MetaFilter posts tagged with Iran and propaganda

Essential Internet Appliances

telstar — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:29:22 -0800

Crap Detection 101 Howard Rheingold offers a fairly in-depth primer on media and internet BS detection. Lots of links to resources for enabling critical analysis of various information sources included.

Farsi alphabet book

CrunchyFrog — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:20:49 -0800

A is for Automobile, B is for Bazooka. An Iranian kids' coloring book made during the Iraq-Iran War, intended to teach the Farsi alphabet, has been scanned and uploaded to Photobucket. [via] a thread on Something Awful, which contains some interesting commentary from the book's owner.

"50% of all Saudi fighters in Iraq come here as suicide bombers"

amberglow — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:50:29 -0800

The "same people who attacked us on 9/11"? It may be the very latest talking point from the Administration, but it's actually true--altho it's not Al Qaeda in Iraq, but Saudis. Although Bush administration officials have frequently lashed out at Syria and Iran, accusing it of helping insurgents and militias here, the largest number of foreign fighters and suicide bombers in Iraq come from a third neighbor, Saudi Arabia ... A historical note: 15 of the 19 hijackers on 9/11 were Saudis.

"Ahmad Chalabi 2.0"

bardic — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 13:27:25 -0800

"God's Army Has Plans to Run the Middle East" is an article that argues that Hezbollah is Iran's "spearhead" towards controlling the entire region. The author? Amir Taheri. You might remember him as the guy who fabricated the story about Iran imposing "yellow star" regulations on religious minorities (previously on mefi). James Wolcott connects the deceitful dots.

Second verse, same as the first!

EarBucket — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:56:25 -0800

~~Niger~~ Venezuela is planning to sell uranium to ~~Iraq~~ Iran.

Hi kids! Do you like violence?

goodnewsfortheinsane — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 09:47:27 -0800

Animated video broadcast on Iran's IRIB state television, apparently aimed at children, seemingly promotes the virtues of becoming a suicide bomber. Coralized wmv link, transcript.