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MES CAHIERS: Gregory Peck and Film Critic Bahman Maghsoudlou (1970's)

Darius Kadivar — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:13:52 -0800

Hollywood Legend Gregory Peck sits with film critic Bahman Maghsoudlou at the Tehran International Film Festival in Iran. (circa 1970's)

Part of the PBS special, "A Conversation With Gregory Peck" a Career Review:

Gregory Peck wins Oscar for "To Kill A Mocking Bird":

Gregory Peck receives AFI Lifetime Achievement Award 1989:

Agha Ta Ghabr Aa-Aa-Aa-Aa

Cyrus20 — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:50:10 -0800

By Amir Javidinejad

Recent events in Iran and it's unusual links to other countries made me come up with these questions, I don't have any answers but some CONSISTENT QUESTIONS!

Isn't true that Shah Reza Pahlavi was ousted by the British Government and sent to exile?

Isn't it true that Doctor Mossadegh architected the nationalization of the Iranian oil industry,[3] which had been under British control since 1913 through the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) (later British Petroleum or BP)?

BBC DOHA DEBATES: Can Iran Be Trusted on the Nuclear Issue ? (Nov 10th, 2009)

Darius Kadivar — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:25:27 -0800

Debate in 5 Parts moderated by BBC's Tim Sebastien with participants Alireza Nourizadeh, Baria Alamuddin VS Mahjoob Zweiri, Mohammad Marandi. Q&A followed by Vote over motion: “This House trusts Iran not to build a nuclear bomb” :

Part I:

خدایا, اگر من جای تو بودم

ahosseini — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:04:54 -0800

خدایا من نمیدانم

چه معنا داره که شیطان

کند سر پیچی‌ از انسان

اگر من جای تو بودم

چنان تیپا به کونش میزدم

که از چشهایش

برق برخیزد

سوال دیگرم اینست

بگو آخر

چه معنا داره

بیش از صد هزار

پیغمبر آوردی

و حتی یک نفر از این پیامبرها

‌ز دیگر نصف انسانها نمیباشد

مبادا آن امام راحل! ما

راست میگوید

شکرگزار چه؟

Fred — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:39:32 -0800

در این روز شکرگزاری، ساکنین ایرانی تبار آمریکا بیش از بسی دیگران مورد برای شکرگزار ی دارند. مشتی از خروار دلایل از این قرار است:

1- میتوانند بدون کوچکترین ترس و واهمه آنچه که خواهند پوشند و خورند و نوشند.

2- میتوانند بدون کوچکترین ترس و واهمه آنچه که خواهند گویند و نویسند.

Mana Neyestani: Confrontation

Shifteh Ansari — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:34:52 -0800

Confrontation (Moghabeleh)

By Mana Neyestani

Source: Radio Zamaneh: http://zamaaneh.com/zamtoon/2009/11/post_232.html

Where’s My Miracle – I Am My Miracle, Look No Where Else, No My Darling, But Within You

Passing Through — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:37:04 -0800

Familiar tactics: Same Islamists burned 500 alive in 1978 Abadan movie fire & successfully blamed others

FG — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:55:27 -0800

On August 20, 1978, in the Cinema Rex in Abadan, Iran, was set ablaze, burning alive 500 individuals. The victims were mainly from a working class neighborhood, where the Islamists had strong support. Nevertheless, in the views of radical Islamists, people had no business going to western movies.

Pleasant News

Multiple Personality Disorder — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:33:48 -0800

Disclaimer: The story you are about to read is fictitious. Any similarities to any actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental and unintentional.

Hah! Hah! Chevez greets Ahmadinejad by playing the Shah's anthem!

FG — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:50:39 -0800

Chavez, like Ahmadinejad, has a screw loose somewhere that invites
mockery. As I reported in another post he praised Ahmadinejad as a
leader whose leadership "qualities" resembled Idi Amin, Mugabe and
Carlos the Jackel. So ironic yet so apt!

Then when Ahmadinejad arrive in Venezuela, Chavez greeted him with the
Iranian national anthem--only it was the wrong one. The band played
"Soroude Shahanshahi”, the anthem of the late Shah," again ironic in
being an appropriate theme for a dictator.

A Paryer by Abdul'Baha

PowerOf9 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:02:46 -0800

O God! Refresh and gladden my spirit. Purify my heart. Illumine my powers. I lay all my affairs in Thy hand. Thou art my Guide and my Refuge. I will no longer be sorrowful and grieved; I will be a happy and joyful being. O God! I will no longer be full of anxiety, nor will I let trouble harass me. I will not dwell on the unpleasant things of life.

