IMAGINE

Close to John & Yoko

Close to John & Yoko

Photo essay: Day-long walk in Montreal

by Shazde Asdola Mirza
24-May-2012 (6 comments)

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BAGHDAD

What does Iran want?

Iran's delay tactic to arrive at some "soft compromises" in nuclear talks

24-May-2012 (9 comments)
Iran wants to get Washington to accept it is a player in Middle East politics. This grants it leverage to negotiate new terms of agreement over its nuclear activities. In return, Tehran will offer solutions to its conflicts with the United States in the region. Unlike the United States, Tehran currently supports the Syrian regime and will aim to ensure that a future Syrian government will protect Iranian regional interests>>>

NUCLEAR

The Containment Trap

Three things the Obama Administration should avoid

24-May-2012 (one comment)
In order for the talks resuming in Baghdad to provide a path to Iran's denuclearization -- rather than a slippery slope towards containment -- the Obama administration should avoid three key mistakes. First, the U.S. should not provide relief from sanctions in exchange for anything less than the full suspension of uranium enrichment by Tehran, and other hard-to-reverse steps such as the removal of Iran's enriched uranium stocks and dismantlement of its key fuel fabrication facilities>>>

SAME SEX

A Modest Proposal

A new term for the same sex marriage

24-May-2012 (3 comments)
President Obama’s expressing his opinion about same sex marriage stirred controversy among people who were for or against this concept. I am, personally, for complete equality between the same sex and opposite sex in marriage and am in full agreement with civil unions which is a legally recognized union similar to marriage. What slightly bothers me and is hard for me to digest are the words related to this concept: marriage, husband and wife>>>
mahmood delkhasteh
24-May-2012 (5 comments)
تحلیل کوتاهی در رابطه با چرایی حمایت قدرتهای خارجی از تجزیه طلبان >>>

POETRY

Tempest

From Alive, yet unpublished poetry collection

24-May-2012 (3 comments)
I could never think that I, too,
like five million other Iranians,
one day hurry up my separate exit way
the same way as Mina did
along with her beloved Mr. Bill >>>
Tapesh
24-May-2012 (3 comments)
آخوند  و خرافات >>>
Fred
24-May-2012 (30 comments)
Many, for variety of reasons, are rooting for the success of the ongoing Baghdad nuke crisis meeting, I am not one of them; here are few of my reasons:>>>

POETRY

سرودهای ماندگار عشق - ۱۰
24-May-2012 (17 comments)
از رویش لحظه لحظه برگ
در مزرع سبز شاخساران

از پرتو نور صبح صادق
در شبنم پاک صبحگاهان >>>
Darius Kadivar
24-May-2012 (one comment)
Empress Farah of Iran, wife of the Shah on a visit to Windsor Castle and Hampton Court. While at Windsor she is introduced to the Surveyor of the Queen's pictures Sir Anthony Blunt>>>
alimostofi
24-May-2012
What is important important to me, is that the main operating system in the world is accepting these mullah apps in Iran>>>
Fred
24-May-2012
جدل با سخن حق نکنیم>>>
maghshoosh
23-May-2012 (4 comments)
N. Arkani-Hamed's assessment of recent developments in and future direction of fundamental physics. >>>
Latina
23-May-2012 (9 comments)
I am so fragile but most be strong. >>>