The Wonderland of Iran Iran (Persia), one of the oldest cradles of civilizations and the cross road of many cultures may be looked upon as a wonderland. It has survived the most bloodthirsty destructive foreign invasions from Alexander of Macedonia, to Arabs, to the Mongolian Chengiz Kahn, to Colonialist and Neo-Colonialist and recently we can say Digital-Neo-Colonialist British and American interventions, as well as ruthless bloodthirsty native conquerors. Being born three years after the victory of Islamic Revolution in Iran and experiencing an enigmatic inner bewilderment since youth, the search for its possible roots has been one of my quests in life. True that living in the age of Postmodernism, the age of Twilight of not only Idols which Nietzsche foresaw in his times, but also of ideals, ideologies and utopias can explain a part of that bewilderment, but when I left my homeland to further my education, and thus met and befriended young people from other countries, it seemed that ours goes much deeper than theirs. So I began to wonder where does this difference come from? Coming from a non-traditional liberal family, I remembered how from the first day we began the school, as though unconsciously being...
Children, Cancer and the Crab of Sanctions The real victims of the escalating economic sanctions imposed on Iran are ordinary people and not the men of power accused of being in search of Nuclear Bombs. Although US and European Union claimed that the sanctions would not include Humanitarian Aid, a glance at the real immediate outcomes makes one wonder what these powers really mean by Humanitarianism. And among people, children suffering from cancer and other so-called incurable diseases have been as always the most innocent, vulnerable and thus heart-breaking group first hit by the evil appearance of this vile crab of sanctions on our horizons due to the shortage of medicines and other medical supplies. But the story doesn’t end there. The crab’s sharp claws grabbed other patients as well as children and adults suffering from Cancer. In reality, with the dramatic free fall in the value of Iranian currency as the result of not only sanctions but harsh global bans against Iran’s Banking system and Cargo, the price of medicines has increased 3-6 times. Thus, for the majority of people they are now like luxury goods, hardly if not impossible to afford. In short, the overall outcome of...
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