March 24, 2004

Bye bye papers until three weeks later

Is there any other modern country in the world in which people can't get a hold on any newspaper for three weeks? Well, Iran is perhaps the only place.

A lot of important things are happening (Yassin's death, 9/11 inquiry, Libya's developments, etc.) and not a single paper is getting published during the three week long Norouz holidays, starting around March 18.

Three or four years ago because of the important possible developments, reformists papers decided to cover the three week holiday and it was quite helpful. But now everyone is silent.

Funny thing is that even the reformist news websites do not get updated. Isn't this ridiculous?

Somebody should stand up and dare effectively reduce Norouz holidays to three or four days. This is not how a modern government could run.

Posted by hoder at March 24, 2004 11:02 PM

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- By: G. Tompkins on April 15, 2004
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Come on Hoder,We need that holiday,though we start our work on 5the day of Noruz. Last year some papers were published in Nuruz but supposedly were unsuccessful.
- By: Esmail on March 28, 2004
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Hossein, First of all, I don't know where you get the weeks from. To my knowledge the black out in Iran's government offices and businesses (including the media organizations) starts from the end of the year and extends to the day after the Sizdah bedar (13th day of the new year). How did you add an extra week in there? Secondly, you didn't advocate a reduction in Nowrooz holidays when you were living in Iran. Now that you live abroad you don't mind arguing for shortening the number of holidays! There is an old Persian proverb that goes "if the pot(of soup) is not boiling for me, it might as well have a dog's head in it!" Now it's the same with you. With all the pressure and misery in Iranian society, the 2 weeks of Nowrooz holidays is just about all the fun and relief that Iranians, especially the youth have left. Let's not take this away from them! And oh by the way...Nowrooz Mobarak! :)
- By: Farhad on March 25, 2004
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