شاهِ شاهان (۴) Shah of Shahs (4)

شاهِ شاهان عنوان کتابی‌ است نوشتهٔ "ریزارد کاپوشینسکی". چنانکه از متن این کتاب مشخص است، کاپوشینسکی در زمان انقلاب و یا زمان کوتاهی‌ پس از آن در ایران بوده و وقایعِ انقلاب را تعقیب میکرده است.اریشارد کاپوچینسکی (و یا ریزارد کاپوشینسکی) خبرنگاری بود که وقایع مهم آسیا، آفریقا، و آمریکای لاتین را گزارش میداد. دوستان او انقلابیونی چون پاتریس لومومبا، چه‌گوارا، و سالوادور آیِندِه بودند. او از طرف دولت‌های بزرگ غرب چهار بار محکوم به مرگ شده بود.ا ریشارد کاپوچینسکی به طور گسترده به عنوان یکی از روزنامه نگاران برجسته قرن بیستم در نظر گرفته می شود که توانایی تقریباً عرفانی در کشف چیزهای عجیب و غریب یا نادیده گرفته شده را نشان می دهد، و این جزئیات گاهاً سورئال را در روایت هایی گنجانده است که فراتر از گزارش صرف است و وارد قلمرو ادبیات می شود. ریشارد کاپوچینسکی در سال دوهزاروهفت فوت کرد.ااین کتاب، سه سال پس از انقلاب ایران به زیر چاپ رفت، که البته پیشتر از آن قسمت‌هائی از کتاب در مجله "نیویورکِر" به چاپ رسیده بود. فصل‌های مختلف کتاب شاهِ شاهان به تدریج ترجمه و در این وبلاگ می‌آیند. ا

Iran court accepts appeal of protester sentenced to death

DeutscheWelle

December 31, 2022

A young protester is hoping to have his death sentence lifted after Iran's top court agreed to hear his appeal. Two protesters have already been hanged after rushed trials. Iran's Supreme Court has agreed to review an appeal from one of the several protesters now facing execution, the judiciary's news agency, Mizan, reported on Saturday.

شاهِ شاهان (۳) Shah of Shahs (3)

شاهِ شاهان عنوان کتابی‌ است نوشتهٔ "ریزارد کاپوشینسکی". چنانکه از متن این کتاب مشخص است، کاپوشینسکی در زمان انقلاب و یا زمان کوتاهی‌ پس از آن در ایران بوده و وقایعِ انقلاب را تعقیب میکرده است.اریشارد کاپوچینسکی (و یا ریزارد کاپوشینسکی) خبرنگاری بود که وقایع مهم آسیا، آفریقا، و آمریکای لاتین را گزارش میداد. دوستان او انقلابیونی چون پاتریس لومومبا، چه‌گوارا، و سالوادور آیِندِه بودند. او از طرف دولت‌های بزرگ غرب چهار بار محکوم به مرگ شده بود.ا ریشارد کاپوچینسکی به طور گسترده به عنوان یکی از روزنامه نگاران برجسته قرن بیستم در نظر گرفته می شود که توانایی تقریباً عرفانی در کشف چیزهای عجیب و غریب یا نادیده گرفته شده را نشان می دهد، و این جزئیات گاهاً سورئال را در روایت هایی گنجانده است که فراتر از گزارش صرف است و وارد قلمرو ادبیات می شود. ریشارد کاپوچینسکی در سال دوهزاروهفت فوت کرد.ااین کتاب، سه سال پس از انقلاب ایران به زیر چاپ رفت، که البته پیشتر از آن قسمت‌هائی از کتاب در مجله "نیویورکِر" به چاپ رسیده بود. فصل‌های مختلف کتاب شاهِ شاهان به تدریج ترجمه و در این وبلاگ می‌آیند. ا

شاهِ شاهان (۲) Shah of Shahs (2)

شاهِ شاهان عنوان کتابی‌ است نوشتهٔ "ریزارد کاپوشینسکی". چنانکه از متن این کتاب مشخص است، کاپوشینسکی در زمان انقلاب و یا زمان کوتاهی‌ پس از آن در ایران بوده و وقایعِ انقلاب را تعقیب میکرده است.اریشارد کاپوچینسکی (و یا ریزارد کاپوشینسکی) خبرنگاری بود که وقایع مهم آسیا، آفریقا، و آمریکای لاتین را گزارش میداد. دوستان او انقلابیونی چون پاتریس لومومبا، چه‌گوارا، و سالوادور آیِندِه بودند. او از طرف دولت‌های بزرگ غرب چهار بار محکوم به مرگ شده بود. فصل‌های مختلف کتاب شاهِ شاهان به تدریج ترجمه و در این وبلاگ می‌آیند.

