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El nuevo caza Stealth de Irán se alza en un falso cielo

News photo of Iran’s Qaher-313 flying across a photoshopped sky.

Los bloggers iraníes revelaron a principios de este mes que una foto oficial mostrando en vuelo el caza furtivo de Irán recientemente dado a conocer, el Qaher-313, es de hecho una falsa imagen fotoshopeada [en]. A pesar de las afirmaciones del gobierno iraní de que la aeronave está patrullando los cielos, bloggers de ojo avizor vieron que la imagen fue tomada de la ceremonia de inauguración en Teherán y superpuesta a un fondo diferente.

Mientras que muchos iraníes (posiblemente incluyendo los militares) han ido a Facebook [fa] para promover con entusiasmo el Qaher-313, muchos bloggers ver la imagen como una oportunidad para burlarse del régimen de Teherán. Añadiendo contenido a sus burlas están las acusaciones de que la fotografía de un mono que Irán supuestamente envió al espacio también es falsa.

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Iran’s New Stealth Fighter Soars Across Fake Sky

News photo of Iran’s Qaher-313 flying across a photoshopped sky.

Iranian bloggers revealed earlier this month that an official photo showing Iran’s recently unveiled stealth fighter, the Qaher-313, in flight is in fact a fake photoshopped image. Despite claims by the Iranian government that the aircraft is patrolling the skies, sharp-eyed bloggers spotted that the image was taken from the unveiling ceremony in Tehran and superimposed onto a different background.

While many Iranians (possibly including the military) have taken to Facebook to excitedly promote the Qaher-313,  many bloggers view the image as an opportunity to mock the Tehran regime.  Adding substance to their mockery are allegations that the photograph of a monkey that Iran supposedly sent into space is also a fake.

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Le nouvel avion de combat furtif iranien s’élance dans un ciel fictif

News photo of Iran’s Qaher-313 flying across a photoshopped sky.

Des blogueurs ont révélé début février qu’une photo officielle montrant récemment l’avion de chasse furtif iranien en vol, le Qaher-313, est en réalité une image truquée avec Photoshop. Malgré les affirmations du gouvernement iranien que l’avion est en train de patrouiller dans le ciel, des blogueurs vigilants ont découvert que l’image avait été prise lors d’une cérémonie d’inauguration à Téhéran et superposée à un arrière-plan différent.

Tandis que de nombreux Iraniens (dont probablement des militaires) ont utilisé Facebook pour promouvoir avec enthousiasme le Qaher-313, beaucoup de blogueurs ont vu dans cette image l’occasion de se moquer du régime de Téhéran. Leurs moqueries trouvent de la substance dans les allégations que la photographie d’un singe que l’Iran aurait envoyé dans l’espace est aussi truquée.

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India Gears up for a Heavyweight Clash at the Next General Election

Voter reads an election pamphlet
Voter reads an election pamphlet. Photo: Al Jazeera English/flickr.

India’s next general election, scheduled for 2014 at the latest, is already shaping up to be one of the most anticipated in decades. Over recent weeks, the two main parties – the ruling Congress and opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – have hinted at who might lead them once campaigning officially starts. Although the two likely contenders are not household names outside India, both Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi are heavyweights on the domestic political stage.

The two men are as different as can be. Rahul Gandhi is the youthful upstart without much experience, but who holds the backing of a powerful political family. Narendra Modi is possibly India’s most divisive political figure – adored by many for overseeing unprecedented economic growth in his home state of Gujarat, but equally reviled for his alleged involvement in the worst communal riots in India’s recent history.

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“The Longest Sought, Hardest Fought Prize” – A New Boost for the CTBT?

A nuclear weapon is detonated at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands in 1946. Image: International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons/flickr

In defiance of international warnings, North Korea recently went ahead with its third nuclear test. On 12 February, an explosion was set off in the country’s northeast, close to the location of the two previous nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009. Pyongyang promptly declared the test a success, with its state-owned news agency announcing that the nuclear device was smaller and lighter yet more powerful than previous devices. International condemnation was swift and unambiguous. The UN Security Council – including North Korea‘s sole major ally China – strongly condemned the test and vowed to take further action against Pyongyang.

Since 1998, North Korea is the only country known to have tested a nuclear weapon, an act which is now regarded as highly provocative and the behavior of a ‘rogue state’. And yet nuclear testing is still not banned under international law. Indeed, the treaty that would prohibit all nuclear tests – the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) – has now been in limbo for more than 15 years.  

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