Tag Archive | "Freedom"

Tiny crowd for Ahmadinejad in Birjand helps put things in perspective.


Considering that Ahmadinejad is the so-called president of the 70 million strong Iranian nation, and considering that according to the governing regime in Iran he (sic) “won” the majority of the votes in the election held in June of 2009, you’d think he could muster more than what we see in the video below.
As Ahmadinejad [...]

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The Baha’i Community, Human Rights, and the Construction of a New Iranian Identity


(Gozaar.org) | February 24, 2010
A Lecture by Dr. Akhavan in Chicago
Human rights and Iranian identity
What does it mean to be Iranian? What does it mean to be a human being? These are the questions confronting the Iranian people at this crucial juncture in their long history. In the incredible and unforgettable scenes that have unfolded [...]

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President Barack Obama clearly Expresses Solidarity with Iranian Protesters


BREAKING NEWS: In a speech today, President Barack Obama, expressed solidarity with the protesters in Iran.
Watch the video:

Here is the full transcript.
The United States joins with the international community in strongly condemning the violent and unjust suppression of innocent Iranian citizens, which has apparently resulted in detentions, injuries and even death. For [...]

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The shackles are coming off


I have been following Iranian news daily now since about 1997, when I would trawl the internet, looking for anything I could find that would help quench a thirst that I  must have been building up since my earliest days.  A thirst for an understanding of the land I was born in, and that I [...]

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