Archive - Aug 7, 2011

Political Cartoon: The Divided Lift

Political Cartoon: The Divided Lift by Iranian American Cartoonist and Artist Kaveh Adel>>>

Thanking God

To those who believe ... >>>

Touching Thoughts

I thought both of these messages were very thoughtful and touching:

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Manoto TV documentary on Bakhtiar

A documentary on Bakhtiar made by manoto TV>>>

Tehran and the waltz of Prides

I drove for the first time in Tehran. For me driving in Iran was different than anywhere else>>>

Mousavi on Syria

I am having a bit of problem understanding our foreign policy Can someone help me?  We kick out Mubarek in Egypt who was our closest friend>>>

Iran and all Islamic Nations Need Serious Secularism

Secularism is the key >>>

Democratic Islamic Republic?

Inside Iran, many reformists have always expressed their fidelity to the Supreme Leader – who doesn’t want them – and to the legacy of Imam Khomeini. This allows the reformist current to stay in the political game. But then what do the reformists want? Is a democratic Islamic Republic still possible, I mean possible in real life, not in theory? The Hezbollahis as part of the Principalists (osulgerayan) succeeded in destroying the Reformist parties’ political cadres... In other words they marginalized the future generation of democracy advocates>>>

بختیار که بود و چه کرد؟

"...من گمان می‌کنم که ستاره اقبال آقای بختیار هر چه از قتلش به دست عمال رژیم می‌گذرد،‌ بالاتر و بالاتر می‌رود. مردم متوجه می‌شوند که دلیری و شجاعتی داشت و خطر را خوب می‌دید. راه حلی که پیشنهاد می‌کرد، یعنی جدایی دین از سیاست اساساً راه حلی است که به گمان من شمار روزافزونی از مردم ایران هم به آن رسیده‌اند و جنبه‌های دیگر شخصیتش کاستی‌های آن هم بیشتر مورد توجه است..."

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