“Big in Japan” by Alphaville, 1984. Winters cityside Crystal bits of snowflakes all around my head and in the wind I had no illusions That

The absence of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, at celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the country’s founding triggered a frenzy of speculation. >>>

As violence in Iraq reaches unnerving levels in 2006, a second front in the war rages at the highest levels of the Bush administration. In

Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Yemen are the only countries that continue to impose the death penalty on people younger than 18 when they

سلام بر وجدانهای بیدار و پاک جامعه ایرانی و ضرورت نهادینه شدن آن در کانادا ” فاطمه باهمت بی ادعاها به دانشگاه بر گشت “

(cross-posted at NIAC’s Blog) Within an hour of having landed at Minneapolis airport (and having to pass up our golden opportunity to visit it’s infamous

(cross-posted at NIAC’s Blog)   So as you would have guessed, it’s not all serious panels and speeches at these political conventions. Just like the

An earthquake measuring 6.1 has rocked southern Iran, the US Geological Service has said. The tremor struck at 0630 (1100 GMT), west-south-west of Bandar Abbas,

For the past year, our house, my car, our conversations and our thoughts have been filled with Namjoo’s music. I even changed my phone’s ring-tone

Lauren Stanforth, who is at Tonko’s Albany victory party, says Darius Shahinfar has also conceded. >>>

The 1975 Franco-German Production Michel Strogoff hit Iranian TV at the time of the Revolution. Based on the novel by Jules Verne and with an

David Etebari Majority of the juvenile cases that lead to execution verdict in Iran have been the results of childish fights that lead to the

Bio Epic on George W. Bush directed by Oliver Stone soon in the movie Theaters. Watch Official Trailer:

I go biking every morning for an hour. While biking, I listen to the music mostly soft rock. Today while listening to Celin Dion, I

Bella told a true story recently which was really amusing. It’s about her Iranian friends — a husband and wife, who live in Germany. Their

Two Russian bombers have landed at a Venezuelan airfield, from which they will carry out training flights for several days, the Russian news agency Interfax

If Americans choose McCain, they will be turning their back on the rest of the world, choosing to show us four more years of the

دفتر يادداشتم داره به اخرين ورقه هاش نزديك ميشه … هنوز كلي براي نوشتن باقي مونده … ديگه كي بشه كه بتونم برگردم كاليفرنيا !

The US has imposed sanctions on an Iranian shipping company and 18 of its affiliates over its alleged support for Tehran’s nuclear programme. The Islamic

I know some of you have had it with all this hoopla over Namjoo. Well, my dearest, his concert in San Francisco was phenomenal. I’m

Mohsen Namjoo sings “Dah-e Shast”, about the 1360s in Iran (1980s). First concert in U.S., San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts, Saturday Sept. 6, 2008

بخوان با من جوانمرد. بخوان با من سرفراز. بخوان. به یاد یاران بخوان. در شبنم هر سحرگاه بخوان. با زمزمۀ آزادی بخوان. با نعرۀ شیر

>>> Watch video This a nice piece on PBS produced by FrontLine. “I am not an expert.” Ask an Iranian about domestic politics and that’s

Namjoo’s long anticipated show in San Francisco was nothing short of mesmerizing.  He came on the stage, and unlike his reputation as being cocky and

The one man in my life growing up who taught me to be the kind of Iranian man that I hope my future sons will be, if