Iranian Madness

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Quella notte sui tetti di Teheran

February 25th, 2010 · No Comments

Il settimanale Panorama ha pubblicato un’interessante intervista a Pietro Masturzo, vincitore del World Press Photo Award 2009.
Che emozione che dev’essere stata vivere quelle notti insieme al popolo iraniano!

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Tags: Opposition · Politics · Press

Emrooz e le ballerine

January 23rd, 2010 · No Comments

Non manca la fantasia, in Iran: prima il quotidiano Emrooz, vicino al sindaco di Teheran Mohamed Bagher Ghalibaf, si inventa un logo che ricorda una ballerina stilizzata.
E poi, ovviamente, i bacchettoni conservatori fanno il loro dovere.
L’Iran è bello anche per questo: la battaglia si gioca su molti fronti, alcuni che fanno ridere (amaramente).

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Tags: Daily life · Government · Opposition · Politics · Press

What’s really going on?

June 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments

There are several theories about what is going on in Iran right now.
We’ve seen it all: mass rallies in support of the defeated presidential candidates Mirhossein Moussavi, clashes between supporters of different candidates, crackdown by the authorities (quite mild, actually, in comparison to what it could have been), and most recently, no less than [...]

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Tags: Government · Opinions · Opposition · Politics · Press

Facebook

June 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

Chiaramente, il governo iraniano ha paura di Facebook. Il motivo principale sembra essere lo stesso che causa i blocchi di internet e la censura dei giornali stranieri: l’informazione, secondo Ahmadinejad e compagnia, va controllata minuziosamente, in un modello che ricorda molto il comunismo.
E di recente, con le elezioni alle porte, le altalene sull’accesso a Facebook [...]

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Tags: Government · Politics · Press

Blogger father arrested in Iran

November 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Blogging is becoming a dangerous sport in Iran.

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Tags: Opinions · Politics · Press

Politica estera mediorientale

April 12th, 2008 · No Comments

E’ abbastanza difficile fare un riassunto breve, coinciso e azzeccato della politica estera mediorientale.
Il giornalista marocchino Abdessalam Benissa ci è riuscito benissimo in questo articolo, tradotto in italiano da Chiosco Unimed.
In pratica, la Siria si ritrova completamente isolata. Speriamo solo che Israele non la prenda di mira.

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Tags: Government · Middle East · Press

Iran and Israel

April 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

At least, Iran and Israel have something in common: nobody likes them.
Israel is viewed as the country with the second most negative influence on the world, according to a poll released recently by the BBC World Service.
Iran was considered to have the most negative influence, ranked lowest in world opinion at 54 percent [...]

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Tait leaves Iran

February 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Seems that The Guardian’s excellent Iran-based columnist Robert Tait has been expelled – the Iranian way, by not renewing his work permit and not offering any explanation.
Reality is, he was getting too deep into the truths of Iranian society. His last correspondence from Iran is a good testimony of this.
Will the same happen to [...]

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Premio Siena

November 24th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Mi fa piacere che la mia città natale, Siena, dedichi un premio ad Adnan Hassanpour e Abdovaled “Hiwa” Boutimar, due giornalisti curdo-iraniani attualmente ospiti del sistema carcerario della Repubblica Islamica.
Speriamo che questo premio incoraggi la loro liberazione.

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Tags: Opposition · Press

What happened with Mianeh?

October 14th, 2007 · No Comments

Mianeh has been one of my favourite Iranian e-zines. It lacks the pro-government bias that infests the likes of Tehran times, and does not get to the anti-government excess of all (illegal) opposition papers.
As per lately, however, it seems dead. Does anyone know what happened with it?

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