tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post112504782441331462..comments2023-10-19T13:49:15.915+03:30Comments on View from Iran: Tips for Journalists Visiting IranAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09092236941440210165noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-84703586129479997732008-09-07T05:58:00.000+04:302008-09-07T05:58:00.000+04:30Thank you for the very informative blog. My husban...Thank you for the very informative blog. My husband is Iranian and we will be traveling to Tehran for the first time this year. I've been struggling to separate the wheat from the chaff and this has been a very helpful read.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15198530140918287648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-9755972743204627212007-07-25T18:30:00.000+03:302007-07-25T18:30:00.000+03:30If you do find it necessary to compliment someone ...If you do find it necessary to compliment someone on jewelry or clothes or tchatchkas, say "That looks great <B>on you</B>"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09092236941440210165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-11140346731764052652007-07-25T16:04:00.000+03:302007-07-25T16:04:00.000+03:30I have one: Don't compliment anyone on their jew...I have one: Don't compliment anyone on their jewelry or chachkas or anything else that they can easily remove and offer to you. They may urge you insistently to take it, and then you must refuse (which can take quite some time :)Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16876505687687402531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-50361161556893351182006-12-09T00:13:00.000+03:302006-12-09T00:13:00.000+03:30Great post, ETGreat post, ETAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-1129036731941046892005-10-11T16:48:00.000+03:302005-10-11T16:48:00.000+03:30Rosemary, I am sure my site gets monitored. But so...Rosemary, I am sure my site gets monitored. But so what? I am a small fish in a gigantic pond (70,000 Persian bloggers). I am not organizing anything, so I do not think it would be a problem to pass on the link.Kamran and Torihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17472269903227971301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-1128430032418922412005-10-04T16:17:00.000+03:302005-10-04T16:17:00.000+03:30Thank you, Doctor Zin, for introducing this site!D...Thank you, Doctor Zin, for introducing this site!<BR/><BR/>Dear ET,<BR/>I think it is a wonderful endevour you have undertaken here. If one or two little things may have been "misunderstood" or "not always true," it is important for us readers to realize it is better to be careful than to be rude! Especially in a different country! lol. <BR/><BR/>Great work that you have done. When I get a chance, I am going to write about it so others may come to your site. I hope that is okay, since your site may be monitored. I would not want to cause any trouble. Let me know, okay? Have a wonderful day.Rosemary Welchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14400569923078517570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-1128303047622208372005-10-03T05:00:00.000+03:302005-10-03T05:00:00.000+03:30Interesting Post.I wish you had an RSS feed to kee...Interesting Post.<BR/><BR/>I wish you had an RSS feed to keep up on al your posts.<BR/><BR/>On blogger that is just a simple setting change to make.<BR/><BR/>Contact me if you can.DoctorZinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13582378226144064914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-1125288178309988062005-08-29T08:32:00.000+04:302005-08-29T08:32:00.000+04:30Fred, I did not say that there was *necessarily* i...Fred, I did not say that there was *necessarily* intolerance, and there certainly is *not* ignorance of other religions. But the Koran does make a difference between "idolatry" and the "people of the book." Many Islamic scholars say that the idolatry (SP?)lambasted in the Koran refers to that of the bedouins, but I always wonder. That's why I say: ask.<BR/><BR/>BTW, Iran is currently cooperating on a survey to find evidence of Buddhism along the Silk Road:<BR/><BR/>http://www.chn.ir/en/news/?id=5483§ion=2Kamran and Torihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17472269903227971301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-1125265461282658252005-08-29T02:14:00.000+04:302005-08-29T02:14:00.000+04:30you mentioned lack of tolerence vis a vis other re...you mentioned lack of tolerence vis a vis other religions such as Buddhism. How true is that?<BR/>about Bahaism and Atheism, it is probably true.<BR/>But I've heard that even in ghom there are islamic scholars which show off their knowledge of Buddhist sutras to each other.<BR/>what is your experience of such lack of relegious tolerence?<BR/><BR/>FredAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-1125115986181654692005-08-27T08:43:00.000+04:302005-08-27T08:43:00.000+04:30Hossein, Yes, not always true. Sometimes they just...Hossein, Yes, not always true. Sometimes they just have to wear hoods and long manteaus.<BR/><BR/>This is also true of students. There are universities that require chadors and universities that do not. It all depends.<BR/><BR/>And since the government sector is so gigantic in Iran, my statement was incorrect. Sorry.Kamran and Torihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17472269903227971301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-1125115896531921462005-08-27T08:41:00.000+04:302005-08-27T08:41:00.000+04:30I second the previous comment here. You should ser...I second the previous comment here. You should seriously consider writing a book on Iran.<BR/><BR/>itchy_toughts<BR/>P.S. I still read your blog regularly and enjoy it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-1125107367322428042005-08-27T06:19:00.000+04:302005-08-27T06:19:00.000+04:30I enjoyed (and was informed) reading your recent d...I enjoyed (and was informed) reading your recent detailed analyses. Someday you should write a book or travelogue about contemporary Iran.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-1125063820849098282005-08-26T18:13:00.000+04:302005-08-26T18:13:00.000+04:30"Government employees are required to wear chadors..."Government employees are required to wear chadors."<BR/>not always true.maybe in a few spotsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com