February 28, 2004 -- IN a reversal of its policy not to enter into military alliance with any foreign power, the Islamic Republic of Iran has just concluded a defense pact with Syria. Signed in Damascus yesterday, the pact commits Iran to Syria's defense against "the Zionist entity," which in the Iranian lexicon means Israel.
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Iran Reformers Seeks Ruling on Woman President Reuters Iran’s pro-reform parliament
has asked a constitutional watchdog of religious hardliners to
rule on whether a woman can run for president in the Islamic
Republic, the official IRNA news agency reported late on Monday. Caving
In to the Mullahs **** The
Paradox of Anti-Americanism in Iran This article analyzes the roots of anti-American sentiment in Iran, considering the impact of Islamism, nationalism, Third Worldism, and nativism on Iranian ideology and rhetoric following the country's 1979 Revolution. **** Trans-Atlantic
Relations: Accentuating the Positive **** Iran's Empress in Exile Finds 'a Way to Go On' The Washington Post It could be the eternal wisdom of
Persia's great poets, an unforgettable bond to Iran and an
everlasting love for a ruler the world shunned in his last days in
exile that have kept Farah Pahlavi anchored. Iran Ranked at the Bottom of Globalization IndexRamin Parham In an attempt to measure Globalization, The fourth annual A.T. Kearney/FOREIGN POLICY Globalization Index analyses and ranks 62 countries in its 2004 report. The study covers all major regions of the world, encompassing both developed and developing nations. **** AN
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Norooz |
Khosh Be HAl-e RoozegAr
Shirin Tabibzadeh
(In Persian)
Norooz is the Iranian new year festival. The word itself literally means "new day" in Persian language and the festival marks the beginning of the solar year as well as the new year on the Iranian and several other national calendars.
New Year's Calls and Gifts, Persia 1895
Samuel G. Wilson:
THE Persians are eminently a social people. They are vivacious and entertaining; fond of jokes and story-telling, and ready in repartee. They are much given to visiting and feasting. This is remarkable, since the great bond of society with us is entirely wanting: the social intercourse of men and women is not permitted, and the idea of it shocks their sense of propriety. Men visit with men, women with women. Dancing amazes them beyond measure, and seems an immodest license and a perversion of liberty.
Feature
The Passage
of Time
Amil Imani
Every so often, I ask myself, what it is that keeps me going? What is
dragging me and yields me towards profound somber moments and
deliberately pushes me into a delightful fairy-tale charm reign, as in
this little drama, which is written with a vigor one would write.
Forough Doostkhan
Ravayati SAdeh as Ghorbat
(Persian)
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Opinion |
To:
Leaders of the European Union and the People of Europe
S. Peerooz
I am an Iranian, an Iranian woman. Like Shirin Ebadi, I am a Moslem too but that is not the issue, by no means.. I am an Iranian woman living in exile and haven’t been back to my country since the clerics invaded my country and like their Arab predecessors usurped the throne and mantle of the great Achaemenian and Parthian kings.
Today Iran’s enemies are those whose arrogance are destroying our Persian
heritage and culture and supplanting them with insane and alien concepts of
total social control. Anyone who disagrees with their planned totalitarian
rule is pronounced ‘insane’ or a “drug addict” and or “an infidel.” He is
seized quietly, conveyed to a prison, tortured and usually permanently
injured and most likely killed.
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IrAn ShenAsi |
From: "AvestA, Kohantarin SoroodhAy-e IrAniAn
2003 year of Zartosht, declared by Unisco
(In Persian)
Were the Persians ever ruled by the Medes
Mohammad-Taghi Imanpour
(In Persian)
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Book Review |
A
review on Afshin Molavi's Persian
Pilgrimage:
Journeys Across Iran
Melinda
Barnhardt
Deliberately disordered -- shifting between cities and conversations (with the butcher, fruit seller, student, war veteran, and taxi driver) -- this insightful account of a year’s travels through present-day Iran maneuvers around its own deficiencies. In a country in which indirectness is a customary response to exploitative regimes, an investigative approach that meanders and doubles back on itself like the route of an ancient bazaar is likely to succeed. In short, to get to the bottom of things, there must be time to linger over a cup of tea..
