Goudarz Eghtedari
26-Oct-2009

These are weekly commentaries that I air on a Cable access show in Portland Oregon.  The TV show is called My-Iran TV, a program produced for 20 years by my very good friend Dr. Ahmad Mostafavi.

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Faramarz
26-Oct-2009 (9 comments)
Lando Buzzanca was one of the most popular Italian actors in Iran in the early 70’s. >>>
Sahameddin Ghiassi
26-Oct-2009
  O  Sadi, the good man will never die, the dead is whom who has a bad name and a bad reputation. But the good man is always will be saluted in the whole world.    >>>

ART

Standing still

Standing still

Photo essay: 165 years of Iranian photography in Paris

by Orang Gholikhani
26-Oct-2009

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POINT

A Culture of Death

We must establish a society where life has more significance than death

26-Oct-2009 (88 comments)
Thirty-one years ago, a few months after the 1979 Revolution, the generals and close associates of the Shah, including his long time PM Amir Abbas Hoveyda, were shot to death without trial. The crowds cheered. When the father of the Rezai brothers, was asked to fire the shots, he refused. He was not a killer even though three of his own sons, members of the Mujahedin-e Khalq, had been killed under the Shah. One of those generals was Hassan Pakravan who had long been retired at the time of his execution>>>

China could spoil the Western game on Iran

Shah Ghollam

China welcome to supply nuclear fuel, says Iran

Hindu / Hindu
recommended by Shah Ghollam
26-Oct-2009
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IDENTITY

I am not a pomegranate

This is what scares me the most as an artist in the Diaspora, pigeon-holing me

26-Oct-2009 (2 comments)
I started writing plays and doing theatre long before I had heard the term Diaspora. To me, the most important motivation for doing theatre was being part of the efforts to build a community in Berkeley. A few years after the revolution, many of us in the Iranian community were politically active. We all met on a weekly basis to discuss political issues. Typically, close to 40 of us gathered in one of UC Berkeley’s classrooms to discuss an abstract subject, like how many stages the future Iranian revolution would have or what mode of production was dominant in the Soviet Union>>>

DESIRE

تلفن زدم

شکل ظاهریش مثل همجنس گراهای زن دیگری که می شناختم نبود

26-Oct-2009 (21 comments)
برای یک دورهء آموزشی یک ماه در شهر دیگری سکونت داشتم. یکی از همکلاسی هام یک زن لاغر و قد بلند و زیبا بود. اسمش زو بود. از روز اولی که دورهء ما شروع شد باهم دوست شدیم. خیلی شوخ طبع و با مزه بود و خیلی با هم می خندیدیم. صبح ها از هتل محل اقامتمان تا ساختمان شرکتی که کلاسها در آن تشکیل می شد پیاده میرفتیم و غروب ها با سایر هم کلاسی ها به شام می رفتیم. وقتی هفتهء سوم دورهء ما آغاز شد، اتفاق عجیبی افتاد>>>

Talk about sanctions is easy but .........

Shah Ghollam

Why Increased U.S. Sanctions on Iran Don't Work

Huffington Post / Huffington Post
recommended by Shah Ghollam
26-Oct-2009 (3 comments)
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Where does Russia stand?

Shah Ghollam

Despite Obama's Concessions, Russia Remains Unhelpful on Iran

US News / US News
recommended by Shah Ghollam
26-Oct-2009 (one comment)
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Turkey raises voice against Western bias

Shah Ghollam

Turkey chastises the West on Iran

BBC / BBC
recommended by Shah Ghollam
26-Oct-2009 (one comment)
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Sahameddin Ghiassi
26-Oct-2009
در برابر عظمت خیره کننده جهان هستی چه در بزرگی و چه در کوچکی که منصفانه عقل و دانش ما در برابر این عظمت مثل قطره ای در دریاست و یا مغز ما در درک کامل این عظمت و بی نهایتی مثل عقل مورچه ای در برابر محیط خودش است. >>>

STORY

The Orange 'n Torange Girl (5)

I liked Torange so much that I took her as my daughter

26-Oct-2009 (4 comments)
"Yes!" The wicked girl shouted and threw herself into his arms. A stench of blood rising from her skin pierced his bones and sent a chill down his spine. The Prince shook his head vigorously to clear his mind of this horrid sensation. He wiped away his tears with his sleeve and took a deep breath, brushed imaginary dust off his shirt and smothered a sigh of frustration. Then he picked up the girl and set her on his horse. Turning back and glancing around, he saw the slim torange sapling leaning towards the sun. He pulled it out of the ground and tied it to his horse>>>

Nice comeback

Jahanshah Javid

Iran 'could export some uranium'

BBC
recommended by Jahanshah Javid
26-Oct-2009 (one comment)
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Journalist up for social justice prize

TelevisionWashington.com

Iranian director, journalist up for social justice prize

TelevisionWashington.com / WashingtonTV
26-Oct-2009
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