
Iran: New wave of filtering
Jomhour says his blog has been filtered and it seems a new wave of filtering is on the way [Fa]. According to the blogger, the new wave of filtering concerns a few ISPs and not all of them.
Iran: Is God out there?
Mohammad Masih, a martyrdom seeker & active blogger talks about his own experience to try go to Lebanon. The blogger says imagine the moment that you may have a ticket to Damascus or you can pass the border a question comes in your mind: Is there God out there [Fa]?...
Iran: Football & Governance
Dr. Emad Afrough, deputy in Parliament says our country's governance is like our national football (soccer) team's management [Fa]. In both cases too many emotions are involved and rational criticism has no place.
Iran: A Popular movie
Rooznamenegar No talks about Cease Fire, an Iranian film at the top of box office. The blogger says in this movie people watch a rich couple driving expensive cars in rich neighbourhood, throwing away their meals without touching them or breaking their house decorative objects without caring about their price....
Afghanistan: Electricity & Kabul
Dialogue 3 talks about the electricity shortage in Kabul. The blogger says according to Ministry of Energy & Water [Fa]: From 8 am to 6 pm all hospitals, governmental offices and embassies have electricity. From 6pm to 9 pm two third of Kabul has electricity and from 9pm to 5...
Iran: Remember Mohammadi
FM Sokhan, writer & blogger has published Akbar Mohammadi's, activist student who died in prison recently, parents’ letter about the multiple signs of torture on their son's body. The blogger has changed his/her blog name into “we don't forget Akbar Mohammadi” for one week [Fa].
Iran: Reformist journalists won election!
Iran paparazzi reports that reformist journalist won Association of Journalists’ election. The blogger says it is possible that Ministry of Labour does not accept this election and conservative journalists who lost the election, will launch a new Association of Journalists [Fa].
Iran: Photos from Khorramshahr
Haftan has published a link to a photo group exhibition about Khorramshahr 18 years after the Iran-Iraq War. Khorramshahr had been destroyed during the war. There are 32 photos available online .
