LA Times: In Los Angeles’ wealthy Persian community, it’s not uncommon to spend hundreds of thousands. But with the slumping economy, some groups say such extravagance has become detrimental.
NIAC – Excerpt: “The National Iranian American Council applauds the passage moments ago by the House of Representatives of H.Res.267, the Norooz Resolution, and commends Representative Mike Honda (D-CA) for championing this historic resolution.” “The Norooz Resolution passed by a 384-2 vote, marking the first time in history that the House of Representatives officially recognizes [...]
Excerpt: “His first impulse was to dismiss the ominous email as a prank, says a young Iranian-American named Koosha. It warned the 29-year-old engineering student that his relatives in Tehran would be harmed if he didn’t stop criticizing Iran on Facebook. Two days later, his mom called. Security agents had arrested his father in his [...]
See the video here.
See the video here.
NIAC: “Myth: NIAC is a lobby for the Islamic Republic of Iran. Fact: NIAC is not a lobby for the Islamic Republic. NIAC is an American organization that represents the majority viewpoints of American’s of Iranian descent, as reflected in numerous polls. NIAC is funded exclusively by the Iranian-American community and grants from major US [...]
This could have been any one of us. Read about it here. Sign the petition here. And here is the website devoted to her plight.
Please oh please view this interview these two recently gave here… a little bit of an identity crisis maybe? These fools are the type who prefer to eat “civilized” Western food on the floor than eat Persian food on the table. I can sit here and tell you the many ways I think they are [...]
So I posted Schauleh Sahba’s first cut of the video here not too long ago. Recently, the final version was announced, see it here. To learn more about the video, go here. Thanx to Schauleh for letting me be a part of the video and its anti-war message.
This anti-war video is most pleasing, especially since it was made in the Bay Area and I recognize some of the people in it. It would be great to see this as an advertisement on television. Please distribute the link by sending it to everyone, especially non-Iranians. To learn more about the video, go here.
This weekend saw New York’s 5th annual Persian Parade and San Jose’s 1st annual No Ruz Parade. Given that there are countless more Iranians in So Cal, I’m still trying to figure out why there hasn’t been one there. In any case, judging from the pictures of the New York parade, it seemed spectacular. Despite [...]
I’ve decided to devote more of my blog posts with what I think are unhealthy attitudes and practices prominent amongst many in the Iranian Diaspora including myself. I hope that through the dialogue, regardless of how nominal, it will serve as something positive and as part of the solution rather than the problem. Don’t get [...]
So there’s a group about Iran on facebook and someone posted a picture of Muhammad Reza Shah and his wife and captioned the picture as “Reza Pahlavi and his wife.” This is disturbing for two reasons: 1. She liked the Shah enough to post his picture but didn’t know enough to get the names right: [...]