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Comment on Taraneh Mousavi’s Fortieth by Q Line Orientalist

Q Line Orientalist — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:15:56 +0000

Mehdi Karroubi has proven himself to be a very courageous man.
God protect him.

Comment on Mehdi Karroubi on Taraneh Mousavi by Q Line Orientalist

Q Line Orientalist — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:13:55 +0000

Thanks for your posts, sister.
I hope you continue sending me your comments and criticisms.

Comment on The Taraneh Musavi Story by Q Line Orientalist

Q Line Orientalist — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:12:23 +0000

Long winded and verbosity? There are lots of facts to assemble. I didn’t (I hope) speechify about them, but wanted to bring all the facts to bear on the matter. That takes a lot of writing.

You are right. I cannot prove a negative. But I can marshal evidence to show that the story is internally inconsistent, comes from unreliable sources, and has no independent evidence. And this I have done.

Rape has been used in Iran both under the Shah and after the Islamic Revolution, as have torture and killing and all sorts of atrocities. I have no desire to cover for the regime’s crimes. I do think it is vitally important for the democratic opposition to not traffic in rumors, since this brings discredit upon it. Case in point, the Saideh Pouraqayi case, another transparent hoax which I exposed in this blog. The democratic opposition got into serious trouble by championing this hoax, and has now disowned it. It would have been much better had they refused to have had anything to do with it in the first place.

Comment on Taraneh Mousavi’s Fortieth by Sabz Qaba

Sabz Qaba — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:50:34 +0000

Mehdi Karoubi is known to have protested against the rape of young boys arrested during the the protests against the election fraud.

That apart, is rape not an integral element of the standard operating procedures of torture of dissenters since the early days of the Khomeini revolution?

Comment on Mehdi Karroubi on Taraneh Mousavi by Sabz Qaba

Sabz Qaba — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:22:42 +0000

Mirhusein Mousavi, Mehdi Karoubi, Mohammad Khatami and Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, all have been part of the system in Iran, all still support the system and oppose the people running it.

Their conflict with the ruling faction in Iran is like the conflict between Mafia dons and Mafua families.

Law enforcers do not want to see one or the other faction in the Mafia in ascendance.

They want to see the Mafia annihilated.

Sane people and sane Shia want and work for the annihilation of the Welayat-e-Faqeeh system.

Khamenei, Ahmadainejad et al are just names and faces.

Replacing just names and faces in Iran will do no good.

The Welayat-e-Faqeeh system should be scrapped, and a secular, democratic, welfare state be ushered in.

Comment on The Taraneh Musavi Story by Sabz Qaba

Sabz Qaba — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:07:29 +0000

The Taraneh Mousavi story MAY or MAY NOT be a hoax. Despite your long windedness and verbosity you have failed to demonstrate that the Taraneh Moiusavi stoy is a manufacture.

That said:

Isn’t it true that rape is part of the standard operating procedures in the torture regime for women in Iran since the early days of the Khomeini revolution?

I am a frequent visitor to Iran. My last visit there was in April 2009. I live in Lahore, Pakistan and am a Shia. I am woman and 22.

Comment on Iranian Cyber Army by uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:36:42 +0000

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Comment on Statement by Mehdi Karroubi on the threshold of 22 Bahman by uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:54:42 +0000

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Comment on The Indictment by Tom Paine

Tom Paine — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:20:43 +0000

The suggestion that Robert Helvey, who is retired, has been in any way involved in assisting the green movement in Iran, is ludicrous — merely a gratuitous reference by those who attempt to fabricate and sustain conspiracy theories.