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Argo Reform Yourself!

bahmani — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 18:08:25 +0000

SPOILER ALERT!

I finally got enough courage to go and see ARGO, the new Ben Affleck dramatization about the US-Iran Hostage crisis in 1979. I say dramatization. As a film, it's too damn entertaining to include as anything that is really politically poignant.

The Good News:

US Iranians Should Vote Locally, Nationally we're moot.

bahmani — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 17:21:45 +0000

Recently Noor film Festival put out a Public Service Annoucement presumably asking California-Iranians (the largest group in the US) to vote in the upcoming US election. Mostly though the emphasis was the Presidential election.

Mirkarimi Win Bittersweet for Iranian-Americans

bahmani — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:12:31 +0000

Re-posted from Iroon.com

Last night, Ross Mirakirmi was re-instated as Sheriff of San Francisco.

"The 7-4 vote went straight down the line of Conservatives against Liberals. Right against Left. Wrong against Right."

Cowardice of Analysis, Diaspora in Paralysis

bahmani — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:23:39 +0000

33 years.

Since 1979 it has been crystal clear that the Iranian Revolution was neither Iranian, nor was it a revolution. Aragh Saggi drinking, Cabaret shots with Hayedeh going, velgardi loving, eysh o ayashi worshipping Iranians suddenly became overnight devout moslems?

Please. Save yourself the embarrassment and do not try to sell me that. How could a country filled to the loving cup brim, FULL of fun loving, joke telling, western leaning, good natured, internationally disarmingly charming people suddenly turn sour, dour, and all too artificially mosque-straight?

News on Brussles Found!

bahmani — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:34:20 +0000

Apologies, I found a full report by. I should have guessed none other than our own Ahmad Batebi (The Gentle Giant of Iranian opposition), on the Brussels Conference.

He dropped it in my lap this morning.

The full article is in this week's issue of Iranians (vol. 16, No. 589, Friday Julay 13, 2012) a weekly newspaper published in Farsi, out of Virginia mostly for the DC area or Nationally if your baghali carries it.

I am reading it now and because no one here seems to care will digest it in a day or so.

No News From Brussels?

bahmani — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:45:30 +0000

I heard that the opposition groups had a meeting in Brussels. As any Freedom aspiring Iranian of course, I was curious and interested to read the proceedings and learn what the 33 year old struggle for Iranian freedom has to say about the state of affairs, the future plans and direction, and generally listen to the optimistic likelihood of change coming to Iran.

You know, like normal opposition groups always say about their struggle. Some shit like, "Victory is just around the corner, here's a pie chart that shows the progress we are making..."

No such luck.

De-Baffling NIAC

bahmani — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 19:13:37 +0000

Happy 4th of July, may we take inspiration from this day of independence and achieve our own, soon.

Everything you want to know about NIAC can be summarized, clarified, and simplified by watching the following video. This is my last post on the personal investigation I have been making into NIAC, and how and why it still kicks.

[SPOILER ALERT: NIAC is a joke. On us. It is actually all just a dream. Or in Hassan Daie's case, a nightmare. Poor Hassan! Someone wake him up! I know you're not supposed to in the middle of dreams, but it's crueler letting him think it's all real.]

Iran's Green Movement: 3-year Anniversary

bahmani — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 05:24:27 +0000

Read the full piece on http://brucebahmani.blogspot.com/2012/07/irans-gre...

3 years ago over the last couple weeks in June 2009 during the controversial Iranian Presidential election, a series of street protests became known throughout the world as Iran's Green Movement. The supporters of Mir-Hossein Moussavi, felt that the election had been stolen, and that their candidate had won.

News: Anderson Cooper to Visit Iran

bahmani — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:33:34 +0000

Fake news to tempt, titillate, tease, and taunt:

Now that Anderson Cooper is gay (surprise!) he announced today the he will soon file one of those cool hip action adventure 360 reports from Iran. " Anderson said, "Then Iran will finally have gays "like you have" in America."

While he is there, NIAC annoucned today that they will soon file another complaint about Iranians not being depicted in the media fairly, this time by Seth McFarlane in his movie "Ted". In the movie Mark Walhberg looks sad and his co-worker comes up to him and says,

"What's the matter?"

US Cannot Legally Attack Iran

bahmani — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 15:13:26 +0000

Because technically, according to the sanctions laws, sending a missile, or dropping a bomb, or shooting a bullet, or especially uploading a computer virus would amount to sending "Vital Technology" to Iran.

Iran's ability to deconstruct, reverse engineer, and figure out how shit works, is greater than the ability to counter that.

