Sorkhie to az man, Zardieh man az to, literally means your redness (health) is mine, my paleness (pain) is yours. This phrase is whispered in Chaharshanbeh Soori, ancient purification ritual, while people jump over the fire.Châhârshanbe Suri is a fire jumping festival celebrated by Persian people around the world. The event takes place on […]
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Iranians Take To Social Media To Challenge Media Ban On Ex-President Khatami
Some Iranians are protesting against a state media ban on former President Mohammad Khatami by posting his pictures on social media under the hashtag “We will be Khatami’s media” (in Persian: #رسانه_خاتمی_میشویم) The ban was formally announced earlier this week by judiciary spokesman Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejei who said that, according to a judicial order, […]
Iranians vs. ‘Hanging Judges’
(The 15th c. CE shrine of Noorud’din Nimatullah Veli, May His Mystery Be Sanctified, Kerman Province, Iran — Photograph 2010 Via Wikimedia Commons.) Abulghasem Salavati, who heads Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, is known as one of Iran’s “hanging judges.” As the London Guardian reported recently, Salavati and his colleague, Mohammad Moghiseh, […]
Two Iranians Flogged Publicly For Eating During Ramadan
Two men were flogged in public in the south-central Iranian city of Shiraz for eating during fasting hours in the holy month of Ramadan. Fasting in Ramadan is considered a religious duty for Muslims. The police chief of Iran’s Fars Province, Ahmad Ali Goudarzi, was quoted by Iranian media on July 13 as saying […]
Iranians Show Their Button-Flies To Netanyahu
In his first interview with a Persian-language media outlet, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a lot of harsh things to say about Iran and its government. But the comment that really struck a nerve touched on fashion. “I think if the Iranian people had freedom they would wear jeans, listen to Western music, […]
Government to assign email addresses to all Iranians
Iran is to assign all citizens an individual email address which the communications minister said on Monday would aid interaction between state authorities and the people. It was unclear whether the move would add to regulations on Internet use imposed by a conservative Islamist leadership wary of secular cultural influences it blames on the […]
Iranians Mark Sizdah Bedar, Final Day of Nowruz
Sizdah-bedar is an Iranian festival tradition, celebrated in the thirteenth day of the Nowruz (Persian New Year). Iranians have a tradition of spending the day outdoors on the 13th day of month Farvardin. ”Sizdah-” means thirteen, and ”-bedar”, means to get rid of, i.e “getting rid of thirteen”. From the ancient times, Iranian peoples […]
Veteran activist says Iranians still under tyranny
Iranian political prisoner Abolfazl Ghadiyani has issued an open letter from prison, saying the Iranian Revolution failed because “absolute monarchy was reproduced as the absolute leadership of the Faqih (the expert cleric).
Three Iranians receive human rights grant
Three Iranians are among those awarded Hellman/Hammett grants by Human Rights Watch for 2012.
Iranians to pay much more for electricity
Iran’s deputy power minister warns electricity rates will skyrocket in the coming year, because the current prices can no longer be sustained.