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EMINENT PERSIANS:Lily AmirArjomand Managing Director of Kanoon (Andisheh TV)

An interview with Lily AmirArjomand, Managing Director of Kanoon Institute ( for The Development of Children and Young Adults) from it's founding up to the revolution. Andisheh TV with Reza Goharzad. Watch Here >>>

Murdering Iranians

The defense which does not hold water

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Fighting Chance

First, some indisputable basic facts: Republican Presidents have occupied the White House for twenty years of the thirty one years that Islamists have been ruling over Iran. The bane of Islamists, the Iran Libya Sanction Act, ILSA, was signed into law by President Bill Clinton, a Democrat. The proposed Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act which will replace ILSA has passed both Houses of Congress and is being prepared for President Obama’s signature>>>

Don't kill your enemy

Have you entangled in an awkward moment when someone asks you a simple question that requires you to give an answer that can fill up a nine-volume book? It happened to me years ago. It happened when I was a ripe tomato out of college and got hired in a reputable American company. My colleagues as a gesture of professionalism towards new hires stopped by my cubical and introduced themselves. A foreign colleague, perhaps out of curiosity, came to my cube and said, “hi”. After a short introduction he asked me where I was from>>>

Something New To Be Concerned With!

A friend had posted a video on her wall on Facebook. I watched it in disbelief and it reminded me of something I witnessed many many years ago in Tehran. >>>

"I'm Just Thankful I'm Here"

I posted  this piece in my blog in honor of Mother's Day but it is so special that can be shared and enjoyed ANY DAY of the year. May we grow old and have a spirit like this 80 year YOUNG woman>>>

Sherlock Holmes’ Daughter (6)

I slid my fingertips inside Katayoon’s blouse, thumbing her top button out of its buttonhole and gliding my hand inside her shirt. “Stop,” she whispered clutching my wrist tightly and slowly pulling it away from her breast. She held me from herself in this way for a long time, staring a meaning at me that I was not understanding. How disappointing to have said, “but you told me to undress you.” That much was apparent. She was saying there was a key to her body that I should find. But how could I be sure?>>>

A garden from Galicia

He said he loved me
I dreamed he was a garden
My scent dwelt in him.
 
I said I loved him
He burned joy into my flesh
Our bed of jasmine >>>

Babak Payami:Iranian Roger Waters! Hey Ayatollah, leave the kids alone

I hope in his soon to be world tour, Roger Waters invites >>>

Heaven and Hell

Truly, heaven and hell are not
In another realm, dimension, or place
They are right here and now
Alas, there is no salvation
But peace is possible and real >>>