Archive - Sep 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 . >>>

Thinking Flooring? Think Green.

A quick and not-so-dirty guide to purchasing environmentally friendly commercial floor coverings products: To those of you looking to change the commercial carpeting in your place of business while seeking to reduce the environmental impact of that purchase, I have the following recommendation: Shaw Industries, one of the largest carpet manufacturers in the world, has a program which markets product under the "Shaw Green Edge" label. Seek this label, and under that label ask to see carpet tile (as opposed to carpet broadloom) making sure that the word "Eco-Worx" is tied to that carpet tile. >>>

Protest the Ohio Daily Disptach Cartoon

Please sign the peition below.

//www.petitiononline.com/Iran110/petition.html

Also please write a protest letter (be vey professional) to the Editor of the newspaper.

gsheller@dispatch.com, michael.ramirez@investors.com

See the letter from Professor Marsha Cohen in Miami. >>>

Geographical Distribution Of Our Readers

Ever wonder where our readers come from?

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بمباران ايران

آقاي بوش چند ماه مانده به پايان دوره رياست جمهوري اش ايران را بد جوري بمب باران خواهد كردִ اولا چون دولت ايشون به پايان راهش داره نزديك مي شه و احتياجي به راي و نظر رسانه هاي عمومي ندارهִ به همين دليل بدون در نظر گرفتن هيچ گونه ملاحظه اي مي تواند اين كار را انجام بدهد >>>

Save yourself money and spare yourself grief.

Approximately 10 months ago a family member went to Best Buy and purchased a rather pricey Mitsubishi 65" 1080P DLP WD657 large screen projection TV. Within the first thirty days the television stopped functioning, and Best Buy replaced it with a similar model from the same manufacturer. In the past 9 months, the television has broken down nearly every 2.5 months, with the authorized service repair person taking an average of about one week to visit and repair the television.>>>

Confessions of a former Conservative Republican...

or, How to stop a recurring nightmare, Dude! Just wake up! Many Iranians when learning I was a Republican would say crazy shit like, "How could you vote for George Bush?" They thought that if you join a party you necessarily have to blindly vote for the party's candidate.>>>

W's "mission accomplished"

W's press release of the famous "mission accomplished" still up on the white house site: "HE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. Admiral Kelly, Captain Card, officers and sailors of the USS Abraham Lincoln, my fellow Americans: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed..." >>>