Archive - Feb 26, 2009 - Article

Revolution within a revolution

The Iranians belong to the most busy users of the Internet worldwide. Seven million people surf regularly, there are about 80,000 private Internet sites. Only in Teheran there exist 5.000 Internet cafés. "Today the Iranian Internet diaries make Farsi to the fourth-most frequent language, in which the sites are written", writes Nasrin Alavi, author of "We are Iran". Her book shows a picture which isn't similar to the official Iran. In the net there are no taboos. One writes about everything what is hidden, otherwise, in the Iranian republic with pleasure. The Blogger discuss drugs and sex, about the Mullahs and their power avarice, about war, torture and prison, about religion and the custom guards>>>

A Bomb for Everybody

They’re in the news often enough, but Iran’s relationship with the world hasn’t actually changed for nearly a decade. The sticking point is the nuclear bomb and no progression or regression is possible in Iran’s relations with the world until a genuine conclusion is reached. It’s hard to read the scorecard, but if the Iranian government’s desire was to win time they have won admirably. A conclusion will arrive in one of three options: Iran will get the bomb, Iran will be bombed for trying to get the bomb or Iran will renounce the bomb. The best result for everyone, perhaps surprisingly, is for Iran to hurry up and get the bomb. The sooner they do, the sooner Iran can begin to believe what much of the world already knows: Iran has become a major power>>>

Think big

Only 15 minutes into his term as president, Barack Obama did what his predecessor had refused to do for eight years. He reached out to Iran. By calling for a new approach to the Muslim world based on "mutual respect," Obama signaled Tehran that a new dawn in U.S.-Iran relations may be in reach. His outreach was stronger and swifter than many had expected. It was a wise move, but there should be little surprise that Tehran has yet to fully respond. It won't. While small steps like these are necessary to set the stage for diplomacy with Iran, they will not break the gridlock between the two countries. To get the Iranians to respond, Obama must start with the end in mind>>>

بزرگترین توهین

بهره‌برداری رژیم جمهوری اسلامی از كشتگان‌ جنگ خانمانسوز ایران و عراق پس از گذشت دو دهه دراز از پایان این جنگ هم‌چنان ادامه دارد. در آخرین نمایش از این نوع، اجساد چند نفر از این كشتگان به دانشگاه امیركبیر تهران كشانده شدند تا در برابر اعتراض شدید و گسترده دانشجویان این دانشگاه در آن جا به خاك سپرده شود. عوامل رژیم كه در عزم خود بر تبدیل دانشگاه به گورستان مصمم بودند با وسایل ضربتی مختلف به جان دانشجویان معترض افتادند و عده زیادی از آنان را مضروب و مجروح كردند. ده‌ها نفر از دانشجویان نی‍ز دستگیر شدند و به زندان افتادند. شاید برای شكستن حرمت قربانیان جنگ اقدامی بهتر از این نمی‌شد انجام داد. >>>

به سوی راک فارسی

گروه راک «حک» یکی از گروه های فعال در شکل گیری موج موسیقی راک ایران در یک دهه اَخیر بوده است. این گروه مانند بیشتر گروه های راک در ایران یک پروژۀ موسیقی یک نفره می باشد که با همیاری و همکاری موسیقی پردازان متعددی از جمله؛ نوازندگان گروه راک «سرخس» و شهرام شعرباف رهبر گروه راک «اوهام» و نوازندگان و موسیقیدانان حرفه ای مانند؛ رضا اَبائی، کسرا ابراهیمی، اِحسان خواجه مولائی، مونا نامور، علی جبرئیلی به رهبری «مانی صفیخانی» تاکنون به پیش رفته است. پروژۀ حک در سال 2001 میلادی آغاز به فعالیت کرده و تا به امروز 4 آلبوم در سبک های آلترناتیو، فیوژن-راک و پروگرسیو-راک انتشار داده است.>>>

1959

was still years before
Kennedy's demise.
It was the year of Cuba,
of space and of Russia.
The Caspian Tiger
became extinct in Iran.
For the first time, in Congo,
AIDS killed a man. >>>