Recent content by egroen

The executions have begun, two already hanged and 11 more sentenced to death for 'warring against god': http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/28/iran.protest.sentences/index.html?hpt=Sbin Some talk of compromise (from reformers)...

He was 4th in the election. Another Iranian foreign diplomat just quit on the regime: http://persian2english.com/?p=5062 Thanks... I'll have to look at that later (articles I read listed it as such)! Though it does not change the fact I question the Regime's motives for trying to get...

Yes... many do not question what they are being told. That the mullahs and revolutionary guard are all that stands between them and the evil western powers and zionists intent on destroying their religion and culture. As long as ignorance and disinformation are accepted and not questioned, the...

31st Anniversary of the Revolution -- the date of the pro-democracy demonstration in Iran.

I'm really not that interested in debating the merits of the Shah at this time, but this post is filled with a lot of hyperbole. Look, we do not want anther Constitutional Monarchy in Iran - We want a secular democarcy. That said, women's emancipation started with the dawn of the Pahlavi...

I believe the regime will fall... hoping sooner than later, and without bloodshed. Please let the Regime know the world will be watching on February 11! From a friend in Tehran: "i will try to take pictures on 22 bahman( 11 feb) but night and day on tv they say that they will have no...

Maybe, but maybe not... remember this is not a student-led movement like in China and persians are decidedly different. It was not the initial demonstrations that succeeded in '79 -- but the subsequent demontrations at the mourning periods. Of course the current regime knows this, so it will...

Iran fought a greater Iraqi army that was backed by the West to a stalemate. But the people were behind it. I am very divided on this, and do not pretend to have the answers. Ideally, the people will succeed on their own (no matter how long), with no foreign intervention. The regime is...

I believe around 30 of Iran's foreign diplomats have already done this very thing.

I lot of parties stand to gain from an overthrow of the current regime, and no doubt several will try and get a piece of the pie. Ideally, a secular democracy will give all a voice, though I am guilty of thinking idealistically. I believe the Tudeh party is currently banned in Iran and in...

Perfection will not be found overnight, nor ever. The people protesting want a secular democracy.... and it may still take decades to get there. Isolation has not helped Iran. Mir Hossein Mousavi’s recent 5-point statement...

The Shah did... which also partly explains the regime's hostility to it.

Yes. The current regime is hostile towards anything pre-islam in Iran. They have of course failed, as we are a proud people and will never forget our heritage and culture. The regime built a dam to flood the plain which houses Cyrus’s tomb, destroyed the archeological sites of Pasargad and...

The Shah had his faults, I do not want a Monarchy again (his son currently lives in the USA), but life in Iran was better under the Shah and the people enjoyed greater equality, freedom and rights. Even many of the founders of the '79 Revolution have long become disenfranchised with the regime...

Thank you, Cheetah - I agree with many of your sentiments. Many Iranians are proud of their long history with the Jews. Cyrus the Great is one of the most quoted in the Torah: He freed the jews, helped them build their Temple and allowed all religions in the Persian Empire to practice their...