Kamangir (Archer)

The news about Michael Jackson’s cardiac arrest was especially important in the Persian blogosphere. The King of Pop may not seem like a good companion for the videos of death and destruction which pour out of Iran everyday, but as an Iranian user of Twitter sarcastically put,

Manouchehr Mottaki [the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs] published an official letter of acknowledgment to thank Michael Jackson for his superbly timely death.

Another Persian message on Twitter suggests,

It is really possible that the Iranian regime murdered Michael Jackson to distract the focus from Iran.

With the regime closing in on the population, including breaking into houses and shooting live ammunition in the streets, a lot of us are worried that Ahmadinejad might just find the death of Michael Jakson the blessing he has been looking for since the suspicious results of the Iranian Presidential Election were published.