The Van Der Galiën Gazette‘s latest co-blogger, Kevin Sullivan, wrote an interesting post about Iran.
Kind of like Michael and Turkey, I have developed a mixed fascination with the Islamic Republic of Iran. I’ve touched upon the current state of affairs there pretty frequently on my own blog, and have tried my darnedest to debunk arguments that reject the totalitarian tendencies of the regime.
Well, I believe that Amir Taheri’s piece in today’s NY Post only confirms the worst of my reservations, while raising an important point about the coverage of the repression going on there. Taheri argues that the foreign correspondents for the major media outlets have stood in silence, obfuscating the fact that this government has quietly downplayed civil unrest, while secretly arresting close to a million people in the last four months. Union organizers, journalists, teachers and students have all been gobbled up by the government, and Taheri wonders why the media continues to carry the water for Ahmadinejad and the Mullahs…
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