Archives for: September 2008
09/30/08
There's an Iranian hand in Najaf, but it's a positive hand. They've helped develop the city, the hospital, the tourism
Iran's influence? You can hear it on Iraqi streets
By Mohammed Abbas/Int'l Herald Tribune
In the holy Iraqi Shi'ite city… more »
09/28/08
First of all I was just in Iran two months ago and alcohol is easily obtained and available just not ostentatiously advertised on bill boards or in magazines or on TV and radio or by liquer stores.
Once in the 1920's the USA tried to eradicate alcohol… more »
09/27/08
Hi Brian!
it's nice to hear from you :) and thanks for the promo on your website. it looks great! Congrats on getting back to Iran. that sounds so exciting. I would love to go sometime.
Right now I'm just performing at Negeen and Chatanoga… more »
09/25/08
Well it is as I feared Obama is not a statesman with his own vision of a better future either but responds to polls and panders to what he imagines we want to hear. Well read my lips Obama, Ahmadinejad is not a demon, his interview with Larry King rang o… more »
09/24/08
by Deepak Chopra
Sometimes politics has the uncanny effect of mirroring the national psyche even when nobody intended to do that. This is perfectly illustrated by the rousing effect that Gov. Sarah Palin had on the Republican convention in… more »
Salaam Brian-e Aziz,
Thank you so much for sharing this. It is very moving for me. I love the
poetry of Rahi Mo'ayyeri as well. In fact I grew up as fan of his ghazals.
I featured your first Tehran essay in one of my recent windows on (which
a st… more »
09/23/08
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep in New York on Monday. Joel Riddle/NPR
Morning Edition, September 23, 2008 · Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected to crit… more »
09/22/08
Mashaei, VP Minister of Culture and Tourism
http://www.eterazonline.com/ more »
09/21/08
Dr. George Bernett
GEORGE BERNETT, PhD visited Iran
"We just returned from 15 days gorgeous & interesting days in Iran, where I attended an International congress on Clinical Laboratory Quality Improvement (http://www.iqicl.org/). At this c… more »
long lost Khazar capitol near Caspian Sea
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080903/lf_afp/russiahistoryculturearchaeology_080903160809 more »
me up in the Alborz Mountains, summer 2008 more »
http://www.stopwaroniran.org
President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Secretary Rice, Secretary Gates, Secretary General Ban, Senators and Representatives,
It is with grave concern that I observe the growing threat of a new U.S. war--this time aga… more »
and Palestine;
class photo of Israelis and Palestinians together in Dialogue Seminar, Summer 2007 in Giv'at Haviva.
http://www.peacenow.org.il/site/en/peace.asp?pi=43
Jewish International Opposition Statement Against Attack on Iran… more »
09/20/08
"Culture of Iran Youth Series" presents the first of four books to cover Iranian history and culture in a pictorial format
ANCIENT IRAN
A pictorial history for young readers aged 8 and up
Culture of Iran Youth Series
ISBN 978-0-9809… more »
www.tissahami.com
"Sassy and sarcastic... she spins laughter out of
anger, turning Islamic stereotypes inside out."
