mmovahed
29-Jul-2008 (2 comments)
Tell me what's wrong with this picture?? >>>

Light In The Tunnel

Zion

Analysis: US now winning Iraq war that seemed lost

Yahoo! News / ROBERT BURNS and ROBERT H. REID
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29-Jul-2008 (4 comments)
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Anonymous4now
29-Jul-2008 (5 comments)
Tehran, literally ‘warm place’, became the capital of what was then Persia at the turn of the eighteenth century under the first of the Qajar kings, Agha Mohammad Khan>>>
Haj Seyd Mammad
29-Jul-2008 (one comment)
in an interview with Bill Moyers, Philippe Sands explains how the U.S. Military resorted to enhanced interrogations that included sleep deprivation, nudity, stress positions, and water boarding >>>

Radioactive Shipments ???

mostaghel

Egypt blocks 'radioactive' shipment from Israel

AFP
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29-Jul-2008 (one comment)
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Jeesh Daram
29-Jul-2008 (5 comments)
Nice performance with violin>>>
farshadjon
29-Jul-2008
Discrimination against the Baha'i community of Iran >>>

سیمای ایلام افسرده

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Mehdi-Palang

Israel shoots dead nine-year-old boy - 30 Jul 08

AlJazeeraEnglish / Jacky Rowland
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29-Jul-2008
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Manoucher Avaznia
29-Jul-2008 (2 comments)

مرا چه غم که غزلپارۀ مرا

مرغی نخواند و یار نامهربان ندید

مرا چه غم که در دور زندگی

هرگز ندیده ام تفاوت باده و نبید

 

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NUCLEAR

Enriched offer

Drawing a red line with Iran

29-Jul-2008 (82 comments)
If we in the West are to set a genuine red line that the Iranians can recognize as such, two interlinked things are necessary. This line needs to be rooted in international rules that the Iranians themselves have formally recognized, and it needs to have the full support not only of the Europeans, but of the Russians, Chinese and Indians as well. In other words, our red line must be strict, verifiable adherence to the terms of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, or NTP, accompanied by a list of detailed, concrete and severe sanctions that leading members of the international community undertake to impose if Iran breaks the treaty and moves to weaponization>>>
Rosie T.
29-Jul-2008 (9 comments)

This is for all the NASTY people who keep asking this question wherever I go so you can stop cluttering up legitimate threads on good blogs. The NICE people I answer them directly.

Sheesh....

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HERITAGE

Ray of light

Film director Makan Karandish begins a challenge on behalf of all Iranians

29-Jul-2008 (2 comments)
Iran is suffering one of the darkest cultural periods in its history. The old fruitful tree which once survived the coldest seasons is slowly withering away, her roots invaded by internal and external diseases. Our national identity is invaded by cultural agents of Arabs making us alien to ourselves as a nation. But there are always Iranians who endure the difficulties to remind us of who we are, and connect us to our roots and make us proud of ourselves, as a nation which has influenced world culture throughout history. In my opinion, “Iran the Forgotten Glory” is a very well crafted and innovative documentary film which serves this purpose>>>

MEMORIES

Strong bonds

PART 3: From Misery Alley to Missouri Valley

29-Jul-2008 (3 comments)
While the real story of one’s life begins with a scandal or with love affairs, my parents’ story began with marriage without any scandal or adventurous romance. I am sure my father had not seen my mother before marriage as was usual at their time and even today in many places. And, there was no love at the first sight. Their marriage was arranged, brokered, a blind marriage. It was like signing a contract and negotiating its terms and conditions afterward. It is really hard to imagine what would be your love life if you marry a person you didn’t know or even seen before. Remarkably, their marriage lasted for lifetime, until death do them apart>>>

STORY

نفوس مرده

یونس از وقتی به منزل بازگشت، طور دیگری به باباش نگاه میکرد. حالا وی در مرگ باباش رستگاری خود را می جست

29-Jul-2008 (3 comments)
مش فرمان، پدر یونس سالها بیمار و گوشه رختخواب افتاده بود. اصلاً حرف نمی زد. در سکوت زل زده بود به نقطه ای در دیوار مقابل . فقط زنش خیر النساء که او هم حال خوشی نداشت، هر روز چندین بار به دقت نگاهش میکرد، گوئی میخواست با نگاه درون شوهرش را بکاود و علت ناخوشیش را کشف کند. برایش باورکردنی نبود که مش فرمان توت فروش معروف میدان تجریش این طور از رمق بیفتد. یادش می آمد آن وقتها که شوهرش جوان بود طبق های بزرگ توت را بر روی سر میگذاشت و از باغ های توت گلاب دره و شهرستانک تا بساطش می آورد. عین اسب مزرعه سالم بود و اصلاً خستگی نمیشناخت. خواب و آرام نداشت. تابستان ها توت و گردو و بستنی و زمستانها هم لبو باقالی می فروخت. تنها مشکل مش فرمان این بود که صدای خوبی نداشت و این نقص در جائی که هر کسی باید محصولش را با صدای خوش داد میزد، ایراد بزرگی بود.>>>