Comments on: “I had never intended to get involved in the election.” http://georgetownvoice.com/2009/10/01/%e2%80%9ci-had-never-intended-to-get-involved-in-the-election%e2%80%9d/ Georgetown's Weekly Newsmagazine Since 1969 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:31:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Realist http://georgetownvoice.com/2009/10/01/%e2%80%9ci-had-never-intended-to-get-involved-in-the-election%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-4642 Realist Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:19:10 +0000 http://www.georgetownvoice.com/?p=9090#comment-4642 When you are dealing with a government that systematically targets all "enemies" of the regime, it is very difficult to get people to come forward to describe their experiences in that country while attaching their name to that experience. The Iranian Interests Section is located only blocks away on Wisconsin Avenue. The Voice of America, which is obsessed with credibility, interviewed this same individual and agreed to allow them to be interviewed anonymously and with voice alteration after viewing their Iranian passport (with its stamps marking when they came and left). Its better for the Georgetown community to find out what is going on in Iran from a credible anonymous source than remain in the dark of the important events that are taking place there. When you are dealing with a government that systematically targets all “enemies” of the regime, it is very difficult to get people to come forward to describe their experiences in that country while attaching their name to that experience.

The Iranian Interests Section is located only blocks away on Wisconsin Avenue.

The Voice of America, which is obsessed with credibility, interviewed this same individual and agreed to allow them to be interviewed anonymously and with voice alteration after viewing their Iranian passport (with its stamps marking when they came and left).

Its better for the Georgetown community to find out what is going on in Iran from a credible anonymous source than remain in the dark of the important events that are taking place there.

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]]> By: Vox Populi » Issue Rundown: Election reflections http://georgetownvoice.com/2009/10/01/%e2%80%9ci-had-never-intended-to-get-involved-in-the-election%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-4625 Vox Populi » Issue Rundown: Election reflections Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:59:21 +0000 http://www.georgetownvoice.com/?p=9090#comment-4625 [...] this week’s Feature, the Voice has a first-hand account of this summer’s election in Iran from a Georgetown student.  “This past summer, I had planned to learn more about Iran’s [...] [...] this week’s Feature, the Voice has a first-hand account of this summer’s election in Iran from a Georgetown student.  “This past summer, I had planned to learn more about Iran’s [...]

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