Archive - Jun 13, 2011 - Article

Our Goals Are Within Reach

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Unintended Consequences

The civil rights organization Asian Law Caucus has released its latest guide, The Impact of U.S. Sanctions Against Iran on You, which lays out some of the effects of sanctions on ordinary Iranian Americans and provides guidance for how to navigate the maze of new and existing restrictions. Last year, when Iranian-American Mahmoud Reza Banki was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for facilitating remittances between families in the U.S. and Iran, shockwaves rippled through the Iranian-American community>>>

Time for Truth

The passing of Ezatollah Sahabi and the tragic killing of his daughter Haleh sparked a new wave of bewilderment and anger among most Iranians. Ezatollah Sahabi died of old age after much suffering at the hands of the Shah’s regime and the Islamic Republic. Those who watched or heard of the killing of Haleh at the funeral of her father were shocked, heartbroken and angry at the circumstances that led to her death. There was no reason—as if any reason can justify this heinous act>>>

The Jewish MP

Upon the request of many citizens and his passion for assisting public, Dr. Manoochehr Nikrooz further decided to get involved in socio politics. In 1984, he was therefore chosen as the Jewish lawmaker of Iranian parliament (Majlis) with 99% of the elected votes at the age of 35. He was also relected for a second term as this made him the only Jewish lawmaker ever being elected to Iranian parliament post revolution for total of 8 years with consecutive approval rate of above 95%>>>

ادب عاشقی

منتظر کسی نماندم و دست به کار شدم. شاید این آخرین راه باشد. نامه نوشتم. «دوست من سلام بیا قراری بگذاریم. این یک بازی است. بیا فرض کنیم عاشق هستیم. من عاشق تو و تو عاشق من. اولین حرکت بازی هم با تو، اجازه بده عاشق ات باشم. عاشق دل خسته ای که بی عشق هیچم، پوچم و در آستانه مرگ. بگذار تمام وجودم از عشق بلرزد و قلبم چنان تند بزند که سر تا پا عرق کنم و ته گلویم خشک و تلخ بشود. بگذار با خیال یک بوسه از هوش بروم. همین»>>>

خش خش آهنگین

این آبی لب ها
کبودی خاموش لغتی است
که هرگز
سفر به صوت را
تجربه نکرد
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The Phoenix City

Warsaw became the capital of Poland because it was geographically close to Lithuania when that Duchy joined it in a 16th century Commonwealth. It was razed to the ground in 1944 because the uprising of its residents outraged the occupying Germans. It was rebuilt by the Polish Communist regime and received its largest landmark building as a gift from Stalin after WWII. It emerged as a leader in the movement that by 1990 ended the European Communist Empire established by Russia, Poland’s nemesis for over two centuries>>>