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Friday, July 18, 2008
Just in from Tehran
I had asked a trusted friend of mine, who is gone back to Iran after several years, to update me on what's going on in Iran these days and we had a brief conversation a few days ago. That brief conversation is now featured on Reuters website. I thought it might be of Shotgun's readers interest to be informed about these issues.
Update: It seems that the comment section was somehow closed to readers. I apologize. The comment section is open and please feel free to discuss.
Posted by Winston on July 18, 2008 in Current Affairs | Permalink
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Reuters? That's pretty cool, Winston.
Posted by: Matthew Johnston | 2008-07-19 3:56:52 PM
The part about the Iranians showing symptoms of depression and irritability - maybe that has something to do with:
*the overthrow of their democratically elected government in 1953 by the U.S. and Britain
http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/mideast/041600iran-cia-index.html
*followed by 25 years of horrible oppression under the Western-backed Shah
http://www.angelfire.com/home/iran/savak.html
*Years of attacks by Iraq's president Sadam Hussein who was backed by the U.S. and Britain
http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/iraq/history/husseinindex.htm
*the recent tightening of sanctions imposed by the U.S.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331011940&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(that could have something to do with the economic worries)
*covert operations within Iran, U.S. support for anti-Iranian terrorist groups Jondollah and MEK
http://www.campaigniran.org/casmii/index.php?q=node/5551
*the threats of total destruction hanging over their heads ("air strikes"), possibly nuclear strikes
http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=7246
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1565410/Gordon-Brown-'will-back-air-strikes-on-Iran'.html
Posted by: Alan Mercer | 2008-07-20 11:04:48 AM
The part about the Iranians showing symptoms of depression and irritability - maybe that has something to do with:
*the overthrow of their democratically elected government in 1953 by the U.S. and Britain
*followed by 20 years of horrible oppression under the Western-backed Shah
*Years of attacks by Iraq's president Sadam Hussein who was backed by the U.S. and Britain
*the recent tightening of sanctions imposed by the U.S.
(that could have something to do with the economic worries)
*covert operations within Iran, U.S. support for anti-Iranian terrorist groups Jondollah and MEK
(MEK is actually on the public version of the U.S. terrorist watch list)
*the threats of total destruction hanging over their heads ("air strikes"), possibly nuclear strikes
I'd post the links if I could.
Posted by: Alan Mercer | 2008-07-20 11:07:41 AM
Alan,
Does it have any thing with the current status under the current Islamic regime? You know, your logic is killing me so I decided to ask if it has any thing to do with the current regime. LOL... Don't make us laugh plz
Posted by: winston | 2008-07-20 2:30:53 PM
Their regime is caused by international pressure, and the international pressure is part of the overall regime Iranians have to live with.
They elected a democratic government in the 1950's and they weren't allowed to keep it.
They are not allowed to be an independent nation.
Posted by: Alan Mercer | 2008-07-21 8:29:49 AM
LMAO! How ignorant one can be? Do I smell Marxism or Ron Paulianism here? Which is it?
Posted by: winston | 2008-07-21 1:41:55 PM
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