Iran's Economy

It is difficult to assess how individuals are doing financially these days. But the main indicators show that the Iranian economy is in a nose dive. Soon, there'll be shortages of basic items as the regime's power to purchase is dwindling. The recent wave of sanctions have had a devastating affect on Iran's currency as well. For instance, one US dollar is now equal to 20,000 Rial (Rial is Iran's official currency). A few months ago, a US dollar was around 11,000 Rial. (Every 10 Rial is 1 Toman which means a US dollar is around 2000 Toman). Technically Rial has lost more than 25% of its value in the past 2 weeks. An economic crash is all but inevitable in Iran now.

Obviously these new sanctions are crippling Iran's economy. Will it stop the regime's drive to acquire nuclear weapons? No. So what should be done? Frankly, nothing short of regime change in Iran will stop that. Sanctions or no sanctions, pre-emptive strikes or no strikes, diplomacy or isolation, none will work with these thugs.

A peaceful regime change in Iran will put an end to the current state of affairs. Put the Iranian people out of their misery by ending this brutal regime's life please.

Nuclear Assassins

I have a question on this latest bizarre piece of news given that Iran is essentially a police state now: The Iranian regime is able to capture the so-called "CIA" spies left and right, yet it is unable to stop nuke scientist killers?

Doesn't make sense to me. One explanation could be the regime's desire to create fake crises while under pressure from within and outside.

چطور جمهوری اسلامی قادر به دستگیری جاسوسهای خارجی هست اما قادر به دستگیری قاتلین دانشمندان برنامه هسته ای خودش نیست؟ با عقل جور در نمیاد. هر زمان این رژیم تحت فشار خارجی و داخلی قرار میگیرد بحران سازی ساده ترین راه گریز به نظر میرسد

Playing Chicken

The Iranian regime is certainly playing chicken with the fragile world economy while its own economy is in a downward spiral. An Iranian parliament official says 200 billion dollars needed to keep the unemployment rate steady:

"To keep the current unemployment rate steady some $200 billion should be invested to create one million jobs annually, the Iranian vice Majlis speaker said."

That is almost a quarter of Iran's 818 billion dollar GDP. Of course they don't have an extra 200 billion dollars. The crazies in Tehran are spending the country's resources on nuclear program, weaponry and funding terrorism world wide.

MEK/NCRI Cult

With the recent talk about Islamist-Marxist cult MEK/NCRI flaring up in the ignorant mainstream media, I feel the urge to post a superb piece by Michael Rubin on the terror group MEK:

Monsters of the Left originally posted in Jan. 2006:

"The solution to the problem rests, not with empowering a group or individuals just as bad, but rather in supporting the Iranian people in their quest for liberty, freedom, and democracy."

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas Everybody!

Kooky wRONg Paul

The US Republican primary season is in full swing and the race to select the next GOP candidate is going on in Iowa, New Hampshire and elsewhere south of the border. I am not an American and I probably have no say in who will be the nominee. However, I'd like a strong America and an America that stands up for the oppressed. An America that kicks butt is what I want. So any GOP candidate that will stand up for America, kick Obama out of the White House and would vow to spread American values around the world is my kinda guy. On that note, any one of the GOP candidate with the exception of the neo-nazi sympathizer Ron Paul and boring liberal dude Huntsman could possibly achieve those goals. My bet is on Mitt Romney and to a degree on ex-Speaker Gingrich, even though I love ex-Senator Santorum because he is really capable of doing what a great US leader should do vis a vis foreign policy and fortunately he has an impressive knowledge of Iran and its issues.

I have to get this off my chest now and it is about that idiot 'blame America first' Ron Paul. For one thing, the demented loser Ron Paul is not worthy of my time or this blog's space. However as an Iranian I would like to encourage my American readers and friends not to vote for this strange man. He is the Iranian regime's favorite politician in Washington DC. His weird views on Iran are very close to that of anti-American idiots like Noam Chomsky, Islamofascists and Dennis Kucinich. The weirdo congressman believes and says that the United States is the reason behind the Iranian regime's animosity towards the west, which is absolutely false and irresponsible. The current Iranian regime seized power in 1979, vowing to crush the United States and other western powers. Its animosity towards the US and other western countries has nothing to do with what the US had allegedly done in Iran in previous decades. Of course, facts are not what 'Dr. Demento' Ron Paul or his cult followers are interested in. So I am not going to waste my time here bringing up facts and historical data to argue against their talking points since it is pointless. I don't engage cult members in any type of argument. He and his followers are either blind to reality and simple facts or are simple-minded leftist/fascists who hate their own country. I don't get it, but that is how it comes across.

I know, I know. He has no chance at all in a presidential race and people are worrying too much. Gov. Huckabee won by a large margin Iowa in 2008 and Sen. McCain came in 4th and yet Huckabee lost in other primaries and fizzled out. So we all know that this kook Paul has no chance beyond Iowa. This is an extraordinary time. The United States needs to send a clear message to the Iranian people who are yearning for change. Giving anti-American losers like Paul a podium to defend the thugs in Tehran is exactly the wrong message. Interestingly enough, he was the only congressman to vote against a measure in the US Congress to condemn the Iranian regime's brutal crackdown of protesters in 2009-2010. His reasoning for Iran's drive to acquire nuclear weapons is just mind-boggling and crazy.

