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A weblog on Iran, technology and pop culture, by Hossein Derakhshan

1.) A small request

2.) Ahmadinejad's brilliant strategy of dismissing Israel and smiling to the U.S. has divided the the U.S. in all levels and that's a big achievement comparing to Khatami's weak anf failed U.S. strategy that led to Iran being part of the 'axis of evil'. Now the same Bush administration has officially opened the diplomatic line. Please get over Ahmadinejad's scruffy look, prayers, and plain language and see these achievements.

3.) I was on PressTV after a year and talked about Ahmadinejad's fourth NYC visit.

4.) Kayhan and Ettelaat newspapers are way far from their potentials to be popular international media outlets that could provide a new and unique voice to the world debate. Perhaps it is time to overhaul their management and structure and their mission.

5.) Nima Rashedan fabricates statistics to make his racist, anti-Semitic, and simplistic notes.

6.) Iran should help the Non-Aligned Movement establish a non-proliferation watchdog, rival to IAEA, and also a security council, parallel to the UN one. That's the only way it can come out of its defensive position with its dealings with the US-dominated UN institutions.

7.) Watch the full length video of CNN's Larry King show with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

8.) Today is the eighth anniversary of this blog, which I started in September 25th, 2001. But it's amazing how some people are rewriting the history of the Iranian blogosphere as if I never existed and I did nothing for it. These were the same people who started calling me the blogfather after they made their own blogs using my instruction and technical help and now that they don't like my politics, they would rather removing me from teh whole narrative. But I'm sure in two years many of them would be where I am today, politically speaking.

9.) Ahmadinejad's admirable defence of his friend and coleage, Esfandiar Mashaie, has given courage to all Iranian senior managers in resisting the pressure from religious and political groups. The latest example is the channel three's decision to continue broadcasting the popular satire late night show that has raised protests because of its 'impolite and improper' language (according to its conservative critics.)

10.) Watch this video to know why Khomeini was so popular and why I say Ahmadinejad is the reincarnation of Khomeini.

11.) How Ahmadinejad could better answer questions about whether he listens to Western music or watch Western films etc.

12.) Ahmadinejad should separate Judaism from Zionism by showing visible respect towards the older than Israel traditions of Judaism, such as the Jewish new year (Rosh Hashanah). This is exactly what Bush tries to do by sjowing respect to Norooz, except that Iran has never harmed Jews and actually has saved them a few times in its history. (From Cyrus to the rescue operation by its diplomats in France after the WII.) But the U.S. who has directly or indirectly murdered millions of Iranians (through support for Saddam and also shooting the civilian aeroplane in the 1980s among other things) and intends to starve millinos of Iranians to death through its sanctions can never fool Iranians by its silly practices of 'public diplomacy'.

13.) What Khamenei really said yesterday? Always read the transcript rather than reports on his speech.

14.) 'The Stoning of Soraya M.' is filmed in Israel, like 'Not Without My Daughter' was.

15.) Hossein Mozaffar's hilarious letter of objection about a television series is a revealing example of how thirty years of stupid media policy has failed in Iran -- and who is blocking the emerging promising changes.

16.) I've found revealing evidence about Mohammad Khatami's recent involvement with the European 'Democracy Promotion' organizations. But I won't publish them before he announces his decision to run as president or not. I don't want people to think I'm doing this as a partisan move to affect his nomination.

17.) A response to Aboozar about my views on religion.

18.) New York Sun has called for kidnapping of Ahmadinejad in an editorail to scare him from coming to New York City. They don't know how big this man's balls are. Poor things, they don't know the man at all and want to confront him.

19.) The emergence of Radio Goftogoo and PressTV are signs of a departure from a Marxist notion of the masses towards Gramsci's idea of people as intellectuals. It's also a return to the initial discourse of public sphere that was inspired by the 1979 revolt and died with the Iraqi invasion and the eight-year defence. Here are three examples of its shows where reformists and even more radical factions discuss important topics. Hopefully Radio Goftogoo resolves the technical problems with its new website and we can listen to its wonderful interviews again on the internet.

20.) A few short notes on the recent events.

21.) Omid Memarian, ashamed of his Rotary fellowship?

22.) Khatami called Israel a 'plague', a 'terrorist racist Zionist regime' and urged 'resolute action' to punish it

23.) Buy The New Statesman, find The Spectator's content

24.) 'The Stoning of Soraya M.' is made in Israel?

25.) Hyperlink as gaze

26.) Soap opera for men

27.) Shahrvand-e Emrooz

28.) Internet subaltern: Fatemeh Rajabi's case

29.) NED and Women's Learning Partnership for Rights, Development and Peace (WLP)

30.) The myth of Revolutionary Guard's strategic ties with Ahmadinejad

31.) Israeli Lisa Goldman goes to Lebanon, lies about her identity, and jeoperdizes interviewee's security

32.) Shirin Ebadi advocates sanctions against Iran

33.) Ahmadinejad a neoconservative? Nonsense.

34.) Where is John Pilger when New Statesman published NED-embeded anti-Iran propaganda of the Amnesty International

35.) Women's Centre for Legal Counselling Raahi - WCLC