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* Censorship is evil
Cartoon in response to "Iraj should be banned" and "Enemies of freedom" >>> Here * He says he is not Iranian! How could you publish Agassi’s picture as the “Iranian of
the Day” while has repeatedly denied he had any thing to do with
Iran and Iranians. Has he changed his position? * No contest Dear Mr. Abadi, [It all disolved] You bring many good points in your arguments about the Iranian military. There is no doubt that an honorable and respectable military is one that has the mandate of its people and therefore has legitimacy. I would just like to add to your points, as well as clarifications. First of all, we Iranians should be proud that unlike most third world militaries, our regular armed forces for the most part, both before and after the revolution, have performed honorably and served their country. They did not commit war crimes, although they were in a position to do so many times and the other side had committed such crimes >>> Full text * IRI would rather keep the streets calm With enemies both inside and outside our country we don't stand much of a chance [Not to be]. The result of the game was a foregone conclusion. But nowadays major sports events are not really about honest competition, athletism and sportsmanship but mostly about politics and financial power. The IRI does not have the best interests of the Iranian nation at heart otherwise it would lodge serious complaints with regards to having two Arab referees in such an important game >>> Full text * Shiites and gay marriage In his article, "Immoral and illegal", Slater Bakhtavar laid out his opinion on legality and morality of gay marriage. I will leave the question of morality of gay marriage to the moral, and instead concentrate on the legal aspect of it. Although Mr. Bakhtavar makes a convincing argument on illegality of gay marriage, his argument falls apart when you look at it from a constitutional point of view >>> Full text * Armed society is polite society I read Sara Darcy's essay "Of guys and guns". I do not wish to be either disrespectful or flippant, but would like to suggest that there is an inextricable link between true political freedom from the oppression of the Central State and sovereignty over one's own homeland on the one hand, and the right to bear arms as articulated by the Founding Fathers of the United States in the 2nd Amendment. Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia are but two tragic examples from the last century regarding what despots and statist philosophies like Fascism and Communism can and will do in the face of unarmed citizens >>> Full text Pastor Mark Dankof * Be careful Dear Kamal, You say that a Kurdish-Israel alliance is "natural" [Sweet sin]. Natural for Israel, yes, not for the Kurds. Israel has chosen to find allies in Kurdestan for the sake of weakening the region and making itself even more dominant and powerful. It is using the Kurds to spy on Iran and using Kurdish lands to train and gather intelligence. It even uses Kurdish land to send spy planes over Iran. It might even use Kurdish lands to launch attacks on neighboring countries. Do you think that is in the interest of Kurdestan, to have attacks being launched from their territory so that retaliatory strikes hit Kurds rather than Israelis? You don't realize the Israelis are using the Kurds? Israel is using the Kurds to de-stablize the region, not empower the Kurds. Israel doesn't care what happens to the Kurds. Israel cares about its own future. The Kurds are only a means to their goals. Be careful who you ally with. * So much gall It is so sad to read what the author of "How about just doing your job?" has to say about Shirin Ebadi. Itís so sad it hurts. If the author is right, then I have missed just about the whole boat. If most Persians feel like her, then it will be a cold day in hell before I see self-rule in Iran. How can some people expect so much from others??? According to the author, having won the Nobel Peace prize, Shirin Ebadi should have seeked immunity from a Western country, and given up her life to EXPOSE the regime >>> Full text * Not all are depressing After reading the article "He's not Shahram", I felt I had to write and express my views (each to their own as said). I too was brought up in a different country, England to be precise. My musical knowledge was mainly classical (as I learned to play the piano) and also rock and pop. I went to concerts like Depeche Mode, U2, DEF Leppard (not deaf) and all the teeny boppers too like A-Ha and the New Kids. As I got older, I also went to see Cher, Tom Jones and even The Who >>> Full text * How about understanding her job? Dear Ms Farhang, The Nobel committee recognizes Ms. Ebadi for her human rights efforts in Iran in the face of great adversity. In my book, that’s a great recognition for a job well done. To expect her to use this recognition to score political points against the regime in Iran misses her role as a human rights activist and cast her as a politician. You may view
