Archive - Jan 23, 2009 - Article

Barrack Ghalibaf

The period leading to the Iranian presidential elections is always exciting, and this time it will be no different. According to a recent article in the Tehran based Baztab online, members of a parallel intelligence agency inside Iran have been arrested after being caught spying on Tehran Mayor and presidential candidate Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. The arrested group was collecting information about Ghalibaf's meetings and electioneering gatherings. Ghalibaf is seen as more moderating force in terms of economic and foreign policy. He has openly spoken out against excessive spending and populist policies of the current government, while calling for a more moderate foreign policy and investment from abroad>>>

Palestinians vs Israel

Israel has created 2 ghettos. One in the West Bank that it and the US likes, run by a former terrorist, heading a terrorist group that has merely said that it now renounces terrorism, and has merely said that it accepts Israel. The another ghetto, in Gaza, that Israel and the US really really doesn't like, run by Hamas, an active terrorist organization that refuses to merely say "it". Now if you suddenly see that none of this makes any sense, and that this is all one big humanitarian disaster, that too is your own doing. I will admit that I most definitely see it as a humanitarian disaster. I will further admit that in the 21st century, it is an utterly unacceptable situation for any country bordering on the Mediterranean sea to conduct itself in this barbaric fashion. Especially Jews>>>

تکرار همان مذاکرات؟

می توان پرسيد که آيا در پی بقدرت رسيدن آقای اوباما در آمريکا ديگرباره در ايران شاهد تکرار دوم خرداد، آمدن خاتمی، و بقدرت رسيدن اصلاح طلبان وفادار به ولايت فقيه خواهيم بود که از آمريکا برای بقای حکومت اسلامی تضمين می گيرند و در مقابل برای رعايت حقوق بشر در ايران تضمين می دهند؟ و، در آن صورت، اگر گروه خاتمی چی ها می توانست حقوق و آزادی های مورد نظر آقای اوباما را اعطا کند چرا قبلاً چنين نکرد و تنها به «توهم آفرينی» مهلک در مورد آن پرداخت؟ و چگونه بود که ـ حتی هنگامی که دولت آقای کلينتون بر سر کار بود و هنوز شيوه های کاوبوئی بوش مطرح نشده بود و آمريکا دست دوستی بسوی خاتمی دراز کرد ـ او مذبوحانه در دستشوئی های سازمان ملل پنهان شد و نتوانست «زمينه را بر ايجاد روابط حسنه در بين دو کشور» فراهم سازد و اکنون کدام نشانه از نوتوانی خاتمی مشاهده می شود و آيا ـ اگر خاتمی به رياست رسيد و در مذاکره با آمريکا روبروی نمايندگان دولت اوباما نشست، اين دولت را همان تضمين های ميان تهی راضی خواهد کرد؟>>>

The Doctor and the Sea

Zia Emami-Ahari is an Iranian-born retired orthopaedic surgeon. After retirement at the age of 63, he set out to realize a boyhood dream and test the resilience of mind and body of a person at his age. He undertook a mainly single-handed sailing journey on board Athesa a 31-foot sailing boat. The journey took him from Västerås in Sweden to the San Francisco Bay in the US. Following the termination of the journey, he continues sailing. He has in the meantime written a book about his adventures. In this book he describes his experiences while crossing the oceans alone, facing quite precarious situations and enduring harrowing feats>>>

Sword at the Ablution Pool

There is a sword in this house
Which Father says is a souvenir
From the time of his service.
I saw it at the sanctuary of the ablution pool
And thought that it was a harmless emblem
On the mosaic tiles of the wall.
One evening when breaking the fast
We went downstairs to the ablution pool.>>>