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SASANIKA
PROJECT and its aims
Professor
Touraj Daryaee
One of the most
remarkable empires of the first millennium CE was that of the
Sasanian Persian Empire. Emanating
from southern Iran’s Persis region in the third century AD,
the Sasanian domain eventually encompassed not only modern day
Iran and Iraq, but also the greater part of Central Asia and the
Near East, including at times Israel, Turkey, and Egypt. This
geographically diverse empire brought together a striking array
ethnicities and religious practices. Arameans, Arabs, Armenians, Persians, Romans, Goths as well
as a host of other peoples all lived and labored under Sasanian
rule.
Conference on Iran shows scientific
interest in Iranian world much alive
Darius
Kadivar
An international congress on "The Iron Age in the Iranian World" was held with "big success" in the historical Belgian city of Ghent, IRNA reported from Brussels.
NegAhi Be Yek VAghe'e
Adlan Parsa
(Persian)
BAzgoshAee-ye
Parvandey-e 28 MordAd
Interview with Dr. Mahmoud Kashani
From ISNA
(Persian)
Shirin
Ebadi's Nobel Speech
In the name
of the God of Creation and Wisdom
Your Majesty,
Your Royal Highnesses, Honourable Members of the Norwegian Nobel
Committee, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I feel extremely
honoured that today my voice is reaching the people of the world
from this distinguished venue. This great honour has been
bestowed upon me by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. I salute the
spirit of Alfred Nobel and hail all true followers of his path.
This year, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to a woman
from Iran, a Muslim country in the Middle East.
Peace,
Progress, Human Rights
Honored
members of the Nobel Committee, Ladies and Gentlemen.
Peace, progress, human rights - these three goals are insolubly
linked to one another: it is impossible to achieve one of these
goals if the other two are ignored. This is the dominant idea
that provides the main theme of my lecture. I am grateful that
this great and significant prize, the Nobel Peace Prize, has
been awarded to me, and that I have been given the opportunity
of speaking to you here today. It was particularly gratifying
for me to note the Committee's citation, which emphasizes the
defense of human rights as the only sure basis for genuine and
lasting international cooperation.
Shab
e Cheleh /Yalda Festival
(The Night of
the Fortieth)
Dr. J. Doostkhah
Yalda, a Syriac word imported
into the Persian language by the Syriac Christians means birth (tavalud and
melaad are from the same origin). It is a relatively recent arrival and it was
very likely refereed to the birth of Jesus Christ (Melaad e Massih) in the past.
It is used interchangeably with ‘Shab e Cheleh’, a Zoroastrian
celebration of Winter Solstice around December 21st. Forty days
before the next Persian festival ‘Jashn e Sadeh’: this night has been
celebrated in countless cultures for thousands of years. The ancient Roman
festivals of Saturnalia (God of Agriculture, Saturn) and Sol Invicta (Sun God)
are amongst the best known in the Western world.
Eve
of Yalda or Chelleh
Nazli
Irani Monahan
Iran’s
unique geographic and historic position within the 5 continents
has made it an ideal territory for the convergence of various
cultures and civilizations.
Located in the heart of the Middle East and on the
Ancient Silk Road, it is where the cultures of China and India
met the Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Greek, and Roman cultures.
The
Origins of the first Christmas David
Keys
It has long been known
that 25 December was not the real date of Christ's birth and that the decision
to turn it into Jesus's birthday was made by Constantine, the Roman Emperor, in
the early 4th century AD.
Shahbanoo
Farah's Memoir, a review
Franz-Olivier Giesberier
The "Mémoires" of
Farah Pahlavi is the sort of book which should become mandatory for school
children to read. It would allow future generations, force-fed on
"political correctness", to rediscover some of the clear sightedness
which, as the sun set on the Shah's reign, proved so thoroughly absent from the
eyes of their elders.
