Date

SCENARIO

Iranophobia Project

Iranian assassination plot allegations

by Mahmoud Reza Golshanpazhooh
31-Oct-2011 (16 comments)
Allegations of an Iranian assassination plot in Washington follows well-calculated objectives when one considers that the allegations have surfaced at a time that the United States is grappling with dire economic conditions and is in deep trouble due to the ongoing developments in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia’s fragile situation, shaky position of Israel in the region, Iran’s special status, forthcoming US elections and the US plan to withdraw its forces from Iraq and Afghanistan>>>

BESTSELLER

Avenue Moniriyeh

New excerpt from "The Good Daughter"

by Jasmin K Darznik
31-Oct-2011 (one comment)
Twenty years after she left Iran and knew she would never return, my mother sat alone in her house in California and talked the story of her life into a cassette recorder for me. The first tape arrived in springtime, a few weeks after No Rooz, the Iranian New Year. Eventually there would ten of them. The tapes always came marked up in Persian, and I couldn’t make out much more than my name when I opened the envelope and found the first one. I’d left home for graduate school on the East Coast the year before>>>

PAHLAVI

History will be kind

On Reza Shah the Great

by Shah4Iran
31-Oct-2011 (202 comments)
As I tried to pay close attention to both the gossiping women and the head-strong men arguing about Iranian history and politics, I took a good look around and carefully analyzed the people who filled the host's home with drinks, jokes and roars of laughter. These people had always been my image of the Persian culture and heritage. Thinking further, I had an interesting thought-a question,rather: what makes the Iranian people greatly different and exception in regards to their neighbors? My earliest and most immediate thought was Reza Shah the Great>>>

SEXUALITY

ناکامی جنسی ناگزیر

بخش بزرگی از مردم به دلیل تربیت اخلاقی و مشکلات شخصیتی نمی‌توانند به نیازهای جنسی خود بپردازند

by ونداد
31-Oct-2011 (3 comments)
این روز‌ها چشم به هر سو بگردانیم با علائمی روبه‌رو می‌شویم که با بوق و کرنا به آدم‌ها گوشزد می‌کنند که سکس و رابطه جنسی خوب است، مهم است، بشتابید و سهم خود را بگیرید. همه قرار است عاشق باشند و حسودی، خیانت، طلاق و دل‌شکستگی از اخبار روزانه جراید عمومی است. از نوجوانان تا سالمندان در این موج وسیع کامیابی، با تمام توان تلاش می‌کنند تا از قافله عقب نمانند>>>

LOVE

مارگریتا

عادت صبح های ما این بود... هم آغوشی ـ رویا بافی

by hadi khojinian
31-Oct-2011 (4 comments)
روی پیراهن سفید بلند مارگریتا، عکس ماهی های قرمزی را کشیدم که در لا به لای جلبک های سبز شنا می کردند. نفس می کشیدند و حباب هایی روی سطح آب رودخانه درست می کردند. کمی آن ور تر سوزن بان تنهایی در سکوت مسیر قطارها را عوض می کرد. زندگی در لا به لای پیرهن مارگریتا چقدر زیباست>>>

SANCTIONS

Not a Peep

... from NIAC (or PAAIA) on latest "plot"

by bahmani
29-Oct-2011 (one comment)
Removing ALL the sanctions on Iran allowing everyday Iranians to choke on all the Hot Pockets (owned by an Iranian!) iPhones, iPads, and iKooft they can swallow, might just swing the decision towards standing up, from the current "besheen yeh deygheh, let's wait and see". Maybe if Iranians could get Coke Zero, they would have Zero tolerance for the bullshit they are being fed on Fridays. Maybe if Iranians had a TGI Fridays, they wouldn't put up with the SL Fridays they have to hear now. Maybe if Iran had a Hooters... I think you get my point>>>

LIFE

Truth and Consequences

In 1979 educated people thought change of regime would bring fairness and equality

by omeedvar
29-Oct-2011 (5 comments)
After the revolution of 1979, this phrase was heard from many Iranians, “In 1953 a bunch of illiterate under the supervision of Sha’ban Jafari (Bimokh) rebelled, and brought educated people to power, and in 1979 educated people rebelled and brought the most uneducated and fanatic people to power”. I was very young in 1953, and could not understand the atmosphere of rebellion. However, in 1979 I was working, and was quite aware of the situation>>>

FINGER

انگولک بازی

ظاهراً امان الله از فرط بی‌ حوصلگی، انگشتی به وحید رسانده بود

by Shazde Asdola Mirza
29-Oct-2011 (14 comments)
"بالغ شدن چه آسون - آدم شدن چه مشکل!" ... همسایه پیرمان در شیراز، وقتی‌ گروه ما پسران ۱۵ ساله را می‌‌دید، بلند بلند با خودش تکرار می‌‌کرد ... بلکه ما هم بشنویم و پند بگیریم. اما کو گوش شنوا؟ ریش و سبیل مان تازه داشت سبز می‌‌شد ... با موی ژولیده، پیرهن یقه خرگوشی و شلوار پاچه گشاد>>>

