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Is it normal for a dentist to push sales on you?

2009-08-02T22:21:00.001-07:00

My dentist stopped while glue was setting and tried to interest my in jewelry a watch for my wife all of them embedded or crusted with bleached human teeth instead of pearl or diamond, it was really strange and they looked cheap not even real gold.

Is it normal for a dentist to push sales on you?
That is the weirdest thing I ever heard of; but all the dentist I've ever known are a little touched in the head, anyway. I should know; I'm related to a dentist and know a lot of dentists. They are very strange people.
Reply:Switch dentists
Reply:I had a dentist try to do a hard sell scheduling me for an appt to come back and do more optional work while I was doped up on pain killers.
Reply:Strange.

Never heard of such a dentist before. I 'd not go back.
Reply:probably was the end of the month and he needed extra money for the strip club

my friend is a chiropractitor and he is selling candies to do that
Reply:All dentists are salesmen.They try to see how much money you have, then try to push services based on how much they feel you are willing to pay. Be focused.If you are in for a cleaning, tell them that's all you are prepared to pay for at this time and that should shut them up.
Reply:While it is normal for a dentist to try to sell you other procedures (some needed, some not needed), you have a right to put up a red flag with a dentist trying to sell you jewelry (especially jewelry made with teeth??). I would find a different dentist, and notify the medical board of his practices. This is something they need to be aware of. Good luck.
Reply:I think you should report him to eBay. They have a rule against selling human body parts, including teeth.
Reply:they get nutty from sniffing that nitrous gas!!!thats why they are silly and strange?
Reply:yes, this is absolutely normal. if you have anything you need to sell, you might want to have him try to sell it to other patients. you might want to go into business with him.
Reply:We must go to the same dentist, my dentist tried selling me a bracelet made from Camobidan babie's fingers. Very odd.
Reply:That's really weird! Someone in my family is a dentist and he never does anything like that. If I were you I would switch dentists.
Reply:switch dentists. a dentist is not authorized to sell anything else than stuff that goes in your mouth.

and thats nasty jewelry with teeth. i bet he wants you to get cavities from those teeth so he has more money
Reply:you could call the dental association and report it.

I am not sure if this falls under ethics but that is not what he should be doing as a reputable dentist.

Not even mentioning the fact they are made out of teeth?

exactly who's teeth? ugh
Reply:depend in witch country it was but it's not normal

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Did you know that...?

2009-08-02T22:21:00.000-07:00

Every episode of "Seinfeld" contains at least one Superman.

There are no rivers in Saudi Arabia.

The turkey was wrongly named after what was thought to be it's country of origin.

The electric chair was invented by a dentist!

Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."

Windmills always turn counter-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!

Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to SLOW a film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.

A hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute on average!

More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.

Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand!

The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!

When opossums are playing dead, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror.

Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning!

Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks!

Did you know that...?
No..but very cool
Reply:No.
Reply:No, but did you know toasters are really robots, here to take over the world?
Reply:no i didnt except for the cockroach one thats the only one ive heard before
Reply:Some of it.
Reply:I knew it all!
Reply:I only knew the Seinfeld fact and the cockroach fact.

About the cereal fact, I guarantee you that I consume much more than that if we're talking about breakfast cereals!
Reply:You couldn't walk straight if you lose your big toe.

You can't commit suicide by holding your breath.
Reply:i knew some of them...you sound like that annoying piece of paper that shows up on the morning news at my school....
Reply:nope......
Reply:is this a true question or an entertaining piece of info!! either way no i did not know about 1/3 of that stuff if this was a real question and i got a chuckle from some of that if it was meant to be an entertaing piece of info!!
Reply:No. I didn't know all those things. Thanks for sharing!
Reply:Interesting stuff!

I learned:

1. If you're on a diet don't lick stamps

2. Keep the short people away from hippos
Reply:"Over 1000 birds a year die from smashing into windows!"

LOL... no but thanks for informing :]
Reply:I knew a couple of those, but thats pretty cool.

Did you know... Half the world's population have seen at least one James Bond movie. LOL

Just about 3 people are born every second, and about 1.3333 people die every second. The result is about a 2 and 2/3 net increase of people every second. Almost 10 people more live on this Earth now, than before you finished reading this.
Reply:No, but very interesting
Reply:he Electric Chair was not invented by a Dentist. It was invented by Thomas Edison but he sold the patent to a Dentist so the Dentist could start a company that made electric chairs.

The Dentist made the first electric chairs with a wooden foot rest so the first people killed in it were literally cooked to death. The Dentist didn't know that the chair had to be grounded so the current would pass through the body and kill the person through electrocution.

Saudi Arabia does have rivers, they just dry up during the dry season.

No one thought turkeys came from turkey. Turkey's are indigenous to North America. It was given the name Turkey because it resembled the Guinea Fowl of Africa, not Turkey. Another name for the male Guinea Fowl was the Turkeycock. The male of the Guinea Fowl and the male North American Turkey made the same mating display with their tails. Hence the choice of the name for the new bird.

Human teeth are not as hard as rocks, granite is far more harder.

All the words that have no vowels actually do have vowels. The letter "y" is both a vowel and a consonant.
Reply:Most interesting items, all i knew was about the cockroaches, they actually starve to death.

Now all I have to do is find a way to apply all of this to my life and I'll be set.
Reply:Did you know......

Americans consume about 100 acres of pizza a day.

When first born a shrimp is a male and gradually evolves to a female,

Argentiniens eat more meat than any other nation in the world.

When born the white ehale is black.

It is estamated that a plastic container will not decompose for as long as 50,000 years.

The only part of the human anatomy that has no blood supply is the cornea

The bird that lays the largest egg in relation to its own size is the kiwi.

If all the gold in the world was dived up every one would recieve 3grams.

The human skeleton weighs appx 13 kilos.

When a mouse is first born its skin is transperant and you can see milk flowing as it drinks.

In a life time the average human can fill an olympic swimming pool with their saliva.

You Will swallow 400 bugs and 2 spiders when your asleep in your life time.

The first police car was used in 1899 in England.

The first recorded car thieft was in 1896 in Paris.

Worms can grow a new tail if it is cut of.

When a glass breaks the crack travels 3,000kph.

The first permanant movie theater was the 400-seat vitascope hall in new orleans.

In 1904 the ice cream cone was invented.

Youll drink 16,000 gallons in your life

Take your weight divide it by 3 thays how much your leg weighs,

More babies are born in september than any other month.

By the time you say 3,000 puppies. 3000 puppies were born in the us.

You inhele 75 millions of air in your life.

The first meal on the moon was roast turket ,eaten by Niel armstrong and buzz aldrin.

1 in 3 snakebite victims are drunk.

Every year 5000 people injure them selves shooting pool.

A hippo can outrun a human.

A bumble bee can pull 300 times its weight.

Dogs are mentioned 14 times in the bible and cats arnt metioned once,

If you counted 100 stars a minute you can count the entire galaxy in 2000 years.

Every day 1 acre of trees breduce enough oxygen for 18 people.

About 8% of your total weight is blood.

The average car has 15,000 parts.

Metal shrinks when its cold, thats why the eiffel tower is 6inches shorter in winter.

1 million seconds = 13.5 days

Sand melts at 3,100*f

Kangaroos cant walk they only jump.

Dont forget to give me best answer for this .

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Does woodpecker's beak wear out over time?

2009-08-02T22:20:00.003-07:00

If human teeth, or even shark even worn out over time from grinder relatively soft food, how about woodpecker's beak? The constant pecking into wood, I guess, should at least have some effect to cause it to wear out. Is that the case?

If so, to what extend?

Does woodpecker's beak wear out over time?
Unlike teeth, the beak is a living growing structure that (within limits) repairs itself. The inside is growing and the outside is tough, more like hooves and bones than teeth.

Visual Arts

School project for a 3rd grader?

2009-08-02T22:20:00.002-07:00

my 3rd grader has a school project due monday and we need help. he bought his paper home today with the requirements for the project. he has to make a model, poster, etc showing how atoms come together to form the earth and the link between the atoms making up earth and the atoms that form our human teeth! This makes no sense to me! I feel stupid because this is a 3rd grade project and i'm an adult! what do i do?

School project for a 3rd grader?
OK... atoms are the building blocks of all stuff. atoms are the periodic table ... think hydrogen,oxygen, lead, nickel etc...

now those get combined to make a compound... say H2O which is two Hydrogens combined with one Oxygen to make water... and CO2 which is one carbon and 2 Oxygens to make Carbon dioxide

water and CO2 are in the earth/soil but so are many many other compounds...

you could keep it simple... do you have a Lego set???

if so each tiny block is an atom... combine a few of those say 2 red and 1 white to represent water... make several and make sure they look the same... now make CO2 with 2 white and one blue...

OK how is that similar to atoms in teeth... well what compounds are in teeth??? Teeth are made of very complex compounds and these compounds are huge ( think all your lego blocks in one big massive building)... I don't think you could actually make tooth compounds with Lego's... but you can just explain that you could make it if you have a lego block to represent each element form the periodic chart you could put them in certain combinations to represent the things that make up a tooth...

this is a really big project for a third grade student...
Reply:That's a 9th grade project.

Is your son in some sort of gifted program? Google.com and wikipedia.org will help you greatly.
Reply:Maybe howstuffworks.com will help. That's tough! GL!
Reply:Atoms do not form human teeth. Have you investigated that this school is a positive role model for your child? It shouldn't make sense and you should go to the school and tell them you refuse to allow your 3rd grader to be taught such rubbish! THIRD grade? gosh.
Reply:One wonderful why to asisst your

child and you both learn the project.

Go to the library and do some research

on the Atoms. This is a terrific way

to find how some students even at

this level learn. A drawing is even

going to assist him. Can he get

assistance from one of his

classmates?
Reply:Homework links. What you need lies somewhere within the links below, keep them safe because they will be useful now and for the future.

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Has anyone else read this?

2009-08-02T22:20:00.001-07:00

This was on the Yahoo! home page.

More young people go the vegetarian route:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007...

I think the most interesting part of the article was this:

About 3% of adults are vegetarians, says Reed Mangels, nutrition adviser for the Vegetarian Research Group, in Baltimore. But she says as many as 10% of adults consider themselves vegetarians, even though they may eat fish or chicken occasionally.

This basically means the majority of people claiming to be vegetarians... aren't (a 70-30 split by these figures).

... and...

Kaayla Daniel [...] says, "I do think children will grow better on a high-quality omnivorous diet." The mother of two meat-eating children says human teeth and digestive systems prove we were designed to eat both animal and vegetable foods.

Kind of seems like one big backhanded complement to me.

Your thoughts?

Has anyone else read this?
The definition of "vegetarian" means exclusion of all animal flesh (no fish, poultry, shellfish, etc.) according to Vegetarian Times, the Vegetarian Resource Group, and the American Dietetic Association. I don't understand why so many people insist on calling themselves vegetarian when they aren't. I'm happy that the article acknowledged that.
Reply:thought it was a little biased toward the anti-veggie side.. but It was an okay article I guess.

Yeah.. there needs to be a major campaign to clarify (NOT CHANGE) the definition of "vegetarian" and "meat" so that people will stop thinking that fish is NOT meat or that vegetarians can eat fish..

THere's a definition for vegetarian!! Been there over 100 years. I personally don't want to see it gradually changed so more people can join in the "Fad" without really committing to eating meat-free..
Reply:I used to be a vegetarian, so I'm totally sympathetic, but my opinion now is that if we were meant to be herbivores rather than omnivores, everyone would be vegetarian. Also, you can blame the whole people calling themselves vegs when they are not on the animal rights industry. They distribute pamphlets saying there are levels to vegetarianism. For example, a person who eats eggs, dairy and fish is "lacto ovo" vegetarian. It's weird, but just a different way of looking at it than you.
Reply:I was just reading the article too.

Shelly----it's interesting to read your words. It is exactly the same thing I was saying regarding the vegans and all of you said I was wrong. "I personally don't want to see it gradually changed so more people can join in the "Fad""------Exactly my point on vegans but I was too late. I hope you aren't.

Thankfully, the article also brings health risks into focus:

"Kaayla Daniel, a clinical nutritionist in Albuquerque and author of The Whole Soy Story: The Dark Side of America's Favorite Health Food,"

Non-fermented soy has it's benefits, but dangers as well. Maybe when folks start hearing it from clinical nutritionists, doctors and scientists instead of little ol' me, they'll start to acknowledge the facts.
Reply:I'm trying to join the vegitatrian scean. And I think we should be able to choose whats best for us and our bodies, so I'll sneak in some bacon. ;)

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Fossils...???

2009-08-02T22:20:00.000-07:00

my grandmother found a fossil today that had what appear to be human teeth. we live in south texas and i was wondering where could we take something like this to find out what it was or something??

Fossils...???
Try the Geology Dept of any university or college near you. Take pictures and you can email them to the school.
Reply:Try contacting the science department of your local university. Or why not repost this question with a link to a picture of this "fossil"?
Reply:take it to a museum or an archeologist's lobby. But there are a lot of animal teeth that look like a human's like the weasel's canines or a dog's maulers. you should make sure before claiming.
Reply:most university could help or recomend what to do
Reply:you could simply take it to a biopsy place where they find out who that was and whats there name and stuff there's you're answer
Reply:Hello,Was it in a rock formation or lying loose below the ground. Never the less take it to your local museum.

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Dentist tried to sell me Jewelry and snacks during visit?

2009-08-02T22:19:00.003-07:00

My dentist, while glue was setting and tried to interest me in jewelry and a watch for my wife, all of them embedded or crusted with bleached pearly human teeth (instead of real pearl or diamonds), it felt really strange and they looked cheap not even real gold. He also tried to sell baby toys, a mobile which obviously not safe for kids, etc. and then candy and sodas at a price much more expensive than CostCo but obviously from Costco. Just wondering what you think.

Dentist tried to sell me Jewelry and snacks during visit?
why dont yu get him to make yu a watch with yur teeth and "take a bite out of time"?----must be a hell of a rent bracket building he is in? he isnt from Mumbai?is he?
Reply:I'd be switching dentists!
Reply:don't take it!
Reply:No way!! I can't believe it! What a greedy little so and so! You wanna make sure he's not just drilling your teeth for money!

I think I would have thrown up if he'd have shown me watches with teeth in...YUK!

I think I'd have to report him.
Reply:thats pretty freaky..

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Reply:That is totally unprofessional. I would report it to the ADA and find another dentist. Could he need money for a drug habit? Very strange.
Reply:This is the strangest thing I've heard today. Not even Google has much on human teeth jewelry. I think you should go back and take pics for us.
Reply:That is really bizarre. Are you sure you were seeing a real dentist? He wasn't running his office out of his garage was he?
Reply:Yea that is tacky.

But I would call your regulating body of Dentists in your country to at least tell them because of the teeth jewelery.

They can decide what to do--meanwhile find a new dentist!
Reply:he's broke....
Reply:that's disgusting! what country are you in? report him. i can just imagine what he does when he puts someone under to do some dental work!!!
Reply:report him to the dental board in your state this is not ethical at all
Reply:Sounds interesting - can you provide his location??
Reply:This is the weirdest thing I have ever heard.

But I would be nervous too, switch dentist

and alert the American Dental Association.

Let them know and I am sure that they would

appreciate the tip.
Reply:LOL! i have never heard that before. go to another dentist. i recommend a biologic dentist.

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Archaeological find in panama?

2009-08-02T22:19:00.002-07:00

Does anyone have info on a archeological 'find' in panama whitch included a neclace of over one hunderd human teeth or is it another urban ledgand?

Archaeological find in panama?
I believe is a Leyend...and If it Helps it is called " EL collar de Ina Jen"
Reply:Wouldn't surprise me... Human remains have been used for artistic creations for thousands of years. The early Christians used to save the cleansed bones of their deceased to create some pretty elaborate ornaments for chapels on the basis that their remains should be saved in some way for the Rapture. Lots of bones of saints have been preserved and are on display in Rome - every church seems to have at least one finger bone in a case shaped like a hand - or something like that. A necklace wouldn't surprise me, at all. The Nazis, on a more practical level, used human skin for lampshades and wallets, too. God knows what else they did...

