Radio Zamaneh reaches young people in Iran, from Amsterdam and with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. But what is the state of

Do not torment me, oh wind With your restless remembrance Of menacing soft whispers It is not fair to make be wander Dancing in fantasies

With the force of my small hands, With the passion of my zealous goal, I pushed forth the carriage of life Along the way there

Today, September 11th 2007, the Committee of Ex-Muslims is officially founded in The Netherlands. Ehsan Jami (22), a young Iranian member of the city council

It was an evening in June When like a monsoon Liberation came (with the capital L)* With a single name (for which I fell) Though

History proves to us that capital punishment always has been an answer to the gravest crimes. Regardless of cultural differences, religion or race, the notion

Why is her smile An aphyllous tree, A girl who pulls up The sides of her dress? . I can't paint her love On her

Ever since the Islamic revolution in 1979 Iranian opposition groups, from both inside and outside of Iran, have searched for ways to oppose the Islamic

She spread her smile With her poignant felicity And captivated today and tomorrow Could I only hold on To the angles of her lips And

According to the theory of Charles Darwin, creatures, animals and humans have changed during the past tens of thousands of years due to change in

I am invited to a beheading at dawn. -“Whose beheading?” My own, and no, my fears are all gone. -“What for?” Haven't you heard, it's

One look And the words run down Like a celestial waterfall You are Beautiful Not just handsome, Pretty, or fine No You are Beautiful It

What would you do if you came face to face with your ex-boyfriend whom you once loved and adored for many years and who let

The crocuses and the daffodils have come They know They shall abloom For the love of the sun For the seduction of the butterfly For

The jasmines in the secret garden Once trampled under a heavy burden Bloom brightly under the moonlit sky Not asking how, nor asking why They

In the turbulent world of party politics where party members choose their own captain to steer their ship, candidates swarm around their aspirant supporters, hoping

I gaze behind Swift and certain That all that was, Were memories of Things that became The future of the past. … You think not?

I wander this world sans abri (homeless) Walk endless hours sans chaussures (barefoot) And even though sans argent (penniless) I feel quite sans ça (otherwise)

For the past couple of months the international political pressure on Iran has increased, even including a latent military threat from both its enemies Israel

White dove, time has come To spread your wings. Even though you worry, Even though you're afraid. Your once white wings are stained With the

The Netherlands — Iran, a country with a rich and old political history has seen many governments come and go, statesmen have been loved and

A couple of days ago I read an article in the papers about an Austrian woman who had been captivated since the age of 10

I remember the first day I attended class at the Leiden University, Faculty of Social Sciences. The subject was ” Introduction to Public Administration”. The

“Where are you from?” My co-worker asked me a couple of days ago. “From Persia”, I answered. “Uhm, that doesn't exist anymore, does it?” Was