CHARACTER
Getting into a typical Iranian’s mind
Although there are many reasons we should believe that Iranians are very bright, intelligent, and ambitious people as individuals, but based on my limited observation and in contrast to my usual way of thinking I respectfully have to admit that most of us are socially stupid. Forgive me! I try hard not to generalize since it is the generalization that is the root cause of our social stupidity. To know how I have reached to this conclusion I should go back and give you some background materials
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LIFE
We talk about the Shah here all the time but we never talk about Leila. I wrote a poem about Leila once. It was exactly three years ago, at the time when I went under. I went under because of a Persian Male--one of those with eyes of Eternity and kohl, who oozed Hafez from every pore in veiled dank misty rivers. You know the type, but at the time I didn’t, and so I fell in love. And he fell out and I went under. Into a very dark place. And when I came back, I’d written this poem. Or this poem had written me
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INTOLERANCE
ترور شخصیت در جنبش چپ ایران
25 سال از جان باختن منوچهرهلیل رودی (ابراهیم شفیعی) گذشت. منوچهر,همچون خلیل ملکی, اسحاق اپریم و دهها انسان آزاد اندیش و آزادیخواه دیگر , ازقربانیان ترور شخصیت در جنبش چپ میهنمان است , و دریغ و درد که آخرین قربانی نیزنیست. در سالگشت در گذشت منوچهر نگاهی گذرا به زندگی , و چرایی و چگونگی ترور شخصیت او می اندازیم , به این امید که این دست روشنگری ها تلنگری شوند برای آغاز دور ریختن اندیشه و رفتار پلشت " ترور شخصیت".
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آقای حجتی کرمانی یکی از قدیمیترین مبارزان این دیار است که ۱۲ سال در زندان شاه بود.
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ديده بان حقوق بشر: جمهوری اسلامی ايران هر نوع ابراز علنی دگرانديشی را سرکوب می کند
English
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The US Navy released a recording of the alleged statements by an Iranian boat confronting US ships. I don't think the recording sounds genuine.
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Could our U.S-damaged world risk another world-inexperienced, light, if not naive, deceptively optimistic 'Christian do gooder' U.S. President promising cheerful 'Change'?
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OBSERVER
Photo essay: Mazatlan redux
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TRAVELER
Beyond tourism-generated modernity
Mid-December was the time in Mazatlan when the locals told you that the cold weather was not “seasonal.” The longer the cold persisted, however, the more incredulous that claim became. From the corridor just outside of my hotel room, the little cove secluded by the silhouette of the nearby isles shone in the peculiar maroon sunset. The ospreys hovered over in the fading blue patch of the sky. The clouds made the ocean unappealing. The beach vendors appeared disoriented. Their favorite customers, the tourists from the United States and Canada, submerged themselves in Jacuzzis and margaritas. The better part of valor was to explore the land.
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در برخی از محافل سیاسی صحبت از این است که رژیم برای خروج از بحرانهایی که احمدی نژاد ایجاد کرده است، دست به دامن دوم خردادی ها شده
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Ratatouille Beats Persepolis at US Critics Choice Awards ;0(
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