خوشا شیراز و وضع بی مثالش خداوندا نگه دار از زوالش سه روز پیش ١٢ انسان در شیراز اعدام شدند، پنج تن از آنان در

As the US shifts its focus to Asia, Alexander Neill, head of the Asia Security Programme at the Royal United Services Institute, sets out the

Baltasar Garzon, the Spanish judge who famously indicted late Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet, has found himself in the dock for the first time. He went

Wikipedia has taken its English-language site offline as part of protests against proposed anti-piracy laws in the US. Users attempting to access the site see

A new law, due to be implemented in two days time, will make it compulsory for all internet cafes in Iran to keep a record

The Russian foreign minister has warned that a Western military strike against Iran would be “a catastrophe”. Sergei Lavrov said an attack would lead to

Russia will block any move at the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on Syria or authorise the use of force, its foreign minister has

Approximately 1,300 Iranian university students have applied to switch their majors to the field of nuclear sciences following the assassination of a top nuclear expert

Tomgram: Pepe Escobar, Sinking the Petrodollar in the Persian Gulf  Posted by Pepe Escobar at 10:37am, January 17, 2012. These days, with a crisis atmosphere

Interesting video to watch (skip the one minute of advertisement) 24 minutes of debate among three guests.  I agree we need more cooperation among Iranian

Iran’s Growing Medical Tourism Industry     Wednesday, 18 January 2012 18:16 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stressed Iran’s high capabilities in medical fields, and added that many

پس ازگذشت يک هفته ازاعتصاب سراسری درنيجريه که به دعوت اتحاديه های کارگری صورت گرفت وباپيوستن کارگران وکارمندان شرکت نفت به اعتصاب، دولت نيجريه مجبورشد

دويچه ‌وله:اتحاديه اروپا ادعای مقامات جمهور اسلامی در مورد از سرگيری مذاکرات در مورد برنامه‌های هسته‌ای ايران با اين اتحاديه را تکذيب کرد. يکی از

The appropriately named Con Coughlin heard some gossip from “Western diplomats” and she-he wants your ear:  Dear Iranians, will you not consider the deviant ones

Every need got an ego to feed … that’s how it goes. So much wisdom in his music. Love it. (Do you?) Bob Marley Pimpers

Alan Ginsberg and The Clash, together and live, in NYC.  RIP Joe, RIP Alan. p.s. JJ, this blog software is a serious pain.  Ahde-atigh!   

. . لطفاً حروفِ جلوی سخنانِ کبیرِ زیر را با شماره‌های جلوی اسمِ افراد مطابقت دهید.  لطفاً از من جواب نپرسید:   الف – من

Wikipedia (and some other big sites) has shut down for 24 hours as of midnight Wednesday Eastern U.S. time. The shut down is to protest

از بدو به قدرت رسیدن نظام پربرکت مسلمین؛ برادران عسگراولادی مسلمان در سیاستگذاریهای هیأت حاکمۀ آن حضور پررنگ و در اقتصاد کلان نقش کلیدی داشته

Navab Safavi, who founded Fadaian Islam, (also Fedayeen of Islam, or Fadayan-e Islam), an Iranian Islamic terrorist organization active in Iran in the 1940s and

Spain’s King Juan Carlos made French President Nicolas Sarkozy a Knight of the Golden Fleece on Monday for his help in fighting armed Basque separatist

Beautiful and talented Golshifteh Farahani has posted nude pictures of herself. So far so good. I have no problem with that. She is beautiful and

کارگردانی که ترانه سرا شد!منصور تهرانی‌ که با صداهای چون ابی، ستار، هایده، عارف و گوگوش ترانه هاشو شنیده ایم…یک مستندِ ۲۶ دقیقه.  

Developments in Iran over the last 24 hours suggest Iran’s regime seems to be coming apart rapidly in two areas 1) the economy and 2)

The public debate over intellectual property and how to protect it without killing the useful and helpful flow of information on the internet is coming