Misc

Domo Arigato! Mr. Roboto!

Why the hell is anyone discussing that toothless a-hole Khomeini? What does he have to do with how idiotic and masturbatory Reza Pahlavi is? Why do people resort to Khomeini or Mohammad in discussions about monarchy? It's always funny to see people blame Islam for "Iranian" problems - they're actually Arab problems you see, Iranians do not like dictators and male-centered thinking. Poor Iranians. Before 1979 there was no Islam, so I wonder what we can blame the shah on....nothing of course. His poop smelled like Sonbol and his mind was extra-terrestrial, for Iran was a regular Disneyland.

We love you

and wish you a happy and prosperous new year full of success.

Iran hargez nakhahad mord

MERCI

I THINK THAT WAS A LOVELY NOWROOZ GREETING.

-S

Anonymous111, You are so right...

Dear Anonymous111,

Thank you very much for your wise message. It is very true, I should have stopped all my efforts long ago...
I would have saved myself a lot of stress and grief....

But as a Nationalist Iranian on yet another Sad Iranian New Year (Nourooz)in past 30 years of Iranian history I find it as my National duty to do this minimum effort for my Motherland and her torchered people in the past 30 years, It may not worth much to anybody here but I do what I can in my limited and humble caliber to enlighten young Iranian people who at the end are the ultimate and only saviours of IRAN, God Willingly...

Those who go back and forth to Iran , smoke Taryak, make financial deals/benefits together with criminal I.R and while they witness regular and poor Iranian people are suffering 100 times worse than before (Shah's time), are Worse than the I.R. criminals themselves... These people have committed and are still committing the ultimate treason against their own country, people and humanity...

Anyway, I will try to listen to your wise advise and stop giving myself a head ache over people who commit treason consciously like you said.

Saale Nou Mobarak Ay Irani aziz va Zendeh Baad IRAN va Irani beedaar ...

PS. Dooste mehrabaan, Ay kaash Persian font daashtaamo barayetaan beh Zabaane Parsi meneveshtam, chon baa font Roman dorost dar nemeaayad va ejbaran baayad be Engilisi beneveesam.

Aghayoon and ladies

Here is something even more exciting to ponder :
What is the dealio with this announcemnet on Pat "the great" robertson show, Kooloop haft sad?

He talked to this fellow named Mike or something Evans. who has written a book peeing all over Mr. Obama's ideas of peace in the middle east and how to approach the problem and says that all this will fail, just like that of carters'back in the 80's.

And he says that the idea of invading 1100 nuclear targets inside iran is well and alive by the Israeli Government, which according to him will happen in a span of 5-7 days!sometime this year . Has anyone heard anything on this topic? Any news articels...clips...?

Marge

Thanks for the compliment. What I meant by saying what I would like to isn't directed at you per se, but in general. There's a great deal that I would love to be able to say to certain people without the risk of having my IP address banned from here.

Even though we disagree on a lot of things, it's all good. If we all nodded in agreement to each other's views, we would be bored out of our minds.

Concerned - Iranian and Other Reasonable People

بابا جان چرا اینقدر سر خودتون را درد میارید؟ ولشون کنید که به این بیچاره بد و بیره بگن دلشون خنک بشه. زورشون که به جمهوری اسلامی که نمیرسه هیچ، تازه تشویقش هم میکونند که جلوی "صهیونیست" ایستاده! دیوار کوتاه این بیچاره رضا پهلوی.

ولشون کن برن ایران هر تابستون، به به و چه چه جمهوری اسلامی بکنند، یک کم هم تریاک بکشند و برگردن آمریکا برامون تعریف کنند که چقدر آخوندها ساختمون ساختن تو شمال تهران! ایرانیهای خارج ایران اینطوری هستند.

Marge Jun

Since I do not have a bread, may I brush or even braid my [Sofie] like long hair instead?

