اپوزیسیون از هرگونه ابتکار عمل حتا در این شرایط بحرانی و انشقاق عمیق حکومتی بیبهره است
به جرأت میتوان گفت که در سی و یک سال پس از عزل بنیصدر، هیچ رییس جمهور اسلامی دیگری بمانند احمدینژاد در برابر ولی فقیه نایستاده و این گونه از خود استقلال رأی نشان نداده است. سه رییس جمهور معممی که پس از عزل بنیصدر (و دوران کوتاه ریاست جمهوری رجایی) بر سر کار آمدند، یعنی خامنهای، رفسنجانی و خاتمی، با همه اختلافاتی که گهگاه با ولی فقیه زمان خود پیدا میکردند هیچگاه این جرأت را به خرج نمیدادند که در برابر اوامر صریح او موضع بگیرند
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VIEW
Lately, as an Iranian American, many things make me angry. I realize the mere mention of the term “anger,” particularly in the context of discussions on the Middle East, raises red flags among Americans, Iranians, and Iranian Americans alike. But I believe we need to reclaim this oft-misunderstood, stigmatized emotion – after all, emotional indifference to oppression or tyranny is no virtue. The origin of the word anger – ang, the Greek word for grief or loss – reminds us that anger stems from that which we have lost
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روز کورش
مردم نه ایران اسلامی میخواهند نه ایران اهورایی
چرا به کورش قول نمیدهند که جامعه ای آزاد و برابر و مرفه خواهند ساخت، پدیده ای که در تاریخ ایران اهورایی یا اهریمنی وجود خارجی نداشته است؟ چرا به کورش نمیگویند که بدعت گذاری خواهند کرد و آزادی و برابری و رفاه را در ایران پیاده خواهند کرد؟ چرا میخواهند گذشته را زنده کنند؟ و کدام گذشته؟ پاسخ به این سوالات کار سختی نیست. ما این جنبش، امیال و آرزوهایش را می شناسیم
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JUSTICE
Mladic's one request before his transfer to the Hague to stand trial was to visit the grave of his daughter
Barreling through Bosnia, Mladic and his henchmen left its families without fathers, mothers, sons and daughters while his family were in Belgrade, safely ensconced in a bubble of peace and propaganda. In 1994, for Ana Mladic, the then 23 year old general’s daughter, the bubble burst. Her body was found in a Belgrade park, along with the general’s favourite pistol, the one he was awarded at his graduation from the military academy
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STORY
Zari Jan played the Bride and Groom game 27 times
by Belgheis Soleimani
Zari Jan was 36 and not yet married. Her younger brother left for the West to study and she was finally free as a bird. She proposed first, to Agha Farzin, the sandwich guy, then to Ahmad Agha – the fruit seller in the neighborhood.
From morning to dusk, Zari Jan would stand by the bridal shop in the town square and stare so hard you could just cry. Finally a family meeting was called. Her old mother begged all her children to find a solution
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POETRY
The night is half over in Texas
And it is past midnight in New York.
The day is opening its eyes in Sweden
Only in the City of Angels
Does the night not leave me alone
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شعر
من رایام را به زباله دان ِ بطلان ٔبر نخواهم ریخت.
من با شما
-ای بانیان ِ خون به کامی نسلها ! -
پیمان ِ هم روی نخواهم بست
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