All Entries Tagged With: "Iran"
For The Love of Metaphors
Iranian President Mahmoud “Gorilla Boy” Ahmadinejad continues to show that subtlety is not his specialty.
As for being a genocidal maniac, he’s real good.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that the state of Israel is a “stinking corpse” that is destined to disappear, the French news agency AFP reported.
“Those who think they can revive the [...]
C’mon Barbie, Let’s Go Farsi
After having attacked the lovable duo of Tom and Jerry, those Iraniacs have now set their sights on Barbie, Batman, and friends.
Iran’s toy market is being inundated by models of Barbie, Batman, Spiderman and Harry Potter and the young must be protected from their harmful cultural effects, the prosecutor general was quoted as saying on [...]
Unappreciated Humor
Just when you thought there were no Iranian officials with a sense of humor, along comes one.
Ahmadinejad’s administration began the new Iranian year (on March 20, 2008) with conflicting reports over the reshuffling of the cabinet. In response to reports by the conservative media in Iran that the Minister of the Economy had resigned, government [...]
The Iranian (Im)Morality Police Chief: Hangin’ With Bubba
You may recall the case of the Iranian police chief who was on the other side of an arrest after being found nude in a local brothel with six naked prostitutes.
Well, now it looks like the next time he will be in the same room as 6 naked people, it will likely be the men’s [...]
The Iranian (Im)Morality Police Chief’s Naked Ambition
“A man is nude with six naked prostitutes?”
“Quick, call the police chief.”
“He’s what?”
Tehran’s police chief, Reza Zarei, has been arrested after he was found nude in a local brothel with six naked prostitutes, the Farda news website reported Wednesday.
Zarei stepped down from his post following the raid, the report said. According to another popular [...]
Iran: Anyone Who Disagrees That Israel is a Dirty Microbe is a Filthy Zionist
Ya gotta love it:
Iran hit out at the European Union on Tuesday for condemning President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s description of Israel as a “dirty microbe”, saying the bloc had given in to pressure from a Zionist lobby.
The EU’s Slovenian presidency had condemned as “unacceptable, damaging and uncivilised” a stream of anti-Israeli comments from Iranian officials since [...]
Iran’s Tae Kwon Do Follies
Iranian competitors continue to be coerced into refusing to go up against Israeli opponents, resulting in funny articles like this one from Iran’s PressTV:
Iran’s team has pocketed seven medals during the second day of competitions at the 35th Dutch Open Taekwondo Championships in Eindhoven.
…Alireza Shakouri settled for bronze in the men’s 54-kilo competition after refusing [...]
Those Crazy Iranians
When they are not threatening Israel with destruction and calling Israel a “filthy germ” and “cancerous bacteria,” the Iranians are busy maintaining law and order.
You know, doing things like arresting a man for walking his dog and charging him with “disturbing the public order.”
And by walking his dog, I really mean walking his dog, and [...]
Brain Dead
Former Argentinean soccer player turned Goodyear Blimp, Diego Maradona, continues to be a poster boy for the ill effects of frequent drug use.
Former Argentinean soccer player Diego Armando Maradona expressed his desire on Monday to visit Iran and meet President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
In a meeting with Iranian Charge d’Affaires to Buenos Aires Mohsen Baharavand, the former [...]
Neo-Andalusia?
The Tehran Times has an illuminating article:
There is a general reawakening taking place in the Islamic world.
A number of groups are associated with this reawakening and one of them is the Neo-Andalucian movement, which is a progressive pan-Islamic movement.
They use the appellation Neo-Andalucian because Muslim Andalucia was a center of learning and, at least [...]
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