But i do promise to fail whole bunch of students ;-)

-YT

AAL, Thank you

Dear AAL,

You wrote: "if his PERSONAL view on woman was not correct, if true, was his own problem, so to speak, and is not important. What IS pf importance is what he did for the suffrage of women."

Thank you so much for your interest and honest/true opinion about this particular subject. You must be a wise European with a cultural identity and mentality closer to those of us Persians/Iranians who follow our true Persian/Iranian roots and culture than our forced/imposed moslem identity!

You see, unfortunately many moslem influenced people in IRAN write and judge history based on What was said rather than WHAT WAS ACTUALLY DONE!

In my earlier posts here on this subject, I tried very hard to convey similar messages, but unfortunately started to get angry and get into arguments instead!

Thank you again for spending your time to share your logical opinions (which hopefully is working in the country you come from) with us Persians/Iranians.

I believe, those of us with No or very mild Islamic ties are very much agreeing with you, but unfortunately I doubt that your common sense opinions would ever be welcomed and supported by the other(Islamic influenced) Iranian people!!!!

After all look at Khomeini, his followers and their horrible legacy in the past 30 years specially! (It does not take a genius to figure that out) Look at the Evil I.R. current president (Ahmadi-nejad= Antari-Nejad =)!!! who supposedly holds a Phd in civil engineering .... But he is still an ignorant (not stupid) lunatic like millions of other (Islamic influenced) Iranians inside and outside of Iran who believe & follow such mentality and subsequently approve and work for them directly or indirectly!!!

The only salvation in long run is to Free Iran from Islam or any other organized religious dictatorship...
I hope that happens in our life time...

Peace & Love

Peace for iran

Concerned jan.

I am sorry that i got a bit carried away and said all those things. I second Captains assertions. We may have misread your true intentions, or not familiar with your sstyle of presenting your views... or so manyy other reasons.

The quote at the bottom was really appropriate and meaningful. Thanks.

Such classy people are among us here

I think the questions about captain ayhab's professional life, in light of his opinion of Reza Pahlavi are very appropriate. I think we should also provide vital stats, stool samples, urinalysis, blood, THE WORKS. HOW DARE YOU have a passionate opinion? How dare you take time to come back and defend yourself? Go brush your beard and fail those "students". Either you are a lazy professor, or a bad professor, or a stupid professor based on your lack of understanding of Reza Pahlavi's "movement" (not the one involving his bowels). 

Captain if you were a Reza fan, you could have your own show on New Iran TV broadcasting from ground zero of the Iranian Democracy movement of the world. What a price you are paying for your views :( 

Psssfttt. 

On the Shah and women...for Capt Ayhab

It impresses me how people like to twist things; if his PERSONAL view on woman was not correct, if true, was his own problem, so to speak, and is not important. What IS pf importance is what he did for the suffrage of women.
I am not Iranian; but I have to tell you that, despite the propaganda here in Europe against the Shah, we all know that Iran in 1974 was the 13th richest country in the world, that Iranian students went abroad on full scholarships and that your country was respected, for its modern achievemnts as well as for its long history. The current regime has only caused war, trouble, financial problems, not to mention humanitarian ones, and seems more like an Islamist ocupational force; they are trying to make Iran less Iranian and more Islamic.

Dear Concerned Iranian

Finally Sir, now you are talking in an civilized manor which I appreciate it.

As to the age, don't bet on it too much,  you see, I was in God's first birthday  party ....LOL.

My problem with your comments were NOT that we do not agree in basics of our dialogue, for everyone is entitled to his/her opinion and I do hold great appreciation for them.

My problem was with your belligerent tone which I found offensive and totally disrespectful. I am referring to your statement in calling me and 99 cent [low class] and [illiterate]. Neither one of us were disrespectful toward you but you kept calling names and being offensive.

I personally come here to learn from others. To delve into different view points,  and enable myself to look beyond my own perspective, by reading the comments and blog posted by people who know more than I do.

