My honorable and suffering friend Peyman, A prisoner knows well the meaning of being imprisoned, understands the agony of loss and separation. The tragic incident that resulted in the death of your mother and wife was an “accident”, but did not happen “accidently.” I believe this devastating event was the tragic end result of […]
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Iranian MPs vote to move capital despite reservations
Iranian Parliament has approved the plan to move the political capital out of Tehran. Khaneh Mellat reports that the despite the speaker’s recognition that the project comes with “a heavy financial burden”, the bill was passed with 110 in favour and 67 opposed with 10 abstaining. The bill authorizes the establishment of an “Organizing […]
Rohani aide says detained leaders hold key to own release
An aide to President Rohani says the potential release of Iranian opposition leaders from house arrest depends upon their willingness to “come to terms and accept responsibility.” Hessameddin Ashna was quoted as saying that the house arrest of MirHosein Mousavi, Zahra Rahnavard and Mehdi Karroubi is multifaceted, and even if all of those facets […]
Iranian poets arrested by Revolutionary Guards
An opposition website reports that two poets, Mehdi Mousavi and Fatemeh Ekhtesari, have been arrested by Iranian Revolutionary Guards. The Kaleme website reports that the two have been under arrest since early December. The report indicates the two had been banned from traveling abroad and arrested by the intelligence branch of the Revolutionary Guards. […]
Pollution forces school closures, class cancellations
The Tehran Air Pollution Committee announced on Monday night that all elementary schools, kindergartens and daycares in Tehran and Shar-e Rey will be closed due to the extreme decline in air quality. Also, schools have cancelled gym and morning exercise classes until further notice. Sand factories are also shut down while the air quality […]
Iran’s Rouhani eyes rebuilding relations with U.S., Europe
Iran wants to improve bilateral relations with the United States and other Western powers, President Hassan Rouhani said in an editorial published in a German newspaper on Monday, broaching an issue he has so far avoided since he took office. Rouhani won a landslide election victory in June promising a policy of engagement with […]
Mysticism (Sufism): Agreement and Affinity
His Excellency Dr. Haj Nour Ali Tabandeh (The Master of Gonabadi Sufi Order) [1] Today, the effects of the consequences of certain events taking place throughout the world- no matter inside the countries or internationally, on people’s beliefs and their spiritual aspect of life, have caused people to be […]
Jesus Christ in Rumi’s Poetry and Parables
Christians and Muslims have much in common, not only because we all are humans, not only because both Christianity and Islam originated in the Middle East and trace their ancestry back to Abraham, but also because Jesus Christ is a holy figure in Islam. This is rarely known to the Western public and […]
The Story of Jesus and Mary in the Holy Quran (3 parts)
The Birth of Mary“Indeed God chose Adam, Noah, the family of Abraham and the family of Imran over the worlds. An offspring, like one another (in righteousness). And God is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (And mention) when the wife of Imran said, ‘O my Lord, I have vowed to You what is in my womb, […]
Iranian administration promises to appoint minorities to key posts
The Iranian president’s religious and ethnic minority representative said on Sunday December 22 that the administration is working toward appointing ethnic and religious minorities to key posts. Ali Younesi was visiting Sistan-Baluchistan Province when he told IRNA that the government’s actions are based on requests from Baluchi and Sunni elders and trusted figures. Younesi […]