sadegh
19-Aug-2008 (20 comments)
Grand Ayatollah Montazeri's legacy is complex and multi-faceted. Some revile him as nothing more than the scourge of the Shah who was instrumental in fomenting the retrogressive Islamic Revolution of '79>>>

The bomb is coming fast!

Farhad Kashani

Report: Iran to build more nuclear power plants

AP
recommended by Farhad Kashani
19-Aug-2008
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IRI itself: biggest failure in history of mankind

Farhad Kashani

Iran satellite launch a failure: U.S. official

REUTERS
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19-Aug-2008
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Even Sweden condemns Russia's savagery in Georgia

Farhad Kashani

Sweden to freeze military cooperation with Russia

The Earth Times
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19-Aug-2008
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COUP D'ETAT

Where were you on Aug 19, 1953?

Recollections of writers, translators, men and women of the pen

19-Aug-2008 (74 comments)
On the occasion of 28 Mordad (Aug 19, 1953), I thought that by translating and summarizing parts of these recollections, some of which are quite fascinating and moving, we might see the past from different perspectives. In many ways, while Iran is being targeted on all fronts, whether right or wrong, the events of Aug 1953 are still with us in the most haunting way. Writers, scholars and people in general, Iranians and Americans alike, continue to be mesmerized with what really took place on those days when a nation’s destiny was changed overnight, trying to analyze these events and to find answers to the many questions they raise. Above all, more than that of any other Iranian political figure of modern times, Mossadegh’s legacy lives on>>>
Sima Asgari
19-Aug-2008 (6 comments)

Radio College park a persian podcast by Iranian students at the University of Maryland

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POINT

The Iranian jigsaw puzzle

The US should adopt a strategy that deepens and expands the reform movement

19-Aug-2008 (9 comments)
Although all serious analysts agree that there are a variety of possible options to deal with Iran, they usually accord the primacy of some type of alternative over the others, treating the rest as background. Logically, we need a policy that brings together options that by themselves are insufficient conditions. That is, “X,” “Y,” and “Z” may be necessary conditions but will not be sufficient condition unless they occur simultaneously or in a particular sequence. In dealing with Iran, three options appear to be necessary and sufficient: (1) economic cooperation; (2) diplomacy; and (3) security. The United States must be prepared to take the lead and synthesizes these three options into a smart diplomacy>>>

INVADERS

Big difference

Fundamental differences between Russian and American invaders

19-Aug-2008 (36 comments)
Recent developments in Georgia have confirmed many fears, including that of mine, that Russia's imperialistic intentions are very serious and the democratic world needs no complacency toward such brutal acts against democratic movements of other nations, the one of Georgia in this particular case. When I wrote an article a few days ago about the events in progress I was thinking about a few issues that I was absolutely sure would come up in the comments I would receive. The questioning is absolutely legitimate and worth serious consideration and debate. We know that America did invade Iraq. We know what happened in Iraq after the invasion>>>

TRAVELOGUE

Buna Nameh

Buna Nameh

Impressions from spending three months in Iran after an absence of 25 years

by buna
19-Aug-2008 (54 comments)

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ART

Pink and blue

Pink and blue

Paintings

by Bahram Dabiri
19-Aug-2008 (2 comments)

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Jalil Bahar
19-Aug-2008 (19 comments)
These Olympic results are shameful. There is a direct link between a country's GDP, Population and Prosperity AND Olympic Medals>>>
Rosie T.
19-Aug-2008 (8 comments)
guess who >>>

LOVE

اجاره ی نور از اداره ی فرصت های از دست رفته

هوا شناسی خبر از بارش ماهی های کپور می داد

19-Aug-2008 (4 comments)
تا ماهی ها از رودخانه به دریا خودشان را برسانند مارسیا زودتر با دوچرخه به در خانه آمد. هوا نسبتا ابری توام با نور ملس خورشید بود .جلبک های سبز رنگ در حاشیه ی مرداب هواسازی می کردند. قایق های کوچک بادبانی از آن سوی دریای مانش به طرف بندر می آمدند .تا مارسیا در خانه را بزند مرده های کف دریا خودشان را به ساحل رساندند .با چشم های بی نور به سمت آفتاب دراز کشیدند و پره های بینی شان نم ماسیده در هوا را مشتاقانه فرو کشیدند. زنگ در خراب بود. چکش در با دست مارسیا به صدا درآمد. زودتر از من گربه ی خانم میشیگان پشت در بود. با هم سلامی و بوسه ای رد کردیم. مارسیا دامن سفید - مشکی گلدارش را به تن کرده بود. باسن گردش به تمامی خودش را در دامن نشان داده بود. آقای گربه خودش را به پای مارسیا یله می داد و پوست نرمش مارسیا را به وجد می آورد. >>>

Lashes and jail for union activists

News Goffer

Iran's war on trade unions

The Guardian / Peter Tachell
recommended by News Goffer
19-Aug-2008
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