THE EYERANIANS

You know what’s wrong with us Iranians? We easily judge everyone based on the way they look. If someone has a beard they are Hezbollahi. If someone wears tight jeans and jell in his hair he is “soosool.” Don’t get me started on what we label individuals based on just a few comments we have [...]

Silhouette and Leila Forouhar Shahram Nazeri Kamran and Hooman

The media establishment often refer to so called “moderate” Arab regimes such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia. But what does “moderate” actually mean here? The truth is that there’s nothing remotely “moderate” about these governments that oppress and torture their people. They are only “moderate” in the sense that they are not openly hostile towards [...]

Sallam’s to all! Firstly I would just like to welcome you all to my first post! =)! Well the title of my first post is what’s it like to be an Iranian/Persian? Firstly, the question should be asked can we still call ourselves Persian. After all the country doesn’t exist anymore! But then again as [...]

Thats the title of last Saturday’s Los Angeles Times editorial about the recent United Nations resolution calling for a worldwide moratorium on executions. As expected United States allied with Iran, Sudan and Saudi Arabia voting against the resolution. Representatives of the United States were silent during the first debate on the draft, but this country’s [...]

Here is my reading of Bijan Taraghi’s poem Poshte Panjare or “Behind the Window.” Sina Najmai played the Sitar. This is a video from the 2007 Annual Persian Performing Arts Show (University of Texas at Austin)

Corporate censorship has taken over the Presidential race. Mike Gravel was excluded unfairly from the MSNBC Debate at Drexel University the other week. Why? GE owns MSNBC and NBC. Last minute, they claimed he did not raise enough money. Just as they did it to Ralph Nader in 2000 and 2004. Apparently you won’t be [...]

An appellate court in Tehran has confirmed a five-year jail sentence against jailed union leader Mansour Osanloo on security charges, Radio Farda reported. The court also upheld a two-year prison sentence against another senior member of Osanlu’s union, Ebrahim Madadi, for acting against Iran’s national security. Osanlu, the head of the Syndicate Workers of the [...]

Whoever believes that water boarding is not torture (ex. Gonzo and Mukasey) should read Evan Wallach’s report for the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law. How do we know it is torture? Well because United States has tried and convicted people for water boarding on several occasions. The United States tried a significant number of Class [...]