Archive - Jun 27, 2010 - Article

The Supreme State

Iran’s ancient history may be difficult to grasp through modern perception especially with the Western mainstream knowledge of the Roman Empire, scholars are exposing an impressively liberal and powerful administration without boundaries. The establishment of Achaemenid Iran was the alliance of Iranian tribes in 539 BC when Cyrus the Great became King of the known world. Iran did not have one administrative centre: there was no single capital. The Royal cities of Susa, Persepolis, Babylon, Ekbatana and Sardis were all political, economic and military centres of the known world with the exception of Persepolis which was mostly a ceremonial capital for religious events>>>

Sherlock Holmes Daughter (9)

Fall was approaching and Kataayoon’s next overseas business trip with Paul was only two weeks away. Why couldn’t our romance end some other time of year? I kept thinking. Now every dying leaf, every wistful sunset, would remind me of how much I missed her in my life. Of course, the increasing tenderness in her voice and the escalating admiration in her eyes when she looked at me felt as though she was reciting her wedding vows to me. But her ramping up her fondness for me seemed timed for her upcoming business trip with Paul>>>

شال نارنجی

چه کسی بود که از کوچه پشتی خانه صدایم کرد؟ از روی تخت بلند شدم. پرده را کنار زدم. سرم را بیرون پنجره انداختم تا صاحب صدا را ببینم. گوستاو زودتر از من از پنجره بیرون رفت تا سر و گوشی آب بدهد. گربه هم بی آنکه عجله ای بکند در را باز کرد تا از پله ها پایین برود و برایم خبری تازه از صدا بیاورد. ملافه های شسته شده ام را در حیاط دیدم که باد گرم جزیره به رقص شان در آورده بود>>>