An excellent book by
Soheila Ghodstinat
In this bittersweet true story, Soheila takes us to a society, where women have to fight for their rights and freedom. She tells us about her darkest secrets and shows us the power of love, trust and strong faith; how true friendship reverses the impossible. And, "miracles do happen". It also includes beautiful artwork by Susie Delshadian and a selection of persian poetry, translated by Maryam Mafi. To read more please
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Literature |
Private Conversations with Ahmad Shamloo
From the book: Bamdad Dar Aeeneh
Norooldin Salemi
(In Persian)
Dastaan-e Eshgh-e Nezami va AfAgh-e Ghebchaghi
(In Persian)
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History |
Nonviolent Actions, there are realistic alternatives
Nonviolent action has occurred in all parts of
the world. It is a phenomenon that cuts across ethnic, cultural, religious,
geographic, socioeconomic and other demographic lines.
Nonviolent struggles have been waged on behalf of a myriad of causes and groups,
and even for objectives that many people reject. It has been used to prevent, as
well as to promote, change.
khosro Mo'tazed
(In Persian)
Veiling (Hejab) and segregation of sexes in Iran
Both veiling and segregation of sexes are fundamental principles in Islam and have been vigorously applied and implemented in Muslim countries for centuries and it is only as of 20th century that major changes have been introduced in such practices. The two are related and reinforce each other and recently have become subject of debate amongst some Muslims.
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Cinema |
Three years ago Shohreh Aghdashloo was driving up the California coast with her playwright husband, Houshang Touzie, heading to San Francisco with members of their theater company, Drama Workshop 79, to perform one of Touzie's plays.
" The Desert of the Tartars: An Epic Nightmare shot in Bam"
Darius Kadivar
When Dino Buzzati expressed his vision for a screen adaptation of his novel, The Desert of the Tartars, he certainly could not have imagined that the sets in which the film would be shot would use the magnificent sand citadel of Bam. The tragic earthquake which recently devastated the entire city of Bam makes the words of Buzzati resonate even with more tragic power.
Ararat a movie on the atrocities against the Arminians of Turkey
Turks are among the world's proudest and most patriotic people, and many feel an especially deep admiration for their army, without which the nation might never have emerged from the wreckage of the Ottoman Empire more than 80 years ago. But are they ready to see a film in which Ottoman Turkish soldiers shoot defenseless civilians and burn women alive? That question has set off a bitter debate here.
Mudget feature fi
Movie on the hostage crises soon to be released by Paramount
Darius Kadivar
in conjunction with best-selling authorMark Bowden's next book, Wild Eyes Productionswill tell the epic story of the Iranian Hostage crisis in a four-hour special airing on "The Discovery Times Channel." Mark Bowden's book has already been optioned by Hollywood producer Scott Rudin as the basis for a big- budget feature film.
Movie on the hostage crises soon to be released by Paramount
Darius Kadivar
in conjunction with best-selling authorMark Bowden's next book, Wild Eyes Productionswill tell the epic story of the Iranian Hostage crisis in a four-hour special airing on "The Discove
Darius Kadivar
in conjunction with best-selling authorMark Bowden's next book, Wild Eyes Productionswill tell the epic story of the Iranian Hostage crisis in a four-hour special airing on "The Discovery Times Channel." Mark Bowden's book has already been optioned by Hollywood producer Scott Rudin as the basis for a big- budget feature film.
Movie on the hostage crises soon to be released by Paramount
Darius Kadivar
in conjunction with best-selling authorMark Bowden's next book, Wild Eyes Productionswill tell the epic story of the Iranian Hostage crisis in a four-hour special airing on "The Discovery Times Channel." Mark Bowden's book has already been optioned by Hollywood producer Scott Rudin as the basis for a big- budget feature film.