both jobs as one and the same, but I beg to differ. Her role is to fight
injustice by defending victims of unlawful acts, at least until she declares
her candidacy for political office. You, on the other hand, are casting
aspersions on her as a weak politician, clearly not her chosen role. * Not a word about Iran It is always good to see that people who have supported the religious fundamentalism in Iran now are denouncing "extremism" in religion! [Shades of god] I wish Mr. Ala was a bit more honest in his dicussion of religious extremism and did not avoid the real issue: religious extremism that has destroyed national unity in Iran. Mr. Ala is an Iranian and is writing this piece for Iranians. Yet, he does not say a word about Iran and goes as far as Dharfur in order to provide an example of extremism! This would have been all right if he were not an Iranian or did not know about Iran. Unfortunately, he is an Iranian who knows Iran too well! He has been supportive of the Islamic Republic for a long time (He may not be now or with this article he may be setting himself apart). He knows better! If he really means what he says in this article, he should begin disccusing religious extremism which has ruined Iran. I would have accepted his anti-fundamentalist arguement, if he had approached the issue more openly and honestly. It is hypocritical to
argue against fundamentalism everywhere but your own home! What keeps
him from discussing that issue? Repeated trips to Iran? His open support
for the Islamic Republic? The fear of arrest because he might have
changed his view? Or, playing it safe by arguing agaist religious extremism
everywhere,
yet exempting the Islamic Republic! * Fed-up Dear Dr. Mohammad Ala, ["Shades of god"] The space of Iran is vividly supersaturated with religious propaganda.
Many people, mostly young, are fed-up with clerics' propaganda. For example,
you might have have heard that each time the TV stations commence their
biased and prejudiced news programs with "BA SALAVAT BAR MOHAMMAD
VA AL MOHAMMAD" a growing number of the listeners react by
saying or signalling "GOOZ BE REESHE ..." * Still a Communist after all these years? Dear Ms. Maryam Namazie, I have been reading your interviews on the Iranian.com and watching some of your programs aired on TV International English. I just can't figure how a young and intelligent person like you can still believe and support communism as an ideology after what was done in the name of this ideology in various parts of the World From the ex USSR to China and Cuba not to mention all the countries that have suffered behind the former Red Curtain >>> Full text * Iran-Iraq war Dear Sir, * Bakhtiar deserves more Bravo to Bakhtiar and to you for supporting him [Enghelaabzadegi-ye omoomi]. He was a dedicated and progressive free thinker. You are right, Bakhtiar deserves much greater respect and recognition. * Canada owes Kazemi nothing In response to "Last Tango with Tehran", Zahra Kazemi voluntarily went to chronicle the democratic movement of Iran's students. Ultimately, as Samira Moyyeddin pointed out, Zahra Kazemi gave her life because she believed that the democratic student movement in Iran was entitled to recognition. A noble cause? Yes. But a cause that any intelligent person, especially one who is Iranian and acutely aware of the brutal realities of Iranian governance, would surely understand is a most dangerous undertaking. Like the Iranian government, I too will be so bold as to blame Kazemi for her own demise >>> Full text * Stop saying "Death to..." Dear Qumars Bolourchian, When I first started reading your article, I thought you actually believed everything you were saying [The British did It! ]. I thought you were one of those extreminist nationalistic Iranians who think their race is pure, the British control everything, and the Arabs are nothing but dirt and backward. However, I was truly amused by your article. I realized you were trying to make a point that we Iranians tend to exaggerate events, and fill our lives with conspiracies in order to blame everyone but ourselves. As I have always said, it is time to stop saying "Death to America, Israel, England, Shah, Khamenie, etc." and say "Death to OURSELVES, for letting them affect us". I'm wondering if you could forward me what other people write to you about your article. I'm curious how many people believed what you wrote and took it as fact without