I’m not talking about the US presidential election, that one doesn’t actually have any bearing or make the slightest bit of difference to us as

For 2500 years we have been relatively organized as a people called Persians or more recently, Iranians. While the civilization we apparently gave birth to,

We might not know a lot about self governance, but the fine folks at the Caspian Cafe in Houston sure do know a thing or

Iranians with PhDs sure love to call themselves Dr. Almost every one who completes the post graduate degree, and is Iranian, stomps about socially like

How many times have you said the word not ever knowing it was an American brand!

Ever wonder where some of our Farsi words come from?

Go to your nearest Sephora and ask for the Mens fragrance section, then locate the “Eau Sauvage” tester, close your eyes, spray, and sniff.

Let’s face it the battle lines between Iran and the US over Iran’s alleged pursuit of a nuclear weapon, are about as thin as the

IRDC Version of Twitter: Costco Survey Shows Iranians like bulk bargains.

This is precisely the problem that won’t go away with a second revolution. This guy has successfully intellectually argued away Persian history and written it

Everyone please relax, don’t panic! I just received word that in spite of their age, tendency to over do it at the bar, and inability

In 1978 an unknown band called Shen founded by Kaveh Hashemi, began making some of the most powerful music evoking the feeling of what eventually

I don’t really have a comment or anything to post about this, other than it’s just one more thing that you’ll never see.

I have been writing about Iranian alternative music for years. Back in 2005 when I wrote a short opinion called “Death to 6/8” calling for

Recently I read yet another Iranian community foundation email. You could see the floundering in the pitch for money, with their mucky mission statement and

There may not be any Gays in Iran, but there are certainly Iranian gays in Toronto! Pictures from the largest ever attendance by Iranians at

There may not be any Gays in Iran, but there are certainly Iranian gays in Toronto! Pictures from the largest ever attendance by Iranians at

Originally posted on http://brucebahmani.blogspot.com/ Thanks to the US press (and NIAC) we have all been pretty much confused by what everyone knows as the US

Originally posted on brucebahmani.blogspot.com Frequently, the folks that think that what Iran needs, is to go back to a Monarchy, seem to forget that technically,

…Continuing on with my ongoing “encouragement” of NIAC to switch gears and for a change focus on the other side, namely the government of Iran,

Originally posted on http://brucebahmani.blogspot.com/ In it’s continued quest to baffle and stun FIFA as well as Iranian soccer fans around the world, Iran announced it’s

Originally posted on: http://brucebahmani.blogspot.com/ I have been getting a lot of this, “Bruce, what happened to the Green movement in Iran? With all the uprisings

There is much anticipation over the recent US Census results and what number it will report Iranians at. A valiant concerted effort by the community

No one was happier to see the recent announcement by NIAC that they had successfully lobbied for, and gotten the Obama administration to lift the

Originally posted on May 17, 2011 http://brucebahmani.blogspot.com What is most frustrating about the US-Iran situation is that by now, 32 years after the 1979 revolution,