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Ledeen's Lies

Michael Ledeen, the neo-conservative enforcer of war on Iran, has continously made outlandish remarks in supporting war against. And yet despite the fact that he has never been to Iran, nor has an academic background in the area, nor does he speak farsi, he is classified as an "expert" by conservative media outlets like Fox News, and even some Iranians in the United States, including Amir Abbas Fakhravar, particularly those who support regime change.

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همسایه

گاه حوادثی هست که اگرچه ما نقشی در انجامشان نداشته‌ایم اما بار سنگین گناهشان را مجبوریم به دوش بکشیم. مانند میراث خونی که برخی پادشاهان گذشته‌مان در لشگرکشی‌هایشان به اینور و آنور به جا گذاشتند و هنوز لکه ننگ خون‌ریزی‌شان در کتابهای تاریخ خشک نشده است. یا آنچه امروز برخی سردمداران‌مان می‌کنند و نام ایرانی را می‌آلایند. این هم یکی دیگر مانند همانها٬ کمی دم دستی‌تر اما تلخ تر و تلخ‌تر از همه...

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دلم مي خواهد...

پياله‌ي شعرم
از نگاه تو لبريز است
كوير تنم
چاك چاكِ انتظار
دلم مي‌خواهد در تو به‌پيچم
مثل نيلوفر
در حضور ماه >>>

The "D" Word.

Are we being honest with ourselves in assessing the current economic climate as a simple recession versus a full-blown depression? >>>

US House Resolution in Support of Labor Movement in Iran

Condemning the persecution of labor rights advocates in Iran. (Introduced in the US House of Representatives) Congress...  (1) condemns the Government of Iran for the arrest and imprisonment of Iranian union leaders Mahmoud Salehi and Mansour Osanloo and demands their immediate release; and (2) expresses its solidarity with the workers of Iran and stands with them in their effort to bring political freedom and individual liberty to Iran. >>>

Urgent Action Required to avert the war on Iran

In recent days in the MSM and as Gen. Petreaus testimony last night indicated, it has become increasingly clear that the administration has decided or has nearly decided to launch a massive attack on Iran, which will include but not be limited to all installations connected to the country’s nuclear program and economic infrastucture. All military equipment is in place for such an attack (three carrier battle groups in the Persian Gulf), as reported in the raw story piece yesterday. >>>

Amy Goodmans interview with president Carter

Former U.S president Jimmy Carter on Greeting the Shah of Iran at the While House, his book on Israeli Apartheid and selling Weapons to Indonesia ..... >>>

Marriage and Evolution

Do you believe in Evolution? In Marriage? Just a thought: If everything from species, plants, economy, and socio-political environments go through evolutionary process, then why not marriage?I mean, why must we abide by principles established 5000 years ago? Is marriage a static entity and must not change? Is that even possible? Of course not, that’s why we have plenty of divorce cases, legal fees, and poor gay couples desperately awaiting their turn in the chapel.I say, let’s allow gay couples be married, call it “adaptation”.>>>

My Avatar

A description of the picture associated with my blog/persona; i.e. my avatar. >>>

First Online Iranian TV - Bebin.tv?

When media competes, the viewer wins! I'm pleased to announce that our efforts in television production is slowly starting to rub off on other Iranian TV Networks. A certain Satellite TV network, with the motto that there is nothing above them, stated not to long ago that they had decided to move away from sitting behind a desk and to go out and interact with people in the open, away from the studio, and to provide more reality tv style programs. >>>

Future of Iranian Divorce Lawyers in L.A.

The divorce rate in California is around 40%...with 25000-30000 baby boomer middle class couples in LA and Orange county Iranian divorce lawyers are looking at a very prosperous future. >>>

آهنگ غم

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The volunteer!

An activist friend told me ... >>>

Rehabilitating Iran's Military

The recent news about the change of leadership at the "Sepah Pasadaran" got me to thinking about how absurdly inefficient the current Iranian defense structure is. Take a country with a limited amount of resources available to allocate to its defense needs, then find yourself forced to split those resources between two identical organizations (the "Artesh", and the "Sepah") created, in parallel, to meet the defense needs of that country?!?! >>>

اندر جدال زرافشان و میلانی

 وقتی انتقادی درکار است، چگونگی بکار گرفتن کلمات است که نیت اصلی نویسنده را روشن می کند که قصد اصلی اش کوبیدن  است و یا سازندگی. وقتی از صیف وسیعی از کلمات موهن برای بیان نظراتمان استفاده می کنیم، یعنی عصبانی هستیم و بی منطق، و چیز دیگری رنجمان میدهد و به چیز دیگر آویزان شده ایم. و در هر حال متوجه این نیستیم که خوانندگان ما که در واقع مخاطب واقعی ما هستند، دارای آنچنان شعور، بینش، و استدلالی هستند که بتوانند بین آن دو تمیز قائل شوند. سخن در این است.   

