Archive - Apr 21, 2008

Not So Big Fat Persian wedding

We all know that Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is an extremist politician. He knows it, and is in fact proud of it. He sees radical conservatism as part of his character, and speaking his mind, no matter who he offends, as part of his job. This is why Ahmadinejad has repeatedly denied the Holocaust, despite the fact that it offended the world's Jewish population. This is also why he cast doubts on the US version of September 11, despite the fact that many Iranians sent messages of condolence to American people on that sad occasion, as means of sympathizing with them in their hour of pain. What we don't know is that the same Ahmadinejad prides himself on being a good father>>>

بوی تبعید

پدرم باران بود
همره چرخش دریا چرخید؛
با سخاوت بارید.
و چو در پهنه گسترده خاک
،چهره اش پنهان شد
چشمه ها جوشیدند
شاخه ها گل دادند؛
سبزه ها رقصیدند؛
لاله ها خندیدند.

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UPDATE Hoveyda's Infamous Interview on French TV

French Journalist Christine Ockrent gives her account of the fatal interview which was said to be greatly responsible for the Shah's Prime Minister Amir Abbas Hoveyda's execution. >>>