Young Iranian director and editor Fred Khoshtinat made this superb video featuring Iranian porn star turned singer, Aylar Lie.
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My name is Bahar. It's Spring and I write to you of flowers, but flowers with scattered petals. I write to you of the green and of sprouts, but squished sprouts, trampled on by hatred
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I don't understand Farsi well enough, but maybe someone can verify that is what she is saying
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An Iranian friend said Basij don't just beat people, they also help poor people. He told me the Green Movement should help poor people in Iran--but he thinks they won't.
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Zionist hardliners are unhappy with Gen. Petraeus. Perhaps Islamist hardliners are too. The Statement Gen. Petraeus filed with the Senate Armed Services Committee is shockingly frank regarding Israel, and mentions human rights violations in Iran
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The Israeli mistreatment of Palestinians is a major rallying point for the minority in Iran who still support Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Khameini
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The Yellow Dogs Band really took their chances in not only recording and uploading their unapproved music, participating in and being filmed guerilla-style for the illegal, Cannes award-winning film about Iranian underground music
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Yellow Dogs (who performed in Bahman Ghobadi's Nobody knows about the Persian Cats) and Fardaad from Jadugaran will open for Internationally known Shahin Najafi will play a benefit for Green Movement activist group, Where is My Vote? - NY Yellow Dogs (who performed in Bahman Ghobadi
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Ms. Kalhor is the first Iranian woman in Winter Olympics history. The Women's Giant Slalom event takes place at 10am Vancouver time today
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Children are reportedly now being detained when their activist parents are arrested by Iranian authorities
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Panelists include: Jahanbegloo, Kurzman, Rezai, Mostofi, Vahdati, Postel, Abrahamian, Ghaemi, Hashemi, with a film by Neshat.
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The sound of this song is so extremely haunting, beautiful, and intense that it is almost painful--in a good way.
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Hackers redirect visitors from an Iranian Hizbollah site to a site named "get a sex partner." And they put a smiley face on the screen! :)))
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Heeeeeeeeeeereeeeee's Hichkas! He's pure charisma and energy, he's a magnetic presence. And his friends surround him like Hip Hop Secret Service agents.
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