Movie on the hostage crises soon to be released by Paramount
Darius Kadivar
in conjunction with best-selling authorMark Bowden's next book, Wild Eyes Productionswill tell the epic story of the Iranian Hostage crisis in a four-hour special airing on "The Discovery Times Channel." Mark Bowden's book has already been optioned by Hollywood producer Scott Rudin as the basis for a big- budget feature film.
Movie on the hostage crises soon to be released by Paramount
Darius Kadivar
in conjunction with best-selling authorMark Bowden's next book, Wild Eyes Productionswill tell the epic story of the Iranian Hostage crisis in a four-hour special airing on "The Discovery Times Channel." Mark Bowden's book has already been optioned by Hollywood producer Scott Rudin as the basis for a big- budget feature film.
Movie on the hostage crises soon to be released by Paramount
Darius Kadivar
in conjunction with best-selling authorMark Bowden's next book, Wild Eyes Productionswill tell the epic story of the Iranian Hostage crisis in a four-hour special airing on "The Discovery Times Channel." Mark Bowden's book has already been optioned by Hollywood producer Scott Rudin as the basis for a big- budget feature film.
Movie on the hostage crises soon to be released by Paramount
Darius Kadivar
in conjunction with best-selling authorMark Bowden's next book, Wild Eyes Productionswill tell the epic story of the Iranian Hostage crisis in a four-hour special airing on "The Discovery Times Channel." Mark Bowden's book has already been optioned by Hollywood producer Scott Rudin as the basis for a big- budget feature film.
Movie on the hostage crises soon to be released by Paramount
Darius Kadivar
in conjunction with best-selling authorMark Bowden's next book, Wild Eyes Productionswill tell the epic story of the Iranian Hostage crisis in a four-hour special airing on "The Discovery Times Channel." Mark Bowden's book has already been optioned by Hollywood producer Scott Rudin as the basis for a big- budget feature film.
Movie on the hostage crises soon to be released by Paramount
Darius Kadivar
in conjunction with best-selling authorMark Bowden's next book, Wild Eyes Productionswill tell the epic story of the Iranian Hostage crisis in a four-hour special airing on "The Discovery Times Channel." Mark Bowden's book has already been optioned by Hollywood producer Scott Rudin as the basis for a big- budget feature film.
Movie on the hostage crises soon to be released by Paramount
Darius Kadivar
in conjunction with best-selling authorMark Bowden's next book, Wild Eyes Productionswill tell the epic story of the Iranian Hostage crisis in a four-hour special airing on "The Discovery Times Channel." Mark Bowden's book has already been optioned by Hollywood producer Scott Rudin as the basis for a big- budget feature film.
Movie on the hostage crises soon to be released by Paramount
Darius Kadivar
in conjunction with best-selling authorMark Bowden's next book, Wild Eyes Productionswill tell the epic story of the Iranian Hostage crisis in a four-hour special airing on "The Discovery Times Channel." Mark Bowden's book has already been optioned by Hollywood producer Scott Rudin as the basis for a big- budget feature film.
Movie on the hostage crises soon to be released by Paramount
Darius Kadivar
in conjunction with best-selling authorMark Bowden's next book, Wild Eyes Productionswill tell the epic story of the Iranian Hostage crisis in a four-hour special airing on "The Discovery Times Channel." Mark Bowden's book has already been optioned by Hollywood producer Scott Rudin as the basis for a big- budget feature film.
Movie on the hostage crises soon to be released by Paramount
Darius Kadivar
in conjunction with best-selling authorMark Bowden's next book, Wild Eyes Productionswill tell the epic story of the Iranian Hostage crisis in a four-hour special airing on "The Discovery Times Channel." Mark Bowden's book has already been optioned by Hollywood producer Scott Rudin as the basis for a big- budget feature film.
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