Safar
be KarAney-e Jayhoon
by: Robert Byron
Translated by: Lila
Sazegar
(Persian)
A
brief history of Bam
The
southern half of the ancient province of Carmania (modern
Kerman) was considered by the Greek geographers to be fertile
and prosperous. It contained gold and silver mines, a river and
a major trade root going through its territory. The area was
well populated by the time the first Persian Empire was formed.
Though it was not assigned a province by the Achaemenid
administrators, Carmania was part of the Persia proper with
small towns and a military garrison. It later became a province
under the Seleucids and the Parthians.
Sumer
and Akkad
A brief history of ancient
Iraq
In ancient times, Iraq
was known as Mesopotamia. The word Mesopotamia is Greek for "the land
between the rivers," i.e. the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in western Asia.
Despite this name, the ancient region of Mesopotamia included most of what is
now Iraq, not just the land between the rivers. It also included parts of modern
Syria and Turkey.
Dora Jane Hamblin
"And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put
the man whom he had formed" (Genesis 2:8). Then the majestic words
become quite specific: "And a river went out of Eden to water the garden;
and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
ZENDEGI
Adlan
Parsa
Illusion
Shirin
Tabibzadeh
That night I
saw “Nothing’ sitting on his yellow winged bloody mouth
horse of ego. His
beady eyes were shining with a sense of nefarious revenge,
having it all under perspective of his eyes of owl, impatient to
see the woman’s defeat. He
was tall but he looked like a dwarf.
Aghdashloo-Best
Supporting Actress award -The New York Film Critics Circle
IT doesn't trip lightly off the tongue,
but Oscar pundits are fast learning how to pronounce Shohreh
Aghdashloo's name. The 51-year-old Iranian
actress has burst on the scene like a firecracker with a star-making
performance in the harrowing melodrama "House of Sand and
Fog," out Friday.
MahdaviKia,
Asia's footballer of 2003
news that a Germany-based
Iranian athlete had won Asia's footballer of the year award, stole the
front pages, eclipsing Wednesday's prize-giving ceremony.
Movie
on the h
Darius Kadivar
in conjunction with best-selling authorMark Bowden's next book, Wild Eyes Productionswill tell the epic story of the Iranian Hostage crisis in a four-hour special airing on "The Discovery Times Channel." Mark Bowden's book has already been optioned by Hollywood producer Scott Rudin as the basis for a big- budget feature film.
Movie
on the hostage crises soon to be released by Paramount
Darius Kadivar
in conjunction with best-selling authorMark Bowden's next book, Wild Eyes Productionswill tell the epic story of the Iranian Hostage crisis in a four-hour special airing on "The Discovery Times Channel." Mark Bowden's book has already been optioned by Hollywood producer Scott Rudin as the basis for a big- budget feature film.
Movie
on the hostage crises soon to be released by Paramount
Darius Kadivar
in conjunction with best-selling authorMark Bowden's next book, Wild Eyes Productionswill tell the epic story of the Iranian Hostage crisis in a four-hour special airing on "The Discovery Times Channel." Mark Bowden's book has already been optioned by Hollywood producer Scott Rudin as the basis for a big- budget feature film.
Movie
on the hostage crises soon to be released by Paramount
Darius Kadivar
in conjunction with best-selling authorMark Bowden's next book, Wild Eyes Productionswill tell the epic story of the Iranian Hostage crisis in a four-hour special airing on "The
Discove
Darius Kadivar
in conjunction with best-selling authorMark Bowden's next book, Wild Eyes Productionswill tell the epic story of the Iranian Hostage crisis in a four-hour special airing on "The Discovery Times Channel." Mark Bowden's book has already been optioned by Hollywood producer Scott Rudin as the basis for a big- budget feature film.
Movie
on the hostage crises soon to be released by Paramount
Darius Kadivar
in conjunction with best-selling authorMark Bowden's next book, Wild Eyes Productionswill tell the epic story of the Iranian Hostage crisis in a four-hour special airing on "The Discovery Times Channel." Mark Bowden's book has already been optioned by Hollywood producer Scott Rudin as the basis for a big- budget feature film.
