Tsubasa,
I had long avoided reading Rafsanjani’s memories because “they would be biased.”
But now I’ve decided to read them (I think they were published in 3 volumes). Getting the “biased” views of a couple of people (K.’s would be great!) can give us a better view of what really went on. ... See all content Hide content

9 months ago byPedestrian onWordpress

Very interesting these memoirs by Rafsanjani. As a professor (Sharif grad) who was very involved in the revolution (participated in the holy defense and even went to howze for a few years) told me a few months ago… “We sometimes find it hard to understand why some individuals who are in important positions and whom we expect to take particular action do the opposite of that. But what we need to realize mainly is that our data inputs are incomplete and perhaps not the competency of those few individuals that is incomplete. We perhaps receive 20% of the data input that they receive and so we judge based on that 20% input that is there.”
With that in mind, there could be nothing more golden from a historical perspective and in coming up with a political exegesis for Iran than Khamenei’s memoirs. But that’s a long desire probably never to be met. ... See all content Hide content

9 months ago byTsubasa onWordpress

Pedestrian: "This is a story that goes back years" - http://www.sidewalklyrics.com/?p=1980 - #iranelection #iran

9 months, 1 week ago byseaofliberty onTwitter

This is a Story that Goes Back Years - Pedestrian http://tinyurl.com/yfgookx #Iran #IranElection (via @fahimn)

9 months, 1 week ago byPERSIA_MAX_NEWS onTwitter

This is a Story that Goes Back Years - Pedestrian http://tinyurl.com/yfgookx
#Iran #IranElection

9 months, 1 week ago byfahimn onTwitter