Category: Politics
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What’s up Iran!
Once again the religious dictatorship in Iran shots down the internet.
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Iran Now
#مهسا_امینی #MahsaAmini
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Iranian Citizens Are In Streets Again
Once again in more than 50 cities of Iran, people are back to the streets to show the world that they don’t want the corrupt and brutal religious regime.
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WHY BAD GUYS ARE WINNING
If the 20th century was the story of slow, uneven progress toward the victory of liberal democracy over other ideologies—communism, fascism, virulent nationalism—the 21st century is, so far, a story of the reverse. Democratic revolutions are contagious. If you can stamp them out in one country, you might prevent them from starting in others. How…
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Alarm as execution looms for scientist on death row in Iran
He is being supported by a campaign by 153 Nobel laureates. In response to the latest developments, the group urged Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to release him. The judiciary comes under the jurisdiction of the office of the supreme leader, Iran’s head of state. “The attack on Ahmadreza Djalali is a tremendous assault…
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4 out of 10 people who get doctorates in Norway are foreign citizens
4 out of 10 people who get doctorates in Norway are foreign citizens
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Persian hashtag #اعدام_نکنید
If you are seeing this Persian hashtag #اعدام_نکنید in your feed, you might already know that there are three young Iranians that are sentenced to death for the crime of participating in peaceful protests last fall. The protests were about ongoing economic hardships. The unconfirmed number of protesters gunned down is in thousands. That was before the…
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Students at Iranian’s university avoid walking on U.S. and Israeli flags painted at entrance
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The World’s Biggest Hostage Taking In Iran
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America’s largest immigrant group comes from?
This map shows where each state’s largest immigrant group comes from, excluding Mexico. The percentage of the population born outside the US varies widely from state to state. Among those immigrant populations, countries of origin also vary widely. For 32 states, the most common country of birth among respondents who said they were born outside…
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French Court Rules in Favor of helping Illegal Migrants
Dr. Zia Oloumi is a Human Rights Lawyer of Iranian-descent, living in France. He is the Attorney representing Cédric Herrou, and is the architect of the new defense approach based on the value of ‘Fraternity’ leading to the Constitutional Council ruling of July 6th 2018, in favor of Humanitarian Aid to Illegal Migrants. “I wish…
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Iranians protest Against Government – 2018
Iranians people chanting against dictatorship, corruption and demand freedom https://youtu.be/Kpl-Ev5fcko https://youtu.be/K54BV-OVyVU https://youtu.be/hnmcyOqTYX0 https://youtu.be/MD4ht8SazGU https://youtu.be/zx83lnsmlF4
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Iranian People, Regret the Revolution
It is not only the social media of Iran that regrets, make fun and repels the revolution … It is also part of a daily ritual in the streets of cities all around the country. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDDr8kuG28c hhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4A05dSDtwQttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdt4IEPPMhM
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West is not Bad
In general there is no Western human and its unique way of biological being that differs from the rest of the world… So there is no innate quest in West to dominate other human. Whoever had the power would do the same as west did. The fact of the matter is, in the long evolving…
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Canadian Couple Cancels Wedding to Help Syrian Refugees
A Toronto couple cancelled plans for a big, expensive wedding and asked guests at their small city hall ceremony to donate money in lieu of gifts — all to help them raise thousands of dollars to sponsor a family of Syrian refugees Samantha Jackson and Farzin Yousefian were planning a traditional wedding for March with all the trimmings, at a cost of tens…
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American Scientists and Prominent Hollywood Jews Back Iran Nuclear Deal
A posting from MIT’s Laboratory for Nuclear Security and Policy observes that “the five authors and 24 co-signers are some of the world’s most knowledgeable experts about nuclear weapons.” It cites in particular Richard Garwin, “a physicist who helped design the world’s first hydrogen bomb [and] served as a science advisor to three presidents, both…
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Syrian Toddler Pulled Alive From Rubble After Aleppo Bombing
A toddler completely buried under rubble in Syria has been pulled out alive by rescuers who dug with their bare hands. This video, posted on YouTube by Syrian activists, appears to show a recovery team frantically digging to rescue the trapped youngster in Aleppo, reportedly after government bombings After apparently hearing cries while scouting for…
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Fundamental Misunderstanding
