Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 9th, 2009 5 Comments »
by Rasmus Christian Elling.
With so many interesting developments in Iran right now, I will try and update this post every time I come across news, headlines and blog entries I find interesting. The elections on Friday for the Presidency of the Islamic Republic has finally heated up and the net is buzzing with interesting stuff.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 22nd, 2009 No Comments »
by Rasmus Christian Elling.
I’m sorry, but this deserves its own post. As I’ve mentioned earlier, there were rumors of presidential candidate and 72-year old revolutionary cleric Hojjatoleslam Mehdi Karubi’s meeting with a group of pop artists recently – among them the underground rapper Sâsi Mânkan (Sasy the Model). It is now more or less confirmed. [...]
Posted in Iran on Apr 19th, 2009 5 Comments »
by Rasmus Christian Elling.
After a turbulent start, the Iranian presidential election race has entered a new phase. Now, the presidential candidates are aiming their slogans and promises at Iran’s youth. But is it too little, too late to create a reformist momentum?
Over the last two weeks, Mir-Hossein Musavi – the candidate for which Khatami stepped [...]
Posted in Iran on Mar 23rd, 2009 8 Comments »
by Rasmus Christian Elling.
Khatami’s recent withdrawal from the Iranian presidential elections came as a shock. The question now is what will happen to the ‘reformists’ before the elections slated for June 12.
However, the debate is obscured by the fact that the terms ‘reformist’ and ‘conservative’ are increasingly inappropriate simplifications of the much more complex and [...]
Posted in Iran on Nov 21st, 2008 No Comments »
by Rasmus Christian Elling.
A selective glance at Iran and Iranian media, November 21.
The (in)famous Iranian weblog writer Hossein Derakhshan – who has caused a stir in ‘weblogistan’ ever since he (allegedly) started the first weblog in Persian – has apparently been arrested in Iran (more here). His critics – and they are many – tend [...]