checking for validity. * Its got to be good I mean no disrespect, but I like to know what kind of a goodies you guys smoke [The British did It! ]. It's got to be good to come up with something like this. Thanks for the laughter, it has been a while I had not heard a good joke. I needed it today. P.S. Though I agree with W. is for WAR idea * Missed the obituary The article "A new language?" shows once again, one person's: 1-Insecurity about being an Iranian and be mistaken for an Arab; 2- Grief for being alienated or separated from Iran and therefore desiring to resurrect an exotic link to him/herself; 3-And his reminiscing about the good old times in faraway kingdom named Persia has led to vilification of the word Farsi and yearning for all things PERSIAN or PERSIA. No matter how much we evoke tradition and how much we reminisce about the good old times, we have to realize that PERSIA is no more, it's finished, done with, and it is buried in the historical backyard. What we have now is Iran with its distinct language called Farsi. Persia died some time ago in 20th Century. You must have missed the obituary. * Serious lack of self-worth Oh for God's sake, will you PLEASE stop pestering everyone with your obsession over the Persian-versus-Iranian debate once and for all? [A new language?] THis obsession of yours is idiotic a psychological imbalance! Look, the name of the country is Iran. It is NOT Persia. We Iranians have called it Iran for centuries. If the Europeans called it something else, that's their problem. People who want to change the name of Iran to Persian in order to impress foreigners by maintaining a tenuous association with 2000 year old past of the Persian Empire have a serious lack of self-worth. You don't protect your own culture by denying your own country's true name, or by over-emphasizing one side of it >>> Full text * Heartbreaking short sightedness Dear anti-Shirin Ebadi authors, 1- I am afraid that I am stuck in Iran and cannot even find access to Shirin Ebadi's email address. 2- I have not been able to make the time for a proper comment on your article. i am just trying to interact briefly to make a rush alert towards the direction that your prespectives seem to take that appear to be self defeating towrds liberalism in iran >>> Full text * We have seen 25 centuries of you I am not surprized to see these Aryas [Iraj should be
banned] and Daneshjoos [Enemies of freedom] complaining
about Iraj's work. First of all since when critique of George Bush equals
to
defend of dictatorship and Islamists. Well only if you are supporter
of Bush, defender of US attacking Iran and bringing the kingdom back,
and a dictator in disguise yourself. * Iraj should be banned Iranian.com is taking a wrong step by allowing supporters of Islamists to openly voice their opinions through art work on this forum. One cannot combat a unrelenting dictatorship by giving them a free voice on this forum. Not even in the freest of societies are those endangering democratic elections allowed to advocate such policy. Dissent is allowed in democratic forums, but not when that very dissent promotes and endorses the very dictatorship that's suffocating our populace. Iraj Yamin Esfandiary's cartoons take free forum policy too far and should be banned. * Enemies of freedom should not be free I'm one of several people complaining about Iraj's vastly anti-Iranian pro-Islamic Republic cartoons on Iranian.Com. Even in the United States those who threaten Democracy are not allowed a free forum to express their intentions, posting Iraj's cartoons is going too far. Freedom of speech if one thing, but individual pawns of Iran's dictatorship should not be given a free forum to express themselves. One cannot achieve democracy when the enemies of freedom are given this opportunity. Let's be fair to the people of Iran. * Religious freedom I want to express my whole-hearted agreement with Dr Mohammad Ala regarding religious freedom ["Shades of god"]. He said, "If we want freedom to practice our beliefs, then everyone must have the same freedom, and all choices should be respected." How very true. May I add that logically, the very use of force in support of a spiritual idea is an admission of bankruptcy. If a supposed truth is not able to affirm itself in an environment of liberty, then it almost certainly deserves to go into file 13. Truth does not need an enemy as a reason to exist; she just is. She may be obscured for a time, but she will always arise victorious, bringing joy and freedom to those who love her and seek her. The sacred beliefs to which we entrust our eternity surely have more substance than to imagine that they can be thwarted or extinguished by the opposition of feeble little men. The aggressive zealot