lack of primary, first-hand sources in iran

Little Green Footballs: "At one point I was worried that my sources and his (Michael Ledeen's) sources were the same, though it looks like at this point we only have one mutual contact."
I personally think that there are not enough primary sources available in English about Iran and from inside Iran by Iranian people. Many of them (like Iran Daneshjoo) are just exaggerating and even lying about what is happening in Iran. I'm not sure about their real purposes, but I can not ignore the fact that many of them (like Manouchehr Mohammadi or Tabarzadi etc.) were actually acting as hard-liners' muscles and with their radical actions (like attacking banks and buses etc.) were providing them with enough reasons to act against the whole non-violent student movement on those days and later against all newspapers that covered those days' happenings.
I also can't ignore that many of them are using these kind of false news to justify their requests for asylum to Western countries. I've seen a couple of former students from rural areas and low-income families in Iran who entered political activities on those days just to become famous and attract western human rights organizations' support only to make a better living. (I've heard from different sources that Mr. Mohammadi has bought 2 houses with financial supports from Iranian oppositions who trusted him, when he was in Europe and U.S)
I've been encouraging all Persian bloggers inside Iran to start blogging in English for the past weeks, but very few people are concerned about the importance of their English weblog as primary sources and true witnesses to internal news and events. We all need these first-hand sources I believe. Posted by hoder at September 28, 2002 7:40 AM