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Entries from January 2009

Mixed football game

January 29th, 2009 · No Comments

Change is ripe in Iran: a mixed football game has been organized in Tehran.
Of course the promoters were then punished and suspended – but it’s the sign that things are slowly changing over there. And small, daily life things count perhaps more than a new president.
Who wants to bet with me that in ten [...]

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Tags: Daily life · Dress code · Women

Iranians rock!

January 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

Here’s another excellent article by the Guardian, which is slowly becoming one of my favourite papers in the whole world.
This is about rock musicians in Iran – a hidden world worth exploring.
And look at Maral – she really rocks!

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Tags: Daily life · Government · Women

Benetton progetta (e viene bruciata)

January 17th, 2009 · No Comments

Ritorniamo sul caso Benetton.
Vi ricorderete che gli inviati speciali del governo iraniano hanno bruciato uno dei loro negozi a Teheran, a causa di apparenti collegamenti tra l’azienda e il mondo sionista (non ci hanno fatto dono di altri dettagli, quindi non si può andare a fondo nella cosa).
Quasi in contemporanea, la Benetton ha annunciato [...]

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Tags: Iran and Italy · Politics · Religion

Demonstrations in Iran

January 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

I absolutely adore the Iranian government when they let news about demonstrations leak.
Recently it’s been quite a few of them – and guess what? they were all pro-Gaza and anti-Israel. What a surprise!
You have to concede that the Iranians are quite creative in this.
First, they throw Molotov bombs to the Saudi Arabian [...]

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Tags: Big unsolved problems · Daily life · Government · Iran and Italy · Opinions