I have recently come across some webloggers who support Iran's government and president and I got into lots of discussions about politics with them. Being an ex-patriot, and living in the U.S., they started comparing and asking me lots of questions about the United States. I refrained from answering those types of questions because I don't know much about U.S. politics myself. But I suggested to them that they create a weblog called "Iran-US dialog" or something like that. They were very receptive and have already created the weblog. Now all we need are some Americans who are willing to discuss politics with them. My thoughts are that they have pre-concieved notions of America and so do many Americans about Iran.
Most of their weblogs are in Persian but I am going to ask them to write in English so we can get some dialogs going.
In any case if you are interested in participating in this discussion, let me know.
2007-06-27 11:07:57 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
active discussion is always best, its a great idea
and to Parthian, we all, as humans, have 1,000s of years of history and social development
2007-06-27 11:13:11 · answer #1 · answered by anonacoup 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd like very much to be involved in this discussion group. I have studied the area for 40 years and written major portions of a Rand area study on Iran itself (during the Shah's time). You do know that there are 'old' Persians who detest that Arabs rule their country, neo-modern Persians who just go along with the Arabs, the ruling Arabs who are now Islamic fundamentalists, and then the students. It will be interesting to see what their world views are and what they would like to see in their country's future.
2007-06-27 18:43:17 · answer #2 · answered by Nightstalker1967 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have you seen the recent developments? something like 50+ economists are challenging the president on his handling of the economy, and the middle class is rioting over fuel rationing.
this could be good news
2007-06-27 18:16:51 · answer #3 · answered by james_r_keene 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just remember, as you dialog, they have over 2,000 years of history and social development on their side.
2007-06-27 18:13:05 · answer #4 · answered by The Parthian 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just post a link, it'd be an interesting read.
2007-06-27 18:17:21 · answer #5 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Speck, prove it.
2007-06-27 18:18:04 · answer #6 · answered by JustinF 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