Cold, bitter pre-dawn darkness, A biting wind over thin snow, Hard shoes and a heavy bag, To school through blackness. The teeming streets of noon

Make sure you check out this important report by Professor Roger Stern of Johns Hopkins University regarding Iran’s oil reserves. In a nutshell the paper

 فضای پس از ۲۴ اسفند: تداعی سالهای پیش از انقلاب   قرینه سازی در سیاست كار بی‌خطری نیست، ولی شرایط ایران امروز سخت به شرایط

By reading the news below regarding Israel’s ‘routine’ drill’ one can sort of understand that this drill is to enhance Israel’s protection against massive rocket

         Episode 5: Fawtee  —  Fawtee is a 39 year old woman who still listens to punk rock and despite finally coming to the conclusion of

I have no idea who this person is, but his poem is interesting.(In Persian) http://www.ayhavaar.com/mahkame_0.mp3

As The Wind Whirls, Catapulting Every Spec .. Unbeknownst To Anyone, Yet Known To All .. Darkness And all Shadows, But ever Present .. Lingering

From Sin: Selected Poems of Forugh Farrokhzad (University of Arkansas Press, 2007), translated by Sholeh Wolpe, who’s currently on a book tour [see schedule].  

Of jam and Santa’s post, Casper the Friendly Ghost And wines we toast With delicious glazed roast …I dream today Of sweeter days And better

“I don’t wanna go there! It looks too ethnic. I don’t like this! It tastes too strange.” I have heard these sayings before and their

My new favorite group are the Gym Class Heroes. These kids from New York are freaking hilarious, creative, and have totally brilliant hooks (although to

Mr Patraeus, and Mr Crocker, top US men in Iraq, were complaining about Iranian troublemakers; special groups, as they were calling them. They separated Muqtada

In the spring of 1980 a mother of a hostage traveled to Tehran to visit her son at the embassy. This is her story. A

Ahmadinejad’s populist program, which provides interest-free loans for young people to marry. AGHA MA HAM VAAAM MIKHAIIMMM

Day 2 of Sizdah Bedar at Vasona Lake Park in Los Gatos, Northern California. Weather forecast: Scattered Rain – NOT! It turned out to be

Another great piece of work by John Stewart and The Daily Show

Empire Collections is a street wear clothing line, combining quality vintage style shirts and hand stylized designs inspired from the ancient royal city of Persepolis

Here’s an interesting article by Elizabeth O’Donnell in Le Monde Diplomatique regarding the growth and development of fertility treatments in Iran.  I’ve pasted some paragraphs that were of particular