Iranian(s) of the year?

Jahanshah Javid
by Jahanshah Javid
21-Jan-2009
 

Our tech guru Foaad has created a special page for online polls. He has twice reminded me to use it for selecting the Iranian of the year for 2008. So before it gets too late, I want to share some names with you.

I think the 2008 Iranian of the year should include the following. Note that these are SIGNIFICANT Iranians, NOT necessarily the BEST. I'm sure I've missed some important names, so help me out:

-- Shirin Ebadi
-- Students who've demanded freedom and democracy in public rallies at numerous universities.
-- The One Million Signatures Campaign (women's rights activists in Iran)
-- Marjane Satrapi
-- Mohsen Namjoo
-- Hossein Derakhshan
-- Six detained leaders of the Bahai faith.
-- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Who did I miss? Let me know and I will set up the poll. HERE IT IS.

Share/Save/Bookmark

Recently by Jahanshah JavidCommentsDate
Hooman Samani: The Kissinger
4
Aug 31, 2012
Eric Bakhtiari: San Francisco 49er
6
Aug 26, 2012
You can help
16
Aug 23, 2012
more from Jahanshah Javid
 
default

My vote!

by Anonymous1 (not verified) on

تمامی قربانیان نقض حقوق بشر در ایران

//hrairan.com/


default

Hadi Saei.

by Anonymous1 (not verified) on

Hadi Saei.


default

My list inclueds:

by irani 1234 (not verified) on

AnOSHEH ANSARI who spend over 20 million dollars just to look at earth from outer space and be in Oprah show!

ANDRE AGASSI who wraps himself in American flag so people would not call him Iranian and marries the former model Brook Shields just to have a gorgeous wife,Sorry Andre you have to be white and plant some hairs on your head first!

PIERRE OMIDYAR founder of e bay who gave millions of dollars out of his billions to his former college.


default

I must vote for Hossein

by Pondoria (not verified) on

I must vote for Hossein Derakhshan. He was
an influential and multi-faceted character
and I miss him.


default

You might know him!

by Anonymous-Hakaman (not verified) on

The Iranian of the year is Mr. Bahram Moshiri. I think he is the only one who deserves to be the Iranian of the year. You can visit his web page and learn about him.

//www.bahrammoshiri.com/


Parthian

How about Hamas and Palestanians?

by Parthian on

For fighting those evil jews who are controlling everything, and are the reason for all the misery in the world, and oh, they are also holding the great muslim civilzation down, without jews, Islamic civilization would be glorious, and people would be free, it would be like utopia.


javaneh29

my list would go like this:

by javaneh29 on

 All those activists who have been imprisoned and executed, stoned and tortured.... too many to list. Def Cyrus the Great. Sorry if I repeat anyone that has already been nominated or is on anyone elses list.

Students and Human rights activists:

Muhammad Sadiq Kaboudvand

Yusef Azizi Bani Turfi journalist

Mansour Osanloo trade union leader

Amir Abbas Fakhravar student activists

Dr. Farzad Hamidi

Kourosh Sahati

Hojat Bakhtiari

Yaghoub Mehrnehad and journalist executed last year

 

Womens rights activists:

Shirin Ebadi

Nazanin Afshin-Jam

Shadi Sadr

Mehrangiz Kar

Esha Momeni

Khadijeh Moghaddam,

Parvin Ardalan

And for his role in Maxx Farhad Ayeesh.

 

Javaneh


Tara

Dear JJ

by Tara on

I second your nomination of Dr. Shirin Ebadi, who has done so much for Iranian women and children during the past 30 years.

I would like to request that you not consider Nazanin Afshin Jam for this honor, as she did not take a stand on the issue of loss of human life, particularly that of children and babies murdered in Gaza.

Furthermore, several of SCE's supposed supporters on this site have obviously taken stands in support of Israel's actions, creating serious doubt in my mind about Ms. Afshin Jam's interest in human rights worldwide.  If SCE is keeping silent on this human travesty in favor of politics and loyalty to Israel, I doubt its leader would make a good Iranian of the year on humanitarian grounds.  Thank you.


Parthian

Samsam jaan

by Parthian on

Please don't waste your energy, and intellect on degenerate Iranians like Jahel (anti-iranian), and false seekers. You see how jahel is ready to take up the arab cause, but puts down Koroush as an imitator, as if every culture in the world is completely original. Jahel's arab(ommatist) culture is the ultimate copy cat of all time with little originality contributed or added. These are the degenerate iranians who have lost their identity, and are ruining the country. It is ok, sooner or later, their agenda will leave no country left, and than they have to run to some western country, and kiss some western ass, as so many of them have done so far.


default

truth sikkie

by truth sikheh (not verified) on

dy ya have any other registered id truth sikheh to attack mr samsam, or it may be the coward in you is talking now .


Adib Masumian

-Dr. Kamyar and

by Adib Masumian on

-Dr. Kamyar and Alaei

-Nazanin Afshin Jam

-Ayatollah Borujerdi 

-Ahmad Batebi 


DW Duke

Here are some ideas

by DW Duke on

Esha Momeni, Nazanin Afshin Jam, Ayatollah Boroujerdi,

Kianoosh Sanjari


default

I would like to nominate

by Daryoosh Aryannejad (not verified) on

Hovakhshatarah the king of kings as the Iranian of the year.