 

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بی آزادگی کی ارزشی دارد این جان ما

This summer, I was thinking about AZADI word. When you look for it in Iranian literature and discussion you find a huge vacuum! So I’d like to propose you a new version of EI Iran. May be it could help to start a discussing letting us to define what is AZADI for Iranians! >>>

Iranian rappers in LA

Two-part video clips on Iranian rappers feel about living in USA. I feel like they have a lot to say which we can learn about them. >>>

Portraying Iranians as insects

Let me assure you that I'm not writing at the behest of any certain group or organization but solely on behalf of our shared humanity in the meager hope that I may arouse some level of moral decency at your paper that would offer an apology to the 70 million Iranian people you have offended.
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America fights back

Bahman Mahmoudi writes: President George W. Bush and his Vice-President Dick Chaeyney have concluded that it is time to straighten the record so that history would reflect a better image of their imperial rule and collect better speaking fees. Mr. Cheyney suggested to deport all Iranians and let them go home and enjoy the fruits of the Islamiic revolution in 1979. >>>

Pentagon ‘three-day blitz’ plan for Iran--anyone see this article?

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New Weblog

This Weblog denoted to Honar & Adabiat Farsi. >>>

Silver Lining To A National Tragedy.

"Tasliyat." The recent election of a known scoundrel to the leadership post of an important decision-making council in Iran's body-politic amounts to nothing short of a national tragedy, and a reconfirmation of repeated observations and experiences over 28 years establishing either the inability or unwillingness of Iran's "rohaniyat" (as evidenced in the outcome of their vote in this very same election) to properly address the challenges and needs facing the Iranian nation.>>>

Iranians Depicted as Cockroaches by US Newspaper

In the early 1990s, prior to the Rwandan genocide, the minority Tutsi group in Rwanda were constantly called inyenzi, or cockroaches, by those who sought to destroy them. The strategy was to dehumanize the minority group, making it easier to inspire others to join in destroying the minority group, thus resulting in the Rwandan genocide in 1994. The same rhetoric has often been used by Israeli soliders and generals which have been connected with Palestinian massacres.>>>

welcome to real iran

welcome to real iran >>>

Pavarotti on fire

I had bought the season tickets to the opera at New York's Lincoln Center months in advance and by the time of the performances, I had almost forgotten about them. One day I looked at my tickets and noticed that two of them were for a performance on the following day. Since I had no one to go with, I took the tickets to college the next day and after the end of my afternoon class, I decided I would walk the halls and stop random girls and ask them if they would like to go to the opera -- in two hours. Why not? I would have said yes! >>>

Luciano Pavarotti will never die

I just learned Luciano Pavarotti has passed away. Such a terrible day for humanity.>>>

Esfandiari Released Based on Senator’s Request

I’m not sure if this classifies as “dialogue” between the two countries, but lost in the news concerning Haleh Esfandiari and Parnaz Azim’s released is that it was done primarily through Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s orders. According to the LA Times, Khamenei was replying to a letter from Esfandiari’s boss, former Democratic Rep. Lee Hamilton, the co-chair of the Iraq Study Group, who wrote a “respectful letter asking for Esfandiari’s release and pledging to work for peace between the U.S. and Iran.”>>>

می‌خواهم تا وقتی که می‌ميرم زنده باشم.

پائولو کوئیلو٬ نویسنده‌ی برزیلی٬ کسی است که تا کنون حدود نود میلیون نسخه از کتابهایش به فروش رفته است. رمان سال ۱۹۸۸ او٬ کیمیاگر٬ به ۶۳ زبان ترجمه شده و حدود ۴۰ میلیون نسخه فروش داشته است. او نقد و شناخته شده است برای زبان نوشتاری ساده و فلسفه‌ی دوران تازه‌اش. طرفدارانش با شوق داستانهای رمزآمیزش را می‌خوانند و دنبال می‌کنند. آخرین کتابش٬ جادوگر پورتوبلو ٬ هم اکنون منتشر شده و در کتابفروشی‌ها است >>>

27-year-old virgin

A 27-year-old Iranian Baha’i virgin told me the other day that >>>

پاسخ به اين تناقض را در کجا بايد کاويد؟!

از اينرو نظرات اخير داريوش سجّادي مبني بر « عقلانيت و واقعگرائي در مواضع و مقالات » حسين درخشان را مي توان غنيمت شماري فرصتي دانست که هدف آن اعطاي صلاحيت تصنّعي و اعتبار به افشا گریهاي بچه گانه ء درخشان در بيرون ريختن ارتباطاتِ همکارانش همچون مهدي خلجي و ديگر همکاران نشريه روز با سازمانهاي غير دولتي است.

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yek link e khaandani

What is stoicism? >>>

Donya Nadareh Messle Toh

Sandra Nunez writes: I have always been hesitant about putting my feelings in public.Kind of ironic,considering that I am a writer and I love to share my feelings with the entire world!! . But after reading so many love stories in this page, I decided I would give it a try and share,because it’s by sharing that I find joy. I made a promise to myself after reading Khaled Hoseeini’s novel,“A Thousand Splendid Suns”, that I would always follow my heart no matter how hard things on the way may turn, that I would never surrender and do what others want me to do,in other words,I promised myself to be a rebel-forever!>>>

hekaayat e yek raahnavardi e toolaani

An ordinary guy (someone like you and I) walks 300 km in january 2006. >>>

A Letter to Ray Takyeh....

