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Ebadi talks to EU about child executions

Source: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/expert/infopress_page/015-50983-063-03-10-902-20090304IPR50982-04-03-2009-2009-false/default_it.htm “We only want Iran to fulfil its international commitments”, Shirin Ebadi tells MEPs Human rights – 04-03-2009   Human rights campaigners in Iran

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Shatranj

First of all, it’s not chess it’s shatranj. And yes the rules are different. In chess, the queen is the terror of the board. In

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Iran in the Crosshairs

Last year, the Middle East dodged the danger of an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities and the inevitable spread of hostilities. Joint Chiefs of

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غنچه

وقتی برادربزرگم ازدواج کرد، شانزده هفده سالش بود. این را از بزرگ تر ها که با هم حرف می زدند متوجه شدم. اما بزرگتر نشان

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MAZ JOBRANI ON NPR

Maz Jobrani was six years old when his family emigrated to the U.S. from Iran during the Iranian revolution. He grew up outside of San

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Soghra

The moon vanished behind the moving clouds. The cold breeze and the lifeless view facing our hotel room reminded me of the prison. Sahar and

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روزمرّگی

می ترسم که روزی روزمرّگی ِجرمی شود بر دندان سفیدِ لذّت و نتوانم حتی لقمه ای عشق هضم کنم واگرجرعه ای احساس بنوشم سرفه ام

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No ‘Grand Bargain’

The “bargain” is simple: In exchange for Russian cooperation on containing the Iranian nuclear threat and other strategic issues, the United States would, to varying

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بر دیگران بارمکش

My poem a response to all the so called true-Persian pretenders   در پناه ستیزه برکشید  ستم بر آن که آفتاده زه ستیزه ستم پرور

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