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Nazanin Ghasemian
by Nazanin Ghasemian
02-Oct-2007
 

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog


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Expatriates

by Nazanin Ghasemian on Wed Oct 03, 2007 04:55 AM PDT

You care enough about me to ask me these questions and wait around for responses, but don't dare say your name. You're also trying to define me by association, which I don't like. I was never zoroastrian.
You claim I'm doing this for a job or money because you can't imagine why I would not support the expatriate groups. I already explained why. They are a waste of time and have no authority concerning Iran, but pretend to. This doesn't make me a traitor, terrorist or agenda driven. If anything, I have NO agenda, except to ask that people stop meddling in Iran by prescribing "solutions" for a nation they don't understand.
This obsession with hanging and hejab would be understandable if you operated within Iranian society. But you may as well be talking about Mexican or French politics. That would also land you in Ledeen's category.
Expat groups understand very little about modern Iran, but stubbornly assume they do. But if you or they cared about Iranian issues, you wouldn't be attacking me and my opinions. You're not even willing to reveal your name on Iranian.com.

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Nazanin

by jesus (not verified) on Tue Oct 02, 2007 07:51 PM PDT

You used to have a very myopic view, rooted in extreme emotions, supporting RP, and introducing yourself as a zoroasterian. Your color has changed, but your view of the world remains extremely narrow and myopic. Iranians don't tell others what to do, because they have no power, or influence to do so. However, if given power, we Iranians would be much worse than europeans, and Americans. A good example is how Europeans, and Americans treat their own citizens, and how we Iranians are treated by our own government. Given a little bit of power, mullahs hang people in public as if those human beings were insects. The persian proverb says: Khoda kharesh ro mishnase, behesh shakh nadade. IR is not the root of all our problems, but they are the root of majority of our problems, and Islam is a plague that is destroying the country. We have lost much more than we have benefited from Islam. You are the worse of the worse. I knew you pretty well, this is some scheme to land a job or something, you are worse because because some of the basiji at least believe in what they are doing. You are doing it for money.


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Questions from anonymous people

by Nazanin Ghasemian on Tue Oct 02, 2007 07:47 PM PDT

I was never Zoroastrian. I couldn't have been even if I wanted to. Zoroastrians do not permit converts, and for good reasons. I did attend an offshoot zoroastrian nowrooz one year here in DC. But I'm sure you already knew that. Comically enough, Ahura Hakha (//www.ahura.info/) was there that night a few tables away, as he was setting his liberation campaign in motion. 


As for hating Islam, I definitely didn't understand it and had a VERY limited knowledge about its role in Iranian culture. It's funny because I had a conversation once with someone who thought I should convert and I remember saying "I don't even like religion. Converting would be very fake and it would be insulting to Zoroastrianism." Conversations like that were probably the beginning of when I started to feel disillusioned by the fakeness of some of these expatriate groups.
My views are based on my experiences and what I've learned is that the biggest assumption Iranians outside of Iran make is to think that the country's problems are rooted in the government or Islam. Also, a lot of them tend to think that most Iranians' common problem is the government. A major thing I learned from Iranians is that they don't pretend to know what's good for America, yet Iranians in the United States and Europe are telling them what's good for them - some of whom don't even speak Farsi, understand Shiism or would enjoy living in Iran under any circumstances.

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Would like to become my wife?

by Haji Bazari (not verified) on Tue Oct 02, 2007 05:18 PM PDT

I am rich and got massive goodies.


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but Iran is at war with the

by Anonymous_Flowers (not verified) on Tue Oct 02, 2007 04:44 PM PDT

but Iran is at war with the united states; why on earth is this statement so hard to swallow for some of you? You have to be delusional to think the IRI has no invested interest in Iraq! And please let's consider hezbollah for a moment. Honestly, how can anyone defend this regime? on what grounds? how has iran improved under these heretics? its okay to be against the neocons, but atleast awknowledge the real evil nature that is khamenie . rafasanjani.and aCHMAGijad


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I was always against

by Jesus (not verified) on Tue Oct 02, 2007 04:03 PM PDT

I was always against monarchy, and monarchists, but I also think the Iranian government is evil, and needs to go. All the misery in Iran is because of the government there, not because of Israelis, or the Americans. Most Iranian people oppose the regime in Iran, and there is a good reason for it. That is why I don't buy your reasoning, and it makes me wonder whether you have some economic interest, or etc at heart, rather than this love your profess about the nation of Iran. At one time, you considered yourself a zoroasterian, because you hated Islam, what changed that?


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Hejab

by Nazanin Ghasemian on Tue Oct 02, 2007 03:24 PM PDT

Since I decided to post my kart melli photo rather than a clear headshot, its a big deal, especially to people who disagree with me, people who hate Islam.
I'm just here to share my ideas and hopefully become a better writer, not to feed anyone information or convert them. That's why I'm so drawn to this site.
Regarding my disillusionment with RP, you're right. When I was 19, I stumbled on his book in Barnes & Noble. I found what he said to be nice, especially as someone who had not gone back to Iran since leaving. I believed what he said about Iran being a sad, miserable place. After travelling to Iran, I've learned otherwise. I've also learned not to trust the media and expatriate opposition groups abroad.
The more I've studied RP and the entire monarchist assembly, the less I could, as a young Iranian support any of these. If you haven't been to Iran, you should. Go there and then re-read what RP says. For me, doing this made RP sound more and more ridiculous, and even dangerous, given what Iran is up against. And notice I say IRAN and not IRI, Mullahs, etc. Iranian people are the ones who will always bear the brunt of any troubles with other nations and not people like Reza Pahlavi, Bush or ANY Israeli.
Thank goodness I'm not obligated (e.g. by parents, employer) to be forced into a certain way of thinking. I realize some people may not agree with my ideas. But they are based on my experience and study and are independent of anyone else's impositions.

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what happened to you?

by jesus (not verified) on Tue Oct 02, 2007 02:44 PM PDT

Nazanin,

There was a time you were a staunch supporter of U.S, Reza Pahlavi, and staunch supporter of all mullahs. You even supported Israel once in a while. Now you have covered your hair, and feed us all the lines from the mullahs! What happened to you? how did change of heart come about?


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