Crackdown...

We hear about more arrests and I really had to be careful about how to keep our profile low... we can't be cracked down as that will mean the closure of our office! We tried to get information through witnesses, but it's really hard with the mobile phones not reacting with too much people jamming the line... I could not report on what is going on, though if I were there to see it, there would be no problem about timely reporting! I have to calm down and try my best with the restrictions... Oh, how stressful could this be!


the mobile SMS system was completely dead...

PS
I think the Iranian team's chance to get to the World Cup is just over... they were winning 1-0 well into the second half, but a South Korean hero, Park Ji Sung's goal could have finished off any hopes... I heard Japan has lost its last game against Australia... not a good day to watch soccer!


he's finished off the Iranian team...

Reporting for the first time...

Time to make a report as the Non-Aligned Movement ministral meeting was being held in Tehran. It was the first time for me to see the President of Iran just about 50 centimeters apart.
In the afternoon, I had to rush back to my office to make a report. I had to think real hard to even fill in two minutes with backgrounds and views. I have to admit that I hadn't studied anything about international politics until a year ago, and I have not learned enough about this country except that I've covered the Iranian President visiting Baghdad this March. Starting from zero, I have to go on like an expert. It's gonna be a really tough three years, but I just have to believe in myself!
The report was going to be broadcasted on Wednesday morning. My first report from Tehran. Yes, it's the real beginning!

the Iranian meals today!

rice with eggplants


and the usual kebab meal!