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Politics
In
minutes, Bam's 2,000 years of history and
its hopes for the future were left in
ruins
Tania
Branigan
Saturday December 27, 2003
The
Guardian
For two millennia the tawny walls of the
ancient citadel at Bam rose from the vast
Dasht'e Kavir desert, drawing traders and
pilgrims towards the lush oasis. But in
just a few minutes yesterday morning,
those centuries of splendour vanished as
one of Iran's greatest archaeological
treasures was levelled. The citadel, one
of the greatest mudbrick structures in the
world, had simply crumbled - along with
hundreds of houses in the modern city
around it.
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An
Interview With Dr. Amir Aslan Afshar
December
01, 2003
Iran va Jahan
Cyrus Kadivar
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to Read)
A
key U.N. committee approved a
Canadian-drafted resolution rebuking Iran
for alleged human rights abuses, including
torture, suppression of free speech and
discrimination against women and
minorities
Canadian-Drafted
Iran Rights Rebuke Approved by UN Panel
OF
MULLAHS AND THEIR NUKES
A deadly problem out
of Iran
by Amir Taheri
NATIONAL REVIEW
November 10, 2003
Until
last spring, it seemed as if Iran and
the United States were moving toward a
discreet dialogue designed to defuse
more than two decades of antagonism.
Now, however, with the release of fresh
evidence that Iran may be pursuing
nuclear weapons, tensions between the
old adversaries have reached a new high.
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A
daughter of Cyrus the Great
IT WAS A GESTURE
that would seem unremarkable to most
in this country: a middle-aged woman
and two men shake hands after a speech
at a university. But the handshake
between the Iranian human rights
activist Shirin Ebadi and two
dissidents took place in Tehran before
a crowd of 1,000 students. And in the
Islamic republic, such contact between
a woman and a man to whom she is not
related could result in jail or
flogging.
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to Read)
Iran
Shenasi
The
Metamorphosis Of GAtaic Twin Malnyu To
Doctrine of Dualism
A
major problem in the history of thought in
Persia
by
Dr. Jalil Doostkhah
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"Zed-e
Zandiyoon" dar dorey-e Saasaani va
Sadr-e Eslam
By:
Professor Touraj Dayaee
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Book
Review
Introducing
Dr. Jalil Doostkha's " Gozaresh-e
Haft Khan-e Rostam "
by:
Shirin Tabibzadeh
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to Read)
Aavaazhaa-y-e
Zan-e Bee Ejazeh
Pezvak-e
Andisheh va Honar-e Baanooyee Irani
Introducing
Granaz-e Moosavi
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to Read)
Opinion
IRAN
or PERSIA?
FARSI or PERSIAN?
By
Pejman Akbarzadeh
(e-mail; persia_1980@yahoo.com)
www.parstimes.com/persianmusicians.html
Until
a few decades ago, in the English language
(which is now international) and in
international
circles, our country was called
"Persia."
Unfortunately, however, in 1935 the then
government of
Persia requested all countries in the
world to call
Persia by its native name,
"Iran," without heeding the
delicate point that as an ancient land,
possessing a
civilization thousands of years old, our
country was
known as "Persia," not
"Iran."
http://iran-heritage.org/interestgroups/iranorpersia1.htm
On the 50th Anniversary of 28 Mordad
by:
A. Mahmoodian
It
is about time that we view the critical
events of this period from an objective
and rational point of view. As Iranians,
we have failed to learn from our emotional
judgments and irrational conclusions that
we made in the post World War II Iran.
This is painfully true and ubiquitous
among the educated and “intellectual”
community. For example, they failed
miserably to acknowledge, much less
comprehend, Ghavam’s contributions
during the Allied occupation, or
understand the real reasons behind Dr.
Mossadeq’s fall. I will be more than
glad if they even admitted that history
proved them wrong.
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to Read)
History
Non-Muslim
Communities in Iran
From:
Iran Nameh
The
Jewish community of Mashhad is believed
to have been established in the 18th
century. During the seige of Nader Shah
Afshar (1736-1747) Jewish families from
Qazvin
and Deilaman were ordered to
resettle in Khurasan as part of the
King's’ resettlement policies.
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Memoirs
of a Persion Princess
Tajal
Saltaneh
The
life of Taj al-Saltana, daughter of the
ruler of Iran, Naser al-Din Shah Qajar,
epitomized the predicaments of her
changing era. Overcoming her limited
education within the harem walls, Taj
chronicled a thirty-year span in the
life of a generation that witnessed a
shift from traditional order to
revolutionary flux.
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Literature
The
Blind Man
by: Bertolt Brecht
A Simple man lived decently for thirty years, without excesses, then he lost his sight. He could no
longer dress himself properly. and washing too proved difficult. Things came to such a pass that death
would have been a release -- and not only for him.
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Is
Love an Art?
The
first chapter of Erich Fromm's little
book "The Art Of Loving"
Is Love an
art? Then it requires knowledge and
effort. Or is love a pleasant sensation,
which to experiences is a matter of chance,
something one "falls intro" if one is
lucky? his little book is based on the
former premise, while undoubtedly the majority
of people today believe in the latter.
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Chaay-e
Yassaman-e Sabz
by: Sadaf
Kiani
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to Read)
Interview
Farah
Diba Pahlavi publishes her memoir, an
interview
Farah
Pahlavi, the last empress of Iran, has
published an eventful book. On
the eve of the 25th anniversary of the
fall of the Shah of Iran, the
Shahbanou evokes the sad hours of her
country swept away by obscurantism,
but also the death in exile of the king,
the incredible story of the love
that bound them together before the tragic
destiny struck again with the
passing away of their daughter Princess
Leila.
(Click
to Read)
Photogophy
Iran
the beautiful, a book on the
beauties of our homeland
Photographer:
Daniel Nadler
In
distinctive ways, Iran is one of the
most photogenic countries in the world
-- a place where dazzling architecture
is set amid desolate expanses of desert
or steppe; where snow-capped mountains
plunge dramatically to a seacoast of
steamy lushness; where nomads guide
their flocks to seasonal pasturelands;
where tombs, temples, castles, and
mosques bespeak the richness of the
Persian past.
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to Read)
Art
Introducing
Shahin Shafaei, the acclaimed actor and playwright, resident of
Australia
'Refugitive', his one man
show played in New Mercury Theatre in Brisbane Australia on
September 12th and 13th, has been widely praised by theatre lovers
Shahin Shafaei was an
acclaimed actor and playwright in his native Iran. A Master in
English literature from the University of Tehran he had over ten of his
plays produced while directing and acting in many more. In 1997 he
was awarded Best Actor at the Theatre Festival of Isfehan, Iran' leading
theatre festival.
(Click
to Read)
Latest
on Iranian Art in the World
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Kadivar
Cinema
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Darius
Kadivar
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