If you support pro-democracy activists in Iran and elsewhere, your vote for a responsible and mainstream candidate in this primary race would go a long way. The oppressed people of the world look at the United States of America as a beacon of freedom and hope. We in Iran did not expect the Swedes, Spaniards, Japanese, French or Dutch to lend us the ultimate moral support we desperately need. Of course their assistance is greatly appreciated but it is not the deciding factor in our battle against tyranny. We look upon America and its honorable people to assist us in winning our battles. It is what it really is. American support goes a lot further along the way than say the support we have got from the Europeans (who by the way have been trading with the regime for 30 yrs).

Consider voting for any one but the deranged anti-American congressman from Texas. Your vote for a responsible and mainstream Republican candidate is truly appreciated. Get Obama out of the White House next year and elect a real leader please.

Merry Christmas - Happy Hanukkah!

What a year!

Not a great way to end 2011 with the death of two anti-tyranny figures: Christopher Hitchens and Vaclav Havel. Mr. Hitchens died last week, and former anti-Communist Czech Republic's leader "Vaclav Havel" died yesterday. He was a great hero and an inspiring figure. Both had dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of evil and tyranny. We mourn their passing. [+]

But by the same token, 2011 saw the death of tyrants and thugs also: Bin Laden, Libyan dictator Qadaffi and now North Korea's Kim Jong-il. I hope more tyrants are on the death list in 2012.

Merry Christmas...

Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens has passed away. I often voiced my humble yet dissenting opinion here on this blog about pieces he'd written on Iran, Israel or other foreign policy issues. I liked his sense of resistance to tyranny and religious fascism. I am so sad about his passing and I can't believe it. You'd think bad things shouldn't happen to heroes and good men but it does. So very sad since last night.

My little blog was once honored by Christopher Hitchens on his old webpage during the Muhammed Cartoons controversy in March 2006. I emailed him a few photos I had taken during the pro-Denmark protests in Toronto and he graciously linked them on his website.

I am terribly sorry to hear about his passing and would like to send my sincere condolences to his family and friends. It is a crushing loss for the world...

Replaced With Atomic Thugs

Just posting this video, courtesy of HIM Shahbanoo Farah Pahlavi, to say that we Iranians did not deserve the Pahlavi royal family. The 1979 generation replaced Pahlavis with bunch of 7th century minded nuclear thugs. Why? I can't understand why but no one is to blame for Iran's mess but us.

US trip photos

A few shots from my recent trip to the United States. I visited a wild animal sanctuary near Denver, Colorado. Then from there I went on to see the famous Mount Rushmore in South Dakota and Ellsworth Air Force Base's air and space museum in Rapid City. Click on the pictures to enlarge. Enjoy!

UK Embassy in Tehran

Britain has been appeasing the Iranian regime for years. The fact that Britain has had an ambassador in Iran for years suggests how naive and ignorant the Brits have been about the true nature of the Iranian regime. They should have known better not to deal with the crazies in Tehran.

Michael Rubin of AEI has it correct that:

"The attack on the British compound suggests that the Iranian government fears economic isolation much more than diplomatic isolation."

Bombing Iran?

The old and new media are full of chatter about the possible US or Israeli air strikes against the Iranian regime's nuclear weapons facilities. So far, most of the commentary has focused solely on delaying or destroying the clerical regime's weapons facilities. Not a single word or any mention of what would happen if the regime's leadership is left intact after these air strikes.

This piece on Real Clear World website has been the only one I have seen that has addressed what the real objective of any military action should be:

"We should not conclude that a nuclear Iran is inevitable. Instead we should think about another way of confronting the threat. The real goal of air strikes should be not only to target Iran's nuclear facilities but to cripple the ayatollahs' ability to protect themselves from popular overthrow."

They better kill the regime once they attack it. Leaving a wounded regime alone after hours or days of air strike will just make a mess and will definitely turn Mullahs into a more lethal entity. Be prepared to finish it off or face an even more dangerous regime willing to kill innocent children, men and women at home and abroad to stay in power.

EU loves Iran

If you have ever wondered about the European Union's attachment to the Iranian regime and how they mutually benefit from each other then this Weekly Standard piece is for you:

"European leaders face a choice. If they are serious about stopping the Iranian regime’s illegal nuclear program, its massive repression of the country’s pro-democracy movement, and its assassinations and terrorist activities abroad, they must end their support for the tyrants of Tehran."

Shared Interests

Obviously Scott Ritter has more in common with the Mullahs than we initially thought. I mean, both are anti-Israel, pro-jihadi and anti-America but now their real character as pedophiles bind them even further. (It is a popular belief in Iran that the Shiite clergy are mostly pedophiles and drug addicts).

So now Scott ritter, an ex-UN employee, MoveOn.org darling and a staunch defender of the Iranian regime, is going to prison for soliciting sex from a minor and other lewd acts.

Good riddance!

Lebanonizing Iraq

Iranian regime will turn Iraq into another Lebanon beginning January 1st, 2012. Why? Because a weak and intensely ideologue empty suit aka 'Obama' has decided to play politics with a newly liberated nation and the US national interests. Thus giving the Islamic regime of Iran a clear victory in the region.

Hassan Nasrallah the thug who heads Lebanon's terror group Hezballah has already declared this as an historic defeat for the United States. Does Obama understand the enormous repercussions of his stupid decision? The US military pull out from Iraq will enable the Iranian regime to bring Iraq further into its own sphere of influence and destabilize the only true Arab democracy in the heart of the middle-east.

Will Obama be able to hold his head high 20 years from now if the gains made in Iraq go the wrong way? I doubt it since he doesn't seem to care. All Obama cares about is himself and his own ego. America 'elected' an idiot in 2008 and is now paying a heavy price for that stupidity. Shame!