Socrates once said: True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

Respectfully

-YT

itteeznlymee

Thanks for update on my activity, 2-3 per day? is that all?

shoot i was shooting for few dozen a day. I'll try to do a better job ;-)

cheers dude

-YT

Captain Ayhab, you have got me puzzled!

Describing yourself as a University Professor (I am impressed Prof), you have posted 177 blogs and bits of news since Jan 3rd of this year. That is an average of 2-3 per day.

How do you find the time to do this mid semester?

I remember when I wanted to see my PhD supervisor, sometimes I had to wait for months at a time because he was so busy with research, meetings, grant applications, interviews....

Now, that was UK and of course standards were and are a "tiny" bit different from where you are! But, assuming you are not a Professor of physical education or Ancient Egyptian Marriage Counseling Techniques, how do you manage it? …Or is your Professorship as GOLABEE as your political statements?

Peace to you both (99 cent and Capitan)

Dear 99 cent whopper and Capitan,

Honestly, I believe that you both misunderstood my points about real issues on Iran before, perhaps due to my unusual ways of communication in American English which you probably both grew up with. However, deep down I am sure we all want the same thing for Iran and Iranians, Prosperity and Peace ...

Maybe I am older than you both and maybe I grew up with a different culture and education! Having said that, I sincerely hope you can forget and forgive all the negative things written and exchanged between us here and let's start being United and Peaceful in our lives and quest of helping Iran in positive ways...

Our arguments here does not solve anything and is pointless...

Thank you and Best wishes for Nourooz...

PS. Here is a little healthy food for our torchered Iranian souls:

"Your life has an inner purpose and an outer purpose.
Inner purpose concerns Being and is primary. Outer purpose concerns doing and is secondary.

The true or primary purpose of your life can not be found on the outer level. It does not concern what you do but what you are--that is to say, your state of consciousness.

Action, although necessary,is only a secondary factor in manifesting our external reality. The primary factor in creation is consciousness. No matter how active we are, how much effort we make, our state of consciousness creates our world, and if there is no change on that inner level, no amount of action will make any difference. We would only re-create modified versions of the same world again and again, a world that is an external reflection of the ego." Eckhart Tolle

Concerned Iranian. WOw.

Concerned Iranian.

WOw. bravo. I am surprised you could put a few words together FINALLY, that despite total lack of any sense, at least was a bit more coherent than your other masterpieces. Your English teacher Emelda , from Taiwan, Was indeed right! you have been making progress.!

You want me to learn to communicate politely? LOL.
what an oxymoronic thing to say. LOOOOL oh god. that really made my day.

You do however bring up some unique and great concepts, worth pondering about. Such as "hollywood ignorant mentality", whatever that is"low communication" "lack of education" and the list goes on. Maybe i should email this to Mr. Obama so he would include all this in his future education reform bill? Hmm? what do you think? And don't you worry about how and when i express myself. You worry about Yourself.

How about if you join me in growing up and wisening up agha gondeh? Don't let the fact that you are supposedly an elder, deceive you into thinking that you have actually grown!!!

Respectfully... Cold shower... chiz... i mean Whopper e 99 centi:))

Captain Ayhab :) and King Kaveh

1. Thank you for the smooches Captain. I agree with you about Kaveh. He is wonderful and loves Iran, and that's very good. I just wish he wouldn't use his love for Iran against others. There are others who do this too here and elsewhere. That's the problem with politics. People use their views as if they are weapons.

2. Kaveh - I'm not sure what to infer from your "what I wish I could really say", but I can imagine. Saleh no mobarak anyway dear Kaveh.

Aloisius

I appreciate your input as an outsider[as you  said] but with all due respect your knowledge of Pahlavi dynasty, in particular Mohammad Reza Pahlavi[Shah] is poorly limited to some literature written by the supporters of him. Allow me make few correction to your history book.

You said[ The Pahlavi’s White Revolution achievements where outstanding: alphabetization of the masses, women full rights acknowledgement,]

1. First I like to address  the alleged woman's right, Here is what he said in an interview with renowned Italian writer/journalist  Oriana Fallaci, [Interview with History. New York; Liveright Publishing, 1976. pp. 270-272.]

