Update
The updates will be preceded by (UPDATE August 10, 2009).
The Islamic Republic responds on the Taraneh Musavi story.
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Update on the Taraneh Musavi Hoax
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I have some more on Taraneh Mousavi as well: http://www.sidewalklyrics.com/?p=1169
Also, did you hear Kadivar’s speech at ICCNC? I thought that was excellent.
http://www.sidewalklyrics.com/?p=1181
Thanks. I’ve lost touch with the Pedestrian. Unusually well-written and intelligent. The entry on the Mystery Mousavi is good. I see Pedestrian correspondent German liked my addition to the Wikipedia entry. Thanks, German!
I had the pleasure of hearing Hojjatoleslam Kadivar at Columbia University. He wowed us all. Very smart & articulate guy.
I’m very impressed. You make a thorough, convincing case. Would be good to get more evidence from hospital records, Canada, and so on. Strikes me that the creation of this type of martyr legend, if that’s what it is, perhaps in some way fills in for lack of due attention inside Iran to documented maltreatment of political arrestees including bloggers and Kurdish activists months and years before the election. For example,
http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2009/02/women-flogged/
Thanks.
There is no doubt that the Islamic Republic is a gross violator of human rights, as you say.
But we should not let a bunch of opportunists make up their own atrocity stories, which in the end, will only do the movement discredit as it unravels.
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