Iran

So I have decided that Iran deserves its own blog because I spend so much time reading news that come from there and I am interested in how the people are fairing under the rule of Ahmadinejad and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.  Also how the reform parties and the people participating in the reform movement are fairing.  I think that Iran is very interesting because they people want the country to change and modernize, but the leaders are trying their best to stop the modernization.  

One of the reasons is because of the "soft" power that comes from United States.  "Soft Power" means that when cultural ideas or practices and other things that are not military power or political begin to influence the way people think.  For example, Ahmadinejad told the people that they could no longer celebrate Valentines Day and banned the sell of Valentine items because it is a western tradition and it is against the practices of Islam.  

Anyways, I feel that I need to create a blog devoted to Iran.  Hopefully, people will read it.  Thank you so much!