Monolithic Myths
I could not help but laugh at the irony when I read successive articles in the New York Times on Monday in which, in the first article, Iran’s government was referred to monolithically as “the mullahs”, while in the second, the Times reported that senior clerics in Iran are actually being targeted for government censorship. […]
IRI’s Helping Hand
While some Iranians came out to protest on the one-year anniversary of the fraudulent presidential elections this weekend, others came out to attack Mehdi Karroubi and the offices of Grand Ayatollah Saanei and late Grand Ayatollah Montazeri. Karroubi, who traveled to Qom on Sunday for a mourning ceremony, planned on visiting Grand Ayatollah Yousef Saanei, […]
Ayatollah Montazeri: Occupation of the American Embassy Was a Mistake
In a statement posted on his website, Ayatollah Montazeri said that the occupation of the American embassy was not the right thing to do. According to Montazeri, “occupying the embassy of a country we are not at war with is like declaring war on them and is wrong. Many devoted [revolutionaries] who were involved accept […]