MOJAHEDIN
The MEK will never become a moderate political force
The presumption that the MEK would transform itself into a “moderate” political group if delisted is flawed. The MEK did not become “radical” as a result of being “listed” as a terrorist organization in 1997. It was an extremist group way before that date. What fuels its radicalism and taste for terrorism is not how it is termed by the State Department or the nature of its relationship with the U.S, but its fanatical ideology, pugnacious discourse, undemocratic structure, leadership, mission and agenda
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POWER
شباهت بنیادین نظام ولایت فقیه و حکومت سلطنتی در ایران
by Bijan Pouyandeh
سلطنت پهلوی و حکومت اسلامی با نفی آزادیهای سیاسی مانع رشد سیاسی، گسترش سازمانهای مدنی و در نتیجه باروری و خلاقیت اجتماعی و سیاسی گردیده اند. تک صدایی در نظام ولایت فقیه با شعار حزب فقط حزب الله و در دوران محمد رضا شاه با شعار حزب فقط حزب رستاخیر به جامعه تحمیل گردید. در چنین فضاهایی قدرت مطلقه پادشاه یا ولی فقیه حق تعیین سرنوشت ملت را نفی میکند
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THEATRE
Zahra Noorbakhsh’s show has sold out every performance since its debut
A few years, before Zahra Noorbakhsh moved to the New York stage, her grandma didn’t want to shake hands with me. At the time, Zahra was an undergrad literature major at Berkeley and may have thought it was about time her conservative Muslim grandmother met her real-life friends. After so many years in the U.S., I had forgotten that when you greet a chadored Iranian woman of grandma’s generation, proper etiquette is to look down at your feet as you say your
salaam. Then if it turns out she’s not ultra-conservative, she’ll let you know
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POETRY
The ones who know where I was born
Don’t believe a word of mine.
Iran has no foreigners
Let alone two in your side of town.
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Los Angeles Times writes about Persian instrument Santur "Iranian version of violin" !!. I left a comment.
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مصاحبه با دکتر محمد گیلائو – مدیر کامیونیتی سومالی کانادایی های تورنتو و جمشید باقرزاده مسول روابط عمومی بنیاد فرودین در ارتباط با قحطی در سومالی
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Time to get serious with these terrorists.
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