I quote: Women are important in a man's life only if they're beautiful and charming and keep their femininity and... this business of feminism, for instance. What do these feminists want? What do you want? You say
equality. Oh! I don't want to seem rude, but... you're equal in the eyes of the law but not, excuse my saying so, in ability... You've never produced a Michelangelo or a Bach. You've never even produced a
great chef. And if you talk to me about opportunity, all I can say is, Are you joking? Have you ever lacked the opportunity to give history a great chef? You've produced nothing great, nothing!... You're schemers,
you are evil. All of you.

Analyze that my good man

2. White Revolution: 

Though the White Revolution contributed towards the economic and technological advancement of Iran, the failures of some of the land reform programs and the partial lack of democratic reforms, as well as severe antagonism towards the White Revolution from  landed elites, would ultimately contribute to the Shah's downfall during the Iranian Revolution in 1979.

Despite the many economic reforms, the White
Revolution failed to include sufficient measures increasing democratic
representation in Iran at the executive branch of government, though other democratic changes were implemented, such as extending suffrage to women. A number of the reforms were botched or fell victim to corruption.

Examples of these were land reform programs which did not give most peasants
enough land to live on, creating widespread discontent; the loss of land by illiterate peasants to loan sharks; and the ruin of vital qanats (irrigation works) from lack of maintenance formerly organized by landlords. "When the qanats failed, they took thousands of productive villages with them."

The Iranians: Persia, Islam and the soul of a nation By Sandra Mackey, W. Scott Harrop
Published by Dutton, 1996
Original from the University of Michigan
Digitized Aug 27, 2008
ISBN 0525940057, 9780525940050

Land reform has been criticized for leaving both landowners and rural workers without a "job," i.e. taking their old job without replacing it with a new one; for policies that followed developed countries reform too closely without considering Iran's unique circumstances (some places lacked of water, some places had too much water, etc...) The sometimes family-like bonds between landowners and workers were severed; workers received land they sometimes had no interest in and which they sometimes sold to multinational companies who often produced crops such as artichokes for export rather than domestic consumption.

This land reform[so called white revolution] was loosely modeled after South American land reforms in order to combat rise of communism.

If you like, we can get into a dialogue about how he[Shah] abolished multi-party system in Iran with introduction of ONE PARTY system called[Rastakhize Meli]. This is what he said about this jewel:

“If I were a dictator rather than a constitutional monarch, then I might be tempted to sponsor a single dominant party such as Hitler organized”.

By 1975, he abolished the multi-party system of government so that he could rule through a one-party state under the Rastakhiz (Resurrection) Party in autocratic
fashion. All Iranians were pressured to join in. The Shah’s own words on its justification was; “We must straighten out Iranians’ ranks. To do so, we divide them into two categories: those who believe in Monarchy, the constitution and the Six Bahman Revolution and those who don’t.... A person who does not enter the new political party and does
not believe in the three cardinal principles will have only two choices. He is either an individual who belongs to an illegal
organization, or is related to the outlawed Tudeh Party, or in other words a traitor.

As far as kissing Reza Pahlavi, go for it, kiss to your hearts content my good man and have fun.

Regards

-YT

Conerned Iranain

Your high classiness, next time when you want to blabber and place your mighty classy foot in your mightier classy mouth and metaphorize[I made this word up] the history, and metaphorize your demand of Iranian nation for having to apologize for being tricked, cheated, brutalized, oppressed by bunch of goons for 3 decades, then perhaps you might learn to talk from one side of your classy mouth and stop changing your words.

Listen dude, your CLASSY comprehension of events in Iran is somewhere between ZERO and NONE. So Suggestion to you is stop coming up with these ludicrous ideas that VICTIMS must apologize to the oppressor. 

But of course if you want to go that far in your stupid metaphoric misunderstanding of history, why not DEMAND that Jews, Russians, and entire 20 million who were killed by Nazi's apologize to Hitler for not to standing up to him and his Nazi regime.

