When I was incarcerated in Iran’s Evin prison last year on a trumped-up charge of espionage, I was fortunate that my case received a great

Truly, heaven and hell are not In another realm, dimension, or place They are right here and now Alas, there is no salvation But peace

I hope in his soon to be world tour, Roger Waters invites Babak Payami:

نابه گزارشات رسیده به فعالین حقوق بشر و دمکراسی در ایران،تعداد زیادی از مردم یاسوج بر علیه حضور احمدی نژاد در یاسوج و در حین

He said he loved me I dreamed he was a garden My scent dwelt in him. I said I loved him He burned joy into

‌ با چه ولعی‌ صورتش را درون چاک سینه‌ام کرده بود و نفس‌های بلند می‌کشید. خیس عرق بود. از عرقش بدم نمی‌‌آمد. دانه‌های عرق را

PARSA’s New Grant Opportunities: Request for Proposals Last year saw unprecedented activity on the part of Iranian nonprofits and social entrepreneurs.  At PARSA Community Foundation,

Washington, DC – How can you be an Iranian artist without addressing politics? You can’t, or at least that’s what Shirin Neshat, Iranian-American director of

یک‌ماه مانده به سالگرد انتخابات ۲۲ خرداد، دولت نگران بروز مجدد اعتراض‌هاست. شماری از بازداشت‌شدگان ناآرامی‌های گذشته، دوباره احضار شده‌اند و فرمانده سپاه پاسداران از

Iran announced that it has developed a new anti-aircraft missile system, based on the half century old American Hawk system. The U.S. sold Iran Hawk

According to a study NAM released in March, the sanctions legislation currently being considered in Congress would cost the U.S. at least $25 billion in

به دنبال اعتراض میرحسین موسوی و زهرا رهنورد به اعدام پنج جوان کرد، مهدی کروبی نیز این اعدام‌ها را محکوم کرد. وی تاکید کرد که

by Julie Jigsawnovich   READER DISCRETION: L   Yesterday a teenage gangsta rapper friend in Tehran posted a general question for any of his friends

Avigdor Lieberman, Israel’s foreign minister and deputy prime minister, on Wednesday slammed the nuclear activities of lingo_icon_black” id=”lingo_icon” style=”position: static; line-height: normal; background-color: transparent; margin:

Iranian Defense Minister Brig. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi says the Islamic Republic and neighboring Tajikistan will sign a memorandum of understanding on defense cooperation. Vahidi, who

(Reuters) – Russia Wednesday rebuffed a warning from the United States over a plan to sell surface-to-air missiles to Iran, saying Moscow needed no advice

So what does it mean not to be a “slavish” ally of the United States? For Washington, that seems to be the salient question from

The Army test-fired different types of newly-developed missiles and torpedoes and tested a large number of home-made weapons, tools and equipments, including submarines, military ships,

A senior member of the reformist clerical group Assembly of Combatant Clergy [Majma Rohaniyoon Mobarez] Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour, warned about the increasing power of hardline

I posted  this piece in my blog in honor of Mother’s Day but it is so special that can be shared and enjoyed ANY DAY of the