Hajminator

I also nominate

by Hajminator on

 

‫احمد باطبی − سمبل مقاومت دانشجوئی
‫پردیس صابتی − برای امیدمون به آینده
‫انوشه انصاری − برای افتخارمون

‫گُربان همشون


default

SamSam do you...

by Truth Seeker (not verified) on

Have any historic written proof for all this stuff you write, what are your sources other than YouTube and comic books?


samsam1111

sorry jj, ehhem

by samsam1111 on

Well , 1st off , it was our Median cousins who sided with Babylonians with tiny elements of Persians . And yes offcourse Assyria & Babylonia had much to offer as did China , Aryan occupied India , Egypt and so on . And offcourse the world,s & ME first true Indo-European empire the  Medeo-Persians  preserved & copied from the ways of the talented Babs & ashures as they did from Egypt , Greece , Sardicia & even their wild cousins the Scytians but unlike my buddies the looting burning khallifs & crazy Huns & Magyars of the east , they had a 2 milenium preserved culture of migration, settlement & Aryeh vajoe lineage behind them and Avestan doctorine for spirituality .  Yes we conquered, we copied , we learned, we taught , we won and we lost & yes we killed too but beyond all this we had a unique message for the world not outdone by any other empire and that messgae was the legacy of our psyche & exceptional breed that left it,s mark on almost every corner of Europe, Africa & Asia & the many nations that even in todays europe & Asia seek their lineage with glory to that all encompassing name Oyr, Aryanum, Ayr & Iran . btw I,ve seen quite a bit of it in Louvre. and migrating , caucuses Aryan hitties & Mittani tribes effects on Babylonian greatness is way underestimated . btw * I,m not a academic historian . I,m just a part time lunetic bugging Ommaties ::))

Cheers!!! 

//iranian.com/main/blog/samsam1111/video-serbs-croats-rant-their-irani-origin

//iranian.com/main/blog/samsam1111/true-iran-virus-ommatism-final

 


KB

Good call Ebi

by KB on

Drs Kamyar and Alaei should be nominated.


Souri

Thanks for asking dear EO !

by Souri on

That was a second interview for this job, and I believe it was very positive. Not sure if they will accept the salary I was asking. But tomorrow I have another interview with another company, which interests me more that this one. I will let you know.

 

PS: Sorry for derailing from the subject.


Souri

Agha JJ, bebakhshid

by Souri on

Now that I see some irrelevant posts here, may I say two things not related to the subject (too) ??

1) I love the Stuff music of yesterday and Sat. That Googoosh song is one of my favorite, but no where I find a place to thank you for that, then I thank you so much now !

2) Is there any rules as to not posting irrelevent comments ? I mean, what if the same someone does post what we say "n'importe quoi" (means nothing related) to the subject of the conversation and this, too many times ? Doesn't matter ? Should I say, this bugs me a lot ?


default

Souri

by Employment Office (not verified) on

Did you get the job? In one post earlier today you said you were on your way to a job interview.


Free Spirit

Amazing! Another year

by Free Spirit on

has passed so quickly.

I am certain that a good choice will be made.


Jaleho

Samsam, you were in my mind!

by Jaleho on

Samsam, Museum of Fine Arts in Boston is holding a monumental exhibition on Assyria. I have seen a good chunk of impressive collection of Assyrian cuniforms and monuments, in particular from Khorsabad, in the Louvre and British Museum before. But, for some reason, this collection was amazingly thorough, although it was mostly brought from the British Museum. I guess the complete collecions are not always put for view there.

Anyway, there was this HUGE relief of the war describing how Assyrians where killing and humiliating Babylonians and Elamites. Cutting the head of Teumman (I guess) and forcing Babylonians to make a fine powder out of the bones of all of their ancestors because they took side with the Persians! The tactic was to make the Persian never forget the humiliation! As this relief was one of the most beautifully depicted piece of ancient art, there were many people around it. I said to myself, "where is Samsam when you need him to defend ancient Persia from these hooligans?!"

Seriously, I was thinking that it is good that Samsam is not watching all the glory, science, the arts, and bravery of these people from whom his Cyrus copied so much, or else he'd get a heart attack :-)

GREAT EXHIBITION for anyone in the area!


Souri

I also nominate the.......

by Souri on

Two brothers Alaee, Dr. Kamyar and Dr. Arash.


default

1. The One Million

by Anonymous (not verified) on

1. The One Million Signatures Campaign (women's rights activists in Iran)

2. Bita Daryabani for setting up scholorships for Persian causes

3. Pardis sabeti


Kaveh Nouraee

I second the nomination

by Kaveh Nouraee on

of Drs. Kamyar and Alaei


ebi amirhosseini

JJ Aziz

by ebi amirhosseini on

Detained Drs.Kamyar & Arash Alaei.

Leaders in fight against HIV/AIDS.

 

Ebi aka Haaji


default

Doosheezeh Pashmeenoovaa Seebeelooveech! :o))

by T.h.e.P.o.p.e. (not verified) on

Hilarious!
Sam, great choice. LOOOOL
You have my vote :o))

Thx! khoob bood, khoob bood...


John

Brave women

by John on

Every brave woman who has stood up for herself and resisted against the morality police, the bad-hejab police and stupid harassing men.

And on the other side of the coin, who should not be nominated: men who harass women and who don't have the guts to support their women in their struggles against discrimination.


samsam1111

Prince Pope , I nominate this person

by samsam1111 on


default

what about the Tuyserkan Emam Jomeh?

by Fameless Iranian (not verified) on

he was hot news for a while?

2. Dr. Pardis Sabeti

3. Dr. Jamshid Ghajar, neurosurgeon

4. Guive Mirfendereski

5. Simin Marefat, the Iranian nurse who works in Africa. //iranian.com/main/singlepage/2008/simin-...

6. The engineers who built the Rasht-Ghazvin overpass to nowhere.

7. Zion, for her tireless efforts to badger and belittle Iranians.