Archive - 2010

Kamiar and Arash Alaei, Iranian AIDS Doctors: In Captivity Two Years and Counting.

This week marks the second anniversary of Arash and Kamiar Alaei's detention in Iran>>>

Sweeping Sanctions

The House and Senate voted Thursday to impose sweeping new sanctions against Iran, sending the legislation to the President’s desk for approval. Proponents have called the legislation the “toughest Iran sanctions ever proposed,” while critics argue it will do nothing to halt the Iranian nuclear program and that Congress should have eased sanctions that punish innocent Iranians. The bill’s supporters have made it clear that their primary intention is to punish Iran’s nuclear activities, though human rights concerns have been added as a secondary consideration>>>

Green infighting

If Rudi Bakhtiar and Hooman Majd can’t kiss and make up, they should at least stop fighting in public>>>

ذبح صلح

اعدام عبدالمالک ریگی کسی را شگفت‌زده نکرد. حکومتی که خود از آدم‌کشان حرفه‌ای حمایت می‌کند و آنان را در پناه خود گرفته است به سختی می‌تواند مدعی اجرای عدالت باشد، و کاربرد مجازات اعدام از سوی این حکومت پس از محاکمات عموما ناعادلانه و بدون رعایت کمترین ضوابط دادرسی تنها بر پرونده قطور جرایم خود حاکمیت می‌افزاید. برای چنین حکومتی، مجازات اعدام عمدتا یک حربه سیاسی برای ارعاب و سرکوب است، و ربط چندانی به جرایم و جنایاتی که قربانیان اعدام به آن متهم می‌شوند ندارد>>>

U.S,Israel manipulate Khatami & Rigi to weaken Iran

Al-Alam expert >>>

عشق واقعی فراتر از دین

بسیاری از ما ایرانیان از کودکی با داستانهای "لیلی و مجنون"، "یوسف و زلیخا" و حتی "رومئو ژولیت" آشنا بوده ایم، اما با برخی از داستانهای ایرانی الاصل آشنایی نداشته و نداریم. برای مثال، من به طور کاملا تصادفی با منظومه "ویس و رامین" آشنا شدم و متوجه شدم که داستانی از ایران باستان است. پس از خواندن منظومه، شروع به کنکاش کردم ومتوجه شدم که این داستان حقیقتا از نظر غالب مردم دور مانده و بسیاری افراد حتی اسم آن را هم نشنیده اند.>>>

The Big Picture and the Small

"Why do we disagree so much?" He laughed.
"Is it funny?" she said.
"The question is funny. Because any two people are going to disagree. By virtue of being two different people."
"We aren't any two people."
"Okay," he said. 'But sometimes it's good to disagree a lot. It shows that we're being honest."
"I don't want to get good at disagreeing with you. I want us to not disagree so much." >>>

Spring Along the Wiese

While I rest near the trees by the river,
Sunshine and shadow play amidst the leaves,
And then my glance perceives fleeting faces
in the ground mist clinging still in darker places.
I cannot move for fear to lose
the image now upon my eye… >>>

Abbas Milani on Sadighi's Missed Opportunity and Bakhtiar's Premiership

A talk with historian Abbas Milani on Shapour Bakhtiar's Premiership amidst attempts by his rival Gholam Hossein Sadighi to convince the Shah to remain in Iran whilst full executive powers to be entrusted in the premier's cabinet>>>

The jig is up

Lets hope they see the light >>>

Requirement to become a real follower of Christ

Same is for islam>>>

pictory:2nd Tehran Intern'l Festival of Films For Children, Tehran, Iran (1967)

Homa Zahedi, HIH Shahnaz Pahlavi, HIM Farah Pahlavi and Lily (Jahanara) AmirArjomand, Managing Director of the Institute For The Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults. (Special Thanks to Mrs. Joan Valanejad) >>>