O God! Thou art more friend to me than I am to myself. I dedicate myself to Thee, O Lord.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá

تشفشان

Manoucher Avaznia — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:17:31 -0800

پیر گوید گرد هم پرّندگان

آمدند از آشکار و از نهان

تا که جویای خودآگاهی شوند

راه دوری در پی شاهی شوند

تا که با دمهای او خویشی کنند

جان فدای یک هم اندیشی کنند

هر یکی زی خویشتن شاهی بُدند

در طریق خود خودآگاهی بُدند

در جمال خویشتن مستغرقی

بیقرار در باد همچون بیرقی

HBO TV Drama: Mark Bowden’s "Guests of the Ayatollah" in Pre-Production

Darius Kadivar — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:25:01 -0800

Gobble Gobble

capt_ayhab — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:56:46 -0800

Happy Thanksgiving from my family to you and your beautiful family, and God Bless.

Let us remember the true spirit of Thanksgiving. To share the blessing with less fortunate members of our community.

1929 Reza Shah & 2009 Antarinejad; what a descent

Faramarz_Fateh — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:07:50 -0800

Its almost 4am in China now. I am sitting in my hotel room because I can't sleep. Time in Los Angeles, what my body is programmed to is about noon. Nothing but CNN on TV so I connected to my PC in the U.S. via a VPN and started reading emails and browsing the net. As I got done with emails, I started browsing iranian.com

Now I Know What Makes Women Click

Faramarz — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:33:05 -0800

What a husband needs to do to get some action around the house...

I saw this story in the paper the other day about Lorrie Sullenberger, the wife of the hero Captain “Sully” who landed a US Airways plane on the Hudson River and saved the lives of 155 people. She told NBC Program, “NBC’s People of the Year” that ever since that day, the good captain is getting “Rock Star Sex” at home!

I thought this was so funny! A married guy needs to do miracles and land a plane on the river in the middle of winter to get some quality action!

Thanksgiving for what?

Rendd — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:45:30 -0800

While growing up as a kid and watching American movies, I was always fascinated by the fact Americans (at least on TV) prayed at the family’s table before each meal. At the low age I tried to encourage my silly family to do the same but to no success I was constantly ignored. I decided back then, if I get a family of my own, I will do that with them.

Response to Wahid Azal's Legal Demands

anonymous111.2 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:22:44 -0800

Due to my legal prowess, I was recently retained by JJ and Iranian.com to respond to the following legal demand posted here by Mr. Azal and his lawyer, Sophia. What follows is a copy of my letter to Attorney Sophia.

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Bill O'Reilly -- Mocked by A Muppet!

bahram9821 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:10:28 -0800

A new character called Spill O'Reilly created by folks at Sesame Street. Spill O' Reilly works at Pox News Network lol.

ندا از آن ما بود

ahosseini — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:47:47 -0800

ندا از آن ما بود

تو قلب تودها بود

احمد زید آبادی

ahosseini — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:56:24 -0800

احمد زید آبادی

به جرم انتقادی

گردید شش سال تبعید

به حکم قاضی سعید

به یک جایی بس محروم

سرنوشتی نامعلوم

یک منطقه "آباد"

که اسمش هست گناباد

جرم ایشان معلومه

Lethal Lithium

alimostofi — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:50:16 -0800

Ahmadinejad's Lithium trip http://ow.ly/Fw4b was arranged for nuclear bombs http://ow.ly/Fw4B. He does not plan to make electric cars.

Drifting!

Natalia Alvarado-Alvarez — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:40:54 -0800

I have greatly enjoyed from time to time watching Nascar racing. I also do a great deal of car shop talk with Julio. It seems to be one interest that we can share. Lately, we have been talking about Race Car Drifting. Many have seen this type of racing in some of the Fast and the Furious movies. Especially the one called Tokyo Drift.

یادی از دکتر احمد تفضلی

msabaye — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:46:53 -0800

شانزده آذر ماه سالروز تولد احمد تفضلی محقق برجسته ایرانی است. زمینه تحقیقات تفضلی ادبیات، متون و زبانهای باستانی ایران بود.

I need one million signatures, are you going to join me?

ramintork — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:36:25 -0800

The aim of this campaign is to make it illegal for an EU country to buy fuel from a country that does not adhere to the UN Human rights charter.

hackers steal emails proving man made global warming is a fraud

nikoo195 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:29:05 -0800

Some how one of the biggest discoveries is already being thrown under the rug by major media sources. Recently, emails from the CRU (Climate research unit) in UK have been stolen revealing conversations of some of the biggest players in creating legislation against the man made global warming crisis. The emails reveal topics such as warping data to show increase in temperature, blacklisting scientists that dont agree with the established viewpoint, forming policies etc.