ریشارد کاپوچینسکی به طور گسترده به عنوان یکی از روزنامه نگاران برجسته قرن بیستم در نظر گرفته می شود که توانایی تقریباً عرفانی در کشف چیزهای عجیب و غریب یا نادیده گرفته شده را نشان می دهد، و این جزئیات گاهاً سورئال را در روایت هایی گنجانده است که فراتر از گزارش صرف است و وارد قلمرو ادبیات می شود. ریشارد کاپوچینسکی در سال دوهزاروهفت فوت کرد.ااین کتاب، سه سال پس از انقلاب ایران به زیر چاپ رفت، که البته پیشتر از آن قسمت‌هائی از کتاب در مجله "نیویورکِر" به چاپ رسیده بود.اا

Iran's crackdown on protesters unacceptable and intolerable, Italy PM says

Alvise Armellini

December 29, 2022

Iran's repression of protesters, including with the death penalty, is unacceptable and intolerable, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday.

"What is happening today in Iran is unacceptable for us, Italy can no longer tolerate it," Meloni said in an end-of-year press conference.

If Tehran does not change its stance, Italy will consult with allies to take more effective action against the regime, Meloni added.

On Wednesday, Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani summoned the Iranian ambassador to Rome and told him his country had to stop executions and start a dialogue with protesters.

US Immigrants Generate 36% of Nation’s Innovation, Study Finds

Augusta Saraiva

December 28, 2022

Immigrant inventors in the US are “substantially” more productive than native-born scientists, according to a paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research.

شاهِ شاهان Shah of Shahs

وقایع اخیر در ایران بُعد جهانی‌ پیدا کرده است. آنچه که در خارج از ایران کاملا مشهود است فعالیت‌های گستردهٔ خاندان پهلوی برای بازگشت به سلطنت است. در تظاهرات داخل ایران نیز نمونه‌های بارزی از این همبستگی‌ به چشم میخورد. با توجه به اینکه رژیم ددمنش آخوندی روی هر سلسلهٔ سلطنتی را که در ایران حکمرانی میکرد سپید کرده است، شاید عده‌ای انتخاب خود را بین بد و بدتر می‌بینند. آنچه که این انتخاب را آشفته‌تر می‌کند خط کشی‌ و جانشینیِ قدرت‌های سیاسیِ کنونی در جهان است، که با یک جنگ جهانیِ دیگر فاصلهٔ چندانی ندارد. از آن سوی، با نگاهی‌ به تاریخ امپراطوری‌ها می‌توان این پیش‌بینی‌ را به حقیقت نزدیکتر دید، که اضمحلال امپراطوری‌های پیشین فقط با یک جنگ جهانی‌ گسترده و خانمان‌سوز به وحلهٔ عمل رسیده‌ است. از آنطرف چون دولت‌های آخوندی تحت فشار بسیار از طرف کشور‌های غربی هستند، بالاجبار به چین و روسیه روی آورده‌ا‌ند، گرچه تمایل آنها به غرب بیش از هر رژیم پادشاهی است. با توجه به نفرتی که اکثر ایرانیان از رژیم آخوندی دارند، به تضاد آنها با این دو کشور، به خصوص با چین که در راه جانشینیِ آمریکا است، و به ستیز آنها در رابطه با رژیم آخوندی با این دو کشور شکل میدهد. همین باعث آشفتگی‌ بیشتر در ذهنیت افراد میشود، که البته تبلیغات هوشمندانه و وسیع غرب بر ایرانیان نیز بسیار تاثیرگذار است.ا

Iran brags about its missile export to Palestinians, Hezbollah

Seth J. Frantzman

December 25, 2022

Iranian pro-government media published an article on Sunday bragging about its “integrated missile network” and how it has armed the “resistance” in the Middle East. By “resistance,” the report was referring to a network of pro-Iranian groups and proxy groups it supports, particularly Hezbollah, the Palestinians and Yemen.

The article begins as a tribute to Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam, an Iranian IRGC general who was killed in an explosion at a missile facility near Tehran on November 12, 2011.

