Monthly Archives: May 2010

24-Year Old Iranian Faces Deportation, Execution for Leading Protest for Immigration Reform

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 … Continue reading

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آقای مکارم شیرازی ، آیا سخنرانی تان درباره ی ولایت فقیه در مجلس خبرگان قانون اساسی را بیاد دارید ؟!

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 … Continue reading

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حذف نام خلیج فارس این بار در حاشیه اجلاس گروه ۱۵ در تهران+ عکس

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 … Continue reading

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“Not one, not two …they were five” by Simin Behbahani

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 … Continue reading

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Obama, please phone the Muslim ‘street vendor hero’ too

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 … Continue reading

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Kaveh Farrokh Responds: Croatians and Cravats are of Iranian Origin

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 … Continue reading

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لطفاً با دیدن این عکس به سوالات زیر جواب دهید

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 … Continue reading

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Death Row Prisoner Jafar Kazemi Subject to Sever Torture

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 … Continue reading

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BP Oil Spill Is Less Severe Than the Nowruz Oil Field Disaster

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 … Continue reading

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