Archive - May 24, 2012 - Article

What does Iran want?

Iran wants to get Washington to accept it is a player in Middle East politics. This grants it leverage to negotiate new terms of agreement over its nuclear activities. In return, Tehran will offer solutions to its conflicts with the United States in the region. Unlike the United States, Tehran currently supports the Syrian regime and will aim to ensure that a future Syrian government will protect Iranian regional interests>>>

The Containment Trap

In order for the talks resuming in Baghdad to provide a path to Iran's denuclearization -- rather than a slippery slope towards containment -- the Obama administration should avoid three key mistakes. First, the U.S. should not provide relief from sanctions in exchange for anything less than the full suspension of uranium enrichment by Tehran, and other hard-to-reverse steps such as the removal of Iran's enriched uranium stocks and dismantlement of its key fuel fabrication facilities>>>

A Modest Proposal

President Obama’s expressing his opinion about same sex marriage stirred controversy among people who were for or against this concept. I am, personally, for complete equality between the same sex and opposite sex in marriage and am in full agreement with civil unions which is a legally recognized union similar to marriage. What slightly bothers me and is hard for me to digest are the words related to this concept: marriage, husband and wife>>>

Tempest

I could never think that I, too,
like five million other Iranians,
one day hurry up my separate exit way
the same way as Mina did
along with her beloved Mr. Bill >>>

سرودهای ماندگار عشق - ۱۰

از رویش لحظه لحظه برگ
در مزرع سبز شاخساران

از پرتو نور صبح صادق
در شبنم پاک صبحگاهان >>>