February 2003
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* Ganjavi was an "Iranian", not Azari
I just read a biography of Nezami
Ganjavi on the Iranian site. It described him as an Azeri poet from Azarbaijan
and not a word about the fact the he was actually an Iranian poet who lived in Ganjeh
which was part of Iran at that time.
Someone should ask this biographer if Nezami Ganjavi was an Azari poet then why
did he compose his masterpiece "Khamseh" in Persian and not in Turkish?
It is the same story of the Turks in Turkey claiming that Molana was a Turk. Again
then why did he write all his great mystical poems in Persian?
I don't blame these Azaris and Turks for wanting these great poets to be from
their countries. It is a matter of great pride for any country to have produced such
great men, and they do belong to humanity and not any specific nation. However, a
site called "Iranian" should not put a biography of Nezami Ganjavi written
and distorted by an Azari writer.
Don't we ourselves have so many biographies of Nezami? Why do you have to resort
to one written by this Azari writer who is not truthful to his subject? I hope you
take this distorted biography out of your site and put one that says Nezami Ganjavi
was an "Iranian" poet, not an Azari poet.
Nahid Shafiei
A concerned Iranian
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* Why should we sabotage ourselves?
I do not understand why Mr. Guive Mirfendereski has to malign the Persian
Gulf Task Force? [The
last stand of all things Persian]Why should we sabotage our own cultural and
historical heritage and let Arabs continue to chip away on our national identity?
The Persian Gulf Task Force should be supported by all who care for Iran.
It is quite ridiculous to compare the Persian Gulf symbolically to an old and beautiful
family silver heirloom, to wonder how long that box will be known as his "Papa's
Cigarette Box" ( its identity for the son ) and just become "the box"
and thereby imply that the Persian Gulf will lose its identity in this world as well
and just become "The Gulf".
Shahla Samii
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* I looked at all 169
Your photos of S.F. peace march are brilliant! [Also
Americans] You captured the energy and emotion of your subjects so effortlessly.
I looked at all 169 of them! Congratulations on a beautiful photo essay.
Samina Arif
Palo Alto, CA
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* Photos capture historical event
Your photo essay is excellent. [Also
Americans] I stood out there on Market Street for 6 hours and video taped as
much as could. It was exuberant feeling. Your photos really capture the brilliant
signs and elation I felt being apart of a historical event.
I have sent the links to my friends from all over the world.
Azibuike
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* Superb
Your photo essay of San Francisco demonstration was superb. [Also
Americans] Congradulations.
The photos made me feel homesick. It was certainly more fun to be on the street
in San Francisco than in the freezing cold of Manhattan.
All the best,
Mansour Farhang
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* Half-Iranian Lithuanian pianist
I am professional pianist and interested in Iranian music very much! Especcially
piano and folk-songs. But I can understand only European scores.
Azerbaijani mood of Mugams I can reed at the piano easy. Some of them have Iranian
roots and even mood and name. (My Grandmother is Iranian) But I have only Tesnify!
Irina Kudinova
Senior-lecturer of the Lithuanian University
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* Mon cousin Behrouz BEHNEJAD
Bonjour! Je suis Farzaneh VALAI et j'habite en France. J'aimerai contacter mon
cousin Behrouz BEHNEJAD. En consultant votre site, j'ai vu sa photo. Pouvez-vous
nous mettre en contacte s'il vous plait.
Merci d'avance,
Farzaneh VALAI
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* Moving pictures
Thank you for posting these moving pictures in The Iranian. I am looking
forward to more such events in the near future together with your skillfully taken
photographs.
Farrokh
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* This is payback time
I just saw your pictures from the anti-war rallies held in San Francisco [Also
Americans]. I wanted to convey my thoughts to you.
I wanted to tell you about Saddam Hussein and what he has meant to Iran and Iranians.
Saddam is directly and indirectly responsible for the death over 1 million Iranians.
These Iranians, your brethren, were killed with bullets, anti-aircraft artillery
aimed at troops. They were shot down with rockets, they were killed in their sleep
with scuds, they were gassed trying to liberate Khorramshahr, they were killed in
the first few days when Khuzestan was over-run in 1980, they were killed in captivity,
they were poisoned, they were burned.
Saddam spared no means to inflict as much death and suffering on OUR brothers
and sisters. He is not worthy of our sympathy, his people do not deserve our sympathy,
Arabs by in large DO NOT deserve our sympathy, because through those eight miserable
years they spared no expense, no amount of resources, nor even soldiers in the pursuit
of aiding and abetting this mad man.
