NATURE

Green majesty

Green majesty

Photo essay: Camping in Yosemite Park

by Sara Zahabiyoun
09-Jun-2009 (2 comments)

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Ardeshir Ariana
09-Jun-2009

Your Choice.

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Israel's #1 Problem: Herself

capt_ayhab

FM: World opinion Israel's No. 1 problem

JP
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09-Jun-2009 (9 comments)
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Ardeshir Ariana
09-Jun-2009
Do not Ever Abuse Your Power on your Fellow Humans. >>>

Energy fuels new 'Great Game' in Europe

Darius Kadivar

Russia, Iran and Qatar Only suppliers of pipeline gas in the long-term

bbc
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09-Jun-2009
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Monda
09-Jun-2009 (2 comments)
" رقص و موسيقي به طبيعت آدمي جلوه انساني مي بخشد " >>>

ELECTIONS

Show and tell

As spectacles go, this presidential election has been entertaining

09-Jun-2009 (5 comments)
In elaborate speeches, Mousavi has been mesmerizing university audiences thirsting for anything other than stale lectures filled with long quotations from Koran in Arabic verse, which most people don't understand, riddled with militant-sounding speechifying typical of the ideological conservatives. Mousavi has been spreading the news that, unlike others, he believes that 'principled orthodoxy' and 'reformism' are but two sides of the same coin, and both are needed for an Islamic society to thrive in the modern world. Mousavi, besides having the biggest following supposedly and the best chance of ousting the incumbent president Ahmadinejad, seems also to be the candidate Western 'moderates' like to see win>>>

TRUTH HURTS SHARK ! ... ;0)

Darius Kadivar

Rafsanjani slams Ahmadinejad "fabrications"

Reuters
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09-Jun-2009
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احمدی‌نژاد: باند ثروت...

OBSERVER

Dispatch from Tehran

What is happening is extremely important

09-Jun-2009 (5 comments)
Night is falling again on Tehran, and like each night for the last week, hundreds of people are gathering in the streets of the city in a sort of election fervor. Presidential elections are to take place in a week, with the first round of voting set for next Friday, June 12. From my apartment, I can hear the crowd forming in my neighborhood; we are located just one block away from the national television headquarters, which has become a sort of symbolic hub for these growing demonstrations. Sitting here right now and trying to write is almost surreal, as I can hear the chanting, yelling and sirens below while I try to concentrate and gather my thoughts. I can't help but imagine how tonight's action might build on last night's energy and move further away from these elections and towards something else, something bigger... but what?>>>

IRAN-U.S.

Back from the cold

Let's start seeing gestures of good faith on both sides

09-Jun-2009 (one comment)
President Obama has spoken with conviction of the US’s reformed thinking on ‘democracy promotion’. Turkey, Morocco and Indonesia are Muslim states where democracy has yielded significant fruit in the form of moderation to political behaviour and the consolidation of democracy. In today's Iran in contrast, the right to freedom of expression is curtailed; thus no one can engage directly with critical political issues. In addition, general disillusionment with politics means political literature is now largely unfashionable in Iran. Iranians are trapped in a spiral of political alienation. Having said that, our attention should remain fixed not on the identities of the protagonists, but on the part they play in strengthening or weakening democracy in Iran>>>

BRIBES

رشوه و رستگاری

پوستر انتخاباتی

09-Jun-2009 (2 comments)
در اداره ای که کار میکنم همه به خوبی می دانند که من اهل رشوه و حق و حساب گرفتن هستم. راستش تا حالا کلی مقاله و پژوهش های میدانی و خیابانی و میلانی در خصوص غیر قابل اجتناب بودن رشوه گیری انجام داده و حقانیت آن را به همه آدم و عالم ثابت کرده ام. رساله معروف بنده به نام " رشوه و ادبیات ایران" به چندین زبان زنده و مرده و نیمه جان دنیا ترجمه شده و هر روز از طریق تلفن و ایمیل سئوالات فراوانی در این خصوص به ویژه از هم میهنان مقیم خارج دریافت می کنم که خواستار توضیح این فن ظریف و تعمیم آن به همه ممالکی هستند که در حال حاضر به حضور رعایای ممالک محروسه ایران مزین شده است. سایتی نیز دراین مورد راه انداخته ام با عنوان : زیرمیزی.پول چایی دات کام که در خدمت همه علاقمندان است>>>

POETRY

Secret of the River

For Azad

09-Jun-2009 (2 comments)
Every day we go along the river
And your body
Takes on the smell of the water.
Seeing us, the wild geese
Tune up their battle horns,
And a cat behind its green hideout
Lifts its tail in triumph. >>>

BABA We don't have any NUKES

capt_ayhab

U.N. Report Affirms Iran's Peaceful Nuclear Intentions, Envoy Says

NTI
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09-Jun-2009 (5 comments)
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PAAIA
09-Jun-2009 (8 comments)
Six of the most accomplished Iranian Americans in the world gathered at UCLA's Royce Hall on Mother’s Day to share the trials and tribulations of their lives with the next generation>>>