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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Thawing
March 29th, 2010 · 2 Comments
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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)
Tags: Iran and Italy
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 [...]
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 [...]
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!
Tags: Big unsolved problems · Iran and Italy