Iranian Madness

It’s time to say goodbye.
This blog has been silent for a while, and there’s a good reason: I’ve left the Middle East, gone back to my country (Italy).
Without talking to Iranians and going frequently to the country, it’s near impossible for me to keep updated on what’s going on in Tehran.
During the course [...]

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It’s now the year 1389: happy new year Iran.
1388 has been a very tumultuous year, from the elections in June, which saw the uprising of the so-called Green Movement, to the dispute on nuclear power plants (and weapons), which saw Western diplomacy prove once again its ineptitude towards such delicate issues.
How did the [...]

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I really hope the world will start understanding that there is no such thing as the Great Islamic Nation. There are, instead, lots of different countries with very marked identity and extremely different cultural roots. Just like Christianity, Islam is too spread out to unify cultures (and islamists would argue that it’s not even supposed [...]

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When looking at these pictures from Tehran and Isfahan, it’s not hard to bet that the Iranian establishment has no chance to get out of this wave of protests with their power untouched.
It may not be another revolution, but it’s certainly going to be a big setback for the mullahs.

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Un vero genio politico, l’Ayatollah Khamenei. Il suo fiuto gli permette di fare analisi visionarie sulla situazione politica iraniana che eludono la comprensione di qualsiasi altro essere umano.
Godetevi l’acume della sua intervista: ha addirittura compreso che la situazione in Iran è difficile.
Rimaniamo basiti davanti a cotale intuizione. Un vero leader del duemila!

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Wow, I was not expecting this. No matter what the restrictions imposed by the authorities, the Iranian election affair still made it to be the most popular Twitter topic of the year 2009 – in the whole world!
No matter how the Ayatollahs try to limit the young Iranians’ expression freedom, it’s quite clear that they [...]

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Everyone who’s been long enough in the Middle East has learned how to say insh’allah (which literally translates as “God willing”).
The word is very misused: in theory it’s supposed to indicate that God is after all in control of everything we do, and although we are doing our best to achieve things He can change [...]

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The authorities are no longer a threat as I have left Iran. Which mean that Iranian Madness is back, as fresh as ever. Sorry about the silence – it really was not healthy to continue.
See you around these pages!

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