Apologise to the World Mr. Wallace and Return that Emmy
President Ahmadinejad Calls for Democracy, Free and Fair Elections and a Durable Peace.
Mike Wallace Interviewed …
Apologise to the World Mr. Wallace and Return that Emmy.
Full MSNBC’s interview with Ahmadinejad in Tehran
Full MSNBC’s Brian Williams interview with Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran, 28th July 2008:
George Galloway’s Sky News Interview
Here is George Galloway savaging Sky News over its coverage of Israel’s attack on Lebanon, 2006:
Related: Chicken Yougurt’s post on this interview.
Iranian’s height variation
Just read some bits of an article, “Secular Trend of Height Variations in Iranian Population Born between 1940 and 1984” and thought to share few of its figures here.
The trend of height in Iran classified by gender according to some prominent historical events:
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Spatial distribution of height and its variation over five decades in Iran. (The height percentiles were calculated from those born between 1980-84):
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I was born in 1983 and am 172cm, spot on!
A quick review on Shirin Ebadi’s “Iran Awakening”
I just finished reading “Iran Awakening“. The book is somehow Shirin Ebadi’s autobiography written by herself and translated by Azadeh Moaveni.
Briefly, she has tried to produce lots of black and white images of Iran by describing a bit of the crisis happend to the benefit of showing a dark picture of the country. Yes, some parts are true, but skimpy without other bits which were happening in parallel. The book I have has a different cover and sub topic comparing to the one now in the market, not sure why she changed it.
It is also interesting to read one of the last paragraphs of the book where she somehow admits that she has not explained stroies completely! She’s a lawyer and knows what to do and how to do it…
If you read the book, do not just believe most of it, supplementary reading is a must. The book does not say the whole truth happend. Something like Marjane Satrapi’s “Persepolis“, which does the same thing.
Persepolis
Last night, the Iranian Premier League’s last matches were running all simultaneously. Between all agmes; Persepolis vs Sepahan was the most important one. Persepolis had 56 points (6 points deducted by FIFA because of their debts to an ex-player) standing at the second place and Sepahan was in the first position with 58 points (3 points deducted by IFF). I am a fan of Persepolis, they only had to win to become the champion.
The match was like practically an incredible final, lots of excitement, such a great football, 100,000 inside the stadium and many outside because no more tickets were available… The game was 1-1 till the 90th minute… the referee gave 7 minutes extra time, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, we were thinking it’s all over, but… Persepolis unbelievably scored at the 96th minute and became the champion of Iran’s Persian Gulf cup (IPL), miraculous, but they deserved it, I am sooooo happppyyy…
Congratulations to all the fans of Persepolis FC 
The winner of the “Iran vs USA and Israel” cold war
Iran Influence in Lebanon: CNN’s Halah Gorani reports from Beirut on apparent strategic Hezbollah (backed by the Islamic Republic of Iran) victory over the Lebanese government (backed by Israel and the United States).
“Nasrallah wins the war”
Yes! once again; Hizbollah and people of Lebann won…
On Geert Wilders’ Fitna
I just watched Fitna. What I can shortly say for now is that Nine/Eleven, London’s tube, and etc were done by Wahabbi extremists which are not effectively Muslims by any possible way. If any one goes and reads about the history of them and the foundation of their idealogy, they’ll realise that it’s actually a product of West, especially the UK. All with a plan for such days, and us watching this type of films. By no means this is not Islam.
All religions have this sort of disordered groups in them, that includes Christianity and Judaism. I won’t call a Zionist thug like Saddam a Muslim, same for Bin-Laden as I won’t call Sharon a Jew, or Bush a Christian.
Islam or in general, religions, and being religious is not what you say, it is what you do and how you live in the real life.
Happy Iranian New Year
Greetings for Norouz 1387.
For those who wonder what Norouz is; Norouz was set up by a Persian king called Jamshid about 15,000 years ago based on Sun. The Persian calendar’s commencements and eras has changed many times in the history. However it is the most accurate calendar in the world by one single day difference after ten million years.
The Iranian calendar has also been appreciated by the 6th Shi’ite Imam, Ja’far asSadegh ibn Mohammad (AS) by saying that the Norouz is the day when Ghadeer happened, Norouz is when Sun rose for the first time, and much more which those who can read Farsi (Persian) can find it in the following text:
امام صادق عليه السلام ميفرمايد: نوروز روزیست كه در آن پيامبر صلي الله عليه و آله براي حضرت علي عليه السلام در غدير خم پيمان گرفت و آنانكه آنجا بودند به ولايت آن حضرت اقرار كردند و خوشا به حال كسي كه آن را نگهداشت و بدا به حال كسي كه آن را زير پا نهاد.
نوروز روزیست كه در آن پيامبر صلي الله عليه و آله حضرت علي عليه السلام را با وادي جنيان مواجه كرد و از آنان ميثاق گرفت.
نوروز روزیست كه در آن علي عليه السلام در جنگ نهروان پيروز گشت.
نوروز روزیست كه در آن قائم ما اهل بيت ظاهر ميشود و خداوند او را بر دجال پيروز ميسازد.
و نوروزي نيست كه ما در آن منظر فرج نباشيم چرا كه آن روز از براي ماست.
ايرانيان آن را نگاه داشتند اما شما آن را از بين برديد.
و اين [نوروز] اولين روز سال [براي] ايرانيان است.
معلي ميگويد: حضرت [اين مطالب را بر من] املاء كردند و من نوشتم.
و نيز معلَّي ميگويد:
در صبحگاه نوروز خدمت امام صادق عليه السلام رسيدم.
امام برمن فرمودند: معلي! آيا ميداني امروز چه روزیست؟!
عرض كردم: نخير، ولي [همينقدر ميدانم] روزيست كه ايرانيان آن را روز بزرگي ميدانند و گرامياش داشته و در آن روز بر هم تبريك ميگويند.
امام فرمودند: قسم به خانه خدا كه اين روز براي امر بزرگي است كه آن را برايت شرح ميدهم تا بداني.
عرض كردم: يادگيري اين مطب برايم دوستداشتنيتر از اين است كه عمري جاودان يابم؛ خداوند دشمنان شما را نابود سازد.
امام فرمودند: معلي! نوروز روزيست كه خداوند در آن از انسان پيمان گرفت كه او را بپرستند و برايش شريك قائل نشوند و به دين فرستادگانش گروند.
نوروز روزیست كه خورشيد براي اولين بار طلوع كرد و بادهاي بارور ساز وزيد و گلهاي زمين آفريده شد.
نوروز روزیست كه كشتي حضرت نوح [كه سلام خدا بر پيامبر ما و خاندانش و بر او باد] [بعد از طوفان ] بر فراز كوه جودي ساحل گرفت.
نوروز روزیست كه فرشته وحي، جبرائيل عليه السلام بر پيامبر اسلام نازل شد.
نوروز روزیست كه حضرت ابراهيم بتهاي قوم خود را شكست.
و نوروز روزیست كه پيامبر اكرم حضرت علي عليه السلام را بر دوش خود بلند كرد تا بتهاي قريش را درانداخته و درهم شكند.
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Also my favourite poem for this occasion:
| فلک را سقف بشکافیم و طرحی نو در اندازیم | بیا تا گل برافشانیم و طرحی نو براندازیم |
| من و ساقی به هم سازیم و بنیادش بر اندازیم | اگر غم لشگر انگیزد که خون عاشقان ریزد |
