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ARABS-IRAN
27-Dec-2010 (5 comments)
Recent WikiLeaks revelations about the discrepancy between the public and private views on Iran voiced by Gulf Arab leaders have been widely covered by the pan-Arab media without provoking policy shifts or internal tensions in Gulf Arab states. U.S. officials should therefore be encouraged in their policy of pressing for a robust regional coalition to curb Iran's ambitions. Since the WikiLeaks story broke in late November, various Gulf Arab official spokesmen have generally refused to confirm their privately hostile comments about Iran -- but have not disavowed them, either>>>
TERROR
22-Dec-2010 (2 comments)
رژیم ایران و جندالله، دو نیرویی که در دو سوی مسابقه قتل و ترور قرار گرفته‌اند، نشان داده‌اند که جز فرهنگ خشونت و انتقام راه دیگری برای حل مشکلات خود نمی‌شنانسد، و هر یک رفتار دیگری را توجیه کننده واکنش خود می‌دانند. و در این دور باطل خشونت، البته مردم عادی کوچه و بازار هستند که قربانی عملیات تروریستی جندالله می‌گردند، و زندانیان بی‌دفاع بلوچ که دسته دسته به چوبه‌های دار سپرده می‌شوند>>>
NIKPAY
22-Dec-2010 (5 comments)
Hamed Nikpay's third album completes the young virtuoso’s artistic sojourn. He is finally home as a mature and confident master, unafraid to be fully himself. Having played for so many large audiences, Nikpay revisits tradition-inspired Persian music and delights the listener with new orchestral sounds and melodic innovations. Notably Nikpay’s bringing Shervin Mohajer’s inventive kamanche playing to the ensemble has added a flavorful string sound that is sometimes hard to distinguishable from the violin and cello>>>
YALDA
22-Dec-2010 (6 comments)
While Christians around the world are preparing to celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25th, the Persians are set to tribute one of their most festive celebrations on Dec. 21st, the eve of winter solstice, the longest night and shortest day of the year. In Iran this night is called SHAB-E YALDAA, also known as SHAB-E CHELLEH, which refers to the birthday or rebirth of the sun. In the East more than in the West, lifestyles have often remained more in tune with nature>>>
SUPPORT
20-Dec-2010 (2 comments)
هموطنان: نگذاریم فریبکاری، ستمگری، و دروغ و تهمت زنی های مرسوم در برخی از رسانه های داخلی خود را به عرصه رسانه های جهانی بکشانند و با سوء استفاده از کم اطلاعی و ناشی گری خبرنگاران خارجی بر نقض حقوق بشر در ایران سر پوش بگذارند. جهانیان باید بدانند که زندانیان سیاسی و عقیدتی در ایران را دانشجویان، روزنامه نگاران، فعالان حقوق زنان؛ معلمان، وکلا و حقوق دانان، اصلاح طلبان سیاسی، مدافعان حقوق اقوام و اقلیت های مذهبی، کارگران و حتی روحانیان معترض و خشونت پرهیز تشکیل می دهند که حتی بر مبنای قوانین خود جمهوری اسلامی مرتکب جرمی نشده اند>>>
VIEW
20-Dec-2010 (12 comments)
The replacement of Foreign Minister Mottaki with Ali Akbar Salehi is the end result of many variables. One of them, and perhaps not the major one is a series of setbacks in the realm of foreign policy execution: 1) passage of the UN resolution reprimanding Iran’s violation of human rights; 2) failure of securing a seat in the UN Women’s Rights Panel; 3) Iran’s arms shipment arrested in Nigeria, which had a negative impact on Iran’s foreign policy with regards to Africa; 4) UNESCO reneged on holding a philosophy conference in Iran>>>
TRAVELER
15-Dec-2010 (50 comments)
Consul General Jacob Dayan is the senior representative of the State of Israel in Southwestern United States. He runs a busy consulate and I certainly hadn't expected to meet the top man when I contacted his office with questions about who was paying for my journalism trip to Israel. Yet, the charismatic diplomat whose youthfulness contrasts pleasantly with the responsibility of his office, graciously offered his time to answer some questions>>>
MISTAKE
15-Dec-2010 (25 comments)