As far as I'm concerned the ENTIRE Arab world can go to hell. This is payback
time, and the hens have come home to roost.
Afshin
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* Gays I understand. But why Iranians?
I can understand American gays from SF, CA supporting Saddam and Arafat. But why
Iranians? [Also
Americans]
Elias
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* Thanks for taking us there
Thanks for taking us there. [Also
Americans] My favorite is "Sow Justice, Reap Peace".
Joan Valanejad
Midwest City, Oklahoma
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* Great
Great pictures. [Also
Americans] Thanks.
Gulhan Moeel
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* Dast mareezaad!
Dast mareezaad!! It was excellent! [Also
Americans]
Sima G.S.
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* I DID show ways to achieve THEIR objective
Mr. Ala's [Polite
objection] and his henchman, Mr. Charmchi's [Erasing
our identity], own organization was not 100% in agreement about their harsh,
divisive, and anti-Iranian treatment of Ebi. In point of fact a good number of the
members were against the boycotting of Ebi and voted as such. Many of the members
of the organization have written to me expressing their dismay at the organization's
stand with Ebi and their official response to me. [The
last stand of all things Persian]
I still believe that the organization is wrong in its 100% all of the time militant
approach. As for Mr. Ala, he also tends to misrepresent reality, never mind me or
my motives (assuming they take off the blinders and see things as they are for a
change).
I challenge Mr. Ala to share with the readers any proof of attending two of my
speeches, that I wrote to him and said he cannot trust an Iranian (maybe not in the
context in which he had sought advice), or that in my speeches I urged Iranians to
forgo their heritage or rights.
If anything, mine has been a voice of reason, sometimes that benefits Iran (and
these chauvinists) and sometimes it may not, but for each case at least my readers
appreciate being informed. Mr. Ala does not like me personally and I think his antipathy
for me has gotten the better of him. Well, cannot win them all, I guess!
Mr. Charmchi, on the other hand, is so self-righteous that nothing he has written
about me now or before, under flunky pseudonyms, should deserve a reply.
As I figure it: this is the problem with these guys -- They can write well but
they yet have to learn how to read. If they bothered to read my Persian Gulf piece,
independent of their personal dislike for me, they would have noticed that the piece
actually shows different ways that they can achieve their objective.
I also offered a new application of Darwin's theory of evolution (which Mr. Charmchi
illiterately dismissed as silly)! For his edification, I should explain. What is
the logical conclusion of the "natural selection" process that over time
has given us the name "'Persian Gulf," as I claim? That, the name is the
fittest -- as in the survival of the fittest. What made it the fittest? The fact
that Arabs too helped in its propagation and survival.
Of course, as one member of Mr. Ala's organization wrote to me, this and other
things in that piece are too subtle for these engineer-types!
Finally, for Mr. Ala's information, he and his gang, to my best information, came
very close to being investigated by the authorities for their threats against the
target of one of their organized letter-writing campaigns, a situation which was
averted by the grace of my name. Flatare hoc tuus nuus ex ergo.
Guive Mirfendereski
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* What's the difference -- Arab, Persian, Turk...
I marvel at the general ignorance that pervades our government and media about
a region, its culture and geography at a time when we are asked to commit great resources
to regime change in Baghdad.
In the Danziger
cartoon (Feb. 28) Saddam Hussein is shown being interviewed by a gibberish-spewing
Dan Rather, while a confused-looking Saddam Hussein is looking over to his minion
for meaning. The head-scratching minion is consulting a Farsi-English/English-Farsi
dictionary!
No wonder, everyone is confused. Saddam is an Arab; Arabs speak Arabic, not Farsi.
Farsi, or Persian, as in the Persian Gulf, Persian cat, Persian carpet, is the language
of Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Do we know whom we are fighting? What's the
difference -- Arab, Persian, Turk, Paki, and Afghan are alike, right?
A letter to the editor pointing out Danziger's mistake was published the next
day in the Boston Globe. My letter was not (see below). O, well. Now here is a thought:
what if Danziger meant to refer to Farsi all along pointing to the absurdity of talking
to Saddam: Dan Rather's English being like Chinese to him, so it matters not what
deictionary you use; or the US-talk is just as alien to Saddam.
