Roger Kemp's Net » Iran http://www.rogerkemp.net on and offline catch of the day Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:53:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Three days in Iran http://www.rogerkemp.net/2010/01/05/three-days-in-iran/ http://www.rogerkemp.net/2010/01/05/three-days-in-iran/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:45:58 +0000 Roger http://www.rogerkemp.net/blog/?p=207 Continue reading →]]> i01_21512585The Big Picture has posted a great photo essay depicting the recent protest in Iran.  Taken by anonymous photographers they show both the opposition and pro-government demonstrations, their massive scale and the sad consequences of demonstrating against a totalitarian regime.

Three days in Iran (The Big Picture)

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]]> http://www.rogerkemp.net/2010/01/05/three-days-in-iran/feed/ 0 Daily Show Gets Journalist Jailed http://www.rogerkemp.net/2009/12/01/daily-show-gets-journalist-jailed/ http://www.rogerkemp.net/2009/12/01/daily-show-gets-journalist-jailed/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:41:41 +0000 Roger http://www.rogerkemp.net/blog/?p=97 Continue reading →]]> One of the shows that I miss and try to watch online when I get the chance is the Daily Show, a satirical news show on Comedy Central in the US.  This is a great interview with a Newsweek journalist, Maziar Bahari, who was jailed for 118 days after being interviewed by a Daily Show correspondent in Iran.  Aside from having a great sense of humor and being able to put everything in perspective, he draws some great parallels between the regime of the Shah and the current one.

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