POETRY

The Virus of the Conscience
29-Jan-2008 (one comment)
From not remembering when
To not noticing how
My brain is being infected
With viruses just like a computer.
But a computer has no soul
Suffer no scars >>>
David ET
29-Jan-2008 (4 comments)
Shaer
29-Jan-2008 (8 comments)

"Self Explanatory".

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Irooni
29-Jan-2008 (8 comments)
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FOOD

Jeweled rice

Jeweled rice

Photo essay: Javaher Polo

by Bahman
28-Jan-2008 (5 comments)

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saharjafarian
28-Jan-2008 (12 comments)
I need your help. I am planning on travelling to Iran after 16 years. I recently dropped the second part to my last name>>>
Mehdi
28-Jan-2008 (3 comments)
Iranian couple cycles around the world to promote peace... >>>

YAZD

A touch of blue

A touch of blue

Photo essay: Hotel in traditional design

by Two Sisters
28-Jan-2008 (6 comments)

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TRAVELER

Bakhtiar's America (3)

Bakhtiar's America (3)

Photo essay: An Iranian's first U.S. trip

by AR Bakhtiar
28-Jan-2008 (2 comments)

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MaryamTabrizi
28-Jan-2008 (12 comments)
MUST SEE VIDEO!!! >>>
Faramarz_Fateh
28-Jan-2008 (4 comments)
If hair was bad, would God create man without hair?! Oh crap, I just remembered that most Asian men don't have any body hair>>>

REMINDER

Palestine does exist

ReOrient festival provides a much more nuanced image of the “Middle East”

28-Jan-2008 (157 comments)
It is not just the US politicians who are complicit with the State of Israel’s violence against the Palestinians. Sadly, those of us who read and contribute to Iranian.com and are often so opinionated on every matter and feel so compelled to write about everything that happens in the world, have been complicit with this violence by being silent about the recent Palestinian situation. Unfortunately, I think many of us have tuned Palestine out and frankly the Arab-hating sentiments that have filled our national imaginations do not let us see the pain and hear the voices of Palestinians who are being killed violently by the Israeli tanks or die softly behind the Israeli walls. We refuse to notice as we go on with our comfortable lives, pretending that Palestine does not exist.>>>
Darius Kadivar
28-Jan-2008 (one comment)
A wonderful testimony by a Veteran 87 year old Ballet Dancer of Iran >>>

IRAN

Hammering inflation

Iranian economy suffers from serious systemic problems

28-Jan-2008 (12 comments)
U.S. economic pressure on Iran has been increasing steadily. The U.S. to a large degree has been successful in cutting Iran from normal international financial institutions. Many European and Asian banks have been forced to reduce or cut their financial ties to Iran. Even some Chinese banks have come under pressure to restrict their dealings with Iran, not to mention UAE and Bahraini banks. This coupled with two successive UN sanctions have been hurting the Iranian economy much more than the government has been willing to admit>>>

POLYGAMY

For men only

Freedom in love is one-sided

28-Jan-2008 (35 comments)
"You mean you would be willing to allow your husband to take on a second or even a third wife while married to you, with the law supporting him in doing so?" I ask. "What’s the problem with that?" She responds abruptly and forcefully. "I am the second wife to my husband." All the women surrounding us on the Tehran metro car are now staring at me. There is something in their gaze, waiting for me to put this woman in her place with a strong and reproachful response. But the woman does not allow me to respond, she continues: "I fell in love with my husband. I am still in love with him. If it weren’t for the law, I would not be allowed to be with him. Even if it is for one day a week, it is legal. This law gives us greater freedom of choice, why should I oppose it?">>>