Kamangir (Archer)

The Supreme Leader today attended the graduation ceremony of Sattari Military University [Persian]. There, they had prepared a “show” for him, through which soldiers with colored outfits visualized a sword piercing through an American flag which strangely enough had a Swastika on it.
I call this brilliant minds doing their best to offend others.
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The Persian people have had many festivities during the year, from which only Norooz, the celebration of the new year, and a few others have managed to survive. This year, University of Manitoba Iranian Students’ Association (UMISA) held a fantastic celebration for Mehregan, what some of us tend to call the Persian Thanksgiving. See more [...]

Having a desk next to an office printer may be as bad as sitting next to someone who’s smoking, scientist says - CBC

This is a comment I recently wrote for The Manitoban, the University of Manitoba students’ newspaper. I should thank Michael Silicz, the editor of The Manitoban, for all his help.
An Iranian cure for an Iranian problem
The inevitable regime change in Iran and how Canada and the world can help
For a country with a double-digit [...]

Two very good Winnipegger friends Julienne and Simon, and I chatted a few days ago in Tom Horton’s about Persian blogosphere. Some of the things we talked about is mentioned in the article “The power and pitfalls of ‘citizen journalism’“, by Julienne Isaacs, with files from Simon Charles, published in the University of Winnipeg Student [...]

I spoke over the phone with the bright and well-informed Canadian journalist Terry Galvin. An excerpt of our discussion has been mentioned in his new article “What Iranian Dissidents Need, and why they deserve more from North America’s left.”
In the United States, a debate is raging over whether dissidents in Iran should accept U.S. State [...]