Archive - Jan 7, 2010 - Article

Letter from a Tehran Jail

In the New York Times, Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett–both of whom I deeply respect–argued that the protesters in Iran make up a small, demographically isolated minority of Iranian society, and their activities therefore have very little chance of enacting real, substantive change in Iran’s political system. The Leveretts, in downplaying and even denigrating the activities of Iran’s dissidents, I fear that they will have justified the accusations that are sure to be flung their way – accusations of acting as apologists for the government, of disparaging a courageous and non-violent protest movement, and even of siding with Iran’s violent regime>>>

Bloody Sunday

Within that few seconds of going to the street and looking around to gauge the situation, I lost my cousin. Looking around to find her while trying to plan for the best way to escape, I saw a woman who had fallen(sitting on ground) being surrounded by at least four or five of the savage guards who were hitting her by their batons mercilessly. It was just through the color of her disheveled hair, still so vivid in my mind, that I knew she was not my cousin. And I knew that I had to run, otherwise I would be trapped by a few and would have the same experience that woman was having>>>

پدید آورده ی عشق

از سالهای سال پیش دلم می خواست که از تاریخچه ی شیر و خورشید مان سر در بیاورم. از قضای روزگار، در منزل همین خویشاوند عزیز که قفسه هایش از انواع کتابهای علمی پر است، "تاریخچه ی شیر و خورشید" نوشته ی احمد کسروی به چشمم خورد. برداشتم و نگاهی به آن کردم. جالب بود. این جزوه از طرف کا نال یک در لس انجلس به تاریخ 2009 چاپ شده بود! شروع به خواندن کردم. با همه ی ارادتی که به این پژوهشگر،همشهری ی عزیزم آقای احمد کسروی دارم، باید بگویم که سبک نگارشش برایم سنگین و فهمش در بار اول دشوار است>>>

دین و دولت

در هم تنیدگی دین و دولت در ایران  از بعد از انقلاب اسلامی شروع نشده و سابقه ای ۶۰۰۰ ساله دارد. در شاهنامۀ فردوسی توسی که سندی براستوره و تاریخ  ایرانیان است  گفته می شود که  چهارمین پادشاه اساتیری ایران – جمشید شاه - به هنگام اریکه بر تخت پادشاهی چنین  گفت:
"منم "  گفت  "با فرۀّ ایزدی / همم شهریاریّ و هم مؤ بدی
بدان را ز بد دست کوته کنم / روان را سوی روشنی ره کنم" >>>

The Flower Shop

At the beginning, they were like anybody else. They were wrestling with the notion of what a man and a woman together are supposed to be, and their respective notions were wrestling with each other, knowing that the best they could hope for was a light and gentle wrestling, which it was. You couldn't run from those notions, and you couldn't spend all your effort on trying to knock them down either. They went back to when you were a boy and a girl, and you might knock down that boy and girl in the process>>>