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Eyes on Iran

“The enjoyment of power inevitably corrupts the judgment of reason, and perverts its liberty”. — Immanuel Kant They thought Iraq would be a cakewalk. After

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جزوه « ساواک »

آقای دکتر ناصر زرافشان يکی از مبارزان مقاوم و سرشناس طيف چپ ايران، در اواخر مرداد ماه ( ٢٩ مرداد ١٣٨٦) نوشته ای تحت عنوان

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Signing for change

Background The pursuit of equal rights by Iranian women, and the formation of the Iranian women’s movement, dates back a hundred years to the time

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NANEH MAN QARIBAM!

Once again I met one of those Iranian women who couldn’t stop talking about all the difficult times she had with her ex-husband and how

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Longer vacations

Making fun of the French is a favorite American pastime, none more so than when it comes to how much vacation French workers take. This

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Speech Acts

  Dear speaker of Persian/Farsi Please share what “shekasteh-nafsi” means to you. I am collecting definitions from all walks of the society, especially those speakers of

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