Will you let it go?

It is like an epidemic feeling. When I was inside Iran, reading blogs of Iranians living outside, I could feel a certain degree of exaggeration or if not, an elevated level of sensitivity towards unpleasant political and social news in Iran. Now that I am rather outside, I guess I am getting covered by the same shadow.
The pathetic habit of media in bringing all the ugly in front of me makes this shadow much darker and more scary. Will Iran ever become what we are hoping for her to be? and what are we hoping for anyway? under the shadow, in the darkness, in search of what we are moving our hands so desperately.

Sadly, Iranian government is like an angry gangster that always avenges its owns citizens. They claim they are "Islamic" but they act so harsh to people. If you are an intellectual, you are a spy, if you are a cleric who does not like them, you are "diverted". If are young and want to be just young, you are "made fool by the enemy". I do not want to generalize and be like those who give a picture of Iran as if it is hell...it is not...but the government should just let people live as they want...they can not suffer from economic disasters AND more sanctions AND threat of war AND social restriction AND ban in normal stuff AND censorship AND lack of freedom of speech AND political limitation and and... will you please let it go in one area at least?

While I am getting more into work these days, too busy to write, Mrs.Behi is busy writing. Today she wrote about what she would be involved with if we were in Tehran (read her insights here).

Perhaps I should just give up nagging for the moment. We have rented new movies that we want to watch and it is 10:30 p.m after a long day. I need to go back to Mrs.Behi and did you know how cute she was when she was little? see this

Comments

[Hiva]

I understand, it's like a nightmare. it seems there is a match "who can drive their citizens mader".
winner : Iranina government that uses very rare and creative way to make a country a huge mental asylum.

[Tori]

I have exactly the same problem. I left Iran 2 months ago, and already I feel that I have lost touch. There is a great quote from Abtahi in this excellent paper (http://tinyurl.com/36okmf) by Gareth Smyth:

"My colleague Najmeh Bozorgmehr once called Mohammad Ali Abtahi, the former vice-president, to ask him about a political development. “I can’t comment,” he said, entirely seriously. “I’ve been out of the country for a week and don’t know what’s happening.”