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POETRY
22-Oct-2007
I was teenager
When the winds blew
Over oilfields
With intensity:
Petrol price hiked.
Oil became gold,
Evern more dear.
>>>RALLY
21-Oct-2007 (8 comments)
On Saturday, October 27th, we have yet another opportunity to make our voices heard against the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the potential attack on Iran. In these critical times, where an attack on Iran is high on the agenda of the Bush administration, we need to find a common voice and say NO TO WAR regardless of our political and ideological differences.>>>
THOUGHTS
21-Oct-2007 (2 comments)
How are you going to die if you don’t live anymore? What if you never left that exact moment of sorrow when everything surrounding you collapsed by law? Was it your boldness or your youth? I don’t know, but no matter what, you lost them both the moment you entered this zone.>>>
HUMOR
21-Oct-2007 (15 comments)
صبح زیبای روز شنبه بود و فکر کردم بد نیست به بهانه خرید قدری خواربار ایرانی به طرف "سن فرناندو ولی" بروم. راه خوبی است و حدود یکساعت طول میکشد و منطقه فوق الذکرخواربار فروشی های ایرانی متعددی دارد. منتها اشکال رفتن به این مغازه ها مواجه شدن با طرز راننده گی برخی ازهموطنان درست توی محوطه پارکینگ جلوی آنهاست. بسیاری از ایرانیها همیشه از جهت غلط وارد پارکینگ میشوند و ترافیک را گره میزنند.>>>
LIFE
21-Oct-2007 (5 comments)
Last night when I was blowing the cigarette smoke out the window, while being hypnotized by the clear light of the full moon, your voice entered and echoed in my head over and over again. It started in my head and found its way into my limbs … into the core of my being. I still had your taste in my mouth … I still had your scent all over me. But it was not the words that my consumed my being … no … it was the sound of your whisper.>>>
DOCUMENTS
21-Oct-2007 (8 comments)
خمینی در ۱۱ دیماه ۱۳۶۷ پس از مشاهده‌ی دنائت حسینعلی نیری ضمن انتخاب او به ریاست هیئتی دو نفره، ابراهیم رئیسی را که آن موقع به لحاظ رسمی معاون دادستان انقلاب تهران بود، همراه او می‌کند. این دو نفر مأموریت می‌یابند تا «فارغ از پیچ و خم‌های اداری» به سرعت احکام اعدام و قطع دست و پا را به منظور اشاعه‌ی جو سرکوب و اختناق در کشور صادر کنند.>>>
RESPECT
20-Oct-2007 (40 comments)
I know some will have an almost irresistible impulse to accuse me being in favor of censorship, which I am most definitely not in favor of. However, freedom of expression does not include, the right, to viciously and unjustifiably assault a person. When the only purpose underlying a particular verbal or written utterance is to demean, humiliate and disparage a person so ruthlessly that his or her reputation is completely destroyed simply because they had the audacity to hold certain views or express certain opinions on a subject, it is not only illegal, it is immoral. An assault is an assault whether it comes in the real world or in cyber space just as cyber-libel is no less damaging as printed libel.>>>
JEBHE MELLI
20-Oct-2007 (5 comments)
سال ها است که با نام هائی همچون اديب برومند، هرميداس باوند، کورش زعيم، نعمت آزرم، حسن لباسچی، خسرو قديری، ناصر کاخساز، و فرزاد بستجانی آشنائی دارم؛ برخی شان را از نزديک ديده ام، با برخی از آنها محشور بوده ام، و برخی را از طريق آثار و نوشته هاشان می شناسم. و، پس، يعنی، اکنون بايد همهء اينها را جزو فريب خوردگانی بدانم که، نادانسته، به «راه مصدق» پشت و خيانت کرده اند؟
>>>OPEN LETTER
19-Oct-2007 (86 comments)
On September 22nd, 1980 when Saddam's air force bombed all major airports in Iran, including Mehrabad International Airport, I went to the roof of our home in southern Tehran and watched the black smokes rising to the sky, with shock and despair. I never forget the sad and helpless feeling of that moment; my beloved country where I was born and raised was under attack! Suddenly, I remembered all the invasions that Iran (or Persia) had suffered throughout the history and I had learned about in school; the destructions, devastations and bloodshed that would follow.>>>
TERRORISM
19-Oct-2007 (6 comments)
Political assassinations are a rarity in the Islamic Republic, but Hojjatoleslam Hesham Seimori's murder is further disturbing for Teheran given its potential to provoke sectarianism in the oil-rich province of Khuzestan that is pivotal to the Iranian economy. Since 2005, Khuzestan has experienced a number of bombings of oil infrastructure and government offices, and the political atmosphere has not been this tense since the end of the Iran-Iraq War in 1988. Teheran has accused former Iraqi Ba'athists and Western intelligence agencies as instigating violence here, but never al-Qaida.
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NULCEAR
19-Oct-2007 (69 comments)
Legend has it that the Hydra with the body of a serpent and numerous heads, could never be harmed by any weapon, and if any of the other heads were severed another would grow in its place. Attacking cattle and local villagers, it devoured them with its numerous heads, totally terrorizing the vicinity for many years. According to legend, Heracles defeated the Hydra.
>>>PERSEPOLIS
18-Oct-2007 (12 comments)
This year's Cannes International Film Festival mesmerized viewers with a simple black & white animated French produced film by Iranian born Marjane Satrapi entitled Persepolis. Amidst an international selection of heavy weight feature films by such greats as Quentin Tarantino, Wong Kar Wai or Gus Van Sant, an outspoken cosmopolitan duo (Iranian Marjane Satrapi and French Vincent Paronnaud) of first time directors seduced not only the Cannes Jury but also the audience with their astonishing movie, the theme of which, resonated not only with our Post Sept 11th troubled times, but was also a historical reminder of a nation's struggle to survive.>>>
IRI
18-Oct-2007 (45 comments)
One thing that no one can deny is the powerful international position of Iranian foreign policy makers that has made Iran an “Island of stability” in a very unstable region. While one cannot deny the role of the United States in making Iran a powerhouse in the region, yet the Iranian government has not sat quietly either. Many arguments can rise for the real reason behind the Islamic Republic actions in the world stage and the truth behind the Iranian policy makers to do what they are doing.>>>
IDEAS
18-Oct-2007 (11 comments)
We live at a critical juncture of Iran's history and as a nation we are facing critical challenges in foreign and domestic politics. Naturally there is not much room for philosophical contemplation at this time. Nonetheless I decided to take a critical view of one of the great Persian philosophers in order to provide a historical perspective for us as a nation so we can evaluate our strengths and weaknesses and don't become a victim of a naive pride.>>>
POETRY
18-Oct-2007 (5 comments)
It was hot in the desert
a heat as sharp as the steel
of my financial defeat.
In the deep end of the bar
with sweats of alcohol
sticking my shirt to the seat >>>
a heat as sharp as the steel
of my financial defeat.
In the deep end of the bar
with sweats of alcohol
sticking my shirt to the seat >>>
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