What Really Saved the Democrats This Year?

Progressives and moderates both have a theory of the case.

Thomas B. Edsall

Dec. 21, 2022

In the Democratic Party, despite its better-than-expected showing in the 2022 midterm elections, internecine combat has been playing out in disputes over the party’s nominees and the policies they propose. At the nuts-and-bolts level of candidate selection, the debate has become intensely emotional and increasingly hostile.

There’s a Reason There Aren’t Enough Teachers in America

Many Reasons, Actually. We are going about education reform all wrong.

Thomas B.Edsall

Dec. 14, 2022

Teachers are not only burnt out and undercompensated, they are also demoralized. They are being asked to do things in the name of teaching that they believe are mis-educational and harmful to students and the profession.

East Bay Iranians organize local condemnation of state violence against women and others in Iran

Ricky Rodas

December 22, 2022

Several Bay Area cities have passed resolutions decrying ongoing human rights abuses in Iran. The effort started in Berkeley and Oakland.

US hits more Iranian officials with human rights sanctions

Associated Press

December 21, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday slapped sanctions on Iran’s chief prosecutor, four other Iranian officials and a company that supports the country’s security forces for their roles in an ongoing violent crackdown on antigovernment protests.

The Treasury Department announced it is targeting the Prosecutor-General of Iran, Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, two senior commanders in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps, and two members of the Basij, a paramilitary volunteer group that often enforces strict rules on dress and conduct.

Iranian Director Asghar Farhadi Demands Release Of Arrested Actress Taraneh Alidoosti

JesseWhittock

December 20, 2022

Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi has demanded the release of actress Taraneh Alidoosti, who was arrested in Iran.

Iranian Filmmakers Are Preparing Hijab-Free Movies

Nick Holdswort

December 19, 2022

Iranian filmmakers are secretly filming dual versions of scenes from their movies in anticipation of a regime change after months of protests against hard-line Islamic rule in their country.

The hijab-free scenes – where actresses are portrayed without the head covering that is mandatory for women in the country – are part of a widespread protest movement in Iran sparked after Masha Amin’s death in police custody in September.

Iran arrests famous actress Taraneh Alidoosti over protests

Deutsche Welle

December 17, 2022

The actress, who starred in the Oscar-winning film "The Salesman," had made a post expressing solidarity with an executed protester. Pro-government media said she was accused of "spreading false information."

Iranian authorities have arrested prominent actress Taraneh Alidoosti, state media said on Saturday.

Alidoosti, who starred in the Oscar-winning film "The Salesman," made several Instagram protests expressing support toward protests over the death of young Kurdish woman Jina Mahsa Amini in police custody.

World's Shortest Man, Who's 20 and From Iran, Says Guinness World Records Fame Is 'Like a Dream'

Maria Pasquini

December 15, 2022

Afshin Esmaeil Ghaderzadeh is celebrating big news: he's officially been named as the world's shortest man.

The 20-year-old from Iran, who is 2 feet, 1.6 inches tall, recently earned the title after visiting the Guinness World Records offices in Dubai — but first, the record-keeping organization says they tripled-checked their measurements.

کاش همه مثل من فکر میکردن

سالها پیش مقاله‌ای نوشتم و آنرا در این وبلاگ پُست کردم. از آنجائی که این مقاله با وقایع اخیر در ایران ارتباط مستقیمی‌ دارد، آنرا مجددا در اینجا به چاپ میرسانم. در سمت راست این وبلاگ، لیستی از پُست‌های پیشین است، که می‌توان این مقاله را در تاریخ زیر نیز یافت:ا

January 2, 2014ا

The young Iranians facing death penalty over protests

 AFP

December 14, 2022

A doctor, rap artists and a footballer are among around two dozen Iranians who risk being hanged as Tehran uses capital punishment as an intimidation tactic to quell protests, rights groups say.

The executions in the past week of Mohsen Shekari and Majidreza Rahnavard, both 23 and the first people put to death over the protests, sparked an outcry, especially as Rahnavard was hanged from a crane in public rather than in prison.

Iranian footballer sentenced to execution for 'campaigning for women's rights'

Jack de Menezes

December 13, 2022

Professional footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani is reportedly facing execution in Iran for "campaigning for women's rights and basic freedom in his country".

