Sayeh Hassan
10-Nov-2008 (14 comments)
Ever since Ahmab Batebi’s arrival to the United States there has been great controversy in regards to Mr. Batebi’s personal life. This I believe has been a great distraction from his political/human rights activities. >>>

There will be no change until IRI regime is gone!

Farhad Kashani

Iran not expecting 'much change' under Obama

Middle East Online
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10-Nov-2008
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The murdering of Iranian people continues

Farhad Kashani

Iran rights group protests at hanging of minors

AFP
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10-Nov-2008
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darius
10-Nov-2008 (2 comments)
Graphic Images: IRI , first  in the world to  prosecute  l and jail the defendant on spot. >>>
TheMrs
10-Nov-2008 (26 comments)
Limited understanding of what is going on >>>

Down With..em...Viva!

News Goffer

In Turnabout, Iran’s Conservatives Support Ahmadinejad

The New York Times / Nazilla Fathi
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10-Nov-2008 (2 comments)
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No Mo' Gitmo!

IRANdokht

Obama Plans to Close Guantanamo

Huffington Post / MATT APUZZO and LARA JAKES JORDAN
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10-Nov-2008 (15 comments)
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POLICY

Happy hardliners in Tehran?

New U.S. President and the Middle East

10-Nov-2008 (16 comments)
The Obama strategy offers the hope that Iraqi politicians will be motivated to deal with their country's problems... Iran, on the other hand, presents a different set of challenges. A major U.S. effort to engage Iran is inevitable, primarily because the United States must reverse the common perception -- in the United States and around the world -- that Washington is at fault for the lack of progress on the Iran front. The United States is going to have to make a major effort to show that it is prepared to walk the extra mile for compromise. Washington has not been able to secure support for greater sticks against Iran; it can only gather such support if it is seen as also offering carrots. In other words, on the Iran nuclear issue, carrots are the only way to get to sticks.>>>

COMMENTARY

Love over hate

Today, America and the world feel much safer, more content and more at ease with each other

10-Nov-2008 (one comment)
By the US electing Obama President, the world that has been waiting patiently for a different America, is happy and elated to welcome the United States back into the community of nations. It has been a very sad and troubling eight years, not only for the rest of the world, but for the US itself: two wars launched, with neither over; ecology, environment and sustainability all undermined and devalued; the worst financial calamity in a century, nourished and nurtured by "casino capitalism"; international treaties and conventions torn up; torture rationalized; detainees whose guilt and crime have not been proven, disappearing beyond judicial reach; the rule of international law weakened; enemies emboldened, while allies were undermined>>>
Party Girl
10-Nov-2008 (8 comments)
Enjoy Hafez! >>>

What ................!!!!!

darius

Documents linking Iran to nuclear weapons push may have been fabricated

The Raw Story / Gareth Porter
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10-Nov-2008 (2 comments)
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PASSION

Cordoba to Kurdistan via flamenco

"Asoudeh" establishes Nikpay as the rare artist with both scholarly pedigree and musical originality

10-Nov-2008 (2 comments)
Hamed Nikpay speaks Farsi the way he plays his music: rapid staccato syllables held together by slow melodic interludes. Maybe this is why he favors the setar when he speaks his heart. The instrument comes to life at the flick of the index finger over the strings, followed by a trilled sustain detailing the life of the tone. Nikpay’s new CD album, All Is Calm (Asoudeh) seems to follow the emotional biography of a young artist sparked to life by a devastating early romance whose lament still haunts him in the sustain. In the first track, Deceit, (Fareeb), he sings “You bestowed kisses from my lover’s lips to the other man.” I ducked the temptation to ask Nikpay who she was and what happened. Instead we chatted a little about the man who penned those lyrics >>>
Souri
10-Nov-2008 (13 comments)
ای معلم نام و هم یادت به خیر
یاد درس آب و بابایت به خیر
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uphill battle

News Goffer

Iran rights group protests at hanging of minors

Agence France Presse
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10-Nov-2008 (2 comments)
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COOKERY

It's in the pot!

I seriously urge you to try the Irish stew

10-Nov-2008 (14 comments)
I took part in a UK based TV cookery show (The name of which, I sadly cannot repeat until it airs next year) But the idea is based on a group of strangers who each take turn to host and cook dinner for the group, often to hilarious and bitchy consequences. Each cook is scored for their efforts, by the other guests and the winner gets a prize at the end. It has a somewhat cult-status here in the UK and I can tell you that the whole process was a bizarre experience, indeed. A week of intense filming, Monday through Friday from 6pm-3am sometimes, leaves you absolutely exhausted as you have your normal day job to do also and so you are getting only 3 hours sleep each night! I wasn’t planning on even writing about this, but someone made me promise I would mention it… Although I did agree that only in the instance that I won, would I write about… and by some miracle I did actually win! >>>