Thursday, July 24, 2008
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* Blogging politics
Hamed, the author of the blog “First Drafts” addresses the issue of former President Mohammad Khatami’s possible participation in the upcoming Iranian presidential elections and asks: “Why should the reformists, after four years, go back to a president who has experienced the office of presidency for eight years and has played all his cards right during this time?” He continues:
“[…] Under current circumstances where the conductors and observers of the elections are one and the same, is it prudent of Khatami to suddenly and well ahead of time announce whether or not he will participate? In these few months when discussions about the possibility of his participation have surfaced, his opponents’ media attacks against him have already started. The ninth government uses the official Islamic Republic news agency, which is supposed to announce the official government positions, to attack Khatami. Khatami must take into account that attacks against him will peak, should he officially announce his candidacy.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
http://persham.blogfa.com/post-36.aspx
Ehsan Taqadosi, the author of “A Journalists’ Writings from the Heart” addresses the reported “Curse of Ahmadinejad” against Bush. He analyses the words of Ahmadinejad thusly:
“Ahmadinejad, in a meeting with the clerics and seminarians of Kohgilooyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province said: ‘As God is my witness, I wrote a letter to Bush. I went through the purification rituals ahead of praying before writing and as I wanted to sign it, I said: Great God, give guidance in this letter and if he showed obstinacy and resistance, blow his reputation.”
Thursday, July 24, 2008
http://www.demokracy.blogfa.com/post-646.aspx
Ahmad Shirzad, former deputy of the Islamic Majlis [parliament], has posted about his discussion regarding Iran’s nuclear dossier in his blog entitled “Sepidaran.” Perhaps the most interesting part of his post is when he addresses Tehran’s policy of buying time. He writes:
“[…] The policy of buying time has been followed by the involved authorities since the very beginning. The apparent actions of Iran’s authorities show that they hope that through changing political vocabulary they could bring about a change in the policies of regional countries and America, so that the pressures on Iran would be reduced and new actions against Iran could not be envisaged. Specifically, a change in the governing body in Washington could bring about a change on the international scene, which could also affect Iran’s nuclear dossier. […]”
Thursday, 24 July 2008
http://shirzad.ir/2008/07/post_125.html#more
* Blogging society
Hossein, the author of the blog “Like No One” besides reporting a few political and sociological news of the day, also provides an anecdote about poverty and injustice which presently dominates the society.
“[…] For the augury-selling little boy there is no haven but the loving embrace of mother and father. His wet eyes, unaware of the passers-by, see nothing but the cold face of the father; and his hands, feels nothing but the coldness of the father’s hand.
“The only consolation for the boy is that every day before the dusk, after hours of meandering in smoggy streets among sleepy people, is to sit for a while next to his father and show him the left-over auguries and tell him about the unkindness of people, so to lighten his heavy heart a little.
“But it seems that this time the father did not have much patience to hear the son’s words. The beads of the son’s tears would flow onto the body of the father and the coldness of his father’s hands amidst the hands of the son would change to warmth, when suddenly park’s security appeared and loudly said to the son: “I don’t know what you want from the life of this statue?! Don’t you have a home and a life to get to instead of coming here every day and sticking to this statue?!”
Thursday, July 24, 2008
http://zaye.persianblog.ir/post/157
Ali Tahmasebi, who writes the blog “Code of Observance and Culture,” reflects on some of the words of the Holy Book. About the word Eschatology he says:
“In the Book of Genesis, ‘death’ is not a recrudescence towards the Lord God, but a return to earth. ‘Eschatology’ or ‘return’ is meant as reaching the starting point, and that starting point is also the ending point. And it is here that time takes a circular shape and in the interpretation of the Book of Ecclesiastes, everything, circularly, will return to its origin. […]”
Thursday, July 24, 2008
http://www.ali-tahmasebi.com/index.php?newsid=260
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