NEGOTIATIONS

to: gol-dust, Babak & Faribors

FMalek;If IRI agrees,you,I&4 million similar to us will go home

Would Iran, gives freedom to it's people? are we going to have a secular society? would women be as equal as men?

Would Iran release all political prisoners?

Would Iran let other religious minorities have the same rights as Shia?

Would Iran stop sending our money to organization or countries, building hospital, houses, refineries, school, roads, while one third of our nation are under poverty line?, many people live in boxes, we import 40% of our gas, every year road accident casualties is more tha 25000 people, most of these casualties could be curtained if we have proper roads, 35% of our school buildings are collapsing,    
Would Iran defend it's territories be it, Persian Gulf and our three Islands, 50 % of our rights in Caspian sea and other disputed boarders with Iraq and others?

Would Iran stop paying Iraq, Syria Palestine, Hezbollah while they are supporting other Arab nations in recognition of Arabian Gulf instead of Persian Gulf?

Would Iran abide by UN resolution and not execute juvenile under 18 years of age?

Would Iran spend money and collect all land mines left during the war with Iraq and we do not have loose our kids to pieces when they are playing out of their homes?

Would Iran respect other nations and in return other nations respect Iran back, after all who are our international friends except a few African countries who love us because of our free oil and millions/billions donation?
The list can go on, but If Iran abide by all these terms, I guarantee you, US and entire universe will love us once again, and do whatever you have wished for ; incidentally, you, I and 4 more million similar to us will go back to our homeland.   
     

You missed this: Khamenei wants Ahmadijead to get re-elected!

Good aricle. However, if you recall one of the administartion's options was to wait after the election so they could, hopefully, talk to someone other thant Ahmadijejad, even though they admitted the real power is Khamenei!

By Khamenei coming forward, among all the reason mentioned in the article, he was sending an indirect message that they don't need to wait or hope to deal with someone else! Remember, Khatami was forced out, out of fear of negotiating w/US? This way, he is saying don't wait for a new president, as you wished, you can deal with me!

Eureka, you are so shallow and full of ego for trying to put down that person! You are OGHDEH-EY!

محلی از اعراب ندارد

is a saying in persian=Frasi language. It means She/He/It does not count, is valueless. His word is pure nonesence and has likewise meaninmgs. The lingustic root of the speech is unknown to me. I know only the practical usage of the saying.
I have not read the whole article. If the given interpretation is correct or not one will have to look up the sentence in which the saying is used. If my interpretation fits, so it can be correct.
I hope, in the case i am not correct, i would get the correct interpretation. Greeting

Iran, NATO hold first talks in 30 years

Press TV - Iran confirms NATO sit-down after 30 years

مذاكره شروع شده است…

گام اول برای مذاكره برداشته شده است و می‌توان آن را پیش برد
in order to enabling the negogiations to continue in a for both sides profitable manner i recommend to UO BA MA:
First: Make end to sanctions.
Second: Accept the international rules in the case of Iran Nuc sciences.
Third: Make end to american hotilities against Isalamic Republic of Iran in the international scene.
Forth: Giving free the iranian wealthes.
Fifth: Stop the supprts for the international terrorism and drug deal.
I mean otherwise NO IRANIAN would ever pay even one PAPASSY to the praises of the black servant in the white house.
according to the cartoon: The artist has ignored the following fact: Iranians do not gamble in the public and the eventual talks with the old powerless satan will be a public matter. I just remind on the letter of jimmy the peanuts merchant which was broadcasted in the radio of Islamic republic of Iran. gambling in the politics is a typica western`s tactics. Iranians are not the probat gamepartners. Greeting

To sickofiri

I would take all this with a grain of salt!

It is a little far fetched to imagine mullahs being best buddies with the U.S.A "the Great Satan" after 30 years of chanting death to America, setting fire to American flags in every Friday prayer, demos, and protests organized by IRI government. Who will be their escapegoat then? who will they call the BIG enemy and blame all their incompetence and shortcomings on?

The U.S. will not come to run Iran for mullahs. The U.S. will not be able to fix Iran's mismanagement, corruption, etc. etc. So how are mullahs going to solve Iran's numerous internal problems?! Will mullahs be able to automatically satisfy/accommodate all the legitimate demands of the 70 percent of Iran's population with reestablishing ties with the U.S. and lifting of sanctions and return of forzen assets? Will Mullahs be able to eventually distribute Iran's wealth equally after having literally elimianted the mIddle class in Iran, making rich people richer and poor people poorer?!