As brutal as was life 40,000 years ago, wouldn't it be acceptable for the, say, skull of your worst enemy, or of your best warrior or clan-leader, be honored or dishonored in some way?

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What should my FANTASY FOOTBALL team be called?

2009-08-02T22:19:00.001-07:00

We're in our 8th season, and I've changed the team name and logo every year. I've been anything from the Sperminators, The Baddies, Warm Fuzzies, Macaques, and on. Searching out a logo and editing it is as important to me as the team name itself.

I started two years ago framing the football cards of my "main" starters", team record, and logos... so I'd like this year to be a little cleaner, like the year I was the Warm Fuzzies (logo was an orange and yellow fuzz ball with two eyes... hard to describe but it was cool)

What do you suggest? Right now the best I've come up with is The Green Smile and logo is a real frog with human teeth smiling.

What should my FANTASY FOOTBALL team be called?
Henry The Eighth, I Am (Logo: Chris Henry)

Man Singing Rock (Logo: Elvis)

Kissy Bear Huggy Face, (Logo: Teddy Bear)

The Eighth Wonder of the World (Logo: Up to Your Imagination and Taste)

The Seven Sweets %26amp; Seven Sours (14-team draft; Logo: any of your players)

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Reply:There is a guy that I play against every year and I just dominate him everytime. Every year I name my team Kevin's Daddy so he remember how badly I beat him.
Reply:Your team name can be illegal procedure.....you can do many different things with a logo for that name.
Reply:Name: Gridiron Gambler

Logo: Yosemite Sam.

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Why should meat not be eaten?

2009-08-02T22:19:00.000-07:00

what are the reasons on why meats should not be eaten? what are the dangers of eating meat? are human teeth really designed for eating plants only?

Why should meat not be eaten?
The reasons are numerous.

-Hunger

Number of people worldwide who will die as a result of malnutrition this year: 20 million.

Number of people who could be adequately fed using land freed if Americans reduced

their intake of meat by 10%: 100 million.

Percentage of corn grown in the U.S. eaten by livestock: 80.

Percentage of oats grown in the U.S. eaten by livestock: 95.

How frequently a child dies as a result of malnutrition: every 2.3 seconds.

Pounds of potatoes that can be grown on an acre: 40,000.

Pounds of beef produced on an acre: 250.

Percentage of U.S. farmland devoted to beef production: 56.

Pounds of grain and soybeans needed to produce a pound of beef: 16.

-Environmental

Primary cause of greenhouse effect: carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels Fossil fuels needed to produce meat-centered diet vs. a meat-free diet: 3 times more . Percentage of U.S. topsoil lost to date: 75. Percentage of U.S. topsoil loss directly related to livestock raising: 85.

Number of acres of U.S. forest cleared for cropland to produce meat-centered diet: 260 million. Area of tropical rainforest consumed in every quarter-pound of rainforest beef: 55 sq. feet. Current rate of species extinction due to destruction of tropical rainforests for meat grazing and other uses: 1,000 per year.

-Cancer

Increased risk of breast cancer for women who eat meat daily compared to less than

once a week: 3.8 times. For women who eat eggs daily compared to once a week: 2.8 times. Increased risk of fatal ovarian cancer for women who eat eggs 3 or more times a week vs. less than once a week: 3 times. Increased risk of fatal prostate cancer for men who consume meat, cheese, eggs and milk daily vs. sparingly or not at all: 3.6 times.

-Cholesterol

Most common cause of death in the U.S.: heart attack.

How frequently a heart attack kills in the U.S.: every 45 seconds.

Average U.S. man's risk of death from heart attack: 50 percent.

Risk of average U.S. man who eats no meat, dairy or eggs: 4 percent.

Amount you reduce risk if you eliminate meat, dairy and eggs from your diet: 90 percent

Average cholesterol level of people eating meat-centered-diet: 210 mg/dl.

Chance of dying from heart disease if you are male and your blood cholesterol level is

210 mg/dl: greater than 50 percent.

-Natural Resources

User of more than half of all water used for all purposes in the U.S.: livestock production.

Gallons of water needed to produce a pound of wheat: 25.

Gallons of water needed to produce a pound of California beef: 5,000.

Years the world's known oil reserves would last if every human ate a meat-centered diet:13.

Years they would last if human beings no longer ate meat: 260.

Calories of fossil fuel expended to get 1 calory of protein from beef: 78.

To get 1 calory of protein from soybeans: 2.

-Antibiotic

Ingredients: Any one of our instant noodles, fresh vegetables (if you don't have fresh

veggies handy, then our Just Corn and Just Veggies are just as good), Roasted Seaweed (optional), Wei-I Best Grade Laver Ro Su (bacon bits) (optional) and any of our frozen gourmet.

Percentage of U.S. antibiotics fed to livestock: 55.

Percentage of staphylococci infections resistant to penicillin in 1960: 13.

Percentage resistant in 1988: 91.

Response of European Economic Community to routine feeding of antibiotics to livestock: ban.

Response of U.S. meat and pharmaceutical industries to routine feeding of antibiotics to livestock: full and complete support.

-Pesticide

Fewer than 1 out of every 250,000 slaughtered animals is tested for toxic chemical

residues.

Percentage of U.S. mother's milk containing significant levels of DDT: 99.

Percentage of U.S. vegetarian mother's milk containing significant levels of DDT: 8.

Contamination of breast milk, due to chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides in animal

products, found in meat-eating mothers vs. non-meat eating mothers: 35 times higher.

-Ethics

Number of animals killed for meat per hour in the U.S.: 660,000.

Occupation with the highest turnover rate in U.S.: slaughterhouse worker.

Occupation with the highest rate of on-the-job-injury in U.S.: slaughterhouse worker.

-Spiritual Consciousness

Food is the source of the body's hemistry, and what we ingest affects our consciousness, emotions and experiential pattern. If we want to live in higher consciousness, in peace and happiness and love for all creatures, then we should

consider not eating meat, fish, shellfish, fowl or eggs.

-Karmic Consequences

Major religions around the world such as Buddhism or Hinduism teach that all of our actions including our choice of food have karmic consequences. By involving oneself in the cycle of inflicting injury, pain and death, even indirectly by eating other creatures, one must in the future experience in equal measure the suffering caused.

-Here's some links for you.

www.pcrm.org

www.vegsource.com

www.peta2.com %26lt;- simply for the videos

www.earthsave.org
Reply:Well its sick if you think about it, but its as american as apple pie.
Reply:well indians don't eat cows cause they are killing a god they pray the god. i eat meat but no pork and beef................... meat is nice but to some its a god...............
Reply:If God didn't intend for us to eat animals...

...he wouldn't have made them out of MEAT.
Reply:I don't eat meat because I don't believe in the unnecessary killing of animals.
Reply:I don't know where the thing for eating plants only came from. Teeth are made for chewing whatever you're eating, but I personally am a carnivore. I don't think I could go without eating meat. I don't believe there are any real dangers. If you go by that then it's dangerous to eat anything and everything.
Reply:human teeth are designed for us to be omnivores, meat and plants. Thats why you have your sharp ones, the canines, for tearing flesh in the front, and your flat ones in the back for grinding veggies.
Reply:Because it is tamastic! It withdraws your prana.
Reply:To paraphrase Sue Donym's answer.

If God didn't intend on us eating animals, he wouldn't have made them so delicious.
Reply:As a general rule, people should definitely not eat meat. If they don't eat meat, the demand for meat is low, so meat prices are low. As a result, I get to eat more of it. I am therefore thankful to all the vegetarians and vegans out there.
Reply:People should not eat meat everyday.White meat is better than red meat. example of red meat- beef,pork,lamb etc.Instead.White meat can be consumed for example sea food,chicken,duck etc.Besides beef %26amp;pork contain lots of fat's.
Reply:I don't think meat should not be eaten, I just don't personally like they way the animals are being manufactured, abused and tortured in certain facilities.

If you want eat meat, and you know how to hunt properly and within all reasonable limitations, (for example, hunt wild boar because there are too many of them, or hunt an animal in the wild who is fully-grown and not nursing young) I say go for it. I couldn't do it, but I think that is the only way we as humans should be eating any meat.
Reply:None, none and no respectively.

Human teeth are designed for eating plants, they are also able to eat meat. That we do not have the teeth of a carnivore, which are solely used for meat, ignores that we are omnivores. Secondly, carnivores usually have teeth as a weapon as well as for eating, we have no need of huge teeth for fighting of enemies as we have our hands and can use tools.

Reasons cited why meat should not be eaten are usually ethical, environmental or health related. I will not comment on ethics, but it does not negatively affect health or the environment, in fact meat is very good for health if not taken to extremes. In my below rebuttal of all the point of Mat H many of the other points are explained.

I will give you some explanatory links though.

http://www.becomehealthynow.com/article/...

http://www.mercola.com/2002/feb/2/vegeta...

http://www.vanguardonline.f9.co.uk/00509...

@ Mat H, world hunger could not be stopped by going vegetarian. For a start, there is already more than enough food in the world, the is so much going to waste. The problem is the starving people can't afford to import food from other countries should they not grow enough. Not eating meat wouldn't change that, it'd just mean more food went to waste.

No, we couldn't give it to them either, as it's bankrupt said countries even more. For a start most make their living from food in such places. If you gave them free food no one would buy food from these farmers and many people would go bankrupt and be even poorer, storing up problems for later when food aid is withdrawn.

Neither are environmental concerns as bad as they seem. For one thing, the rainforest beef is of inferior quality due to poor grazing and isn't exported to the worlds developed countries, like the USA. Thus what you do in no way affects the rainforest. On the other hand, huge amounts of rainforest are cut down to grow soy, etc, which is exported to places like the USA.

While it takes more land to grow a pound of beef than a pound of wheat, etc, meat farming is hugely less intensive. In a field there might be, say, a dozen cows, said cows don't take up that much room, they just need the extra space as they need to move about. Crops take over an entire field. Animal farming is better for the environment in that other animals can live in the field alongside the cows, and is thus better for the local wildlife, not so for pastoral farming. Pastoral farming is terrible for wildlife, animals are killed by combine harvesters, animals cannot live in crop fields, and the pest/herb/fungicides used poison the animals. This poison goes right up the food chain and kills larger carnivores like hawks. Also, pesticides et al get into the rivers and can kill the fish, and eventually get into our water supplies. I'm not saying crop farming is bad, I'm just saying you shouldn't say how bad meat is with this in mind.

I'd also like to mention that, while many animals are fed on grain, that completely ignores grass fed animals. What's more arable fields, as a rule, are usually places where no, or only poor quality, crops could be grown, due to relief, soil and climate.

It does not cause cancer. The studies you're citing fail to take into account that meat eaters are much, much more likely to smoke/lead otherwise unhealthy lifestyles. When these things are taken into account there is almost no difference. Besides, there are many plants which are proven to cause cancer, like soy.

http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/

The same goes for cholesterol, when other variables are taken into account there is no discernible difference. Even when they're not the difference between a vegetarian and meat eater is only about 2/3%. Your body on average creates four to five times more cholesterol than the average person consumes, and compensates by creating more when less is consumed. Cholesterol isn't a poison, it is essential, and your body needs it. Heart disease isn't caused so much by how much you eat, but how your body handles it. A person who eats loads of dietary cholesterol and leads an unhealthy lifestyle can still have low cholesterol, and vice versa, because most peoples bodies regulate the amount of cholesterol in the blood. Most people's bodies are able to take a large amount of cholesterol without getting atherosclerosis. For this reason that eating meat gives you heart disease is very misleading, and for the most part untrue. Of course, if you do have a problem eating loads isn't a good idea, but for most people there is nothing at all to worry about.

Besides, the link between cholesterol and heart disease isn't clear cut at all. Low cholesterol people can get heart disease and vice versa. There are other factors to be taken into account.

http://www.becomehealthynow.com/article/...

I find your stance on oil and meat hard to believe. Cows more or less walk about under their own steam. The only place I can think of substantial power being used is slaughter and processing. In plants there is mechanical watering and pest/fung/herbicide spraying. They use combine harvesters to collect the yield. Tractors are needed to plow the land, etc.

As for water, it takes several times more water to produce a pound of rice than pound of beef. Therefore I think everyone should stop eating rice. Sound reasonable? No, I thought not.

Yea, I live in the UK, and we fall under EU regulation (this is not a good thing generally), so the stuff you're saying about hormones and antibiotics isn't stuff I've researched or need to know about as using these things/selling meat when these things were used on them is illegal. I will say that this is one thing I do think is bad about US meat farming. Still, pesticides/herbicides/fungicides are probably just as bad, and cause more harm to the environment.

You mention pesticides, but again I find this hard to believe. If it were I'd point out that vegans are oh so much more likely to buy organic produce. Either way, most pesticides get into the body through plants and water (it gets into the rivers and thus the human drinking supplies). It is true that they also get into the bodies of animals which are then consumed, but I really doubt there would be such a huge difference based on this alone, and buying organic meat would prevent most of this risk anyway.

This is more an argument against pesticides than meat anyway.

I won't comment on ethics, as everyone has different morals, but I think you can guess my stance.

As for karma, I don't believe in it. Even if I did I would regard killing for food as justifiable and it wouldn't stop me eating meat. It may interest you that there are sects of Buddhism who do eat meat as they live in places where crops can just not be grown. In my opinion meat is justified.
Reply:If you ask me, I think plants shouldn't be eaten either. Read this article on plants have feelings.

http://www.pureinsight.org/pi/index.php?...

How do you think those poor plants feel on harvest day!? What a slaughter! We as humans must stop eating animals and plants. That'll make the next trip to the grocery store really inexpensive.

Oh and I enjoyed the reading Andy.

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How much does a tooth weigh?

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my sister is doing a science fair project and she needs to know how much a human tooth weighs with and without the roots. please make it as exact as possible. and thanks in advance!

How much does a tooth weigh?
it depends on the tooth if it is a childs or an adults is it a front tooth or a molar? some people have larger teeth the others how can you get an acurate answer?
Reply:about 1-2 ounces
Reply:1.8 ounces
Reply:There's no way to give you an exact weight. It depends on which tooth it is. For example, molars are going to weigh more because they're larger and have four roots. Not to be rude, but you're really not helping you sister. One of the purposes of such projects is to teach kids how to do their own work, including research. Instead of asking for her, teach her how to use a search engine and find what she needs. Seriously, that would be far more helpful to her.
Reply:Well I never actually tried it. I know! get one of your not so good-kinda stupid friends and punch out one of theirs and weigh it on a scale!

GENIUS! or ask a dentist. but I recommend punching your friend!
Reply:The answers using ounces are plain WRONG, so don't pass them along to your sister. More like 1/10 of an ounce is correct, but don't take my word for it. I weigh my extracted teeth monthly and this is how I know what ballpark it is, but this is not the exact measurement. Grams would be more useful in weighing individual teeth.

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Do you want to know all the facts and secrets?Here you are?

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Some people may like this.You're not gonna find this information anywhere else.I'm uncovering the secrets! You'll find some really important information here as well.

Special thanks to my American friend who helped me proofread my writing.

I believe that if you spend 10 minutes reading this essay, you will be better informed than if you listen to a lifetime's worth of Major Media news. I've just turned 19 and I'm a university student studying English who just cannot sit back and let the lies fly unchallenged.

This article has two parts:

1. Cultural and general info

2. Political info.

Note: I've explained all the things that you always talk about, so read it all plz! (Anytime you like!) Specially the political part! Any answers before reading the whole thing will prove to be wrong.

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Hi. I'm an Iranian who has spent his life in Iran.When I chat with people from other countries, I am shocked to see how totally wrong their ideas are about Iran. I wrote this article in an attempt to help correct those ideas.

