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 [...]
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This is issue #2636 of “Kayhan Bacheha” (Children’s Kayhan) published after the elections, and titled “Hello Mr. President”. I didn’t get a chance to grumble about it, but today seems to be a good occasion. An order was issued to close Kayhan (the daily) on Thursday. The euphoric reception of the news was muffled, audible [...]
“Did you guys see the second round?” “No, I refuse. (Deleted expletive)!” “I saw some of it.” “After 30 years this is what we have to show for a regime. (Deleted expletive)!” “I completely bought it. Taking photographs and emailing them to ‘friends’. Who do the French think they’re kidding?” “What a circus!…(Deleted expletive)! The [...]
In the beginning, the empire made one mistake: it assumed that people are fools. Following this has been a domino effect that led to a chain of mistakes that the state, in its desperation to hold on to power, has committed on a daily basis throughout the post-election period. Ignoring the issue of election fraud [...]
Although about a month old, I ran into this gem recently. It seems like I, and many like me, have been in error now that some things in the aftermath of the elections are finally coming to light. According to Mr. Taeb, head of the Baseej resistance force, who seems to have quite a grasp [...]