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02-Mar-2011 (6 comments)
سکوت بیش از این در برابر جنایات حاکمان جمهوری اسلامی ایران مسئولیت نیروهای نظامی را در ادامه وضع موجود هر روز سنگین تر میکند تا جائیکه شاید یک پارچگی کشور را به خطر بیاندازد. دیگر بحث بر سر احمدی نژاد و موسوی نیست. اینک خامنه ایست و باند ملایان و چاقوکشان حامی او که در مقابل مردم ایستاده و سکوت ارتش و سپاه این نهادها را بکلی از مردم جدا نموده و به ابزاری حقیر برای ادامه حاکمیت یک ملای جنایتکار و غارتگر و پادوهای بد طینت و بی کفایت او تبدیل میکند>>>
SIGNS
26-Feb-2011 (5 comments)
Is Egypt like Iran? It is a comparison that just a month ago would have been unthinkable. During the height of the 2009 protests in Iran, the Washington Post ran an article under the headline, “Arab Activists Watch Iran and Wonder: ‘Why Not Us?’” Now, with Mubarak gone and a resurgent Green Movement again taking to the streets across the Islamic Republic, the question has been unexpectedly reversed: Could Iran become like Egypt? Many Iranians look to Egypt and wonder, why not us?>>>
VIEW
19-Feb-2011 (14 comments)
The key challenge for the United States is to find ways to connect with the Green Movement. As important as social media or rhetorical declarations may be, such measures are limited. The model of Eastern Europe is instructive, as the West managed to covertly use a range of institutions, such as the Catholic Church and labor unions, to funnel assistance to dissidents. Several parts of Iranian civil society - labor syndicates, savvy youth, clerical dissidents, liberal protesters and universities - exist in a state of perpetual rebellion>>>
DEMOCRACY
17-Feb-2011 (21 comments)
The path to democracy is a long process of evolution and not an overnight revolution. It is very easy to create scapegoats and blame all the problems on one individual or even one party. But the bottom line is that in no society will democracy be achievable unless by every member of that society starting to act responsibly and respecting each others point of view. Otherwise we could be in the long hall of going through the same vicious cycle of replacing one dictator with another>>>
IDOLS
17-Feb-2011 (42 comments)
در جامعه ایرانی ستایش بی پایه افراد به دلایل گوناگون امری عادی و روزمره است همانند احترام بیجا به یک حاجی یا دکتر هر چند اگر رفتارشان سزاوار احترام نباشد و یا انتظار رفتار شایسته از این افراد صرفا به خاطر مدرک تحصیلی و زیارت حج. سرچشمه این موارد را میتوان در این باور یافت که برای ایرانیان احترام برخی افراد واجب شمرده میشود و افراط ما در این امر چنان است که حتی همسر یک پزشک را هم خانم دکتر خطاب میکنیم و بسیاری هستند که از دیگران توقع احترام دارند و این در حالی است که در آمریکا افراد احترامشان را بر اساس رفتارشان کسب میکنند>>>
VIEW
15-Feb-2011 (7 comments)
The revolts in Tunisia and Egypt will go down the history as two of the fastest and easiest "revolutions" of all time! It is almost certain that the US was instrumental in bringing the rapid change, and this is good news for people and bad news for dictators. The American involvement by no means should belittle the heroism of the Egyptian people. They have made their history again and we should all hope that the consequences will be equally hospitable>>>
POLICY
12-Feb-2011 (6 comments)
As the Islamic regime of Iran celebrates its 32nd anniversary, the people of Iran face monumental economic challenges similar to those faced by other countries in the region like Tunisia and Egypt. The economy is feeling the sting of sanctions with shortages, unemployment, layoffs and inflation fears creating a widening gap between the regime and the people. Indeed, the regime is facing its toughest challenge – its 32-year monopoly may be about to be busted wide open>>>
IRI
12-Feb-2011 (30 comments)
