Tabnak | Nov. 27, 2009 Of the 35 members of International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors, 25 voted in favor of the suspension of the Fordo nuclear plant’s activities, three voted nay and six abstained from vote. The nay votes belonged to Malaysia, Venezuela and Cuba. The six countries that abstained were Afghanistan, Brazil, [...]

* Ebadi says Iran court suspends account with Nobel money * Court blocks access to Nobel medal, Legion d’Honneur LONDON, Nov 28 (Reuters) – An Iranian court has suspended the bank accounts and pension payments of Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi and her husband and blocked her access to a bank box containing her Nobel [...]

Saeed Valadbaygi The most difficult moment of last week that was heartfelt by everyone was the execution of a hardworking activist. The Islamic Republic executed Ehsan Fattahian, one of Kurdistan’s tall and proud youth. Ehsan was of a working class family in the province of Kermanshah in western Iran, who was arrested and sentenced to [...]

Sepehr Masakeni From Khiaban #52 In this article I want to ask: What is the sexual regime in Iran? and What is the link between homophobia and fundamentalists in Iran? If I were to describe this matter in the abstract, in my opinion Iranian fundamentalists’ homophobia is based on the relationship between religion and technology. [...]

Scheherezade Faramarzi Iran’s greatest master of traditional music, Mohammad Reza Shajarian, always avoided open clashes with his country’s ruling hard-line clerics. So it was a bombshell when Shajarian — so revered that his audiences pelt him with roses — demanded state radio and TV stop broadcasting his music as a protest against the government. The [...]

Nader Habibi Even before the current political crisis began in June 2009, Iran’s economy was confronted with many daunting challenges. Investors were already feeling the pressures of inconsistent economic policies and intensifying international sanctions on their shoulders. The street protests and political unrest that have follwd the disputed election have led to further deterioration in [...]

Reza Moghadam The Student’s movement has become even more extensive than previous years and shows no sign of ebbing. Instead, it quickly spreads to universities that haven’tt been as active or involved in student protests in recent years. This wide spread is due to changes in the student movement’s dynamism compared to previous years. Currently [...]

Live Report A complete report of the Iranians’ demonstrations against the IRI on the Students’ Day Our Facebook Page Our Twitter Our Youtube channel Our Journal By Mojtaba Samienejad Mr Zarqami, Head of Media and Broadcasting in Iran, with your permission citizens have also made their reports; of their massive protests, of the violence of [...]

By Amir K. Khiaban No. 50 1. Art An important distinction between good and bad art is that bad art ‘tells’, while good art ‘shows’. A bad poem says, “I am in love”, but a good poem recreates the feeling of being in love through the use of poetic metaphors. It doesn’t say, “I’m in [...]

By Sasan Ghahreman Ms. Attari, before we begin, please tell us a little bit about yourself and your experience with work, study, and life In the Name of God, my name is Sharareh Attari. I am 33 years old, and I still live with my parents, honoring the same traditional and religious ideals from my [...]