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Forough's CD, recited by : Shirin Tabibzadeh More Links Kamran Amid, a talented artist Zoroastrians Prayers CD - Click to order the CD |
Current
By: Bahram Maskanian Please spread
All the pictures are from Dr. Farrokh's arcives
2 articles by: Houshang Moinzadeh Negaahi No' be andisheh-haay-e Khayyam By: Houshang Moinzadeh A very interesting discussion about Mr. Moinzadeh's works on Paltalk Dr. Jalil Doostkhah's kind note about Rozaneh on his valuable site " Iranshenakht " Some of the comments on Rozaneh's birthday!: Az ketaab-e Bahaeegari, Shiigari, soofigari By: Ahmad Kasravi Democracy: A Zarathushtrian Perspective By: Dr. Ali Akbar Jafary
This is how democracy is defined by the Websters Dictionary: a] A Government by the people, especially rule of the majority. b] A government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation involving periodically held free elections. Iran, the beautiful I yearn not an outing, for....where you are is my resort....Sa'di By: Dr. Kaveh Farokh I would like to take the opportunity to introduce a book that stands among the premier works of scholarship in Iranian studies and history. This is Manoucher Mostagh Khorasani's book; Chahar negah be marg dar adabeeyat-e kohan By: Dr. Majid Naficy This is an excellent article, please read it Remembering the massacre of 1988 in Iran: September 1st may become an International Day in Remembrance of the Massacre of Political Prisoners. And before .................. Gerneral
Manouchehr Khosrowdad Picturing a Dark Time Arni Haraldsson documentary about the Revolution Sent by: Darius Kadivar Akbar Nazemi's "Unsent Dispatches from the Iranian Revolution, 19781979" "My heart sank when Katrina informed me that the negatives were fading. It seems as if the images are gradually vanishing. I was speechless; these were not just images but a record of the history of my homeland. History repeating? In 1090 Hasan-e Sabbah obtained control of the inaccessible mountain fastness of Alamut in northern Persia. Here, and in similar bases established in Syria in the following century, the Grand Masters of the sect commanded bands of devoted and fanatical followers, waging a campaign of terror and 'assassination' against the kings and princes of Islam in the name of a mysterious hidden Imam. The emissaries of the Grand Masters carried out a series of daring murders of prominent Muslim statesmen and generals, including the Nizam-al Molk himself in 1092. The terror of the Assasins was not finally exoricized until the Mongol invasions of the thirteenth century, after which Ismailism stagnated as a minor heresy. (Bernard Lewis - The Middle East ) Iran, the beautiful Reading the Holocaust Cartoons in Tehran By: Roya Hakakian THE news of the exhibition of Holocaust cartoons in Tehran took me back to a moment in my childhood. In 1974, his first year at Tehrans Academy for Visual Arts, my brother mounted an exhibition of his own cartoons. The drawings were a novices best attempt at political satire, but they were enough to alarm my law-abiding father into sending my brother away to America. Our family was never whole again. Spotlight on the Iranian Foreign Born Historical Background:
Iran, the beautiful The
Year 2006 is the 100th anniversary By: Golnoush Khaleghi The center is proud to present Rouhollah Khaleghi's memorial tribute Ey Iran. This wonderful book contains essays written by Khaleghi, articles written by others about his life and his work, his travel memoirs, and excerpts of his private letters as well as pictures from the Khaleghi family private photo album. To purchase a copy of Ey Iran visit our Online Store: http://www.rkac.com/CD/nfoscomm/catalog . KAC has undertaken several projects to honor to commemorate his birthday. Placido/Carreras Iran, the beautiful This well-lighted house I won't abandon Kill me, but her I won't abandon ......Molana Darius Kadivar's Corner Paris Report
About the Author: Darius KADIVAR is a freelance journalist born to an Iranian father and French mother. He works and lives in France.
30 Bird Productions present: The World Premiere of THE PERSIAN REVOLUTION
Celebrating their 10th anniversary, 30 Bird Productions present the World premiere of THE PERSIAN REVOLUTION by Mehrdad Seyf at Lyric Hammersmith from 26 September 14 October. Press Night 28 September Music RAEEKA
SHEHABI-YAGHMAI Exhibit Titanic's artifacts shown in San Francisco By MICHELLE LOCKE, Associated Press Writer Fri Jul 14, 3:20 PM ET IF YOU GO ... TITANIC: The Artifact Exhibition, http://www.sftitanic.com, Open through Sept. 15. Metreon, 101 Fourth St., 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103. (415) 369-6000. Open daily from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Box office prices, $22 for adults, $20 for seniors, $15 for children, group rates available for 20 or more. SAN FRANCISCO
- Wistful music plays in a darkened room as visitors file past glass
cases displaying the detritus of tragedy past.
