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JUNE 2005
READING
It's
about oil
Many charge that the United States is in Iraq
for the oil and oil alone -- a perception that has hardened
by the obvious fact of the U.S. dependence on oil
Guive Mirfendereski OPINION
What
happened
... in the Iranian presidential election
Majid Tehranian STUDY
Iranians
in Canada
A statistical analysis
Vahid Garousi REVIEW
Being
Lolita in Tehran
Azar Nafici's observations of post-revolution Iran from
Olympian heights
Asghar Massombagi
POINT
The
real nuclear threat
Unlike in Iran, fanaticism in Pakistan and Israel is
hardcore, and the combination of such fanaticism with a nuclear
arsenal makes an explosive cocktail
Abolala Soudavar
REVIEW
Growing
pains
Shifting the focus away from perceiving Islam
as a homogenized faith in a dichotomized relationship with
the West
Firoozeh Papan-Matin
RIGHTS
Islam & minorities
The case of the Bahais
Christopher Buck
Full text English -- Persian PRESIDENT
Deserving
victory
Ahmadinejad, both in terms of principles and
behavior, is very close to our intellectuals. So why are
they complaining?
H.D. SATIRE
Pirezani
raa setami dargereft
Post-election poem
Hadi Khorsandi
LESSONS
Exact
opposite of paranoia
What can be learned from the rightwing backlash
that led to Ahmadinejad victory?
Ahmad Sadri
POLITICS
The
ugly truth
If the people who stayed home had voted, this
Ahmadinejad guy would have never been elected
Najmeh Fakhraie
SATIRE
And
the winner is... the Shah!
Reached for
comment, the late Shah rolled over in his grave, and said, “If I had known these people
were this pathetic, I would’ve cashed out a lot sooner.”
Manesh ANALYSIS
Eftezaah-e
bozorg
A view forem Tehran on Ahmadinejad's rise and
Rafsanjani's humiliation
C. Chaqueri
REGRET
Emrooz
pasheemaanam
I should have voted
Sheida Kalbasi
CHAOS
The
coming second qiyamat
When a system lacks a responsive legislator,
independent judiciary and enlightened leader or executive,
then the recipe for political and social change, even if
it is regressive, will require violence
Guive Mirfendereski
BIRD'S
EYE
Better
the devil you don't (quite) know?
Iran elects Ahmadinejad
Sa'id Farzaneh
POLL
What
does Ahmadinejad's victory mean?
1979 votes :o)
Reaction to new president REACTION
Rage
against the regime
The frustrated masses think their vote for
Ahmadinejad means acting against the corrupt establishment
Jam Hakim
unedited ELECTION
The
stay-home majority
Most people did not vote because they do not believe
in the system
Shokooh PRESIDENT
Can't
help liking the ape
Ahmadinejad is not the savior, far from it;
he will do us all in, but...
Ramin Tabib SEX
Heaven
forbid
God-given right to a happy sexual life
Mattbina
U.N.
What's
the problem?
John Bolton is a problem for tyrants, who prefer
the UN system
Alidad Vassigh
LANGUAGE
More
caviar, please
And other afterthoughts
Guive Mirfendereski ELECTION
What's
wrong with us?
What have we been doing wrong as a nation for
so long? As if married to the wrong men suffering every day
Natalie Esfandiari
unedited
ELECTION
Unveiling
a dictatorship
This is a great opportunity for a suppressed nation
to finally have a voice. But as the recent coverage of elections
has proven, the international media is not interested
Alaleh Ashtari
ELECTION
Bekojaa
chenin shetaabaan?
Voting for either Rafsanjani or Ahmadinejad would be wrong
Ali Salari
ELECTION
The
hell with both of you
I would not choose between Rafsanjani and Ahmadinejad just as I would
not choose between two Nazis
Shokooh
ELECTION
99
degrees
Choosing between Rafsanjani and Ahmadinejad is like trying to decide
whether you want your head clamped tightly in a vise and slowly squeezed
or a having a car door slammed on your hand, respectively
Siamak Kiarostami
EAST-WEST
Treasures
of the East
Ironically, the West has just discovered the Eastern culture and the
value of what we once so foolishly discarded
Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
ELECTION
Let's
not forget
On Rafsanjani and the presidential election
Hamid Boroumand
ELECTION
Khoroosh
The election charade has destroyed all optimistic illusions about the
IRI
Sayeh Saidi Sirjani
ELECTION
Az
shekast taa moqaavemat
Turning defeat into victory after sham presidential
election
R. Hiwa
ELECTION
Wake
up!
SINCE DAY ONE, you have been telling us to defend Bazargan, Banisadr,
Rafsanjani, Khatami, this, that ... while those who truly are in power
have been laughing at every one of us? UNTIL WHEN?
David Etebari
ELECTION
Not
the right boycott
How exactly will rewarding the most repressive elements help make Iran
freer?
Qumars Bolourchian
ELECTION
With
a little bit of democracy
A tale of Iran’s ninth presidency
Ahmad Sadri
ELECTION
I
voted. In Los Angeles.
Yes I did it. I voted because I believe participation in our future and
our politics is what my country and my people need the most at this time
Pedram Missaghi
ELECTION
I
don't play games
But if you want to play politics, Rafsanjani is your man
Mirmohsen
ELECTION
Saaz-haaye
khod raa az no kook konim
Voting for Rafsanjani in the second round of the electiuons
will take courage. But it's the right political decision.
Ahmad Sadri
DEBATE
Qaatel
yaa dozd?
Take your pick: Supporter and opponent of participation
in the elections debate the issue
ELECTION
Who
is Ahmadinejad?