Vanity is His

Fred — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:13:50 -0800

After the “election” show in IRR, the Islamist Rapist Republic, and its bloody aftermath where the Islamist Rapists displayed to the entire world what Iranians have been suffering under for thirty long years and counting, a series of show trials followed. Some of the resulting “sentences” of the televised GT, the Grand Trial which had the biggest catches tried en mass have begun to be announced.

The Centrality of the Divine Feminine in Sufism

Nur-i-Azal — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:17:23 -0800

[Published in the Proceedings of the “2nd Annual Hawaii
International Conference on Arts & Humanities”, Honolulu, Hawaii.]
ABSTRACT

History Lesson: Dr. Mossadegh and Female Franchise; Debunking Disinformation

Masoud Kazemzadeh — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:16:56 -0800

The FIRST cabinet in Iran’s history that submitted a bill to the Majles for female franchise was Dr. Mossadegh’s cabinet. In 1952, Dr. Mossadegh's cabinet submitted a layeheh [cabinet bill] to the Majles granting Iranian women the right to vote. It was strongly opposed by the Speaker of Majles, Ayatollah Kashani. Mossadegh’s bill for women’s vote was one of the reasons for the difference between Ayatollah Kashani and Dr. Mossadegh. From late 1952, Ayatollah Kashani got closer to the Shah.

Help with new Persian lingo

Javad Yassari — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:03:22 -0800

Abstinence

capt_ayhab — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:26:48 -0800

Republicans vs Muslim Clerics vs Jewish Rabies.............................

There's a whole group of bible-thumping Qu'ran and Torah wielding conservative assholes who are angry at EVERY ONE for teaching sex education to children. These Hitlerass republicans, Muslim Akhunds and Jewish Rabies get all bent out of shape because they feel like sex education encourages children to have sex.

Discuss the pro's and cons of teaching children and young adults on the safe and pleasurable way of enjoying LIFE.

از شنبه تا جمعه چه خبر؟ (هفته اول)

KamRan201 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:47:25 -0800

از شنبه تا جمعه (قسمت اول)

شنبه

حتما دوستان عزیز من میدانند که "قانون" علاوه بر معنای متعارف آن، یک وسیله موسیقی هست که صدای بسیار دل نشینی دارد

در این دنیای بی قانون که دل را نیست یک قانون
مزن بر چنگک قانون، اگر ساز تو بی قانون
صدای زخمه قانون، در این دنیای بی قانون
صدای طبل تو خالیست، که قانون نیست بر قانون

یکشنبه

WARNING: This Blog is ONLY for Intellectuals ...

Darius Kadivar — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:57:32 -0800

Oops ! ... Sorry I meant ANN-TELLECTUAL ! ;0)

Danny Kaye- The Thinker

Danny Kaye - The Psychologist

Danny Kaye Schizophrenic Triplets

Volunteer

Shahriar Zahedi — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:56:39 -0800

The other day at the marriage counselor’s, the issue of volunteering came up. My daughter, a high school freshman, is trying frantically to rack up some volunteer hours for her resume. “You need it if you want to get into a good school.’ She tells us and we agree. But what bothers me is that even this benevolent act of volunteering, like almost everything else in this country, has turned into a business.

Persian Burj Nameh and Stellar Magic

Nabarz — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:36:34 -0800

Hi,

There is a review of Persian Burj Nameh (Stellar Magic) in this issue of Silver Star:

Stellar Magic: A Practical Guide to Rites of the Moon, Planets, Stars and Constellations by Payam Nabarz, Avalonia 2009, 210 pages, illustrated.
www.stellarmagic.co.uk

The Invention of Jewish People

Asghar_Massombagi — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:19:43 -0800

The Invention of Jewish People is the title of a book by Professor Shlomo Sand, an Israeli academic who has created quite a stir in the Middle East, and indeed everywhere. In this book, he questions the legitimacy of the concept of Jews as a people and the historical veracity of the Jewish exile by the Romans in the first century AD. He also, for the first time I think, asserts that Judaism, like Christianity or Islam was a prosthelytizing religion, that the Jews converted other people, either by evan

First Iranian Popular Dishes: Chelow Kebab, Kalleh Pacheh, Aab Goosht

M. Saadat Noury — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:12:32 -0800

It takes a village...

Niki Tehranchi — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:11:00 -0800

Supreme Happiness

PowerOf9 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:56:26 -0800

We should not limit only our girls, because they are girls.

Sahameddin Ghiassi — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:36:23 -0800

We should not limit our children, especially the girls. So they cannot have a good education and they cannot survive alone. In hard situation they cannot support themselves or the family; if the husband has died young. If you depend your girls on yourself and you do not provide for them the equal possibilities as for the boys.