Archive - Oct 29, 2007 - Article

Glitters of empire

On October 26th, 1967 Mohamed Reza Shah Pahlavi was to Crown himself and his wife Empress Farah (Diba) as respectively the Shah and Shahbanou of Iran. It was also the very first time in 2500 years that a Persian Queen was to be crowned and certainly a unique event to this day in any Muslim country. And for that purpose, it was necessary to order a new crown. The honor fell on the famous Parisian jewellers Van Cleef & Arpels, who created the most awesome crown, along with new parures to be worn by the sisters of the Shah at the Coronation >>>

Wake up!

Those of you Iranian nationalists who have bought into the idea of a Shiite dominated middle-east headed by the Islamic Republic, wake up from the mullah inflicted trans.Yes, our Persian values are great, but what gives you the idea that with a backward anti-Persian ideology the mullahs can do it, or have anything worth exporting anywhere?Why would you even want to help expand the backwardness? Wake up and see the trends of where things are going.>>>

اینجا فرانسه است

اینجا زندگی طور دیگری جریان دارد که با خیلی از کشورهای دیگر قابل مقایسه نیست. هشیاری و بیداری مردم فرانسه به صورت اهرم هایی مانع اقتدار و دیکتاتوری چکمه پوش ها می شود. مثلاً تمام دیروز مهم ترین خبر و تیتر اول اخبار رادیو گاز گرفتن کودکی در آسانسور مجتمعی توسط سگ همسایه بود. کودک مجروح را به بیمارستان برده اند و از همسایه شکایت خواهند کرد. اینجا با ایران که هر ۱۲ ساعت یک نفر را در میدان شهر دار می زنند تفاوت دارد. >>>

Remember Khooninshahr

Barcelona, October 6, 2007. I am visiting a museum of photography on a warm autumn Sunday afternoon. I am attracted to the museum by a large vertical banner that advertises its latest exhibition: "Bahman Jalali" written in dramatic red letters. I enter the exhibit and begin a journey to an exotic Iran of today & yesteryears: Fishermen of Boushehr, Seamen of Khalij, wrestlers of populous neighborhoods, all photographed brilliantly in black & white. >>>

The Pit of Despair

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