Archive - Mar 28, 2009

Puzzle of Persia

During the post revolutionary period of 1979-82, after fighting and eliminating most of the internal opposition; ayatollah Khomeini and his allied clergies established their Islamist tyranny over the entire Iranian political, military, financial, judicial, and cultural affairs. Since then, a puzzling Persian theocracy has plagued the Middle Eastern politics and become a prime source of emulation and support for most militant Islamists. To consolidate their tyranny, lucrative industries, banks and major companies were confiscated and controlled by the Islamist instruments (Bonyads). The Iranian military was purged and then subjugated to the constant oversight and scrutiny of the Revolutionary Guards>>>

The Secret Agent

My favorite game as a child was playing ‘dead or alive’ with photo albums. Flipping through the thick pages, I tried to guess just by looking at someone’s photograph whether that person was still living. Often the age of the photograph was a clue. If the paper was yellowing, or the subject was wearing something that looked like a costume, the person was probably dead. Sometimes though the clues were outside the picture. “Who’s this, Mom?” I asked shoving a black and white photo in her face. The subject was wearing a dark suit, and looked like a movie star. My mom sighed the way women sighed those days at Gone With The Wind. “That’s Golbaz,” she said. >>>

جشن

جای ما را هم خالی کنید >>>

کدام زرتشت؟

فرارسيدن ششم فروردين، زادروز خيالی (تصوری، قراردادی اما بجا و مفيد و خجسته) ی زرتشت، يکی از شخصيت های افسانه ای شده و جهانگير ايرانزمين، فرصتی يگانه را برای پرداختن به برخی از نکات قابل بررسی فراهم می سازد که من نيز می خواهم مقالهء اين هفته ام را به چند نظر گذرا در همين زمينه اختصاص دهم؛ بی آنکه مدعی باشم «زرتشت شناس» ام و نيز بی آنکه قصدم طرح مسائل مربوط به نوانديشی های مذهبی باشد. پس، آنچه که مطرح می کنم صرفاً نگاهی است پديدارشناسانه و جامعه شناختی به آنچه که می توان «معمای زرتشت» خواند ـ «معما» بدان خاطر که دربارهء اين چهرهء تاريخی / افسانه ای که حدود 3500 سال پيش در خراسان بزرگ می زيسته (و من نيز با آنها که معتقدند «مزار شريف» در افغانستان آرامگاه اوست هم عقيده هستم) حرف ها و حديث های گوناگون و متضادی مطرح می شود.>>>

آسیب شناسی روشنفکری ایرانی: چرا آرمانهای انقلاب ایران با شکست روبرو گردید

An analysis of factors that contributed to the failure of the Iranian Revolution >>>

Labour

I am giving birth for you
Giving birth to the
Infant of my heart
Labour was not hard, but agonizing
My baby doesn’t know anything
What is wrong? or what the world is?
He doesn’t see black or white
Everything is green
Everything is orange
Everywhere is colourful >>>

Give EIDEE to Iranian.com!

In the spirit of Norooz, I thought it would be great to give Jahanshah Javid and Iranian.com some ‘Eidee’! >>>

با نوروز بیا

ای اهورا مزدا
دریافت کن خفته گان آریا.
با نوروز بیا،
پاک کن شبنم اشک ما.
واژگون کن تخت دیوها.
سرنگون کن خاقان کدخدا،
آنچنان کن انتقام خون فرزندان ما. >>>

Another Juvenile to be executed

Abumoslem Sohrabi is at risk of imminent execution for a murder committed when he was 17 years old>>>

pictory: The Left Wing Coalition and Khomeiny's Revolution

An interesting French documentary on the atmosphere in Iran a few weeks before Khomeiny's triumphal return. Despite an atmosphere of Freedom and enthusiasm a drift between clerical and leftwing ideologies start to appear.

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Tehran

I live in foothills of the Alborz Mountains on the 22nd floor. I own my apartment and have been living here for the past ten years>>>

Swiss Documentary on Iran in 1968

Three Documentaries on different aspects of Iran in a Swiss Production of 1968: Les Fastes d'Ispahan, Les Tresors d'Iran, et Persepolis. >>>

New Iranians at an International Airport

Iranians of today from my impresion after seeing a group of them at a departure gate in Delhi airport. >>>