- Boston Globe Sunday Magazine
From: Brian
To: Tissa
I remember now. You were a hoot! Are you s… more »
Kavous as Spanish Ambassador's paige in Pietro Della Valle 1975
Barran as Sir Robert Shirley in Pietro Della Valle 1975
Kavous, me and Nahid, Tehran 2008
baby Arian 1979
Arian, Nikarta and me Tehran 2008 more »
Aryana, Sharokh, me and Saideh
1968 Orly Airport, Paris
Sharokh and me, Tehran 2008
Aryana today more »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dStP_ouJYHg&NR=1
My hat is off to the women of Alaska who reject Sarah Palin. "The War is God's plan..." which God, Ares, the God of war? How stupid are we the people? Are we really going to put these McSame, McWors… more »
09/19/08
Bahareh
Bahareh is ten years of age and currently in the second grade. She lives with her mother and one brother in the city of Abhar located in the province of Zanjan. Bahareh's mother works as a maid, but her income is not enough to support the fa… more »
http://www.iranesabz.com/Pictures/Kheyrieh/ more »
http://www.iranianpigeons.com/photos.php?album_id=8
Last class of Community School, Tehran, 1980 photo by Arastoo Vosough
From: A
To: Jim
Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 4:06 PM
Dear Jim (aka Jeeeeem),
Thank you so much for your wa… more »
09/17/08
Published in "The Raw Story": Tuesday September 16, 2008
http://rawstory.com/news/afp/US_to_sell_bunker_busting_bombs_to__09162008.html
The US Defense Department has notified Congress of plans to sell 1,000 bunker-buster bombs to Israel in a deal… more »
09/16/08
http://www.persian.asia/node/45/photos/view/flash more »
09/14/08
http://www.iranthemovie.com/
Iranian Documentary to Screen at Camera 3 Entertainment
The Camera Cinemas and Golden Gate Cinema are proud to present a one-time only screening of the documentary, Iran: Hot Tea, Cool Conversations, on Sunday, Sept. 14t… more »
http://www.africasia.com/services/news/newsitem.php?area=mideast&item=080914113621.kuaexn6m.php
Mohammad Khatami
Hassan Rowhani
Change is possible from within if Iran is left to its own devices...of course moderates in Iran fom… more »
09/12/08
By doing this Iran is putting the zionists on the spot as to their
behavior. here we will see the true colors of the UN and the zionists.
Peter Khan Zendran
Iran demands resolute UN response to Israeli threats
Khazaee: Threats display aggressive… more »
original article in New Stateman Magazine
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http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2008/09/iran-ahmadinejad-government
Inside Iran
Maziar Bahari
Published 11 September 2008
7 comments Print versio… more »
Date: 09/12/2008
Time: 16:00 - 18:00
Location: Press Conference UN Plaza
Host: Stiles Hall
Event Description: Festival
Military families and veterans, Iranians Americans, Christians, Jews, Muslims, and others opposing an attack on Iran will c… more »
09/11/08
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-politics/20080903/CVN.Palin.Iraq.War/
Not unless God is Ares, the god of war. How dare these misguided hypocrites speak for God and blame God for wars they started and ask seminary students to pray for the passag… more »
Is this the enemy?
I think not,
amoo rasool more »
Never before had a major broadcast video so blatantly attempted to connect the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979 to the Al Qaeda terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001
"No doubt, showing a 9/11 video at a political convention was emotional exploitation.… more »
http://www.picturesofyouiran.com/index.html
Dear Friends,
Anyone who tries to save Iran from the jaws of the American warmongers and to bridge the hearts of the ordinary Americans to the soul of the Iranians; is my hero. Each and every Americ… more »
Shirazi Kids photo by Shahram Razavi more »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KjsEs46C70
About Phillip Butler
Doctor Phillip Butler is a 1961 graduate of the United States Naval Academy and a former light-attack carrier pilot. In 1965 he was shot down over North Vietnam where he spent eight ye… more »
Critics urge no agreement without Congressional approval
Dear Supporter of a Just Foreign Policy,
The Bush Administration and the Iraqi government have been negotiating a "security agreement." Both Congress and the Iraqi parliament have been exclude… more »
I just realized why the West draws such a line in the sand over hejab and France even outlawed it...it's not about women's rights because since when did capitalists care about that but rather, what would all the producers use to market and sell products… more »
private collection Tehran more »
To All Anti-war, Peace Activists and Promoters of Justice! The Iraq and Afghanistan Wars are STILL THE PROBLEM!
