Persicus Maximus

Until the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the middle East stability from Washington's viewpoint was based on the Iran-Iraq balance of power. The US invaded Iraq on the assumption that it could quickly defeat and dismantle its government and replace it with a pro-American regime. By tapping Iraq's Oil resources they hoped to refinance their military expenditure to a large extend, even manipulate the OPEC pricing policy amongst others. The claim of restoring the balance of power was perhaps an issue that could ease some of the more skeptical politicians in the US. When that assessment proved inaccurate, Washington was forced to assume a policing role as well as acting as a shield to prevent Iran from dominating the country and thereby gaining control of the Persian Gulf. US and Iran both wanted to eliminate Saddam Hussein’s regime, they possibly even collaborated, although not proven. But from there, their goals diverged. The Iranians hoped to establish a system in Iraq that consisted of ...

We hear so much about he/she being brainwashed, and never think what this phrase really means. When we look into the simple, yet aggressive conversion of this inhuman act, then we realize how easy it is to create realities for public consumption that actually never happened or punish and present guilty persons to the press to broadcast, whilst the real guilty entities hide behind their lobbies and powerful friends. How do they brainwash an individual in 8 steps…. 1- Taking over and initiating an environment of “Total control” (every aspect of a subject, even his sleep gets regulated. After a while the subject accepts the notion of others being in total control) 2- Insecurity (Subject will be hopelessly bullied and impolitely accused, without mentioning any charges.. implying the subject knows best, why he/she is in the situation) 3- Isolation (subject gets isolated from everything and everyone, only selective information is allowed for subjects orientation) 4- Torture ( Subject is pu...

Mojtaba Alavi, better known as “Bozorg Alavi” was born in Tehran in 1904, he was not only a novelist but also a political activist. He was one of the founders of the “Tudeh Party” (Communist Party) in Iran. He spent most of his life in Germany and died in 1997. His finest work was “Her Eyes” published in 1952. It is important for all Iranians to sometimes turn back and look at the unique peoples of their culture, regardless of their political orientations. Political affinities of Iranian prominence during the last century have to be constantly considered in the context of the turbulent and charged times in which these people were living in. Bozorg Alavi told a summery of his life on tape, unfortunately these films have not been subtitled, hence only for Persian speakers to enjoy.

Olli Heinonen, the Finnish nuclear engineer who resigned Thursday after five years as deputy director for safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), was the driving force in turning that agency into a mechanism to support U.N. Security Council sanctions against Iran. Heinonen was personally responsible in fabricating a collection of intelligence documents showing a purported Iranian nuclear weapons research program the central focus of the IAEA’s work on Iran. The result was to shift opinion among Western publics to the view that Iran had been pursuing a covert nuclear weapons program But his persistence, faced resistance because other officials believed the documents were fraudulent. The Bush administration was pushing the IAEA to use the documents to accuse Iran of having had a covert nuclear weapons program The administration was determined to ensure that the IAEA Governing Board would support referring Iran to the U.N. Security Council for action on sanctions, as ...

“Let justice be done, though the heavens fall”… was perhaps one of the most orientally entrenched philosophy's ever to have been used and propagated by occidental sociologists. I believe the Latin verse for it is “Fiat Justitia Ruat Caelum”. The beauty of using and hearing it by a glass of wine, or in some political gathering for that matter, is indisputable but the problem with this philosophy however, is the immensely difficult task of inducing the will of implementation. The “Kahrizak” detention center in Tehran witnessed the death of three election protesters in Iran in June 2009. After having been closed immediately, over a dozen officers and prison guards were arrested and put on trial. Last week it was announced 2 of these guards have been sentenced to death and 9 others sentenced to longer prison terms as 1 guard was acquitted. The inhuman and unspeakable act by any standards was massively and rightfully echoed and reported throughout the world, sometimes a bit exaggerat...