Archive - 2010

Interesting Historical Find پرشیا از کی ایران شد؟

Original article by Saeed Nafisi about the change of country name to Iran >>>

کارتون: بانک ملی بانوان

کارتون

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Dabashi's "little torture"

Dabashi states, "What's a little torture in Kahrizak and Evin...?" on CNN, sounding more like PressTV.>>>

SATIRE: Tu Veux Ou Tu Veux Pas ? ZAT IZ ZEE QUESCHOON ! ...

As Iran's June 12th Post Election protest anniversary approaches one can legitimately ask whether or not the SELECTED leadership has live up to it's followers expectations ... >>>

This bank is for ladies only

Satire >>>

Exploitation of Neda

Since the hammer seems to have hit some nails, and in anticipation of the sickle's harvesting moves... >>>

Alive and Important

What are the results of the struggle of the opposition movement in Iran? Not failure. Externally, the movement has inspired Hillary Clinton (with the direction of some of the State Department's staffers, and perhaps our letters to them), America's foreign policy has evolved from the false dichotomy of "invade or ignore (Bush)" to one of fostering developing democratic movements through the use of technology and a "Three Cups of Tea" outreach process to people in Iran, Sudan, Cuba, Venezuela, and China. This process will take while, but internally, as a direct result of the Green Movement, the regime is getting weaker>>>

Guilty as Charged

Within the Revolutionary Courts, three judges – Abolghasem Salavati, Mohammad Moghiseh and Pir-Abbasi – stand out for their role in presiding over joint and individual trials involving hundreds of defendants. Although some of these trials were held in public, the three judges remain shadowy figures. It is unclear what their legal backgrounds are, or how they came to be appointed. There are no pictures of Moghiseh or Pir-Abbasi, and they do not appear at public events. Pir-Abbasi’s first name is not even known>>>

Complex Women, Simple Men

“Copie Conforme” is a film by Abbas Kiarostami which means that it’s s-l-o-w. Slow enough to make you fidget in your seat. Slow enough to take you back to the days of the interminable scenes of couples-- walking apart from each other and not talking—in those excruciating Antonioni films of the sixties. Slow enough to give you time to wonder about the nature of cinema. Should it be entertaining? Should it encourage reflexion? Can it be boring? Then, because it is a film by Abbas Kiarostami, “Copie Conforme” goes way beyond that first impression. >>>