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SHAH
12-Jan-2011 (25 comments)
There have been at least a dozen books on his life. Most have been “commissioned,” written to lionize or demonize him. Even those that were dedicated to finding and reporting the truths of his life were stymied by the fact that much remained hidden in still-classified documents, mired in adulating or acrimonious whispers, or marred by conspiracy theories concocted by his friends and his foes, or by himself. He was one of the pivotal figures of the second half of the twentieth century, and certainly one of the most tragic>>>
NOVEL
12-Jan-2011 (one comment)
I know Pari has great connections but I still can’t believe it when we hear from her the very next day after our visit, with the time and place of our appointment with Karroubi. Pari tells us she will pick us up herself, not one to pass up a chance of establishing a connection with Karroubi as one never knows which way the tide may turn. Also, our dear relative always has to be center stage and as highly visible as possible. When she shows up, I see that out of deference to the high-ranking mullah we’re going to visit, she’s dressed in demure black—though in the expensive designer clothes she fills her suitcases with during the trips she takes every year to Europe>>>
FLIGHT
12-Jan-2011 (4 comments)
چشمانم را می بندم و سعی می کنم آرام چرتی بزنم. و اصلا اخباری را که راجع به وجود هواپیما های از رده خارج در سیستم حمل و نقل هوایی شایع است را به یاد نیاورم وهمچنین سوانح هوایی را که علت آن ها نقص فنی هواپیما های کهنه اعلام شده را اصلا ندید بگیرم و یک بار دیگر خوشحالم که روزنامه نمی خوانم واخبار گوش نمی کنم و از کمترین این آمار خبر دارم و می توانم به سادگی افکار منفی را از خودم دور کنم>>>
PAHLAVIS
10-Jan-2011 (19 comments)
Muhammad Sahimi, who writes for TehranBureau.com told Time magazine last week: “Iranians are concerned about Iran. But, almost none commit suicide because of it.” He was referring to the claim that Alireza Pahlavi’s suicide may have resulted, in the words of his older brother Reza, from the fact that Pahlavi was “deeply disturbed by all the ills fallen upon his beloved homeland.”>>>
CHARITY
10-Jan-2011 (8 comments)
Now that our long and arduous legal wrangling with the US government is over, we need you more than before. Though the settlement allows us to continue our operation, we have many challenges ahead of us. As ever, our first priority is to continue to provide life-saving assistance to nearly 3000 children in Iran and beyond. In addition, we must continue to fulfill our duty to donors who rely on and trust the Child Foundation to ensure donor dollars reach the children>>>
HUMOR
10-Jan-2011 (56 comments)
Iranians, or Persians, as we often like to be called, are complicated people. Achieving the status of being Iranian is not an easy task, but with much dedication and a strong liver, it can be done. Also, let me say now that there are basically only two types of Iranians, the first generation, and the second generation, since there were no Iranians in this country prior to 1979 (citation needed). These two generations are very different in nature, and it seems that the second generation is determined to undo the good name the first generation has created for itself>>>
COMEDY
10-Jan-2011 (18 comments)
"فيلمنامه‌نويس و كارگردان فقط روي اين نكته زوم مي‌كنند كه مش ماشاالله به عنوان نماد يك مرد پايبند به اصول دينداري و محرم و نامحرم، مردي است ساده لوح، بداخلاق و تندخو، كم‌سواد، سنت‌گراي افراطي و بيگانه با تكنولوژي و تمامي مظاهر مدرنيته، ناتوان از ابراز احساسات عاطفي و كمبود اعتماد به نفس. همه اين كاستي‌ها نيز فقط به خاطر اين است كه او به اصل محرم و نامحرم اعتقاد دارد>>>
BOOK
10-Jan-2011 (2 comments)
Some people like to use the expression, “It’s a small world”, but I prefer the one that says, “The world is round, who knows when we’ll meet again?” I can’t decide why I like this better, maybe because of its indication to an active world rather than shrinking it in size. I recently came to experience this and am amazed at how connected the world is. Years ago, after I had I read Digging to America by Ann Tyler, I wrote a review for it in the Iranian>>>
POETRY
10-Jan-2011 (7 comments)
Imperial Guard never mourns
With a public caravan
But in heart.
Immortal one took an oath
So princess’ smile shall last
The darkness of the night
But it did not >>>
With a public caravan
But in heart.
Immortal one took an oath
So princess’ smile shall last
The darkness of the night
But it did not >>>
ALIREZA
08-Jan-2011 (37 comments)
Apart from the tragedy of Ali Reza Pahlavi's suicide, what is now even more unpalatable is the crude reaction of the complex ridden, pseudo-intellectual, guerrilla fighters of yore, who have offered nothing but churlish asinine statements which more often than not point out the wealth of the Pahlavi family and how their wealth or 'thievery' should somehow be comforting them at this time. From associate professors to armchair latte sipping revolutionaries, all have weighed in on their reasons as to why this family does not deserve our sympathies or condolences>>>
NOSTALGIA
08-Jan-2011 (35 comments)
Iranians, it was once said, are afflicted by a unique strain of melancholy: Those who live in Iran dream of leaving, while those who were exiled dream of going back. When 44-year-old Alireza Pahlavi, the youngest son of the late Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, took his life on Tuesday, it was undeniably attributable in part to a demoralizing malady, chronic depression, which he may have inherited from his father>>>
WHY
08-Jan-2011 (17 comments)
Is it possible that Ali Reza Pahlavi was forced to take his own life in protest? Is it possible that he was so psychologically tormented by the human rights violations and atrocities he saw in Islamic Republic and the unjust and unfounded accusations and bullying against his father, the King, that he took his own life as other young Iranians in Iran who have been tortured, imprisoned, and blocked from education and work? Prince Ali Reza's suicide note clearly expresses these feelings>>>
TRAGEDY
08-Jan-2011 (6 comments)
آنچه مرگ علیرضا را هولناک و غم انگیز می کند وضعیت ایرانیان در شرایط فعلی است. نومیدی و خراب شدن همه پل ها در پشت سر و از سوی دیگر عشق بیکران به ایران. سالهایی که ایرانشناسی می خواندم را به یاد آوردم، کمبود وطن را می خواستم با پژوهش و بیشتر دانستن در مورد تاریخ و فرهنگ ایران پر کنم آن استاد ابله که نمی فهمید و با من سر و کله می زد که جای تو اینجا نیست و مگر نمی دانست در دو دانشکده هم زمان ثبت نام کرده ام و ایران شناسی را برای روح سرگردانم می خوانم و ادبیات را برای بیان دل شوریده ام؟ مگر نمی دانست و مگر دانست؟ و مگر فهمید؟
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POETRY
08-Jan-2011 (3 comments)
I was driving south
very tired.
The car in front
slowed down in an empty lot.
The driver, the passenger
their seats were bare.
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very tired.
The car in front
slowed down in an empty lot.
The driver, the passenger
their seats were bare.
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IMPACT
06-Jan-2011 (19 comments)
Aside from a loyal group of monarchists in exile, very few Iranians pay heed to the Pahlavi family’s aspirations to return to power, making the news of Ali-Reza Pahlavi’s suicide that much more heart-wrenching. Even for the eldest surviving brother, Reza, there is something nearly suicidal in grasping for a throne that will never be again. Still, he has some connection to the world outside himself>>>
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