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Entries in Kazem Seddiqi (5)

Tuesday
Mar262013

Iran Live Coverage: "The Revolutionary Guards Will Protect the Election"

General Yadollah Javani1805 GMT: Foreign Affairs Watch (Syrian Front). Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has criticised today's decision by the Arab League to give Syria's seat to the opposition, warning that the move will set a “dangerous” precedent in the Arab world.

“This measure taken by the Arab League will be taken to mean the end of the [Arab] League’s role in the region,” Amir-Abdollahian claimed.

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Friday
Jul132012

The Latest from Iran (13 July): Revolutionary Enemy-Breaking Queues for Chicken

See also Iran Snapshot: A Clumsy Intervention by Britain's Intelligence Chief
The Latest from Iran (12 July): Keeping the Oil Flowing....Maybe


1549 GMT: Immigration Watch. Kalemeh claims that Afghan immigrants, the subject of increasing restrictions by the regime in recent weeks, are no longer allowed to drive.

1545 GMT: Political Prisoner Watch. Saham News says that opposition figure Mehdi Karroubi, held under strict house arrests for 17 months, has not been allowed to attend the funeral of his sister.

1541 GMT: Economy Watch. ISNA reports that the price of domestically-produced cigarettes has doubled in recent weeks.

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Friday
May202011

Iran Shocker: Ahmadinejad "The West is Plotting for Droughts"

The Press TV summary is straightforward: "President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says that Western countries are plotting to generate drought in some areas of the world, including Iran."

Of course, the President, speaking on Thursday in central Iran, had masses of scientific evidence to back up this claim, “According to reports about climate, whose authenticity has been verified, the European countries have used certain equipment to discharge clouds and prevent rain-bearing clouds from reaching regional countries such as Iran.” 

Ahmadinejad explained that Tehran would pursue the matter through its legal authorities, but he was very pessimistic about a resolution: "I believe that the war of the future will be the war over water.” 

This is not the first time that Iranian officials have discovered dastardly Western measures to unsettle Iran's climate, to the point of disaster. For years they have claimed that earthquakes have been caused by the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) of the US military and the University of Alaska. The Americans says HAARP is for reseach of the ionosphere, but Tehran knows that it is a super-weapon.

And of course, there is the super-super-weapon of Western women's chests. In April 2001, Tehran Friday Prayer Leader Kazem Seddiqi revealed to the audience, ""Many women who do not dress modestly lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which increases earthquakes."

Thursday
Feb102011

The Latest from Iran (11 February): The Regime's Big Show?

2205 GMT: Claim of the Night. An opposition website asserts, "The word 'Bahman' has been filtered in Iran Farsi Google search."

2145 GMT: Political Prisoner Watch. Mohammad Housein Mehyimni, the son of the former Governor of Golestan Province, has been arrested.

2130 GMT: A New Role. What better way to end 22 Bahman than with a feel-good story?

The Basij militia are providing the dowries of needy brides.

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Saturday
Sep252010

The Latest from Iran (25 September): A Squeeze, a Meeting, and a Nuclear Signal

1115 GMT: Human Rights Watch. Human Rights Activists News Agency reports 1952 cases of rights violations in the last month, including firings, intimidation, and detentions.

1100 GMT: Economy Watch. The Iranian Labor News Agency offers the frank observation, "Some Iranian officials recently confirmed the existence of Mafia [organised crime] in the country’s import market. However the [extent of the] economic monopoly...still remains unknown."

Iranian officials have not announced the names of the "monopolists" but the report says "political activists" presume they are "connected with high powers". 

0650 GMT: And in Tehran. But will the Iranian political establishment back Ahmadinejad as he presses for the renewed talks on uranium enrichment?

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