NOROOZ

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اون  امامِ  «تو دهنی زن» و هوا دارهای تو دهنی خورده اش کجا هستند که این تف سر بالا رو ببیند ؟

چراغی را که کورش برفروزد
هر آنکس پُف کند ریشه ش بسوزد

پی اس......

آدم عاقل به ضرب یا علی ما تحتشو با شاخ گاو در نمیندازه

Sorry Mr. Kadivar,Monarchist are not coming back!

Every government tries to condition their people to think and live a way that suits her purpose.Pahlavis had 50 years to do that.IRI has been working on Iranian people over 30 years and they have more supports among people that Pahlavis did.So if you think that one day Iranians are going to wake up and say we want Reza Shah II back,you are mistaken.IRI had 30 years to make Iranian people anti monarchists,but keep on dreaming,dreaming has not hurt anybody:))

Hope

Scenes like this gives me and many others hope of recovery from ills of islam ... be koorye chechme fascisthaye islamy.

The Way It Goes...

The way it goes it seems more and more people are going to stick around the resting place Cyrus the Great and then gradually more and more people start having their late after dinner with their family in great numbers with tea and BBQ and Corn roasting, fresh skinless Walnaut and then dancing before heading home for good night sleep...

Now the question is how much stinky garbage they are going to leave behind each and every day when they are done with their picnic style meal time dinner particularly in spring and summer.

oh I already see flies and mosquitoes are preparing themselves for the future toxic meal time opportunity--

Koroosh Bekhab! Maa hamchenaan melombaneem do dastee...

To Humble Iranian (Pareeshan)

Because of his tomb we know today that we had him. Because of his human right cylinder we know that we had him. His tomb lets us remember him as the King of all Kings. As you said, Hafez's legacy is preserved in his book. Do we have any books written by Cyurs the great? We don't know that because all old writings(clay tablets) were burned and destroyed by Arabs, Turks and Mongols. Now you know why is important for us to preserve his tomb for the next generations. If you need more info start reading the history....

To: Humble Iranian - Yes we are Mordeh Parast, but...

The popularity of Cyrus' tomb and the event photographed here are symbolic and just an indication of the silent majority's desire to reverse Iran's current political course. The youth are using anything possible to show their discontent!

And although you are right about Iranians being dead-worshipers (mordeh parast), but in this case it is a justifiable tactic in their struggle! Give them a break!

The Mullahs are scared shitless about this stuff and know that if there is anything that can destry them is Iranians' bond with their national heritage and pride!!

And like millions of others, I'm waiting! :)

photo # 3, the guy's holding his balls singing the Anthem

Total number of cameras in the frame: 22 

Total number of people in the frame: 37

I so don't care...

This 2500 year thing is soooo "demodeh"...get over it and look ahead.

Any time

I take Cyrus any time, any place over the cockroaches  rulling in Iran now. This is optimistic. My be we are up for another renaissance. One that will finaly push back  islamists to their beloved arabia , palestine or where ever they feel at home.

Celebrating death !!

Can you clarify why it is important to preserve the tomb?
Do you think the legacy is inside the tomb?
Do not you think that tombs give more excuses for the people to focus on "death" and "death-ceremonies"?

Do you think that Hafez's Legacy is preserved in his tombs or in the book that he has left?

Why are we Iranians so much after the tombs and preserving the tombs?

Again and again listen to what Ebtehaj has to say about the LIFE

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZISWjQn-QA

With respect

یا اسلام یا ایران

کورش کبیر مظهر جلال فرهنگ کهن ایران قبل ازحملۀ اعراب است.

نبرد ما با جمهوری اسلامی فقط ستیز سیاسی نیست. قصد اسلام برای قرنها خاموش کردن نور آریا بوده است. مغلوب کردن جمهوری اسلامی بدون شکوه کورش دیگر امکان ندارد چونکه روان جمعی و اجتماعی ملت ایران در کشاکش با هویت اسلامی خود دیگر خواهان مصالحه نیست.

اگر چه هویت ایرانیان اکنون معین نیست، در آینده این هویت اجتماعی دوباره باید طرح ریزی و مشخص شود. در جستجوی هیت و ارج خود، اندک اندک ایرانیان به طرف عظمت اجدادان شان گراییده می شوند تا روزی که سوکواری مرگ هویت اسلامی ملت به سور و شادمانی بزرگداشت نوروز و کورش کبیر تبدیل شود.

آن روز به سرعت نزدیک میشود...

Hawks Eye JJ ;0)

MEA CULPA ! Oops Sorry did not notice this.

Good Shot ! Corrected !

Same year?

Thanks Darius, but the opening scene of the video you posted shows the tomb under repair. But the photos above show the tomb after the repair. Seems like the video might be from last year.

FYI/Video of Last Year Gathering at Pasargardae ?

Video of Last Year  Gathering at Pasargardae

Civil disobedience

I don't agree with using the term "civil disobedience" for Norouz or 4shanbehsouri. Iranians do not have a political party(Hezb)in Iran that they could join it to express their opinion or fight for their rights,so the only option that remains for showing their opposition to the IRI is marking days and traditions like Norouz and 13bedar etc.
It is impossible to be IRI supporter(like Anonymous99999999...) and at the same time love the ancient king Cyrus and honoring him. It is like combining the evil with decent!