Dear Editor:
I marvel at the general ignorance that pervades our government and media about a
region, its culture and geography at a time when we are asked to commit great resources
to regime change in Baghdad. In the Danziger cartoon (Feb. 28) Saddam Hussein is
shown being interviewed by a gibberish-spewing Dan Rather, while a confused-looking
Saddam Hussein is looking over to his minion for meaning.
The head-scratching minion is consulting a Farsi-English / English-Farsi dictionary!
No wonder, everyone is confused. Saddam is an Arab; Arabs speak Arabic, not Farsi.
Farsi, or Persian, as in the Persian Gulf, Persian cat, Persian carpet, is the language
of Iran, Afghanistan xand Tajikistan. Do we know whom we are fighting? What's the
difference -- Arab, Persian, Turk, Paki, and Afghan are alike, right?
Sincerely,
Guive Mirfendereski, Ph.D., JD
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* Slogans cannot save Iran
Your Highness, Prince Reza Pahlavi,
Most of your life you have lived in the United States. As you have observed the
Government of the United States levis taxes to appropriate funds for her budget.
For many years, they have spent more than they take in, and people of the United
States or foreign entities do lend huge amounts of money to the Unites States.
They do not count on the U.S. gold or silver reserves, nor do they count on jewels
to be used as collateral; they count on the U.S. productivity as a solid collateral.
Of course, the U.S. military might plays a major role, but even the U.S. Military
might relies on the U.S. Productivity.
Let us forget the pre-Pahlavi Iran. Back then; the only people who were taxed
were the poor farmers. They carry the entire burden because they were the only productive
people of Iran. Nothing is 100%, and this is in generalities.
As of the establishment of the Iranian Constitutional Monarchy (mostly Pahalvi
era), most of the time, about 95% of the budget came from oil revenues. The best
of Iranian statesmen referred to it as OIL INCOME. It is a misnomer that has fooled
almost all of the Iranians, including those who made such nonsense statements. Most
of them behave as if there is no end to it.
Time and time again I remind myself statements made by Dr. Milispo at the end
of his two missions to Iran. At the same time, I remember the HAQQE TAVAHOSH (compensation
for the wilderness condition of the service location) that American Military Attaches
used to charge Iran for their service within Iran.
Most Iranians resented that, but at the end they were proven valid. Your Highness,
we have major problems that require serious people. We do not have proper taxation
to finance our extravagant government. We do not have productive privet sector to
support taxation.
Our public sector, like most other public sectors of other countries (barring
communist and ultra socialist regimes) is absolutely non-productive. We do not have
a substantial productive private sector that can be taxed. Majority of our private
sector is engaged in occupations, which are referred to as DALLALI (middlemen). They
don't produce; they facilitate transactions. Your Highness, our nation needs proper
taxation and a government that makes it her duty to live within her means and limits.
Future government must assume that there is no more oil or gas to be sold and
discipline itself to either facilitate real private sector productivity or declare
that it does not know what it is doing. Some officials of the previous regime had
the audacity to say, "We will buy technology." The net result might be
that Iran may soon become a fourth world country. Slogans cannot save Iran.
Armen
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* Ketaabi az musighi
Hello (Baa Salaam)
English is too poor to be able to express feeling so Please let met express my
feelings in a language which is reach enough to handle it (Persian (Ghand-e parsi)
)
I am getting closed to fifty years of age (47), Ammaa deli ke aashegh-e taa ashegh-e
javoon mimoon-e) Kari -ke shoma javoona tooy-e een asr-e zolmat va bidad mikonid
, tanha hessi raa ke be maan elghaa mikonad een-ast ke "" MAAN EFTEKHAR
MIKONAM KE YEK IRANI HASTAM), Kaar-e shoma javoona " SOTOODANIST".
Ejazeh bedahid be ebaarat digar begooyam: " Aanche khooban ham-e daararand
to tanhaa dari (HAFEZ) )" SITE
shoma ketaabi az musighi ghani-e maast. Haar kessi mitavanad az aan lezat bebarad.
Honar zaan-e Iraniaan ast-o bas (FERDOSI) ) Een khalaghee-yat-e honar-e Iranist .
Zabaanam ajez az tosif ahamee -yet kar-e shomast....
Aafarin bar shoma bachehay-e Iran zamin.. Bachehay-e nasl-e Roodaki.Ferdosi, Molaana-
Hafez-Sadi-Zakaree-ya-ye Razi, Eb-ne Sina, Husain- ebne-e Monsoure-e-Hallaj, va..taa..