is often someone who needs to face the fact that his "beliefs" are actually nothing more than insecure religious/cultural dogma which he can only sustain by defeating those who disagree. The most constructive thing we can do for the advancement truth, spiritual or otherwise, is to labour for that day when a Hindu or a Mormon or anyone else can preach what they believe on a street corner in Qom or the Vatican or anywhere else. I hope Dr Ala has time to pursue this topic further in future. * The West "killed God" Dear Muhammad Ala, In your article, "Shades of god", you stated: "As has been often noted, in the course of history, more people have died in the name of religion than any other reason." This could not be further from the truth. It was an old European belief that religion was the root cause of all the death in the world. Europe secularized itself, and do you remember what happened? In the course of World War I and World War II, the cause of "nationalism" and other forms of man-made superiority thoughts became the biggest cause of killing in the world. Millions were killed by nationalistic wars, and Jews were massacred in gas-chambers, not because of religion but because of ethnic pride and sense of superiority. Communism massacred millions in the name of the common-wealth, and was against religion and God. And ask the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi children that died due to US sanctions the past 14 years before the Iraq war. They didn't die because of any religious cause, but because of Imperialism and neo-Colonialism. As Nietzche said, the West "Killed God", and now they are killing more without any religious belief. * I was in Niavaran I have always liked your pictures but you left a few good ones out! [Palace stroll] I was in Niavaran in 1983 (the last time I was in Iran) and despite getting in an argument with a bearded guard about not having stockings on, which made me mad, I was thrilled to see the statue of the Crown Cannibal's dad cut and destroyed (with only his legs remaining) >>> Full text * Another Texan, another war Isn't it amazing that whenever this country has a president from "Texas" we
have a war on our hand? * Who gives a shit? After hearing this during the coverage of the grand opening of the Olympics in Athens, I was shocked. How F&*ked up can this be. How long are we going to sit back and watch the extremist Moslem destroy our country. Who gives a shit if his opponent is from Israel or any other country. This is the Olympics. Filip Saprkin * How little I knew Dear Mr. Khodadad, [Persian
Joan of Arc] * Very happppppppppyyyy You won't believe how much it means to me seeing [Hossein Kazerani]
my dad's 1978
World Cup pictures in on your website. I have never seen these
ones, my dad has
got
so many pics but not these. So I am sending them to him in Iran which
makes him very happppppppppyyyy. * Arash is a hero On 8/13/2004 BBC News published a story that told of the heroic act of Mr. Arash Miresmaili. Mr. Arash, who is the world Judo Champion withdrew from the olympic games in protest. He was scheduled to compete against an awful judo athlete who is a zionist terrorist. Mr. Arash is a hero to all Iranians for protecting the human rights of the great people of Palestine. Reza Pahlavi, whose grandfather was a bald, illiterate idiot should learn something from Mr. Arash. Reza Pahlavi is so evil that he is in contact with the zionist terrorists. Even the UN has said that zionism is racism. Reza Pahlavi should repent for his families sins. Reza Pahlavi should return all the money that his family stole from the Iranian people and the Iranian nation. Reza Pahlavi should renounce any intention of ever becoming king in Iran. Reza Pahlavi should stop saying he's Iranian because on Jeraldo Rivera's show he has said he is a permanent resident of the United States of America. Reza Pahlavi should become an American Citizen and drive a taxi cab for a living. If Reza Pahlavi was a taxi cab driver his bald illiterate grandfather would be happy. Which grandfather from a backward village in Mazandaran would not be happy of such success? * MoreTahereh Where can I find more information on Tahereh [Persian Joan of Arc]. I know very little about her life. My father would recite Tahereh poems. Jian made me interested to read more on her history and poetry. Please let me know what books I should read. * Our childhood Bahram joon, [Dokhtar-e hamsaayeh] What can I say, I am struggling all my life, writing so many poems and short stories and now I have to admit you are the better one. I read them again and again and again, your story is not about children, it is about our childhood, any child in our land, so much nostalgia... Sink in the dream... Love you lots, * Panj