We grabbed some beautiful everyday images of Iranians from a video by Cyrus Dowlatshahi along with statistics from a survey by RAND.
Everytime I see this, I can’t help but laugh.
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Immortal: Islamic Republic's New Achievement Unlocked: Rumors Over Central Bank Bankruptcy!
Only couple of days after Iran acknowledged there was a translation error in Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi’s speech and all the controversies before and after that and having our diplomatic crew kicked out of Canada, apparently, for good, now we can hear here and there that IR Central…
Psychological Warfare: Why Israel Won’t Bomb Iran http://mys.tc/2af
US quietly prepares for naval clash with Iran in Strait of Hormuz
The ramped-up Iranian production of mini-submarines – as well as the Pentagon’s response – threatens to ratchet up military tensions in the region, analysts say.
The additional four Avenger-class minesweepers arrived in Bahrain on June 24. Along with the minesweepers, the Navy also sent additional minesweeping helicopters called “Sea Dragons.”
Their mission will be to counter the Iranian mini-submarines, which are “a huge problem for us,” says retired Navy Cmdr. Christopher Harmer, who from 2008 to 2009 was the director of future operations for the US Navy Fifth Fleet, stationed in Bahrain.
“They are a threat to us because they can disperse them throughout the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea, and it’s extremely difficult for us to track them,” he adds. As a result, they can lay “in wait to execute an ambush.”
The challenge of mini-subs
The US Navy is more accustomed to tracking large, Soviet-era nuclear-class submarines – something Iran knows well, adds Commander Harmer. “Looking for small subs in shallow water is much more difficult, because the acoustics are so much more difficult – smaller makes less noise.”
As a result, he adds, the Iranian military-industrial complex “has prioritized these mini-subs – and have gone into overdrive building them.” Mini-submarines are generally considered any submarine vessel under 500 tons and roughly 100 feet long or less.
Five years ago, the Iranian military had “no mini-subs,” says Harmer, senior naval analyst at the Institute for the Study of War in Washington. Now they have 19 in service, and are building an average of four per year – a “strategically significant” force, he adds.
Iran 1 by Alain Rempfer on Flickr.
Voice of Iran: Youth reach out through Blogging
I found there was, within me, an invincible summer: 10 Excellent Reasons To Attack Iran
1. Iran has threatened to fight back if attacked, and that’s a war crime. War crimes must be punished.
2. My television says Iran has nukes. I’m sure it’s true this time. Just like with North Korea. I’m sure they’re next. We only bomb places that really truly have nukes and are in the Axis of…
A Global “No” To a Nuclear-Armed Iran
A 21-nation Pew Global Attitudes survey finds widespread opposition to Iran obtaining nuclear weapons. And in most countries, there is majority support among opponents of a nuclear-armed Iran for international economic sanctions to try to stop Tehran’s weapons program. The Chinese and the Russians are notable dissenters in this regard. The poll also found majorities in Western Europe and the United States disposed to taking military action to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran. Again, the Russians and Chinese disagreed.
The U.S., Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China – known as the E3+3 – are currently negotiating with Iran in an effort to keep Tehran from crossing a threshold that would enable it to quickly produce a nuclear bomb. But there are differences between these negotiating partners in their opposition to the Iranian nuclear weapons program, in their support for economic sanctions and in their willingness to resort to the use of military force if necessary to blunt Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.
The Big Five: IRAN: May 2, 2012
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Iran Nuclear Power Plant Works at Near Full Capacity, IRNA Says
Iran’s first nuclear power plant was connected at almost full capacity to the national power grid on April 28, the Islamic Republic News Agency reported, citing Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani, who heads the Iranian Atomic…
Gaze Into The Faces And Minds Of The Average Iranian
Every day in the news you learn what nuke-obsessed zealot Mahmoud Ahmadinejad thinks, but you rarely hear the common people.
(Source: thesubversivesound)
