It has been a long time and I would like to ignore the reasons for it and go straight to a belated post on 16 Azar: We started to roam around Tehran University at about 4 PM, looking for some action, but the protests were confined to university campuses. The atmosphere was tense, as if [...]
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A late post due to the usual post-protest internet jams. Wednesday 13 Aban A strange sentiment crept in me today. A man in his late fifties was beaten by a group of people a meter away from me, and I enjoyed it. While I neither had the urge to join in, nor the time to [...]
“Green 13 Aban” The same, but after a genius only traced the green with white in an attempt to erase it. The night before a protest is an anxious one, and most of the restlessness is over one question: will they be there? There are long stretches of time between protests now and getting cold [...]
Friday, 27 Shahrivar. 11:00 PM It has been a long day. I am tired and will hit the sack very soon, so here are my notes which I will have to post later as internet has almost crawled to a stop and the proxies are not working. 10:30 AM As we went down Modarres Freeway [...]
We are approaching Qods Day and it has been a frightening week. The worst part is that everyone is scared: the government, conservatives, reformers, the clergy and the people. The kick-start was Khamenei’s Friday Prayers speech issuing threats to everyone, pushing events to take new speed and tension. Following the tone set on Friday, causing [...]