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Now is the time to decide

This Coming October 9th, 2012, The fate of the elected Sheriff of San Francisco county hangs in the balance and hands of 9 out of 11 City Supervisors. Oh, and by the way, the Sheriff is an Iranian-American. Ross Mirkarimi would become the highest elected official in the US if things don't go horribly wrong. The news is, they might>>>

گلبانگِ پهلوی

صدای باد را شنیدم باز
جویای گوینده بود
صدای خود را شنیدم
گوینده چه می‌جست؟
تكراری‌تر از آمد و رفتنِ ما
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سونات پائیزی

خوش آمد می گویم
به پاییز افسرده، خوش آمد
می گویم به روانداز مه
که با پیچ و خم میرود
از راه نورهای وارفته
وروزهای تاریک
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Is Rafsanjani Up To Something?

The Iranian government has arrested Ayatollah Rafsanjani’s daughter Faezeh. And after her arrest, instead of staying put in the UK, his son Mehdi who is wanted in Iran went back there! Why would he want to do that? Surely his father Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani would have told him not to come back and to stay put in the UK instead>>>

«شورای ملی» در ترازوی سنجش

صميمانه آرزو دارم «شورای ملی برای انتخابات آزاد»، که با شرکت شاهزاده رضا پهلوی اعلام موجوديت کرده است، عليرغم آنچه که هفتهء پيش نوشتم و اين هفته نيز مشغول نگارش آنم، در کار نجات ايران موفق شود و اميدی را که بخصوص در دل بسياری از جوانان ايران برافروخته است متحقق سازد>>>

Pagan Roots of Allah

In spite of the prevalent mainstream description of Allah, there continues to exist a somewhat controversial of Islam, put forth by some scholars and a number of Christian groups, in which it is claimed that the Islamic deity Allah has pre-Islamic pagan roots stemming from local mythology. According to this "popular" view, the chief deity of pre-Islamic Mecca "was the moon-god called al-ilah (meaning the god or the idol), which was shortened to Allah in pre-Islamic times".>>>

The Old Vine

There is a green fence
Between death and me
Covered by an old vine.
When passing by
I part the dense leaves
To see the other side
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دو بیتی های ویژه ۳

گفتند برون کن زسر این عشق محال است
این خواب پریشان تو رویا و خیال است

گفتم که اگر خوابم  از این خواب چه خوشتر؟
بیدارم اگر، خواب مرا آفت حال است >>>

Talk But Look Beyond

The latest tussle over red lines and deadlines on Iran’s nuclear program obscures some of the genuine dilemmas now confronting the international community. For a long time, the major powers had hoped that imposing strenuous sanctions on Iran could produce an interlocutor willing to negotiate honestly and to adhere to an exacting arms control agreement. But time may no longer permit the patient exercise of coercive diplomacy>>>

Getting Worse

I’ve just returned from a week in Kabul, where I took part in conferences. The flow of news and conversations with friends demonstrated that life in Afghanistan is filled with more tension than before. The Taliban who were overthrown by the US-led invasion in 2001 are now in control of many parts of Afghanistan, at least at night, and carry out repeated attacks in areas where they do not have direct power, including Kabul>>>

A Wedding in Virginia

I had the pleasure of flying across the country to attend a beloved friend’s wedding near Washington D.C., whom I have known since my childhood in Iran. The program started with a much emotional and solemn ceremony that was preceded by recounting of the heroic acts of several relatives of the bride and the groom who were notably absent at the celebration due to either being abducted, executed, or in jail as dissidents in the Islamic republic>>>

چوب دو سر طلا

چرا نمی توانیم، قادر نیستیم و نمی خواهیم منسجم باشیم؟ شک، سوء ظن، بدبینی و بی اعتمادی که زائیدۀ رژیم های خودکامه، مستبد و خداسالار می باشند؛ این خصلت های بازدارنده، طی دوران در فرهنگ ما رخنه کرده و جا افتاده است. مانتسکیو می نویسد: "در ایران دامنۀ شک و تردید؛ بدبینی و بی اعتمادی نا متناهی و بی انتهاست." >>>

داستانهای استانبول ۸

دو طرف در کنسولگری اسرائیل شش هفت تا پلیس اسلحه به دست وایساده بودن. از دور که نزدیک ‌شدیم ما رو زیر نظر گرفتن. به در بزرگ و آهنی که رسیدیم زنگ زدیم و منتظر شدیم. می‌دونستم از پشت شیشه قدی که اونورش‌رو نمی‌دیدیم انور ومن رو می‌دین. یه صدا از توی آیفون پرسید: کارتون چیه؟ گفتیم: ما یهودی هستیم. از ایران فرار کردیم>>>

Waiting

I hear the dirty wounds of laughter
I touch the wreckage of kindness
I see the conceit of pig-nose foes
I smell the blood of frightened lives >>>

کجایی‌

خداوندا بکن کاری بزن حرفی‌
و اگر نه من ترا اینسان دهم هشدار:

چو از بی‌رحمی ظالم، زند فریادها مظلوم
اگر ساکت بود ایزد، وجودش چون شود معلوم؟
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