Is that a cool idea or what?

in dige kiye?

-YT

99 cent Whopper again!!

Unfortunately, your comprehension, your terrible example of low Iranian class (which brought Iran to this low position) later mixed with a terrible low & foul Hollywood mentality ,communication and lack of education in America is worth NO more than 99 cent whopper indeed!

First, Learn proper Persian Language and literature, study and learn accurate Iranian and world historical facts , Learn to communicate politely, travel the world and outside of your isolated Hollywood ignorant mentality, learn to respect your elders and then comeback here and try to express yourself!

You can not offend me as much as making a further serious fool of yourself here...

Grow & Wise Up. Also have yourself a good Saale Nou as well coochooloo!

Prince Reza Pahlavi

Thank you for the beautiful noruz message. We love you in Iran, we pray for you and wish you the best. eide noruze shomA, khAnevAde va shahbAnu mobarak.

KhodA rahmat kone shahanshah aryamehr Mohamad Reza shah Pahlavi ruhash shAd.

Arbadeh keshi mogoof!

Conerned Iranian.

Yeah. oh, god. can you imagine that? not getting what you said. What a catastrophy for the world of politics and literature and philosophy, COMBINED!

"Apologizing to Iran's destiny is a profound metaphor which is understandable in Persian literature...It too, takes a profound individual to comprehend it, maybe you should try it!"

A profound Metaphore? A metaphore is all you have got to adhere to, when it comes down the the SERIOUS matter of Iran and what needs and can be done about improving matters? Sure. I will try to transform into this profound individual when you, someday understood well enough your own , out-of-this world statetments. deal?

For Your Information, Profound individual that you are, Your honor, I was alive, even though i was still a minor at that time and i VIVIDLY remeber the day and the precinct that we went to cast the vote, and also the circumstances under which we did this, SO CLEARLY. as far as understanding it, Hmm, well what can i say, since even you are to this day still struggling in a major way to dig it.

When you state:

NOW, DO YOU UNDERSTAND? Why IRANIANS HAVE TO CONFESS AND APOLOGIZE FIRST?
WE HAVE TO CONFESS AND APOLOGIZE FOR BEING SCARED, FOR NOT FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHTS, FOR LETTING ALL THOSE THUGS TO TAKE OVER AND OCCUPY OUR MOTHERLAND TO THIS DAY

This is the utmost indication of the fact that you are so frustrated and so angry that you can not effectively express what you have on mind, so you would resort to that mumbo jumbo "Profound metaphore" crap, to at least make it look like you know what the heck you are saying, All to no avail. You are simply delusional. No where in the history of the world and of the mankind, such rediculous and unrealistic demand has been proposed and requested and imposed upon any generation of a particular nation.

Your argument is simply futile. The positive steps that you are screaming about, would only be created and taken when our people will feel that it is the right time to rise up, in their hearts, without waiting for any kinda appologies. Do we expect that iranians back in 1953, appologize for allowing what traspired back then? Did we wait tto hear the words coming out of their mouths before we made our moves in 1978? No and No.

Now, Take one chill Pill, extra strenght in your case, one nice and long cold shower and maybe a fresh set of batteries LOL (thanks a lot kaveh, ) and have yourself a nice eyd.

Your chaker Voppere navado noh centi.

Capitan!

You showed once again that you can not comprehend properly... You keep quoting my writings, yet you are still unable to read and comprehend it properly, because you are only convinced of your own disturbed thoughts over and over again!!!

Grow up son, your country and people need you, but only when you decide to wake up, be fair, understand and finally do the right thing...

Peace

Aloisius, Maximus...

You see what kind of brain damage some us here have to go through to get the RIGHT message across to our own Iranian people here!!

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and your genuine interest in IRAN...

Happy Nourooz and Happy New Spring to you and all logical and peaceful people in this world...

