Manoucher Avaznia
13-Oct-2008
A Quest: The late March fiasco of 1988 left a devastating psychological vacuum among soldiers and the brass. >>>

Tenors reunite for Pavarotti gala

Darius Kadivar

Ancient site of Petra in Jordan Hosts Tribute to Italian Tenor

bbc
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13-Oct-2008
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Meanwhile in the land of Oz

Fred

Tax Delay Fails to Quell Iranian Protest

NY Times / Nazila Fathi
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13-Oct-2008
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Norm Coleman's Iranian "friend with a plane"

Q

Senator tries to stamp out ugly pants rumor, one leg at a time

Star Tribune
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13-Oct-2008 (one comment)
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Darius Kadivar
13-Oct-2008
Yves Montand sings "À Bicyclette" at Concert in Olympia 1981 >>>
Darius Kadivar
13-Oct-2008
Yves Montand sings Les Roses de Picardie In L'Olympia Concert >>>
Mehman
12-Oct-2008 (one comment)
سه شنبه بازی حساس ایران ایتالیا: بازی مرگ و زندگی!>>>

SEASON

Awesome autumn

Awesome autumn

Photo essay

by Azadeh Azad
12-Oct-2008 (18 comments)

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behmanchea
12-Oct-2008
On Bail-out >>>
Darius Kadivar
12-Oct-2008
A tour in San Francisco Bay on the 'William A. Pomroys' luxurious 110 foot schooner Ramona is enjoyed by the Shah of Iran; his wife Empress Soraya, and Mrs. Pomeroy ( at right of the steering wheel).    >>>
Darius Kadivar
12-Oct-2008
Ahmad Shah Qajar and his ministers leaving War Museum in Paris (1922). >>>
Darius Kadivar
12-Oct-2008
 Ad for Anglo Iranian Oil Company for off shore exploration of Oil  by French Sea explorer Jacques Yves Cousteau and his men. >>>

HEROES

I Ran Into Myself in the Street and Asked

How many? 8,000? 10,000? Who were they really?

12-Oct-2008 (7 comments)
I performed a creative piece at the gathering of the Society for Human Rights in Iran, Southern California, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the 1988 Political Prisoner's Massacre in Iran. My piece was intended to promote the participation of Iranian youth, as well as give those unfamiliar with the atrocities in Iran an idea of what we are remembering. The event was held at UCLA and was not affiliated with any political organizations, and simply wished to remember the thousands of innocent people who were tortured and executed in the 1980s by the Islamic Republic of Iran's regime and promote the need for Human Rights organizations around the world to make sure that such travesty never occurs again. >>>
Saead Soltanpour
12-Oct-2008
اینکه چه حزبی برنده شود در اجرای سیاست خارجی و اقتصادی کانادا تاثیر مستقیم دارد. ولی اینکه ایرانی ها نقش جدی در برنده شدن یک حزب داشته باشند زیاد نیست >>>

POETRY

Saturday Night Hooka

From, "Spying on the Persians: Collected Poetry of Iranian life in Los Angeles"

12-Oct-2008 (2 comments)
When you called you sounded tired
I was too from the night before
And although we both felt an obligation
To the twilight of our twenties to do something...
Something significant, on this Saturday night
We decided against it and instead to smoke a hooka
When we sat down at the cafe you complained of work
That the nurses had done this or that
Of a patient who had been especially sick >>>