NOSTALGIA

Persia's Little Prince

You don't have to be a Pahlavi apologist to mourn Alireza's early death

by Karim Sadjadpour
08-Jan-2011 (35 comments)
Iranians, it was once said, are afflicted by a unique strain of melancholy: Those who live in Iran dream of leaving, while those who were exiled dream of going back. When 44-year-old Alireza Pahlavi, the youngest son of the late Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, took his life on Tuesday, it was undeniably attributable in part to a demoralizing malady, chronic depression, which he may have inherited from his father>>>

WHY

Suicide in Protest?

Why did Prince Ali Reza Pahlavi kill himself?

by SOS-FREE-IRAN
08-Jan-2011 (17 comments)
Is it possible that Ali Reza Pahlavi was forced to take his own life in protest? Is it possible that he was so psychologically tormented by the human rights violations and atrocities he saw in Islamic Republic and the unjust and unfounded accusations and bullying against his father, the King, that he took his own life as other young Iranians in Iran who have been tortured, imprisoned, and blocked from education and work? Prince Ali Reza's suicide note clearly expresses these feelings>>>

TRAGEDY

مرگ قو

در مرگ علیرضا افسردگی و نومیدی عظیمی نسبت به عدم تغییر در شرایط سیاسی است

by Mahasti Shahrokhi
08-Jan-2011 (6 comments)
آنچه مرگ علیرضا را هولناک و غم انگیز می کند وضعیت ایرانیان در شرایط فعلی است. نومیدی و خراب شدن همه پل ها در پشت سر و از سوی دیگر عشق بیکران به ایران. سالهایی که ایرانشناسی می خواندم را به یاد آوردم، کمبود وطن را می خواستم با پژوهش و بیشتر دانستن در مورد تاریخ و فرهنگ ایران پر کنم آن استاد ابله که نمی فهمید و با من سر و کله می زد که جای تو اینجا نیست و مگر نمی دانست در دو دانشکده هم زمان ثبت نام کرده ام و ایران شناسی را برای روح سرگردانم می خوانم و ادبیات را برای بیان دل شوریده ام؟ مگر نمی دانست و مگر دانست؟ و مگر فهمید؟ >>>

POETRY

The Border
by jamh
08-Jan-2011 (3 comments)
I was driving south
very tired.
The car in front
slowed down in an empty lot.
The driver, the passenger
their seats were bare.
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IMPACT

Ali-Reza’s death

It remains to be seen what impact Ali-Reza’s death will have on a society in turmoil

by Omid Memarian & Roja Heydarpour
06-Jan-2011 (19 comments)
Aside from a loyal group of monarchists in exile, very few Iranians pay heed to the Pahlavi family’s aspirations to return to power, making the news of Ali-Reza Pahlavi’s suicide that much more heart-wrenching. Even for the eldest surviving brother, Reza, there is something nearly suicidal in grasping for a throne that will never be again. Still, he has some connection to the world outside himself>>>

DYNASTY

Tragic End

Alireza Pahlavi's suicide

by Stephen Kinzer
06-Jan-2011 (45 comments)
This shocking act of self-slaughter was the latest violent tragedy in the long history of a family drenched in blood—first that of the Iranians it tortured and killed, then its own. It is a drama of Shakespearean dimensions. The shah once ruled Iran with an iron fist, but his family later paid dearly for his sins, echoing Hamlet's judgment that royal crime “cannot come to good.”>>>

LIFE

Why did he do it?

Alireza Pahlavi and the aftermath of his death

by Maral Karimi
06-Jan-2011 (17 comments)
The death of a young man in the prime of his life is sad, but here’s why I think some may not feel the same. In academics, we learn early on that every phenomenon must be studied in the context in which it happens; otherwise we fail to see the full picture. Alireza Pahlavi wasn’t just any 44 year old committing suicide; he was the son of the much controversial former Shah of Iran, and naturally this attachment stirs much sympathy along with abhorrence. To expect individuals to treat this as just any other suicide is trivializing it>>>

SUICIDE

از کاخ سعدآباد تا بوستون

خودکشی دردی را دوا نمی‌کند

by hamneshine bahar
06-Jan-2011 (8 comments)
علیرضا پهلوی در آغاز سال نو میلادی، به خودش گلوله زد و در غربت جان سپرد. آیا این خودکشی‌ها نمادی از بن‌بست است؟ آیا خاطرۀ دردناک مرگ پدر و خواهرش لیلا، او را به این اتنخاب کشید؟ آیا چون «از آنچه به ناروا بر میهن عزیزش می‌گذشت آزرده و غمگین بود...» ـ خود را کشت؟ >>>

