Archive - Apr 1, 2009

Common Sense - Obituary

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, 'Common Sense', who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. >>>

"Tehran Has No More Pomegranates" DVD Now Available Exclusively on SoCiArts.com

“An imaginative and engaging history of Tehran that uses a petulant barbed humor to deliver a steady stream of irony about this drastically transformed society.”  —Variety >>>

Seduced by the devil

A Man who was arrested for forcible rape, was cleared of charges because he claimed he was seduced by the devil>>>

دکتر محمد مصدق و بهائیان - از دکتر بهرام چوبینه

زندگی بهائیان در ایران یک مهلکه و مخاطرهی دائمی است. تلاش مداومی است برای رسیدن به مقام و جایگاه انسانی. بیائیم دورنمای تازه ای از زیبایی آزادی و عدالت حقوقی در مقابل دیدگان خود و آنان بگستریم.>>>

Expect major catfights

The Obama administration's recent overtures for a reconciliation with Iran have come in the form of sweet talk of opening up of fisted hands, accompanied with a quotation from the wily and clever Sa'di, one of our more popular poets (1184-1283?). The initial Iranian responses to these Obama overtures are starting to resemble the coy Iranian bride's ladylike silence upon first being asked if she would take the man. Initial reactions from the Iranian government were predictable rebukes and denunciations to the effect that nothing has changed in reality, that the Americans should draw some lessons from their past and present behavior if they really want better relations with Iran>>>

The contender

Sometimes news takes time to get out of Iran - particularly when it comes to internal strife in the upper political echelons. But eventually, major clashes leak out. This week the news emerged that Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the mayor of Tehran and Ahmadinejad's main rival in the Osulgarayn (Principalist) movement, resigned from his post just before the end of the previous Persian calendar year - approximately March 18 or 19. A number of days later, he was reinstated to his job after his resignation was rejected by senior officials, most likely the supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei.>>>