tan In reponse to quiz: "Panj tan" 1- Rafsanjani * Inciteful hatred Dear Sir, I am strong and dedicated muslim and reading such blatantly inciteful articles is truely offensive. We all have diverse political opinions on certain issues but there is no need to fuel division amongst countrymen. If criticisms are constructive and for the betterment of my country and my countrymen, I will support and even propogate them. BUT, if criticisms are based on INCITEFUL HATRED, then I will be an a staunch opponent. If someone is to take advantage of flaws of the Islamic republic to attack Holy icons of the Shi'ite islamic faith, it is unacceptable. I thoroughly enjoy your site, it is both entertaining and informative. But as a matter of principle, if articles of such nature are posted, I will regretfully no longer visit your website. * Keeping it real I always look forward to viewing Mr. Davoodi's pictures . This time you have really done it [Faces of Tehran]. I loved the so many faces of my people with so many stories of hardship and endurance written on their faces. Yet, the hope vividly apparent in their shy smiles or those beautiful warm eyes >>> Full text * Reality check Mr. Davoodi, For some reason I was under this false impression that we Iranians
are such a good looking nation in general [Faces
of Tehran]. Thank you for bringing
me back to earth... seriously. * Beating our own What is all this Iran-bashing? [Unhappy campers] These olympiad events are nothing but a super huge advertising market, a big bazaar, if you will just like they have always been and the parade does not signify anything at all, to the extent that some athletes even choose not to attent so they can preserve their energy for a better performance. How could you expect something as infinitsimally insignificant such as this, to represent a country's overall integrity? >>> Full text * Not bad, Evil! In your response [Reason to be proud] to Pesare Gol [Proud of what?], you mentioned that: "There is very little - if anything - that the IRI has done of which one can be proud in this I agree with you." However, this could be further from the truth. Yes, revolutionary Iran, and the IRI it produced in the early days was nothing to be glorious about. However, during these 25 years the government has accomplished many things that the previous regime could not >>> Full text * Leave us alone All folks need to be proud of their achievements, it gives them energy to go forward, this includes Iranians too! now we should disqualify ourselves because we are passing through a dark part of or history? [Proud of what?] Let me add this I hope mullahs with their Semitic dress code and behavior would join their brothers in holy land, do each other in, and leave us non Semitic folks to our own faith and away from their constant bickering and savagery integral to their culture... zad ziead, * Perfectly said Dear Houman, ["Reason to be proud"] Thank you for your response to "Proud of what?" article in iranian.com. This article really bothered me but I was at a loss how to respond to it. You said it perfectly. Regards, * Critique is not an assault Dear Pesare gol, ["Few
and far between"] * Few and far between I am responding to Houman Younessi's "Reasons
to be proud"]which was written
in response to my article, "Proud
of what?". Younessi says that he is proud of many Iranians who have stood up against the IR regime. Sure, but they are few and far between. Among the seventy million Iranians how many have truly risked their lives, put in prison in order to fight against the regime? I would bet it is less than one percent. Every year during the "18th of Teer" anniversary, out of the million Iranians in California, how many have the guts to come out and protest say in front of the UN office? Sure, buddy you have freedom fighters in that country but they are so few that the regime has successfully shut them up. Finally, instead of making fun of the heroism of six year old who defended YOUR country, please give me a rational response as to why we Iranians celebrate actions of foreign figures instead of those of their own people. (See reply "Critique is not an assault") * Nader wins arguments, not votes There are several problems with A. S. assessment [Nader anyone?]. 