دیروز پنج شنبه و امروز جمعه ،بیست و هفتم مرداد،ستاد هنرمندان یاری رسان به آسیب دیدگان زلزلهء آذربایجان ،آقایان پرویز پرستویی ،کمال تبریزی ،رضا میر

نصنیف جانسوز “خانه ام آتش گرفته است …” با صدای استاد محمد رضا شجریان و همراهی ساز استاد علیزاده و استاد کلهر و همایون با

“In Support Of Earthquake Victims In Iran” Please visit the following page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hemayat.Zelzelezadegan.Iran If you don’t speak Farsi (Persian), please use “Google Translator”

When the eartquake occurred in Haiti a couple of years ago, survivors were found buried in the rubble up to nine (9) days after the

Today, our “Champions” won another Gold and a Silver in the Super Heavy-Weight division of Weightlifting. These are the results:   1 Behdad Salimi (208, 247, 455)

Omid Haji Noroozi won Iran’s Second Gold Medal at the Olympics in Greco-Roman Wrestling, 60 kg,  by defeating his opponent Revaz Lashkhi from the Republic of

– – – Gold Medal Match of Hamid Soryan of Iran with Rovshan Bayramov of Azerbaijan – Plus the Medal Ceremony    The Gold Medal match

  The following article appears in this week’s The Economist – Ferdowsi’s “Shahnameh” – The book of kings – A new exhibition shows Persian miniatures

  Friends, After reading, and participating in the debates and discussions that took place at the following blog: The Greatest Sin, by Fariba Amini, I

           سالها دل طلب جام جم از ما می کرد   سالها دل طلب جام جم از ما می کرد آنچه

          ای یوسف خـوش نام ما خوش می روی بر بام ما   ای یوسف خـوش نام ما خوش می روی

  This is a sweet song from the early 1970’s, from one of the less well-known Iranian Pop Artists – Yet with a great voice

Friends, As I was watching this blog on the front page, titled: Loading begins at Bushehr plant: Facility took 35 years to build, I couldn’t

      هان ای دل عبرت بین از دیده نظر کن هان ایوان مدائن را آیینه‌ی عبرت دان یک ره ز ره دجله منزل

        من غلام قمرم غیر قمر هیچ مگو من غلام قمرم غیر قمر هیچ مگو پیش من جز سخن شمع و شکر

This blog was initially a comment in the following blog: Trita Parsi – Interview with Hamid Dabashi:   Despite constant, steady, and repeated attempts by

This blog was originally posted in the form of a comment at the following blog: Chauvinists vs. Shadi Sadr: invitation to write – At the

   سیمین بهبهانی   Song: Savar Khahad Amad, Lyrics: From the poem Sangsaar by Simin Behbehani, Voice: Dariush, Music: Hooman DePARS    سنگسار سوار خواهد

  This poem was written by Nader Naderpour in 1985 while in exile in Paris. The poem was directed towards Ayatollah Khomeini .. It’s very

   مهدی اخوان ثالث   Chavoshi – Poem, and its Recitation (Deklame’) by Mehdi Akhavan-Sales   چاوشـی بسان رهنوردانی که در افسانه ها گویند گرفته

  نادر نادرپور   Poem: Kohan Diara (Ancient Land, Country) by Nader Naderpour, Voice: Dariush Eghbali Please note: In the first two (2) minutes of

داریـوش   Song: Bache Haye Iran (Iran’s Children), Performed by Dariush Eghbali      بچه های ایران بچه ها اين نقشه جغرافياست بچه اين قسمت

  From Divan-e Shams (Ghazaliat) by Rumi, Recitation (Deklame’) by Ahmad Shamlou     مولانا جلال الدین محمد مشهور به ‘مولـوی’ از دیوان شمس (غزلیات)

نیما یوشیج   Poem: Hast Shab (It’s Night) by Nima Yushij, Composer: Arashk Rafiee, Performed by Samaan Ensemble and Vocalist: Amir Rafati                                                                                                          آهنگ:

Recitation (Deklame’) by Fereidoon Moshiri   کــوچـه بي تو مهتاب شبي باز از آن كوچه گذشتم همه تن چشم شدم خيره به دنبال تو گشتم