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Anonymous Iranian woman, via The Spirit of Man:

http://thespiritofman.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-may-die.html

I'll participate in the rally tomorrow in Tehran. It might be violent. I may be one of those who will die tomorrow. I want to listen to all beautiful tunes that I have heard in my life, again. I want to listen to some cheap Los Angeles made Iranian music. I always wanted to have much narrower eyebrows too. Yeah, I'll check in with my hair-dresser tomorrow before I go to the rally. Oh, there are some excellent scenes in the famous Iranian movie Hamoon I want to see before I leave. And I gotta re-visit my own bookshelf. Iran's poets Shamloo's and Farrokhzad's poems are worth re-reading. I've to see the family photo albums once again.

I'll have to call my friends and say good-bye to them. In this big world, my possession is only two bookshelves. I've already told mom and dad whom to give these books to in case I never come back. There are only two more courses left for me to get my BA degree but to hell with the degree. I'm anxious and excited.

I wrote these scattered words for the future generations so that they know we were not sentimental or uselessly emotional. I'm writing this so they know we did every thing in our power to make this work for them and so that they realize if our forefathers surrendered to the Arab and Mongolian invaders physically, but they didn't give in to their tyranny with their spirits. They resisted it. And I wrote this for tomorrow's children...
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Winston at The Spirit of Man
http://thespiritofman.blogspot.com/2009/06/hot-updates.html
Just got off the phone with a friend inside of Iran. He has mentioned several points which I am going to list here:

1- We intend to be non-violent every day. Our strategy is silent resistance.

2- People do not trust the regime.

3- The free world should give us moral support

4- The whole idea of Islamic revolution is now under question by the people

5- Every body is anxiously waiting to see what will happen tomorrow. No one knows what awaits them

6- People of Iran are very agitated and angry with the government.

Iran

2009-06-19 06:56
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Updates on the Iran situation below the cut.
More on Iran )
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http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=806545&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1

Three Iranians interested in converting to Judaism recently left their native country, but have been unable to find any entity to assist them.

The three Shi'ite Muslims left Iran and approached the Israeli embassy and Jewish communities in Azerbaijan, but were rejected. It is impossible to convert to Judaism in Iran, as they would be considered heretics, a crime punishable by death. ...
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http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2006/12/26/iranian-women-taking-charge-to-secure-their-rights/

http://eteraz.org/story/2006/12/20/205522/20


Even more astonishing, Iran's new Islamic-guided government has established a system of legalized prostitution, through the practice of "sigheh" or "temporary marriages," by which a Mullah arranges a "legal union" between a man and a girl (some as young as 9 years old) for a fee. The so called "marriage" can last anywhere from one hour to 99 years. Under this system, the men are free to enter into as many temporary marriages as they so desire, without having ANY legal obligation or responsibility towards the women and children that they "marry" only to use as sexual objects and slaves.

Not surprisingly, this legalized system of slavery and oppression has led to a growing sex-trafficking industry that is partially operated by government officials and Mullahs themselves. ...
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Azarmehr:

http://azarmehr.blogspot.com/2006/11/clashes-at-tehran-polytechnic.html

Three students from Amir Kabir university, Abbas Hakimzadeh, Ali Azizi and Majid Tavakoli, staged a sit in at the university entrance today. They were protesting at the decision to ban them from continuing their education. The three are involved with student publications which have been critical of the university management and President Ahmadi-Nejad's government. Their criticisms have resulted in the decision to
ban them from studying at the university.

The campus security threatened to forcefully remove the three students and this resulted in a spontaneous human chain by other students to protect the three. Campus marshals tried to break up the gathering by physically attacking the 200 students who had formed the human chain. One injured student was taken to hospital. ...

http://azarmehr.blogspot.com/
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Ghazal Omid is an Iranian activist living in Canada, and the author of "Living in Hell" as well as three forthcoming books. I spoke with her last night; she talked about women's rights, education, and the future of Iran. Here's the interview:

http://asher813.typepad.com/dreams_into_lightning/2006/06/ghazal_omid_int.html
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Some
Marg bar Israel, Marg bar Amrica …

Comment by Kiumars — June 11, 2006 @ 11:24 pm

things
How exciting! Notice that poster Kiumars’ idea of an “opposite” view is to flame us with “death to Israel, death to America” in Arabic. ...

Comment by Shy Guy — June 12, 2006 @ 1:31 am

just piss me off.

That’s Persian, not Arabic.

Comment by asher813 — June 12, 2006 @ 6:02 pm

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