FifPro, the international players union, said it was "shocked and sickened" at the reports and called for the punishment to be revoked.

Iran publicly executes protester tied to anti-government uprising

Babak Dehghanpisheh

December 12, 2022

Iran publicly executed a protester in the northeastern city of Mashhad on Monday, a chilling warning to those still participating in the anti-government demonstrations that have swept the country for nearly three months.

Majid Reza Rahnavard, 23, was hanged from a construction crane. A video of the execution spreading across social media shows his suspended body, dressed in white with his hands bound behind him, slowly spinning in the predawn dark as a crowd gathers around.

Iran’s currency falls further against the dollar amid unrest

 AP

December 10, 2022

CAIRO (AP) — Iran’s currency fell to a record low against the dollar on Sunday, with nationwide anti-government protests now in their third month. A breakdown in negotiations to restore Tehran’s nuclear deal has also hurt the value of the rial.

Traders in Tehran were exchanging the rial at around 370,000 to the dollar on Sunday, up from 368,000 on Thursday. Iran’s currency was trading at 32,000 rials to the dollar at the time of the 2015 nuclear accord that dropped international sanctions in exchange for tight controls on Iran’s nuclear program.

At least 24 Iranian protesters face possible execution for their participation in protests

Daniel Stewart

December 10, 2022

At least two dozen Iranian protesters face possible execution as a response by authorities to their participation in protests critical of the government, according to a report published Saturday by local daily ‘Etemad’.

The newspaper published a list drawn up by the Iranian authorities accusing 25 demonstrators of «waging war against God», a charge that, according to Iranian law, is punishable by death.

بریتانیا تیره روز است، اما بریتانیایی ها در حال مبارزه هستند

(این ترجمه یک نوشته انگلیسی‌ توسط "راشل شبی‌" است، که در همین وبلاگ آمده است).ا

لندن - بریتانیا در حال از بین رفتن است و علائم در همه جا دیده می شود

تورم دو رقمی است و انتظار می‌رود که رکود - بدترین رکود در بین کشورهای "گروه هفت" - تا سال ۲۰۲۴ ادامه یابد. سازمان "خدمات بهداشت ملی‌" در حال احتزاز است، حمل‌ونقل عمومی در حال پراکندگی است، و کمبود کارگران پس از "برکزیت" گسترده است. صاحبان خانه با افزایش نرخ وام مسکن روبرو هستند، مستاجران در معرض اخراج بدون تقصیر هستند و میلیون ها نفر نمی توانند خانه های خود را گرم کنند. بانک های مواد غذایی، که به سختی یک دهه پیش وجود داشتند، در نقطه شکست هستند و چهارده و نیم میلیون نفر در فقر به سر می برند. زمستان اینجاست و تاریک  است.ا

Britain Is Miserable, but Britons Are Fighting Back

Rachel Shabi

December 8, 2022

LONDON — Britain is languishing, and the signs are everywhere.

Inflation is in double digits, and the recession — the worst of all Group of 7 countries — is expected to last deep into 2024. The National Health Service is on life support, public transport is sputtering, and post-Brexit worker shortages are widespread. Homeowners face soaring mortgage rates, renters are subject to no-fault evictions, and millions can’t afford to heat their homes. Food banks, which barely existed a decade ago, are at breaking point, and 14.5 million people are in poverty. Winter is here, and it’s bleak.

The United States internalizes Iran's unrest

 M.K. Bhadrakumar

December 9, 2022

The ongoing unrest in Iran since mid-September following the death of a Kurdish woman in police custody shows no signs of abating as of now. The unrest has drawn support from all social strata and assumed anti-government overtones. The efficacy of suppressing the unrest is doubtful. Iran is entering a period of turmoil.

Daily Briefing: First protester executed by Iran

 Nicole Fallert

December 8, 2022

A prisoner convicted in Iran's ongoing protests has been executed.

Iran executes first known prisoner arrested in protests

Iran says it has executed a prisoner convicted of a crime allegedly committed during the country’s ongoing nationwide protests, Iran’s Mizan news agency reported Thursday. It's the first such death penalty carried out by Tehran. The man was accused of blocking a street and attacking a security force member with a machete in Tehran.

27-year-old Iranian protester on death row subjected to 'mock executions' three times: Report

Moohita Kaur Garg

December 6, 2022

One of the six people facing the death penalty over the current anti-government protests in Iran has reportedly been subject to "mock executions" in prison.