Copyright
© Shirin Tabibzadeh, Cupertino, 2000 -2005
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Argentina Seeks Arrest of Rafsanjani for 1994 Bombing
Manhoos! In a bold move, Argentinean prosecutors have requested Argentine and international arrest warrants for former Iranian president Hashemi Rafsanjani, former intelligence chief, Ali Fallahijan, and former Foreign Minister Ali Ar Velayati as well as several leaders of Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Text of Original Draft Sanctions Resolution on Iran The
following is the original draft resolution prepared
by Britain, France and Germany calling for economic
and diplomatic sanctions against Iran for its
refusal to suspend uranium enrichment activities.
The draft was circulated to China and Russia
on Tuesday and obtained by Kyodo News on Thursday.
US General: Strikes on Iran possible by 2007
Stand
and Fight, or Cut and Run: You Decide By: Amil Imani Mid-term elections are just around the corner. Polls show that many Americans are unhappy with the Republicans and are likely to vote for Democrats. Fine and dandy. This is America where the voter is king. And when one is king, he needs to be a wise king. The Mullahs' Massacre on the Road to Qom By: Michael Ledeen News filtered out of Iran this Sunday of demonstrations protesting the arrest of supporters of Ayatollah Mohammad Kazemeini Boroujerdi, an Iranian cleric fighting against the Political Religion that has dominated his country since Khomeini.
By: Amil Imani Pravda Ru The dictionary defines religion as, The expression of mans belief and reverence for a superhuman power recognized as the creator and governor of the universe. On
the Edge of the Precipice A while ago, commenting on the wisdom of the restoration of the monarchy, Abolhasan Banisadr, the exiled ex-President of the Islamic Republic, declared that Iranians do not want to return to their old vomit. I believe a great many Iranians including myself share with him a similar repugnance towards the revisiting of old disgorgements.
Global Poll Finds Iran Viewed Negatively September
21, 2006 By: Amil Imani Pope Benedict XVI in his speech of September 12 at the University of Regensburg, Germany, perhaps unintentionally provided the Muslims with a golden opportunity: the opportunity to prove to all enemies of Islam that Muhammad indeed gave the world magnificent new teachings.
Professor Daniel M. Zucker - 9/17/2006 For the past twenty-seven years, we in the West, especially in the United States, have been on the receiving end of a very, very sophisticated campaign of disinformation dished out by the Islamic Republic of Irans Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), or in Farsi Vezarat-e Ettelaat va Amniat-e Keshvar (VEVAK).
Iran
May Fall Victim to Law of Unintended Consequences We are putting up the sandbags and erecting the barbed wire fences, says Dahbashi. We expect the siege to start at any moment. ....... End
Tehran's free ride Iran has conducted its recent diplomacy with extraordinary skill and astuteness. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinezhad may live in their own bizarre parallel universe in which terror, weapons proliferation and tyranny are acceptable norms. Arab and Iranian Reaction to 9/11 Five Years Later
BBC news reported on August 30 that Ramin Jahanbegloo, Iranian writer and university lecturer had been released from prison. Marg-e Valiolah-e Faiz-e Mahdavi We should not pass by the blood of our innocent children, no matter what group they belong to, we should not! Bush Brands Iran Leaders a 'Tyrants' September
05, 2006 US President George W. Bush branded Iran's president a tyrant and compared leaders in Tehran to Al-Qaeda terrorists who cannot be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons. Great News: Ramin Jahanbegloo is free
ROMNEY DENOUNCES KHATAMI VISIT TO HARVARD
Governor Mitt Romney today ordered all Massachusetts state government agencies to decline support, if asked, for former Iranian President Mohammed Khatamiâ€s September 10 visit to the Boston area, where he is scheduled to speak at Harvard University . Khatami's
Academic Enablers Harvards
Kennedy School of Government welcomed former
Iranian President Muhammad Khatami last week.
The current Iranian government led by its anti-Semitic,
Holocaust-denying president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,
has sent Khatami on a charm offensive
to neutralize Americas resolve to seek
sanctions against Iran. Welcome to the Land of the Great Satan, Smiling Mullah Khatami By: Amil Imani
Great news! Great news! The deadly confrontation between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic of Iran is about to become history. The dove of peace is here in the person of the Smiling Mullah Khatami. Just look at his serene face with and ever-present reassuring smile. It makes you forget all your troubles, doesnt it? Ghomeishi Britain
'is now biggest security threat to US'
Britain now presents a greater security threat to the United States than Iran or Iraq, an American magazine said yesterday.
by: Mehdi Ghasemi Enzevaay-e Hezbolah dar Lobnan By: Dr. Shahin Fatemi
HEZBOLLAH
DIDN'T WIN
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