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US Launches Virtual Embassy For Iran
An anonymous reader sends this excerpt from a report at Al Jazeera "The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama has launched a virtual embassy for Iran in what it said was a bid to promote dialogue with the Iranian people in the absence of formal diplomatic ties. The web-based embassy went online on Tuesday in English and Farsi, offering visitors what it described as 'another perspective' for Iranians who 'remain hungry for information about the United States.' 'This website is not a formal diplomatic mission, nor does it represent or describe a real U.S. embassy accredited to the Iranian government,' the U.S. state department said in an introductory note. 'But, in the absence of direct contact, it can work as a bridge between the American and Iranian people.'"
..Iran has blocked the Virtual Embassy for the entire nation.
Because I know the first place I go when I want to know about a foreign country is their embassy. I'm sure the members of that institution are COMPLETELY unbiased about the country they're representing. Talk about an empty gesture. A spy plane gets shot down over their airspace, and the response is an e-embassy? I'm sure that'll sway the masses!
It's like a Voice of America type thing. No big deal.
...but I play one on the web.
Thanks for the nice embassy, US, but how about not toppling democratically elected governments in the first place, mmmkay?
"The 1953 Iranian coup d'état (known in Iran as the 28 Mordad coup[3]) was the overthrow of the democratically elected government of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh on 19 August 1953, orchestrated by the intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom and the United States under the name TPAJAX Project.[4] The coup saw the transition of Mohammad-RezÄ ShÄh Pahlavi from a constitutional monarch to an authoritarian one who relied heavily on United States support to hold on to power until his own overthrow in February 1979.[5]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d'%C3%A9tat
slashdotted already? Oh here I got a cut and paste for my friends here:
Why Virtual Embassy Tehran?
Its harder to take hostages online, and our current prez Jimmy Carter the Second doesn't want to redo that, although he seems cool with "StagFlation II the adventure continues".
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Video Remarks to Virtual Embassy Tehran
"We have outlawed Tehran and the bombing begins in five minutes". Oh wait that was Ronnie's microphone test line from three decades ago. Well, different day, same old scare tactic to maintain control.
Former Iranian Embassy
Earlier this year, the State Department provided essential repairs for the former Iranian Embassy in Washington, DC, which was closed in 1980, to ensure the safety of mechanical, electrical, plumbing systems, and auditory and visual bugging and monitoring systems, along with an extensive array of external CCTV cameras monitored by the FBI. Also installed geiger counters for your protection.
"Science flies us to the moon. Religion flies us into buildings." - Victor Stenger
is this part of some sort of psyops mission ?
Put links to founders of the "Middle East Spring" movement. Add virtual links to American and European Persian supporters and business people. links to leaders in the American Muslim movement. Make this resource a combination; "Open Hand", "Information Clearing House" for liberal and moderate Persian ideology, A celebration of Persian culture and a clear commitment from the west to be ready for and open to dialog to empower the future of a free, democratic and peaceful Iran.
Of course at the same time, we need to have "Come home to Moses" talk with Israel about changing their stance to one of causing peace in the Middle East instead of undermining it. There are so many brilliant Israeli people, who want an end to hostility, and are more than willing to work out coexistence. The ongoing growth of illegal settlements only destroy options and nail the future to rails that lead to inevitable violence and ultimately the genocide of Palestine. Certainly there must be a better answer.
Iran has incredible resources, and amazing people. If we could only convince the population to pull it back from theocracy, its future would be incredibly bright.
Bachmann says we should shut this down, too.
I had to google to find out the reference too.... What the parent is referring to
And we're dealing with all of this because Iran had a democratically elected government that the US didn't like, installed the Shah who was just like Saddam Hussein and the people hated it so they overthrew the Shah and some opportunistic oppressive Islamic clergy stepped in and made Iran a theocracy that hates the US instead of just being cold.
Now, some loony tunies (Fox News watchers) are saying we'll never have peace with Iran because they are a rogues state whose sole purpose is to destroy Israel. Of course it never occurred to them that Iran is just taking big to gain support from other parts of the World that hate the US also.
Yes, I know, BUT ISRAEL IS THREATENED! They're our ALLY! whatever. Don't give a shit. And with allies like that, who the fuck needs enemies.
US sets up another propaganda/disinfo channel.
Iranians are much more aware of America and life in the US than vice versa. Americans imagine some weird, gulf-state with face covering and camels.
Not this:
http://tehranlive.org/
Tehran has a better claim on 1st-world status that does Detroit.
Despite their current Government, Iranians live freer and are better connected to Europe and the US than are the people in "democratic ally" states like Uzbekistan!
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
This site needs proper https support, not a broken like this one:
https://iran.usembassy.gov
iran.usembassy.gov uses an invalid security certificate.
The certificate is only valid for the following names:
a248.e.akamai.net , *.akamaihd.net , *.akamaihd-staging.net
(Error code: ssl_error_bad_cert_domain)
Americans imagine some weird, gulf-state with face covering and camels.
Heh. I have to admit, that is what I think of when I think of Iran. Guess I'd better do some research.
All the world's a CPU, and all the men and women merely AI agents
...4chan to represent Americans to the world.
"This post is an artistic work of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact."
What religion do you feel bears hardship in Iran?
Baha'i yes. Sufi muslims, yes.
I can't think of many others. Iran is home to tens of thousands of prosperous Jews and Christians
Women have always enjoyed relatively high-status. They make up a better proportion of university professors, doctoral-level researchers and mid-level executives than say, the United States.
In Israel, women are being segregated to their own section on public transit! Such a ridiculous situation never existed in Iran, even in the height of the revolution.
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
So we can't condemn religiously driven, government backed discrimination because some individual US citizens are bigots? I certainly disagree there.
Disagree? So does Hillary Clinton.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton voiced deep concern on Saturday over a wave of anti-democratic legislation in Israel and in particular a bill proposing to limit donations to human rights organizations. Clinton also criticized the growing exclusion of women from Israel's public life.
In a closed session at the Saban Forum attended both by Israeli and American decision-makers Clinton addressed the issue of discrimination against Israeli women. She expressed concern for Israel's social climate in the wake of limitations on female public singing and gender segregation on public transport....
Clinton, a longtime advocate for women's rights, noted she was shocked at the fact that some Jerusalem buses have assigned separate seating areas for women. "It's reminiscent of Rosa Parks," she said, referring to the black American woman who refused to give up her seat to white passengers in the 1950s.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4156562,00.html
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
Every statement you made was false.
Prior to 1953, Iran was a constitutional monarchy. Mohammad Mosaddegh was not appointed by the Shah, as you claim, but elected by the Iranian parliament. The Shah also wasn't nearly as independent as you claim; his deference to the United States was part of what led to his eventual ouster. He also wasn't supportive of communism. The communist party of Iran (which supported the nationalization of Iran's oil industry during Mosaddegh's time as Prime Minister) was banned by the Shah. The Soviets even tried to assassinate him, according to defectors.
As for the sources relating to Operation Ajax being from the CIA, well yeah. It was a CIA operation, who else should have known about it? But it didn't occur in a vacuum. The UK wanted Mosaddegh overthrown (remember who owned the oil industry that Mosaddegh wanted to nationalize). So your version of the story is what? That the Shah staged a coup coincidentally at the same time that the UK wanted the US to do the same thing, and the CIA then faked documents taking credit for it? Yeah, sure.
Really? The US is no theocracy, no matter how much you may not like the xtian right. Not like Iran is. These comparisons are hyperbole. The kind of comments Ahmajinedad regularly makes about another nation (Israel) should be illustrative enough.
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