STOP
War between US and political Islam will hurt people in Iran most
The risk of a military attack against people in Iran is imminent. The US administration is adamant about an attack against Iran. The US government is trying to gain support of other states and the public opinion in the US for the attack. The French foreign minister has defended military attack against Iran. They claim war is inevitable if Islamic regime is to be prevented from producing nuclear weapons. On the other hand the Islamic regime is flaring up the fire of war. Both sides have escalated their war propaganda. Economic sanctions against Iran too are adding to the prospect of death and devastation.
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Le nombre exact d’exécutions et les conditions d’exécutions n’ont pas été rapportés par la République Islamique ou ses fractions islamiques.
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A popular sentiment today is distaste for any kind of organised religion.
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CHINA
Emperor’s army in life after death
by
Shahriar >>>
Well it's been I guess about a month since I started posting here>>>
RAVANIPOUR
نویسنده مستقل تن به قوانین احمقانه و خنگ کننده قدرت نمی دهد
زمان نشان داده است که نظام سیاسی کشور ما
فقط می تواند چهارشنبه سوری راکه نشانه صلح و دوستی بود به چهارشنبه سوزی
تبدیل کند دندان طمع از سیستمی که تمام این سالها خودی و غیر خودی کرده را
باید بکشیم برای زبان مادریمان کاری کنیم این عمارتی است که از سالیان سال
پیش به ما رسیده حداقل به اندازه گذشتگانمان تلاش کنیم و این زبان را به
ایندگان بسپاریم امید بسازیم در مقابل این همه ناامیدی که دامن مردم
کشورمان راگرفته
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INTERVIEW
A conversation with novelist Moniru Ravanipor -- in San Francisco
Time has shown that the political system in our country can only change our holiday “Chehar-shanbeh Soori” (literally means ‘Wednesday celebration’) which is a sign of friendship and peace into “chehar-shanbeh Sooozi” (which translates to Wednesday inferno). The system that has created the conniving mentality of pitting “us” against “them” and it has to be removed by the root, before we can do something for our own language. This language is a gift that has been handed down to us and the least we can do, is as much as forefathers did, which is pass it down to the next generation. We need to build hope against all this hopelessness that’s so rampant in our country.
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LIFE
How do you measure the weight of a second, felt upon your heart?
How do you count the miracles contained in an hour, witnessed by your eyes?
How do you price and pay for the moment of a first encounter, with your life force?
How do you define the feeling of the first kiss, and comprehend it?
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VIEW
در حاشیه ی گفت وگوی ناصر زرافشان
دو نام , ناصر زرافشان و اکبرگنجی , امروزه مطرح ترین و پر آوازه ترین نام های جنبش روشنفکری و روشنگری " سیاسی" ایران در داخل و خارج از ایران هستند. می دانم عزیزانی از جریان های فکری و سیاسی" چپ و راست و میانه "خوش ندارند این نظر را بشنوند و به عنوان واقعیت بپذیرند, اما کاری نمی شود کرد, خوش آمدن یا خوش نیامدن این و آن تغییری دراین واقعیت نخواهد داد!
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COMMUNITY
Photo essay: Berkeley's Central Stage
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Jahanshah Javid >>>
CAMPAIGN
Iran’s strength comes from perseverance in defending its legitimate national interest
A major new development in the 2008 electoral campaign has been that the presidential candidates, aware of the public’s peace sentiment, have been breaking taboos that the neo-cons had erected, such as imposing pre-conditions for talks with Iran and the policy of regime change. For example, Senator Barak Obama is promising to sit down for diplomatic meetings with countries like Iran, Syria and North Korea and not to seek regime change. These positions are qualitatively different from "all options remain on the table."
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POETRY
He fans the embers with a paper plate,
atop the balcony of his remote refuge,
many miles away from the Holy City,
and the surrounding hills are protective cloaks.
I stand in the outskirts of a city,
in a nation behind the scenes,
with a double scotch in one hand,
and a jujeh kabob in the other.
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