Grazie mille e Ciao bello

Nowruz 2568 khojasteh baad

Reza Pahlavi II, happy nowruz to you too!
I wish you, your family and all Persians a beautiful Nowruz and a wonderful year, filled with health, joy and prosperity.

Javid-Shah

Beedari - Paaydari - Peeroozi

There are to many short-sighted persons in this world...

First of all I introduce myself. I am a 47 y.o. Italian, living in Spain and have been International Law, International Relations a Political Thought teacher at the University for six years. Besides, I am a passionate of Persian culture and civilization, and, therefore, have permanently been studying everything related to Iran.

Not being Iranian, I believe I can have a more objective approach to the matter.

After a couple of days reading here so many short-range but hateful comments on Reza Pahlavi, I wonder if such a bitter attitude against the Pahlavis is due to ignorance, to envy or simply to human stupidity. Well, it’s been enough!

Whoever it knows Twentieth’s Century History, has perfectly understood that, out of the so called First World, every example of successful development of a Country has taken place under some exceptional conditions, which widespread peculiarity was to, more or less heavily, restrict public liberties. That was the case of the “Asian Tigers” (Taiwan, South Corea, Malaysia and Singapoore) or Chile, for instance. And so was with Iran under the Pahlavi’s rule. In fact, the Shah had to strongly limit the political freedom in order to perfom the enormous task of rapidly develop (his White Revolution) to a modern society and economy, starting off from a medieval stage; democracy would come once achieved these goals, as it came in those given examples. Even so, the excesses of SAVAK (fully acknowleged and censured by Reza Pahlavi and his mother, Empress Farah) and the individuals judiciary put to death by the late Shah Government (less than one thousand and because of betraying their Homeland), cannot be compared to the Ayatollah’s regime sinister SAVAM atrocities record nor to the thousands of persons have lost their homes and possessions, dismissed from their jobs and many of them been executed by revolutionary firing squads (13 y.o. boys included!)

The Pahlavi’s White Revolution achievements where outstanding: alphabetization of the masses, women full rights acknowledgement, industrialization, agrarian reform, full national control of the Oil industry by 1977, wise and peaceful foreign policy with all Iran’s neighours, etc. These were the necessary first steps to, then, stablish also a modern democracy… but the process was violently stopped by the insurgent rancour of the fanatic Clergy –with the cooperation of the tiny short-sighted lay opposition- whose cultural influence and economical power were threatened by the modernization policies of the Imperial regime.

It is just a matter of time. History will fully credit the eventful reign, patriotism and personal greatness of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, who after centuries of languidness brought Iran’s image in the World to a renewed splendor.

But regarding the present, it is enough to glance over the chaotic reality of Iranian exile to realize that some of you probably have in Iran what deserved.

Political change in Iran surely will come from internal forces, not mainly under exiled Iranians pressure (Universal History teaches quite well about this). And it seems that inside Iran many look at Reza Pahlavi not just as the legitimate heir of what is largely felt as a much better period of their history, but as the only able person to unite the different tendencies of such a complex society like Iran’s is; that’s the main role of a Crown: to be arbiter “supra partes”! In any case, I think this goal couldn’t be achieved without engaging in the process at least part of the factic powers, like the moderate Clergy (Ayatollah Mokhtari?) or a part of the Armed Forces, whom should receive some guarantees of no revange and respect to what Christians call Natural Law in the future Secular State’s legislation.

In the meanwhile, if I were an Iranian I will begin by kissing Reza Pahlavi’s (as the traditional Father of the Nation) hand and strongly support him to restore the prestige of Iran.

Happy Nowruz!

Marge

As much as it kills me, I don't get to say what I really want to around here. I would be banned for life if I did that.

See you around.

Captain

Oh, so the message WAS directed to you as an Iranian....I get it now...

In that case, who died and made you the spokesperson for Iranians?

Marge

huge [MUAAAAH] to you too and Aidat Mobarak.

Gotta hand it to Kaveh, despite his[kaleh shaghi] he has genuine love for Iran. I like this about him.

-YT