Neema, Forough, Sepehpri, ...taa.. Khosro khna-ne ghol-e Sorkhi.., Shaalmoo,,. va...
hezaaran akhrtar-e taabnaak digar...
Maa zende be aaneem ke herkez namee reem.....
Fereidoun Rahnama (Door oftaa-de
ee az oghyanoos eshgh)
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* We never claimed we were the superior race (perhaps others feel inferior)
I'll keep it short:
1. PLEASE PLEASE change the "featured personal". It's been up
a while now and frankly, her "I'm too sexy for my shorts" look and her
aspiration of " "doing" a PhD in five years" is starting to wear
on me.
2. Can someone tell me what the point of the article titled "Close
call" was? Tell the Indian dude who wrote it, ENOUGH ALREADY; will you quit
rambling on and showing us your family pictures if we make belive that you are REALLY
Iranian?
Gimme a freakin' break people! We never claimed we were the superior race, perhaps
others just feel inferior for their own reasons!
Oh, and other than that, your site ROCKS ;)
Farzaneh
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* Mossadegh's fall was certainly a setback
Feel no offence by this comparison but I was surprised to see the resmblance
of Mohammad Mossadegh in this
picture to French Writer Marcel
Proust (1871 - 1922).
The pictures are also quite revealing of the political tension that existed at
the time, I for my part had never seen most of these pictures before. I find it difficult
to really comment on them. The ambition of the Shah to take control appears obvious
to me, and the arrogance of the military and SAVAK's
chief Nassiri who holds the paper of Mossadeghs arrest is also quite shocking.
On the otherhand I think it was certainly a very unpredictable periode where Iran's
national stability was threatened by pro-Soviet Communists and anarchists of all
sorts. Would an aged Mossadegh and what seemed to appear as a competent cabinet have
been able to control radical factions such as the Tudeh if his government was maintained
in Power despite the apparent smiles of the Soviet
Ambassador?
I think this is the major question and dilemma which convinced the Shah and the Americans
to do the Coup. We all know the consenquences of this decision, on the political
future of the country. It was followed by political suppression and certainly seperated
the Imperial Regime from secular nationalists.
On the otherhand Mossadegh was certainly a stubborn
Man, and as his trial proves a great comedian
at times.
I am too young and did not live in that periode to be able to have a clear opinion
of the pro's and con's of the former Prime Minister. He was certainly an intelligent
man but I am not sure he would have not become a victim of his own political legacy.
Like most nationalist mouvements of the Time, the Cold War between the United
States and the Soviet Union imposed their radicalization. Be it Nasser in Egypt,
or Pinochet in Chili, Nationalist views were very quickly recuperated by real politics.
I think the Shah respected the Mossadeghs patriotism but feared his unpredictable
nature. It is unfortunate that both men without doubt equally ambitious did not come
up with a compromise that would have maintained Iran's political future within a
democratic and Constitutional Monarchy with the King limited to his symbolic role.
The generation of Iranian Nationalists like Bakhtiar would have certainly contributed
to the counties political maturity and religious factions would not have gained in
popularity and attract the likes of Bazargan and Sanjabi.
The fall of Mossadegh was certainly a setback in Iran's political drive towards
Democracy.
Darius Kadivar
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* We need another Mossadegh
Through out the history we hear stories about those who have given their lives to
fight against injustice. Men like Gandhi, Dr. King, Malcolm X, Nelson Mandela, Ken
Saruviwa and many more. Our Country also had its share of producing a man of the
same caliber or perhaps more than the ones mentioned. He was Dr. Mossadegh. [Almost]
Dr. Mossadegh was a man of honor and integrity. He was the only official in Iran's
history ever who had the courage to stand against corrupt and back stabbing government
officials. No one ever in the history of Iran form the start to the present time
had cared for the welfare of its people and fought for Iran's image and its interest
in the world arena. Unfortunately his killers were never punished and his legacy
is not allowed to be fully recognized by the current dictators in Iran.
Reza shah and his family a good example of US and British puppet ordered the arrest
of our hero the honorable Dr. Mossadegh there by destroying Iran's dream for becoming
a prosperous nation in Asia. We the Iranian people will not forgot that day, and
days that have come to harm us and destroy our dreams. Reza Shah the corrupt, and
coward leader of Iran combined with present vultures and dictators have destroyed
Iran and harmed the people of Iran.
