Archive - 2010

Our childhood songs and the impact on the future of Iran

Drawn in my own thoughts I heard two little Hungarian boys singing, “tike tike kardi del mano…” a song by Arash! The European radios play his songs a lot>>>

MON CINEMA: Mohsen Makhmalbaf's "Boykot" aka "Boycott" (1985)

Mohsen Makhmalbaf's Political Manifesto "Boykot" aka "Boycott" against the Shah's Regime's arbitrary Political Trials in what corresponds to his early "revolutionary" years of cinematographic activism. >>>

جنبش دموکراتیک

شعار «رأی من کو؟» شعار دموکراسی است. شعاری که می‌گوید تنها اراده شهروندان که از طریق صندوق رأی اعمال می‌شود، و نه هیچ عامل دیگری، باید در اداره جامعه تصمیم گیرنده باشد. شعاری که نقش هر عامل و نیروی دیگر را که منبعث از رأی شهروندان نباشد نفی می‌کند. شعار دهنده می‌گوید که کسی نمی‌تواند به نام دین، خدا، و یا هر قدرت طبیعی یا ماورای طبیعی دیگر رأی خود را بر رأی من مرجّح بشناسد و آن را نادیده بگیرد. شعار در واقع به معنای نفی سلطه دین یا حزب و ایدئولوژی بر حکومت است. شعار می‌طلبد که حکومت تنها مشروعیت خود را از رأی مردم بگیرد و رأی مردم که از طریق نمایندگان منتخب آنان ابراز می‌شود تعیین کننده تصمیمات حکومتی باشد>>>

Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi Interviewed on RADIO FARDA

Crown Prince Reza of Iran interviewed by Radio Farda on the perspectives of regime change from within and the importance of the non violent approach of the Green Movement.   >>>

N.Y. Times Out-Hawks Iran Hawks

Today, the New York Times published an "I've-Had-Enough" editorial endorsing sanctions.  And the thinking evidenced in the piece is simply bankrupt >>>

Focusing on abuses

Old habits are difficult to break. After years of almost singularly focusing on the nuclear issue, the west has been slow to react to the rapidly deteriorating human rights situation in Iran. While United Nations Security Council members are preparing new sanctions over the nuclear issue, the UN has yet to address Iran’s human rights abuses since the fraudulent elections last summer. Now more than ever, the narrow nuclear focus must be set aside and renewed attention given to the state of human rights in Iran. It is literally a matter of life and death>>>

A date to remember

If today doesn’t turn out to be the big day that we all hope for, the day that brings about the end of Tehran’s repulsive regime, it is at least bound to be a major milestone in the right direction. All we must hope for now, beside a decisive blow to the awful theocracy that has been crushing Iran and spreading hatred and terror in the world for the last thirty years is that the brave Iranian people will not be weeping over new casualties but be a step closer to victory>>>

Time to party

Confetti and goody bags >>>

The unfortunate case of Mr Dizaei

In Britain, the word “black” usually refers to people of African or Caribbean descent. It’s always been a surprise to many Iranians that Ali Dizaei, the disgraced London Met police commander, should have been head of the Met Black Police Association (MetBPA) — few people of African or Caribbean descent would be comfortable calling themselves Iranian. Even the word “Asian” doesn’t quite sit with us — it usually refers to people from the Indian subcontinent. We identify much more with the tag “Middle Eastern” and even then like to make clear that we are not Arabs>>>

My Valentine

I have waited for you, and I will patiently wait much longer. There are signs by which I will instantly recognize you, even though our paths have only crossed subliminally at best. Those instants are burnt into my memory by the powerful flash of Young Love.>>>

"دزدیده چون جان می روی اندر میان جان من" - شعر: مولوی، دکلمه: احمد شاملو

From Divan-e Shams (Ghazaliat) by Rumi, Recitation, Deklame', by Ahmad Shamlou 

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برای شکوفه های بر باد

برشاخ ِ نازک شعرم ترانه ئی شکفت؛
چه بی درنگ ولی
خموش شد به کوته ِ آهی.
وقت خزان نبود
که توفان موسم سرد
گذر کرده باشد از باغ
به قصد ِ شبیخون، >>>