US Navy Deploys More Chaplains for Suicide Prevention

VOA — NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, VIRGINIA — On Navy ships docked at this vast base, hundreds of sailors in below-deck mazes of windowless passageways perform intense, often monotonous manual labor. It’s necessary... Read more »

Iran’s Judiciary Chief Threatens to Prosecute ‘Without Mercy’ Unveiled Women

VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — Faced with an increasing number of women defying the compulsory dress code, Iran’s judiciary chief has threatened to prosecute “without mercy” women who appear in public unveiled,... Read more »

Iran President Says Hijab Is Law as Unveiled Women Face Attack

VOA — President Ebrahim Raisi said on Saturday that the hijab was the law in Iran after a viral video showed a man throwing yogurt at two unveiled women in a shop... Read more »

New York Grand Jury Votes to Indict Trump

VOA — WASHINGTON — Twice impeached though not convicted, Donald Trump has become the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges. In a move without precedent in U.S. history, a grand... Read more »

US Forces Suffer Traumatic Brain Injuries in Deadly Iran-Backed Attacks in Syria

VOA — PENTAGON — The four attacks on U.S. forces in Syria by Iranian-backed militants last week, including one attack that killed a U.S. contractor, resulted in at least six traumatic brain... Read more »

Combat Memoirs of Iranian Air Force Pilots — Iranian Air Force Pilots In Combat (1980-88)

Kash Ryan — Hushkit [The Alternative Aviation Magazine] outlet on January 27, 2016 — Before the Shah’s overthrow in 1979 the USA had provided Iran with advanced weaponry, including the formidable F-14... Read more »

GRAMMY for HAJIPOUR

Hajipour, is an  Iranian singer  may be facing a prison term  for  a song he wrote in support of the recent Iran  protests. The song “Baraye” has been likened to an anthem... Read more »

The Persian Prince Pirouz (Pirooz)

Yang Guifei — Printed originally in the Tang Dynasty Times —  Sometime around the year 670, a shining prince — Pirouz (or Pirooz) the son of the last Sassanid King — arrived... Read more »

Time Travel to Ancient Persia

Rasoul Sorkhabi — In recent years, a number of exhibitions and publications have highlighted the cultural legacy and art history of ancient Iran (Persia). These activities, for the world coming out of... Read more »

To Remember

Hormoz Ashtyani — One hundred and seventy years ago, in January 1851, Mirza Taghi Khan Amir Kabir was murdered in Fin Garden Kashan. Iran still is in the throes of this murder... Read more »