.................RATIONAL THINKING.................. مرا جهل در کامِ دیو میبَرَد.............از آن دوستی میکنم با خِرَد
Progressives and moderates both have a theory of the case.
Dec. 21, 2022
In the Democratic Party, despite its better-than-expected showing in the 2022 midterm elections, internecine combat has been playing out in disputes over the party’s nominees and the policies they propose. At the nuts-and-bolts level of candidate selection, the debate has become intensely emotional and increasingly hostile.
Many Reasons, Actually. We are going about education reform all wrong.
Dec. 14, 2022
Teachers are not only burnt out and undercompensated, they are also demoralized. They are being asked to do things in the name of teaching that they believe are mis-educational and harmful to students and the profession.
December 22, 2022
Several Bay Area cities have passed resolutions decrying ongoing human rights abuses in Iran. The effort started in Berkeley and Oakland.
December 21, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday slapped sanctions on Iran’s chief prosecutor, four other Iranian officials and a company that supports the country’s security forces for their roles in an ongoing violent crackdown on antigovernment protests.
The Treasury Department announced it is targeting the Prosecutor-General of Iran, Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, two senior commanders in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps, and two members of the Basij, a paramilitary volunteer group that often enforces strict rules on dress and conduct.
December 20, 2022
Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi has demanded the release of actress Taraneh Alidoosti, who was arrested in Iran.
December 19, 2022
Iranian filmmakers are secretly filming dual versions of scenes from their movies in anticipation of a regime change after months of protests against hard-line Islamic rule in their country.
The hijab-free scenes – where actresses are portrayed without the head covering that is mandatory for women in the country – are part of a widespread protest movement in Iran sparked after Masha Amin’s death in police custody in September.
December 17, 2022
The actress, who starred in the Oscar-winning film "The Salesman," had made a post expressing solidarity with an executed protester. Pro-government media said she was accused of "spreading false information."
Iranian authorities have arrested prominent actress Taraneh Alidoosti, state media said on Saturday.
Alidoosti, who starred in the Oscar-winning film "The Salesman," made several Instagram protests expressing support toward protests over the death of young Kurdish woman Jina Mahsa Amini in police custody.
December 15, 2022
Afshin Esmaeil Ghaderzadeh is celebrating big news: he's officially been named as the world's shortest man.
The 20-year-old from Iran, who is 2 feet, 1.6 inches tall, recently earned the title after visiting the Guinness World Records offices in Dubai — but first, the record-keeping organization says they tripled-checked their measurements.
سالها پیش مقالهای نوشتم و آنرا در این وبلاگ پُست کردم. از آنجائی که این مقاله با وقایع اخیر در ایران ارتباط مستقیمی دارد، آنرا مجددا در اینجا به چاپ میرسانم. در سمت راست این وبلاگ، لیستی از پُستهای پیشین است، که میتوان این مقاله را در تاریخ زیر نیز یافت:ا
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December 14, 2022
A doctor, rap artists and a footballer are among around two dozen Iranians who risk being hanged as Tehran uses capital punishment as an intimidation tactic to quell protests, rights groups say.
The executions in the past week of Mohsen Shekari and Majidreza Rahnavard, both 23 and the first people put to death over the protests, sparked an outcry, especially as Rahnavard was hanged from a crane in public rather than in prison.
December 13, 2022
Professional footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani is reportedly facing execution in Iran for "campaigning for women's rights and basic freedom in his country".
FifPro, the international players union, said it was "shocked and sickened" at the reports and called for the punishment to be revoked.
December 12, 2022
Iran publicly executed a protester in the northeastern city of Mashhad on Monday, a chilling warning to those still participating in the anti-government demonstrations that have swept the country for nearly three months.
Majid Reza Rahnavard, 23, was hanged from a construction crane. A video of the execution spreading across social media shows his suspended body, dressed in white with his hands bound behind him, slowly spinning in the predawn dark as a crowd gathers around.
December 10, 2022
CAIRO (AP) — Iran’s currency fell to a record low against the dollar on Sunday, with nationwide anti-government protests now in their third month. A breakdown in negotiations to restore Tehran’s nuclear deal has also hurt the value of the rial.
December 10, 2022
At least two dozen Iranian protesters face possible execution as a response by authorities to their participation in protests critical of the government, according to a report published Saturday by local daily ‘Etemad’.
The newspaper published a list drawn up by the Iranian authorities accusing 25 demonstrators of «waging war against God», a charge that, according to Iranian law, is punishable by death.
(این ترجمه یک نوشته انگلیسی توسط "راشل شبی" است، که در همین وبلاگ آمده است).ا
لندن - بریتانیا در حال از بین رفتن است و علائم در همه جا دیده می شود
December 8, 2022
LONDON — Britain is languishing, and the signs are everywhere.
Inflation is in double digits, and the recession — the worst of all Group of 7 countries — is expected to last deep into 2024. The National Health Service is on life support, public transport is sputtering, and post-Brexit worker shortages are widespread. Homeowners face soaring mortgage rates, renters are subject to no-fault evictions, and millions can’t afford to heat their homes. Food banks, which barely existed a decade ago, are at breaking point, and 14.5 million people are in poverty. Winter is here, and it’s bleak.
December 9, 2022
The ongoing unrest in Iran since mid-September following the death of a Kurdish woman in police custody shows no signs of abating as of now. The unrest has drawn support from all social strata and assumed anti-government overtones. The efficacy of suppressing the unrest is doubtful. Iran is entering a period of turmoil.
December 8, 2022
A prisoner convicted in Iran's ongoing protests has been executed.
Iran executes first known prisoner arrested in protests
Iran says it has executed a prisoner convicted of a crime allegedly committed during the country’s ongoing nationwide protests, Iran’s Mizan news agency reported Thursday. It's the first such death penalty carried out by Tehran. The man was accused of blocking a street and attacking a security force member with a machete in Tehran.
December 6, 2022
One of the six people facing the death penalty over the current anti-government protests in Iran has reportedly been subject to "mock executions" in prison.
Sahand Noormohammadzadeh was found guilty of "enmity against god" last month over accusations of blocking traffic and setting a bin on fire and is one of those facing a death sentence.
December 6, 2022
A group of 1,200 university students in Iran were struck down by food poisoning the night before a wave of anti-regime protests were set to be held throughout the country.
