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تفکر
04-Nov-2012 (3 comments)
البته و اضح و مبرهن است که زنده یاد سانتیاگو کاریلو مرد بزرگی بود. میتوان با اعتماد به صندوق های رای ره صد ساله را یک شبه پیمود. کشورهای دیگر هم هستند که قرنهاست است که از دیکتاتوری رنج میبرند، کافی است احزاب و شخصیت ها تصمیمات سختی گرفته و به نتایج صندوق های رای ایمان بیاورند>>>
VIEW
02-Nov-2012 (18 comments)
Lately, as an Iranian American, many things make me angry. I realize the mere mention of the term “anger,” particularly in the context of discussions on the Middle East, raises red flags among Americans, Iranians, and Iranian Americans alike. But I believe we need to reclaim this oft-misunderstood, stigmatized emotion – after all, emotional indifference to oppression or tyranny is no virtue. The origin of the word anger – ang, the Greek word for grief or loss – reminds us that anger stems from that which we have lost>>>
روز کورش
02-Nov-2012 (11 comments)
چرا به کورش قول نمیدهند که جامعه ای آزاد و برابر و مرفه خواهند ساخت، پدیده ای که در تاریخ ایران اهورایی یا اهریمنی وجود خارجی نداشته است؟ چرا به کورش نمیگویند که بدعت گذاری خواهند کرد و آزادی و برابری و رفاه را در ایران پیاده خواهند کرد؟ چرا میخواهند گذشته را زنده کنند؟ و کدام گذشته؟ پاسخ به این سوالات کار سختی نیست. ما این جنبش، امیال و آرزوهایش را می شناسیم>>>
COMMUNITY
29-Oct-2012 (40 comments)
In the spirit of strengthening my voice, I chose to attend the National Iranian American Council (NIAC)’s Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. held between Sep 30th and Oct 2nd. While attending the conference, I met Iranian Americans from across the country. Through hands-on interactive workshops I learned how an unprepared community can be defenseless and at risk while an organized and engaged community can build strong relationships and project considerable power>>>
IDEAS
29-Oct-2012 (6 comments)
The silence of secular people and their inactivity have led to their marginalization and have fostered the emerging power of the Religious Right which espouses the belief that believing in God is synonymous with morality and righteousness, and secularism means chaos and wickedness. The main reason that America seems to be highly religious, according to the author, is the prevailing view that “being a religious peoples make for a better society, that America's economic and military greatness is the reward for its piety or part of divine plan">>>
دیدگاه
29-Oct-2012
قانون حجاب اجباری سمبل جمهوری اسلامی است و به نظر می رسد خواست حفظ جمهوری اسلامی خواست جمعی اکثریت مردم ایران در وهله ی حاضر نباشد، پس این قانون چیزی تحمیلی و در واقع نماد بی ارادگی تک تک شهروندان در تعیین سرنوشت و نوع حکومت برای خود است. از این رو، قانون حجاب اجباری ظرفیت مسئله شدن برای تمام شهروندان امروزه ایران و نه تنها زنان را دارد>>>
سازمان
26-Oct-2012 (4 comments)
اصولا مردم آمریکا به اوباما و هر شخص دیگر که کاندید این شغل است رای نداده اند که مشکل ما ایرانیان را حل کند. وظیفه اصلی هر رئیس جمهور چه در آمریکا و در هر کجای دنیا پیشبرد منافع ملی آن کشور است. بنابراین بر خلاف خواسته ما ایرانیان، وظیفه اصلی آقای اوباما حفظ منافع ملی مردم و کشور آمریکا در جهان میباشد>>>
PRESIDENT
26-Oct-2012 (52 comments)
Once again my writings here will most likely piss off some people but some things need to be said. First a quick summary: If you are voting for Romney you are voting for war with Iran. If you think sanctions are justified then you have been brainwashed by propaganda originating from the war party and the Israeli lobby>>>
WORLDVIEW
24-Oct-2012 (4 comments)
I would love to see the Iranian mullahs sink into oblivion—replaced by better or worse, who knows? But even I, the perennial optimist, cannot believe that any of these benighted countries will ever improve or even evolve. Right now, I am much more preoccupied by the reelection of Obama — a Romney/Ryan victory would make the Bush years seem like a golden age—and its per se importance, and not, like other Iranian-Americans, only because of the impact on Iranian politics>>>
INTERNET
24-Oct-2012 (one comment)
With all the routes to normal and humane social interaction sealed off in the Iranian society, the online world has become one of the only acting substitutes. This special position has elevated the hopes for possible change happening in the physical world through events which happen in the virtual world. Some of these hopes are substantiated in sober evidence>>>
SURVEY
18-Oct-2012 (143 comments)
Concern about war with Iran has only intensified since our last member survey, and our members overwhelmingly chose to keep preventing war as NIAC’s top priority. Concern about sanctions aimed at the entire Iranian population has also grown, with the issue rising to the second priority. NIAC members made supporting human rights in Iran, supporting the civil rights of Iranian Americans, and promoting Iranian cultural heritage the third, fourth, and fifth priorities, respectively>>>
JUSTICE
18-Oct-2012 (5 comments)
Whenever there is violence against non-violence, hatred over compassion, there is a war of values. But I think that we lacked political maturity and a strong civil society in Iran in 1979 and we have come very far from then to the 2009 popular uprising. I think there was a false sense that with the downfall of the Shah we could achieve democracy instantly>>>
VIEW
16-Oct-2012 (6 comments)
An attack on Iran could set back Iran's ability to build a nuclear weapon but not stop the program permanently. Barring a decision to deploy large numbers of troops on the ground, we doubt that U.S. military attacks from the air — plus other means, such as drones, covert operations and cyberattacks — could eliminate Iran's capability to build a nuclear weapon, bring about regime change or force Iran to capitulate to U.S. demands>>>
NUCLEAR
13-Oct-2012 (5 comments)
There seems to be a delusion reigning in Washington. After Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cartoonish presentation at the United Nations General Assembly and implicit signaling that he would not unilaterally attack Iran before the U.S. elections, there is a belief that Netanyahu caved to President Barack Obama. But did he really? The choreography around Israel's threats to attack—unless the U.S. and the EU further sanctioned Iran, did not strike a deal, and committed to take military action at some point—was elaborate, relentless and quite convincing>>>
VIEW
10-Oct-2012 (10 comments)
With the rise in conservatism and the likely success of Mitt Romney in the upcoming presidential election, there will be a renewed effort to beat the war drum in regard to Iran. Given the disappointing economic conditions here in the U.S., there might be popular support for war, especially among some politicians and economists who believe that war will jump start our stalled economy. In a September 5, 2010 article in The New York Times, renowned economist Paul Krugman stated: “From an economic point of view, World War II was, above all, a burst of deficit-financed government spending”>>>
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