Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
De teloorgang van de laatste vrijdag van Ramadan




Tuesday, September 15, 2009
آیت الله منتظری: خواهان مشروعیت زدائی نظام شد
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
دستگیری میر حسین موسوی
Sunday, September 06, 2009
نکاتی در مورد بیانیه یازدهم میر حسین موسوی
Friday, August 14, 2009
Islamfilosoof Ramadan op PressTV
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Neda Soltan
Op de dag dat massa’s studenten in Teheran protesteerden tegen Ahmadinejads ‘verkiezingszege’, sprak moslimfilosoof Tariq Ramadan op de Iraanse satellietzender PressTv over discriminatie op Europese universiteiten. Ramadans wekelijkse programma Islam & Life ging op 25 juni over sociaal activisme van moslimstudenten. Geen woord werd gewijd aan de filosofiestudente Neda Agha Soltan, die kort daarvoor was doodgeschoten en uitgroeide tot een symbool.
Mogelijk was het programma al voor de bloedig neergeslagen demonstraties opgenomen. Niettemin stuitte de uitzending (vanuit Londen) veel Iraniërs in de diaspora tegen de borst. Wat heeft ‘bruggenbouwer’ Ramadan – integratieadviseur van de gemeente Rotterdam – te zoeken bij een tv-zender gefinancierd door het Iraanse regime? Een zender waar volgens kijkers de moord op Neda is afgedaan als ‘gehypet en gedramatiseerd door westerse media’.
Eerder in opspraak
Dit soort vragen wil het Rotterdamse college van burgemeester en wethouders ook beantwoord zien. Het is niet de eerste keer dat de adviseur – tevens gasthoogleraar Identiteit & Burgerschap aan de Erasmus Universiteit – in opspraak raakt. Eerder dit jaar stond zijn positie ter discussie wegens veronderstelde homo- en vrouwonvriendelijke uitingen. Ramadan mocht blijven, wat voor de VVD reden was uit het college te stappen.
Donderdag eisten Leefbaar Rotterdam, de SP en de VVD het onmiddellijke ontslag van Ramadan wegens diens optreden bij PressTv . Het CDA stelde Kamervragen. De PvdA maakt zich ook zorgen, maar wil eerst ‘wederhoor toepassen’.
Onafhankelijk
Ramadan laat de Volkskrant in een schriftelijke reactie weten dat hij bij PressTv vrij was elk onderwerp te behandelen. Hij had ‘nooit’ met de Iraanse regering te maken en benadrukt dat het ‘onderdrukken en vermoorden van burgers’ veroordeeld moet worden. Over drie weken is hij terug in Europa; dan zal hij zich beraden.
Voor sommige Iraanse-Nederlanders is het kwaad al geschied. Ramadan had net als de Britse journalist Nick Ferrari, die na de opstand in gewetensnood kwam, kunnen opstappen bij de zender, vindt Damon Golriz van mensenrechtenplatform Solidarity Iran. Hij noemt PressTv ‘een spreekbuis van het Iraanse regime’.
'Geen harde bewijzen'
Socioloog Shervin Nekuee, auteur van De Perzische paradox, is milder. Ook hij ziet PressTv als propagandazender, maar veroordeelt niet iedereen die er werkt. Hij denkt dat de ophef over Ramadan past in ‘wat al langer aan de gang is: rattenvangen in Rotterdam’. Nekuee beoordeelt hem liever op zijn woorden en daden. ‘Die zijn breed onderzocht. Er was veel ruis, maar er waren geen harde bewijzen.’
Het Rotterdamse college verwacht volgende week meer informatie te hebben over de kwestie.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
No war against Iran
I codemn any kind of military strike against Iran.
Friday, July 31, 2009
NPS Radio Dichtbij Nederland: Terugblik op afvalligheid in Nederland
Op 30 juli 2009 was ik uitgenodigd om naar Hilversum te gaan voor een live radiointerview. (Beluister het interview hier via Windows Media Player)
Daar keek ik terug naar twee jaar geleden. Toen het Comite voor Ex-moslims voor tumult in Nederland zorgde. Ik sprak met Sulay over afvalligheid, het comite, het einde ervan en wat de toekomst inhoudt voor moslims die hun religie hebben afgezworen.
Daarnaast praatte ik ook over de politieke situatie van Iran en hoe deze beweging zich in de toekomst zal gaan ontwikkelen.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Dutch Parliament: 1 million euro for iProxyIran
The Hague – In part thanks to the initiative “Break Up the Silence” (Doorbreek de stilte) of iProxyIran in the Netherlands, various political parties of the Dutch parliament presented resolutions requesting the Dutch government, as member state of the European Union, to initiate actions against the regime in Teheran. The project of iProxyIran is in the parliamentary debates repeatedly discussed as a ‘positive solution’ regarding the widespread blockade of network traffic in Iran. The Dutch parliament decided, among others, to allocate financial aid in order to facilitate the spread of news and information. Furthermore, it agreed to support a supply stop of telecommunications filtering technology by Western companies to the Iranian regime. Additionally, it appealed to Siemens and Nokia to donate the earnings from technology sales to Iran, to organizations that are striving for safe and free usage of new media in Iran.
During a special session of the Dutch parliament regarding developments in Iran on the 2nd of July last, the members of parliament accepted a number of resolutions in order to ease the access to information for the people in Iran. In the petition which was offered by iProxyIran to the secretary of foreign affairs, Mr. Maxime Verhagen, one week ago, the authors proposed several possibilities, such as using proxy servers, aiming to open the internet communication channels in Iran. This petition was submitted after the Iranian riot police attempted to quench the continuing protests of the Iranian people against the fraudulent elections by harsh force and blocking different means of communication such as mobile phone, satellite and internet networks in all of the country. This information blockade allowed the regime the opportunity to intensify its oppression to an even greater degree, as they managed to track down and arrest the organisers of the protests.