Facts: Islam, IRI, and IRI supporters are enemies of iran...

Islam, IRI, and IRI supporters are enemies of iran, iranians, iranian culture, and anything iranian. It is time to choose allegiance to ONE nation, iran OR her enemy islam and islamist and IRI supporters.

From horse's mouth:

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIApQDC9J0Y&feature...

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_uTfuI2Pt8&feature...

Cyrus the Great was way ahead of his time. Khomeini was more than 1400 years behind his time.

Cyrus' contribution was the first human rights decree. Emam's contribution was Tahrir-ol-masael where he explains how to clean your bottom, how to have sex with animals, and how to molest under-age girls islamically.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FO0AqM7vdY&feature...

Koorosh bekhab que ma bidarim

It's cheering to see that after 30 years of Khalkhalis and mullahs in general who tried to destroy all symbols of our past; youths who are born after the revolution now come with what they can to commemorate Norooz with the father of the Persian nation.


Great post, thanks.

His legacy

has lasted & will last for ages . By far, his, supercedes any one person in our history & world for that matter . Cyrus of anshan was not a mere king or emperor but was and is the  essence of what true Iran is all about . If we are sincere We should not use the spirit of Cyrus for short term political gains but to resurrect true Iran & the original concept behind it by putting and end to dual identity & Ommatism . Once we realy practice that , the Ommatie propaganda machine will come to a halt...great pics & God bless em.

btw* Why are folks allowed to touch the stone and place stuff on it? ..where did the fence go? ..if it was an imamzadeh there would be triple metal fence and zarih so  no one could touch the stone . Due to direct exposure it,s now open to more wear & tear as if sivand humidity was not enough..

//www.iranianidentity.blogspot.com/

//www.youtube.com/user/samsamsia

Awesome site

Awesome site to see, Excellent post.

-YT

در مقایسه با

در مقایسه با سال پیش تعداد شرکتکنندگان در مراسم تحویل سال در پاسارگاد، امسال خیلی‌ بیشتر بود. مثل اینکه ایرانیان در حال بیدار شدنند.

گل گفتی و در

گل گفتی و در سفتی
I believe even Cyrus the great would not have accepted the invitation to join Cyrus-party. As you said it, this looks more like a civil disobedience than Memorating a legacy left by Cyrus the Great.
Live free

To JJ

Do you know any real democrat, I mean 100% democrat? speaking of democracy, dear JJ I would not join the Democracy Party that you are one of its member because you/your administration most of time censor my comments, so pure and simple as it is. We Iranians take the censorship with us everywhere we go, even in Mars!

May Legacy of Cyrus Be Alive

Let me start by saying that I have a lot of respect for what Cyrus the great did at his time. I believe he created a good foundation for democracy when this world has little or no meaning across the globe.

Having said this, I would like to express my main point;

We Iranians, have a natural tendency for worshiping the dead. What matters is not the thumb, not the grave, not the picture, but the Legacy.

We always go and find someone underneath the earth,
whether it is EAMAM HOSSEIN, ALA-HAZRAT, etc. etc.
to pay tribute to, while there are so many LIVE and moving icons in our society that need immediate recognition and acknowledgment.

This just reminds me about the Poem by Houshang Ebtehaj,
بسان رود که در نشیب دره سر به سنگ می زند رونده باش
امید هیچ معجزی ز مرده نیست، زنده باش
ه.ا. سایه

Very best regards,
پایدار باشید

yes it is civil disobedience 999999....

Even celebrating Norouz, 4shanbehSouri, 13Bedar are civil disobedience.

If you had lived in Iran and had gone through the motions of the IRI government downplaying the ancient customs, their tendency to harass people who celebrated them, if you had been exposed to their teachings of history at school, you would have known this. Your Imam was asked how he felt when going back to Iran after his exile and he said "hichi". Guess what: he meant it!

If you had paid attention to the news, you would have known about the flooding attempts on the tomb of Kourosh Kabir too.

99999: you're obviously a supporter of IRI from afar and have never lived in the country during the IRI rule.

IRANdokht

Its the same mentality

Its both the sides of the same coin. People who think Cyrus would bring glory to Iran and the people who are threatened by it. Iran went through many many changes and its time to let him sleep and let Reza Pahlavi solve everything. Oops he does not dare go out of USA, they may not let him back, or is he a citizen by now.

I love it

That was the best gift for me in the new year. It seems that Iranians are waking up from the 1400 years Arabian sleep!. When I compare the Tombs of Cyrus the great with the Tomb of Arabs in Iran like the one in Mashad(Reza sefleesy) or Massomah in city of Qom, I feel so sad and ashamed of my people because of spending million of Dollars to cover the Arab's tombs with Gold and also caring more about them than their own Heros and Kings. What a shame. Thanks for sharing Farzad jan.

Dorood bar Seeroos kabir

As an Iranian I honor the memory of Seeroos Kabir. I only wish that I could also be present and place flowers on his tomb. Seeroos was indeed a unique trailblazer and centuries ahead of his time.