The first thing America, and the West in general, accuses our government of is that we don't allow personal freedoms. Actually, Iranians disobey laws they don't like as much as anyone. But come on, there are only a few restrictions.It's cool over here. People here do whatever they wish to! Many strict rules in other countries don't even exist in Iran. Also, you should understand that what may seem so normal to you, may be a nightmare for us and vise versa. That's why you don't understand a few of Iran's laws because some of them are based on our culture. You look at our country from "your own point of view"! In Iran every single house has a sattelite dish. Sattelite television has a serious influence on our people, and Iranians wear very fashionable clothing. Maybe it is a kind of imitation, but we still have our own unique Iranian style (I'm talking about public places, in our privacy there's no difference). A visitor might wonder if this is a country or a fantasy pageant of beauty queens! Almost women wear half their their hair out, and make-up and fashionable clothing are everywhere.(I ignore a few fuddy-duddies though!) Iran is one of the super-consumers of cosmetics. You would be surprised to see the difference between what you imagine and what Iran really is!

In my view, everything is great, if you ignore unemployment, inflation and air pollution. They're common problems around the world today! Also, you can't compare Iran today with the Iran you remember. The Shah and the Iatollah Khomini are both some 30 years in the past! 70% of Iran's population is a new generation (Under age 30) without the biases of the past and we've transformed everything.

Ever heard Iranian girls are terrific?I've collected some photos showing Iranian girls! Look! Poeple are like this!

http://www.salijoon.ir/bazigar/hedye%20t...

http://www.30nema.com/images/gallery/30n...

http://i10.tinypic.com/4clk3us.jpg

Americanised Iranian girl? Nope, everyone's like that, but this one's inside the car! Naughty girls do anything! http://tinypic.com/2d0nfao.jpg Enough proof?

Some people think women don't have any rights in Iran. But in my view, women are overrunning the place. But that's not a bad thing. They're very respectful, and they've been the winners in so many cases: They get into the best universities because they're very smart. And they get the best jobs because they can do so many of them better than men. They've got Islamic rights, and that has in some cases made it difficult for men to marry them, because husbands are supposed to buy them expensive things and treat them very well, otherwise women have the right to ask a great amount of money (called Mehr) according to the law, which most husbands cannot afford, so men will be imprisoned.The only thing that women are not allowed to do in Iran is getting into public football stadiums and that's because such places are full of cheeky guys. They do anything from taking part in rallies to singing pop songs.Anything! I've put a sample here. I feel foolish for sitting here explaining ordinary things to you.

Another funny thing: Your footage about stoning the women who have committed adultery. Have you ever asked yourselves how many years ago that footage related to? Are they balck and white or colourful? But in one case (related to many years ago) the thing that had happened was incest not adultery.We think being punished for corruption is good, as it deters people from doing that and the society will be far healthier than the countries in which commiting such things is considered to be normal! For your information, most of those footages are from Afghanistan which was ruled by freaks (Taliban). What exactly makes you think women are treated differently?The way they were/are treated in Saudi Arabia? Try to think of the racism in your country too. There's no perfect country!

Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan are --------- SEPERATE COUNTRIES! --------- Even within Iran, 60% of us are Persian and 30% are Turkish! Iran is a normal country like any other in the world. The point is, there's nothing mysterious about us! The Media are very good at creating really scary stuff: "IRAN BEHIND THE CLOSED DOORS!!!" "IRAN UNDERCOVER!!!" Some of that garbage would be enough to scare ME away! But in truth, Iranians are far more open-minded than you have been led to believe.

There are lots of Iranians today who are geniuses and scientists, and are all under age 25. For instance a 17 year old boy has invented 72 amazing inventions. Every year a special scientific compeition is held here and students assemble to show off hundreds of inventions. Iranian students and sportsmen win gold and silver medals in different competitions in the world all the time, in robotics, biology, maths, physics, sports, anything! Why don't the Media talk about them? Please don't summarize our nation and culture with the single word "nuclear". Although we're proud of this achievement because we believe that having nuclear energy means that a country is developed.Did you know that the countries having the highest number of scientists in the world are in this order? 1-India 2-Korea 3-Iran

A few months ago Iran uncovered the most effective anti-H.I.V medicine. I searched for news of that on the internet, but there was no single sign of it.Now, I found it among the English news: "The medicine is produced from herbs using nano technology" The link to read about it is: http://www.payvand.com/news/07/feb/1032....

The Media are unjust. They never talk about facts!

Some interesting facts:

Iran is a pioneer in medicine and genetics, and Iranian surgeons have found lots of new methods for treating spinal defects, and many diseases (mainly the treatment for different types of cancer) and the best brain and heart surgeons are Iranian. The head of the Mars Mission in NASA is Iranian. One of the best designers of sports cars working in Germany is Iranian. Some of the best 3D animators are Iranian. Iran is one of the best countries in counter-engineering. Holds the second place in building dams and in loads of other things! It's one of the top countries in bio-technology and nano-technology. The 4th highest tower in the world (Milad tower) is in Tehran (visit it at this link from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Milad... ). 51 of the top 100 universities in the Mid-East are in Iran, and they're among the top universities of the world as well. The champion weight-lifter, a woman, and a song by one of the pop singers who/which won the nobel peace prize are Iranians. Lots of Iranians win nobel prizes specially in the field of medicine. Iranian girls are famous for being terrific. We have Persian rugs and Persian literature, many Persian poets, artists and scientists that are world famous. Iranian culture is now westernized and only a little of the ancient culture has survived. According to statistics Tehran is the cheapest capital city in the world (one Dollar =about 950 Tomans! For example you can buy windows vista for 1 Dollar here instead of 700 Dollars!!! or 3 supper pizzas for 10 Dollars!!!wow!) There are many other things. How many pages would you need to describe a country? Iran has nearly all the industries and technologies found in 'developed' countries. Oh, and we have four seasons! (Some people think it never snows here! We get a lot of snow and there are skating rinks! lol) The list is endless.

News: "Iranian scientists managed to make human teeth grow after you've lost them using basic cells" I'm gonna introduce Iran's international news website to you (Press TV) which was established recently. It's fully in English. In the "Sic / Tech" section you'll always see Iran's discoveries. The address is: http://www.presstv.ir/news.aspx Press TV news: Iranian scientists have registered more than 4800 inventions during the last Iranian calendar year of 1385 (April 21 2006-April 20, 2007). 4800 inventions in just one year!

Some charactristics of Iranians would be:

Negative: We are proud, greedy, hard-working (for ourselves), not punctual, impatient, and lazy at doing our duty well, crazy about luxuries and thus extravagant! Highly competitive and ambitious.

Positive: intelligent, a bit idealistic, well-dressed, formal, well-educated, warm and friendly, hospitable.

Some people think Iran is a desert! Well, it is, if you consider California, New Mexico, Utah, Arkansas, and Alabama a desert. We share the same latitude. Iran is a modern country with breathtakingly beautiful nature and lots of historic places to visit. Please take a look at the following links to see if Iran looks like what you think or not! This is a photo of Tehran (Awesome, Isn't it?): http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran

If you like you can visit these too, hundreds of pretty photos from the cities, nature and historic places: (It's like a free tour!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hills...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.bigsoccer.com:80/forum/showth...

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthrea...

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthrea...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran

Some people think music is forbidden in Iran. Did you know that Iranian music was chosen as the best pop in France in 2005? All Iranian songs are current pop / DJ music. I send Iranian music to my American and Canadian chat friends and they all say they're some of the best songs they've ever heard.

Here's a sample of the latest hits from two official Iranian music websites.You can just right click on the links below and choose "Save Target As" to download them.I guess you'll fall for it! The translation of the songs is here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

1.(You know this: 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

2.(Hold my hand: 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

3.(The wetness of your eyes: 2006) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

4.(I just want you: 2003) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

5.(The rain: 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

6.(The window: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

7.(Keep me in your memory: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

8.(Farangis "A female name" 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

9.(The distance: 2007) http://www.sarzaminsong.com/Sarzaminmusi...

10.(Sunrise: 2007) http://www.sarzaminsong.com/Sarzaminmusi...

11.(Stop world:2006) http://www.sarzaminmusic.com/Sarzaminmus...

12.(You can't: 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

13.(The wind's kiss: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

14.(Reveal your visage: 2004) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

15.(What would have happened if : 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

And so on and on!

It's now 2007 and most people still think we are uneducated people living in deserts, riding camels and carrying around guns!

Let's clarify some political issues as well: Some of the Americans think that president Ahmadinejad hates the U.S and Israel and wants to nuke them!! The Media are good at putting lying comments out there. I really don't get the point why our politicians defame themselves by talking about things that have got nothing to do with us. For example does verbal defence of Palestinians cause them to have a better life? The thing is that they occasionally make some statements that the media would misuse it against Iran. For example they pick up some specific phrases of a long speech (without refering to the main points and reasons for that speech) and put so many bad comments on that. No sane person would take such nonsense at face value.

First of all, Iranians don't hate anyone. If our government complains about some injustice going on in the world, it's not bad, is it? (Although what we want from them is to shut up and not get us into trouble by talking about things that are none of our concern) We hate neither Jews nor Americans. I love Americans, otherwise why would I talk to them?! How would our guys dream of America, want to be like them as much as possible, and hate them at the same time?! SECRET: Iranians are the only people in the Mid-East that are pro-American! Being agaisnt the U.S policies is a different story!I've got to say that for Iran, Israel is not equal with Jews! Israel is a gov't. Jews are faithful people! A few of them live here in our neighbourhood and they live just like the rest of Iranians. No difference. (20,000 Jews and lots of Christians live here! Iran's different!) And two of Iran's parliment members are Jews. Who says we want to force others to convert to Islam? Have you ever found a Muslim knocking at your door asking you to do so?

Christians and Jews are both God-believers and respectful to us. In Iran, religion is one of the least important factors. Where you come from and what your religion is are not important to us at all.

I wonder who Iran is really a threat to. Is it logical to say someone's guilty because we THINK / PREDICT that he's going to do something wrong? And they repeat the same "nuclear weapons" tosh over and over and brainwash people! Correction! It's "nuclear energy". Besides, how many "nuclear weapons" do they have themselves? Hundreds of thousands? Has Iran ever attacked any countries? No. Has it developed any nukes? No! That's what nuclear agency says. Only Iran's opponents are pulling Iran's leg and what they say is of no credit. It's just based on political conflicts. What we're doing is legal. What they ask us to do (ignoring our international rights) is illegal. Iran is a peaceful country. Why? It's the regional super-power and if she wanted, she could easily invade the countries in our neibourhood just like what Saddam did to our country, but as you see Iran has peaceful relations with all of them.

Some people say he said: Israel should be wiped off the map! (I wish he could just shut up!)But have they told you the rest of his speech and that why he's said this at all? You know that it's a passive sentence. He's never said that IRAN wants to wipe Israel off the map! He wasn't talking about destroying Israel at all. He was talking about relocating Israel, so that they could live seperate from Palestinians and they could both live in peace. They've only told you this phrase not the whole thing and it's mistranslated intentionally. Iran has always defended itself, but it's not an offensive country.

Some say he's said: "The Holocaust is a myth!" Again, this is a single phrase taken from a long speech and there are totally logical reasons for saying so. If 6,000,000 Jews were killed, that's terrible, but 300,000 Shiite Moslems killed by Saddam aren't important at all? Over 650,000 Iraqi people are killed and that's not important?! When Fox News simply says that America and Israel are capable of destroying and killing Iran's population of 69,000,000 within two weeks, it's OK and no one says they're threatening other countries to nuke them (I saw this with my own eyes on the Fox News website) Millions of people killed in Afghanistan, Hiroshima %26amp; Nagasaki and the Vietnam war are not considered human beings at all! Now I think you'd get the point why he's IRONICALLY said it's a myth. Moreover, don't you believe in freedom of speech/mind? I'd judge people by their ACTIONS rather than by what they say / their religion / race / culture and the colour of their skin!

Obviously, some countries are using Iran as a scapegoat to put the blame (for their own faults) on. And what country is better than Iran to be a scapegoat? The whole world believes that Iran isn't a peaceful country.

This part is just for Americans who would still argue over unimportant things: Those of you who say why Iran says "Death to America":

1. 'America' to us means the U.S govt, not the people. How do you expect Iranians to mean "American people" when our media admires Americans for marching and holding up "no war" placards?!

2. The new generation don't say such things and if some of them occasionally march in the streets that's because some of the stupid guys enjoy making noise and they mainly go out there to meet their girlfriends/boyfriends! Strange. Isn't it?

3. Such mottos are not just said in Iran and as you know whatever you hear is a response to the U.S govt's terrible actions which has made life for many people hell (You wouldn't deny that attacking countries is a mistake. right?)

4. The U.S gov't helped Saddam attack Iran and I hope you know which country gave Iraq biological weapons which killed lots of Iranians.

5. America hit an Iranian airplane over the Persian Gulf and killed 200 passengers for no reason.

6. America places sanctions on Iran, promotes a false image of Iran and Iranians, scares tourists away, and harms our economy, development and credit. To what purpose?

When you call Ahmadinejad a nutcase for what he's said, what do you call Bush for his actions? I mean it's a good idea to consider what Bush is doing to the world with his wrong decisions and lies. Bush is powerful and influencial, but Ahmadinejad is nothing.He's even failed to control the inflation.

To those who are upset with American hostages taken for 444 days:

1. Firstly, It's related to so many years ago and it's almost a part of history, and don't forget that when there's a revolution, there'd be chaos and people may do things that they should not, moreover they're all alive and healthy. Aren't they?

2.The U.S has arrested Iranian diplomats in Iraq and had tortured the one who was freed. Poor British sailors were detained by the English gov't just for saying that they were treated well in Iran and that Iranians were logical people (They said these when they were on England's soil!) They were PREVENTED from releasing their memoirs by England! Now you decide who has the right to be upset with whom. How do you believe in their lies about politics when they hide both the most and the least important things from you considering the fact that politics is the world of lies in its nature?!!! Considering all this, you'd probably be able to GUESS what percentage of what they tell you about the Mid-East, Islam, Moslems and other things is true!!! lol Some answerers still confuse Iraq and Iran after reading all this! You are in Iraq not in Iran! They're separate countries!

Isn't it better for both countries to forget past conflicts and to have peaceful relations? Our two gov'ts are like 10 year old children playing a stupid, harsh, rhetorical game. (We hate them both!) They don't care about hurting people's feelings. They just try to make our two peoples enemies to achieve their own goals. We, as the people of these countries, MUST NOT allow these conflics into our hearts. You know something? All govt's are hateful. I just said the above things because it sounds unfair when some Americans talk about the taking of the 444 hostages while I keep silence. Now, what do you think? I can't wait to see both nations in peace. It'd be marvelous! They've started to have diplomatic talks! That's great!

A lovely American told me: "Having had the wonderful opportunity to visit your country enabled me to see for myself how wonderful the Iranian people are and to learn about your history, your culture, your cuisine, music, films, dance, sacred sites, your medical accomplishments...all your beauty. I am so sorry my country's government seems to delight in trying to bully Iran. Worst of all are the lies told. I know enough about your country to be able to discern when the propaganda machine here is operating. I just wish more Americans traveled and could see for themselves what I have seen. By the way, I traveled to Iran under the auspices of The Friendship Force, an organization started by Pres. Carter to promote peace through one-on-one friendship, a mission I take seriously. Thank you for your wonderful essay on Iran."

BTW, make sure you visit the links I've put up for you.They're all from trusted websites. There are some really nice stuff there! Absoulutely beautiful pictures (look at cities and nature) and "Americanised" music! lol

Thanks for your time

Do you want to know all the facts and secrets?Here you are?
awesome question!
Reply:Good to read. I haven't done many studies on Iran, but one of my Iranian friends has spoken to me about it a few times. I would be interested in contacting you via email or MSN Messenger or something of the sort. My email is lo_g187@hotmail.com if you will accept me. Report It

Reply:Thank you for educating the common person. Though your leader is nuts. Is he any relation to Mr Bush?
Reply:Well said, you should find more people like you and to make a change in the media. I'll give you the benefit of doubt since I've never been there, but Why to cover the hair all the time? It should be a women's prerogative, use it as you want.
Reply:That's quite an essay, and your pride in your country is striking.

