The Latest from Iran (25 June): The Sounds of Silence

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This morning I learned of the latest blog of Keyvan Nayyeri, “Yet There is an Iran”. Nayyeri posted this on Monday before the latest political developments and yesterday’s confrontation at Baharestan Square, but I think his projection is important: the events of the last few weeks are only the “beginning of the end”, the start of a long-term process for political and social change in Iran. Equally significant, I think, is the sentiment in this post: whatever happens, the connections made between Iran and the “outside” via media have replaced ignorance with knowledge and stereotype with dialogue:

Yet There is an Iran

I’m going to celebrate the fourth birthday anniversary of my blog shortly but for the first time in this long while I really don’t know what to write. Sometimes you have many things to say and don’t know which one to write first, but you suddenly realize that no one has the time to read everything that you write!
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