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translation of Rafsanjani’s speech, links
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Aziz Poonawalla
Here’s a running translation from another blogger of Rafsanjani’s sermon, along with a compilation video of the reaction in Tehran: The moazzen is saying the azan. Rafsanjani just got introduced to the podium. Sound of loud chants we can’t make out. Rafsanjani: Please sit down so we can make time for the speech. Chants again.…
Rafsanjani’s big day
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Aziz Poonawalla
A few weeks ago, the post-election friday sermon by Supreme Leader Khamenei gave a preview of the Iranian regime’s response to the Green Revolution. Khamanei starkly warned the protestors that they, not the regime, bore responsibility for what would happen next, a not-so-subtle threat that was subsequently carried out in force, leading to intimidation, beatings,…
the moral arc of the universe: a thought experiment
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Aziz Poonawalla
Via Eric Martin at American Footprints – a brilliant thought experiment that clearly illustrates the vapidity of the call by Republicans such as John McCain upon President Obama to intervene more forcefully with rhetoric about the events in Iran: But to illustrate this obvious fact more sharply, consider the following thought experiment. In 1963, as…
Iran: If scholars and politics collide
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Aziz Poonawalla
This is a guest post by Haroon Moghul. Events over the last few days have deeply concerned me. Watching the Grand Ayatollah at the top of the Islamic Republic deliver a sermon in which he made no meaningful concessions to the opposition (in fact, he made no real concessions whatsoever), I thought about how strange…
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