Please join with this action to show all those wishing to occupy the SEATS OF POWER in Washington that the PERMANENT WAR ECONOMY is UNACCE… more »
09/10/08
private collection Tehran more »
private collection Tehran more »
09/09/08
"Peace cannot be achieved by force, it can only be attained through understanding." - Albert Einstein
With all due respect to the memory of Dr. Albert Einstein, the military industrial complex and the mainstream media,their propaganda arm they own, ha… more »
Herald Tribune Global edition
Russia, the U.S. and Iran
By Ray Takeyh and Nikolas Gvosdev The Boston GlobePublished: September 8, 2008
It is one of the rites of passage of the fall - every September, the Bush administration returns to the Unite… more »
09/08/08
I think it is fair to say that where we find communism, socialism and other dictatorships of the proletariot or populist regimes, it is in response to a history of extreme and prolonged poverty. Iran is no exception. Had the Shah's Iran with all its oil… more »
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09/07/08
Join the Pressure Campaign! Support Our Diplomats!!!
Dear Readers,
Our grassroots pressure on Congress is working ! Thanks to your help, PDA and a coalition of other groups have STALLED H. Con. Res. 362, the Iran Blockade Bill! PDA alone sent… more »
http://atimes.com/c-asia/CG03Ag01.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farrokhroo_Parsa
Farokhroo Pārsā, (1922-1980) (Persian: فرخرو پارسا) was an Iranian… more »
Shirin Ebadi
where is Khatami when we need him? http://atimes.com/c-asia/CG03Ag01.html
What has humanity done to deserve all these hardliners like Bush, Ahmadinejad, Olmert, Berlusconi and Sarkozy...God help us...I pray McCain loses...amoo rasool… more »
for more info and registration for this course please go to:
http://continuingstudies.stanford.edu/course/ARC118.asp
Thank you Professor for your kind words,
I already found that link and have posted it in my blog and will have my webmaste… more »
09/05/08
Life goes on...and our horizon will be the last line we see when it is behind us. We have to move on to get out of the darkness to see the light. I have hope for Iranians to see the light they are waiting to see for so long....!
----FARHAD NABIPOUR… more »
09/04/08
http://tannazie.blogspot.com/2006/07/cow-tongue-flower-chronicles.html
I was told by a friend's mom while we were walking through the Tehran Bazaar recently that you have to brew Gol-e-Gov Zaban together with catnip to keep it a pretty pur… more »
Georgian people do not support the fascist expansionist desires of Saarkashvili nor his desire to enter NATO and antagonize the Russian Federation nor do they want to attack or support attack on Iran, which they have a long cultural affinity with...
Ag… more »
09/03/08
When will these idiot warmongers wake up and realize that Israel has much more to gain in making peace with Iran and its neighbors than a war in which everyone suffers, everyone loses and possible nuclear holocaust? Why is it always a double standard; Is… more »
I think once again this proves that left to their own devices that Iranian society can become more moderate and progressive from within without having to be bombed back into the Stone Age by foreigners. Of note is the support that cleric Ayatollah Shahro… more »
09/01/08
www.IranDokht.com
By: Ryszard Antolak
Khosrow Sinai
Iranian film director Khosrow Sinai has been awarded the prestigious “Knights Cross of the Order of Merit of the Polish Republic”. At a ceremony earlier this year (June 10th) in the Pol… more »
Polish orphans 1942 Bandar Anzali
Khosrow Sinaii film maker born in Sari
http://poetrania.blogspot.com/2006/11/lost-elegy_01.html more »
Dr Nasser Heydarian
Dr. Nasser and me
Dr. Nasser, world class humanitarian and peace maker...commander of the San Francisco and Saint Peterburg Commandery of the Knights of St. John Hospitaller,
Deputy and Diplomatic Counselor of the World Parl… more »
The Dutch intelligence service, the AIVD, has called off an operation aimed at infiltrating and sabotaging Iran's weapons industry due to an assessment that a US attack on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program is imminent, according to a report in the c… more »
Simin Ghafari
darush
young Darush
young Iren
young pouri banaee and googoosh
young googoosh
young Naser Malek Motie
young Shohreh Aghdashloo and Behrooz Vosooghi
check it out all out at:
http://www.ghadimiha.com/ more »
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