Protester called "mohareb" and sentenced to death

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28-Apr-2010
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Another occasion to flex muscles

Let them go

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Desmond Tutu: release 3 US hikers held in Iran

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DEBATE

Fault-Lines and Hem-Lines

Censorship and the Boobquake vs. Brainquake Debate

28-Apr-2010 (70 comments)
Boobquake was rightly making a mockery of a comment made by a moronic cleric in the Islamic Republic. Brainquake’s - HEY EVERYBODY WE HAVE BRAINS! – project is further unpalatable because of its pandering to a challenge that women should not even be engaged in; we should not have to sell ourselves and our accomplishments, we should not have to sell our boobs or our brains; if after more than a century of struggle for our inalienable rights we are still shouting these banal and insipid statements as women - perhaps it is us and our movement that needs a shaking at the core, and not mother earth>>>

VIEW

War propaganda, Obama style!

Military intervention still remains an option

28-Apr-2010 (6 comments)
The challenge that the Obama administration faces is creating a second and third phase in their approach that could take away any kind of comparison with the war on Iraq. It would by then even be necessary to focus on other aspects of the Iranian government, other than their nuclear program, to create a more legitimate political narrative in support of a military intervention. Perhaps the Obama administration will use a different principle of Anne Morelli, namely the focus on the humanitarian need to a military intervention>>>

ACTION

Iranian Diaspora Needs to Act

What happens in Iran affects Iranians living outside Iran

28-Apr-2010 (3 comments)
The Iranian Diaspora has so far led a very symbolic and largely ineffective role in what is happening in their country because of these self-imposed restraints. True, there were many protests in the few months after the June 12 election. However, thus far there are very few PACs, lobbying groups and such to work to promote the cause for Iran's democratization. Furthermore, few intellectuals are willing to openly come out and declare their support for the Green Movement And let's not underestimate the power of political involvement>>>
erooni
28-Apr-2010
The talk of attacking Iran been going on for years,but most likely it would not happen.The main reason for it is the chaos that it would create >>>
Mardom Mazloom
28-Apr-2010 (one comment)
شعری از طرف شاعر نامی محمود پشه با تنظیم خامنه ای و شورای نگهبان >>>
Fred
28-Apr-2010
Looking down the double-barrel shotgun>>>

IDEAS

راههای طی شده (3)

دانش و کنش میان ادیان: از تخاصم تا تفاهم

28-Apr-2010 (5 comments)
در قرون 16 و 17 در اروپا پس از جنگها و قتل عامهای گسترده میان فرق گوناگون مسیحیت اصل تحمل مذهبی به کرسی نشست. یعنی همۀ طرفهای مبارزه دریافتند که هرچند دست تا مرفق به خون مخالفان آلوده داشته باشند قادر به حذف خشونت بار رقبا از میدان نخواهند بود و برای ختم نبرد بی پایان دینی به اصل "بیائید بپذیریم که عقائد یکدیگر را نمی پذیریم" گردن نهادند.2 این تحملِِِ ِ حد اقل، هر چند کشمکش بین ادیان را از جنگ گرم به جنگ سرد تبدیل کرد اما گامی معنا دار به سوی تفاهم در میان مذاهب به شمار می آید>>>

POETRY

Back to the Torture (Part II)
28-Apr-2010
"They pulled out my toenail
then clubbed me until I fell."
"I asked why am I in jail?
in answer, they fractured my head."
"In solidary confinement
for weeks I thought I was dead."
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