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Iran in 30 pictures. I find it odd that when one candidate threatened to obliterate everything you see in those pictures, there was no large-scale public nor media outcry. (74) #
4/30/2008

The above photo, depicting the 1979 execution of twelve Kurdish men in Iran, won the only Pulitzer prize ever given to an anonymous author. It became a symbol of the tyrannical Iranian regime which came into power after the overthrow of the Shah and since then, dozens of people have claimed credit. Today, the Wall Street Journal finally reveals Jahangir Razmi as the photographer and tells the full story behind the picture. (via kevin drum) (7) #
12/4/2006

It is being reported that the Iranian legislature is passing a law requiring Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians to wear identifying ribbons. Echoes of 1930's Germany. Why hasn't the mainstream media picked this up yet? Update: Iran denies it. (thx, Jesse) (35) #
5/19/2006

Did the Bush administration blow their chances of diplomatically resolving the Iran conflict three years ago? (2) #
4/20/2006

Hoder, the famous Iranian blogger, was refused entry in the United States after border patrol Googled his blog onsite and learned he was living in New York City. Farsi is the 4th most popular language used on blogs, so the title I gave him is no joke. But I'm glad at least that border patrol is competent enough to use the web effectively. (6) #
12/8/2005