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 [...]
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The news has been nothing but worrying. The closures of Mousavi’s and Karroubi’s offices and arrests of people close to them, especially Beheshti, are interpreted as a prelude for apprehending the leaders of the opposition within the coming days. Once again, we are at a critical juncture and all eyes are on the Supreme Leader [...]
So, I leave town for a few days and upon returning I find that Hugo “Jesus” Chavez has been sneaking around wheeling and dealing with his equivalent, Mahmoud “Mahdi” Ahmadinejad, in my backyard. It seems like Chavez too has gone bananas and converted to Hojjatiyeh. Beware Venezuelans! We already had a spokesperson for Mahdi and [...]
Tehran is a city floating on sewage, literally. In the absence of an interconnected sewerage network, we have been building our homes on wells specially dug for our discards. They are natural septic tanks, in which wastewater seeps into the soil and who cares what happens to the rest. In fact, the same is true [...]
I dislike Those. It is hard enough to remain optimistic nowadays, and Those is already creeping back, bringing with it a lapse into passivity; an expectation for matters to fall into place of their own accord, absolving responsibility. Every way I turn, I only notice the fire of the recent weeks receding inside Iranians. Perhaps [...]