I doubt it very much!

second attempt

Indeed, the IRI and the US will best buddies in years to come...

Iran, NATO hold first talks in 30 years

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Babak, thanks for the info

I hadn't heard that expression before, and I'm glad I know what it means now thanks to knowledgeable folks like you.

Yes, I am aware of the kasreh, fatheh, zammeh and my favorite is tashdeed.

Cross Purposes Again!!

The author, like many Iranains in diaspora,who seem devoted to and fascinated and seduced by all things Western- especially of the American kind, is trying to establish a point that if any tenant of the White House in Washington stops threatening Iran,they are doing Iran a big favour.

In his first paragraph,the author describes Mr. Khamenei's initial response as "his customary anti Western/American paranoia."

Now,would Mr. Bagher Zadeh be kind enough to enlighten us all as to name the country wich has actively deployed its armed forces on Iran's Western,Southern and Eastern frontiers?

Would he name the person who only two days before sending his Norouz good will messages to the Iranian people, extends George Bush's sanctions against Iran for another year?

And would you please name the new US Secretary of State, who while campaigning for the White House tenancy, said "we can annihilate Iran"?

So much for Mr. Obama's appriciation of, and I quote: "the great Iranian civilisation"

Since you are fluent in farsi, you should know the "ghassam and dom-e khorous" story.

You can bet your last penny (dime for the Americo Iranians)that if the American political/military establishment has come to soften their "laffazi" towards Iran, it is because they can hardly keep their pants from falling and exposing a very embarrassing sight!

With no intention of being rude or offensive, especially in the first week of Norouz, I must say just as well that the likeminded people as yourself are not in charge in Iran, otherwise you would have blown up the Natanz plant after seeing the Norouz video and had sent lots of noon-e nokhodchi and sekke talaa to the White House!

Norouz Mobarak!

Maybe some valid points but

Maybe some valid points but they could have been said succinctly in at most two paragraphs.

To:Ostaad, This is my recollection from School.

This is what I remember from School, I might be very off, but I say it any ways, unless otherwise some one correct me. 

In Farsi or Arabic, aside from Alphabets, there are phonetics!! which direct or make the sound heard differently than the actual alphabet itself written, for example the same sentence we have here as our question "mahali az arab nadarad the word Arab pronounced Erab which is different than Arab" In Farsi we write Erab with "A with kasreh=under" , the same "a" could be  "pronounced with Fat-heh, like the word "Afshin" or could be " Zameh"  like word Ostaad, all three words Erab with "kasreh on E" Afshin with Fat-he on A" and Ostaad with Zameh on O starts with A in Farsi, so these three" kasreh, fat-heh, zammeh" are called Erab.

The translation of sentence by previous  commentator is correct.
 I know it's confusing, sorry about it, but I tried my best and I hope I am right.

Doubt it

Mr. Bagher Zadeh,

Good article and analysis.  Judging from past behavior, I doubt there will be any opening soon.  They are very good at missing opportunities; This would be the third time (as I have mentioned elsewhere) where signals were given and they blew it.

I hope you're right though as this will be good for Iranian people in the long run.

Second stupid question

Who did the cartoon? It's really cool. I would be nice to give credit to the person who made it.

"Eureka, but not verified", please don't bother to answer if you can't help adding a bunch of sarcasm to your answer!  

to Aghaa Ostaad

Aghaa OStaad you seem to be old enough to have participated in the Shah's "phony" elections (for which strangely enough there was never so much publicity and ballyhoo as there is nowadays for the Islamic regime's phony elecshows) but do not know what that phrase means?!!!

it means the argument or whateva does not have any valid points or any credibility or in layman's terms, it does not hold water.

I agree with all you've said, and I have a stupid question.

what does "محلی از اعراب ندارد" mean?

I don't remember seeing this phrase before.

Khamenii is not so ignorant!

Even though he's more or less out of touch with today's reality of Iran and the world but Khamenii is not as ignorant as everybody thinks he is.

Did you expect him to close all doors to his badly damaged Islamic regime and say no to Obama NOW, when Obama unlike Bush, who had lost all his credibility after the Iraq fiasco, has the whole world behind him?

Excellent analysis. You're

Excellent analysis. You're right. Khamenie is eager to start negotiating. That is a good sign. I hope Khamenie does right by the Iranian people.

Khamenie has finally met his match.