MEDAL

Uncovering a cover up

Polish President honours Iranian filmmaker

16-Aug-2008 (3 comments)
Iranian film director Khosrow Sinai has been awarded the prestigious “Knights Cross of the Order of Merit of the Polish Republic”. At a ceremony earlier this year in the Polish capital, the country’s president Lech Kaczynski bestowed the honour on the Iranian filmmaker in recognition of his services to the Polish Nation, and in particular for his documentary “The Lost Requiem”, made in 1982. Also honoured were five Iranian citizens of Polish descent, survivors of the “Polish Exodus” living in Iran>>>

WOMEN

From Bad to Worse and Beyond…

Discriminatory family law takes a few steps back

16-Aug-2008 (6 comments)
Discriminatory family law in Iran is on the brink of taking a few steps back! The “Family Protection Bill” passed swiftly and quietly during the first round of discussions of the legal and judicial commission of the Iranian parliament in July 2008, almost one year after it was drafted. Opposition to this bill has solidified one of the largest coalitions formed to protest a bill in recent years. An inclusive and strikingly diverse group of women activists, feminists, human rights defenders, as well as secular and religious groups (including some conservative women’s groups) are opposing this bill and demanding that the government take action to prevent it from passing through parliament for a final vote>>>

Illegal Weapons Cache (from USA !! )

Shining Head

Russia seizes US arms cache in Georgia

presstv
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16-Aug-2008
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ramintork
16-Aug-2008

It isn't just the persian Gulf that suffers from mistaken identity within west.

 

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FUTURE

گمانه زنی دربارهء شکل رژيم آينده

بازگشت به گذشته و صورت های مختلف آن هيچگاه ممکن نبوده است و نخواهد بود

16-Aug-2008 (9 comments)
هيچ کدام از اردوگاه های سه گانهء اپوزيسيون سياسی ما ـ برای رسيدن به مواضع خاصشان در مورد «شکل رژيم» ـ ساختار ديد خود را بر بنياد ارائهء احتجاجات منطقی و علمی نگذاشته و به نتايج به روز نشدهء تجربه های عملی گذشته اجازه داده اند که کاملاً در روند شکل گيری مواضع سياسی آنها نفوذ و دخالت قاطع داشته باشند؛ تا آن حد که ـ مثلاً ـ يک جمهوری خواه کافی می بيند تا کسی را که چند و چون موضع گيری جمهوری خواهان را مورد پرسش قرار می دهد تنها با زدن برچسب «سلطنت طلب» مشخص و افشا و رسوا کند. و پادشاهی خواهان هم در بکار بردن اين تاکتيک ظاهراً سياسی و در باطن تخريبی و فرصت کش، دست کمی از حريفان خود ندارند و هرکس که گوشه ای از نظام شاهی را مورد پرسش قرار دهد بلافاصله توده ای و نوکر روس و نمک خورده و دست پروردهء انگليس می شود. >>>
Sadaia_qesa
16-Aug-2008 (one comment)

 

Music Ya  Habibi

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Darius Kadivar
16-Aug-2008 (2 comments)

German Film Footage of Shah and Queen Soraya State Visit to Germany 1950's

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FICTION

Diaries & Jallad

A novel: Chapters 4 and 5

16-Aug-2008
It was past three when K. woke up from his long nap in fright. A harsh wind was blowing a branch against the window. He felt thirsty, went to the kitchenette and poured himself a glass of milk and, after finishing it, proceeded to wash the small pile of dishes and glasses in the sink, whispered in his head, "a perfect execution, yek koshtan-e kamel?! He was thinking of a poem, shaar, he had been working on in his dream, not a word of which he could remember, and also thinking of the skeptical reaction of his affable friend Ibrahim should he ever dare to boast of a perfect poem, yek shaar-e kamel>>>
Darius Kadivar
16-Aug-2008
Two Part Film of State Visit of Shah and Shahbanou of Iran to Paris, France greeted by General De Gaulle ( then President of France) 11th of october 1961 >>>

Gül-Gofti

Hajminator

US must share power in new world order

The Guardian
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16-Aug-2008
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IRANdokht
16-Aug-2008 (11 comments)
سیمین بهبهانی >>>
Saraamin
16-Aug-2008

When Stewie Griffin runs for presidency .

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AmirAshkan Pishroo
15-Aug-2008 (one comment)
What's up with that naked dude standing in the middle of the mosque? For it is unlikely that one would ever find someone in a loincloth in a mosque. Pigeons, yes, but not this. >>>
Kambis Mehran
15-Aug-2008 (5 comments)
Defending your dignity must be sacred! >>>