One thing people can do is to stop going to stadiums to watch football and other sports.Bycotting sport is effective and cann't be punished.
Just watch Iran Jordan game. There were at most 25 tousinds. The other is that you call your families from her and ask them not to call you. Iranian people should do what ever they can think of for not paying mokhaberat and metro. Bycotting Iran Air is also very effective. When traveling to Iran see if you can travel by other means than Iran Air.

One thing people can do is to stop going to stadiums to watch football and other sports.Bycotting sport is effective and cann't be punished.
Just watch Iran Jordan game. There were at most 25 tousinds. The other is that you call your families from her and ask them not to call you. Iranian people should do what ever they can think of for not paying mokhaberat and metro. Bycotting Iran Air is also very effective. When traveling to Iran see if you can travel by other means than Iran Air.

D.S jAn,
I don't get it.
What would be the impact of boycotting sport events in stadiums or any sport event in that matter on I.S over all oppressive doctrine?

Also I would like to bring to your attention that Iran Air and Tehran's Metro are heavily subsidized government entities and they surely are not profit based corporations.

As long as $ from that dinosaur juice is flowing in the I.S hooligans pocket no domestic economic boycott will have any considerable effect on IS.

IMHO "Kam kaari" or "No karri" by majority or preferably all government employees specially of those in NIOC will be deadly.

I also believe the next milestone for green movement should be focused around organized strikes, particularly if the NIOC gets in the picture and puts a big dent in the danseur juice producing cash cow.

D.S jAn,
I don't get it.
What would be the impact of boycotting sport events in stadiums or any sport event in that matter on I.S over all oppressive doctrine?

Also I would like to bring to your attention that Iran Air and Tehran's Metro are heavily subsidized government entities and they surely are not profit based corporations.

As long as $ from that dinosaur juice is flowing in the I.S hooligans pocket no domestic economic boycott will have any considerable effect on IS.

IMHO "Kam kaari" or "No karri" by majority or preferably all government employees specially of those in NIOC will be deadly.
Rasol jan,
Just imagine arabic chanels show Iran vs an arabic teams game in Tehran
with no audiance. It will be poor reputaion for IR. Beside Sepah earn lots of money from sport as well as Iran air. Top members of sepah have a mafia in
all Irans airports and specially Iran air.
AN want the state to run Metro. Ghalibaf and CO are resisting.
Kamkari & No kari must be a good idea too. Specially in oil & gass industery.

DS jaan, I don't think IR is concenred about its reputation. They're not exactly popular with anyone out there from Japan to Argentina - most of the Arab countries already hate their guts.

But I do like boycotting mokhaberat and Tehran Metro (which will be taken over by the coup forces shortly from Rafi's son) and Iran Air (another entity recently taken over by coup forces). To be effective, these things need to be co-ordinated though. For example the movement needs to boycott the subway on so and so date and gauge how many people will be participating in this type of silent protest. Don't expect much from the Green leaders though - they can only throw small dinner parties and put out BS flyers. This needs to be done by the homegrown movement that's coming out now.

I agree with Rasoul. Not going to stadiums for any game is not going to help. But what people are doing is great. They are boycotting the TM games because of Ghotbi as indicated in the following article:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/sport/2009/11/091116_ag_mr_football.shtml
and using the club games to demo and give slogans against the regime.
I think they people are doing the right thing.

DS jaan, I don't think IR is concenred about its reputation. They're not exactly popular with anyone out there from Japan to Argentina - most of the Arab countries already hate their guts.

But I do like boycotting mokhaberat and Tehran Metro (which will be taken over by the coup forces shortly from Rafi's son) and Iran Air (another entity recently taken over by coup forces). To be effective, these things need to be co-ordinated though. For example the movement needs to boycott the subway on so and so date and gauge how many people will be participating in this type of silent protest. Don't expect much from the Green leaders though - they can only throw small dinner parties and put out BS flyers. This needs to be done by the homegrown movement that's coming out now.
Mr, G.
There is no way you could boycott Mokhaaberaat, it is among the most effective way for resistance.
One day when "Hokoomat" blacks out the Mokhaaberaat it would be my day.

But they do it all the time Rasoul jaan. On every big demonstration day, they've cut SMS, cell phone, internet and a lot of times the telephone service. Why wouldn't the people do the same thing on days of their choosing?!

Boycoting games will draw international attention. Its a great idea.

DS jaan, I don't think IR is concenred about its reputation. .
They do. Specially in arabic world. But mostly it is about money. They should
pay basij and sepah members to seat in stadium pretending they are football fan. Or else they will be ashamed by empty stadium.
Having said that many football player are told to concentrate on their game
and not draw attention to politics. But this way we will stress them to say something or go home with empty pocket.
It is a good start for nafarmanye meli IMO.

They do. Specially in arabic world. But mostly it is about money. They should
pay basij and sepah members to seat in stadium pretending they are football fan. Or else they will be ashamed by empty stadium.
Having said that many football player are told to concentrate on their game
and not draw attention to politics. But this way we will stress them to say something or go home with empty pocket.
It is a good start for nafarmanye meli IMO.

