Poster for My Name is Negahdar Jamali and I Make Westerns As the camera opens to reveal a cowboy’s stubbled face and ink-well eyes, the audience at once recognizes a familiar figure. This recognition is troubled by the cowboy’s lilting Persian, but the appearance of an Iranian cowboy is rare enough to force you to suspend disbelief. There are m ... Continue reading »
Thirteen students from nine U.S. colleges and universities as well as three students from foreign universities have been selected as winners in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Student Academy Awards competition. They will be brought to Los Angeles for a week of industry activities that will culminate in the awards ceremony, hosted ... Continue reading »
A Persian carpet decorated with swirling vines and vibrant flowers that lay in storage for decades at the Corcoran Gallery of Art sold Wednesday for more than $30 million. That sum, fetched at a Sotheby’s sale, shattered the previous record for rugs sold at auction. But it won’t help the struggling Washington gallery overcome its financial woes bec ... Continue reading »
You find “Freedom of Thought” explicit in Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights The “Freedom of Religion” and “Freedom from Religion” are indeed linked to “Freedom of Thought”. They are principles associated with the individual liberty - the state of being free. Liberty is the value of an individual to cherish and enjoy var ... Continue reading »
Several countries monitoring Iran's nuclear program have picked up information that the country's only power-producing nuclear reactor was damaged by one or more of several recent earthquakes, with long cracks appearing in at least one section of the structure, two diplomats said Tuesday.
Iran is under U.N. sanctions for refusing to stop nuclear ... Continue reading »
Tens of thousands have attended the funeral of a senior dissident cleric, in what became Iran's biggest anti-government protest for years.
Ayatollah Jalaluddin Taheri died at the age of 87 on Sunday in Isfahan.
He was a vocal opponent of the hardliners in power in Iran and had resigned from his post in protest.
Mourners at the funeral chanted ... Continue reading »
Arsi Nami has his song “Never Be Lonely” featured in tonight’s episode of The Goodwin Games on FOX! The episode is the third of the debut season, titled “Small Town” and airs tonight on Fox at 8:30pm. It will also be available on Hulu tomorrow.
Arsi Nami is a Persian-Swedish singer and songwriter living in Los Angeles, California. He is listed as o ... Continue reading »
ater this month, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will conclude his second term as president of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It's anyone's guess how he'll spend his time thereafter—the Ahmadinejad Global Initiative, anyone?—but it's probably safe to say that he's ready to leave Tehran’s presidential palace. The past year, after all, has been an extended lame d ... Continue reading »
هراس افکنی و جلو بردن سیاست دلخواه از طریق ترساندن مردم فقط مختص حکومت نیست. در بین اپوزیسیون و حتی کسانی که داعیه روشنفکری دارند نیز این نوع رفتار دیده می شود و حتی برای جا انداختن آن از بی اعتنایی به حقیقت نیز ابایی ندارند. روشن شدن بحث نیاز به تدقیق و تبیین هراس افکنی و ارعاب با ترس و نگرانی دارد. در ترس و نگرانی افراد نسبت به وضعیت نا معلوم ... Continue reading »
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