MAHSA

Innocence Lost

Seven-year-old's eloquent anger at Islamic Republic

06-Dec-2010 (209 comments)
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BAND

Endless Energy

Endless Energy

Abjeez Live in San Francisco

by Nazy Kaviani
06-Dec-2010 (12 comments)

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WIKILEAKS

Neither wrong nor illegal

Our instrument of last resort for bringing some accountability to those in power

06-Dec-2010 (7 comments)
After reading the article titled ‘WikiLeaks: U.S.-Iran Relations "Now What" Moment?’ by NIAC’s Reza Marashi who identifies himself as a former Iran desk officer at the U.S. State Department, I failed to see exactly what ‘lessons learned’ are being presented following release of thousands of the not-so-diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks -- an act that the writer repeatedly labels as an “inexcusable security breach” throughout his treatise>>>

VIEW

Perpetual waste of talents

Why Iran is in doldrums, scientifically

06-Dec-2010 (16 comments)
That Iran, with 10% of the world's known oil reserves, 2nd in natural gas reserves, and an intelligent eager workforce, is going through the most dire of circumstances in living memory, is not a secret. Iran's economy is basically in the doldrums. It looks up to countries like Qatar, Emirates, and Turkey for how to get things done, and is ruled by a ruthless religious dictatorship, all while its environment plummets down the drain>>>

STORY

Sama’ (The Audition-4)

I felt my breath deepen with stage fright. I was not ready.

05-Dec-2010
Oddly, reciting the foreboding doomsday verses had restored my calm. I was bones and dust now, but soon I would remember who I was and what I had done. The verses were not grim warnings, but a merciful promise. Finally, this was to be the day when ignorance and oblivion would end and I would know where I fit in God’s plan when I was alive. Does man think that he will be left aimless? I recited the Koranic promise out loud over and over again>>>

STORY

بیگ اچیومنت

مردم ایندولند چقدر باید دستشویی بروند و چقدر فضولات تحویل نیروگاه بیوترمال بدهند تا کل کشور آباد بشود؟

05-Dec-2010
اصرار مقامات ایندولند بر ساخت و راه اندازی نیروگاه های بیوترمال فقط روسیه و چین را خوشحال کرده است. سازمان ملل، انباشت منابع عظیم فضولات انسانی در نزدیکی نیروگاه را تهدیدی برای همه; جزایر همسایه ایندولند; تلقی می کند ولی آلفونس علی و مهندس مایکل نرون میگویند مرغ یک پا دارد و باید هر چه زود تر این نیروگاه راه اندازی شود. حالا دیگر موضوع حیثیتی شده و تحقق راه اندازی و تولیدانرژی از این نیروگاه بیگ اچیومنت رهبران ایندولند خواهد بود>>>

POETRY

حماسه حلاج 2
05-Dec-2010 (4 comments)
این نشود تا نرهاند ز تن
مرغ سعادت به هوای وطن
مقصد جوینده نیاید درست
نیت اگر بود بجز نام دوست >>>

TRAVELER

When in Rome, Get Lost

When in Rome, Get Lost

Photo essay: One day in the Italian capital

by Jahanshah Javid
04-Dec-2010 (29 comments)

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VIEW

Don't Bother

An agreement with the mullahs would be not worth the paper it is written on

03-Dec-2010 (89 comments)
The clerical regime has brought severe costs, such as economic mismanagement, brutality and religious pretensions, and no tangible benefits. Reminiscences about the Shah’s regime are becoming increasingly frequent and nostalgic. The clerics and their supporters believe that the United States is bent on getting rid of them and that their best hope for long-term survival is the nuclear program, which they cannot abandon. Realists in America and in Europe know that the real problem is not Iran’s nuclear quest but its regime>>>

SHAHLA

Hands of Ignorance

Ever so victorious in defeating yet another woman

03-Dec-2010 (5 comments)
One would look at Shahla and her bold, brave, manner of defending herself in public court, and would wonder sadly at how her passion was so overtly wasted on the lustful desires of a man. What would Shahla be if not infatuated at age 13 with a grown man who enjoyed celebrity status? Where would she be now if her talents, passion and drive had been exerted towards attainments which would be possible for women in an atmosphere of true equality? >>>

PERSIAN GULF

Football in Hot Water

Possible boycott of 2011 AFC Asian football cup in Qatar

03-Dec-2010 (14 comments)
The 2011 AFC Asian Football Cup will be hosted by Qatar in January 2011. It is possible that sports officials there will refer to the Persian Gulf by another name. If this occurs, Iranian athletes, administrators, and football fans should boycott the event. The use of a name other than Persian Gulf occurred at the 2010 Asian games by the Chinese this past month. Many Iranians were surprised and dismayed by this action, but it should not be surprising that China and Western countries would place their economic self-interest in business relationships with Arab countries above any concerns about historical accuracy>>>

007

بر قوری داغ بوسه مگذار هرگز

به گرمی‌ دست میرزا را فشرد و گفت،"باند...جیمز باند."

03-Dec-2010 (9 comments)

از در که وارد اتاق منشی شد محمد میرزا کلاه قاجاریش را ماهرانه بسوی میخ روی دیوار پرتاب کرد. کلاه دو سه بار دور میخ چرخ زد و به دیوار آویزان ماند. منشی‌ خاتون ملقب به `صنار سه شاهی` اینبار هیچ محلش نذاشت. محمد میرزا رفت جلو که طبق معمول لب بگیره ‌ ولی‌ صنار سه شاهی گفت، "برو گمشو تو،`میم` کارت داره." محمد میرزا که خودش می‌دونست چه غلطی کرده با آهی دستاشواز شلیتهصنار سهشاهی برداشت وگفت، " دلت را اینقدر شورننداز خوشگله ،ماموریتی نیست که از راضی‌ کردن تو خطرناک تر باشه."

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DEATH

زیر صندلی خالی

آخ شهلا جان چقدر پیر شدی از بس مردی!

03-Dec-2010 (6 comments)
زیر ملافه های سفید، صورت معصوم ات را در کف دست چپم می گذارم تا ترانه ی هم آغوشی من و تو در حالی شروع شود که من امروز حال خوشی ندارم. به قول ساناز، صدای شهلا در سرم زوزه می کشد. حالا که از ساعت پنج صبح، ساعاتی گذشته، شاید تنها یک عشق بازی بتواند خاطره ی مرگ و طناب دار را از سرم بیاندازد و کاری کند که برای بیست و هشت دقیقه به خوابی بروم که تعبیرش را دلم نمی خواهد حتی به آب رودخانه ی پشت پنجره بگویم>>>

IRANIANS

Lokht dar Ayeneh

Candid look at our character

01-Dec-2010 (11 comments)
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ASSASSINATION

Whodunit

Why would the Islamic Republic want to eliminate its own scientists?

01-Dec-2010 (13 comments)
Once again two scientists with nuclear connection have been subject of bomb explosion. Majid Shahriari was an Elementary Particle physicist, and a member of the Scientific Board of Beheshti University. He was driving to work with his wife when the explosion occurred near the intersection of Imam Ali and Artesh Freeway. He was killed and his wife survived with injuries. The assailants riding motorcycles attached magnetized bombs to the car>>>

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