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03-Feb-2010
در آستانه ۲۲ بهمن، رژیم جمهوری اسلامی آخرین حربه‌های خود را برای سرکوب جنبش آزادی‌خواهانه مردم به صحنه آورده است. گروگان‌کُشی - تاکتیکی که شقی‌ترین جنایت‌کاران حرفه‌ای برای پیش‌برد هدف‌های خویش به کار می‌گیرند - یکی از این حربه‌ها است. این کار با کشتن آرش رحمانی‌پور و محمدرضا علی‌زمانی هفته گذشته آغاز گردید و بلافاصله اعلام شد که افراد دیگری را نیز برای سیری عطش خون حاکمیت ردیف کرده‌اند. بعد، امام جمعه محبوب ولی فقیه در نماز جمعه با عربده‌کشی به این کار احسنت گفت و کشتار بیشتری را طلبید>>>
REALITY CHECK
03-Feb-2010 (10 comments)
بر سر زبان افتادن نام آقای جان فرحی به اتهام کلاهبرداری و سوء استفاده های مالی، آتش یهودی ستیزی و اصطلاحا آنچه آنتی سمیتیزم نامیده می شود را تیزتر کرده است. این روزها در لوس آنجلس در هر جمعی که می نشینی به شرطی که دوستان یهودی حضور نداشته باشند، یکی پس از دیگری نظریاتی می دهند و با استناد به شواهدی احکامی صادر می کنند که گویا از فرط بدیهی بودن به قضایای مسلم هندسی می ماند که انکار و یا رد آن تائیدیه ای بربیسوادی و بی صلاحیتی و حواس پرتی مدعی ست>>>
FILM
03-Feb-2010 (2 comments)
Neshat’s prominent style of magic realism combined with strong elements of female melodrama unfolds a strong tale about societal turmoil and personal nightmares from five female perspectives. I consider Iran as the fifth character, which is highly misunderstood, mistreated, and even raped at the end by fundamentalist forces, very much like the lives of other four characters. Iran in this era stands on the verge of a profound transformation from a poor developing country to an independent wealthy nation with a democratic government>>>
SIMILARITY
01-Feb-2010 (42 comments)
There is a stark similarity between some aspects of the political atmosphere dominant over Iran today and those under Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh right before the U.S.-led coup of 1953 that resulted in the overthrow of the legitimate government of Iran and the establishment of a U.S.-puppet government of the Shah. In the period between 1951-53, the U.S. in a close collaboration with the British colonial power through their channels within Iran's military and political apparatus, particularly the Shah’s court, was able to contrive division within the ruling circle and as a result the society at large>>>
CAPITULATION
28-Jan-2010 (2 comments)
سه رهبر اصلاح‌طلب جنبش یعنی آقایان خاتمی، کروبی و موسوی اظهاراتی را بیان داشته‌اند (یا به آنان نسبت داده شده) که از نوعی پذیرش موقعیت محمود احمدی‌نژاد به عنوان رییس اجرایی حکومت یاد می‌کند. این حرکت الزاما به معنای پذیرش صحت نتیجه اعلام شده انتخابات 22 خرداد و مشروعیت دولت احمدی‌نژاد نیست. ولی در عین حال، این موضع با آن چه در گفتارها و نوشتارهای این سه شخصیت در ماه‌های گذشته دیده و شنیده شده تفاوت دارد. یعنی اینان تا کنون از پذیرش دوفاکتوی دولت احمدی‌نژاد قاطعانه سر باز می‌زدند و به هواداران خود چنین وانمود می‌کردند که به هیچ عنوان ریاست جمهوری احمدی‌نژاد را نخواهند پذیرفت. این موضع تا مدتی قابل دوام بود، ولی...>>>
DINOSAUR
26-Jan-2010 (one comment)
I occasionally go to Iran. During a visit in January 2009, I was taking a walk near my home in Ramsar's Katalom suburb, in Mazandaran Province. As I usually do, I analyzed sediments and rocks along the way. One day I noticed the existence of some rocks within the soft sedimentation of reddish soil (Aluminium Silicate). What caught my attention was the way they were positioned on the top of a hill. The rocks did not have earthly base, and all around the rocks was soft soil, and many of them had rather unusual shapes
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HAITI
24-Jan-2010 (4 comments)
Today, less than two weeks after Haiti first trembled, I sit in wonder as I meditate on the phrase which has been stamped on the conscience of every soul: "Hope for Haiti". I hear the words over the radio and see them plastered over every programme on television and flashed repeatedly over my computer screen. But I wonder if it is really hope that we are purchasing with such generous donations or an ointment for the wounds of guilt?! Is the Haiti catastrophe really a natural disaster or the bitter truth of poverty?!>>>
HELP
22-Jan-2010 (one comment)
Since the disputed 12 June presidential election at least 100 journalists and bloggers have been arrested and 23 are still being held. At the same time, around 50 have been forced to flee the country to escape the relentless repression. More are leaving every day. These are the brave and selfless folks that year after year pushed back and challenged status quo. They pressed against the system and pushed the envelop when there were no bright lights or world attention. One organization having nothing to do with any Iranian group has taken the lead to help these people>>>
CRISIS
22-Jan-2010 (28 comments)
The current unrest was the result of three forces joining hands: the most visible of the three was the role of the foreign powers and the financial and logistical support they provided to the pro-western and well-to-do strata in Iran who received their ideological, political and practical directions from foreign, particularly the U.S. and British intelligence operatives, Iranian counter-revolutionaries acting as the long arm of the U.S.-U.K. organizations that channel funds into the accounts of anti-government links>>>
DICTATOR
20-Jan-2010 (12 comments)
خامنه‌ای صریحاً دست دراز شده از سوی موسوی را پس نزده است. او ظاهرا از موسوی (و خاتمی و کروبی و هاشمی رفسنجانی) به عنوان «خواص» یاد می‌کند و می‌خواهد که آنان در دایره خودی‌ها باقی بمانند. ولی او اهل مذاکره نیست، و بلکه فقط تسلیم مطلق را می‌طلبد. او گفته است که «خواص باید خط و مرز خود را با دشمن به صورت شفاف مشخص کنند». او برای این که مشخص کند منظورش از «دشمن» کیست اضافه کرده است که «عده ای در فضای فتنه و غبار آلودگی با زبان اسلام را نفی و در عمل نیز جمهوریت نظام را نفی می کنند و انتخابات را زیر سؤال می برند انتظار از خواص این است که مرز و موضع خود را شفاف مشخص کنند»>>>
ASSASSINATION
20-Jan-2010 (4 comments)
Iran's scientific community is reeling after the assassination on 12 January of Masoud Alimohammadi, a particle physicist at the University of Tehran. Alimohammadi was killed by a bomb as he got into his car to go to work. "Everyone is worried that this may be only the start, and that there may be more killings of academics to come," one researcher says. Nature interviewed half a dozen scientists in Iran who knew Alimohammadi, all of whom requested anonymity. Nature magazine interviewed half a dozen scientists in Iran who knew Alimohammadi, all of whom requested anonymity>>>
KHALAJI
20-Jan-2010 (12 comments)
In the very cold winter of 1979, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, returned to Qom, the spiritual capital of the Shiite world, for the first time after his long exile. A huge crowd came out that day. As he made his way to the stage, passing through those who pressed together to see him, the ayatollah's mantle fell off. Once he had settled in his chair, he noticed how chilly he was. "I'm cold," he said. Within seconds, another mantle fell over his shoulders and wrapped him warm>>>
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