Iranian of the Day

Mahatma Gandhi & Forgiveness: how to recover our loss.

این قطعه و این گفتمان را در رابطه با این مطلب گذاشتم که مادر مقتول، خانم نصراللهی، حتی تا لحظات آخر، با وجود التماس مردم و خانم سهرابی حاضر نشد ار کینه خود و اعدام بهنود شجاعی بگذرد.
تندروی و خود را فقط صالح و عاقل و دانا پنداشتن رویه و روند خطرناکیست

See the following clip from frame time 6:00 and learn that IT IS LOVE & LIFE THAT IS SWEET, NOT revenge: 

در طی جنبش استقلال طلبی هند، بعد از خروج نیروهای نظامی انگلیس از هند، مسلمانها و هندوها به تحریک محمدعلی جناح و جواهر لعل نهرو به جان هم افتادند و هزاران هزار کشته شدند. برای خاموش کردن این فتنه، گاندی روزه تا حد مرگ را اختیار کرد
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مرد هندو: بیا، بخور.... ، بخور. من جهنمی ام اما نه با مرگِ تو هم بر گردنم.
گاندی: فقط خدا میدونه کی جهنمی ایه.
م : من یک بچه ای رو کشتم. من سرشو سخت به یک دیوار کوبیدم
گ: چرا؟
م : اونا پسرمو کشتند. پسرمو! مسلمونا پسرمو کشتند.
گ: من یک راهی برای نجات از جهنم میدونم. یک بچه ای رو پیدا کن. بچه ای که پدر و مادرش کشته شده باشند. یک بچه پسری اینقدری......و اونا مثل اینکه پسرخودت باشه بزرگ کن. فقط مطمین باش که اون پسرمسلمون باشه و مسلمون بزرگش کنی

Forgiveness - The Greatest Gift

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4WUsr689Y4

Amish Forgiveness

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=drLx40tKZpg

Amish Forgiveness: those who truly believe.

Thirst for revenge and blood has nothing to do with the level of education, social strata, etc.
Nor does forgiveness and grace has anything to do with the level of education and social strata.

گفتگو با مادر احسان نصراللهی

Forgiveness and the Freedom of Letting go

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D4VMZb8wLY

holakouee radio

hey I just wanted to share dr. holakouee's shows with everyone else:) 

here it is: //www.holakoueearchive.com/?item=august-28-2009

It's funny...

Earlier today I was looking at Iranian.com's archives and there is a section on The Revolution where the site's editor and others are sifting through a room full of print materials such as flyers, books, and magazines from the time before The Revolution occured calling for regime change from various groups scattered across the globe. Of course, the long and short of everything was "FREEDOM FROM TYRANNY AND OPPRESSION!" and talking about "people starving", "government wasting money on nonsense" and "corruption" all over the place.

30 years later, same exact song and dance. How ironic. Oops!

Dear shushtari

The darkness that descended upon our Beloved Iran after the Islamic Revolution, has permeated all facets of the Society

The mixing of Politics and Religion (Whatever That May Be), is indeed a Deadly Mix

For several hundred years, Religion (Christianity) and Government were mixed in Europe

Ultimately, The People in Europe got so Sick And Tired of this arrangement, that they established Secular Democracies

We Need To Do Exactly The Same In Our Beloved Iran

Nothing More, And Indeed, Nothing Less .....

Tks

CAN'T EXPECT ANYTHING LESS

from these animals called akhoonds and pasdars!!!!

where the hell else does the family get to kick the stool from under the poor kid????!!!!!!!!

30 years of hell, and these barbarians kill like they're squashing a fly or something....

I pray that harsh justice is coming to these monsters in 09

javid iran 

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Doostan

Especialy Kourosh Aziz.    I can see why you'd think that way - Read enough posts on other threads and you may change your mind.   I will not say anymore and let you decide for yourself.   However - I do wish to say this: In encountering difficult issues such as Human Rights or Death Penalty - IRI Lobbyists and appologists have devised a new strategy.   For example Akbar Ganji did plea for human rights in Iran - but at the same time insisted before Iran the world has to focus on countries with much worst record on human rights abuse - hence taking pressure off IRI!!!

re: death penalty vs Behnood's specific case

is it personal vendetta or MasoudA can't read that another commenter says the same thing as Ostad did? How can the same thing said by two different people make any difference in the way it's responded to?

Some people are against the death penalty, some narrow it down to only include the cases of juvenile offenders. 

Personally, I am against all death penalty, not just juveniles and not just in some parts of the world. Don't get me wrong, there are times that I wish I could beat some rapists and child molesters to death myself, but my emotional disgust for some crimes doesn't justify going against my belief  which is nobody even the government does not have the right to take away someone's life.

Behnood's case was especially devastating because of the way he was treated over and over again which amounts to cruelty and torture, and also because the sentence was carried out by the family of the victim which in turn makes them murderers. A lot of sane people would not be able to live with such burden.

IRANdokht

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OS-Dad

" Death penalty must end all over the world."  

by trying to make this a global issue - you are knowingly relieving pressure from IRI.   Shame on those who still support the Islamic Republic - and impose their filth even under a post about execution of a child. 

Who's going to be next?

I'm totally devastated...First, it was Behnam Zare, then Delara, and now Behnood...Who's going to be next?

Behnood was executed on the international day Against the Death Penalty, so the world knows for sure that the Iranian Justice doesn't care about the internationl community's opinion and wouldn't mind to ignore the Human Rights or justice. 

روانش شاد،

روانش شاد، به امید روزی که حکم اعدام دیگر در هیچ جای دنیا به اجرا گذاشته نشود.

President Obama Looking Forward to Your Nobel Peace Speech

And I hope You can Recieve at the White House NAZANIN AFSHIN JAM WITH THE SAME COURAGE AS YOUR PEER THE DALAI LAMA ( ALSO A NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE ) :

FOR IRAN: Nazanin Afshin-Jam and Dalai Lama Go Green ;0)

Respectfully,

Darius KADIVAR a Concerned Iranian who voted for You !

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Dear G.S.

When are we going to learn that two (2) Wrongs Don't Make A Right

Barbarians

Barbarians!

I am wondering why the poster did not care to...

find and post a picture of the youth that was killed too. Ghormeh sabzi, do you even know what the victim's name was?

It was Ehsan.

Death penalty must end all over the world.

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So "a stay of execution" means nothing ?....this case is similar to Dalara Darabi's case....... I read that the victim's dad is willing to forgive this boy.......Is IRI using this execution to drown out 3 protesters' upcoming executions?

I am speechless...