Takyeh, in Persian/Arabic may mean a mosque-like place where the mourners gather around to beat themselves during the Imam Hossain’s Aashura anniversary!? As you may know Imam Hossain activities is a very lucrative business in Iran these days. Do you own any of these takyeh places in Iran and if so do you receive proceeds based on what the mullahs make on these places? >>>

A WMD Free Zone in the Middle East Won’t Help Iran

Making the Middle East a WMD Free Zone won't ease Iran's appetite for nuclear technology.  According to Joseph Cirincione, director for non-proliferation at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, most weapons programs in the Middle East began in direct response to Israel’s decision to go nuclear in the 1950s and 1960s. Despite this analysis, I think the calls for a Free Zone in the Middle East as a way for curbing Iran’s appetite for nuclear technology is faulty. Iran is not responding to any Israeli threat, but to a US threat. Israel will never threaten Iran’s territory like it does to other bordering Arab states. >>>

A letter to BBC Persian

I have known BBC Persian program for more than 40 years, BBC was the only source of information that my father used to listen to since the days of the World War II. So I grew up listening to your radio program, with respect and reliance on impartiality and independence. >>>

First day of classes

Wouldn't it be good if everyone was an eager student? Eager to learn new things, explore new topics, always open to the idea that there is more to learn. Here's to a beautiful year ahead. >>>

UCLA Taser Incident With Iranian-American Student: A Commentary

I have been asked about this quite a few times. "What are your thoughts about the Iranian American student at UCLA being tasered for not having his I.D. on November of 2006?" Someone recently brought this issue back to my attention and asked me to address my individual thoughts on the situation. I watched the video a few times, as well to kind of understand the incident and in case I missed something relevant; I, then, realized the horrible distinction and example it gave. I always praised cops and still do, but now I know that "dirty" cops do exist and the UCLA police are some fine examples of what "dirty" are portrayed to be. I think the cops are incompetent and truly an insult to the uniform.

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How did you spend your Labor Day weekend?

The highlight of Saturday was the Atlanta Braves game with my family. They lost to the NY Mets and worse of all the stadium was full of their obnoxious fans. Have some respect. You're guests here so don't be too rude to the Atlantans. The only good NY "thing" at the game was the big and tasty NY-style hotdog that I ate while watching the game. Of course, it was followed by eating about a pound of boiled peanuts that I had especially prepared for the game using my own secret recipe of spices. You could say that I have developed a liking for peanuts after living in GA for a long time. I didn't have dinner!>>>

For Freydoon

ظهر بود خیابان بود تابستان بود

 

میخکی بود زخمی

 

در دست یک شرقی غمگین

 

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Boogh nazan bacheh

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From an Iranian CEO

I have been asked frequently to give talks about my life. I have never done that before. Having read this and a few other articles, I have finally decided to write something on Internet for the first time. A bit about me (this part may sound boastful, but please be patient): 44, practising Muslim, never drinks, always prays and fasts, read Quran regularly, anything from good to very good looking, 178 cm, 81 KG, Stanford PhD (Eng), Stanford MBA, classically trained pianist, full hair, no glasses, co-founder and CEO of a privately-held technology firm with a staff of over 500, and 150+ Million/Year revenue. Married to my dear German wife for last seven years. She is a 34 year-old school teacher, a 177 cm stunner for whom I happily turn away from the whole world. We have "never" been apart for more than a day. It will remain that way. >>>

SANAT-E-NAFT VIDEO SONG

FOLLOW THE LINK TO SEE THIS GREAT VIDEO;

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB7xM-FxwkI 

 

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Googling Iranian Style

Believe it or not, the largest number of "search-resulted visitors" to my blog have arrived through searching for the word "Khastegari!" I have every intention of giving them what they are seeking. >>>

Leurence's Anatomy

وقتی در تنهایی خودم در اندیشه گم سرکش روزگار به انسان فرو رفته بودم ، بازیچه شدن کور در باد را به یاد آوردم....!! به کدامین سوی این طغیان ها می توانستم پاسخی روشن برای بقا و ماندن بیابم..!!
.... ومعلوم نبود که این سرکشی از آن کیست... و برای چیست!!

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قسمتی از ماموریت "حاجی آقا" به "حجت الشریعه" برگرفته از "حاجی آقا"ی صادق هدایت

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دلایل حمله چنگیز مغول و چیرگی بر ایران از دیدگاه احمد کسروی

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Me & Rushdie (2)

I joined the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) in March 1981 (back then it was still called by its post-revolutionary name, Pars). My aunt, Laleh Bakhtiar, knew the head of the English section and was determined to get me a job. She had become my de facto parent since I arrived unannounced at her Tehran home a few months prior. I was barely 19 and living with relatives who wondered when I was going to get a life. All I did was buy every newspaper and magazine I could get my hands on and take pictures of the revolution parading in front of my eyes. >>>

Dazzling tar performances

Classical Persian music on Youtube>>>