KingReza
12-Aug-2012 (one comment)
My grandpa used to read to me from his beloved Divan e Hafez... >>>
Ari Siletz
12-Aug-2012 (6 comments)
Importantly, the IC article say, "nuclear technology;" it does not say "nuclear warheads!" >>>

The death toll could be more than 1000!

yolanda

Iran earthquake toll rises to more than 300

Los Angeles Times / By Ramin Mostaghim, Los Angeles Times
recommended by yolanda
12-Aug-2012 (one comment)
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ساختمانِ الکی

acopier101
خبر گزاری جمهوری اسلامی / عکس از: سعید زارع
recommended by acopier101
12-Aug-2012 (one comment)
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Savalan
12-Aug-2012 (2 comments)
It has been more than 24 hours after the disastrous earthquake in Azerbaijan, northwestern Iran. 130 villages between 70% to 100%, and 20 villages have been ruined totally>>>
Iman.Parhami
12-Aug-2012 (one comment)
My colleague at UCLA is leading a study examining the mental health of Iranians outside of Iran, using an anonymous online questionnaire>>>

ACTION

Unblock Relief for Earthquake Victims

Urge President Obama to issue a general license

12-Aug-2012 (50 comments)
Given current U.S. sanctions on Iran, there are serious concerns that humanitarian relief will be hindered. NIAC is in direct contact with officials in the White House, Treasury Department, and State Department and is urging for a general license to be issued to exempt relief efforts from current U.S. sanctions. Officials have provided assurances that the U.S. Government is actively looking into and preparing for the most appropriate response>>>
First Amendment
12-Aug-2012 (2 comments)
Short and sweet >>>

مرداد

ماه مرگ و بی مرگی

کشتگان راه مشروطه و سکولار دموکراسی را با چه صفتی مشخص کنيم؟

12-Aug-2012
در تاریخ کهن ما این ماه را «امرداد» خوانده اند بر من روشن نیست اما هم مرداد (به معنای ماه مرگ) و هم امرداد (به معنای ماه بی مرگی) بصورتی تصادفی در تاریخ سیاسی معاصر ما معنائی تنگاتنگ يافته اند، زيرا در این ماه حوادثی چند اتفاق افتاده که هر کدام می تواند با معنای مرگ یا بی مرگی ارتباط داشته باشد. بخصوص که تولد سکولار دموکراسی در سرزمین ما نیز با اين ماه پیوندی عمیق دارد>>>
Darius Kadivar
12-Aug-2012 (7 comments)
President Putin speaks to Iranian Journalists about Iran, Russia and Zoroastrianism. This interview was conducted during his first state visit to Iran in 2007>>>

فیلم

عمورافائل، استیون اسپیلبرگ و ...گوگوش

رویای آمریکای واهیک پیرحمزه ای

12-Aug-2012
فیلم کمدی "عموی من رافائل" که 21 سپتامبر درشهرهای آمریکا و کانادا اکران خواهد شد برای نخستین بار جنبه های تازه و مثبتی در رابطه با مهاجران ایرانی به نمایش گذاشته است. شخصیت "عمو رافائل" با بازی چشمگیر"واهیک پیرحمزه ای"، ماجرای پیرمرد 71 ساله مهاجری است که به طور اتفاقی ارزش های ایرانی – ارمنی خود را به هالیوود می برد>>>

BOOK

Why Do We Believe?

How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths

12-Aug-2012 (5 comments)
Human beings have always believed in supernatural things, even those that may defy conventional wisdom or are considered scientifically refutable. Scientists and theologians have offered different answers to the question of why people believe in general, especially why they believe in strange things. In his newly published book The Believing Brain, author Dr. Michael Shermer, who is the founder of the Skeptic Society, tries to provide answers to this and similar questions by relying on scientific analyses >>>

شعر

المپیک
12-Aug-2012
رژۀ موریانه‌ها
در یونیفرمِ بریتانیا
راستی پرنس‌ كدام است؟
همه فرزندانِ ملكه‌اند
المپیك بانكها‌ست
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POETRY

Armed innocently
12-Aug-2012 (4 comments)
My poem published here
left me unsatisfied
with the imagery
of our weaponized nation,
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KavehAhangarAdel
12-Aug-2012
By Iranian American Cartoonist Kaveh Adel>>>