In its current stage, the ongoing debate over the ‘correct’ identity category for the Azerbaijanis evokes an image similar to that of Rumi’s2 ‘the Elephant in the Dark’ parable, where a group of people tried to identify an elephant in a dark room by placing their hands on different parts of its body. Unable to see the animal in its entirety, they each described it based on where they touched it. For instance, a person whose hand landed on the trunk, called it a ‘drain pipe;’ while another, whose hand reached the elephant’s ear, called it a ‘kind of fan;’ and someone else who placed his hand upon its back called it a throne, and so forth.

This video has been uploaded by a user not Google! (or google’s engine has picked up video and its text from a website) and I am sure guys who initiated this story were not idiots. they knew what they are doing. because of all

The information technology ministry has branded the entry an attempt to intervene in Iran’s internal affairs and has urged Iranians to flood Google with emails.

“This act is a typical example of interference in the affairs of another country,” said Samad Mohmen Bela, the IT ministry’s representative in parliament. “The simplest, most effective response is for all Iranian users to reflect their objection to Google’s management.”

The reformist Etemad newspaper accused