1 -- Kerry has NOT signed on to Bush's "axis of evil" formulation. There is no indication that he is set on foreign policy of pre-emptive war. Indeed, it is quite the opposite. If the goal here to to make less likely that the US will invade Iran on an imperialist whim, then voting out the neo-cons who surround Bush makes the most sense. But is voting for Nader the best way to accomplish this? Bush supporters on't think so. They've been helping Nader when they can >>> Full text * Struggle to save our culture Mr. Younessi, I read your reply ["Reasons to be proud"] to Pessare Gol's objective essay [Proud of what?] and found it to be somewhat condescending, to say the least. You chastise this compatriot by pointing out spelling errors for simply stating the fact that since 1979 we have lost our nationalistic pride due to a foreign borne, barbaric and archaic calamity named Islam. For your information Mr. Younessi, you need to brush up on the history of my noble Iran in order to digest what Nationalism truly is >>> Full text * Forgetting Christians and Jews This very unattractive chick must know that most people ignore her writings which is why she sits and writes (because she probably has no life) [No can do]. I have always ignored her because to me if the author has guts to put her/his picture with the material then she or he better look credible and that means having to look professional... I do not know how long you have lived in the West but in 1979 I was constantly being approached by nice and attractive boys and girls who wanted to take me anywhere I needed (including hair dresser) and I knew there was a motive but could not figure it out. Until they asked me to go to a gathering and sure enough it was Bible study! They offered the bible in Arabic or Farsi whichever was easier. I laughed so hard and found it so sad that Christians resort to such tactics. Of course I developed a great strategy which works to this day >>> Full text * Voting for Nader means voting for Bush It is amazing how one can publish such a meaningless article related the U.S. presidential election [Nader anyone?]. It would be nice that you note the abstract of my comment as follow: 1. You are telling to elect Ralph Nader, but no comments on what are his agenda. 2. The Iranian who have the right to vote in this country must be U. S. citizen, and therefore there are lots of internal issues is U.S. that should matter for them to vote for Kerry or Bush 3. You ignore the issue that voting for Nader means the support of the republican party, the same that in Iran people voted for Khomeini to get rid of the Shah, then you can see what is the outcome in Ian now. * Becoming like them Dear Ms. Sayeh Sirjani, [Bar maa cheh meeravad?] Thank you for your note. Sorry I do not know you enough but from what you write I see that you are still under the influence of the negative aspects of my culture. We now live in the 21st century. We need to rapidly learn that even in talking with our enemy we need to follow a minimum of manner and style. Using ugly words specially in a letter written for public view is not respectable. I understand that you are angry and frustrated by what IRI has done and is doing. Probably 90% of us Iranians are. Bt that does not justify us becoming like them. We need to expose the damages they inflict on Iran by facts and figures and not by bad mouthing. We live in the 21st century. * Nader vote unconstructive Dear concerned iranian! [Nader
anyone?] * Winner I won. I won. I won. [Quiz] Thanks. * Voting for Nader is the only decent thing to do This article is right [Nader anyone?]-- we should all consider voting for Nader. It's a reasonable protest vote. The Republicans after all were responsible for Toppling Massaged (President Eisenhower with Vice President Nixon [52/53]); and the Democrats (President Carter) were responsible for the Toppling the Shah and fermenting Islamic Fanaticism (in Iran & Afghanistan) and killing any chance for democracy in Iran for at least one generation. Then to make matters worse, Reagan and Bush (Senior) paid off the Mullahs in October '81 to keep the hostages in place and humiliate Carter - with promises of money and arms (called the "October Surprise - topic of several best sellers -- now factually established beyond a shadow of doubt). So Iran basically has been 'screwed by both sides' - not once but several times. Voting for Nader is the only decent thing to do. At least he is consistently pro-democracy and decency. The democrats and republicans have been hypocrites and liars when it comes to Iran. And in fact Iranian-American can actually be a deciding factor in several key states (with razor thin electoral margins) ...so it is not a wasted vote. * Yes! We're Central Asian Dear Bamdad, How very right you are [I'm... Central Asian]. Some twenty years ago, when I had moved to exile in Europe, I wrote a draft of my memoirs and sent it to an English friend who passed it on to the reader of a publisher. Her comment was that obviously Iran is much more of a Central Asian country than a Middle Eastern one (the memoirs were never published because it was druing the hostage crisis) >>> Full text Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian * Staying out of