Consequences of the approved initiatives
A considerable number of the wishes and requests mentioned in the iProxyIran petition were accepted, such as appealing to universities, schools and companies to make their proxy servers available to internet users in Iran. One of the members of People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) even suggested to share the parliament’s own proxy network, especially now that the summer recession starts and internal usage of the network is reduced.
In the parliamentary debate various far-reaching initiatives against the Iranian authorities were presented. All parties unanimously condemn the terrors of the Iranian regime against its citizens. In the end, a total of 6 different resolutions were approved, in essence supporting the calls of iProxyIran.
One of the initiatives presented by The Christen Democratic Appeal (CDA) requesting the Dutch government to stimulate actions against the regime in Teheran due to the violent oppression of protesters disagreeing with the declared results of the recent poll, was unequivocally accepted. Another approved upon resolution instructs the Dutch Government to utilize its embassy’s position in Teheran to promote the release of political prisoners and offer aid to the injured and oppressed.
In addition, a proposal to free 1 million Euros from the human rights fund addressed to facilitate the spread of information and news in Iran was accepted. Furthermore the majority of the parliament decided in favour of a resolution to prohibit the export of Western technology suited to the filtering of telecommunication traffic and proposed to put this subject on the agenda of the EU parliament. Also, a general condemnation of technology sales to the Iranian regime by Western businesses was discussed. Moreover the parliament appealed to Nokia and Siemens to dispense the profits made by technology sales to the Iranian regime, requesting these sums to be donated to organizations that promote safe and free circulation of new media in Iran.
In the end the secretary of foreign affairs, Maxime Verhagen, warranted to discuss the Dutch initiative to promote free use of telecommunication channels in Iran on an international level, especially the European Union, and to collaborate with the U.S. on this issue. In accordance with the VVD’s proposal, the Verhagen declared to request EU representatives at the general assembly of the European Parliament next September to univocally condemn the Iranian regime’s violent repercussions towards its citizens, and to exhibit solidarity and single-mindedness among EU member states when dealing with the regime.
iProxyIran is a collaboration between a number of students who wish to resonate the voice of freedom-loving Iranians. Their petition was supported broadly and signed by thirty politicians from various parties, scientists, intellectuals and artists. Their demand of Western companies to take responsibility for the act of selling technology to the Iranian regime, was published in the Volkskrant (literally the people’s paper) on the 27th of June 2009.
iProxyIran spreads its outcry past national borders. The technical and practical success of this initiative will grow in size, as more and more organizations from different countries decide to join this movement. iProxyIran is therefore contacting other European countries, the U.S. and the civil society in Iran to start similar initiatives. Hence, the request to help improving telecommunication traffic in Iran is more than a symbolic or idealistic action, but has substantial impact and results.
In the meanwhile, the necessity to help Iranians to get access to (digital) media freely remains unchallenged. To give just one example, the head of Iranian judicature, Ayatollah Shahroudi, last week called for harsh actions against television stations and web pages criticizing the current regime.
Friday, July 10, 2009
iProxyIran op Elsevier.nl
Elsevier.nl - Een meerderheid in de Tweede Kamer (PVV, PvdA, VVD, GroenLinks) is bereid om een initiatief (zie de Volkskrant van 27 juni) van David Suurland, Amanda Knuveld, Marina Lacroix, Arthur Wolff en Damon Golriz te ondersteunen, waarbij de wetenschappelijke instellingen en bedrijven worden opgeroepen om hun serveruimte beschikbaar te stellen aan de protesterende Iraniërs.
Een fantastisch initiatief: iProxyIran. Zelfs is de Kamer bereid om daarvoor geld vrij te maken uit het potje voor de mensenrechten.
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Manifestatie 18Tir (9 juli) in Den Haag + Update
Update:
- lees hier het verslag van de demo
- lees hier de toespraak van Mariko Peters (GL)
- lees hier en hier de toespraak van Han Ten Broeke
- supportdemocracyiniran.com

Mohsen Namjoo - desert has been covered with fog...| محسن نامجو - بیابان را سراسر مه گرفته است
Monday, July 06, 2009
iamiranian | Holland Supports Freedom

Show your support to the people in Iran by recording your image or (taking your picture) while you hold a sign saying: "I AM IRANIAN". Put this video online and send us the link, we will embed all... info@iamiranian.nl
thorn, just a riff raff | خس و خاشاک
مالک این خاک منم
پست تر از خاک تویی
شور منم نور منم
عاشق رنجور منم
زور تویی کور تویی
هاله ی بی نور تویی
دلير بی باک منم
مالک این خاک منم
I'm the rightful owner of this land
you're lower than dirt
I'm the excitement, the blazing light
I am the aching lover
You're the oppression, you who is blind to the truth
You're the black halo, without light
I'm the fearless fighter
I'm the rightful owner of this लैंड
Saturday, July 04, 2009
FreedomGloryProject
Iranian-American musicians, artists, and filmmakers united in keeping the struggle for freedom alive.
“Freedom, Glory, Be Our Name” is dedicated to the people of Iran and the citizens of the world who stand with them. freedomgloryproject.com





