And again, hopefully!
It is official: this blog had been abandoned for the past many months, but things will not stay that way. I promise. For the record, I will be in CPH:DOX next week. That’s all for now.

Links for 2009-10-16 [del.icio.us]
Faster, Please! » The Blog That Shut the Bazaar in Tehran My last blog seems to have attracted an incredible amount of attention, and, as often happens, I have been given more credit than is absolutely necessary. I printed an email from an Iranian I consider a very good source, to the effect that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had been taken to the hospital, and was in a coma. I pointed out that it was easy to be wrong on such stories, and that in fact I had wrongly believed that Khamenei had died a couple of years ago. But I thought the source was good and I passed on

Links for 2009-10-11 [del.icio.us]
Behnoud Shojaee was executed Despite enormous objections around the world, "Behnoud Shojaee was executed early this morning in Tehran’s Evin prison.

Controversial Poll by World Pubic Opinion: Ahmadinejad is Legitimate
Fars News has published the results of a poll of the Iranians’ opinions on a number of issues, including the controversial presidential elections. The pool is done by “World Public Opinion“* and seems to indicate that over 80% of the Iranians consider Ahmadinejad the legitimate president of Iran.