I agree.

Boycotting the sporting events is a great idea, not only it deprives the government from the cash it generates to pay off basiji MF’s , it also enforces and encourages the message of unity for our people when they turn the TV on and see no spectators.

They do. Specially in arabic world.

Don't know about that DS jaan. Larijani had some pretty nasty words for the Saudis in parliament a few days ago and that's not the first time I hear strong words from top officials towards them. They're not really in the best of terms with Egypt, Jordan, Yemen, UAE and Qatar. Not too sure about Oman, but that's a pretty serious list of pissed of Arabs! ;)

Don't know about that DS jaan. Larijani had some pretty nasty words for the Saudis in parliament a few days ago and that's not the first time I hear strong words from top officials towards them. They're not really in the best of terms with Egypt, Jordan, Yemen, UAE and Qatar. Not too sure about Oman, but that's a pretty serious list of pissed of Arabs! ;)
Larijani had thoses words against Saudi officials not their people. Public oppinion is important for IR since they want infulence in M.E.
Remember Lebenon and phalestine as well.

I see where you're going with this DS jaan. Sorry, I didn't realize you meant public opinion as opposed to the leadership of these countries. You're absolutely correct in that aspect.

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The problem is that many of us have close family and relatives in Iran and any boycot will effect the quality of their lives. I know this may appear short-sighted but the life of people in Iran is hard enough already without extra pressures from us.

Whether you like it or not the Iran-Jordan game was boycotted. There were only a few thousand people watching.

I put myself in the student's shoes whose life has been turned upside down since July, beaten, jailed and probably tortured and he sees a bunch of no good son of bitches go to stadiums and wave flags for Abu moslem or Rah Ahan.

Its a slap in the face.

but then again inaction and indifference has been etched in our batn for centuries.

Behrooz jaan, I think it's safe to say that the quality of life for Iranians is NOT going to improve without significant policy changes which will NEVER happen under the IR. To lift the current sanction and avoid future ones, a significant foreign policy change is requird. This particular foreign policy change contradicts the very essence of this regime. Furthermore, we need a significant decrease in corrpution, significant increase in foriegn investment and an increase in the overall productivity of efficiency of the Iranian economy - again, non of which will happen under this regime and with these policies. So, the only logical question remaining is whether Iranians are prepared to make some short term sacrifices for future gains or are they simply going to wait for a miracle like they've been doing for the past 30 years. For me personally, the choice is a no brainer, but whether the Iranian society as a whole can understand that and subscribe to this ideology, obviously remains to be seen. I honestly do think that they will make that choice at some point.

And good point K1 jaan. I totally agree with you on that. Personally, I can't even bring myself to watch TM games anymore, knowing what has happened in Iran. Any support for any part of this system, in any shape or form, is simply a slap in the face of those families who've lost loved ones.

I also thought K1 had a good point. Beside what is the good of watching football
when they lose like they do. Each WCQ I remember had a headeq. Losing to Qatar, Bahrain, .... lately KSA in Tehran.
The most compotent Iff manager Safahi Farahani s now in prison the worst are running IFF.

Behrou jan I hear you and I can't disagree with the logic. But Iranians living in Iran are already struggling so much that they are all thinking of one thing and that is find ways to improve their lives, socially and mainly economically. Despite the fact that most hate the regime they still want to live their lives within those restrictions.
I am all for boycotting football matches, because it's really not important in the greater scheme of things and in fact absence from it is can be a form of protestation against the regime. Most importantly it doesn't harm anyone or affect the quality of the ordinary person's life.

But I really don't understand the point of economic sanctions and other boycots that effects the life of the ordinary person. They are the ones who suffer and the regime has shown it can go on surviving despite these boycots.

DS jaan that is the same Safaei Farahani who's in jail? I know I originally reported him gettting arrested on IC, but since then I've been wondering if it's a different guy. I didn't know he was politically involved at that level to get arrested. RESPECT, as Ali G would say.

I hear ya Behrooz jaan. There are obviously two schools of thought when it comes to sanctions. The one camp argues that sanctions against Cuba and N. Korea have been ineefective for years and it is only through engagement that significant changes can be made in these countries. Having said that, both of these countries have been very isolated (politically) from the outside world and have absolutely no degree of influence outside their borders. Essentially, whether sanctions work or not, is not that important to the outside world, as long as these ideologies are "contained". This is obviously not the case with Iran and I think as much as the sanctions have not affected the IR on a grand scale and in the international arena, you are absolutely correct in saying that they have been detrimental to the lives of ordinary Iranians. But at the same time, we can't at least wonder if this deterioration in the standard of living, did or continues to play an important role in the growing dissatisfaction with the regime and the blow-out that we have witnessed in the past few months. At the end of the day, can these sanctions be a catalyst to a regime change in Iran? That's the question that lingers on in my mind.

DS jaan that is the same Safaei Farahani who's in jail? .

Yes. He is the same guy.