If you had bothered to go to southern Tehran, you would know Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad
Nader Davoodi
LETTER
Tell
the world
Open letter to Sean Penn on his visit to Iran
Ali Javadi
OPINION
Persia’s
future
Part I: Shah & Mossadegh
Manesh
ELECTION
Eight
candidates, 10 choices
In 1979, 98 percent voted yes to the IRI. What about
2005?
David Etebari
ELECTION
Goodbye
reform?
Do Mostafa Moin and the reform movement have a chance?
Nader Davoodi
ELECTION POLL
Vote
here
The presidential elections are on Friday.
If you could vote, would you, and to who?
ELECTION
Referendum
on legitimacy
The election is more a referendum on the legitimacy
of the government and the constitution than anything
else
Shahla Azizi
INTERVIEW
IRI
cannot be reformed
The regime is a sultanate and incapable of reform,
says jailed journalist
ELECTION
The
next level
Rafsanjani, a seasoned veteran of infighting and
related international intrigue, may be looking to make
Islamic Iran a full member of the international community
Maggie Mitchell Salem
BLOG
blogsbyiranians.com
Building a community by blogging
Nema Milaninia
ELECTIONS
Moshaarekat
dar farib-e bozorg
Nehzat-e Azadi's decision to take part in illegitimate
elections
Hassan Behgar
RIGHTS
Universal
values
The power and force of freedom and democracy
Goli Ameri
IDEAS
The
Age of Secularism
The rise of humanism and secularism in Iran
Maryam Namazie
MOJAHEDIN
Only
enemy
All the regime's propaganda, statements and denunciations
are directed against the MKO and no one else
Ernest Friar
ELECTIONS
A
few reminders about Mr. Rafsanjani
If I was in Iran, I would definitely vote
30Morgh
IRAN
Shah & Shaykh
The coming Iranian class wars: Those of us the people
of Iran who will yield neither to the Shah nor to the Shaykh,
will have to make an unambiguous stance
Rosa Faiz
IDENTITY
Italy's
a lovely place. But it aint Iran.
To the "Italian" children of Iranian immigrants
Tahereh Aghdassifar
IDENTITY
False
images
Identity and social change
Parisa Hassani-azad
ADVERTISING
Power
by deceit
On Rafsanjani massive advertising campaign to appeal
to the young
Open letter by eight Islamic students' societies
OPINION
The
sport of politics
We need to recognize that simply having a vote every
four years in no way constitutes a democratic government;
it is the electoral process before, and after the fact,
that matters. In this respect, the people of Iran have
moved way beyond their governing bodies
Samira Mohyeddin
OPINION
Bar
sar-e doraahi
Iran's clerical leaders will have to choose between
peaceful transition to a democratic government or face
the same fate as the Shah
Hassan Massali
OPINION
Cute
won't cut it
Reza Pahlavi should fly to Iran ASAP and join ranks
with those who have decided to stay and resist
Siamack Baniameri
ANALYSIS
Behind
the bombings
Who would be the main beneficiary?
Masoud Kazemzadeh
OPINION
The
time is coming
I could not help myself but to remember the time
that I was in Tehran University and how the chain of
actions lead to the overthrow of Shah's dictatorship
David Etebari
ELECTIONS
Welcome
back hero!
Hashemi Rafsanjani advertising blitz + football fans
Photographs by Ali Shirkhodaie & Negar
RIGHTS
Saddam
+ Taliban + Apartheid =Islamic Republic
This is why Iranians are calling for change -- a
structural change in the regime
Hossein Bagher Zadeh
RIGHTS
I've
done nothing wrong
Open letter
Akbar Ganji
POLITICS
Reza
Khan-e Hezbollahi
Presidential candidate Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf and
his mentor Reza Khan
Hassan Behgar
ELECTIONS
It's
not democracy. It's a joke.
It's certain that a majority are not going to vote.
But that's not enough
Marayam Namazie's interview with communist leader Hamid Taqavee
ETHNIC
The
melting pot
Like the EU, our region needs to think of an economic
union and open trade routes instead of sticking to futile
and counterproductive racist ideas
Hirad Dinavari
MOJAHEDIN
Illegitimate
contender
Mojahedin are finding it increasingly necessary
to buddy up with neo-conservatives in Washington DC,
further proof of their ideological bankruptcy
Rosa Faiz
ETHNIC
Turk
khodeti
Azaris are not Turks. They are Iranians who
speak Turkish
Keyvan Valizadeh
IDENTITY
To
be Iranian
Anyone who wishes to be an Iranian, is
Guive Mirfendereski
ELECTIONS
Only
credible candidate
The only candidate that can again inspire Iranians
with hope is called a referendum
Reza Bayegan
ANALYSIS
Omidi
hast?
Do reformists have a chance in winning
the presidential elections?
Nader Davoodi
WOMEN
Who
needs a husband?
Young women and the idea of marriage
Solmaz Separy
MINI WAR
Black
Ops target Iran
With things not going good for American
forces in Afghanistan and Iraq and aggressive intentions
towards Iran, clear Black Ops are the means of choice for
achieving American aims
Peter Khan Zendran
MINORITIES
First
in peace instead of next in war
Build a Persian alliance that opens
free dialogue, acknowledges past mistakes, and apologizes
to all minorities and victims of Persian governments who
have denied their rights
Kamal H. Artin
IDEAS
Socialism
is the solution
There are no nations such as Loris, Gillanis... these
are fabricated by those who try to divide people in order
to hide their class interests
Ahmad Nikoobin
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