...In veils.
What's Farsi for turtle? (ISNA)
(ISNA)
(ISNA)
I am guessing she was picked first when they chose teams. (ISNA)
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Well done, ladies! It's too bad the regime makes you wear such goofy outfits. (ISNA)
Monday, August 06, 2007
Iranian Women Enjoy Afternoon of Softball... In Veils
There's just nothing like an afternoon game of softball.
...In veils.
What's Farsi for turtle? (ISNA)
(ISNA)
(ISNA)
I am guessing she was picked first when they chose teams. (ISNA)
(ISNA)
Well done, ladies! It's too bad the regime makes you wear such goofy outfits. (ISNA)
...In veils.
What's Farsi for turtle? (ISNA)
(ISNA)
(ISNA)
I am guessing she was picked first when they chose teams. (ISNA)
(ISNA)
Well done, ladies! It's too bad the regime makes you wear such goofy outfits. (ISNA)
i'm impressed with your blog. so many amazing stories!
ReplyDeletehope you don't mind, but i'm putting you on my blog roll. :)
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ReplyDeletesorry GP.. and i hate to burst anyone's bubble, but it's quite a propaganda coup imho.. here's the real scoop.. *sigh*
Iran has just carried out the largest
wave of executions since 1984..
BY AMIR TAHERI
August 6, 2007..
Domestic Terror in Iran
excerpts:
[It is early dawn as seven young men are led to the gallows amid shouts of "Allah Akbar" (Allah is the greatest) from a crowd of bearded men as a handful of women, all in hijab, ululate to a high pitch. A few minutes later, the seven are hanged as a mullah shouts: "Alhamd li-Allah" (Praise be to Allah).]
[The Mashad hangings, broadcast live on local television, are among a series of public executions ordered by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad last month as part of a campaign to terrorize an increasingly restive population. Over the past six weeks, at least 118 people have been executed, including four who were stoned to death. According to Saeed Mortazavi, the chief Islamic prosecutor, at least 150 more people, including five women, are scheduled to be hanged or stoned to death in the coming weeks.]
[The campaign of terror also includes targeted "disappearances" designed to neutralize trade union leaders, student activists, journalists and even mullahs opposed to the regime. According to the latest tally, more than 30 people have "disappeared" since the start of the new Iranian year on March 21. To intimidate the population, the authorities also have carried out mass arrests on spurious grounds.]
[There are, however, an unknown number of unofficial prisons as well, often controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or militias working for various powerful mullahs. Last week, human rights activists in Iran published details of a new prison in Souleh, northwest of Tehran, staffed by militants from the Lebanese branch of Hezbollah. According to the revelations, the Souleh prison is under the control of the "Supreme Guide" Ali Khamenehi, and used for holding the regime's most "dangerous" political foes.]
[According to Rajab-Ali Shahsavari, leader of the Union of Contractual Workers, 25,795 unionists have been fired since April. He estimates that now over 1,000 workers are losing their jobs each day, as the regime intensifies its crackdown.
Worse still, the number of suspicious deaths among workers has risen to an all-time high.]
[The nationwide crackdown is accompanied with efforts to cut Iranians off from sources of information outside the Islamic Republic. More than 4,000 Internet sites have been blocked, and more are added each day. The Ministry of Islamic Orientation has established a new blacklist of authors and book titles twice longer than what it was a year ago. Since April, some 30 newspapers and magazines have been shut and their offices raided. At least 17 journalists are in prison, two already sentenced to death by hanging.]
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