Movie
on the hostage crises soon to be released by Paramount
Darius Kadivar
in conjunction with best-selling authorMark Bowden's next book, Wild Eyes Productionswill tell the epic story of the Iranian Hostage crisis in a four-hour special airing on "The Discovery Times Channel." Mark Bowden's book has already been optioned by Hollywood producer Scott Rudin as the basis for a big- budget feature film.
Movie
on the hostage crises soon to be released by Paramount
Darius Kadivar
in conjunction with best-selling authorMark Bowden's next book, Wild Eyes Productionswill tell the epic story of the Iranian Hostage crisis in a four-hour special airing on "The Discovery Times Channel." Mark Bowden's book has already been optioned by Hollywood producer Scott Rudin as the basis for a big- budget feature film.
Movie
on the hostage crises soon to be released by Paramount
Darius Kadivar
in conjunction with best-selling authorMark Bowden's next book, Wild Eyes Productionswill tell the epic story of the Iranian Hostage crisis in a four-hour special airing on "The Discovery Times Channel." Mark Bowden's book has already been optioned by Hollywood producer Scott Rudin as the basis for a big- budget feature film.
Movie
on the hostage crises soon to be released by Paramount
Darius Kadivar
in conjunction with best-selling authorMark Bowden's next book, Wild Eyes Productionswill tell the epic story of the Iranian Hostage crisis in a four-hour special airing on "The Discovery Times Channel." Mark Bowden's book has already been optioned by Hollywood producer Scott Rudin as the basis for a big- budget feature film.
Movie
on the hostage crises soon to be released by Paramount
Darius Kadivar
in conjunction with best-selling authorMark Bowden's next book, Wild Eyes Productionswill tell the epic story of the Iranian Hostage crisis in a four-hour special airing on "The Discovery Times Channel." Mark Bowden's book has already been optioned by Hollywood producer Scott Rudin as the basis for a big- budget feature film.
Movie
on the hostage crises soon to be released by Paramount
Darius Kadivar
in conjunction with best-selling authorMark Bowden's next book, Wild Eyes Productionswill tell the epic story of the Iranian Hostage crisis in a four-hour special airing on "The Discovery Times Channel." Mark Bowden's book has already been optioned by Hollywood producer Scott Rudin as the basis for a big- budget feature film.
Movie
on the hostage crises soon to be released by Paramount
Darius Kadivar
in conjunction with best-selling authorMark Bowden's next book, Wild Eyes Productionswill tell the epic story of the Iranian Hostage crisis in a four-hour special airing on "The Discovery Times Channel." Mark Bowden's book has already been optioned by Hollywood producer Scott Rudin as the basis for a big- budget feature film.
Movie
on the hostage crises soon to be released by Paramount
Darius Kadivar
in conjunction with best-selling authorMark Bowden's next book, Wild Eyes Productionswill tell the epic story of the Iranian Hostage crisis in a four-hour special airing on "The Discovery Times Channel." Mark Bowden's book has already been optioned by Hollywood producer Scott Rudin as the basis for a big- budget feature film.
Movie
on the hostage crises soon to be released by Paramount
Darius Kadivar
in conjunction with best-selling authorMark Bowden's next book, Wild Eyes Productionswill tell the epic story of the Iranian Hostage crisis in a four-hour special airing on "The Discovery Times Channel." Mark Bowden's book has already been optioned by Hollywood producer Scott Rudin as the basis for a big- budget feature film.
Movie
on the hostage crises soon to be released by Paramount
Darius Kadivar
in conjunction with best-selling authorMark Bowden's next book, Wild Eyes Productionswill tell the epic story of the Iranian Hostage crisis in a four-hour special airing on "The Discovery Times Channel." Mark Bowden's book has already been optioned by Hollywood producer Scott Rudin as the basis for a big- budget feature film.
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