Iranian Madness

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Thawing

March 29th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Am I the only one who has witnessed a milder, more open attitude in Iran’s regime these days? It feels as though there has been an implicit truce, and relationship between the different stakeholders in the Islamic Republic are thawing.
There have been several examples that point towards this direction, some of them truly remarkable, [...]

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Tags: Government · Iran and Italy · Nuclear plants and bombs · Opposition · Politics

Premio italiano per una foto iraniana

February 15th, 2010 · No Comments

Come avevo già scritto in inglese, il premio della World Press per la miglior foto del 2009 è stato assegnato a un giovane fotografo italiano, Pietro Masturzo. E mi fa ovviamente piacere che il soggetto sia iraniano, e precisamente un tetto di una casa di Teheran nei giorni immediatamente successivi alle elezioni del giugno 2009.
Un’interessante [...]

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Tags: Daily life · Iran and Italy · Opposition · Politics · Women

Wordpress photo of the year: an Italian view of Iranian protests

February 14th, 2010 · No Comments

It’s great to see an Italian photographer, Pietro Masturzo, win the World Press Photo of the year award for 2009 with a picture on Iran.
The black and white photo, showed below, depicts women shouting slogans against the regime from the rooftop of a house in Tehran. This mode of protesting is reminiscent of the 1979 [...]

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Tags: Iran and Italy · Opposition · Politics · Women

Iran and Italy: story of a relationship that’s about to go all wrong

February 9th, 2010 · No Comments

It’s interesting to see the ups and downs of the seemingly never-ending relationship between Iran and Italy.
Not many people know that Italy owns the largest private piece of land in Tehran (and probably in the whole Iran): the ambassador’s residence in Farmanieh, with its flourishing garden of rare trees and its Qajar-style buildings, is [...]

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Tags: Big unsolved problems · Government · Iran and Italy · Opposition · Politics

La storia di Mahmoud

September 12th, 2009 · No Comments

Ecco una bella storia su un giovane qualsiasi, uno dei tanti ingegneri iraniani che pur di scappare da Basij e compagnia non esitano a fare mestieri ben poco consoni alle loro qualificazioni (tassisti, lavapiatti, contadini e via discorrendo).
La storia di Mahmoud, pubblicata dal Giornale di Feltri, è la storia di mille, centomila altri iraniani [...]

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

The days of diplomacy

May 31st, 2009 · No Comments

Elections In Iran are not far ahead, and, as usual, diplomacy is at work big time inside and outside Iran. Clearly, the name of the next presidents interests not only the Iranians, but also many other people outside the country.
Let’s start with Egypt: on April 21 they have summoned the top Iranian diplomat in [...]

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Tags: Government · Iran and Italy · Iran and US · Middle East · Politics

Thanks, Iran!

April 10th, 2009 · No Comments

Thanks, Iran for offering to help Italy in these devastating times.
(both pictures by Ansa)

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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

Beppe in Iran

December 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Uno dei miei calciatori preferiti di sempre, Beppe Signori, sembra interessato a un lavoro in Iran.
Speriamo che le autorità non combinino un pasticcio come nel caso di Clemente.
Forza Beppe!

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Tags: Big unsolved problems · Iran and Italy