These leaders not only stole the national treasures and resources but also destroyed
the culture, our heritage and pride. One can only imagine that they all have served
the interest of the West. So, how dare does the son of Reza Phalavi the killer of
our hero who lives in California speaks on behalf on Iranian people in public gathering
and on TV.
Shouldn't he and his corrupt family be punished and arrested for stealing the
wealth of Iran? How dare does he refer to us as his people? He like his coward father
is trained by CIA to come to Iran and destroy Iran for another century.
We need another Mossadegh. We need another hero like him who will stand up in front
of current dictators in Iran. We need another Mossadegh who can flourish and nourish
the idea of nationalism and fight against injustice. Yes, we need another nationalist
and fighter like Dr. Mossadegh who can take Iran towards democracy and prosperity.
Dr. Mossadegh you are my hero and the hero of the people of Iran.
Amir Nasiri
Iranian Citizen
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* Arab propoganda
Mr. Ashaq Raza's poem "Tell
America tell" is nothing but idiotic Arab propoganda.
I am surprised that such a poem was published -- this is iranian.com not arab.com.
Mr. Ashaq Raza seems to have pity on the taliban and other Islamic fascists in the
region... that pretty much sums it up.
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* Mossadegh will forever remain an icon
Thank you for sharing these unique photos about Mossadegh. [Almost]
These represent a truly shinning moment in our glorious history.
At the same time we witness a turning point, for the worse I might add, in our
history. Dr. Mossadegh was and will forever remain an Iranian icon, a true nationalist,
and a symbol of true democracy for current and future generations.
Sincerely;
Kamran Ramyar
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* Iran was, is, and will remain Iran
This is in regards to the article written about changing Iran's name to Persia.
[The great
land of the Sophy]
I have to admit, it is one of the most beautiful and elagant peices of prose I
have read about the cultural contributions of Iran/Persia to the world. However,
I don't agree with changing Iran's name to Persia.
Iran was, is, and will remain Iran. Kourosh refers to our land as Iran. Persia
was a name given to Iran by the Greeks, our mortal enemies, who also burned down
our capital. By refering to our native land as Persia, we are trying to please the
West, and no one else, and we would rob ourselves and our future generations of their
heritage.
Even though I myself am of Persian descent on both sides, Persians constitute only
half of the people in Iran. If one looks in the Webster dictionary the following
people are described as speaking Iranian languages: Persians, Baluch, Lors, Kurds,
Bakhtiaris, and Pashtuns, and Tajiks. All these people belong in a greater Iran,
historically called Iranzamin.
Currently many Kurds are living in Turkish and Arab countries, such as turkey,
syria, and Iraq, they all belong in Iranzamin. Half of Paksitan is Baluchistan, they
are Iranians and also belong in Iranzamin. The Pashtuns and Tajik who are in Afghanistan
and Tajikestan also belong in Iranzamin.
If Iranzamin is created it can become one of the greatest powers in the world, and
all Iranian peoples can live in Iranzamin, and not be harrased by Arabs or Turks.
In addition, Iran does mean "Land of the Aryans". So what? The attrocities
commited by Hitler have nothing to do with us not being proud of our heritage, or
what Iran really means.
In the hope of the creation of a greater IRANZAMIN.
Hooman Golshan
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* Great
Thank you for Mossadegh's pictures [Almost].
They are great.
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* Az koja in hame etelaat darid?
ma yeki az bastegan mr. bozorgi hastim. [The
birdman of Boumehen] lotf befarmaid be ma begooid dar more ishan az koja in hame
etelaat darid. ya agar aks-haye bishtari dirid be ma e-mail konid.
MB
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* Our history, our heritage
I just read your article and I wanted to share my thought and respond to one point
you make about the change from "Persian" from "Iran". [The
great land of the Sophy]
When I was the President of the "Persian Student Organization" at UCSC,
We invited the Shahnameh Society to come and speak at our school about the roots
of our own language and culture. During their presentation, besides teaching us how
Farsi was preserved throughout the Arab conquests by the Poetry and stories of Ferdowsi,
we also learned a bit about the history of the the word "Persian".
They let us know that "Persian" actually comes from the GREEK word "Persepolis"
which means land of the Persians. The Greeks have written Iranian history and unfortunately
that is the history and name that much of Europe and other influential hegemonic
powers in the world came to adopt.
