Archive - Oct 25, 2010 - Article

One by One

In the latter part of September 2010, families of the three anti- government protesters who died in Iran’s Kahrizak prison by beating, have demanded from the Judiciary an “unbending and uncompromising” investigation and punishment of the “Political, Judicial and Security” involved in the deaths, instead of the two convicted of doing the actual beatings. The letter received wide publicity in Iran’s media. The intended parties are Saeed Mortazavi, former Tehran Prosecutor (put on the US blacklist recently), heads of current and former Intelligence Ministry, and head of IRGC>>>

Who drew first blood?

We've all heard that the reason Khomeini first planted the seeds of hatred against the USA, demonizing it for all eternity by his followers, has been its support of Israel, and "capitulation rights". But did you know that Americans in Iran were subject to harassment and even murder, well before any Ajax operation, and well before Khomeini was even born? And this is while Americans were trying to help Persia. Do you know who the first Americans murdered in Iran was? >>>

پرسش و پاسخ

متاسفانه، عشق رو نمی شه دید، خدا رو نمی شه خورد، جوهر رو نمی شه شنید! پس هفتاد و دو ملت، هزار جور افسانه می‌‌سازند و به صد‌ها حیله دام می‌‌گذارند، تا شاید سیمرغ حقیقت رو به بند بکشند! اما، با هر دامی و هر بندی و هر افسانه ای، دایره عشق و محبتشون کوچکتر می‌‌شه، و افق مهر شون محدود تر ... از کلّ اعظم، منفصل تر و مطرود تر. >>>

The wheel

Now there's the buzz
the buzz I've been waiting for.
My feelings ebb and flow
with your measured words
following, on a rope taut
to this vertiginous height
from the old ballroom
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