What a misguided volley of negative reactions from Iranian monarchists to Mohsen Namjoo’s recent song, Reza Khan! Isn’t the artist just saying out loud what
I bought the fancy new pair of soccer shoes under the illusion that they could improve my miserable game. The owner of the sports shop
The setting of Reza Alsan’s controversial history, Zealot: The Life and Times Of Jesus of Nazareth, parallels the situation in Israel/Palestine today. Then as now
As the famous story goes, Iranian-born Jazz singer Rana Farhan and American guitarist Steven Toub set their first jazz piece to classical Persian poetry on
It was amusing and a bit odd to watch the crowd of spectators in an Iranian basketball arena chanting “Kevin, Kevin.” Rarely in U.S. media
This September the city of Sarajevo in Bosnia-Herzegovina will host the 6th biennial convention of the Association for The Study of Persianate Societies (ASPS). The
On August 10th, Time Magazine columnist and CNN TV host Fareed Zakaria apologized for a column where he phrased a fashionable idea about
Salon.com writer Ted Mcclelland very likely knows the difference between nuclear technology and nuclear warheads…except, it seems, when it comes to Iran. Recently an Iranian.com
در دیاری بسیار هردمبیلی هر سال پنج نفر از اهالی را که به هر دلیلی جلب توجه کرده اند به قرعه کشی میکشند و سه
Less than two minutes into the fight, Olympic boxing referee Frank Scharmach disqualified Iranian heavyweight boxer Ali Mazaheri for persistent “holding.” The crowd booed the
The American public is applauding Iran for handing down the death sentence to four Iranian bankers convicted of fraud. The last time Iran became the
Just saw a comment on IC that my Facebook-trained mouse scurried to ‘like’ only to be disappointed as usual. There’s no ‘like’ button. Since I
A while back I was reading a review of a book where it said Gandhi had a gay affair going on with a German-Jewish body
شیوه لاف زدن به سبک آبادانی: ۱. شیعی، موجودی یا مکانی به سبک بیست سؤالی انتخاب کنید. مثلا خیابان. ۲. یکی از خواص این گزینش
Seeking to learn about Gandhi from Reza Pahlavi’s website, I found the following quote attributed to the Indian leader. “For someone who is trained in
In Bahram Beyzaei’s shadow play, Jana and Baladoor, Jana is just one character among several who aids or battles the brave Baladoor in her quest
At a dinner gathering last March I was half hoping the guest of honor would decline my request for an interview. If the conversation put
The following piece by freelance journalist Mazyar Mahdavifar was broadcast on radiokoocheh internet radio a few months ago. Finding his story-telling delightful, I contacted Mazyar
A couple of days ago I heard about an upcoming Los Angeles event recognizing the role of Iranian diplomat Abdol-Hossein Sardari (1914-1981) in saving Jewish
Director Jafar Panahi has said, “I am an Iranian. I am staying in my country and I like to work in my country. I love
I’ve met Parviz Sayyad only once, and that was a long time ago in a dimly lit pizza shop in Tehran. I was there with
For the past ten years or so someone I know has been dutifully buying lottery tickets. His return on investment so far has been at
Despite the Iran sanctions, the auto industry in Iran is still showing positive growth partly because some foreign auto companies are still doing business with