Since I am not able to do so, I express my deepest gratitude to those valiant children of Iran who have done so.

Thats Why I suggest a Constitutional Monarchy ;0))

A Cyrus the Great Party would make no sense for Cyrus is dead anyways and no one can claim a direct link to the Founder of the Persian Empire no more than a Julius Caesar Party would make any sense in Todays western democracies ( See below why) . All Kings and Queens who reigned after the Achaemenids claimed to be the direct inheriters of the Aechemenids. This was true not only of the Pahlavi Dynasty but also during the Qajars and previous dynasties up to the Sassanians.

The Legacy of Cyrus is symbolic more than anything else. Obviously the Cyrus Cyliner was not as sophisticated as today's Universal Charter of Human Rights no more than Hamourabi's Code of Laws but they remain milestones in the history of mankind.

The British Magna Carta and even the American Constitution according to filmmaker Cyrus Kar were greatly influenced by this Persian legacy

He is Awake: Close Up on Cyrus Kar by DK

All Western Democracies in their Republican form  were actually modeled on the Roman Republic which had a Senate which was a kind of parliament in the shape of that of the Greek City states. And Rome was an Empire also where the Caesars were actually elected "dictators". The term dictatorship did not have the negative conotation it got in later era's. In ancient times it was synonymous of "stability" as opposed to anarchy.

As a matter of fact, Julius Caesar was assassinated precisely for being tempted to crown himself King (and not emperor) and thus threaten  Senatorial rule.

Beware the Ides of March:

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H-Kztt6WpM&feature=PlayList&p=7C721082A2FB5FFA&index=0&playnext=1

They killed him not because they hated him or feared him but because the "constitutional nature" of his reign was threatened by ambition. He was assassinated in the Senate and in open air as a sign that the Emperor should be at the service of the "People" or state if you will. Again "People" in those days were essentially the aristocracy and the rich and powerful elements in society just like in Greek so-called Democratic states which were democratic only for a given class or race. Democracy was rudimentary as compared to today's standards.

That is why all Roman Emperors were actually Crowned by the Senate in front of the people with the following admonishment: " Remember that thou are Mortal ..."

Whenever Emperors became tyrants or suspected of wanting to establish a tyranical rule they were most often assassinated like their predecessors. There were however periods of normal transition of Power in a dynastical way from either Father to Son or to closest cousin deemed worthy for the job.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud2WBtP_-jE 

So the Roman Model actually served as a reference in the establishment of Partlimentary Governments in their democratic form be them Republics or Constitutional Monarchies.

The Monarchists saw that the more educated the masses the more difficult it became to rule with absolute authority and that in order to  maintain some form of stability and continuity the monarch had to accept the parliament and relinquish his or her powers which would only be symbolic and thus Reign BUT NOT Rule ...

The Republicans saw the advantage of the Roman model in the fact that it was the first modern concept of nation building and governing that contrasted with the "tribal" concept of statehood where small tribes coexisted but often fought one another in useless and costly wars only at the mercy of the strongest and not general interest.

So the common denominator is the Parliamentary rule.

One can claim that the King or Queen even under a Constitutional Monarchy is useless but then one can can also say the same about the First Lady or even Presidents in many secular Republics like Germany or  Israel (strange but true)  to say the least who have no power but only a symbolic role.

Someone has to visit the hospitals, the War Vets or distribute medals anyways so why not have it done by symbolic figureheads like Kings and or Queens if one has them available ...

Also in countries like Great Britain or even Morroco today the Royal Family is subject to taxes and accountable in Front of Law as anyother of their so called "subjects". The King or Queen can also be forced by the Parliament to abdicate in rare cases such as corrupt behavior, lack of heirs or personal decision ( like for King Edward VII of Great Britain who wished to marry a divorcee).

In addition in all modern monarchies the Parliament evaluates the costs that surround the Royal Family. In otherwords their salary is defined by a budget that does not just englobe their needs but that of their employers. A monarchy like Great Britian ironically creates jobs not only in the tourist industry but also in maintaining historical sites, Palaces etc ...

If the British, Swedes, Spaniards or Belgians ( with whom we share a common constitution) have been able to do so, I don't see why we Iranians cannot given that Our Monarchical Institution and history is older than any of theirs.

So the question in the case of Iran is whether Iranians at large wish to restore the monarchy or not. Whether it is worthwile or not and whether we as a nation have understood the difference between Absolute Monarchies and Constitutional Monarchies, Secular Democratic Republics or Dictatorships be them Secular or Theocratic ...

That However, I am afraid, is another debate...

 In the meantime care for a toothpick ?

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gludr0e_6U&feature=related

I mean want a chance to pull the sword in the stone  ...

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZyDZ1oTfkg&feature=related

LOL

civil disobedience?????? IRAndokht

how is this civil disobedience. you thin supporters of ISlamic republic, can not love their ancient king Cyrus, and honor him? Yes they can, i'm one of them.

Cyrus the Great Pride of Iranians

and a slap to the face of akhoond who is proud of his Arab culture. 

Payandeh IRAN & Down with IRI