Archive - Apr 8, 2011

Which Road to Iran?

As revolutionary spirit is gaining momentum in the Middle East, it is only a matter of time before we see millions of Iranians take to the street demanding democratic change. The question is whether the US should seize the opportunity, at a time when Iran’s central government becomes vulnerable, to effect regime change militarily, through a coup, or other coercive methods? The Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution drafted in 2009 nine different policy options for deal­ing with Iran>>>

Searching for Meaning

Much is written about Iranian women, Iranian films and Iranian women in Iranian film. But, the lives of Iranian immigrants in their new Western homes are rarely projected. In her debut film, The Neighbor, The New Yorker film editor, Naghmeh Shirkhan, takes a brave leap to make an elliptical narrative film about the rarely mentioned reality of Iranian women’s lives in ‘exile’. A dance instructor, struggling with memories of her mother and grandmother encounters her enigmatic neighbor Leila and her young daughter>>>

سرود سپاه گمشده ی کمبوجیه

شمشیرهایمان را در دریاچه ی سیوا بشویید
و از آن داسغاله های بُرنده بسازید
و هر ساله از برداشت خرما و زیتون خود
بخشی را به زائران معبد دهید >>>

آخرین خطابه‌ی عشق

و این
واپسین خطابه‌ی من در آستان معبد توست،
ای با من آمده شانه‌ به شانه‌ این همه راه
ای با من شریکِ سال‌های آن همه آه >>>

Controversy over Mujahedin...

I would like to discuss a controversial issue today. Not many people like to talk about Mujahedin>>>

Mardom-e Photoshop Shodeh

Another photoshopped picture of the revolting people of Iran>>>