Archive - Dec 14, 2010 - Article

Separating Fact & Fiction

The new Sakineh confession broadcast on Press TV on Saturday, December 11, is the new episode of the strange "reality" show that the Iranian regime has staged around her case. Even though I have been following this case very closely, it has become difficult for me to keep track of all the new stories that the Iranian authorities have regularly added to it. It seems that they are trying to confuse the world, and I'm afraid that they have been very successful in doing just that>>>

Fars II

Under Omar Fars was captured by the Arabs, the Persians quickly gave in to the power of the Arab armies.Rashidun Empire stretched from West Africa to Central Asia. Fars became one of the major provinces of Rashidun Empire and cross roads between Central Asia and the Mediterranean. Fars contained vast industry just as it had during the Sassanian and Parthian eras. Uthman ibn Affan (579 –656) created the first Islamic navy and hired Persian marines, he also hired mercenaries from Iran namely the tough knight style “cataphracts” and professional infantry forces drawn from two provinces of Iran, Khorasan and Fars>>>

آلاله های دست خورده

وقتی نیستی همه جاده ها بسته می شوند و اتوبان های پیچ در پیچ در هم گم می شوند و طوفان! پایان روزهای آفتابی می شود. وقتی نیستی جزیره هوای بارانی اش را از دست میدهد. حتی نورهای گاه به گاه خوشی لحظه ها را بر نمی تابد. از راه جنگلی که بر می گشتم سنجاب های بازیگوش گردو های اندوخته شان را به سویم پرتاب می کردند و عجله ای برای زمستان نداشتند>>>

یکشنبه ای دیگر

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 و لای دندانهای کثافت بسیج
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