However, us Iranians knew ourselves as Iranians according to all of our own writings,
scriptures and poetry. In their presentation, the Shahnameh Society said that in
the 1930's, the Shah changed it BACK to "Iran" as an effort to Nationalize
the Iranian identity.
I ask you : Have you ever noticed that Iranians cannot pronounce "Persian"?
They say "Pearr-zhen". If this was our name, why can't we pronounce it?
I wonder this myself. Why are we calling ourselves a name that Greek people gave
us? Do the Germans call their country Germany just because that is what we call them?
No. They call themselves "Deutschland."
My point is: As a member of the young Iranian diaspora living here in America,
everytime I hear someone say "Persian" I feel that they are hiding from
saying they are Iranian because of the negative media images of Iran we see here
in America. I understand that my parents generation lived here during the hostage
crisis and it was difficult to find work and survive letting everyone know you are
Iranian, but I feel that times are changing.
I know many Iranians don't relate to having Islamic background (nor do I). But
shying away and saying we are "Persian" for that reason is not recognizing
that there are so many types of Iranians. Also, if Americans get IRAN and IRAQ mixed
up, that is not my problem (it happens all the time). I will not shrink to make those
who are ignorant feel comfortable anymore.
I think it is time for our generation to represent ourselves. If we don't like
the image of "Iranians"- why don't we be the new face of Iran? I think
it is time to take back the images of our history and heritage so it not American
media who defines us, not the Greeks, but us Iranians ourselves.
Thanks for writing the article and sparking such thought and consideration about
our background.
I only wish more of us Iranians knew the extensive history or Iranians like you have
researched and learned for yourself. I have great respect for all of your writings
and work you have done in the Iranian community.
Mona Shomali
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* At least $500 just to get a visa
I am trying to get a tourist visa to Iran to accompany a Canadian friend on a
visit there. This friend has been to Iran several times and speaks Farsi, and he
has just gotten his visa via the Iranian office in Ottawa. It would be a great opportunity
for me to visit since he will accompany me to some of the major site in Iran.
I called the Pakistani consulate in Washington that handles U.S. contacts with
Iran, and a gentleman there said I should go through a tourist agency. I found one
from Tehran on your site but their English is limited and they charge at least $500
just to get the visa.
Do you or any of your colleagues have any contacts in the travel industry that
might be able to help me?
HSF
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* Information about Zoroastrianism: New site
We have developed a new website called www.godforall.co.uk
due to be completed by April 2003.
We are writing to you inviting your support for our site by providing information
about Zoroastrianism. We may have already gathered some information, but we want
to be sure that this is correct, and fully represents the views of Zoroastrianism.
The site is devoted to those who are seeking answers to the fundamental questions;
Who am I? What is life's purpose? And not only would we like to share our beliefs,
but we want to create a forum for the discussion of all spiritual subjects.
There are many sites around that provide forums for philosophical and religious discussions,
however most only cover a specific religion or teaching.
We want all religious philosophical teachings to be represented. This will enable
you to present Zoroastrianism views and beliefs to a larger audience. We hope that
people will use the site not only for discussion but also as a research facility.
We know that your contribution will be of great value to the site and those who use
it. We would very much like to hear from you as soon as possible.
If you feel that someone else is in a better position to provide this information,
please pass this letter to them.
Regards
Hamid & Eddy
London, January 2003
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* I honestly believe Michael Jackson would never harm a child
I wanted to make a few comments on the articles about Michael Jackson. ["Freakumentary",
"Neverman"]
First of all I like many peopl was quite shocked at the answers Mr. Jacskon was
giving to the interviewer, yet there are some things which we should understand.
Michael Jackson was a star from the age of five, he did not have the same pleasures
as we did of going out and playing with our friends and not having a care in the
world, he was being abused by his father and had so much pressure on him to perform
well and always had to be the leader.
His father would always make the other children follow Michael, you can imagine
how much stress this is for a 5 year old child! He talked about the time of his puberty
where he broke out in acne etc.
Well we can say to ourselves all teenagers go through that time, but how many
teenagers had to perform in front of thousands or millions of people? How many teenagers
where pictured in the tabloids etc, of course that time must have been harder for
him (not that i agree with his plastic surgeries).
