Shorts
10-Apr-2011 (8 comments)
Top 101 cities in USA with the most residents born in Iran (population 500+)>>>

Short Video: Government of the 1%, by the 1%, ...

Sahar Naaz

Joseph Stiglitz on "Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%" (Vanity Fair) & Analysis of GOP Budget. 1 of 2

Democracy Now on Youtube / Joseph Stiglitz Is Interviewed
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10-Apr-2011
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معاویه سکولار بود

David ET
مركز ملي پاسخگويي به سوالات ديني
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10-Apr-2011
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OXFORD

دریچه تنگ منافع فردی

دکتر کاتوزیان و خلقیات برخی از ما ایرانیان

10-Apr-2011 (one comment)
فوران خشم و نفرت برخی از ایرانیان نسبت به پژوهش گری که تقریبا همه زندگی حرفه ای خود را وقف تحقیق در باره ایران کرده است خواننده را به فکر می اندازد که: نویسندگان این گونه مطالب به چه درجه ای از بلوغ فکری رسیده اند؟ انتشار چنین مطالبی را با کدام ضوابط حرفه ای روزنامه نگاری می توان توجیه کرد؟ و تا چه حد می توان این گونه رفتار را نمونه ای از پندار، گفتار و کردار جامعه ایرانی دانست؟ >>>

OXFORD

Short-Termist Iranians

Controversy over Dr Katouzian and Rafsanjani's son

10-Apr-2011 (18 comments)
For the past week, I have watched with bewilderment and sorrow the onslaught on my friend and teacher, Dr Homa Katouzian, in connection with the admission to Oxford University of a son of the former Iranian President, Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani. By now, Dr Katouzian has clarified his academic involvement in the process of admission of Mr Mehdi Hashemi. Oxford University too has announced that its investigation has found no basis for the allegations of impropriety in Mr Hashemi’s admission. From a formal point of view, therefore, the matter must be considered closed>>>

BAHAREH

The Birth of Hope

She is and could be anyone’s sister, daughter or friend on an extraordinary path

10-Apr-2011 (4 comments)
It was interesting to me, there she was, in prison on her birthday and she was worried about me. She was still the Bahareh I remembered. Always putting concern for others ahead of concern for herself. Bahareh will not be calling home for her birthday this year, though her friends gathered once again to celebrate the day in her absence. I have no doubt that despite over a year of being in prison and despite all these pressures, she remains the same Bahareh, putting concern for others ahead of her own needs>>>

IRAN

Home is where your heart breaks

I was overwhelmed at hearing hardship stories

10-Apr-2011 (8 comments)
I went to Khorramshahr by train and took my nephew’s wife because her mom is from Abadan and she had never seen that area. My cabin had all Abadanis which included a police woman. When she took off layer of black clothing the true Dokhtar Abadani was revealed. I was shocked to see latest skinny jeans, revealing top with English writings, and a fancy belt. I chuckled because looking at her chador and the head covering, I would have never guessed such fasionista existed underneath all that clothing>>>

STORY

The Pork Eaters (1)

Hugs, “farewell,” perfume, cloth, "passport, boarding pass,” more hugs, pistachios

10-Apr-2011 (11 comments)
The runway at the old Tehran airport did not run parallel to the visitors’ viewing area. After the passengers boarded, the plane, whistling quietly, trundled out of sight off to the side of the building. Visitors went back to their chatter while they waited for the metamorphosis to occur. The conversation was full of travel: “Don’t cry, he’ll be back before your tears are dry.” “On my last trip to Amsterdam...” “The best restaurant in Cairo...”>>>

Iran expells three Kuwaiti diplomats

Shifteh Ansari

Iran retaliates against Kuwait's diplomatic expulsions

CNN
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10-Apr-2011
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Short Video

Sahar Naaz

INVERTED TOTALITARIANISM

The Real News. Com on Youtube / Chris Hedges Is Interviewed
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10-Apr-2011
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Short Video

Sahar Naaz

George Carlin - Modern Man

Youtube / George Carlin
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10-Apr-2011
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See the Online Film Warched by More Than 5 Million

Sahar Naaz

ZEITGEIST: MOVING FORWARD | OFFICIAL RELEASE | 2011

Youtube / A Film by Peter Joseph
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10-Apr-2011
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STORY

کابوس ویروس اسلامی در تهران

وظیفه بنده این شد که تحقیقی بنمایم در باب تفاوت‌های بیولوژیک میان کفار و شیعیان ولایت و امامت

10-Apr-2011 (12 comments)
خواب می‌‌دیدم که سال ۲۰۲۱ است و بنده در خدمت گروه شیمیایی- میکروبی- هسته‌ای (شین- میم- ه) سپاه پاسداران در تهران، مشغول کار روی ویروس اسلامی هستم. طرح ویروس اسلامی، اولین بار توسط برادر پاسدار پشمیان به خدمت مقام معظم ولایت فقیه رسیده بود، و ایشان هم مختصر پایین صفحه نوشته بودند؛ "نصر من الله و فتح عن قریب ... اقدام شود!" >>>

POETRY

دکمۀ احساس
10-Apr-2011 (6 comments)
پس از سالهای سال
که نخواهم گفت چند سال!
به من تلفن کرد که
دعوتم کند به شرکت
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Gas pipeline explosion blamed on terrorist groups

Shifteh Ansari

Iran official says pipeline blast caused by ‘sabotage’

Washington Post / Thomas Erdbrink
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10-Apr-2011
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