Archive - 2009

Diplomatic History: Afghan Prime Minister Daud Khan State Visit to Iran (1959)

Then Prime Minister of Afghan King Zahir Shah, Mohamed Daud Khan pays a State Visit to Imperial Iran (circa 1959) >>>

تصوير يکی از کشته شده گان کوی دانشگاه

گلوله تفنگ شکاری ساچمه زنی از فاصله يک متری به سر وی شليک شده است. بيش از پنجاه ساچمه وارد سر شده است>>>

To Soar Like Icarus

Is anyone ever meant to rise, to soar like Icarus?
No matter, everyone still tries to soar like Icarus. >>>

We Know ... Ala Koolah - element of The Prisoner

We Know ... Ala Koolah - element of The Prisoner >>>

Shame, shame on PAAIA

At a time when brave Iranian men, but more importantly women, are showing the courage of lions, one Iranian-American organization has dropped all its principles and sought to use the blood of our people for its own self-promotion: PAAIA>>>

Where is my democracy?

What strikes one as profoundly important is the participation of ordinary Iranians en masse in what is nothing less than a demand for authentic democracy. “Where is my vote” is the question that Iranians are asking. If we deconstruct this question into its constituent parts, we have before us some of the critical components of liberal democracy, a la “the West.” The “my” represents the individual citizen who, after actioning her/his faith in the power of the vote, now demands to reap the benefits. The “where” represents that streak of unrelenting, yet reasoned skepticism that is the patrimony of open societies that are not averse to questions and questioning>>>