Comments on: MP's Website attacks Kamangir

By: Kamangir (Iran)

Kamangir (Iran) — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:40:53 +0000

Jahanshah, the Kamangir on Iranian.com is not me.

By: Jahanshah Rashidian (Iran/Germany)

Jahanshah Rashidian (Iran/Germany) — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:16:03 +0000

I know Arash’s patriotism and his love to Iran mainly through his long and enthusistic comments in a popular Iranian site,Iranian.com.
He is a bloggist with a sense of candour and
pragmatically focusing on the cause of his country(Iran).

By: Esra'a

Esra'a — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:41:58 +0000

In many countries people sue news agencies for using people’s personal pictures without written permission for publication, especially in an article which contains libelous material such as this one. Definitely an unthoughtful and unprofessional thing to do.

By: Max

Max — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:27:44 +0000

Mohammad — printing someone’s name is one thing, but why the need to put Kamangir’s photo on there? It looks to me like an implied threat, “we know who you are”. Thankfully, Kamangir is in Canada.

Surely top-ranking MPs in Iran have better things to do than read Kamangir’s blog? Unless of course Hoder is doing an internship there…

By: Kamangir (Iran)

Kamangir (Iran) — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:03:12 +0000

Mohammad, I am not scared. They implicitly call me an advocate of war, which is a wrong accusation. I expect them to publish my defense on the same page.

By: Mohammad Memarian (Iran)

Mohammad Memarian (Iran) — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 03:46:56 +0000

This conservative site (alef1.com) adds nothing to previous ones which mentioned Arash’s identity. then, when reference to his real identity is available also in many other sites and blogs, why should he be so scared by another site just doing the same thing?

probably he should elaborate it himself.

By: Kamangir (Iran)

Kamangir (Iran) — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:12:59 +0000

Esra’a, Omid, Idein, Mohammad and Murad,
Your support means a lot to me. Thank you guys.

By: Murad

Murad — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:25:33 +0000

I think Arash is not opposing that site publishing his alredy disclosed identity, but is emphasizing on the effective role he has played these years

If he’s not opposing the site’s publication, why did he write that the source “attacks Kamangir” in the headline?

By: Esra'a

Esra'a — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:11:11 +0000

I disagree. The article itself is very provocative and is not just merely reporting what happened. Read this, and sense the tone of the reporter:

He [real name] is a resident of Canada whose blog is frequently referred to by the media and warmonger neo-con blogs (including Pajamas Media and Gateway Pundit). His blog is the number one source for anti-Iran news from the Iranian blogosphere, for the neo-con media.

Similar claims were made by Hoder, making this particular case just as grave.

I am aware of his identity being disclosed in the past. He wrote about it here when it happened and Hoder applied to be a part of this site days after it was revealed as well, I also revisited the event in my first comment for this post. It doesn’t change the tone of the article and the reaction it’s trying to provoke.

By: Mohammad Memarian (Iran)

Mohammad Memarian (Iran) — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:08:59 +0000

the real identity of Arash was clear to the fans of Iranian blogosphere since the event he pointed out in this post. then, Esra’a probably didnt get the point; I think Arash is not opposing that site publishing his alredy disclosed identity, but is emphasizing on the effective role he has played these years; Effective to the point that a site close to a conservative PM (Dr. Tavakkoli) is not able to neglect it.