I like to verify claims when I can. It helps me have confidence in the other information that the speaker or writer provides. When the speaker or writer makes a claim that I find to be inccurate, it casts doubt on everything else. In this case, I can find only a single Iranian who has been awarded a Nobel prize, Shirin Ebadi. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_laure... ) Could you provide specifics on the "lots of Iranians win nobel prizes specially in the field of medicine"? Thank you.
Reply:Sometimes the problems are created by people behind the scenes that we don't hear about. Most sensible people just want a calm and happy lifestyle
Reply:Unfortunately I liked Iranians more before I read this. I had a high regard for the young Iranians and the way the country was going. While domestically you are doing very well, your attitude basically saying "Yes we said that but so did America" sounds like a cop out. Both of our countries are flawed and need big changes, and I think ours will change for the better long before yours does. You say that taking our people hostage is history so lets forget that, but how about Iran supplying ammunition to fighters against us in Iraq?

If you read your history you will find that while we shotdown a plane, it was a horrible mistake which we admitted to.

Did you see what the President of Iran said today June 03. That belies much of what you say or believe.
Reply:Nice! Please read this article:

'Wiped off the Map' – The Rumor of the Century

http://www.antiwar.com/orig/norouzi.php?...

BTW, how do you get past the character limit?

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What do you think of our perspective?

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Special thanks to my American friend who helped me proofread my writing.It's taken me almost a year to find some pieces of this information.

I believe that if you spend 5-10 minutes reading this essay, you will be better informed than if you listen to a lifetime's worth of Major Media news. Please don't assume that I'm a very old person. I'm just 18, and a university student studying English who just cannot sit back and let the lies fly unchallenged.

This article has two parts:

1. Cultural and general info

2. Political info.

If you wanna know the rest of of the story, read it from top to bottom.

Note:.I've explained all the things that you ALWAYS talk about, so read it all plz! Specially the political part! Any answers before reading the whole thing will prove to be wrong.

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Hi. I'm an Iranian who has spent his life in Iran.When I chat with people from other countries, I am shocked to see how totally wrong their ideas are about Iran. I wrote this article in an attempt to help correct those ideas.

The first thing America, and the West in general, accuses our government of is that we don't allow personal freedoms. Actually, Iranians disobey laws they don't like as much as anyone. Many strict rules in other countries don't even exist in Iran. Also, you should understand that what may seem so normal to you, may be a nightmare for us and vise versa. That's why you don't understand a few of Iran's laws.In Iran every single house has a sattelite dish. Sattelite television has a serious influence on our people, and Iranians wear very fashionable clothing. Maybe it is a kind of imitation, but we still have our own unique Iranian style. A visitor might wonder if this is a country or a fantasy pageant of beauty queens! Almost half of women wear their hair out, and make-up and fashionable clothing are everywhere. Iran is one of the super-consumers of cosmetics. You would be surprised to see the difference between what you imagine and what Iran really is!

In my view, everything is great, if you ignore unemployment, inflation and air pollution. But I guess these are common problems around the world today, aren't they? Also, you can't compare Iran today with the Iran you remember. The Shah and the Iatollah Khomini are both some 30 years in the past!Nearly 65-70% of Iran's population is a new generation without the biases of the past (The youth), and we've transformed everything.

Some people think women don't have any rights in Iran. But in my view, women are overrunning the place. But that's not a bad thing. They're very respectful, and they've been the winners in so many cases: They get into the best universities because they're very smart. And they get the best jobs because they can do so many of them better than men. (That's why men can hardly find any good jobs because most jobs are already occupied by women!) They've got Islamic rights, and that has in some cases made it difficult for men to marry them, because husbands are supposed to buy them expensive things and treat them very well, otherwise women have the right to ask a great amount of money (called Mehr) according to the law, which most husbands cannot afford, so they (men) will be imprisoned.The only thing that women are not allowed to do in Iran is getting into public football stadiums and that's because such places are full of cheeky guys. They do anything from taking part in rallies to singing pop songs.Anything! I've put a sample here. I feel foolish for sitting here explaining ordinary things to you.

Another funny thing: Your footage about stoning the women who have committed adultery. Have you ever asked yourselves how many years ago that footage related to? Are they balck and white or colourful? But in one case (related to many years ago) something terrible had happened which was just beyond the borders of adultery.We think being punished for corruption is good, as it deters people from doing that and the society will be far healthier than the countries in which commiting such things is considered to be normal! Iranians expect their gov't not to be soft on criminals.And for your information, most of those footages are from Afghanistan which was ruled by freaks (Taliban). When you think of such things, try to think of the racism in your country too. There's no perfect country!

I find it difficult to make you understand that Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan are --------- SEPERATE COUNTRIES! --------- Even within Iran, 60% of us are Persian and 30% are Turkish! I find it even more difficult to make you understand that Iran is a normal country like any other in the world. The point is, there's nothing mysterious about us! The Media are very good at creating really scary stuff: "IRAN BEHIND THE CLOSED DOORS!!!" "IRAN UNDERCOVER!!!" Some of that garbage would be enough to scare ME away! But in truth, Iranians are far more open-minded than you have been led to believe.

There are lots of Iranians today who are geniuses and scientists, and are all under age 25. You don't hear about their discoveries and inventions on TV. For instance a 17 year old boy has invented 72 amazing inventions and there are many KIDS like that. Iranian students and sportsmen win gold and silver medals in different competitions in the world all the time, in robotics, biology, maths, physics, sports, anything! Why don't the Media talk about them? Please don't summarize our nation and culture with the single word "nuclear". Although we're proud of this achievement because we believe that having nuclear energy means that a country is developed.Did you know that the countries having the highest number of scientists in the world are in this order? 1-India 2-Korea 3-Iran

A few months ago Iran uncovered the most effective anti-H.I.V medicine and it was signing treaties with other countries to export it. I searched for news of that on the internet, but there was no single sign of it. What did I find instead? "President Bush CLAIMS that bomb parts are imported from Iran into Iraq!" (The same old story!) The Media are unjust. They put CLAIMS on the headlines, but they never talk about facts!

Some interesting facts:

Iran is a pioneer in medicine and genetics, and Iranian surgeons have found lots of new methods for treating spinal defects, and many diseases (mainly the treatment for different types of cancer) and the best brain and heart surgeons are Iranian. The head of the Mars Mission in NASA is Iranian. One of the best designers of sports cars working in Germany is Iranian. Some of the best 3D animators are Iranian. Iran is one of the best countries in counter-engineering. Holds the second place in building dams and in loads of other things! It's one of the top countries in bio-technology and nano-technology. The 4th highest tower in the world (Milad tower) is in Tehran (visit it at this link from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Milad... ). 51 of the top 100 universities in the Mid-East are in Iran, and they're among the top universities of the world as well. The champion weight-lifter, a woman, and a song by one of the pop singers who/which won the nobel peace prize are Iranians. Lots of Iranians win nobel prizes specially in the field of medicine. Iranian girls are famous for being terrific. We have Persian rugs and Persian literature, many Persian poets and scientists that are very famous. Iranian culture is now westernized and only a little of the ancient culture has survived. According to statistics Tehran is the cheapest capital city in the world (for foriegners of course, not for us! Our rate is different: one Dollar =about 950 Tomans!) There are many other things. How many pages would you need to describe a country? Iran is an independant country unlike its neighbours. It has nearly all the industries and technologies found in 'developed' countries. The list is endless.

News: "Iranian scientists managed to make human teeth grow after you've lost them using basic cells" I'm gonna introduce Iran's international news website to you (Press TV) which was established recently. It's fully in English. You'll find what they're hiding from you! In the "Sic / Tech" section you'll always see Iran's discoveries. The address is: http://www.presstv.ir/news.aspx... Press TV news: Iranian scientists have registered more than 4800 inventions during the last Iranian calendar year of 1385 (April 21 2006-April 20, 2007). 4800 inventions in just one year!

Some charactristics of Iranians would be: intelligent, ambitious, a bit idealistic, well-dressed, formal, well-educated, warm and friendly, hospitable, and not so religious. We are also proud, greedy, hard-working (for ourselves), not punctual, impatient, and lazy at doing our duty well.

Some people think Iran is a desert! Well, it is, if you consider California, New Mexico, Utah, Arkansas, and Alabama a desert. We share the same latitude. Iran is a modern country with breathtakingly beautiful nature and lots of historic places to visit. Please take a look at the following links to see if Iran looks like what you think or not! This is a photo of Tehran (Awesome, Isn't it?): http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran

If you like you can visit these too, hundreds of pretty photos from the cities, nature and historic places: (It's like a free tour!)

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Some people think music is forbidden in Iran. Did you know that Iranian music was chosen as the best pop in France in 2005? It could even defeat Euro-pop! All Iranian songs are current pop / DJ music. I send them to my American and Canadian chat friends and they all say they're some of the best songs they've ever heard. What makes Iranian music killer, is a lot of Trance drums, uprising melody and incredible lyrics!

Here's a sample of the latest hits from two official Iranian music websites. (So catchy, Right?)You can just right click on the links below and choose "Save Target As" to download them. The translation of the songs is here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

1.(You know this: 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

2.(Hold my hand: 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

3.(The wetness of your eyes: 2006) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

4.(I just want you: 2003) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

5.(The rain: 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

6.(The window: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

7.(Keep me in your memory: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

8.(Farangis "A female name" 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

9.(The distance: 2007) http://www.sarzaminsong.com/Sarzaminmusi...

10.(Sunrise: 2007) http://www.sarzaminsong.com/Sarzaminmusi...

11.(Stop world:2006) http://www.sarzaminmusic.com/Sarzaminmus...

12.(You can't: 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

13.(The wind's kiss: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

14.(Reveal your visage: 2004) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

15.(What would have happened if : 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

And so on and on!

It's now 2007 and most people still think we are uneducated people living in deserts, riding camels and carrying around guns! See how the media are fooling people?

Let's clarify some political issues as well: Some of the Americans I chatted with said in the U.S it's said that president Ahmadinejad hates the U.S and Israel and wants to nuke them!! The Media are good at putting lying comments out there. It's easy to show a video or an image of our president or leader on the TV screen or on the internet and say he says this, he says that.....I really don't get the point why our politicians defame themselves by talking about things that have got nothing to do with us. For example does verbal defence of Palestinians cause them to have a better life? The thing is that they occasionally make some statements that the media would misuse it against Iran. For example they pick up some specific phrases of a long speech (without refering to the main points and reasons for that speech) and put so many bad comments on that. No sane person would take such nonsense at face value.

First of all, Iranians don't hate anyone. If our government complains about some injustice going on in the world, it's not bad, is it? (Although what we want from them is to shut up and not get us into trouble by talking about things that are none of our concern) We hate neither Jews nor Americans. I love Americans, otherwise why would I talk to them?! How would our guys dream of America, want to be like them as much as possible, and hate them at the same time?! I've got to say that for Iran, Israel is not equal with Jews! Israel is a gov't. Jews are faithful people! A few of them live here in our neighbourhood and they live just like the rest of Iranians. No difference. And two of Iran's parliment members are Jews. Who says we want to force others to convert to Islam? Have you ever found a Muslim knocking at your door asking you to do so? It's so funny the way you imagine things and make yourselves believe in your own immaginations!

Christians and Jews are both God-believers and respectful to us. I wonder why the media like putting words in our mouth and raising hatred. In Iran, religion is one of the least important factors. Where you come from and what your religion is are not important to us at all. On the contrary, meeting different people would be very interesting for us!

I wonder who Iran is really a threat to. Is it logical to say someone's guilty because we THINK / PREDICT that he's going to do something wrong? And they repeat the same "nuclear weapons" tosh over and over and brainwash people! News headlines: "We won't allow Iran to gain nuclear weapons"!!! Correction! It's "nuclear energy". Besides, how many "nuclear weapons" do they have themselves? Hundreds of thousands? Has Iran ever attacked any countries? No. Has it developed any nukes? No! That's what nuclear agency says. Only Iran's opponents are pulling Iran's leg and what they say is of no credit. It's just based on political conflicts. What we're doing is legal. What they ask us to do (ignoring our international rights) is illegal. Iran is a peaceful country. Why? It's the regional super-power and if she wanted, she could easily invade the countries in our neibourhood just like what Saddam did to our country, but as you see Iran has peaceful relations with all of them. It can set an example to some countries that just follow their interests (oil!). Interesting! the countries accusing Iran of different things have been, and are still accused of the same things!!! How logical!

Some people say he said: Israel should be wiped off the map! But have they told you the rest of his speech and that why he's said this at all? You know that it's a passive sentence. He's never said that IRAN wants to wipe Israel off the map! He wasn't talking about destroying Israel. He was talking about relocating Israel, so that they could live seperate from Palestinians and they could both live in peace. They've only told you this phrase not the whole thing and it's mistranslated intentionally. Iran has always defended itself, but it's not an offensive country.

Some say he's said: "The Holocaust is a myth!" Again, this is a single phrase taken from a long speech and there are totally logical reasons for saying so. If 6,000,000 Jews were killed, that's terrible, but 300,000 Shiite Moslems killed by Saddam aren't important at all? Over 650,000 Iraqi people are killed and that's not important?! When Fox News simply says that America and Israel are capable of destroying and killing Iran's population of 69,000,000 within two weeks, it's OK and no one says they're threatening other countries to nuke them (I saw this with my own eyes on the Fox News website) Millions of people killed in Afghanistan, Hiroshima %26amp; Nagasaki and the Vietnam war are not considered human beings at all! Now I think you'd get the point why he's IRONICALLY said it's a myth. Moreover, don't you believe in freedom of speech/mind? I'd judge people by their ACTIONS rather than by what they say / their religion / race / culture and the colour of their skin!

Obviously, some countries are using Iran as a scapegoat to put the blame (for their own faults) on. And what country is better than Iran to be a scapegoat? The whole world believes that Iran isn't a peaceful country. I know Americans don't like this either, but what can they do? They're not responsible for controlling what the Media says. This part is just for Americans who would still argue over unimportant things: Those of you who say why Iran says "Death to America":

1. 'America' to us means the U.S govt, not the people. How do you expect Iranians to mean "American people" when our media admires Americans for marching and holding up "no war" placards?!

2. The new generation don't say such things and if some of them occasionally march in the streets that's because some of the stupid guys enjoy making noise and they mainly go out there to meet their girlfriends/boyfriends! Strange. Isn't it?

3. Such mottos are not just said in Iran and as you know whatever you hear is a response to the U.S govt's terrible actions which has made life for many people hell (You wouldn't deny that attacking countries is a mistake. right?)

5. The U.S gov't helped Saddam attack Iran and I hope you know which country gave Iraq biological weapons which killed lots of Iranians.

6. America hit an Iranian airplane over the Persian Gulf and killed 200 passengers for no reason.

7. America places sanctions on Iran, promotes a false image of Iran and Iranians, scares tourists away, and harms our economy, development and credit. To what purpose?

When you call Ahmadinejad a nutcase for what he's said, what do you call Bush for his actions? I mean it's a good idea to consider what Bush is doing to the world with his wrong decisoins and lies. Bush is powerful and influencial, but Ahmadinejad is nothing.

To those who are upset with American hostages taken for 444 days:

1. Firstly, It's related to so many years ago and it's almost a part of history, and don't forget that when there's a revolution, there'd be chaos and people may do things that they should not, moreover they're all alive and healthy. Aren't they?

