Dissidents in DC: Sign Petition 4 No War on Iran
Seymour Hersh (New York Times) has reported that U.S. Special Operation Forces are already operating in preparation for a possible attack via use of “a bunker-buster tactical nuclear weapon” against...
View ArticleShahnameh Reigns Epic
The great national epic of Persia— the most complete English-language edition …………. FINALLY!! A 1000-year-long overdue entry to public Western readership in its rightful rank among masterpeices...
View ArticleIran’s Quiet Revolution
Stellar article on Walrus magazine by Deborah Campbell. Snappy & highly readable. http://www.walrusmagazine.com/articles/2006.09-international-affairs-irans-quiet-revolution/
View ArticleA Nation of Nose Jobs, Not Nuclear War
Peter Hitchens is the first American journalist to go into Iran since the hostage crisis. What he discovered surprised him – and should make everyone think again about their views on Iran....
View ArticlePhoto Essay
The Imam as an Idol ……. and they say sculpture is blasphemy?? “Walls of Martyrdom”: Tehran’s Propaganda Murals By Fotini Christia...
View ArticleA garden tour of Iran
Persian Spring Gardens in the Axis of Evil. www.slate.com/id/2166594/fr/flyout
View ArticlePersian Pride
I took this picture in the Gay Pride Parade in San Francisco on Sunday. I couldn’t find out who was the guy who had the flag, but whomever you are my brother, you have my best compliments. – Mehran,...
View ArticleKiarostami @ MOMA
Abbas Kiarostami: Image Maker March 1–May 28, 2007 Abbas Kiarostami’s gallery installation Five (2004)—a canny and sublime work which will also be screened as a single theatrical projection during...
View ArticleSeeking Signs of Literary Life
The following is an article in NYTimes by Azadeh Moaveni (I post it here because you need a subscription to access it on nytimes.com) LETTER FROM TEHRAN; Seeking Signs of Literary Life By AZADEH...
View ArticleFREE KIAN
Letter RELEASE KIAN TAJBAKHSH! By Aryeh Neier To the Editors: On May 11, a few days after the detention in Tehran of Haleh Esfandiari, another Iranian-American scholar, Kian Tajbakhsh, was also...
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