با تو آغاز نشد، سبز بی وجدان

در جواب به گزینش بد بر بدتر، در جواب به سینه زنی زیر پرچم پیروان خط امام، در جواب به تحسین جسارت میرحسین موسوی و زهرا رهنورد که دست در دست یکدیگر در ملأ عام بیش از یک سال گذشته، نسل سبز ایران را به ستایش خود بر انگیختند، با من بیا به روز جمعه، هفت مرداد شصت و هفت، دعوت به نگاه دزدانه ای در سلولهای تنگ زندان اوین و گوهر دشت، چپیده از یاران دبستانی>>>

A Few Good Men

Matin-Daftari has recently published a book on his father, titled Papers and Documents from the Nationalization of the Iranian Oil Industry to the International Court of Justice, 1951-1952. I had a chance to speak with him in Paris, on the eve of the anniversary of the 1953 coup. Dr. Matin-Daftari speaks about his grandfather and recollects the time he spent with him in Ahmad Abad where the Prime Minister was exiled by the Shah until his death.>>>

Learning from India

Today, India’s secular government strives – albeit with mixed results -- to protect and nurture all religious and ethnic groups. Meanwhile, the Islamic Republic of Iran, while officially recognizing three religious minorities – Zoroastrians, Jews, and Christians – sanctions discrimination against these groups. Bahais, who are not recognized, face systematic, state-sponsored persecution. What practical steps can Iran take to institute a more pluralistic society like that of its neighbor to the east? >>>

Assimilation Days

We were talking about all the dreams we had back when we thought we were white. It was sad to think of them, but it was funny to talk about them together. "It was the grunge movement for me," my sister said. "And the way you were supposed to dislike anybody who called it the grunge movement." I laughed. It was true. I had been in it but she had really been in it. It had been great though. It had given us something to feel good about our city, Seattle, about >>>

I slept with your dokhtar khaleh

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Predicting War

Is there a happier journalist last week than The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg? So much ink has been spilled discussing, critiquing, and debating Jeffrey Goldberg's Iran piece, a calculation of the very high probability of an Israeli military strike against Iran in the coming year, you'd think Goldberg was determining Iran policy himself. All this is set against a backdrop of right-wing hysteria over the mosque in lower Manhattan and the supposed failure of liberals to understand the true nature of the threat of Islamofascism>>>

Going Critical

At a ceremony this Saturday near the southern Iranian coastal city of Bushehr, Russia will begin the process of loading fuel rods into Iran's first civilian nuclear reactor. Theoretically distinct from the rest of the regime's disturbing nuclear program, the Bushehr plant nevertheless remains a major international concern. The low-enriched uranium in the fuel rods would, if diverted, substantially increase Iran's existing stock of the material, which many suspect is already being used to develop nuclear weapons>>>

Have you checked your phone bill?

Keeping in touch with family and friends back home is part of the weekly experience of most immigrant families. It is not unusual to find families that spend $50 to $100 on international phone calls. While the market for long distance service is very competitive and the growth of internet has helped reduce the cost of international calls in the past ten years, some long distance companies engage in unethical practices that are hardly noticed by customers. Please check your phone bill carefully and take action if you observe any fraud and overcharging>>>

هُرهُری مذهبان

قبل از انقلاب 11 فوریه سال 1979 که به انقراض حکومت سلطنتی پوپورن ها منجر و رژیم سوسیالیستی به سبک معمر قذافی و هوگو چاوز در ایندولند بر روی کار آمد، خانواده تروخیلو همگی سلطنت طلب بوده و همه افراد فامیل مشاغل مهمی در وزارتخانه ها و ارتش و نیروی پلیس مخفی ایندولند بر عهده داشتند. واقعیت این بود که آنها قلباً اعتقادی به سلطنت نداشتند و الکی عکس های شاه و ملکه و ولیعهد را بر دیوار اطاق پذیرایی نصب کرده و وقت و بی وقت جاوید شاه می گفتند>>>

برده (5)

شب زیبایی بود. ژولیو از قدم زدن خسته شده و با گامهای آرام بسوی اتاقش می رفت. کاخ دو کتابخانه داشت و اتاق ژولیو درست برابر یکی از کتابخانه ها بود. قرار بود در همین کتابخانه دوباره به تدریس ماه آفرید سرگرم شود. به همین خاطر قبلاً از آن دیدن کرده بود. ولی هنوز کارش آغاز نشده و بی صبرانه انتظار می کشید. درهای کتابخانه و اتاق ژولیو، هر دو رو بداخل سالن بزرگی باز می شدند که در انتهای آن پلکانی بزرگ موجود بود>>>

Heroes

At the age of injustice,
The pivotal points in history when
We’re bound to alter our fate,
Sluggish we are, to make a move.
Yet, our devious minds tell us what to do,
Callously play ignorant, act like we’re dumb >>>

What do those idiots in Tehran expect?

Robin [Wright] is right (forgive the pun), and Jeff[rey [Goldberg] is not, about the timeline for the Iranian nuclear impasse. Robin is wrong, and Jeff is correct, that a crisis will come unless we find a way to stop what Director of National Intelligence James Clapper describes as Iran's "inexorable" nuclear progress. Iran reactivated its nuclear program more than 20 years ago. Its approach has been that of the tortoise, not the hare. If Iran is in a nuclear arms race, it is a marathon, not a sprint>>>