Writing by Rezareza on Thursday, 26 of June , 2008 at 8:31 pm
In a ceremony commemorating the Women’s day in Iran, Ahmadinejad shocked the audience by jumping off the stage to present an award to Shahid Motahari’s wife. According to reports, he jumped off the stage after he noticed that the wife of the Martyr is old and cannot stand up. Although, the act is nice on its own, I think someone has forgotten to remind the president that there are stairs and one usually does not have to jump off the stage.
Category: funny, In the News
Writing by Rezareza on Monday, 14 of January , 2008 at 4:17 pm
Nahid Keshavarz says two weeks in an Iranian jail didn’t deter her from helping try to collect one million signatures for a petition urging more women’s rights and, if anything, prison showed the cause was worth fighting for.Keshavarz is one of dozens of women who campaigners say have been detained since 2006 when the drive was launched. Most were released within a few days or weeks.
“No one wants to go to prison. But if we have to pay a price then we will, like women have all over the world,” said the 34-year-old, who was held on security-related charges after collecting signatures in Tehran.
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Category: Human Rights, In the News
Writing by Rezareza on Thursday, 10 of January , 2008 at 3:22 pm
Iran releases the video of Sunday’s maritime identification check in the Persian Gulf waters involving Iranian boats and US warships.
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the US-released footage of the incident is fabricated and the audio of it is fake.
Brigadier General Ali Fadavi, an IRGC senior official, has said that the US vessels’ registration numbers had been unreadable to the Iranian guards.
He added that the guards approached the US ships only to examine the numbers.
The Iranian footage also includes the original radio communication between the Iranian guards and the US warship.
Watch the footage
Category: In the News, Politics
Writing by Rezareza on Thursday, 10 of January , 2008 at 3:12 pm
TEHRAN (AFP) — At least eight people froze to death in the heaviest snowfalls to have hit Iran in years, with several areas brought to a virtual standstill and 20 towns suffering cuts in gas supplies, officials said on Tuesday.
The snowfalls, said to be the worst in some 40 years, have forced all schools and government offices to close in Tehran and other regions in northern Iran over the last two days. They will remain shut on Wednesday.
No matter what, snow is still beautiful. Specially the Iranian kind of it! 
Category: In the News
Writing by Rezareza on Friday, 12 of October , 2007 at 5:19 pm
Iranian police have warned 122,000 people, mostly women, about flouting strict Islamic dress codes since April and nearly 7,000 of those attended classes on respecting the rules, a newspaper said on Thursday.
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Category: Human Rights, In the News
Writing by persiancowboy on Saturday, 6 of October , 2007 at 10:47 am
Iran to export 3bn cu. m. of gas to Syria annually
Anglican leader condemns Syria, Iran war talk
Iran produced over 19m tons of cement in 6 months
US, Iran should work together on shared interests
What a War on Iran Might Look Like [photo essay]
Passion at the heart of Persian music
Party like it’s 5768 — Persian style, JCafeLA, Billy Crystal
The Jewish Journal of greater L.A, CA - Oct 4, 2007
Mostly Persian and purportedly progressive, Generation 26 endeavors to unite all ethnicities of young Jews. On Sept. 8, they enticed a formidable crowd of …
City’s 12 Persian, Pashto schools shrink as Afghan refugees leave
Iran dam sparks row about ancient Persian relic
Varsity uses Hindi films to teach Persian language
Category: In the News
