http://www.qlineorientalist.com/IranRises Current Events in Iran Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:15:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.qlineorientalist.com/IranRises/sayyed-mohammad-khatami-congratulates-asghar-farhadi-on-a-separation/ http://www.qlineorientalist.com/IranRises/sayyed-mohammad-khatami-congratulates-asghar-farhadi-on-a-separation/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:15:11 +0000 Q Line Orientalist http://www.qlineorientalist.com/IranRises/?p=2113 In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate. Mr. Asghar Farhadi Your valuable cinematic work, sir, which has enjoyed widespread approval of the good and wise Iranian audience and has now been recognized on an international scale and has become a source of pride for yourself and our dear country, is a sign of [...]

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]]> http://www.qlineorientalist.com/IranRises/yalda-night/feed/ 4 http://www.qlineorientalist.com/IranRises/august-2010-hunger-strike/ http://www.qlineorientalist.com/IranRises/august-2010-hunger-strike/#comments Sun, 08 Aug 2010 16:37:19 +0000 Q Line Orientalist http://www.qlineorientalist.com/IranRises/?p=2002 Dear Freedom Loving People! The oppressive Islamic Republic regime has turned Iran into a large prison for people by denying them their basic human rights such as freedom of expression and association. Within this general prison are specific locations such as the notorious Evin prison that the regime locks up political activists that mostly have [...]

]]> http://www.qlineorientalist.com/IranRises/august-2010-hunger-strike/feed/ 4 http://www.qlineorientalist.com/IranRises/iranian-cyber-army/ http://www.qlineorientalist.com/IranRises/iranian-cyber-army/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:12:26 +0000 Q Line Orientalist http://www.qlineorientalist.com/IranRises/?p=1892 Translator’s Introduction: What follows is an article I was asked to translate. Midway through the translation, it occurred to me that it was marred by unsubstantiated statements and exaggerations. Thursday, 29 Bahman 1388 [February 18, 2010] Report on the Operation of the Cyber Army in Hacking Websites by Farvartish Rezvaniyeh Source: http://www.kaleme.com/1388/11/29/klm-11615 During the past [...]

]]> http://www.qlineorientalist.com/IranRises/iranian-cyber-army/feed/ 1 http://www.qlineorientalist.com/IranRises/three-days-delay/ http://www.qlineorientalist.com/IranRises/three-days-delay/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:30:44 +0000 Q Line Orientalist http://www.qlineorientalist.com/IranRises/?p=1223 Dear friends, I am working on a very important translation for the Green Movement. I have had to put this blog, as well as pretty much everything else, aside. I’ll be back after that. Thank you for your patience.

]]> http://www.qlineorientalist.com/IranRises/three-days-delay/feed/ 0 http://www.qlineorientalist.com/IranRises/yarom-bia/ http://www.qlineorientalist.com/IranRises/yarom-bia/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:28:06 +0000 Q Line Orientalist http://www.qlineorientalist.com/IranRises/?p=1212 A Shirazi folk-song sung by the incomparable Kiosk with film quotes from the lysergic realist Parajanov‘s The Color of Pomegranates.  Here are the Persian lyrics.  Here is my translation: Come, Oh Beloved Come, Oh Beloved. Come, You who hold my heart. My heart pines for You. I am worthy of You. Come! [twice] My Beloved [...]

]]> http://www.qlineorientalist.com/IranRises/yarom-bia/feed/ 2 http://www.qlineorientalist.com/IranRises/voa-shiism-government/ http://www.qlineorientalist.com/IranRises/voa-shiism-government/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:29:59 +0000 Q Line Orientalist http://www.qlineorientalist.com/IranRises/?p=1028 Featuring Ayyat Jamal od-Din, an Iraqi legislator who favors separating mosque and state, Akbar Atari, a leader of the leading reformist organization Office for Strengthening Unity, and the host of this website. Click here to view.

]]> http://www.qlineorientalist.com/IranRises/voa-shiism-government/feed/ 0 http://www.qlineorientalist.com/IranRises/links-and-posts/ http://www.qlineorientalist.com/IranRises/links-and-posts/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:31:50 +0000 Q Line Orientalist http://www.qlineorientalist.com/IranRises/?p=436 If readers have suggestions for links or updates, please email me at Evan@qlineorientalist.com. Links Kim Sengupta, “Mousavi faces prison threat” Karl Ritter and Robert Wielaard, “EU considers pulling ambassadors from Iran” Iran Human Rights, “Six people were hanged in Tehran’s Evin prison today” Update The updates will be preceded by (UPDATE July 2, 2009). Rumors [...]

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