Sahand Noormohammadzadeh was found guilty of "enmity against god" last month over accusations of blocking traffic and setting a bin on fire and is one of those facing a death sentence.

1,200 Iranian students poisoned ahead of mass protests

Olivia Land

December 6, 2022

A group of 1,200 university students in Iran were struck down by food poisoning the night before a wave of anti-regime protests were set to be held throughout the country.

Students at Kharazmi and Ark universities experienced vomiting, severe body aches and hallucinations, the national student union claimed Thursday.

Iran allegedly shutting down ‘morality police’ after protests; critics brand news ‘disinformation’

Adam Schrader

December 4, 2022

The revelation was made by Iran's Attorney General Mohammad Javad Montazeri in remarks during a meeting Saturday, according to the BBC and The New York Times citing Iranian state media agencies.

The news has been called "disinformation" by Iranian journalists critical of whether Iran would follow through with shutting down its controversial police force.

As Iran Unrest Turns to Armed Clashes, Government Prepares Fight to Survive

Tom O'conner

December 1, 2022

As a wave of unrest in Iran sparked by the death of a Kurdish woman in police custody continues to rock the nation two and a half months after it began, crackdowns by security forces on demonstrations have at times been met with armed resistance, threatening a new, even more violent phase in which the Islamic Republic would be fighting for its very survival.

Newsweek spoke with officials, experts and activists who acknowledged the potential for this new phase of instability persisting throughout Iran.

Outsider in the House

For those who believe that the political system in the United States is a democracy, with the definition of “democracy” that one can find in dictionaries, it will perhaps be shocking to learn about the electoral statistics. Analyzing various elections in the United States, one can infer that the most important election by far, is a presidential election, when majority of the population participate. According to Statistica, percentage of those eligible to vote in presidential election was the highest in 2020 with 67%, and percentage of votes in comparison to total population was 48% in the same year. It means that more than one third of the eligible people did not bother participating in presidential election. And those who participated, were even less than half of the total US population.

Iran’s regime at an impasse as protest movement defies crackdown

Miriam Berger

December 1, 2022

The uprising in Iran, well into its third month, continues to defy expectations, persisting even amid an increasingly violent crackdown and opponents of clerical rule uniting across class and ethnic lines.

The movement, born out of long-seething anger over decades of repression, cascaded after police arrested 22-year-old Mahsa Amini — also known by her Kurdish name, Jina — in a Tehran metro station for violating Iran’s conservative dress code for women, then allegedly beat her to death and tried to cover it up. What began in Amini’s hometown in a Kurdish-dominated province has grown into a sustained, nationwide challenge to the regime — and one not easily defeated.

Iran won’t be incoming IDF chief of staff’s biggest challenge – analysis

ANNA AHRONHEIM

November 30, 2022

Iran might pose the greatest external threat to the State of Israel, but the relations between the IDF and the political echelon is going to be the greatest challenge for incoming Chief of Staff Hertzi Halevi when he takes office in January.

Halevi, who will replace Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kohavi, will have his work cut out for him from the moment he sits behind his desk at the Kirya Military Headquarters in Tel Aviv.

At least 488 killed in Iran protests — NGO

Deutsche Welle

November 29, 2022

The Iranian Human Rights group said that more than half had been killed in areas with high Kurdish and Baloch populations. Meanwhile, Iranian authorities acknowledge a toll of more than 300 for the first time.Iranian security forces have killed at least 488 people in a crackdown on protests, the Iranian Human Rights (IHR) group said on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, a general of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps said "more than 300 martyrs and people" have been killed in the unrest, the first time authorities have acknowledged such a figure.

Protests broke out in mid-September in Iran following the death of young Kurdish woman Jina Mahsa Amini in police custody, who had been detained for allegedly failing to wear her veil according to the Islamic Republic's strict dress code.

Covering Iran’s unrest and crackdown from thousands of miles away

Elahe Izadi

November 28, 2022

For more than two months, journalist Golnaz Esfandiari has been reporting nonstop on the protests and brutal crackdowns erupting across Iran — from more than 2,500 miles away in Prague.

It’s not easy. With foreign press virtually absent inside Iran — where authorities are arresting local journalists, restricting internet access and allegedly spreading misinformation online — distant correspondents such as Esfandiari face a deluge of challenges in getting accurate news about Iran to the rest of the world.