Category Archives: Iran

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iran denounces Oxford scholarship

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

So, as I have said elsewhere, I have been feeling guilty about not posting about the goings on Iran of late, and I am beginning to formulate some posts I’d like to write, but this news article caught my eye. … Continue reading →

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"Zahhak: We'd Need To Hear The Mother's Story" published on Ekleksographia

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

Zahhak: We’d Need To Hear His Mother’s Story, an excerpt from my translation of parts of the Shahnameh, the Iranian national epic, was published recently on Ekleksographia. I hope you’ll go check it out.

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Stand By Me – in Persian and English

Posted on June 28, 2009 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

This moved me: "Stand by Me" – Andy, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora & FriendsUploaded by MyDamnChannel. – News videos from around the world. Here is the copy from the website: “Stand by Me” On June 24, Iranian Superstar Andy … Continue reading →

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Letter from Iran: Obama Gets It Right

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

From The Huffington Post: 4:05 PM ET — Thanks to President Obama. The National Iranian American Council republishes a letter from an “ordinary Tehrani.” Dear friend, if you have any contacts within the American Administration, please send them this message … Continue reading →

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Why Are Iranians Dreaming Again?*

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

[The following is a guest post from Ali Alizadeh, Researcher at the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy, Middlesex University who has asked bloggers to post this to their blogs.] This piece is copyright-free. Please distrbute widely. Iran is … Continue reading →

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Neda

Posted on June 21, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

The following video of the death of an Iranian protester is graphic and potentially triggering; do not view it if you feel you can not watch it. But if you can view it, you probably should: The woman’s name was … Continue reading →

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Life Imitates Art: Iran's Opposition and Ferdowsi's Shahnameh

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

The connection between literature and politics is always a difficult one. Treating politics as if it were literature, politicizing literary texts, are strategies that people use to advance agendas that are fundamentally political, and often not progressive/egalitarian, in nature. Especially … Continue reading →

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Campaign Ad from Iran's Election

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

Got this from Andrew Sullivan, where it is attributed to Karroubi, one of the opposition candidates in Iran’s recent election: Here’s the translation: 1 (Girl in street): Defending civil rights 2 (Boy next to old man): Counterbalancing poverty/deprivation 3 (Boy … Continue reading →

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Deeply Cynical, and Vile Beyond Belief

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

As events in Iran continue to unfold, the usual suspects are griping that Barack Obama is not spending enough time going on the teevee and proclaiming loudly that we’re on the side of the Iranian protesters, and that we want … Continue reading →

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Get the word out!

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

One more addition before I have to get to work: Multiply this video–which is very graphic and disturbing, so viewer beware–many times over, and you’ll have a sense of what is going on and what is at stake: Edited to … Continue reading →

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