Iran in the Gulf and Translate 4 Iran

New sources of information are coming out daily. Naturally, all of this is bigger than one person, or even one country, but peace in the Middle East. In this case, Iran. A few years, and to a large degree still, Iraq, but the region on the whole is replete with killers in charge. There is North Korea, China, and various African countries under tyranny and oppression.

A tip of the hat to a good friend to freedom regarding the next two blogs.

• Iran in the Gulf
  Perspectives on Iran's place in the post-Saddam Middle East, with an eye towards the Gulf.



• Translate 4 Iran
  The Translation and Interpretation Initiative for Iranian Protesters (TIIIP) is an ad hoc initiative to produce free, publication-ready translations and high-quality interpretations of the written and spoken communication streaming out of Iran in the Farsi (Persian) language in the form of e-mails, YouTube videos, Facebook entries, press releases, etc. We leverage volunteer translators, interpreters, linguists, bilinguals, and technical and administrative support personnel to achieve these goals. Our approach is similar to crowdsourcing, but with greater emphasis on the use of professional translators, writers, and editors. Our platform is the wiki. We make liberal use of social media such as Twitter and Facebook to communicate and to attract attention to our initiative.