2.The U.S has arrested Iranian diplomats in Iraq and had tortured the one who was freed. Poor British sailors were detained by the English gov't just for saying that they were treated well in Iran and that Iranians were logical people (They said these when they were on England's soil!) They were PREVENTED from releasing their memoirs by England! Now you decide who has the right to be upset with whom. How do you believe in their lies about politics when they hide both the most and the least important things from you considering the fact that politics is the world of lies in its nature?!!! Considering all this, you'd probably be able to GUESS what percentage of what they tell you about the Mid-East, Islam, Moslems and other things is true!!! lol

Isn't it better for both countries to forget past conflicts and to have peaceful relations? Our two gov'ts are like 10 year old children playing a stupid, harsh, rhetorical game. They don't care about hurting people's feelings. They just try to make our two peoples enemies to achieve their own goals. We, as the people of these countries, MUST NOT allow these conflics into our hearts. You know something? All govt's are hateful. I just said the above things because it sounds unfair when some Americans talk about the taking of the 444 hostages while I keep silence. I hope you agree on this one! Now, what do you think? I can't wait to see both nations in peace. It'd be marvelous! They've started to have diplomatic talks! (Naughty children!) That's great!

Thanks for your time

What do you think of our perspective?
That was very well said but in the USA, people don't believe that much of what they read is propaganda. They have been told that countries like Iran are the only ones with propaganda from the government. Americans don't understand much about any other countries at all. I don't know why it is this way and am very sorry the US is acting like this. Like Iran, our government does what it wants and we only follow. People here are scared of everyone these days and mostly don't believe there are other good countries.

Thank you for trying to help people understand.
Reply:I wish I knew how to make people see that people in many countries are really much the same with some differences that seem strange to others. I am a US citizen living out of the US right now. I'm not sure, maybe Italian. I didn't understand either and know a tiny bit of Spanish. Report It

Reply:All i can think of while reading is that your leader would like to see me died. I dont have to read the rest.
Reply:I like it how you feel everything Iran has done and said in the past is justified, but yet all of Americas actions towards Iran are misguided. WTF?
Reply:How many times do they permit you to post the same lengthy essay?

Is there a question hiding in there?

Perhaps you can summarize it by cutting away 90 percent, and then we can read it.

The current PLO and Arab claim (and mainstream media regurgitation of it) is indeed a very distorted version of `recorded history' and can only qualify as pure Orwellian propaganda. In fact, putting aside all the myths and propaganda, the only area that would qualify historically as truly Arab land is the Arabian desert peninsula.

Unfortunately, it seems that Goebbels was correct in stating that if a lie were repeated often enough, it would come to be "perceived" as truth.

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Reply:LA CORTE COSTITUZIONALE E IL GOVERNO

Non so quale sia stata la vera motivazione del giudice Romano Vaccarella per dimettersi, prima presenta le dimissioni in protesta per presunte pressioni di esponenti del Governo perché la Consulta dichiari inammissibile il referendum elettorale e poi smentisce al quotidiano la Repubblica. Quale fosse stata la motivazione c'è ancora da chiarire se ci sono ingerenze politiche all'interno della Corte Costituzionale, perché è una istituzione autonoma e quindi, non ci debbono essere pressioni politiche di nessun tipo. Secondo me, La commissione Costituzionale dovrà fare un indagine con lo scopo di garantire l'autonomia della Corte Costituzionale.

Il referendum è un diritto dei nostri Connazionali e ci sta scritto nella Costituzione, se si vuole evitare il referendum, allora dovrebbero approvare la Riforma Elettorale prima che i referendari raggiungano le firme necessarie per fare il Referendum, altro che fare pressioni su una istituzione autonoma dalla Politica com'è la Corte Costituzionale.

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I think reading this in 5-10 minutes would be better than listening to the news for a lifteime.Plz don't think I'm a very old person.Just 18.A university student studying English who just cannot sit back and hope.This article has two parts: 1.Cultural and general info 2.political info.If you wanna know a part of the truth, read it from top to bottom.

Hi.I'm Iranian and I live in Iran.When I chat with people from other countries, I understand that they have totally wrong ideas about Iran.I just wrote this article to correct you.

The first thing they accuse our government of, is that they don't let you be free.Actually, Iranians don't obey the laws they don't like as much as possible.Many strict rules in other countries, don't even exist in Iran.Also, you should understand that what may seem so normal to you, may be a nightmare for us and vise versa.That's why you don't understand a few of Iran's laws.In Iran every single house has a sattelite. Sattelite channels had a serious influence on people, they wear very fashionable clothes.Maybe it's a kind of immitation, but still it's got an unique Iranian style.You'll begin to wonder if it's a country or the fantacy land of beauty queens! Almost half their hair is out and they wear a lot of make up and fationable clothes.Iran is one of the super-consumers of cosmics.You'll be surprised seeing the difference between what you imagined before and how the real Iran is! Everything's great if you don't take unemployment, inflation and air pollution into account which I guess are common problems in many other countries.You can't compare Itran today with the one in 30 years ago! Nearly 65-70% of Iran's population is considered the new generation (The youth) and they've transformed everything.

Some people think women don't have any rights in Iran! Women are overtaking Iran. They're so respectful and they're the winners in most cases: They get into the best universities cos they're so clever.They get the best jobs cos they can do jobs better than men.They've got rights that have made it difficult for men to marry them, because husbands should buy them expensive things and treat them very well, otherwise women will have the right to ask them a great amount of money (called Mehr) according to the law which most husbands cannot afford, so they'll be imprisoned.The only thing that women are not allowed to do in Iran is getting into public football stadiums and that's because such places are full of cheeky guys.They do anything from taking part in rallies to singing DJ / pop songs.Anything! I've put a sample here.I feel foolish for sitting here explaining ordinary things to you.

Another funny thing: Your footage about stoning the women who have committed adultery.Have you ever asked yourselves they relate to how many years ago?For your information, those are from Afghanistan which was ruled by freaks (Taliban).When you think of such things, try to think of the racism in your country too.I find it difficult to make you understand that Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan are SEPERATE COUNTRIES! 60% of Iranians are Persian and 30% are Turkish! I find it even more difficult to make you understand that Iran is a normal country like any other countries in the world.There's nothing mysterious about it!(The media are very good at making scary titles: BEHIND THE CLOSED DOORS!!! IRAN UNDERCOVER!!! This would be enough to scare people away! Iranians are much more open-minded than what you think!!! I'm sure you don't know that there are lots of Iranian geniouses and scientists that are all under 25.You don't hear about their discoveries and inventions on TV. For instance a 17 year old boy has invented 72 amazing inventions and there are many KIDS like that.Iranian students and sportsmen win gold and silver medals in different compotitions in the world all the time such as robotics, biology, maths, physics, sports, anything! Why don't the media talk about them? They just can't summerise everything in one word "nuclear", although we're proud of it cos having nuclear energy means a country is developed.Did you know that the countries having the highest number of scientists in the world are in this order? 1-India 2-Korea 3-Iran

A few months ago Iran uncovered the most effective anti-H.I.V medicine and it was signing treaties with other countries to export it.I digged the news on the internet, but there was no single sign of that.What did I find instead? "President Bush CLAIMS that bomb parts are imported from Iran into Iraq!"(The same old story!) The media are injustice.They put CLAIMS on the headlines, but they never talk about facts! Some interesting facts:

Iran is the pionier in medicine and genetics and Iranian surgens have found lots of new methods for treating spinal defects and many other diseases (mainly the treatment for different types of cancer) and the best brain and heart surgens are Iranian surgens.The head of Mars Mission in NASA is Iranian.One of the best designers of sports cars working in Germany is Iranian.Some of the best 3D animators are Iranian.Iran is one of the best countries in counter-engineering.Holds the second place in building dams and in loads of other things! It's one of the top countries in these fields: bio-technology and nono-technology.The 4th highest tower in the world (Milad tower) is in Tehran ( visit it in the second link).51 top universities out of the 100 top universities in the Mid-East are in Iran and they're among some of the top universities of the world as well.The champion weight-lifter, the woman, and a song by one of the pop singers who/which won the nobel peace prize are Iranians.Lots of Iranians win nobel prizes specially in the field of medicine .Iranian girls are famous for being terrific.Persian rug and Persian literature, many Persian poets and scientists that are so famous.Iranian culture is now westernised and only a little has survived! According to statistics Tehran is the cheapest capital city in the world for foriegners of course not for us! (Cos our rate is different: one Dollar =about 950 Tomans!) There are many other things.How many pages would you need to describe a country?Iran is an independant country unlike its neighbouring countries.It has nearly all the developed industries and technologies.The list is endless.

News: "Iranian scentists managed to make human teeth grow after you've lost them using basic cells"

I'm gonna intoduce Iran's international news website to you (Press TV) which was establlished recently.It's fully in English.You'll find what they're hiding from you! In the "Sic / Tech" section you'll always see Iran's discoveries.The address is: http://www.presstv.ir/news.aspx Press TV news: Iranian scientists have registered more than 4800 inventions during the last Iranian calendar year of 1385 (April 21 2006-April 20, 2007). 4800 inventions in just one year!

Some charactristics of Iranians would be: Proud, greedy, hard-working for themselve, lazy at doing their duty well!, intelligent, ambitious, not realistic, not so religious (sadly the majority of the young generation is not), not punctual, impatient, well-dressed, formal, well-educated, warm and friendly and hospitable.

Some people think Iran's a desert! lol Iran is a modern country with breathtakingly beautiful nature and lots of historic places to visit.Please take a look at the following links to see if Iran looks like what you think or not! This is a photo of Tehran (Awesome.Isn't it?): http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran

If you like you can visit these too, hundreds of pretty photos from the cities, nature and historic places:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hills...

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Some people think music is forbidden in Iran.Did you know that Iranian pop music was chose as the best pop music in France in 2005? I guess not.All Iranian songs are current pop /Club-Dance/Trance/ DJ music.I send them to my American and Canadian chat friends and they all say they're some of the best songs they've ever heard.

Here's a sample of the latest hits.(So catchy.Right?) I believe in "Express yourself through music and that music is a universal language".

You can just right click on the links below and choose "Save Target As" to download them.The translation of the songs is here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

1.(You know this: 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

2.(Hold my hand: 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

3.(The wetness of your eyes: 2006) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

4.(I just want you: 2003) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

5.(The rain: 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

6.(The window: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

7.(Keep me in your memory: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

8.(Farangis "A female name" 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

9.(The distance: 2007)

http://www.sarzaminsong.com/Sarzaminmusi...

10.(Sunrise: 2007)

http://www.sarzaminsong.com/Sarzaminmusi...

11.(Stop world:2006) http://www.sarzaminmusic.com/Sarzaminmus...

12.(You can't: 2007)

http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

13.(The wind's kiss: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

14.(Reveal your visage: 2004) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

15.(What would have happened if : 2007)

http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

And so on and on!

It's now 2007 and people still think we are uneducated people living in deserts, riding camels and carrying around guns!!!!

See how the media are fooling people?

Let's clarify some political issues as well:

Some of the Americans I chatted with, said in the U.S it's said that president Ahmadinejad hates the U.S and Israel and wants to nuke them!! The media are good at putting comments.It's easy to show a video or an image of our president or leader on the T.V screen or on the internet and say he says this, he says that.....I really don't get the point why our politicians defame themselves by talking about things that have got nothing to do with us.For example does verbal defence of Palestinians cause them to have a better life?The thing is that they occasionally make some statements that the media would misuse it agaisnt Iran.For example they pick up some specific phrases of a long speech (without reffering to the main points and reasons for that speech) and put so many bad comments on that.No sane person would take it for granted.

First of all, Iranians don't hate anyone.If our government complains about some injustice going on in the world, it's not bad.Is it? (Although what we want them is to shut up and not to get us into trouble by talking about things that are none of our concern) We hate neither Jews nor Americans.I love Americans otherwise why would I talk to them?! How would our guys dream of America, be like them as much as possible and hate it at the same time?! I've got to say that for Iran Israel is not equal with Jews! Israel is a gov't.Jews are faithful people! A few of them live here in our neighbourhood and they live just like the rest of Iranians.No difference.And two of Iran's parliment members are Jews. Who says we want to force others to convert to Islam?Have you ever found a Muslem knocking at your door asking you to do so?It's so funny the way you imagine things and make yourselves believe in your own immaginations! Christians and Jews are both God believers and respectful to us.I wonder why the media like putting words in our mouth and raising hatred.In Iran, religion would be the least important thing. It means that where you come from and what your religion is, are not important to us at all.On the contrary, meeting different people would be so interesting for us!

I wonder Iran is a threat to whom. Is that logical to say someone's guilty because we THINK / PREDICT that he's going to do something wrong?!!!! And they repeat the same "nuclear weapons" tosh over and over and brainwash people! News headlines: "We won't allow Iran to gain nuclear weapons"!!! Correction! It's "nuclear energy".Besides, how many "nuclear weapons" do they have themselves? Hundreds of thousands? Has Iran ever attacked any countries? No.Has it developed any nukes?No! That's what nuclear agency says.Only Iran's oppositions are pulling Iran's leg and what they say is of no credit.It's just based on political conflicts.What we're doing is legal.What they ask us to do (ignoring our international rights) is illegal. Iran is a peaceful country.Why? It's the regional super-power and if she wanted, she could easily invade the countries in our neibourhood just like what Seddam did to our country, but as you see Iran has peaceful relations with all of them.It can set an example to some countries that just follow their interests (oil!).Interesting! the countries accusing Iran of different things have been, and are still accused of the same things!!! How logical!

Some people say he said: Israel should be wiped off the map! But have they told you the rest of his speech and that why he's said this at all?You know that it's a passive sentence.He's never said that IRAN wants to wipe Israel off the map! He wasn't talking about destroying Israel.He was talking about relocating Israel, so that they could live seperate from Palestinians and they could both live in peace.They've only told you this phrase not the whole thing and it's mistranslated intentionally.Iran's always defended itself, but it's not an offensive country.

Some say he's said: Holocaust is a myth! again this is a single phrase from among a long speech and there are totally logical reasons for saying so.If 6'000'000 Jews were killed, that's so terrible, but those 300'000 Shiite Moslems killed by Saddam aren't important at all! Over 650'000 Iraqi people are killed and it's not important! When Fox News simply says: America and Israel are capable of destroying and killing all Iran's 69'000'000 population within two weeks, it's OK and no one says they're threatening other countries to nuke them (I saw this with my own eyes on the Fox News website) Millions of people killed in Afghanistan, Hiroshima %26amp; Nakazaki and Vietnam war are not considered human beings at all! Now I think you'd get the point why he's IRONICALLY said it's a mith.Moreover, don't you believe in freedom of speech/mind? I'd judge people by their ACTIONS rather than by what they say / their religion / race / culture and the colour of their skin! There are two types of modernism.One of them can be seen: "living among skyscrapers and using the latest technology".The other one cannot be seen: "The way of thinking!"

Obviousely, some countries are using Iran as a victim to put the blame (their own faults) on Iran.And which country is better than Iran to be a victim?They've made the whole world believe that Iran isn't a peaceful country.I know Americans don't like these either, but what can they do?They're not responsible for controlling what the media say

This part is just for Americans who would still argue over unimportant things: Those of you who say why Iran says "Death to America": 1.America means the U.S govt not the people.How do you expect Iranians to mean "American people" when our media admires Americans for marching and holding up "no war" placards?! 2.The new generation don't say such things and if some of them occasionally march in the streets that's because some of the stupid guys enjoy making noise and they mainly go out there to meet their girlfreids/boyfriends! Strange.Isn't it? 3.Such mottos are not just said in Iran and as you know whatever you hear is a response to the U.S govt's terrible actions which has made life for many people hell (You wouldn't deny that attacking countries is a mistake.right?) 5.The U.S gov't helped Seddam to attack Iran and I hope you know which country gave Iraq biological weapons which killed lots of Iranians 6.America hit an Iranian airplane over the Persian Gulf and killed 200 passengers for no reason 7.It's always botherng Iran by sanctions, displaying false image of Iran and Iranians, scares tourists away from Iran and is always harmful to our economy, development and credit 8.It's always despised the Iranians who travel to the U.S at their arrival (even ordinary ones, university students, sportsmen, scientists etc)

To those who are upset with American hostages taken for 444 days: 1.Firstly, It's related to so many years ago and it's almost a part of history and don't forget that when there's a revolution, there'd be cheos and people may do things that they should not, moreover they're all alive and healthy.Aren't they? 2.The U.S has arrested Iranian diplomats in Iraq and has tortured the one who was freed.Poor British sailors were detained by the English gov't just for saying that they were treated well in Iran and that Iranians were logical people (They said these when they were on England's soil!) They were PREVENTED from releasing their memoirs by England! Now you decide who has the right to be upset with whom.How do you believe in their lies about politics when they hide both the most and the least important things from you considering the fact that politics is the world of lies in its nature?!!! Considering all this, you'd PROBABLY be able to GUESS what percentage of what they tell you about the Mid-East, Islam, Moslems and other things is true!!! lol

Isn't it better for both countries to forget about the past conflicts and to have peaceful relations?The two gov'ts are like 10 year old children playing a game by harsh rhetoric.They don't care about hurting people's feelings.They just try to show that the people are enemies of each other to achieve their own goals. We as the people of these countries MUST NOT have any conflics.You know something?All govts are hateful.I just said the above things because it sounds unfair when some Americans talk about 444 hostage taking and I keep being silent.I hope you agree on this one! Now, what do you think? I can't wait to see both nations in peace.It'd be marvelous!

