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From Iran Today: Thank you Mr. President

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on March 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »

From Iran today, to Mr. Obama, on the passage of health care reform: Dear mr president, my friend (my chosen president) i congratulate you for passage of health care bill / thank you for a tremendous hard work that you did. without your hardest work this was not possible/ thank you, thank you. (i am [...]

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March 16, 2010 Shiraz is ALIVE!!!

Posted in First Hand Accounts from Shiraz, tagged , , , on March 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »

From Iran today: March 16, 2010 Shiraz is ALIVE!!!! This is the BEST Chaharshanbeh Soori I have ever experienced! Our city was alive tonight with the sounds of music, laughter and fireworks! And even though it is illegal now to build bonfires on the roads, people were building fires in the joobes (open drains) and [...]

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New letter from Iran: “Not much going on, but a lot going on”

Posted in First Hand Accounts from Shiraz, tagged , , , , , , , on March 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »

From Iran today: March 3, 2010 Not Much Going On, But A lot Going On A second person I am personally aware of, who was imprisoned for 2 years around 1367, was summoned for questioning.  The two who were questioned were asked to fill in a lot of personal information on a form including who [...]

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New letter from Iran:”. . . it had been hacked bt Iran Cyber Army, who had left a nasty little note for potential readers”

Posted in First Hand Accounts from Shiraz, tagged , , , , , , on March 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

From Iran today: February 11, 2010 Drive to Tehran On our drive to Tehran for the long weekend I tried to SMS a friend who lives there. There was no texting capability. As we entered the city around 11:30 at night there was not a single sign of security anywhere to be seen. I guess [...]

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New letter from Iran: “It is a nervous time”

Posted in First Hand Accounts from Shiraz, tagged , , , on March 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

From Iran today: February 1, 2010 Haven’t Written for a LONG Time It’s been a long time since I have written. Sometimes it just doesn’t seem worth it. Change will take its time. Cycles of life and governance move at their own pace. Can we puny little humans really do anything to change our situation [...]

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New letter from Iran: “What’s happening?”

Posted in First Hand Accounts from Shiraz, tagged , , , , on March 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

From Iran today: January 9, 2010 What’s Happening? The Internet is slow and sporadic EVERYDAY. BBC Persian and VOA are cut off all day except for before 9am when the jamming office workers are not at work yet it seems (at least for us). In some areas the jamming technology does not work. They keep [...]

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Today’s letter from Iran: Hoping for a Better New Year

Posted in First Hand Accounts from Shiraz, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on March 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

From Iran today: January 2, 2010 Hoping for a Better New Year I heard many first person accounts today as well as stories from relatives of people. One woman was sitting in a cab in Shiraz yesterday, Friday, when on the Iranian radio the news reporter indignantly complained that BBC was saying many people in [...]

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New Letter from Iran

Posted in First Hand Accounts from Shiraz, tagged , , , , , , , on March 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I just received some new letters from Iran: December 21, 2009 Ayatollah Montazeri Died Someone sent me an SMS saying, “Ayatollah Montazeri Dargozasht (A. Montazeri died). Although I have had my Christmas decorations up for over a week and am trying to have a happy house for the season, despite the mandatory depression of the [...]

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most amazing picture I have seen yet from Iran

Posted in Emotional Impact - how we are surviving, tagged , , , , on March 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Photo by Piedro Masturzo.  Was awarded WordPress Photo 2009!

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22 Bahman “Unhappy New Year”

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on February 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Well written analysis on the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran (written by NIAC) below.  My aunt summed up her reaction to the protests on that day by saying: “It wasn’t as big as we had hoped, but it was a step forward.”

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