The Tales from the Zirzameen

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates has spoken publicly about a new approach to missile defenses, both in Europe and the Gulf. "I don't want to get into it in too much detail," Gates said in September. "but the reality is we are working both on a bilateral… more »

Newsmax Iran Sanctions Bill Passed Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:15 AM By: Ken Timmerman The U.S. Senate passed long-stalled legislation on Thursday that would impose new sanctions on Iran and its suppliers of refined petroleum products, which many ana… more »

Milestone for Iranian Americans January 27th, 2010, Washington, D.C. – Earlier this afternoon, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform approved a resolution which honors the Iranian New Year (Nowruz), therefore bringing it one step clos… more »

To: United Nations Excellency Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General United Nations New York, New York Your Excellency, For several millenniums many nations have celebrated the first day of spring as their new year. Today, nearly 300 million peop… more »

If Bilmes and Stiglitz project a three trillion dollar cost for Iraq and Afghanistan , you have to wonder where the money is coming from. It’s from education and health care, for starters. read more: http://tomhayden.com/home/2009/9/14/afghan-war-c… more »

The Board of Directors of PAAIA is very pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Mahasti Afshar as the organization’s next Executive Director. A Harvard Ph.D. in Sanskrit and Indo-European Folklore and Mythology, Mahasti brings two decades of exper… more »

It's like the McCarthy Era all over again... Dear Brian, When Shahram Hashemi, a university student from Iran, saw an airplane fly into the second World Trade Center building on 9-11, he immediately took action. As many ran away from the wreckage,… more »

The song of Sparrows An award winner film by Majid Majidi Synopsis Iran’s submission for the Best Foreign Language Oscar®. After Karim loses his job, he leaves his pastoral town and travels to Tehran where he finds work as a motorcycle taxi dri… more »

http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/17578658 Email IM .Share Reuters – Nuclear scientist dies in Iran blast AP – This undated file photo released by the semi-official Iranian Fars News Agency shows nuclear physics … By NASSER… more »

Hi Brian, I read this and thought of our last conversation and how you felt conflicted by the change in your views on how the US should engage with Iran … and how your views have shifted since the events of the summer. Thought you’d be heartened… more »

33 Mourning Mothers Shuffled between emergency rooms and detention center (iranhumanrights.org): Authorities transferred nine of the 33 detained members of the Mourning Mothers to emergency rooms following their detention on January 9, and later took… more »

CNN Thirty members of a women's group were arrested by Iranian security forces during a peaceful protest in a Tehran park on Saturday, a human rights organization reported. The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, citing an eyewitness a… more »

January 8, 2010, Washington, D.C. - Congressman J. Gresham Barrett PAAIA is concerned that a member of the U.S. Congress plans to introduce legislation that effectively could ban individuals from coming to America based on their nationality. Such… more »

latimes.com Opinion Groups protesting against the current regime reveal what they want a new Iranian government to look like. By Robin Wright January 6, 2010 Iran's so-called green movement is not yet a counterrevolution, but recent developmen… more »

http://www.bazargan.com/Abdolali/ Tehran professors denounce violence on protesters Iran Professors Ask for End to Violence By NAZILA FATHI New York Times Published: January 4, 2010 Risking expulsion and possible arrest, 88 professors… more »

Mahbod Seraji and me... Mahbod Khan, my hat is off to you. I am halfway through your book after staying up all night reading it til the sunrise. You are an amazing writer. I am particularly impressed with the way you capture the essence of best fr… more »

Comments on the book, The Persians, by Syma Sayyah, Tehran The Persians - Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern Iran by Dr. Homa Katouzian Once in a while one gets hold of a book that tells it all and one cannot put it down and despite the w… more »

Rafsanjani heads Expediency Council meeting amid deep divisions photo by Mohammad Kazempour. The beginning of the end? Dec 30th 2009 From The Economist print edition A floundering regime may have weakened itself with its latest bloody crackdown.… more »