Plz whenever you have time, find and read an article about "ethnocentrism".Knowing the meaning of this term is not enough.After reading about it, you'll feel a noticable positive change in your attitude towards different people! Guaranteed!

Thanks for your time.

How do you feel about this? (This is the fact)?
I thought you statement was a great read and I believe you. The media has a way if twisting and spinning the facts. The US administration had been deluded to think our influences has more value than the culture we are trying to influence. Iran want to be in the modern age and should be looking for ways to do it. Even if, and I am not saying it is true Iran wants to defend it's sovereign nation it is a good idea to have a good weapon as a deterrent against aggressors. We in America need to understand Iranian culture, and I hope many people read what you have written. I did want to say that your web site's are not coming up with any reasonable wait.
Reply:I can't possibly take the time to read this. I'm too busy worried about Lindsay Lohan getting arrested after a car accident Saturday night; too concerned about how many days Paris Hilton will really spend behind bars; and, up until this last week or so, too busy worrying about who's gonna win American Idol. I don't have to know anything about the world or it's issues; but I think I get my gasoline for my SUV from somewhere way far away and it's been costing me me me a lot lately. Can your country please send me me me some?
Reply:Jeez! I read it all.

You are not going to get many Americans reading this, (pity) because they have a very short attention span.

You know, I have lived in most parts of the world, and I speak with authority when I say that all people are basically the same. They all want the same things:

A good job, a good education for their kids, a nice place to live and security.

But the world media finds this very boring, so things are manipulated and twisted in order to make money.

And most of us believe all their b*llshit.
Reply:david thank you for your information! it took some time to read !lol you know americans always impatient!!!there is now so much more for me to think about iran .i do realize that the media blows much out of proportion and many thing are taken out of context. i hope many more americans have realized this also.keep sending us this type of information because i don't think the american media can be trusted to get all the facts right!! LOL i think i just got a thumbs down,but this is how i feel . thanks and good luck!!
Reply:thank's for the information
Reply:Hey Dave, well explained!!! you appear to me at least to be a well educated and free thinking individual. I think most will not bother reading this because they are not willing to any opinions other than their own. When we see extremists on TV, most people think that these few represent the masses. BIG MISTAKE!!! Every religion on the planet has the same problem. If we took the time to get to know any person we would be amazed at the things we have in common. Glad to see you care enough to inform those of us who would really like to learn of your culture!! It takes a brave soul to stand speak your mind. KUDOS TO YOU!!!!!!!
Reply:do you have more sources to make your case.??
Reply:Well! That's some long message! It seems Iranians sure like to type!

Anyhow, you seem like a real decent guy and alot of what you said it probably true about your people.

Two things though...

Your President IS a WACKO-NUTCASE and needs to be sedated perhaps for a long-long time, (like forever.)

He DID say he want to knock off Israel and the US and I beleive he will try it.

When and if he does try, it will mean the end off all your TV satellite dishes, clothing, cool music and all the other "western" things that you have embraced. So long Starbucks, So long Mc Donalds, So long Who Wants to be a Millionaire" Do everyone a big favor... Knock off that nut before we or Israel have to.

Two..."Iran is one of the super-consumers of cosmics"

I think you either meant COMICS or COSMETICS...LOL!

Stay Well, Peace!

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You won't find this information anywhere.ANYWHERE! What do you think?

2009-08-02T22:17:00.002-07:00

Some people may like this.You're not gonna find this information anywhere else.I'm uncovering the secrets! (I've also provided proof and have fixed the news link)

Special thanks to my American friend who helped me proofread my writing.

I believe that if you spend 5-10 minutes reading this essay, you will be better informed than if you listen to a lifetime's worth of Major Media news. I've just turned 19 and I'm a university student studying English who just cannot sit back and let the lies fly unchallenged.

This article has two parts:

1. Cultural and general info

2. Political info.

Note: I've explained all the things that you always talk about, so read it all plz! (Anytime you like!) Specially the political part! Any answers before reading the whole thing will prove to be wrong.

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Hi. I'm an Iranian who has spent his life in Iran.When I chat with people from other countries, I am shocked to see how totally wrong their ideas are about Iran. I wrote this article in an attempt to help correct those ideas.

The first thing America, and the West in general, accuses our government of is that we don't allow personal freedoms. Actually, Iranians disobey laws they don't like as much as anyone. But come on, there are only a few restrictions.It's cool over here. People here do whatever they wish to! Many strict rules in other countries don't even exist in Iran. Also, you should understand that what may seem so normal to you, may be a nightmare for us and vise versa. That's why you don't understand a few of Iran's laws because some of them are based on our culture. You look at our country from "your own point of view"! In Iran every single house has a sattelite dish. Sattelite television has a serious influence on our people, and Iranians wear very fashionable clothing. Maybe it is a kind of imitation, but we still have our own unique Iranian style (I'm talking about public places, in our privacy there's no difference). A visitor might wonder if this is a country or a fantasy pageant of beauty queens! Almost women wear half their their hair out, and make-up and fashionable clothing are everywhere.(I ignore a few fuddy-duddies though!) Iran is one of the super-consumers of cosmetics. You would be surprised to see the difference between what you imagine and what Iran really is!

In my view, everything is great, if you ignore unemployment, inflation and air pollution. They're common problems around the world today! Also, you can't compare Iran today with the Iran you remember. The Shah and the Iatollah Khomini are both some 30 years in the past! 70% of Iran's population is a new generation (Under age 30) without the biases of the past and we've transformed everything.

Ever heard Iranian girls are terrific?I've collected some photos showing Iranian girls! Look! Poeple are like this!

http://www.salijoon.ir/bazigar/hedye%20t...

http://www.30nema.com/images/gallery/30n...

http://i10.tinypic.com/4clk3us.jpg

Americanised Iranian girl? Nope, everyone's like that, but this one's inside the car! Naughty girls do anything! http://tinypic.com/2d0nfao.jpg Enough proof?

Some people think women don't have any rights in Iran. But in my view, women are overrunning the place. But that's not a bad thing. They're very respectful, and they've been the winners in so many cases: They get into the best universities because they're very smart. And they get the best jobs because they can do so many of them better than men. They've got Islamic rights, and that has in some cases made it difficult for men to marry them, because husbands are supposed to buy them expensive things and treat them very well, otherwise women have the right to ask a great amount of money (called Mehr) according to the law, which most husbands cannot afford, so men will be imprisoned.The only thing that women are not allowed to do in Iran is getting into public football stadiums and that's because such places are full of cheeky guys. They do anything from taking part in rallies to singing pop songs.Anything! I've put a sample here. I feel foolish for sitting here explaining ordinary things to you.

Another funny thing: Your footage about stoning the women who have committed adultery. Have you ever asked yourselves how many years ago that footage related to? Are they balck and white or colourful? But in one case (related to many years ago) the thing that had happened was incest not adultery.We think being punished for corruption is good, as it deters people from doing that and the society will be far healthier than the countries in which commiting such things is considered to be normal! For your information, most of those footages are from Afghanistan which was ruled by freaks (Taliban). What exactly makes you think women are treated differently?The way they were/are treated in Saudi Arabia? Try to think of the racism in your country too. There's no perfect country!

Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan are --------- SEPERATE COUNTRIES! --------- Even within Iran, 60% of us are Persian and 30% are Turkish! Iran is a normal country like any other in the world. The point is, there's nothing mysterious about us! The Media are very good at creating really scary stuff: "IRAN BEHIND THE CLOSED DOORS!!!" "IRAN UNDERCOVER!!!" Some of that garbage would be enough to scare ME away! But in truth, Iranians are far more open-minded than you have been led to believe.

There are lots of Iranians today who are geniuses and scientists, and are all under age 25. For instance a 17 year old boy has invented 72 amazing inventions. Every year a special scientific compeition is held here and students assemble to show off hundreds of inventions. Iranian students and sportsmen win gold and silver medals in different competitions in the world all the time, in robotics, biology, maths, physics, sports, anything! Why don't the Media talk about them? Please don't summarize our nation and culture with the single word "nuclear". Although we're proud of this achievement because we believe that having nuclear energy means that a country is developed.Did you know that the countries having the highest number of scientists in the world are in this order? 1-India 2-Korea 3-Iran

A few months ago Iran uncovered the most effective anti-H.I.V medicine. I searched for news of that on the internet, but there was no single sign of it.Now, I found it among the English news: "The medicine is produced from herbs using nano technology" The link to read about it is: http://www.payvand.com/news/07/feb/1032....

The Media are unjust. They never talk about facts!

Some interesting facts:

Iran is a pioneer in medicine and genetics, and Iranian surgeons have found lots of new methods for treating spinal defects, and many diseases (mainly the treatment for different types of cancer) and the best brain and heart surgeons are Iranian. The head of the Mars Mission in NASA is Iranian. One of the best designers of sports cars working in Germany is Iranian. Some of the best 3D animators are Iranian. Iran is one of the best countries in counter-engineering. Holds the second place in building dams and in loads of other things! It's one of the top countries in bio-technology and nano-technology. The 4th highest tower in the world (Milad tower) is in Tehran (visit it at this link from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Milad... ). 51 of the top 100 universities in the Mid-East are in Iran, and they're among the top universities of the world as well. The champion weight-lifter, a woman, and a song by one of the pop singers who/which won the nobel peace prize are Iranians. Lots of Iranians win nobel prizes specially in the field of medicine. Iranian girls are famous for being terrific. We have Persian rugs and Persian literature, many Persian poets, artists and scientists that are world famous. Iranian culture is now westernized and only a little of the ancient culture has survived. According to statistics Tehran is the cheapest capital city in the world (one Dollar =about 950 Tomans! For example you can buy windows vista for 1 Dollar here instead of 700 Dollars!!! or 3 supper pizzas for 10 Dollars!!!wow!) There are many other things. How many pages would you need to describe a country? Iran has nearly all the industries and technologies found in 'developed' countries. Oh, and we have four seasons! (Some people think it never snows here! We get a lot of snow and there are skating rinks! lol) The list is endless.

News: "Iranian scientists managed to make human teeth grow after you've lost them using basic cells" I'm gonna introduce Iran's international news website to you (Press TV) which was established recently. It's fully in English. In the "Sic / Tech" section you'll always see Iran's discoveries. The address is: http://www.presstv.ir/news.aspx Press TV news: Iranian scientists have registered more than 4800 inventions during the last Iranian calendar year of 1385 (April 21 2006-April 20, 2007). 4800 inventions in just one year!

Some charactristics of Iranians would be:

Negative: We are proud, greedy, hard-working (for ourselves), not punctual, impatient, and lazy at doing our duty well, crazy about luxuries and thus extravagant! Highly competitive and ambitious.

Positive: intelligent, a bit idealistic, well-dressed, formal, well-educated, warm and friendly, hospitable.

Some people think Iran is a desert! Well, it is, if you consider California, New Mexico, Utah, Arkansas, and Alabama a desert. We share the same latitude. Iran is a modern country with breathtakingly beautiful nature and lots of historic places to visit. Please take a look at the following links to see if Iran looks like what you think or not! This is a photo of Tehran (Awesome, Isn't it?): http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran

If you like you can visit these too, hundreds of pretty photos from the cities, nature and historic places: (It's like a free tour!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hills...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.bigsoccer.com:80/forum/showth...

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthrea...

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthrea...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran

Some people think music is forbidden in Iran. Did you know that Iranian music was chosen as the best pop in France in 2005? All Iranian songs are current pop / DJ music. I send Iranian music to my American and Canadian chat friends and they all say they're some of the best songs they've ever heard.

Here's a sample of the latest hits from two official Iranian music websites.You can just right click on the links below and choose "Save Target As" to download them.I guess you'll fall for it! The translation of the songs is here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

1.(You know this: 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

2.(Hold my hand: 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

3.(The wetness of your eyes: 2006) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

4.(I just want you: 2003) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

5.(The rain: 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

6.(The window: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

7.(Keep me in your memory: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

8.(Farangis "A female name" 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

9.(The distance: 2007) http://www.sarzaminsong.com/Sarzaminmusi...

10.(Sunrise: 2007) http://www.sarzaminsong.com/Sarzaminmusi...

11.(Stop world:2006) http://www.sarzaminmusic.com/Sarzaminmus...

12.(You can't: 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

13.(The wind's kiss: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

14.(Reveal your visage: 2004) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

15.(What would have happened if : 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

And so on and on!

It's now 2007 and most people still think we are uneducated people living in deserts, riding camels and carrying around guns!

Let's clarify some political issues as well: Some of the Americans think that president Ahmadinejad hates the U.S and Israel and wants to nuke them!! The Media are good at putting lying comments out there. I really don't get the point why our politicians defame themselves by talking about things that have got nothing to do with us. For example does verbal defence of Palestinians cause them to have a better life? The thing is that they occasionally make some statements that the media would misuse it against Iran. For example they pick up some specific phrases of a long speech (without refering to the main points and reasons for that speech) and put so many bad comments on that. No sane person would take such nonsense at face value.

First of all, Iranians don't hate anyone. If our government complains about some injustice going on in the world, it's not bad, is it? (Although what we want from them is to shut up and not get us into trouble by talking about things that are none of our concern) We hate neither Jews nor Americans. I love Americans, otherwise why would I talk to them?! How would our guys dream of America, want to be like them as much as possible, and hate them at the same time?! SECRET: Iranians are the only people in the Mid-East that are pro-American! Being agaisnt the U.S policies is a different story!I've got to say that for Iran, Israel is not equal with Jews! Israel is a gov't. Jews are faithful people! A few of them live here in our neighbourhood and they live just like the rest of Iranians. No difference. And two of Iran's parliment members are Jews. Who says we want to force others to convert to Islam? Have you ever found a Muslim knocking at your door asking you to do so?

Christians and Jews are both God-believers and respectful to us. In Iran, religion is one of the least important factors. Where you come from and what your religion is are not important to us at all.

I wonder who Iran is really a threat to. Is it logical to say someone's guilty because we THINK / PREDICT that he's going to do something wrong? And they repeat the same "nuclear weapons" tosh over and over and brainwash people! Correction! It's "nuclear energy". Besides, how many "nuclear weapons" do they have themselves? Hundreds of thousands? Has Iran ever attacked any countries? No. Has it developed any nukes? No! That's what nuclear agency says. Only Iran's opponents are pulling Iran's leg and what they say is of no credit. It's just based on political conflicts. What we're doing is legal. What they ask us to do (ignoring our international rights) is illegal. Iran is a peaceful country. Why? It's the regional super-power and if she wanted, she could easily invade the countries in our neibourhood just like what Saddam did to our country, but as you see Iran has peaceful relations with all of them.

Some people say he said: Israel should be wiped off the map! (I wish he could just shut up!)But have they told you the rest of his speech and that why he's said this at all? You know that it's a passive sentence. He's never said that IRAN wants to wipe Israel off the map! He wasn't talking about destroying Israel at all. He was talking about relocating Israel, so that they could live seperate from Palestinians and they could both live in peace. They've only told you this phrase not the whole thing and it's mistranslated intentionally. Iran has always defended itself, but it's not an offensive country.