KHATAMI

وقتی که کسی را به دِه راه نمی‌دهند

پرسش این است که آقای خاتمی چرا از آن همه تجربه هنوز درس نگرفته است

by Hossein Bagher Zadeh
06-Jan-2011 (one comment)
معلوم نیست آقای خاتمی در پاسخ به دعوت کدام مقام حاکم در جمهوری اسلامی برای شرکت اصلاح‌طلبان هوادار خود در انتخابات این شروط را پیش کشیده، و تضمین تحقق این شروط را از چه مقام یا مقاماتی خواسته است. آیا هنوز آقای خاتمی این پیام حاکمیت را در نیافته است که دیگر جایی برای «اصلاحات» در جمهوری اسلامی خامنه‌ای باقی نمانده است؟ و وقتی کسی را به دِه راه نمی‌دهند، سراغ خانه کدخدا را گرفتن از چه روحیه و فرهنگی حکایت می‌کند؟>>>

WOMEN

آیا 17 دی روز مهمی است؟

این روزی ست که در آن زنان توانستند حکومتی قادر و قدرتمند را قانع کنند که خواسته های آن ها را قانونی و رسمی کند

by shokooh.pasargad
06-Jan-2011 (one comment)
من، مثل هر انسان عدالت طلب و آزادی خواه، طبعا رضاشاه را به عنوان یک دیکتاتور می شناسم، حتی روش های تحمیل گرایانه ی او را برای برداشتن چادر از سرزنان عملی دیکتاتورمآبانه می دانم، و تحقق نیافتن بسیاری از خواست های انقلاب مشروطیت ، مثل آزادی های بیان و انتخاب و احزاب و غیره را، نتیجه ی مستقیم عملیات نادرست او می دانم اما، به اعتقاد من، هر حرکتی که به آزادی انسان از بندهایی که سنت ها به دست و پای او بسته بیانجامد حرکتی قابل تعمق و توجه و ارج گذاری است>>>

TRAVELER

Travel Literature

The venerable method of historiography

by Keyvan Tabari
04-Jan-2011
The use of travel writing to inform the audience at home about the world abroad is not new. The History by Herodotus offers an ancient example. Written some 2,500 years ago, this was history based on what the author personally saw and heard as he traveled throughout his world (which was essentially the region around the Mediterranean), as well as what he had read. Herodotus is noteworthy for two other reasons. He was a storyteller whose narrative was not limited only to military and political happenings>>>

NUCLEAR

Deal No Deal

WikiLeaks: Hard-Liners block Ahmadinejad from making nuclear deal

by Huffington Post
04-Jan-2011 (one comment)
According to a recently released cable obtained by WikiLeaks, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was slapped in the face by Revolutionary Guard Chief of Staff Mohammed Ali Jafari. According to the cable, Ahmadinejad surprised the Supreme National Security Council by taking a liberal posture on opposition protests. The president allegedly argued that people felt "suffocated," and that allowing more social and personal freedoms, as well as more freedom of the press, would help to defuse the situation>>>

HISTORY

The battle that charged everything

Prelude to the Battle of Marathon

by Nabil Rastani
04-Jan-2011 (3 comments)
By the reign of Darius I of Persia (522-486BC) the Persian Empire was colossal stretching from Asia Minor and Thrace in the west, to India in the east. In the province of Ionia in western Asia Minor, Greeks were subjected by the Persians since the reign of Cyrus the Great. The ruler of the city of Miletus, Aristagoras decided to rebel against Darius and Persian rule. He led an army on a rampage throughout the coast of the Aegean, attacking the major Persian naval bases. Soon however Darius began to prepare an army to strike back against the Greek rebellion>>>

FASHION

لباس سه‌تکه‌ی ماندگار

کت و شلوار و کراوات ۱۵۰ ساله شد

by ونداد
04-Jan-2011 (7 comments)
هیپی‌های دهه ۶۰ میلادی در قرن بیستم، بزرگ‌ترین ضربه حیثیتی را بر «کت و شلوار» وارد آوردند و بعد آز آن‌ها میلیاردرهای «سیلیکان ولی» نظیر روسای آپل، گوگل، و فیسبوک نیز به تقلید از آن‌ها روی خوشی به کت و شلوار نشان ندادند. ولی بی‌تردید کسی نمی‌تواند منکر شود که این مدل لباس از جمله دستاوردهای است که توسط بریتانیای کبیر! به پدیده‌ای جهانی و ماندگار تبدیل شده است>>>

POETRY

ماگنولیا
by Bejan Baran
04-Jan-2011

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