STORY

Green Skies

Gentlemen, I have just been appointed interim commander

15-Feb-2010 (11 comments)
Inside a small briefing room six officers of the Iranian Air Force, dressed in flight suits, are awaiting the arrival of a senior officer. The room is messy and unkempt, as if no one has paid it any particular attention for a few days. Two officers are scribbling data next to a crudely drawn map on the whiteboard. A few others are looking out the window at the light snow falling on the runway. In a corner, and away from everyone else, sits Maj. Reza Ahangar, a tall, dark haired man in his early 40’s. His head is resting on his crossed arms on a small writing chair that he is sitting on>>>

HUMILIATION

ژن های تاریخی و ملّی

یا شباهتهائی ظاهری؟

15-Feb-2010 (8 comments)
برخی از وقایع دوران پادشاهی هرمزچهارم و پسرش خسرو پرویز را که بیست و دوّمین و بیست وسوّمین پادشاه ساسانی – اواخرقرن ششم و اوائل قرن هفتم میلادی (٥٩٠- ٦٢٨) – بوده اند می آورم و با وقایع مشابهش در زمان پادشاهی محمّد رضا شاه پهلوی و دوران پس از او مقایسه می کنم. و شما خود داوری کنید که اینها آیا فقط شباهتهائی ظاهری است و یا ژن های تاریخی و ملّی. فرستادن لباس زنانه - هرمز چهارم (٥٧٩ – ٥٩٠ میلادی) برای تحقیر مخالف سر سختش بهرام چوبینه که سرداری بزرگ و پهلوانی بنام بوده است لباسی زنانه با شلواری سرخ و سرپوشی زرد رنگ به عنوان هدیه برای او می فرستد: >>>
All-Iranians
15-Feb-2010 (3 comments)

وزیر امور خارجه آمریکا هشدار داده که نظام سیاسی ایران به سوی یک دیکتاتوری نظامی حرکت می کند

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bahram9821
15-Feb-2010
Could crucial parts of the equipment Iran is using in its uranium enrichment facility have come from the U.S.?>>>

POETRY

پریشانی ها
15-Feb-2010
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Sherkat e Vahed goes green

Shifteh Ansari

Iran's Bus Drivers Union Calls for Green-Labor Unity

PBS Frontline
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15-Feb-2010 (12 comments)
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Karroubi's Son Tortured!!

Anonymous Observer

Karroubi’s Son Torturted & Threatened with Rape

Le Monde vis Planet Iran
recommended by Anonymous Observer
15-Feb-2010 (19 comments)
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No Online Revolution!

Onlyiran

Iran, Facebook, and the Limits of Online Activism

foreignpolicy.com / CAMERON ABADI
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15-Feb-2010
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msabaye
15-Feb-2010 (32 comments)
Notes on a trip to Cuba >>>
Mona 19
15-Feb-2010 (13 comments)
Mohamad Javad Larijani talks about human rights in Iran and criticizes the human rights in other countries!!!!>>>
Darius Kadivar
15-Feb-2010 (2 comments)
Dr. Ata Hoodashtian Speaks about the historical and social Impact of the French May 68 Movement. He is professor in Philosophy and Political Science, and director of the "Management Institute of Canada", based in Montreal. Watch Here >>>
Nur-i-Azal
15-Feb-2010 (4 comments)
Hillarious skit! >>>

Duh!

Shifteh Ansari

Clinton: Iran is becoming a military dictatorship

Associated Press
recommended by Shifteh Ansari
15-Feb-2010
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Darius Kadivar
15-Feb-2010 (3 comments)
In an interview with FRANCE 24, Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran's last Shah, called on his compatriots to "refuse to cooperate with the regime" and develop a grassroots political transition movement based on "civil disobedience". >>>