SalmunAlFarsi
18-Jun-2009

Quotations of Vladimir Lenin,  Iran's benefactor  to the north:

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razasyed
18-Jun-2009 (8 comments)
Hello!  I am looking for an old persian song of Madam Afat "Ie Taxi Meduny Man Be Kuja Merawam...Kucha e Wafa Merawam" >>>

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Optimism and Nightmares

Hopes for change dashed by silent coup

18-Jun-2009 (2 comments)
The 12th of June 2009 saw Iran’s tenth presidential election get underway with Iranians turning out in record numbers. As someone who decided to vote in one of the many polling stations made available for expats across the world, I can say that in the scenes I witnessed, the excitement was palpable; we all felt we were on the cusp of an important step and potential leap forward in the ongoing and painstaking struggle for reform in Iran. While we weren’t unrealistic in our expectations and remained cognizant of the constitutional and political constraints upon the Iranian presidential office, we felt there was great potential for a transformation of Iran’s image and place in the international order>>>

SIDELINES

The Blank Shenasnameh

"The foundation of the house is in ruins, why worry about the ornaments of the patio?"

18-Jun-2009 (one comment)
The first memories I recall of my life are snapshots of our home with the lights out after dusk, loud protests and demonstrations heard from the streets of Tehran, and the huddling around a light bulb with a makeshift cardboard shade plugged into the wall. These were the days that culminated in the 1979 revolution in Iran. The streets were unsafe for children due to violence and there was a relative period of lawlessness at the time of transition. As children, my sister and I sat in the glow of the small light bulb and heard the reassurances of our parents. I remember vividly the conversation that my father had with his childhood friend who was an assistant professor in a university in Isfahan>>>

فائزه و مهدی رفسنجانی

Today in Election News (June 17, 2009)

TelevisionWashington.com

Today in Iran Election News (June 17, 2009)

TelevisionWashington.com / WashingtonTV
18-Jun-2009
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HATEIRI
18-Jun-2009 (91 comments)
Iranians in CA caring about Iran or NOT :) IDIOTS>>>

In memory of martyrs

Jahanshah Javid

Call for day of mourning in Iran

BBC
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18-Jun-2009
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کانون نویسندگان ایران

Reza Pahlavi Interviewed by Le Figaro

Darius Kadivar

Le fils du Chah craint une «fuite en avant du régime»

le figaro / Laure Mandeville
recommended by Darius Kadivar
18-Jun-2009 (2 comments)
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Darius Kadivar
18-Jun-2009 (3 comments)

An Excellent Debate aired last night on France 3 channel and hosted by Frédérique Taddeii on the Riots in Iran with Iranian Diaspora  and French experts and journalists on Iran. Watch Online

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David ET
18-Jun-2009 (3 comments)
One of the memorable songs of the 1979 revolution that turned into the song of the student movement in Iran. 30 years later the song is back to the streets of Tehran and other cities in Iran. >>>
Darius Kadivar
18-Jun-2009 (6 comments)
Invited byEuropean Green Party Deputy Daniel Cohn Bendit, Iranian Filmmakers Marjane Satrapi and Mohsen Makhmalbaf demand foreign governments Not to recognize the government of so-called President Elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. >>>