Archive - Sep 15, 2007 - Blog entry

Amnesty International condemns imminent execution of 18 year old Beham Zare

In response to the information provided to Amnesty International by Nazanin Afshin Jam and Stop Child Executions about imminent execution of Behnam Zare, Amnesty Interntional issued the following Urgent Action Report:

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Raplarzeh-Khabar (IRANIAN RAP NEWS AGENCY)

RapLarzeh Khabar is the First & the biggest farsi hiphop & rap news agency. >>>

Is Kurdish a dialect of Persian/Farsi?

When I put on my sociology hat, I remember in graduate school all professors recommended that we should “operationalize” the working variable before we try to answer any question or look for answers in order to acquire validity and reliability in our search. >>>

Can our Iran ever become a happy and a peaceful global actor?

I hear Iranians are too traumatized by Islam because of past and present events that they cannot move on without a proper national debate and discussion to bring closure for want of a better term, and indeed that closure may never be achieved.>>>

Propsal for a WAR over Rumi and Falafel!

George S. Hishmeh in a Special to Gulf News explains that the life of Falafel in the Arab world goes much further than the existence of the state of Israel of approximately 60 years. >>>

Greeting in Persian/Farsi

Dear colleague and native speaker: I appreciate your input adding to the list below, variety of ways that you would respond when you are greeted in Persian/Farsi. Or what are the various ways that you would greet people in different settings? Please give your responses below or add other inputs that you may have, not listed here. I am conducting a research and your input is greatly appreciated. I will share with you the result of this data collection when the work is concluded. >>>

Horrific Child abuse and poverty in Iran

Abject Poverty in Iran. Economic report:

 

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آزادی هاله اسفندیاری و ترس درون حکومتی!

آزادی هاله اسفندیاری می تواند نشان از آن باشد که دولت ایران علیرغم موضع گیری های تند نسبت به امریکا و بی پروایی از رویارویی نظامی با آمریکا ترسی واقعی از شدّت گرفتن تنشها با غرب دارد چرا که پیشتر نیز در زمان دستگیری ملوانان بریتانیایی در آبهای خلیج فارس با تهدیدات تلویحی تونی بلر، نظامیان انگلیسی به بهانه رافت اسلامی بی هیچ هزینه ای آزاد و روانه کشورهای خود شدند . >>>