THE EYERANIANS

Recently imposed sanctions on Iran have already grounded civilian passenger planes, revoked a “goodwill gesture” that enabled Americans to import Iranian carpets and pistachios, and disproportionately punished Iran’s middle class. And now, sanctions are punishing Iranian youth seeking to study abroad. The Educational Testing Service (ETS) announced on July 15 that because of US-led sanctions, [...]

Russia Today has a new story on July 1988 Iran Air 655 tragedy, which resulted in the loss of life of 290 innocent civilian from six nations including 66 children. Gathered & Edited By: Shapour Ghasemi, 2004 IranChamber On July 3, 1988, Iran Air Flight 655 (IR655) was shot down by USS Vincennes on the [...]

Actor Danny Glover reads abolitionist Frederick Douglass’s “Fourth of July Speech, 1852″ on October 5, 2005 in Los Angeles, California. Part of a reading from Voices of a People’s History of the United States (Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove.) Actor Brian Jones reads Frederick Douglass’s “Fourth of July Speech, 1852″ on May 2, 2007 in [...]

How an Oil Company Helped Destroy Democracy in Iran By Stephen Kinzer To frustrated Americans who have begun boycotting BP: Welcome to the club.  It’s great not to be the only member any more! Does boycotting BP really make sense?  Perhaps not.  After all, many BP filling stations are actually owned by local people, not [...]

June 12 March to the UN. Sponsored by Where Is My Vote NY. Speakers included: Freedom Glory Project Mamak Khadem, formerly of Axiom of Choice Kathy Kelly, Co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence Professor Hossein Kamaly, Barnard University Austin Heap, Haystack Creator Link to Youtube Playlist.

A Middle East Bulletin interview with Karim Sadjadpour, associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. This month marks the one-year anniversary of the contested re-election of President Ahmadinejad. How do you read the situation in Iran a year later? What are the internal dynamics? While the government succeeded in violently quelling the momentum of the opposition [...]

Mohammad Abdollahi has lived in the United States for twenty-one years and considers himself an American. But after participating in a sit-in for immigration reform, he now finds himself facing imminent deportation to Iran. And because Abdollahi is gay, if deported to Iran, he could face execution. Abdollahi came to the US when he was [...]

اخبرا عبدالکریم سروش نامه ای به مراجع تقلید نوشت و از آنان خواست در برابر شرایط حاضر ، سکوت اختیار نکنند. این نامه بی درنگ مرا بیاد آیت الله مکارم شیرازی و سخنرانی تاریخی اش در مجلس بررسی قانون اساسی سال 1358 انداخت. ایشان قطعا بعداز ظهر 18 مهر آن سال را بیاد می آورند [...]

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 * [...]