Archive - Oct 2010

THE PRICE OF SILENCE: Azar Nafisi at São Paulo's Book Fair

Best Selling Author and Academic Azar Nafisi's latest book "Things I Have Been Silent About" has been translated in Portuguese. She strongly criticized Brazilian President Lula's friendly stance towards Ahmadinejad. >>>

STRANGE PREDICAMENT: Afrasiabi's Physical Transformation

Not Long ago Iranian-American academic and IRI Apologist, Kaveh Afrasiabi, complained of US police brutality against him while in custody in Cambridge. Lately his loss hair and pale skin contrast sharply with his previous appearance >>>

Death to Wahhabis

Fist raised in defiance and shouting>>>

Nine years? For what?

I call upon public opinion and educated and impartial human beings to judge the way the laws and trial procedures were implemented in my arrest, detention, interrogation, trial, and sentencing. I wish for that judgment to be placed on a page of the history of this era in order to show the way I have had to endure the present situation, putting my best asset, my life, out of my control like this. If we focus on the fact that everyone’s life is his most valuable asset, we will heed caution in issuing prison sentences or illegal detention orders>>>

Fear Nothing

Greek citizen stops by the Campaign and encourages the protesters to continue their fight against oppression... >>>

تحریم‌ها و سبزها

اقدام آمریکا در تحریم هشت مقام امنیتی و قضایی جمهوری اسلامی بیشتر جنبه نمادین دارد و در عین حال حامل دو پیام مهم است. یکی خطاب به حاکمان در ایران که دایره فشارهای بین‌المللی بر آنان روز به روز تنگ‌تر خواهد شد، و دیگری خطاب به مردم ایران که آمریکا با آنان دشمنی ندارد و نه تنها حساب آنان را از حساب حکومت جدا کرده و بلکه در دفاع از آنان حاضر است بر حکومت فشار وارد کند>>>

شاخه ترد اطلسی

حامد تنها فرزندمان بود، و چقدر هم شبیه مادرش بود. وهمین مایه دلنشینی که در چهره اش جا گرفته بود، علاقه مرا به او دو چندان کرده بود. و من بخاطر او و بخاطر مالامالی عشقی که از سیمین در سینه داشتم، هرگزدیگر ازدواج نکردم. از همان موقع با اینکه کمر خودم زیر بار این واقعه شکسته بود، او را مثل بچه گربه به دندان گرفتم>>>