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Entries from October 2008

No End In Sight – Iraq Documentary – Online

October 29th, 2008 No Comments

The Center for American Progress and YouTube are each hosting the entire 90 minute documentary movie “No End In Sight” for free online through November 4, 2008. See http://neis.americanprogress.org Movie Synopsis: “NO END IN SIGHT” examines the manner in which the principal errors of U.S. policy-the use of insufficient troop levels, allowing the looting of [...]

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Mahmoud Matin and Arash Basirat have been acquitted of the charge of apostasy

October 22nd, 2008 No Comments

Further Information on UA 151/08 (30 May 2008) and follow-ups (11 June 2008; 17 September 2008) – Prisoners of Conscience/Death Penalty IRAN Mahmoud Matin (m), aged 52, civil engineer Arash Basirat (m), aged 44 Mahmoud Matin and Arash Basirat have been acquitted of the charge of apostasy by Branch 5 of the Fars Criminal Court [...]

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Fared Shafinury’s first music video

October 19th, 2008 No Comments

AriaNaz is the first video from Iranian singer-song-writer and setar player Fared Shafinury. Shafinury is a Texas born & raised Iranian-American musician based in Tehran. He blends classical Persian musical techniques with indie rock sensibilities. The music video was shot by only using the video function on a digital photographic camera.

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Irooni Rock the Vote

October 18th, 2008 No Comments

Maz Jobrani San Francisco Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi Ostad Zolfoonon (In Persian) Omid Kordestani of Google (in Persian)

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Forrest Gump Explains Mortgage Backed Securities

October 14th, 2008 No Comments

Mortgage Backed Securities are like boxes of chocolates. Criminals on Wall Street stole a few chocolates from the boxes and replaced them with turds. Their criminal buddies at Standard & Poor rated these boxes AAA Investment Grade chocolates. These boxes were then sold all over the world to investors. Eventually somebody bites into a turd [...]

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حضور گلشیفته فراهانی در افتتاحیه فیلم مجموعه دروغ ها

October 7th, 2008 No Comments

خانم فراهانی که فرزند بهزاد فراهانی هنرپیشه پیشکسوت سینما و تئاتر ایران و خواهر شقایق فراهانی از بازیگران زن سال های اخیر سینمای ایران است، اخیراً با همسر خود در فرانسه اقامت یافته است   او به دیلی‌نیوز گفته است که عاشق ایران است و خانواده اش در ایران زندگی می کنند ولی با این [...]

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It’s the American thing to do.

October 6th, 2008 No Comments

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