Archive - Jul 29, 2008

How do ordinary Iranians really think?

A very illuminating discussion I recently read in another Iranian weblog. >>>

Growing Threat & Deadline meets growing opposition

Tell me what's wrong with this picture?? >>>

Iran in the Twentieth Century

Tehran, literally ‘warm place’, became the capital of what was then Persia at the turn of the eighteenth century under the first of the Qajar kings, Agha Mohammad Khan>>>

Philippe Sands on Torture by U.S.

in an interview with Bill Moyers, Philippe Sands explains how the U.S. Military resorted to enhanced interrogations that included sleep deprivation, nudity, stress positions, and water boarding >>>

Music: Silk Road

Nice performance with violin>>>

Shame, Shame, Shame!!!!

Discrimination against the Baha'i community of Iran >>>

نوید امید

مرا چه غم که غزلپارۀ مرا

مرغی نخواند و یار نامهربان ندید

مرا چه غم که در دور زندگی

هرگز ندیده ام تفاوت باده و نبید

 

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Enriched offer

If we in the West are to set a genuine red line that the Iranians can recognize as such, two interlinked things are necessary. This line needs to be rooted in international rules that the Iranians themselves have formally recognized, and it needs to have the full support not only of the Europeans, but of the Russians, Chinese and Indians as well. In other words, our red line must be strict, verifiable adherence to the terms of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, or NTP, accompanied by a list of detailed, concrete and severe sanctions that leading members of the international community undertake to impose if Iran breaks the treaty and moves to weaponization>>>

Since You ASKED, Am I Leaving?

This is for all the NASTY people who keep asking this question wherever I go so you can stop cluttering up legitimate threads on good blogs. The NICE people I answer them directly.

Sheesh....

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Ray of light

Iran is suffering one of the darkest cultural periods in its history. The old fruitful tree which once survived the coldest seasons is slowly withering away, her roots invaded by internal and external diseases. Our national identity is invaded by cultural agents of Arabs making us alien to ourselves as a nation. But there are always Iranians who endure the difficulties to remind us of who we are, and connect us to our roots and make us proud of ourselves, as a nation which has influenced world culture throughout history. In my opinion, “Iran the Forgotten Glory” is a very well crafted and innovative documentary film which serves this purpose>>>

Strong bonds

While the real story of one’s life begins with a scandal or with love affairs, my parents’ story began with marriage without any scandal or adventurous romance. I am sure my father had not seen my mother before marriage as was usual at their time and even today in many places. And, there was no love at the first sight. Their marriage was arranged, brokered, a blind marriage. It was like signing a contract and negotiating its terms and conditions afterward. It is really hard to imagine what would be your love life if you marry a person you didn’t know or even seen before. Remarkably, their marriage lasted for lifetime, until death do them apart>>>