Archive - Jan 8, 2011

The Death of a Prince

Apart from the tragedy of Ali Reza Pahlavi's suicide, what is now even more unpalatable is the crude reaction of the complex ridden, pseudo-intellectual, guerrilla fighters of yore, who have offered nothing but churlish asinine statements which more often than not point out the wealth of the Pahlavi family and how their wealth or 'thievery' should somehow be comforting them at this time. From associate professors to armchair latte sipping revolutionaries, all have weighed in on their reasons as to why this family does not deserve our sympathies or condolences>>>

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Kinzer's "Tragic End"

Stephen Kinzer’s article just few days after the death of prince Alireza Pahlavi is adding insult to injury for many Iranians who consider his death very close to home and another reminder of their own sorrow. >>>

ROYALTY ON SCREEN: Omar Sharif in The tragedy of Mayerling

A retelling of the tragic love affair between Austrian Crown Prince Rudolf and Baroness Mary Vetsera that led to their mutual suicide>>>

مي دانيد قبر امير كبير كجاست ؟

مي دانيد قبر امير كبير كجاست ؟ >>>

Persia's Little Prince

Iranians, it was once said, are afflicted by a unique strain of melancholy: Those who live in Iran dream of leaving, while those who were exiled dream of going back. When 44-year-old Alireza Pahlavi, the youngest son of the late Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, took his life on Tuesday, it was undeniably attributable in part to a demoralizing malady, chronic depression, which he may have inherited from his father>>>

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