Arash 'Kamangir' Abadpour

I've never been tempted to write under a pseudonym. Except for a while in the beginning of my arrival in Canada when I wrote a few satires under the name of Mohammad Ali Golpaygenai, I've never written a word with anything other than my real anf full name, Hossein Derakhshan. (One video I made with my pseudonym, in which I mocked the then presidential candiate, Ali Fallahian, using a song by Googoosh, became very popular aruond that time.)

Writing under a pseudonym, unless your life or safety is being threatened, means that you you are a coward who can not take responsibility for anything you write or say. It also means, as a sign of hypocrisy, you always want to leave room for changing colors, by killing one pseudonym and creating another one.

One of the exiled Iranians who has continuously guided his personal attacks, has been a blogger under the pseudonym of Arash Kamangir, with a blog under the same name. Except from his own blog, he has also used other platforms to extend his cowardly attacks. (Look how he exploited an Article 19's blog about freedom of expression in Iran against me, while it had nothing to do with the topic of the discussion there.)

Hiding behind an obvious pseudonym and a pair of sun-glasses, the Winnipeg-based Arash Abadpour (or Kamangir) has been trying to conceal his deeply rooted weakness and hypocrisy. I suggest Mr. Abadpour and his like-minded friends to take this opportunity and come out and start showing some respect for their own ideas and beliefs.

Expecting to be taken seriously in a mature debate is very unrealistic when one doesn't even dare to stand by what he or she says.

P.S:
- I found his real name through an old comment he had put on my Persian blog in 2006, mistakenly, under his real name. Read the comment.
- After a bit of Googling, I noticed that, interestingly enough, his real identity has been mentioned at least on two blogs more than a year ago: History News Network and On The Face.
- Ironically, Mehdi Yahyanejad, who runs a website where Abadpour is a moderator, had revealed his real name in May 2006.