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Iranian activists fight child executions

Mostafaei told The Associated Press that the he and dozens of other lawyers and activists have written to Iran's judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi demanding that executions of juveniles be abolished... >>>

pictory: Baise Main, Mossadegh Kissing Soraya

Baise Main: Prime Minister Mossadegh at an audience with Queen Soraya. 1950's

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$$$ System Melt Down! Who is to blame?

Stupidity of the American public is reaching new heights these days.  The U.S. government is going to lend over $1,000,000,000,000,000 (thats right, over a trillion dollars) to the financial institutions to get them out of trouble and no one is demanding for the responsible heads to roll. >>>

Abyss of despair

 

The madness continues to pursue you..........

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قاطبه و صمد آقا

Clip from Kaaf show staring Parviz sayad and Nozar Azadi >>>

Brad bahmanpour remakes a Tarantino movie with a twist

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Selfhood

Most of us manage to make unstable adjustments to the fact of aging and the inevitability of death by becoming in our unconscious fantasies “all omnipotent, externally young, and immortal.” >>>

Shall we dance?

Born in Tehran in 1930 into a mixed family of a Tartar mother and an Azerbayjani father, Haideh Ahmadzadeh started dancing at the age of seven in a country that was struggling to keep up with modern times. Dancing for girls was not an accepted or desirable occupation. Her love of dance made her overcome many obstacles and with the approval and backing of her mother and later her husband Nejad, she got to the top of her profession. With a great deal of hard work, discipline and drive, Haideh and Nejad founded a Ballet Academy, Iranian National Ballet Company and Iranian Folk Dance, Music and Song Group. They performed regularly for State guests at home and abroad, their travels wrought with a great deal of incident and adventure>>>

in the event of a war

While the possibility of a war against Iran seems to ebb and flow from day to day, the actual war itself may entail internment of the Iranians in the west, especially in Britain and the US. As painful as the thought may be, let us review the historical perspective on this issue. Ronald Reagan was the first American president who at last acknowledged the injustice and tragedy inflicted upon the Japanese-Americans during WWII. As we know the Japanese, some of whom were second or third generation Americans, were swiftly interned and their possessions confiscated never to be returned to them>>>

ما سکولار هستيم

پذيرش سکولاريسم موجب می شود که ـ چه يک شخص و چه يک گروه يا حزب سياسی ـ بر چهارچوبی تکيه زند که از ايجابات سکولاريسم ساخته شده باشد. مثلاً، چگونه يک انسان سکولار می تواند، در راستای مبارزه با يک حاکميت ضد سکولار، با يک فرد موافق حکومت مذهبی، و نيز يک فرد مخالف سکولاريسم، ائتلاف و همکاری کند؟ عقل عملی به ما می گويد که چنين ائتلافی يا نتيجهء سستی مبانی سکولاريسم در نزد شخص مدعی سکولار بودن است و يا حاصل بی خبری او از تضاد مبارزه با دشمن، در کنار دوستان آن دشمن؛ و يا آن را بايد صرفاً نوعی پيروی بی محتوا از مد روز تلقی کرد.>>>