پذیرش این که اشکال کار جمهوری اسلامی نه از خرداد ۱۳۶۰ یا پس از مرگ خمینی و یا هر زمان دیگر، و بلکه دقیقا از روز اول استقرار این نظام شروع شده، به دلایلی که در بالا به آن‌ها اشاره شد کار ساده‌ای نیست. بسیاری از نیروهای سیاسی ما به گذشته خود تا حد زیادی برخورد انتقادی کرده‌اند (از فعالان چپ گرفته تا کسانی مانند آقای تاج‌زاده)، و این خود مایه تحسین است. ولی غالب این نیروها هنوز نتوانسته‌اند بپذیرند که پروژه جمهوری اسلامی از پایه ضد دموکراتیک و واپسگرا بوده،>>>
POINT
14-Dec-2010 (15 comments)
The new Sakineh confession broadcast on Press TV on Saturday, December 11, is the new episode of the strange "reality" show that the Iranian regime has staged around her case. Even though I have been following this case very closely, it has become difficult for me to keep track of all the new stories that the Iranian authorities have regularly added to it. It seems that they are trying to confuse the world, and I'm afraid that they have been very successful in doing just that>>>
NOBEL
12-Dec-2010 (2 comments)
The history of the Nobel Prizes shows how less the share of women has been compared to their male competitors. Excluding the number of times that the Noble Peace Prizes haven not been awarded mostly due to World War I and II, women have been honored 41 times since 1901. This is a little more than five percent of the total number of the Nobel Prizes awarded in a century. There are examples to indicate how the Nobel Peace Prize candidates were chosen in relevance to the existing Political era>>>
MIDEAST
09-Dec-2010 (36 comments)
Iran is winning and Israel is losing. That is the startling conclusion we reach if we consider how things have changed in the Middle East in the two years since most of the WikiLeaks State Department cables about Iran’s regional difficulties were written. Lebanon’s Sunni prime minister, once a virulent critic, quietly made his pilgrimage to the Iranian capital last week. Israeli hopes of separating Syria from Iran have been dashed. Turkey, once a strong ally of Israel, is now seeking better relations with Iran and with Lebanon’s Shiites>>>
MOSSAD
09-Dec-2010 (35 comments)
اکنون تقریبا مسلم شده است که ترور دو متخصص هسته‌ای در خیابان‌های تهران در هفته گذشته کار عوامل موساد، سازمان امنیتی اسراییل، بوده است. ترورها هدفمند بودند (و نه کور)، حذف فیزیکی افراد شاغل در فعالیت‌های هسته‌ای ایران را دنبال می‌کردند، پیچیدگی و مهارت زیادی در اجرای آن‌ها به کار رفته بود، و مجریان آن بدون جا گذاردن اثری از خود از صحنه گریخته‌اند. هم به لحاظ انگیزه (فعالیت‌های هسته‌ای ایران) و هم به لحاظ اجرا، این عملیات همه نشانه‌های مشخصه کار موساد را در بر دارد>>>
BIRTHDAY
09-Dec-2010 (2 comments)
December 10th is my birthday, and it coincides with Human Rights Day. I am grateful to be alive and well, but every year I realize that when it comes to global human rights, things are not any better, and Iran has certainly topped the list in the recent past. I wish I could write a jolly piece but my heart and soul are not joyful these days. Iran last year ranked second in executions, between China and the United States>>>
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IRANIANS OF THE DAY
| Person | About | Day |
|---|---|---|
| نسرین ستوده: زندانی روز | Dec 04 | |
| Saeed Malekpour: Prisoner of the day | Lawyer says death sentence suspended | Dec 03 |
| Majid Tavakoli: Prisoner of the day | Iterview with mother | Dec 02 |
| احسان نراقی: جامعه شناس و نویسنده ۱۳۰۵-۱۳۹۱ | Dec 02 | |
| Nasrin Sotoudeh: Prisoner of the day | 46 days on hunger strike | Dec 01 |
| Nasrin Sotoudeh: Graffiti | In Barcelona | Nov 30 |
| گوهر عشقی: مادر ستار بهشتی | Nov 30 | |
| Abdollah Momeni: Prisoner of the day | Activist denied leave and family visits for 1.5 years | Nov 30 |
| محمد کلالی: یکی از حمله کنندگان به سفارت ایران در برلین | Nov 29 | |
| Habibollah Golparipour: Prisoner of the day | Kurdish Activist on Death Row | Nov 28 |