Archive - Jul 30, 2012 - Article

Prohibiting or Protecting Freedoms?

Last month, a young American woman was blocked from purchasing an Apple product at a local store in Alpharetta, Georgia. After overhearing her speaking Farsi, the second generation Iranian-American was informed that selling the product to her went against the company's policy. Apple's export compliance policy states that direct or indirect sales of Apple goods to any embargoed country are prohibited, apparently categorizing domestic sales to Iranian-Americans as an indirect channel of distribution -- but such policies are essentially unenforceable>>>

Talking with Tehran

Months of slow progress in nuclear negotiations with Iran have some pundits calling for a faster solution to the standoff – abandoning talks, ratcheting up sanctions, even military strikes. These recommendations tend to stem from the belief that the U.S. and Iran have engaged in sustained, substantive talks on the nuclear issue. In fact, just the opposite is true>>>

Noor, Camera, Action!

Today, Iranians in diaspora hold amongst themselves world-renown scholars, filmmakers, painters, and entertainers, and our community continues to raise the bar on our expectations of our artists, our community leaders, and ourselves. It is exactly in such a vein that the blossoming of events such as the annual Noor Film Festival becomes significant to our community. As the fifth annual Noor Film Festival gears up to open in Los Angeles on Friday, August 3, I had a chance to talk to Siamak Ghahrehmani>>>

قصه‌ی قسمت

جمال که بچه نیست. تا ته قضیه رو خونده. دیگه وقتی احسان مقدم با اون کاواساکی قراضه‌اش که جز روغن سوزی کاری نمی‌کنه با چهل و چند سال سن و جیب‌های شیپیش گرفته، با زن و سه تا بچه هر ماه یه سری به بازار آزاد بزنه از یه همچین آدمی با چند تا تراول توی جیبش و کت شلوار مکش مرگ ماش، چه انتظاری؟ البته به قطع و یقین صد در صد هم که نمی‌شه گفت و گناه مردم رو پاک کرد. شاید...>>>

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