Some say he's said: "The Holocaust is a myth!" Again, this is a single phrase taken from a long speech and there are totally logical reasons for saying so. If 6,000,000 Jews were killed, that's terrible, but 300,000 Shiite Moslems killed by Saddam aren't important at all? Over 650,000 Iraqi people are killed and that's not important?! When Fox News simply says that America and Israel are capable of destroying and killing Iran's population of 69,000,000 within two weeks, it's OK and no one says they're threatening other countries to nuke them (I saw this with my own eyes on the Fox News website) Millions of people killed in Afghanistan, Hiroshima %26amp; Nagasaki and the Vietnam war are not considered human beings at all! Now I think you'd get the point why he's IRONICALLY said it's a myth. Moreover, don't you believe in freedom of speech/mind? I'd judge people by their ACTIONS rather than by what they say / their religion / race / culture and the colour of their skin!

Obviously, some countries are using Iran as a scapegoat to put the blame (for their own faults) on. And what country is better than Iran to be a scapegoat? The whole world believes that Iran isn't a peaceful country.

This part is just for Americans who would still argue over unimportant things: Those of you who say why Iran says "Death to America":

1. 'America' to us means the U.S govt, not the people. How do you expect Iranians to mean "American people" when our media admires Americans for marching and holding up "no war" placards?!

2. The new generation don't say such things and if some of them occasionally march in the streets that's because some of the stupid guys enjoy making noise and they mainly go out there to meet their girlfriends/boyfriends! Strange. Isn't it?

3. Such mottos are not just said in Iran and as you know whatever you hear is a response to the U.S govt's terrible actions which has made life for many people hell (You wouldn't deny that attacking countries is a mistake. right?)

4. The U.S gov't helped Saddam attack Iran and I hope you know which country gave Iraq biological weapons which killed lots of Iranians.

5. America hit an Iranian airplane over the Persian Gulf and killed 200 passengers for no reason.

6. America places sanctions on Iran, promotes a false image of Iran and Iranians, scares tourists away, and harms our economy, development and credit. To what purpose?

When you call Ahmadinejad a nutcase for what he's said, what do you call Bush for his actions? I mean it's a good idea to consider what Bush is doing to the world with his wrong decisions and lies. Bush is powerful and influencial, but Ahmadinejad is nothing.He's even failed to control the inflation.

To those who are upset with American hostages taken for 444 days:

1. Firstly, It's related to so many years ago and it's almost a part of history, and don't forget that when there's a revolution, there'd be chaos and people may do things that they should not, moreover they're all alive and healthy. Aren't they?

2.The U.S has arrested Iranian diplomats in Iraq and had tortured the one who was freed. Poor British sailors were detained by the English gov't just for saying that they were treated well in Iran and that Iranians were logical people (They said these when they were on England's soil!) They were PREVENTED from releasing their memoirs by England! Now you decide who has the right to be upset with whom. How do you believe in their lies about politics when they hide both the most and the least important things from you considering the fact that politics is the world of lies in its nature?!!! Considering all this, you'd probably be able to GUESS what percentage of what they tell you about the Mid-East, Islam, Moslems and other things is true!!! lol Some answerers still confuse Iraq and Iran after reading all this! You are in Iraq not in Iran! They're separate countries!

Isn't it better for both countries to forget past conflicts and to have peaceful relations? Our two gov'ts are like 10 year old children playing a stupid, harsh, rhetorical game. (We hate them both!) They don't care about hurting people's feelings. They just try to make our two peoples enemies to achieve their own goals. We, as the people of these countries, MUST NOT allow these conflics into our hearts. You know something? All govt's are hateful. I just said the above things because it sounds unfair when some Americans talk about the taking of the 444 hostages while I keep silence. Now, what do you think? I can't wait to see both nations in peace. It'd be marvelous! They've started to have diplomatic talks! That's great!

A lovely American told me: "Having had the wonderful opportunity to visit your country enabled me to see for myself how wonderful the Iranian people are and to learn about your history, your culture, your cuisine, music, films, dance, sacred sites, your medical accomplishments...all your beauty. I am so sorry my country's government seems to delight in trying to bully Iran. Worst of all are the lies told. I know enough about your country to be able to discern when the propaganda machine here is operating. I just wish more Americans traveled and could see for themselves what I have seen. By the way, I traveled to Iran under the auspices of The Friendship Force, an organization started by Pres. Carter to promote peace through one-on-one friendship, a mission I take seriously. Thank you for your wonderful essay on Iran."

BTW, make sure you visit the links I've put up for you.They're all from trusted websites. There are some really nice stuff there! Absoulutely beautiful pictures (look at cities and nature) and "Americanised" music! lol

Thanks for your time

You won't find this information anywhere.ANYWHERE! What do you think?
you are a well informed person.
Reply:And I suppose your fellow countrymen refer to you as KING DAVID... if we believe that, will you tell us another "STORY"?

P.S.: Preferably a wee bit longer and drawn-out ?1? LOL !!! Report It

Reply:I don't believe women in your country have any rights. they are considered property owned by there husbands. Their children are also property of husband. Did you see the movie "not without my daughter"? I think it is totally disgusting for any human to be considered property. Report It

Reply:Iran is condemned by it's own actions, not fairy tales! Israel...let's talk about Israel and Iran's plan for it.

We don't care if your women show their hair or wear make up or fashionable clothes. We don't care if you have new age music or even if your scientists have invented things. We, the world, cares about how much damage your leaders want to do to the rest of the world.

How good could you possibly have it under a dictatorship and without GOD?
Reply:i am sorry i diden't have time 2 read it

but i bet it was great

good luck

and

Have a Great Day

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Has science proven eating meat causes cancer?

2009-08-02T22:17:00.001-07:00

Actually it has and it is published in an article online. The scientist warn humans to stop eating meat or they would get cancer.

Scientist say human teeth are not designed to eat meat and the so called incisors are not incisors like you would see on a lion or a wolf, but are designed for biting into fruits and hard vegetation. Anyone who tells you we have canines for eating meat is telling a straight lie. People who use that argument are generally uneducated or racist or both.

Has science proven eating meat causes cancer?
Yes, of course, eating some ones fat and body obliviously would cause cancer, meat is so fattening and greasy. all the fat will just surround the heart, cause obesity and heart ache and then boom the carnivore is dead. oh well they deserve it, they ate dead animals now I hope there dead body gets eaten from animals like they ate the animals body. :-)

What goes around comes around its called karma - Animals will get there revenge one day.
Reply:Can you tell us some sources please? All we hear from you is science proves this and that, we never hear who the scientists are, and the only articles you show don't prove anything. Report It

Reply:sooo... you've answered your own question. It appears you really don't want our answers... since the question has been answered already. Nice speech though.
Reply:sounds like u r weird vegetarian smoking and drinkinf causes cancer i drink and smoke and eat meat including red meat oh dear i must be racist and uneducated

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Reply:Science is constantly proving then disproving itself - believe what you will and eat what you want. Life is just to short to argue over dinner.
Reply:are you retarted eating meat wont give you cancer. the only problem with eating meat is the fat and chlorestoral other than that THERES NOTHING WRONG
Reply:There is a tribe of Nomads in the northern Hemisphere that only eat horse meat and they live to an average age of 70years.NO FRUIT OR VEG AT ALL so it sort of pisses on that parade.There are lots of things that cause cancer and the biggest one is probably plastic packaging on FRUIT,VEG AND MEAT
Reply:Huh?? Racist..? =S
Reply:Racist?? Where the hell did that come from?

I hope CRAZY is vegan-friendly, because you obviously had a big bowl of it this morning.
Reply:Nice rant, for no good reason... If you do not want to eat meat, DON'T... Your choice... As for myself, I am going to have a steak RARE... You want bean sprouts, more power to ya.... I'm not racist, but I still think you are stupid...
Reply:Has science proven eating meat causes cancer?

Actually, no, it hasn't.

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Reply:Some scientists may have said what you claim for the entire scientific community, but certainly not all of them; they can not even agree about something a obvious as global warming so how could they do so about something as untested as the theory that eating meat at all causes cancer? The thing to do when faced with a doubtful scientific claim is to test it against your own knowledge of reality..which is that vegans and vegetarians generally suffer worse health than omnivores do and do not live so long. As for thinking that my canine are for eating meat with, that would only be racist if I were a cannibal..and only then if I limited my cannibalism to specific races of human beings. If you are going to preach then do try to stick to claims that are believable and language that lends them credibility rather than makes your audience want to throw a dictionary in your direction.
Reply:they have but cannot remember exactly where. Just remember seeing it on the news.

Its not the odd once a week piece of red meat, its they every single day pieces that affect you.
Reply:It is not so much the meat. It is too much meat. Eating too much can cause heart cancer because of the major fat build-up. (studies have been shown in NEWSWEEK, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, and other science journals and magazines) This is a major problem in the U.S. where more than half the population is overweight. I don't believe the theory on the 'teeth" I believe that humans were meant to eat meat to keep a balance in the food chain, however, too much meat could cause heart cancer.
Reply:it is very close to seening the link of beef eating and colon/digestive diseases including cancer... beef takes a long tome to digest in ones stomach.. many say that it actually spoils in our tract.
Reply:All science is theological. Science can't 'prove' things.
Reply:and i've read a study that carrots cause cancer.
Reply:Haven't you posted this same non-question before? Please will you cite your evidence rather than just making assertions. Which scientists in which reputable peer reviewed journals or web sites have proven that eating meat causes cancer?

Whether teeth are *designed* for eating meat seems irrelevant since they clearly work to do so but, even so, please cite your sources.

It is not our place to go out to find your evidence - If you are making claims like this, you should be able to back them up with evidence from reputable sources. No evidence - no credibility.
Reply:I found an article from PCRM (Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine) that states that grilled meats have a ton of cancer-causing carcinogens, with grilled chicken having the highest. When people dine out, they think that grilled chicken is the healthier option than the fried chicken, but actually it's worse for health.

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Reply:You are a moron.
Reply:Its back again. Dont you have homework to do you irritating little girl
Reply:My auntie is a vegan and she has contracted cancer twice. However, my uncle who has eaten meat almost every day of his life is completely healthy. I'd like to see where you got this "information" from, although I highly suspect you're just making it up again and still living in your fantasy world.

You really are a disgusting human being.
Reply:i have yet to see a RECOGNIZED medical journal publish such findings, only crackpot "scientists" that can only publish online cause everyone else knows their material is a load of baloney. the only ignorant, racist, prejudiced uneducated person here is you, troll.
Reply:Yes, s/he has asked these things before Scullion; that's because s/he's not actually a vegan but a troll trying to make vegans look absurd by posing as one.

So, Christy - if something is published in an article online (big wow!) it is automatically true eh? Even an 'article online' for which you are unable to provide a link? A 'scientist' warns people that they will get cancer if they eat meat. Very scientific. BS.

If meat was the cause of cancer, I wouldn't have had cancer - I went vegetarian in 1969 and have been vegan for years.

Even if you were sincere, your post would be offensive; people who haven't had cancer spouting ill-informed and ignorant speculation and prejudices about how others bring cancer on themselves always is

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Reply:My aunt is a vegan and has cancer

how does that work then Christy?
Reply:wjhere is the poop examination using a slotted spoon stuff? You are starting to disappoint me.
Reply:Actually I'm laughing at your level of ignorance in asking such a stupid question. Is it not past your bedtime?

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Do you find this interesting (I'm talking about the facts)?

2009-08-02T22:17:00.000-07:00

Special thanks to my American friend who helped me proofread my writing.It's taken me almost a year to find some pieces of this information.

I believe that if you spend 5-10 minutes reading this essay, you will be better informed than if you listen to a lifetime's worth of Major Media news. Please don't assume that I'm a very old person. I'm just 18, and a university student studying English who just cannot sit back and let the lies fly unchallenged.

This article has two parts:

1. Cultural and general info

2. Political info.

If you wanna know the rest of of the story, read it from top to bottom.

Note:.I've explained all the things that you ALWAYS talk about, so read it all plz! Specially the political part! Any answers before reading the whole thing will prove to be wrong.

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Hi. I'm an Iranian who has spent his life in Iran.When I chat with people from other countries, I am shocked to see how totally wrong their ideas are about Iran. I wrote this article in an attempt to help correct those ideas.

The first thing America, and the West in general, accuses our government of is that we don't allow personal freedoms. Actually, Iranians disobey laws they don't like as much as anyone. Many strict rules in other countries don't even exist in Iran. Also, you should understand that what may seem so normal to you, may be a nightmare for us and vise versa. That's why you don't understand a few of Iran's laws.In Iran every single house has a sattelite dish. Sattelite television has a serious influence on our people, and Iranians wear very fashionable clothing. Maybe it is a kind of imitation, but we still have our own unique Iranian style. A visitor might wonder if this is a country or a fantasy pageant of beauty queens! Almost half of women wear their hair out, and make-up and fashionable clothing are everywhere. Iran is one of the super-consumers of cosmetics. You would be surprised to see the difference between what you imagine and what Iran really is!

In my view, everything is great, if you ignore unemployment, inflation and air pollution. But I guess these are common problems around the world today, aren't they? Also, you can't compare Iran today with the Iran you remember. The Shah and the Iatollah Khomini are both some 30 years in the past!Nearly 65-70% of Iran's population is a new generation without the biases of the past (The youth), and we've transformed everything.

Some people think women don't have any rights in Iran. But in my view, women are overrunning the place. But that's not a bad thing. They're very respectful, and they've been the winners in so many cases: They get into the best universities because they're very smart. And they get the best jobs because they can do so many of them better than men. (That's why men can hardly find any good jobs because most jobs are already occupied by women!) They've got Islamic rights, and that has in some cases made it difficult for men to marry them, because husbands are supposed to buy them expensive things and treat them very well, otherwise women have the right to ask a great amount of money (called Mehr) according to the law, which most husbands cannot afford, so they (men) will be imprisoned.The only thing that women are not allowed to do in Iran is getting into public football stadiums and that's because such places are full of cheeky guys. They do anything from taking part in rallies to singing pop songs.Anything! I've put a sample here. I feel foolish for sitting here explaining ordinary things to you.

Another funny thing: Your footage about stoning the women who have committed adultery. Have you ever asked yourselves how many years ago that footage related to? Are they balck and white or colourful? But in one case (related to many years ago) something terrible had happened which was just beyond the borders of adultery.We think being punished for corruption is good, as it deters people from doing that and the society will be far healthier than the countries in which commiting such things is considered to be normal! Iranians expect their gov't not to be soft on criminals.And for your information, most of those footages are from Afghanistan which was ruled by freaks (Taliban). When you think of such things, try to think of the racism in your country too. There's no perfect country!

I find it difficult to make you understand that Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan are --------- SEPERATE COUNTRIES! --------- Even within Iran, 60% of us are Persian and 30% are Turkish! I find it even more difficult to make you understand that Iran is a normal country like any other in the world. The point is, there's nothing mysterious about us! The Media are very good at creating really scary stuff: "IRAN BEHIND THE CLOSED DOORS!!!" "IRAN UNDERCOVER!!!" Some of that garbage would be enough to scare ME away! But in truth, Iranians are far more open-minded than you have been led to believe.

There are lots of Iranians today who are geniuses and scientists, and are all under age 25. You don't hear about their discoveries and inventions on TV. For instance a 17 year old boy has invented 72 amazing inventions and there are many KIDS like that. Iranian students and sportsmen win gold and silver medals in different competitions in the world all the time, in robotics, biology, maths, physics, sports, anything! Why don't the Media talk about them? Please don't summarize our nation and culture with the single word "nuclear". Although we're proud of this achievement because we believe that having nuclear energy means that a country is developed.Did you know that the countries having the highest number of scientists in the world are in this order? 1-India 2-Korea 3-Iran

A few months ago Iran uncovered the most effective anti-H.I.V medicine and it was signing treaties with other countries to export it. I searched for news of that on the internet, but there was no single sign of it. What did I find instead? "President Bush CLAIMS that bomb parts are imported from Iran into Iraq!" (The same old story!) The Media are unjust. They put CLAIMS on the headlines, but they never talk about facts!

