Well-known Iranian political cartoonist, Nikahang Kowsar, latest cartoon lampooning Ahmadinejad’s statement that that England is an island off the coast of West Africa: (source: Rooz Online)
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P2E: “My Bitter Memories” | A Letter by Majid Tavakoli on the Occasion of 18 Tir
Persian2English | July 8, 2010 HRANA – Majid Tavakoli, imprisoned Amirkabir University (AUT) student writes a letter on the occasion of the anniversary of attacks on the student dormitories that took place on July 9, 1999 (18 Tir). According to HRANA, the full content of the letter is as follows: My Bitter Memories By MAJID [...]
NYT: A Little Off the Top? Only if Tehran Approves
New York Times | July 6, 2010 By Robert F. Worth WASHINGTON — The photos, disseminated on Iran’s semiofficial news sites, look ordinary enough: young men with short haircuts, some with 1950s-style quiffs and a touch of gel on top. But these haircuts are not just a summer fashion. They are being promoted by Iran’s [...]
Music: Chris de Burgh Sings new Song, “People of the World” for Neda on the Anniversary of her Death
Chris de Burgh | June 20, 2010 From Chris de Burgh’s Official Site: “On June 20th 2009, during a demonstration in Tehran against what many felt was a fraudulent election result, a young woman called Neda Agha-Soltan was targeted and shot to death by a sniper. An innocent bystander, and some distance away from the [...]
CNN Video: Iran’s Soulful Voice Stings Hardliners
A year after a fierce crackdown silenced erupting street protests, not many Iranians living in the country can defy the hardline Islamic government without fearing for their life. But Mohammad Reza Shajarian, is using his voice like never before.
Must See HBO Video on Neda Agha-Soltan: For Neda
Watch this. Absorb it. Share it. Help the world bear witness to the plight of a brave people through the life of a woman who has already changed not only Iran, but the world, forever. A martyr for freedom. A proud Iranian woman that makes us proud and who reminds us that we all must [...]
Video: BBC Persian Documentary on Iranian Maestro, Shajarian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfX8ir7XH7c
Live-blog: Lecture with Nobel Laureate, Dr. Shirin Ebadi, in Vancouver – April 23, 2010
This is a live-blogging report on the lecture with Nobel Laureate, Dr. Shirin Ebadi, in Vancouver on April 23, 2010. To read this in chronological order it must be read from the bottom of this page upwards. NOTE: We will do our best to capture as much of the lecture and subsequent discussion as we [...]
Pedestrian: The Man in Sorrow
Source: Pedestrian | April 12, 2010 Ezatollah Sahabi is the 80 year old head of Iran’s Nationalist-Religious political alliance. He has spent years in prison, in both the pre and post revolution eras, and here he reflects on the state of prisons in Iran and laments all the young lives who are unjustly and mercilessly [...]
Art forbidden in Iran part of North Vancouver exhibition
(Vancouver Sun) | April 3, 2010 By Jessica Barrett, Canwest News Service METRO VANCOUVER — One death became a symbol of the bloody student uprising following Iran’s disputed presidential elections last June. And now Caspian Makan, the fianc? of slain student Neda Agha-Soltan, is coming to North Vancouver to speak about the plight still facing [...]
For Your Weekend Viewing Pleasure
(Pedestrian Blog) | March 26, 2010 I’ve been meaning to post this for some time now. BaroBax is one of Iran’s most famous bands right now (their site needs some English editing, calling them “an alternative video and music producer”) …And irrespective of how you feel about their music, they are part of the crowd [...]
Fundamentalist Calls To Ignore Norouz Go Unheard In Iran, Afghanistan
(RFE/RL) | March 21, 2010 By Abbas Djavadi Maryam had invited her two daughters and their husbands and grandchildren for Norouz, the New Year’s feast, to her home in western Tehran when I called her on Saturday. It was after 9:02 p.m. when “tahvil,” the change from the old to the new year, 1389 after [...]
The Verdict: Persian Umpire’s Verdict on Khamenei’s Fatwa against Chahar Shanbe Soori
(Persian Umpire) | March 21, 2010 The Iranian regime’s hostility toward Chaharshanbe Souri is nothing new. For years after the revolution, as we were growing up in Tehran, we held the celebrations in fear. As we set our tumbleweeds on fire in our street and threw some firecrackers around, we expected the Basij or the [...]
Iranian developers defy huge odds to create acclaimed computer game
(Washington Post) | March 21, 2010 By Thomas Erdbrink Washington Post Foreign Service It might not seem that remarkable for a ragtag group of friends to come up with a computer game in a dusty back office. But the Iranian engineering students, programmers and fantasy animators who created “Garshasp, the Monster Slayer” have not only [...]
The Double Lives of Tehran’s Middle Class
(Mianeh) | March 19, 2010 Jafar Farshian They’re at the heart of resistance to the regime – but that doesn’t stop them from having fun. After a brief period of retreat from the outside world following the months of post- election protests, many middle-class Tehranis, who form the backbone of the opposition movement, are out [...]
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