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Leaky Axis

Iran is winning and Israel is losing. That is the startling conclusion we reach if we consider how things have changed in the Middle East in the two years since most of the WikiLeaks State Department cables about Iran’s regional difficulties were written. Lebanon’s Sunni prime minister, once a virulent critic, quietly made his pilgrimage to the Iranian capital last week. Israeli hopes of separating Syria from Iran have been dashed. Turkey, once a strong ally of Israel, is now seeking better relations with Iran and with Lebanon’s Shiites>>>

«عملیات خداحافظی»

اکنون تقریبا مسلم شده است که ترور دو متخصص هسته‌ای در خیابان‌های تهران در هفته گذشته کار عوامل موساد، سازمان امنیتی اسراییل، بوده است. ترورها هدفمند بودند (و نه کور)، حذف فیزیکی افراد شاغل در فعالیت‌های هسته‌ای ایران را دنبال می‌کردند، پیچیدگی و مهارت زیادی در اجرای آن‌ها به کار رفته بود، و مجریان آن بدون جا گذاردن اثری از خود از صحنه گریخته‌اند. هم به لحاظ انگیزه (فعالیت‌های هسته‌ای ایران) و هم به لحاظ اجرا، این عملیات همه نشانه‌های مشخصه کار موساد را در بر دارد>>>

My Day, Rights Day

December 10th is my birthday, and it coincides with Human Rights Day. I am grateful to be alive and well, but every year I realize that when it comes to global human rights, things are not any better, and Iran has certainly topped the list in the recent past. I wish I could write a jolly piece but my heart and soul are not joyful these days. Iran last year ranked second in executions, between China and the United States>>>

From Political Activists to Homosexuals

A new definition of PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE caught my eye in an email exchange with a friend at Amnesty International. While it included political prisoner, the definition was much broader than what Iranians usually have in mind. I asked Ann Harrison to further explain how Amnesty International defines prisoners of conscience. Ann Harrison, a Middle East specialist, has worked for Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa Programme for over 13 years in total since 1989>>>

Our Responsibility

The cultural concept of human rights is universal: all human beings, male and female, are born equal with an essential dignity manifested in living freely and responsibly. The universality of human rights is founded on the interdependence of all human beings, so it is historically logical to stress that the principle of human rights belongs neither uniquely to the West, nor the East, but all people everywhere. A fair account of the history of human rights needs to be acknowledged by those aspiring to have theirs recognized>>>

کسی با بادبادک سفر کرده؟

هزار تا بادبادک ساختم که هوا نرفت. هزارتا بادبادک ساختم که به اولین آنتن روی پشت بامهای دوروبر گیر کرد و پاره شد. هزارتا بادبادک ساختم که باد بُردشان و از همه چیز فقط نخی در دستم ماند. اما امروز آن خال سیاه تهِ آسمان هفتم که هی پیدا و ناپیدا می شود و مثل ماهی گیرکرده به قلاب، مال من است. بله مال من است>>>

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