Archive - Mar 9, 2011

Mousavi's Children Forsaken

I remembered the summer of 1981. It was the golden years of Khomeini’s reign, and Mir-Hussein Mousavi was his prime minister; Mehdi Karroubi was the head of the Mostazafen Foundation of Islamic Revolution [Bonyad-e Mostazafen va Janbazan]. And I was in prison. My brother, Aref, had been martyred in peaceful demonstrations held on the 30th of Khordad [June 20, 1981]. My husband, Mahmoud, had been arrested and tortured such that for his execution, he had to be carried on a stretcher>>>

زن، بزرگترین قربانی انقلاب اسلامی ایران

هنوز برای مرد ایرانی این نکته کاملا جا نیفتاده است که به زن به عنوان یک انسان نگاه کند و نه به عنوان کسی که به انسان دیگری متعلق است. پذیرش زن به عنوان یک انسان مستقل شرط اولیه نگاه به او به عنوان یک انسان هم‌تراز و برابر با مرد است، و تا وقتی این مفهوم در فرهنگ جامعه ما شیوع پیدا نکند و مرد ایرانی با آن خو نگیرد، تبعیض سازمان یافته علیه زنان هم چنان ادامه خواهد یافت>>>

IMPOTENCE IN ACTION: Western Powers Can't Figure Out How To Deal with Gaddafi

Whatever happens in Libya tomorrow the West is LosingTotal Credibility in the Region and I am afraid even beyond>>>

Is Rafsanjani on His Way to Become The Next Supreme Religious Leader?

Now that I look at it, his and Mousavi’s persistent support of the Islamic Republic's constitution and the concept of Velayat-e-Faqih makes a lot of sense!

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Saving Farsi

It is hard to understand why in a community that prides itself for its wealth and knowledge; no one has stepped forward to help those who are desperately trying to resuscitate this “dying language.” When our children are small, we spend part of the weekend to drag them to community schools to teach them a little Persian, but when a university offers it, which would in turn train our future teachers, we don’t seem to grasp its importance. If these students are denied further studies in Persian education, then who is going to teach the children of our children? >>>

در بارهٔ صدور حکم اعدام علیه یک کشیش مسیحی‌

چند ماه قبل در اخبارآمده بود که برای یک کشیش مسیحی‌ که از اسلام به مسیحیت گرویده بود حکم اعدام صادر شد. >>>