I heard that Iran has figured out how to fly the captured drone, using a captured iPad.

Talk about "Swiping" technology!

Any sanctions other than prohibiting Iranians from drinking Coca Cola products with their 90cm Kababs, is pointless.

Freedom to Swipe iPads before Freedom of Thought

bahmani — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:46:19 +0000

Who can blame us? It is indeed a slow Iranian day. I mean with everyone all but falling asleep during the recent Moscow talks, yet again resulting in no results. And with the next meeting location announced as being back to boring Istanbul? There is pretty much nothing to blather on about these days.

Even Ben Affleck's upcoming film "Argo" about the US rescue of 6 diplomats holed up at the Canadian embassy during the hostage crisis, isn't hitting theaters until October (Surprise!).

The Jewish Vote vs The Chinese Loans

bahmani — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 15:50:23 +0000

An Eastern diplomat recently told me that regardless of what the world thinks about the US and Israel, China owns the world now and what the Dragon Empress wants, the Dragon Empress gets. He added a "Mo Fo" to emphasize.

While everyone including my esteemed fellow NIAC member Trita Parsi seem to continually overlook, is the proverbial Chinese Dragon and her fellow dominatrix the Indian Elephant in the room.

Shirin Ebadi For President!

bahmani — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:55:14 +0000

Surprising that with the upcoming Iranian presidential election, not much is being said about a possible run for the largely ceremonial post of Iranian President, by the best likely woman candidate we could field, namely Shirin Ebadi.

Don’t think I did not hear all the heavy sighs you all just expended when I mentioned Shirin-Jan. I know. I know. She won’t do anything. She has not done anything. She is trying to sell books, She’s really a dyke... I know all that. But riddle me this Batmen (and Catwomen), why the hell not?

Redux The Tragedy of [Rostam] Ross Mirkarimi

bahmani — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:10:17 +0000

Like many of you, I have been a proud supporter of Ross (Rostam) Mirkarimi. Like all of you I have been shocked, shaken, and stunned to my soul, by the recent events we have all read, heard, gossiped, rumored, and agonized over. When the first news came out in early January 2012, I put in a call to Ross to find out firsthand what the hell was happening. No answer at first, then about a week later a short text came back, "Can't talk right now, will call you later."

Joining NIAC: Week 1.8

bahmani — Fri, 25 May 2012 01:29:20 +0000

Thanks to the heads up from Soosan Khanoum, I was able to just make it into the speakers event NIAC put on today in DC. The topic was "The Day After Baghdad: Assessing the Nuclear Talks".

Today, the US tried round 2 of what I will now bet will be 5 rounds of talks. Before Iran announces their bomb just before the US election. I say this because I know what "Hal-Giri" feels like. Just before it happens, my left shoulder aches. Kind of like predicting rain.

Joining NIAC: Week 1

bahmani — Thu, 24 May 2012 01:00:13 +0000

After a solid thrashing by a reader KABRIAT on one of my many pieces railing against NIAC should do this, and NIAC isn't that, and so on, I finally decided to Take K's "advice" and do as I was told, and go find out for myself, so I joined NIAC. $50 level.

What Do Iranian Americans Want NIAC To Be/Do?

bahmani — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:55:34 +0000

Recently on a couple of blogs I posted on problems I have with NIAC, it has become apparent that some of you want to know what I want NIAC to be or do.

Why NIAC is the Wrong Girl for us

bahmani — Thu, 17 May 2012 09:16:27 +0000

Recently another young fly by night, here today gone this afternoon, gullible volunteer has picked up the dusty rusty worn out and broken mantle of NIAC, and given it a good run around the playground.

Fereshteh Farsh-Foroosh, or some or other name like that. It doesn't matter. Those of us that have seen them come and go, have forgotten better people than this latest one, who has drunk the Koolaid from K Street.

Happy 10th Birthday NIAC! (Please...)

bahmani — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:59:00 +0000

This month, this week, or possibly tomorrow night, NIAC celebrates just 10 short years of shorter service to Iranian-Americans. Exactly when the celebration is, depends on who you know, if you're on the list (I would like to be), and if you happen to be in DC or not (I am).

Telling of the way in which NIAC has conducted it's activities these past 10 years.

Talking Turkey: Iran Meeting Distilled

bahmani — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:12:27 +0000

Istanbul Talks Distilled: 10 hours of talks, resulting in 5 translated hours due to the Iranians pretending they don't speak English, resulting in less than 90 actual minutes between the UK and Iranian chief negotiators, who agreed to agree, and have another meeting in May, in Baghdad, Iran's home turf this time. America sat on it's hands and nodded. In agreement.