By Taraneh Zaman Not surprisingly, the phrase “the dog days of summer” never translates well into Farsi. June 12, 2009 jolted the passions of [the] Iranian community and others like no other in recent memory. Across the spectrum, the election and its aftermath took the political experts by surprise, though no clear consensus [has] [...]

Not surprisingly, the phrase “the dog days of summer” never translates well into Farsi. June 12, 2009 jolted the passions of [the] Iranian community and others like no other in recent memory. Across the spectrum, the election and its aftermath took the political experts by surprise, though no clear consensus [has] emerged about what the [...]

WASHINGTON, DC – As Iran’s colorless headline-led image blisters on, Iranian-Americans prove to be (more now than ever before) feeling the responsibility of correcting what is conceivably an unjust and stained perception of themselves. Through her film, ARUSI: PERSIAN WEDDING, which is an absolute optical delight, Iranian-American director Marjan Tehrani, unobtrusively shoots the attempts of her prédécesseurs… out [...]

Khatami vs. Spielberg — Rafsanjani vs. Penn   Wow. The resemblance. Click here to check out Mehrdad Aref-Adib’s clever collection of cool pictures.

  WASHINGTON, DC – As Iran’s colorless headline-led image blisters on, Iranian-Americans prove to be (more now than ever before) feeling the responsibility of correcting what is conceivably an unjust and stained perception of themselves. Through her film, ARUSI: PERSIAN WEDDING, which is an absolute optical delight, Iranian-American director Marjan Tehrani, unobtrusively shoots the attempts of her prédécesseurs… [...]