Date

IRI

Behind the Bluster

Diverting attention from thousands of political prisoners

30-Dec-2011 (25 comments)
The clerical regime that misrules Iran is imploding in slow-motion while intensifying its repression at home and threatening behavior abroad. But is the international community doing all it can to support the Iranian people and hold the regime to account? It's clear that the leadership in Tehran is wracked by internal strife, with divisions deepening between Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his allies>>>

WAR

Around the corner

Without diplomacy military confrontation looms

30-Dec-2011 (25 comments)
As the Obama Administration - pushed by domestic political forces - continues to ratchet up pressure on Iran in the elusive hope that the government in Tehran will cry uncle and give up its nuclear program, the Iranians will respond to escalation with escalation. If the name of the game is to harm the other side, then both countries can clearly play this game. Initially, threats of closing the Straits of Hormuz were made by mid-ranking members of the Iranian parliament>>>

EVOLUTION

چرا ما بی‌نهایت احمق هستیم؟

قابلیت فرهنگی بشر مهم‌ترین اتفاق واقعه روی کره زمین

30-Dec-2011 (6 comments)
ما خیال می‌کنیم موجودات باهوش و مستعدی هستیم ولی قابلیت یادگیری از دیگران عمومی‌ترین خصیصه ما شده است و لازم نیست که خودمان انگیزه و انرژی لازم برای مبتکر بودن را داشته باشیم. اصلاً این سئوال هم ممکن است مطرح شود که چراخودمان نمی‌خواهیم مبتکر باشیم؟ پاسخ آن روشن است: برای اینکه اختراع و ابتکار کار سختی است و زمان زیادی می‌گیرد>>>

MUSIC

Onward, Behind the Seas

Fared Shafinury’s moments of inspiration in new album

30-Dec-2011
Unlike most gifted musicians, Fared does not try to intimidate or impress the listener. Instead, Fared’s music has the genius of simplicity and goes direct to the heart – it speaks to all: students, housewives, engineers, poets, musicians, etc. Fared is a voice for us – us Iranians, Iranian-Americans, Americans with Persian souls, Americans with American souls, earthlings singing their uniform soulfulness. And he will help you sing your soul – perhaps by teaching you how to shake your voice like he does>>>

POETRY

سرباز
30-Dec-2011 (one comment)
به نام خدا
حراست از ميهن
تحت نام آزادى
دفاع از نژاد پاک
و گاه ترکيبى از شعارهاى بالا
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