VIEW
For the sake of peace, US Congressional obstructionism must end
THE last round of nuclear negotiations with Iran ended in stalemate, and prospects appear dim for a breakthrough at next week’s meeting in Moscow. Two central factors are driving Washington’s negotiation strategy at this point. The first is Congressional obstructionism and President Obama’s limited room to maneuver in an election year. The second is outsize expectations about what the current sanctions against Iran can achieve. Both must be abandoned if talks are to succeed
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JUSTICE
Uncovering IRI's Crimes Against Humanity
by Veronique Mistiaen
Survivors and families of the victims of the 1988 massacre have taken the matter into their own hands. In 2007, they have come together to form the Iran Tribunal, modeled on the Russell Tribunal set up by British philosopher Bertrand Russell and French writer Jean-Paul Sartre in 1966 to examine American intervention in Vietnam, and the subsequent Russell Tribunals on Chile, Iraq and Argentine. Like these tribunals, the Iran Tribunal won't have any legal status, but will act as a tribunal of conscience
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IRANIAN AMERICANS
Part of that old “Me” culture is still with “Us”
For some time, a thought has bothered me. The more I read about the accomplishments – and failures - of Iranian immigrants, the clearer it becomes how we are still each on our own. Culturally, we were raised as an individualist nation. After decades of exposure to teamwork, most of us still do our best works alone. Group function is an acquired skill we have to yet master. No doubt, many will disagree with this, because after all, we can’t even begin to count the number of Iranian-American organizations and nor could one deny their accomplishments
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SUCCESS
Interview with Alaleh Kamran
Alaleh Kamran, is an example of having it all and doing it all... successfully. She is a criminal defense attorney, who for the last 20 years has dedicated her practice to the defense of the constitution, humanitarian causes, and fighting for the defenseless through grassroots community efforts. She is a frequent lecturer to high schools, colleges & non-profit organizations on the subject of juvenile crimes and domestic violence
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SEPARATION
جدائی نادر از سیمین رو در روئی کهنه و نو
به نظر می رسد که موضوع اصلی در این فیلم، رو در روئی کهنه و نو؛ سنّت و نوگرائی و سرانجام خرد و اندیشه در مقابل احساس باشد. تمام تراژدی از آنجا شروع می شود که نادر کهنه گرائی، سنّت و احساس را بر خرد گرائی و نو اندیشی برتری می دهد و پدرش را بجای همسر و دخترش انتخاب می کند. پدر پیر مبتلا به فراموشی در این فیلم، نمایندۀ سنّت، کهنه گرائی و احساس است
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OBAMA
The fears are not based on empirical evidence
Polls show that most American Jews prioritize other issues such as the economy and health care. A recent poll by the Public Religion Research Institute shows that only 4% of Jewish-Americans will cast their vote based on the candidates’ handling of Israel. Iran, the survey showed, will be a determining factor for only 2% of the Jewish community. The fears regarding the Jewish vote are not based on empirical evidence. American Jews vote overwhelmingly Democratic—period
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SAUDI
واکنش به اعدام تعدادی از اتباع ایران در عربستان سعودی
وقتی آقای مهمانپرست، عربستان سعودی را به دلیل محروم کردن اعدامیان ایرانی از حق گرفتن وکیل و داشتن مترجم تخطئه میکند آیا نمیداند که از جانب رژیمی سخن میگوید که در طول حیات سی و سه ساله خود ده ها هزار نفر را پس از محاکمه در دادگاههایی فاقد حد اقل شرایط یک محاکمه عادلانه و از جمله حق انتخاب وکیل اعدام کرده است
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IDEAS
پس از انقلاب ۵۷ اسلام سیاسی با تمام توان به جنگ ملیت ایرانی رفت
چه از نظر تاریخی و چه به لحاظ منطقی، حس هویت ملی، و نه دینی، شرط بنیادی تحقق دموکراسی و حاکمیت باثبات در جهان امروز است. کشمکش اصلی در ایران در واقع رویاروئی اسلامگرائی با ملیگرائی است. ملیگرائی یعنی اینکه همهی ایرانیان برابرند و هیچ مذهب یا قومی هیچ حق ویژهای ندارد
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IDEAS
No to Exclusive Mothering by Women
Many approaches to personality development acknowledge some of Freud's fundamental premises, while discarding others. One such approach has been the object relations theories, which were developed by several specialists. However, it is Melanie Klein (1882 – 1960), Austrian-British psychoanalyst, who is generally recognized as the originator of the modern theory, wherein the mother is the main object
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TRIAL
محاکمه جمهوری اسلامی ایران, لندن ١٨ تا٢٢ ژوئن ۲٠١٢
by MK
یک تیم بین المللی حقوقی، متشکل از سرشناس ترین و مجرب ترین حقوقدانان بین المللی و ایرانی این دادگاه مردمی را سازماندهی کرده و با دعوت از شخصیت های حقوقی و غیرحقوقی و قضات سرشناس جهانی همراه با یک تیم دادستانی متشکل از هشت حقوقدان ایرانی و غیرایرانی به سرپرستی پرفسور پیام اخوان و سیر جفری نایس، آن را برگزار می کنند
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FUND
بیایید صندوقی بوجود آوریم
اگر به این امید باشیم که گروهی کار و زندگی شان را ول کرده و بدون هیچ پشتوانه ای به دنبال اتحاد ایرانیان و بوجود آوردن سازمانی برای چنین تشکلی باشند تنها خود را گول زده ایم. چنین امری بدون پشتوانۀ مالی امکان ناپذیر است. بیایید اول آن پشتوانۀ مالی را بوجود آوریم. بیایید صندوقی بوجود آوریم که نیروی محرکه بوجود آوردن چنین تشکلی شود
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WORDS
Kardashian, Kimora Simmons, mansions, Petra Ecclestone
Some words–too extreme, too intense, too vehement–raise my hackles. Others I find inaccurate or incorrect. And some are just tired and need to be put to pasture. Examples
Outrageous. Spoken with sputtering indignation. The word is a favorite of politicians, council men and women, hedge fund managers, irate people denounced or caught as having strayed, dipped sticky fingers in the till, lied in courts of law or to the SEC, cheated on spouses, uploaded videos of crotches… and generally been guilty of indiscretions or of a variety of pathetic crimes and misdemeanors
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