بسیاری از همین آدمها که امروز بدون رفتن به رستورانهای گرانبها و خوردن شرابهای کهنه اشرافی که بشود با آنها پز داد امورشان نمیگذرد همانهائی هستند که تا دیروز قصه دستگیره های طلای سیفون توالت کاخ شاه را اینجا و آنجا تعریف میکردند تا نشان بدهند که چه افراد تجمل پرستی کشور را اداره میکنند. جالبتر اینکه در میان این آدمها گروههائی هم هستند که بشدت خود را پایبند آداب و رسوم سفره رقیه و زینب میدانند و تمدن غرب را فاسد بشمار میآورند >>>
EGYPT
04-Feb-2011 (21 comments)
Is the drama unraveling in Egypt today a sequel to the one that began in Iran in 1979? This is the question of the hour. In article after article, interview after interview, the experts list their reasons why Egypt is following a script of its own. They reassure the audiences by pointing to everything that distinguishes the unfolding uprising from its regional predecessor. But what goes unmentioned is that Iran’s 1979 revolution appears decidedly theocratic only from the vantage point of thirty years>>>
VIEW
31-Jan-2011 (8 comments)
The events in Egypt in the past week has given the government of the Resolute Nation a pretext to tout its own horn as a mover and inspiration for what is going on in the Arab world. According to the BBC Persian, the Iranian media in the last few days hve been taking to the claim that the developments in Egypt and Tunis are reflections of the Iran’s revolution in Bahman of 1357. This level of cheek (roo) is so obscene that it deserves a hearty shishaki>>>
IMPACT
31-Jan-2011 (one comment)
In a televised interview broadcast just a few days ago, University of Michigan History Professor Juan Cole described the Tunisian uprising as not only “the first popular revolution since [the Iranian revolution of] 1979,” but also “something that other Arab countries might well look to -- the public, at least -- for inspiration”. Coming from a Middle East expert, who is also a trained historian, this analysis is totally unacceptable because it fails to so much as even mention the historical fact that Iran’s Green Movement preceded the “mass movement” in Tunisia>>>
VIEW
29-Jan-2011 (5 comments)
Enormous support for a secular state is spreading fast among my generation, while the regime and its associates arrest and imprison the supporters, they're soon replaced in larger numbers. The Regime can't impede secularism, as their stronghold is weakening with the power of the new media emerging. The reformists on the other hand, and we who support secularism have different goals. Unlike them, we are pro-democracy, and it is our aim to establish a secular Persian Republic>>>
IDEAS
26-Jan-2011 (18 comments)
Two weeks ago Friday, in a dramatic turn of events, the 23-year reign of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia came to an abrupt end. Images of the popular demonstrations that engulfed the country over the past few weeks bore resemblance to the protests that followed the disputed 2009 Iranian presidential election. The Green Movement of Iran, however, envisioned but never realized its promised land and succumbed to the repression of the Iranian theocracy. This is despite the similar nature of the two regimes>>>
REVOLUTION
21-Jan-2011 (6 comments)
One word alone can explain why, in 1979, Iranians from all walks of life took to the streets of Tehran and other major Iranian cities to take part in what later became known as the Islamic Revolution: Freedom, that is to say, freedom from the chains of an autocratic regime that had, for so long, undermined their attempts at democratization at both the political and economic levels>>>
REFLECTION
12-Jan-2011 (23 comments)
تا دو سه روز پیش علیرضا پهلوی فقط همشهری بوستونی من بود که هرگز با وجود پرسه زدن های بسیار در بوستون و کافه هایش، او را ندیده بودم. ایکاش دیده بودم و به او می گفتم همه ی ما تاج و تخت از دست داده ایم. همه ی ما به ناحق فحش خورده ایم و تاکید می کردم به ما شبیخون زده اند و ما همچون همه ی قربانیان شبیخون فقط هنگامی آرام می گیریم که با هم بنشینیم و در پناهگاه با هم گپ بزنیم. علیرضا پهلوی پس از مرگ، گوئی عضوی از خانواده ام شده است که بیشتر زنده اش می پندارم تا مرده>>>
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