Mike Pouraryan
OV's Iran Watch: The Past 48 Hours
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Never a Dull Moment....
Because of the importance Iran plays in Regional and World Politics, I have decided to elevate the periodic write-ups I do on Iran and launch OV Iran Watch to share insights about Iran and the challenges that the Country faces.
Despite all the efforts to potray an aura of normalcy, The Government of Iran continues to run scared. They have been busy continuing the show trials and executions. They have been also busy releasing folks. But, these so-called releases have been done with hefty bails. This is while Idiotnejad takes a flight out to Kabul to see the useless Karzai.
What I was enraged about was the report that came out about the Poet Simin Behbahani being detained at Tehran Airport and her passport being taken away as he was getting ready to go to Paris. Ms. Behbahani is Iran's leading contemporary Poet and is 82 years old. This is just one example of the cold war against the intelligensia within the Country. Shirin Ebadi, though, is out of the Country and talked with Democracy Now's Amy Goodman about what is really going on:
I welcomed her unequivocal statement about the fate of the American hikers that continue to be detained by the regime charged with espionage. The rule of law has completely been disregarded by the regime in its' quest to perpetuate its power. Shirin Ebadi underscored this very fact.
I have written and reitrated the continued subtle psychological cold war against the oppostion Green Movement. The Green Movement continues its' digital opposition campaign through facebook. But, the pressure is there and goes on nonstop. I was laughing out loud when I read about an interview by an Iranian Presidential Staffer about a so-called Velvet Revolution which was planned out by the opposition. This Staffer, who is supposedly the head of the Iranian Presidency Research and Analysis Service, was adamant that he had proof of this fact. Yaah right!!!!
Although Iran's self-sufficiency in Military Hardware is commendable, bombs and missiles do not equate to jobs. The aspirations of the people remains unfulfilled. The World continues to smart up and take things away continually from Iran. Vitol, one of the leading energy trading outfits in the world, has stopped dealing in supplying Iran with refined gasoline. This is probably the only way that Iran will be forced to make the necessary changes that will possibly live up to lts' original ideals that led to the 1979 Revolution in the first place. I have to wonder whether that is wishful thinking or not.
Despite all the efforts to potray an aura of normalcy, The Government of Iran continues to run scared. They have been busy continuing the show trials and executions. They have been also busy releasing folks. But, these so-called releases have been done with hefty bails. This is while Idiotnejad takes a flight out to Kabul to see the useless Karzai.
What I was enraged about was the report that came out about the Poet Simin Behbahani being detained at Tehran Airport and her passport being taken away as he was getting ready to go to Paris. Ms. Behbahani is Iran's leading contemporary Poet and is 82 years old. This is just one example of the cold war against the intelligensia within the Country. Shirin Ebadi, though, is out of the Country and talked with Democracy Now's Amy Goodman about what is really going on:
I welcomed her unequivocal statement about the fate of the American hikers that continue to be detained by the regime charged with espionage. The rule of law has completely been disregarded by the regime in its' quest to perpetuate its power. Shirin Ebadi underscored this very fact.
I have written and reitrated the continued subtle psychological cold war against the oppostion Green Movement. The Green Movement continues its' digital opposition campaign through facebook. But, the pressure is there and goes on nonstop. I was laughing out loud when I read about an interview by an Iranian Presidential Staffer about a so-called Velvet Revolution which was planned out by the opposition. This Staffer, who is supposedly the head of the Iranian Presidency Research and Analysis Service, was adamant that he had proof of this fact. Yaah right!!!!
Although Iran's self-sufficiency in Military Hardware is commendable, bombs and missiles do not equate to jobs. The aspirations of the people remains unfulfilled. The World continues to smart up and take things away continually from Iran. Vitol, one of the leading energy trading outfits in the world, has stopped dealing in supplying Iran with refined gasoline. This is probably the only way that Iran will be forced to make the necessary changes that will possibly live up to lts' original ideals that led to the 1979 Revolution in the first place. I have to wonder whether that is wishful thinking or not.
