Iran’s Denials and Delusions at the United Nations

Fariba Amini

September 26, 2023

Frankly, it was hard to watch last weekend’s interview of Farid Zakaria of CNN with Iran’s current president, Raisi. It was embarrassing.

 

Air Force General Defends Memo That Predicted War With China By 2025

Dave DeCamp

September 21, 2023

Gen. Mike Minihan says he doesn't believe war is 'inevitable' but wants to instill a sense of 'urgency' to be prepared

نگرشی بر اسلام

کسانی‌ که مانند من زمان شاه، و بخصوص چهل و پنج سال پیش را که انقلاب شد، به عنوان یک فرد بالغ و آگاه بخاطر می‌آورند، میدانند که چگونه جنبشی در ایران به وجود آمد که نه تنها ایران را دگرگون ساخت، بلکه بر سیاست‌های بسیاری از ملل جهان تاثیر گذاشت. کشور ایران در جهتی‌ گام بر می‌داشت که می‌توانست با یک انقلاب صنعتی و با توجه به ذخایر زیرزمینی هنگفتی که داشت، به یکی‌ از ملل پیشرفتهٔ جهان تبدیل شود. از آنطرف، انقلابی که در ایران نضج گرفت، چنانکه از طرف آمریکا و عاملین او در ایران هدایت نمی‌شد، می‌توانست بر سایر کشور‌های جهان‌ تاثیر چشمگیری نهاده، و تقسیم‌بندی سیاست‌های جهانی‌ را تغییر دهد.ا

Hyping Ukraine Counteroffensive, US Press Chose Propaganda Over Journalism

BryceGreene

September 15, 2023

It has been clear for some time that US corporate news media have explicitly taken a side on the Ukraine War. This role includes suppressing relevant history of the lead-up to the war (FAIR.org, 3/4/22), attacking people who bring up that history as “conspiracy theorists” (FAIR.org, 5/18/22), accepting official government pronouncements at face value (FAIR.org, 12/2/22) and promoting an overly rosy picture of the conflict in order to boost morale.

Becoming Frida

CarrieRickey

September 21, 2023

Frida Kahlo was born in 1907, three years before the Mexican Revolution. As a teenager, she attended the National Preparatory School in Mexico’s capital, where she excelled in anatomy and looked forward to medical school and becoming a physician. But in 1925 her goal was sideswiped by a trolley that crashed into the rickety wooden bus that she regularly took home from school. On impact, the tram’s iron handrail impaled her spinal column and exited her vagina, shattering spine and pelvis. She lived with the aftereffects of the accident for the rest of her life.

The Saga of the American Dream

Sunday September 17, 2023
https://youtu.be/vLkyULxrWiE?si=OsPWLY5v8OJNk97r

Official says 5 prisoners sought by the US in a swap with Iran have flown out of Tehran

ByAssociated Press for Daily Kos

September 18, 2023

Five prisoners sought by the U.S. in a swap with Iran flew out of Tehran on Monday, an official said.