THE EYERANIANS

I  just learned that Iran has canceled the Islamic Solidarity Games after Saudi Arabia asked Iran to remove the term Persian Gulf from game medals and brochures and replace it with the name Arabian Gulf. Here is Press TV’s earlier coverage: Saudi Arabia has made taking part in Islamic Solidarity Games conditional on Iran’s use [...]

In his April 1 testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, America’s commander of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan used the politically divisive term “Arabian Gulf” several times.  NIAC has learned that General David Petraeus’ usage of this term is reflective of official US military policy, despite the recognition by all other US Government [...]

If you’ve been reading the news lately, you’ve probably seen a story or two about US journalist Roxana Saberi, who has been arrested, imprisoned, and just now sentenced to 8 years in the can for spying on Iran for the US. It’s an interesting story for several reasons, one of which is the way it’s [...]

By Jason Kyriakides Last week, I attended David Horowitz’s talk at our University of Texas here in Austin. About 40 fellow progressives came armed with arguments and signs (not the “violence” Horowitz claims we bring to the table) from a range of organizations – Iranians for Peace and Justice (IPJ), Campus Progress, International Socialist Organization, [...]

Ferdowsi1000.com is devoted to the Persian language, Persian literature, and Iranian culture from the days of the Persian epic poet Ferdowsi onward. The site’s name alludes to the fact that a thousand years have passed since Ferdowsi completed his famous verse redaction of Persian Iranian legends, myths, tales, and history called Shâhnâmeh [(The) Book of [...]