a belief in the power of love and our common humanity
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REGIME
For the Iranian people victory is near
The military regime in Tehran is in its final days. The signs of an imminent collapse, perfectly traceable on the Iranian streets, are evading the most prominent Washington experts. The slogans on the walls, the nighttime chorus of Allah-o-akbar on the rooftops, the crowds chanting "death to the dictator," all signaling a collective defiance despite the brutal backlash, and all reflecting a mass mobilization unseen since the 1979 revolution. The recurring cycles of peaceful protests and state violence is part of a larger transformation sweeping through Iran. But in Washington, this magnificent collective action spurs only arrogant dismissal on the part of the Iran policy industry
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REACTION
Broken taboos in post-election Iran
by Ziba Mir-Hosseini
The on-camera martyrdom of Neda Agha-Soltan, the 26-year old philosophy student shot dead during the protests after the fraudulent presidential election in Iran in June, caught the imagination of the world. But the post-election crackdown has two other victims whose fates better capture the radical shift in the country’s political culture. One victim was the protester Taraneh Mousavi, detained, reportedly raped and murdered in prison, and her body burned and discarded. The other is Majid Tavakoli, the student leader arrested on December 8, after a fiery speech denouncing dictatorship during the demonstrations on National Student Day
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TRUE OR FALSE: Iranian women are timid, shy creatures with a deep commitment to the traditional Islamic values of innocence and purity
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یک روز کارمند پستی که به نامه هایی که آدرس نامعلوم دارند رسیدگی می کرد. متوجه نامه ای شد که روی پاکت آن با خطی لرزان نوشته شده بود
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