Day of celebration!

I now have a brother-in-law. I'm very happy to have one so trustworthy and reliable. I'm of course happy that both are doing well in their career and even more, they have great friends around them. I've been away from my sister so long, that I never was there to help her in need and I witnessed all the love my sister and her husband has received from all of their companions.
The five hours we spent at the wedding venue made me realize once again that I hadn't given my wife this opportunity to celebrate among her friends and our family. I really felt guilty... but today it was a day to celebrate so I just pushed it back into my conscience. I'll think about it later!
So anyways, congrats to my lovely sister and our new compassionate friend who is the luckiest guy in the world! Congratulations!

Photos...

before everyone was seated... waiting for the great event!

while sunset... after the ceremony...

Endorsement

It was an important day and we were all set before the TV sets to watch and cover the crucial event for the regime. As we were not invited, we had no choice but to wait for the live coverage. But though we had been alerted from our friends that the event had started, we could not see anything happening on the state broadcast and I was quite disappointed to find out we just had to wait for the 2 o'clock to hear any of the soundbites the President and the Leader have made for the Endorsement ceremony of the executive branch. I was given the opportunity to participate in the broadcast late at night in Japan, but I really didn't like how they hadn't broadcasted the event on TV. Well, the most important will come up in two days and I hope they would not change their minds and not let us in!


the recorded version on TV... why was it not broadcasted live!?

PS
In Japan, I see the lay judge trials were starting. Citizens chosen to be like the juries in Western nations will be deciding on a verdict in four days. If I had stayed in my previous position at the Judicial Press Club, I surely would have been working on this. I had no idea I'd been working on the inauguration process of a Middle East country I had no connection to!

Start of the ceremonies...

From the morning, the celebration of the start of the "Ten Days of Dawn", the anniversary festivities for the Iran's Islamic Revolution. We went to Imam Khomeini's shrine in the morning and it took me almost the whole day to compile a story for the news.
From today, the busiest 2 weeks after arriving in Tehran will start and I will face the challenge to manage how I can use all the resources I have including my staff. I know I can't make it without the help from Tokyo, but I'm really having a tough time to cope with the strong pressures I get. Will I go broke or will I succeed... only God knows...


the President with the grandson of the late Imam...


with the familiar placard!


and the former President giving his speech...


the venue of the ceremony... The Imam Khomeni Shrine