Will he now have to resign as a result?

Bavafa

David Cameron describes blockaded Gaza as a 'prison'

BBC news
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27-Jul-2010 (one comment)
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Is war or surrender the only options?

Bavafa

Could a different option with Iran work?

BBC news
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27-Jul-2010
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Darius Kadivar
27-Jul-2010 (18 comments)
For the anniversary of the Mohamed Reza Shah Pahlavi's death. For all of you who like me admired him and still do and for the rest of those who think they know who he really was (sic). >>>
Amir Sahameddin Ghiassi
27-Jul-2010

 کمونیست سویالیست و مذاهب الهی تا مادامیکه مورد سو استفاده و تمامیت خواهی  قرار نگرفته و تا هنگامی که به خودخواهی و تجاوز و قدرت طلبی ها همراه با فساد قرار نگرفته باشند و آلوده نشده باشند شاید ضرری خود بخود برای مردم نداشته باشند  .

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LIFE

Faces of Summer

Faces of Summer

Photo essay: Bay Area, California

by kfravon
27-Jul-2010 (13 comments)

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Oliver, Hugo & Mahmoud

Fred

Oliver Stone: 'Jewish-Dominated Media'

NewsBusters.org
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27-Jul-2010
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VIEW

Iranian Re-Revolution

How the Green Movement Is Repeating Iranian History

27-Jul-2010 (9 comments)
On June 10, when the Iranian opposition movement cancelled its planned commemoration of the anniversary of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed reelection, commentators assumed that the Green Movement was finally finished. For months, it had been criticized as lacking strong leadership and for being unable to seriously challenge Iran's entrenched regime. But the history of political turmoil in twentieth-century Iran suggests that the movement may yet survive. After all, movements propelled by similar social currents have succeeded in dramatically changing Iran in the past>>>

CRITIQUE

'Rational' Americans vs 'Irrational’ Iranians

John Limbert's "Negotiating with Iran"

27-Jul-2010 (3 comments)
Despite Limbert’s unquestionable mastery of the subject, commendable intentions and deep affection for Iranians, it should be recognized that this book is written by an American diplomat for (primarily) American readers, in the vernacular they are at ease with. Its goal is not to make waves, or to challenge their self-perception, worldview, or institutionalized narrative. For an astute Iranian-American reader however, "Negotiating with Iran," with its mild tint of Orientalism and a patronizing tone, is somewhat unsettling: not necessarily offensive, but more like an alarm clock going off in a hazy Sunday morning>>>

STORY

سرزمین مردم نیک (2)

سرت را بکوب به سنگی و آن دنیا را جستجو کن

27-Jul-2010 (8 comments)
شب به پایان می رسد. سپیده دم و دروازۀ شهری. مرد به شهر در آمد و تماشا گرفت. کوچه و بازار لخت و خالی و خاموش. از روبرو یک رهگذر سر را خراب از باده بسیار نوشیده نجوا کنان آهنگ بی رنگی قدم می زد. مرد گوش فرا داد. هر باده ای با بوسه ای، هر بوسه ای با باده ای. و چه زیر خندی بر لبهای مست نشسته بود. مرد راه خود گرفت؛ او چه می داند از آن ارزشهای زیبای زندگی>>>
Fred
27-Jul-2010 (8 comments)
Wiggling out>>>

Stoning women, a normal event for IRI

IranFirst

So barbaric: Azar Baghery, 19, is one of NINE women to be stoned to death in Iran

mirror.co.uk
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27-Jul-2010
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STORY

Sunday in the Park

It was something about the way Iranians looked

27-Jul-2010
There were Iranians for as far as the eye could see, if those eyes were those of 13-year-old Bahman Sohrabi, and the first thing he felt when he arrived at the park was that he was a blank piece of paper, and in this place he could be what he showed himself to be, nobody had any expectations of him except for the expectations they had of themselves - to be a speaker of the language, an appreciator of the food and the music and of nature, and a general participator in the whole thing. At school he found the spaces for a guy who did not want to be a participator in the whole thing right away. He found them in himself and in the school>>>

POETRY

اندر نوجوانی تا انقلاب
27-Jul-2010
به تهران رسیــــــــــدند با خان و مان
بدیدنــــــــد آزاد شهـــــــری کـلان

یکی شاه باشد در آنجـــــــــــا به تخت
یکی همچـــو جمشیدِ کِی، نیکبخت

همه مردمــــــــــــان از پی روزی اند
همه دوستــــــــداران بهـروزی اند >>>

PROTEST

Saaleh Akhar

Song by "Pakan"

27-Jul-2010 (4 comments)
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