Archive - Jul 2011

Bad Idea

The unprecedented campaign in Washington to remove the Mojahedin Khalq (MEK) from the U.S. list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations represents a critical threat to Iran's indigenous democratic movement. Unlike Iran's democratic opposition, which advances through nonviolence the principles of democracy and human rights, the MEK is an undemocratic organization that pursues its agenda through violence. Delisting the MEK and freeing the group to inject violence into Iran's democratic opposition movement would help derail yet again Iran's century-long struggle for democracy>>>

رجویه و پارسیه

مرغ عزا و عروسی >>>

در ناگزیریِ دادخواهی و بخشش

گستردگیِ آنچه بر ما، جوانان دهه‌ی شصت، رفت را شاید به خوبی بدانیم. به گمان من،‌ امّا، هنوز هم به درستی از ژرفای زخمی که برداشته‌ایم، آگاه نیستیم. و این جای درنگِ بسیار دارد و جای ژرف‌اندیشی پیرامونِ جایگاهِ امروزین خویش ــ جایگاهِ مائی که از آن روزهای خشونتِ لجام‌گسیخته و اهریمنانه جان به در برده‌ایم. از همین روست که مسئولیت به یاد آوردنِ آنچه بر ما و بر نسل ما رفته بر شانه‌هایمان سنگینی می‌کند>>>

Game, Set and Match

By the time we got to the encore, the audience’s polite “let’s wait and see” clapping had turned into a heartfelt applause of delighted surprise. Stage time was short at San Francisco’s Yoshi’s Jazz Club and we weren’t sure if we were even going to get that encore. But when its final note was played, the crowd enthusiasm broke the critic’s barrier. It was as though a tennis champ had slammed a powerful ace blowing away his opponent with game, set and match>>>

At the Coffee Shop

"Well well well," said Gholamhossein Mohammadizadeh "Look what the cat dragged in." He said it in English, owing to the fact that cats did not drag anybody in in Iran. "If this wasn't such a high-class establishment," Ali Reza Karimi said "I'd give you the one-finger salute." The men laughed. "When'd that ever stop you before?" Gholamhossein said. "You got a point there," Ali Reza grinned. "I thought this guy had to work late today," said Akbar Hashemi as Ali Reza stood in line for coffee>>>

شبگیری

پیر ِ ما هم دیری است دگر بار سفر بسته است...
این زمان ما امّا،
چشم ِ بیدار به تقویم زمان خیره و
شب مانده هنوز؛
ما به امید یکی‌ صبح ِ جوان، >>>

Role of Hidden Imam in History and Islamic Republic

Review of the history and story >>>

How Will America Pay To Expand The American Empire?

A Main Goal of The United States is to expand The American Empire. But the real question is where does all the money come from?>>>