DK’s recent post on one of the failed assassination attempts on the Shah, made me review all the assassinations during that period. Although I

Ashraf Pahlavi meeting a giant at a rehabilitation center which she directed at Teheran. April 1951.

Reminder to Kouchner of a bit of French history and consequences of supporting fascism :-)))

Young Ahmadi with the three other plaintiffs who complained about Salam Newspaper.  Salam Newspaper had published a secret letter from Saeed Emami of the famous Serial

I have previously posted the link for a petition to indict the leaders of Islamic regime for crimes against humanity. Please write again to your

The agruments that have broken out in a couple of the pages on this site (here http://iranian.com/main/blog/ali-uk/mko-and-flag and http://iranian.com/main/2009/jul/infighting-mko-and-flag) reflect the ignorance of our history. The Lion and the Sun

Shurely shome mishtake! I was going to leave it alone Darius but your comment about being no relation of Mohsen Kadivar in the other thread

  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1437494/ He studied in LA and composed a track for “Dream Wife” made in 1953 before returning to Iran. Became a director and producer

In a recent blog (http://iranian.com/main/blog/darius-kadivar/history-violence-rafsanjani-…) by the indefatigable Darius Kadivar the subject of the Forghan group came up. Here is some further information, nay amazing

دبـيـر شـوراي نـگهبان با بيان اين كه ما همه مسلمان و شيعه هستيم و در نظام جمهوري اسلامي زندگي مي كنيم گفت: ما همه برادريم

If it wasn’t for the blood of Iranians being shed, the MOLLAFIA faction fight would have been funny:    

  Iranians don’t get yourself killed to discover you are pawns in yet another Akhoond power game: http://www.flickr.com/photos/38654107@N08/36139301…  

http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=0EB1A844-18FE-70B2-A863CA2A46BF24AA The unholy alliance between the left and Islam. 

  Is he under arrest? Is he (hopefully) being tortured? Or did he get the message from the other factions of the Akhoondmafia signaled by the ban on his

I saw Kamran’s poignant piece http://iranian.com/main/2009/jun/seyyed-ali-shah and it reminded me of above.  

  It is vital that Iranians outside should bring whatever pressure they can to stop the killings in Iran. Instead of trying to incite people

At least a similar number of three to five hundred turned up to keep the vigil. The regime in Iran cannot be allowed to think

My wife cannot stop crying. She is in anguish over what is going in Iran so she has been attending the protests outside the embassy

Second photograph of protests today above. Much better turnout and better organised. Mr. Fozolie 

There isn’t reliable statistics, or not any that I have come across, on the number of Iranians living in Britain. But the 2001 census has

 What is Tasliat in Persian? Tasala Khater is Aram-baskhsh but what the f**k would the Persian say when somobody snuffed it?  Ever grateful.

I know this is nostalgic crap but when I grew up he was one of the heroes of the time. It is like losing a

“Salmanihaa keh beekaar mishavand sar hamdigar raa mitaraashand” I love their richness and economy of expression. What reminded me of above is that I saw

من که دارم میرم چرا هلم ميدی؟ من که تو غربیام چرا قلم میدی؟ دختر اون پیرزنه چرا گرامافون میزنه؟