The issue of his three children was also raised, in one article it was stated
that their eyes were blue, which when I watched the program they looked brown to
me. People say that he is crazy for covering his children with masks/ scarves but
seriously this is Michael Jackson, can you imagine if he didn't cover his children
and some person tried to kidnap them, do you know how much money they could get from
him!
We all know he loves children so if any of his children where ever kidnapped he
would pay all his money for them right. Those children are not just any children
they are the King of Pop's children! I'm sure if any one of us were in the same situation
we would do all we could to protect our children.
As for the sleeping in bed with children, society tells us that this is wrong,
but I honestly believe that Michael Jackson would never harm a child, he just has
an obssession with children and I believe this is mainly because he never had one
himself, his childhood was taken away from him, he never had a chance to experience
it
I do believe he needs some counselling but im sure if we were in his situation
we would be the same! As for the plastic surgery, as much as it made me mad to hear
him say he has only had two surgeries, when in fact his face screams out more than
that, there are so many in Holly Wood having surgery etc etc, ok so he has gone overboard
but who are we to judge someone?
Nazy
Australia
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* I want to talk to Sadegh Hedayat
I tell u something about Sadegh Khan [Hedayat]: [The Pearly Cannon]
He was a very good neveesandeh and still is LOL! He always
speaks the truth from his heart. Is he alive? I want to talk to him. LOL....
U guys make me laugh a whole lot. Thanks .
Mah
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* Extraordinary
I visited the web site with pictures of Mossadegh. Extraordinary job. [Almost]
Victoria
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* Ferdowsi was not exposed to Hitler
This article presents only a part of the story. [The
great land of the Sophy] I am sure that Ferdowsi was not exposed to Hitler or
ordered by Reza Shah to write in Shah-Nameh:
cho iran nabashad tan-e man mabad,
bedin boom-o-bar zendeh yek tan mabad.
Pars was always a province of Iran and two of the important dynasties of Iran were
from the Persian tribe. The Greeks, who fought the Iranians in the ancient times,
called it the land of the Persians because of these dynasties. The Romans and the
West subsequently used the Greek terminology, which became widespread with the dominance
of Western imperialism and colonialism.
Cheers!
G. Hossein Razi
University of Houston
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* Photo politically and socially detrimental
This
photo that you used in your cover and photo essay section ["Iran
diary"], was edited in Photoshop.
I don't know if it's on purpose or not, but please consider that juxtaposing these
kinds of fake pictures with real photographs of Iran's heritage not only helps the
hardline elements in Iran, support negative stereotypes that are politically and
socially detrimental in today's volatile global situation especially in our region.
Please be weary of your actions and intentions (See reply)
FN
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* I know a bunch of great illiterate people
I'm in a serious doubt about the intellectual community of my lovely land IRAN.
Please don't make mistake. I'm not talking about the intelligent ones. Just being
proud of my nationality doesn't solve my problems, which I consider it the HUMAN
problems in his way to the Creator, Perfection, God, you name it.
Why don't we take advantage of technology to talk to each other free of any threat?
The way a human is supposed to live. Don't forget the role of creation, that we get
what we deserve.
In my dictionary an intellectual means a FARA - MARZI. For a better life for IRAN,
let's educate each other, by communicating. If you're worried about PhDs, don't be.
I know a bunch of great illiterate people. The difference is that they don't count
themselves as commoners.
THEY ARE INTELLECTUAL
FARA MARZ
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* Playboy Iran?
Congratulations! [Katarina]
Is this the birth of Playboy Iran or maybe Penthouse?
This reminds me of a writer in pre-revolution weekly Javanan, nicknamed
R. Etemadi. I should say a "raw documentary"!! Even pornography has its
own culture!
Farrokh Sheikholmolouki
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* What happened to Farah Pahlavi University?
My Iranian girlfriend attended Farah Pahlavi University in Tehran up until it
was closed by the Revolutionary Islamic Government about 1981. We would like to obtain
copies of her transcript from that university, but it appears it no longer exists--at
least under the same name.
Could you possibly find out if the name of that school changed and whether it is
still open? Could you advise us whether it might still be possible to obtain transcripts
for her work completed there--and if so, from whom?
I am writing you because I was unable to find any reference to Farah Pahlavi University
on the Internet, and I thought a publication such as yours might have access to the
kind of information that could held us pursue this further. My girlfriend and I both
appreciate any help you can offer.
Respectfully,
Eldon Byland
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