Jim Culleny is the Poetry Editor of 3 Quarks Daily. Did regular radio commentary for about 10 years and some for NPR on All Things Considered. Played and sang his way from rockabilly to jazz in numberless band permutations over a period too long to believe. Came to poetry through songwriting. Has had work published in…
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400 Unrecognised Countries
Motivations for the creation of micronations include theoretical experimentation, political protest, artistic expression, personal entertainment and the conduct of criminal activity. Micronations can also exist in various forms, including in the physical world (on land, at sea and in outer space), online, in the minds of their creators, or some combination of these. Some micronations…
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Iranians Are losing Interest in the Mosque
By law, all public buildings in Iran must have prayer rooms. But travelling around the country you will find few shoes at prayer time outside these rooms in bus stations, office buildings and shopping centres. “We nap in ours after lunch,” says an office manager. Calls to prayer have become rare, too. Officials have silenced…
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Niqabitch Unveil Themselves
The two students, who are studying political science and communication in Paris with their action debating and mocking the ban on Niqab. Risking both criminal records and heavy fines from the authorities, plus a possible backlash from the any militant Muslim community in France, two anti-ban activists hit the streets of Paris as NiqaBitch with…
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Palestinian Lose of Land 1946 to 2005
This is a chart that shows how gradually Palestine has been annexed by Jewish state. It is not hard to imagine that what would be left of Palestine in the last 9 years. United nation once and for all has to declare that both Israel state and Hamas government are war criminals. Both governments are …
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Palestinians Are Living the Life of Hell
Palestinians are living the life of hell that all the 3 religions of Nile river imagined. I wonder why there is no power in the hands of wonderful, successful, high achiever, scientists, intellectuals, well educated Jewish people around the world to stop the atrocity and suffering of the Palestinians once for all.
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The End of Cold War With Iran
MADRID – Rapprochement between Iran and the West has long been a “white whale” of global politics. But it increasingly appears that the world may be on the verge of a new era, characterized by a wary yet crucial collaboration between countries – particularly Iran and the United States – that had been irreconcilable since…
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Being Singular Plural in Canada’s 147th Birthday
In his book, Being Singular Plural, the acclaimed French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy talks about how the individual identity won’t exist without the community identity as a whole. According to him, there is no meaning to existence, if we don’t co-exist with others. The reason lies not in the meaning of reality of existence itself, but…
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13 Things You Should Know About Young Iran
1. Two-thirds of Iran is under 35 years old. They are two-thirds of Iran’s population and over half the electorate. They put new President Hassan Rouhani into office. Now they’re his biggest headache, as he has to deliver on his promises and their hopes. 2. They love rap music. Ayatollah Khomeini banned all music…
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Erotic Republic
When someone mentions Iran, what images leap into your mind? Ayatollahs, religious fanaticism, veiled women? How about sexual revolution? That’s right. Over the last 30 years, as the mainstream Western media has been preoccupied with the radical policies of the Islamic Republic, the country has undergone a fundamental social and cultural transformation. While not necessarily…
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َAmerican Girl in Iran
25 years old Silvia is from Worcester, MA USA, but she likes to tell people I’m from Norway. After spending the past three and a half years in Asia, she is used to being referred to as “blonde girl.” “I’m not even sure what it was about Tehran, but looking around at the people, the…
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Roger Waters supports Boycott on Israel
After visiting Israel in 2005 and the West Bank the following year, I was deeply moved and concerned by what I saw, and determined to add my voice to those searching for an equitable and lawful solution to the problem – for both Palestinians and Jews. Given my upbringing, I really had no choice. In…
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Ukraine, Putin, and the West
Perhaps the way to put it is that an intellectual mistake was turned into a political mistake. The intellectual mistake was to fixate on Putin as the bad man who came along and suddenly undid the good work of Boris Yeltsin. (Bill Clinton’s Russia hand Strobe Talbott the other day tweeted an inadvertent reductio ad…
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Iranian Women Make A Push For Greater Opportunities
Iran is starting to see a re-launch of activist groups following the election last year of President Hassan Rouhani. Social movements were scarce after the government crushed public protests known as the Green Movement following the 2009 elections. After the decisive vote for Rouhani, a surge of hope in Iran has attracted activists back to…
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Street Fashion In Iran
Here Are some of the candid camera photos from Iranian cities: www.tehran24.com
