Ari Siletz

A forced visit to an old Mossadegh idea

Iran does not live by oil alone; the amount of trade that Iranians do with each other is larger than what we trade with foreigners. >>>

2012 Irainian.com rules that didn't make it

40,000 new laws will go into effect in 2012 across the United States. that's a lot of laws, yet one could imagine the staggering number of proposals that didn't make it to the lawbooks this year. Below are a few Iranian.com proposed rules that probably would't make it.

 

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Who’s got Banana Sam?

As Iranian-Americans are very much part of any local community in the U.S., it is within the jurisdiction of this website to help find the monkey. >>>

How long can Iran keep the Straits of Hormuz closed?

If Iran can keep the Hormuz straits blocked for longer than a nominal 112 days, U.S. allies will begin to lose faith in her as the guarantor of the lifeblood of their economies, energy. >>>

The Case of the Terminated Translator (in two and a half “acts”)

In these strained times between the U.S. and Iran the simplest course of action for a VOA PNN employee is to ask honestly if his/her views are broadly in line with the policies of the United States>>>

Frog re-enacts 2009 Iran election protests.

There's only so much fakeness you can put up with before you let them have it. >>>

Will pay $50 for upside down Shah stamps

If you've got an old stamp circa 1957 with the Shah's picture printed upside down, I will offer $50 for it because it may be worth $50,000 or more>>>

Iranian Cheetah (yooz) Society

The mother Cheetah had likely approached the human habitat in desperation. >>>

Mathematical concerns of a religious mind

These rival Shiite thinkers have similar minds to their Orthodox Jewish counterparts, hosting blatant irrationalities mixed with only apparent irrationalities based on highly sophisticated reasoning >>>

U.S. Displays Captured Iranian UAV

U.S. scores victory against Iran in spy war; captures advanced drone. >>>

خاطرات جوانی من در ساواک

هنوز هم برای من روشن نبود که این چه ربطی‌ به لحنِ ناگهان جاکشانه این مامور ساواک داشت. >>>

"شیر" یا "خط" انقلابی

جریان موفقیت اسلامی‌ها در انتخابات اخیر مصر بار دیگر این سوال را پیش می‌آورد د که چرا انقلابی‌ که در ایران از قشر روشنفکر شروع شد به ولایت فقیه انجامید>>>

امیدی برای بازگشت در زمان

در یک پرواز که غذایی کمی‌ مانده سرو شده بود دو مسافر چنان عجله داشتند که هر یک با سرعتی نزدیک به سرعت نور به دو توالت سر و ته هواپیما شتاب آوردند>>>

British Worker Strike

What the Tehran British embassy attack is all about. . . >>>

نگاهی‌ فرهنگی‌ درونِ تغار ماست

در اینجا نظری  به استفاده از واژه "ماست" در اصطلاحات فارسی می‌‌افکنیم. >>>