THE EYERANIANS

جــرس: بر خلاف شعارهای تبلیغاتی دولت مبنی بر دفاع از منافع ملی ایران و هویت ملی، هفته اخیر برای چندمین بار طی ماههای گذشته، واژۀ رسمی خلیج فارس از نقشه ایران حذف شد و در نشست مشترک محمود احمدی نژاد با لولا داسیلوا، رییس جمهور برزیل، دریاهای شمال و جنوب یعنی دریای کاسپین(مازندران) و خلیج [...]

A new poem by Lioness of Iran, Simin Behbahani. A champion of human rights, Behbahani is in Iran and has been banned from leaving the country. Prof. Fatemeh Keshavarz of Washington University of St. Louis provided the translation. بگو چگونه بنویسم یکی نه، پنج تن بودند نه پنج، بلکه پنجاهان به خاطرات من بودند * [...]

The following is Hamid Dabashi’s column for CNN.com. Hamid Dabashi is the author of “Iran: A People Interrupted.” He is the Hagop Kevorkian professor of Iranian studies and comparative literature at Columbia University in New York. Dear Mr. President: How good of you, sir, to have personally telephoned two New York heroes whose timely diligence [...]

I recently posted an interesting article by M. A. Sepanlu titled, “Croatians and Cravats are of Iranian Origin.” The following is Dr. Kaveh Farrokh’s response to the article. Greetings to All, Thank you for this forward. The article is essentially correct however I must humbly chime in my 2 cents worth. Khorvat is also North [...]

تازگی ها با چسباندن این تصویر در اطراف مدارس دخترانه یک حرکت ارزشی در جهت تبیین جایگاه واقعی زن و مرد شروع شده که شایسته تقدیر است. با توجه به اینکه قرن ها است شاعران منحرف با تشبیه زن و مرد به شمع و پروانه و گل و بلبل افراد نا اگاه را به بی [...]

According to reports from Human Right and Democracy Activists in Iran (HRDAI), political prisoner Jafar Kazemi has been subject to inhumane physical and psychological torture by security interrogator in ward 209 of Evin prison, to give scripted televised confession. The 47-year old father of two children has been sentenced to death on charges of “Moharebeh” [...]

It is estimated that the current oil spill caused by British Petroleum in the US is approximately 27 times less severe than the Nowruz Oil Field spill in the Persian Gulf back in 1983. In that disaster, first an oil tanker collided with the platform causing massive damage to the platform. Then when Iranian technicians [...]

سنگهای جان سخت تخت جمشید که 2300 سال پیش یورش اسکندر مقدونی و 1400 سال پیش حمله ی آتشبار اعراب را به خود دیده اند در آغازین ماههای دهمین سال قرن بیست و یکم بار دیگر مورد حمله ای آرام اما ویرانگر قرار گرفته اند، حمله ای که در آن سربازان لشکر دشمن را گلسنگ [...]

I encourage all Iranians in the US to fill out this year’s census form and mark the ethnicity/race question #9 as “Iranian” or “Iranian-American,” instead of “White.” This is purely for organizing reasons. It is better to have one or two obvious categories so that the tallies can count how many Iranians live in the [...]

In order of appearance: – Shiva Rose – Sheila Vossough – Maz Jobrani – Reza Aslan – Sepideh – Yara Shahidi – Houshang Touzie – Firouz Naderi – Reza Badiyi – Morteza Barjesteh Made possible by: Farhang Foundation (http://farhang.org) PARSA Foundation (http://parsacf.org/) Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (http://paaia.org) With the support of: Iranians Count [...]