Archive - Dec 3, 2010 - Article

Don't Bother

The clerical regime has brought severe costs, such as economic mismanagement, brutality and religious pretensions, and no tangible benefits. Reminiscences about the Shah’s regime are becoming increasingly frequent and nostalgic. The clerics and their supporters believe that the United States is bent on getting rid of them and that their best hope for long-term survival is the nuclear program, which they cannot abandon. Realists in America and in Europe know that the real problem is not Iran’s nuclear quest but its regime>>>

Hands of Ignorance

One would look at Shahla and her bold, brave, manner of defending herself in public court, and would wonder sadly at how her passion was so overtly wasted on the lustful desires of a man. What would Shahla be if not infatuated at age 13 with a grown man who enjoyed celebrity status? Where would she be now if her talents, passion and drive had been exerted towards attainments which would be possible for women in an atmosphere of true equality? >>>

Football in Hot Water

The 2011 AFC Asian Football Cup will be hosted by Qatar in January 2011. It is possible that sports officials there will refer to the Persian Gulf by another name. If this occurs, Iranian athletes, administrators, and football fans should boycott the event. The use of a name other than Persian Gulf occurred at the 2010 Asian games by the Chinese this past month. Many Iranians were surprised and dismayed by this action, but it should not be surprising that China and Western countries would place their economic self-interest in business relationships with Arab countries above any concerns about historical accuracy>>>

بر قوری داغ بوسه مگذار هرگز

از در که وارد اتاق منشی شد محمد میرزا کلاه قاجاریش را ماهرانه بسوی میخ روی دیوار پرتاب کرد. کلاه دو سه بار دور میخ چرخ زد و به دیوار آویزان ماند. منشی‌ خاتون ملقب به `صنار سه شاهی` اینبار هیچ محلش نذاشت. محمد میرزا رفت جلو که طبق معمول لب بگیره ‌ ولی‌ صنار سه شاهی گفت، "برو گمشو تو،`میم` کارت داره." محمد میرزا که خودش می‌دونست چه غلطی کرده با آهی دستاشواز شلیتهصنار سهشاهی برداشت وگفت، " دلت را اینقدر شورننداز خوشگله ،ماموریتی نیست که از راضی‌ کردن تو خطرناک تر باشه."

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زیر صندلی خالی

زیر ملافه های سفید، صورت معصوم ات را در کف دست چپم می گذارم تا ترانه ی هم آغوشی من و تو در حالی شروع شود که من امروز حال خوشی ندارم. به قول ساناز، صدای شهلا در سرم زوزه می کشد. حالا که از ساعت پنج صبح، ساعاتی گذشته، شاید تنها یک عشق بازی بتواند خاطره ی مرگ و طناب دار را از سرم بیاندازد و کاری کند که برای بیست و هشت دقیقه به خوابی بروم که تعبیرش را دلم نمی خواهد حتی به آب رودخانه ی پشت پنجره بگویم>>>