HEMINGWAY

یک روز انتظار

"تو نمی میری. این حرفا چیه می زنی؟"

by Mahvash Shahegh
29-Oct-2011 (2 comments)
در طبقۀ پائین، دکتر سه نوع قرص در رنگهای مختلف همراه با دستور مصرف گذاشته بود. یکی برای پائین آوردن تب، یکی مسهل و سوّمی برای غلبه بر محیط اسیدی. دکتر توضیح داد که میکرب های آنفلوآنزا فقط در محیط اسیدی می توانند زنده بمانند. به نظرم رسید که او در بارۀ آنفلوآنزا معلومات کافی دارد. گفت اگر که تب از صد و چهار درجه بالاتر نرود هیچ جای نگرانی نیست>>>

SECURITY

Made in China

Chinese companies aid Iran to track opponents, censorship

by Stecklow, Fassihi & Chao
27-Oct-2011 (2 comments)
When Western companies pulled back from Iran after the government's bloody crackdown on its citizens two years ago, a Chinese telecom giant filled the vacuum. Huawei Technologies Co. now dominates Iran's government-controlled mobile-phone industry. In doing so, it plays a role in enabling Iran's state security network. Huawei recently signed a contract to install equipment for a system at Iran's largest mobile-phone operator that allows police to track people based on the locations of their cellphones>>>

NEGOTIATE

Grab this Opportunity

Washington should do the right thing

by Ali Vaez
27-Oct-2011 (2 comments)
All the pieces in the puzzle of piling up pressure on Iran are coming together. Once completed, they will form a picture that could harbinger continued crisis or new opportunities. The first piece of the puzzle fell in place when after a brief hiatus during the Arab Spring, an early October surprise catapulted Iran back into news headlines. Whether reckless adventurism or implausible entrapment, the alleged Iranian plot to assassinate a senior Saudi diplomat on American soil stirred up a diplomatic hornet's nest from Washington to Tehran and Riyadh>>>

JUSTICE

دادخواهی کشتار سال 67

این وظیفه ما است که مسئله ایران را بیشتر به مجامع جهانی ببریم

by Hossein Bagher Zadeh
26-Oct-2011 (6 comments)
قتل عام ۶۷ فاحش‌ترین جنایت ضد بشری جمهوری اسلامی است و دادخواهان بسیاری دارد. خانواده‌های قربانیان این فاجعه سر به هزاران می‌زنند و اسناد این جنایت از سوی نهادهای مختلف حقوق بشری جمع آوری شده است. مهم این است که پیکار برای دادخواهی از ملاحظات و گرایش‌های سیاسی بری باشد و خانواده‌های قربانیان داعیان اصلی دادخواهی باشند>>>

CHARITY

An Evening for Mahak

A worthy cause, an incredible experience

by Ghahremani
26-Oct-2011 (4 comments)
Fundraising has never been my strong point. Having experienced some level of humiliation at previous attempts, I have a hard enough time asking for sponsorship, let alone organizing a fundraising event, no matter how worthy the cause may be. But last week, when I was asked to read my poem at such an event, I could not say no to a cause that involved ailing children. Until recently, the name Mahak had meant little to me. Yes, I knew the definition of the word in Persian, but so far had only referred to its poetic application in testing purity>>>

STORY

باظرگ

کاش به جای شما عمه عفت اومده بود

by Fatemeh Zarei
26-Oct-2011 (4 comments)
- سر راه وانایستی کتاب بخری ها. زود بیا. باظرگ!
- جون بابابزرگ.
یواش دهنش را چسباند به گوشی و آرام و بره بره گفت آرش رو هم وردار بیار.
- چی بابا جان؟
- بابا بچه همسایه رو می گم. که توپش قرمزه. می گم ورش دار بیار. به مامانم نگی من گفتم ها.
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VELAYATE FAGHIH

The Last President

Ahmadinejad wants Mashaie as next president. Khamenei does not.

by Meir Javedanfar
24-Oct-2011 (2 comments)
Ahmadinejad isn’t eligible to run for president again when his term expires in June 2013, as Iran’s Constitution is clear a president can run for only two consecutive terms. To ensure his legacy, then, Ahmadinejad seems to be backing his right hand man Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei as a presidential candidate. Ahmadinejad likely hopes that with Mashaei as president, he will be able to retain a powerful cabinet position – think an Iranian twist on what Vladimir Putin has done in Dmitry Medvedev’s government. This concerns Khamenei, and rightly so>>>
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