other countries' business It is noteworthy for readers of iranian.com that Ralph Nader [Nader anyone?] and Michael Peroutka both oppose preemptive war on Iran and the agenda of the Project for the New American Century (PNAC). Peroutka is the Presidential candidate of the Constitution Party and will be on many more Presidential ballots in individual states than Mr. Nader. As of right now, Mr. Peroutka is officially on the ballot in 28 states, including many of the key battleground states, and will achieve ballot access in approximately 14 more by the end of the individual state deadlines. Please review his site at Peroutka2004.com for informational purposes. His efforts have already been covered by the BBC, Al Jazeerah, Chronicles magazine, and Pat Buchanan's The American Conservative. Mr. Peroutka brings back the best of the pre-World War II American Right--staying out of other countries' business and avoiding wars abroad based on a foreign policy of constant interventionism. It is also noteworthy that while he supports a strong American military, he opposes the reinstitution of a military draft in the United States and the inclusion of women in such a draft. Thanks-- * 28 Mordad It is really disappointing that even Iranian.com presented nothing special in the anniversary of 28 Mordad, the day that changed the path in our history. We Iranians can learn many useful lessons from it. Unfortunately most of us know little from our past so we have to repeat the mistakes we made. Truely yours, * Thank God "Maylee nah Melli", a photo essay about dressing in Tehran tells what Tehran is really about today. The head scarf, "ro-saree" and chador have been accepted by Iranian women 100%. They wear it different ways to look sexy. Iranian women from the photos displayed show their smiling faces meaning they are happy with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Since the monarchy was abolished Iranian women have advanced in life. There are more women in universities in Iran than men. The Shah was a sexist pig who had 3 wives, many girl friends and a homosexual lover named Ernest Peron. The Islamic Republic has once and for all liberated Iranian women. Thank God. * When will men have the same guts? I saw Mr. Schahram's excellent photo essay "Maylee
nah Melli" on the way Iranian
woman are modifying the dress rules, I thought I was seeing
beutiful woman straight out of the Legends of a Thousand and
One Nights. See this and this. When will we get rid of this darn backward regime of turbaned towals and let the world see the beautiful aspects of our country including our brave woman and girls who have certainly the most suffered in the past 25 years? When will the men have the same guts? We do indeed have a wonderful examples of courage and determination. From Shirine Ebadi to Empress Farah Pahlavi to the unknown woman of Iran we men need to learn and appreciate more the calm yet determined wisdom of these woman who will certainly one day take the destiny of their country in their own hands to the dismay of many us men. Maybe One day a Queen will reign on our country, it would be an irony in the long monarchical history of our nation,or maybe one of these young ladies will become president of a free and Democratic Iran. There is an expression that "a Nation has the leaders it deserves", in the case of Iran it is the leaders who don't deserve its people especially its woman who constitute the majority of its population. Iran will rise from its ashes one day and glitter as its magnificent cities from Shiraz to Isphahan, from Mashad to Tehran, from Rey to Qom and blind the Men who have closed her in a black veil. Our
current
opposition leaders should ponder that they have to count on this generation
of Iranians who slowly but surely are changeing the way their Chauviniste
male compatriots
are thinking, without bombs, shells or weapons of Mass destruction. * Kurds Iranian origin You make interesting points regarding Central Asia [I'm... Central Asian]. I guess you forgot an important point to mention that Kurds in all parts of Kurdistan (Iran, Turkey, Syria, and Iraq) are of Iranian origin, have been livinng in the the suggested geographical region for years, and have been seperated by artifical borders or containers. * One more thanks * Lovely songs * Taraanehaa Baa dorod be shomaa, Har iraani e aazaadeh va vatan dosti ke farhang e mosighi e melli dar rag o khonesh dar jariaaneh baayad be shoma khaanom e Nemati eftekhaar koneh. Be khaatereh in keh baa gharaar daadane mosighi e zibaai ke shomaa dar in saayt gharaar midid va talaash dar zendeh negah daashtane mosighi va Farhang e vatan e maa darid. Piroz o Sar boland baashid. tassadogh e shomaa |
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