Some interesting facts:

Iran is a pioneer in medicine and genetics, and Iranian surgeons have found lots of new methods for treating spinal defects, and many diseases (mainly the treatment for different types of cancer) and the best brain and heart surgeons are Iranian. The head of the Mars Mission in NASA is Iranian. One of the best designers of sports cars working in Germany is Iranian. Some of the best 3D animators are Iranian. Iran is one of the best countries in counter-engineering. Holds the second place in building dams and in loads of other things! It's one of the top countries in bio-technology and nano-technology. The 4th highest tower in the world (Milad tower) is in Tehran (visit it at this link from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Milad... ). 51 of the top 100 universities in the Mid-East are in Iran, and they're among the top universities of the world as well. The champion weight-lifter, a woman, and a song by one of the pop singers who/which won the nobel peace prize are Iranians. Lots of Iranians win nobel prizes specially in the field of medicine. Iranian girls are famous for being terrific. We have Persian rugs and Persian literature, many Persian poets and scientists that are very famous. Iranian culture is now westernized and only a little of the ancient culture has survived. According to statistics Tehran is the cheapest capital city in the world (for foriegners of course, not for us! Our rate is different: one Dollar =about 950 Tomans!) There are many other things. How many pages would you need to describe a country? Iran is an independant country unlike its neighbours. It has nearly all the industries and technologies found in 'developed' countries. The list is endless.

News: "Iranian scientists managed to make human teeth grow after you've lost them using basic cells" I'm gonna introduce Iran's international news website to you (Press TV) which was established recently. It's fully in English. You'll find what they're hiding from you! In the "Sic / Tech" section you'll always see Iran's discoveries. The address is: http://www.presstv.ir/news.aspx... Press TV news: Iranian scientists have registered more than 4800 inventions during the last Iranian calendar year of 1385 (April 21 2006-April 20, 2007). 4800 inventions in just one year!

Some charactristics of Iranians would be: intelligent, ambitious, a bit idealistic, well-dressed, formal, well-educated, warm and friendly, hospitable, and not so religious. We are also proud, greedy, hard-working (for ourselves), not punctual, impatient, and lazy at doing our duty well.

Some people think Iran is a desert! Well, it is, if you consider California, New Mexico, Utah, Arkansas, and Alabama a desert. We share the same latitude. Iran is a modern country with breathtakingly beautiful nature and lots of historic places to visit. Please take a look at the following links to see if Iran looks like what you think or not! This is a photo of Tehran (Awesome, Isn't it?): http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran

If you like you can visit these too, hundreds of pretty photos from the cities, nature and historic places: (It's like a free tour!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hills...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.bigsoccer.com:80/forum/showth...

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthrea...

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthrea...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran

Some people think music is forbidden in Iran. Did you know that Iranian music was chosen as the best pop in France in 2005? I guess not. All Iranian songs are current pop / DJ music. I send them to my American and Canadian chat friends and they all say they're some of the best songs they've ever heard. What makes Iranian music killer, is a lot of Trance drums, incredible melody and lyrics!

Here's a sample of the latest hits from two official Iranian music websites. (So catchy, Right?)You can just right click on the links below and choose "Save Target As" to download them. The translation of the songs is here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

1.(You know this: 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

2.(Hold my hand: 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

3.(The wetness of your eyes: 2006) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

4.(I just want you: 2003) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

5.(The rain: 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

6.(The window: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

7.(Keep me in your memory: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

8.(Farangis "A female name" 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

9.(The distance: 2007) http://www.sarzaminsong.com/Sarzaminmusi...

10.(Sunrise: 2007) http://www.sarzaminsong.com/Sarzaminmusi...

11.(Stop world:2006) http://www.sarzaminmusic.com/Sarzaminmus...

12.(You can't: 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

13.(The wind's kiss: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

14.(Reveal your visage: 2004) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

15.(What would have happened if : 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

And so on and on!

It's now 2007 and most people still think we are uneducated people living in deserts, riding camels and carrying around guns! See how the media are fooling people?

Let's clarify some political issues as well: Some of the Americans I chatted with said in the U.S it's said that president Ahmadinejad hates the U.S and Israel and wants to nuke them!! The Media are good at putting lying comments out there. It's easy to show a video or an image of our president or leader on the TV screen or on the internet and say he says this, he says that.....I really don't get the point why our politicians defame themselves by talking about things that have got nothing to do with us. For example does verbal defence of Palestinians cause them to have a better life? The thing is that they occasionally make some statements that the media would misuse it against Iran. For example they pick up some specific phrases of a long speech (without refering to the main points and reasons for that speech) and put so many bad comments on that. No sane person would take such nonsense at face value.

First of all, Iranians don't hate anyone. If our government complains about some injustice going on in the world, it's not bad, is it? (Although what we want from them is to shut up and not get us into trouble by talking about things that are none of our concern) We hate neither Jews nor Americans. I love Americans, otherwise why would I talk to them?! How would our guys dream of America, want to be like them as much as possible, and hate them at the same time?! I've got to say that for Iran, Israel is not equal with Jews! Israel is a gov't. Jews are faithful people! A few of them live here in our neighbourhood and they live just like the rest of Iranians. No difference. And two of Iran's parliment members are Jews. Who says we want to force others to convert to Islam? Have you ever found a Muslim knocking at your door asking you to do so? It's so funny the way you imagine things and make yourselves believe in your own immaginations!

Christians and Jews are both God-believers and respectful to us. I wonder why the media like putting words in our mouth and raising hatred. In Iran, religion is one of the least important factors. Where you come from and what your religion is are not important to us at all. On the contrary, meeting different people would be very interesting for us!

I wonder who Iran is really a threat to. Is it logical to say someone's guilty because we THINK / PREDICT that he's going to do something wrong? And they repeat the same "nuclear weapons" tosh over and over and brainwash people! News headlines: "We won't allow Iran to gain nuclear weapons"!!! Correction! It's "nuclear energy". Besides, how many "nuclear weapons" do they have themselves? Hundreds of thousands? Has Iran ever attacked any countries? No. Has it developed any nukes? No! That's what nuclear agency says. Only Iran's opponents are pulling Iran's leg and what they say is of no credit. It's just based on political conflicts. What we're doing is legal. What they ask us to do (ignoring our international rights) is illegal. Iran is a peaceful country. Why? It's the regional super-power and if she wanted, she could easily invade the countries in our neibourhood just like what Saddam did to our country, but as you see Iran has peaceful relations with all of them. It can set an example to some countries that just follow their interests (oil!). Interesting! the countries accusing Iran of different things have been, and are still accused of the same things!!! How logical!

Some people say he said: Israel should be wiped off the map! But have they told you the rest of his speech and that why he's said this at all? You know that it's a passive sentence. He's never said that IRAN wants to wipe Israel off the map! He wasn't talking about destroying Israel. He was talking about relocating Israel, so that they could live seperate from Palestinians and they could both live in peace. They've only told you this phrase not the whole thing and it's mistranslated intentionally. Iran has always defended itself, but it's not an offensive country.

Some say he's said: "The Holocaust is a myth!" Again, this is a single phrase taken from a long speech and there are totally logical reasons for saying so. If 6,000,000 Jews were killed, that's terrible, but 300,000 Shiite Moslems killed by Saddam aren't important at all? Over 650,000 Iraqi people are killed and that's not important?! When Fox News simply says that America and Israel are capable of destroying and killing Iran's population of 69,000,000 within two weeks, it's OK and no one says they're threatening other countries to nuke them (I saw this with my own eyes on the Fox News website) Millions of people killed in Afghanistan, Hiroshima %26amp; Nagasaki and the Vietnam war are not considered human beings at all! Now I think you'd get the point why he's IRONICALLY said it's a myth. Moreover, don't you believe in freedom of speech/mind? I'd judge people by their ACTIONS rather than by what they say / their religion / race / culture and the colour of their skin!

Obviously, some countries are using Iran as a scapegoat to put the blame (for their own faults) on. And what country is better than Iran to be a scapegoat? The whole world believes that Iran isn't a peaceful country. I know Americans don't like this either, but what can they do? They're not responsible for controlling what the Media says. This part is just for Americans who would still argue over unimportant things: Those of you who say why Iran says "Death to America":

1. 'America' to us means the U.S govt, not the people. How do you expect Iranians to mean "American people" when our media admires Americans for marching and holding up "no war" placards?!

2. The new generation don't say such things and if some of them occasionally march in the streets that's because some of the stupid guys enjoy making noise and they mainly go out there to meet their girlfriends/boyfriends! Strange. Isn't it?

3. Such mottos are not just said in Iran and as you know whatever you hear is a response to the U.S govt's terrible actions which has made life for many people hell (You wouldn't deny that attacking countries is a mistake. right?)

5. The U.S gov't helped Saddam attack Iran and I hope you know which country gave Iraq biological weapons which killed lots of Iranians.

6. America hit an Iranian airplane over the Persian Gulf and killed 200 passengers for no reason.

7. America places sanctions on Iran, promotes a false image of Iran and Iranians, scares tourists away, and harms our economy, development and credit. To what purpose?

When you call Ahmadinejad a nutcase for what he's said, what do you call Bush for his actions? I mean it's a good idea to consider what Bush is doing to the world with his wrong decisoins and lies. Bush is powerful and influencial, but Ahmadinejad is nothing.

To those who are upset with American hostages taken for 444 days:

1. Firstly, It's related to so many years ago and it's almost a part of history, and don't forget that when there's a revolution, there'd be chaos and people may do things that they should not, moreover they're all alive and healthy. Aren't they?

2.The U.S has arrested Iranian diplomats in Iraq and had tortured the one who was freed. Poor British sailors were detained by the English gov't just for saying that they were treated well in Iran and that Iranians were logical people (They said these when they were on England's soil!) They were PREVENTED from releasing their memoirs by England! Now you decide who has the right to be upset with whom. How do you believe in their lies about politics when they hide both the most and the least important things from you considering the fact that politics is the world of lies in its nature?!!! Considering all this, you'd probably be able to GUESS what percentage of what they tell you about the Mid-East, Islam, Moslems and other things is true!!! lol

Isn't it better for both countries to forget past conflicts and to have peaceful relations? Our two gov'ts are like 10 year old children playing a stupid, harsh, rhetorical game. They don't care about hurting people's feelings. They just try to make our two peoples enemies to achieve their own goals. We, as the people of these countries, MUST NOT allow these conflics into our hearts. You know something? All govt's are hateful. I just said the above things because it sounds unfair when some Americans talk about the taking of the 444 hostages while I keep silence. I hope you agree on this one! Now, what do you think? I can't wait to see both nations in peace. It'd be marvelous! They've started to have diplomatic talks! (Naughty children!) That's great!

Thanks for your time

Do you find this interesting (I'm talking about the facts)?
That was a nice thing to say. I agree with a lot of your thoughts.

As a Canadian, I think some of your ideas of Americans (as people) may be wrong. Most of them (and Canadians too) know that Iran is better than the media describes. The American media is notorious for sensationalism.

Also I fear that Americans (the government in this case) may want oil from your country. I hope this is not totally true, but certain events would seem to indicate this.

And Canadians would also be very pleased if peace could be made in that area of the world.
Reply:Don't you know that people get paid good money for editing? Why should we do it for you for free?
Reply:More people would read this if you shortened it...alot. Anyway thanks for all the info on your country it was very inlightning, however I already knew most of it as Ive seen documentaries on American tv about your country. Also I think you also need to rethink what you know about Americans and what we know and believe...we are not all brainwashed and we dont all agree with what our government wants to do or what people have said about other countries... I do commend you though for taking the time and writing this because I wish too for peace for everyone
Reply:Too lengthy and boring. I did not read the full thing (yawn).

But I can feel the love for humanity from ur words.
Reply:Please summarize this and resubmit it.

Nobody is going to take the time needed to wade through all this verbiage.

Regardless of whether it is good or bad.

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Reply:I did try to suffer through this but gave up.

What I did get from it is an apologist view of Iran, it's leaders, culture and politics.

I respect your view on how your country is, but the rest of us see it in a different light.

We see crazy imams calling for the destruction of a Nation (Israel) and warnings from your even more crazy pres... "Amatoostupidtokeepmymouthshut"

that said if anyone moves against Lebanon, even to help the army there, that they would be punished. We see this same nut job thumb his nose at the rest of the world when he is told not to continue building Nuclear plants.

We see Iranian arms end up in the hands of Hamas (terrorist) and Hezbollah (terrorist)...

We do see current TV... ( see Memri.org) that shows honor killings, hangings and public stonings.

We hear a call for Sharia law.... that means for those of us that don't believe that Mohammed was anything more than a clever con man and a bloodthirsty tribal leader who killed and raped and stole in the name of a religion he started that we must either convert, pay tax (live as a Dhimmie) or be killed.

So, I'm sorry, if what I have mentioned here is not the "truth" then it is incumbent on you and others like you to set us straight.

flirt

Do you like learning about other societies and cultures?

2009-08-02T22:16:00.003-07:00

Some people may like this.

Special thanks to my American friend who helped me proofread my writing.It's taken me almost a year to find some pieces of this information.

I believe that if you spend 5-10 minutes reading this essay, you will be better informed than if you listen to a lifetime's worth of Major Media news. Please don't assume that I'm a very old person. I'm just 18, and a university student studying English who just cannot sit back and let the lies fly unchallenged.

This article has two parts:

1. Cultural and general info

2. Political info.

If you wanna know the rest of of the story, read it from top to bottom.

Note: I've explained all the things that you ALWAYS talk about, so read it all plz! (Anytime you like!) Specially the political part! Any answers before reading the whole thing will prove to be wrong.

****

Hi. I'm an Iranian who has spent his life in Iran.When I chat with people from other countries, I am shocked to see how totally wrong their ideas are about Iran. I wrote this article in an attempt to help correct those ideas.

The first thing America, and the West in general, accuses our government of is that we don't allow personal freedoms. Actually, Iranians disobey laws they don't like as much as anyone. But come on, there are only a few restrictions.It's so cool over here. People here do whatever they wish to! Many strict rules in other countries don't even exist in Iran. Also, you should understand that what may seem so normal to you, may be a nightmare for us and vise versa. That's why you don't understand a few of Iran's laws because some of them are based on our culture. You look at our country from "your own point of view"! In Iran every single house has a sattelite dish. Sattelite television has a serious influence on our people, and Iranians wear very fashionable clothing. Maybe it is a kind of imitation, but we still have our own unique Iranian style (I'm talking about public places, in our privacy there's no difference). A visitor might wonder if this is a country or a fantasy pageant of beauty queens! Almost women wear half their their hair out, and make-up and fashionable clothing are everywhere.(I ignore a few fuddy-duddies though!) Iran is one of the super-consumers of cosmetics. You would be surprised to see the difference between what you imagine and what Iran really is!

In my view, everything is great, if you ignore unemployment, inflation and air pollution. But I guess these are common problems around the world today, aren't they? Also, you can't compare Iran today with the Iran you remember. The Shah and the Iatollah Khomini are both some 30 years in the past!Nearly 65-70% of Iran's population is a new generation without the biases of the past (The youth), and we've transformed everything.

Some people think women don't have any rights in Iran. But in my view, women are overrunning the place. But that's not a bad thing. They're very respectful, and they've been the winners in so many cases: They get into the best universities because they're very smart. And they get the best jobs because they can do so many of them better than men. (That's why men can hardly find any good jobs because most jobs are already occupied by women!) They've got Islamic rights, and that has in some cases made it difficult for men to marry them, because husbands are supposed to buy them expensive things and treat them very well, otherwise women have the right to ask a great amount of money (called Mehr) according to the law, which most husbands cannot afford, so they (men) will be imprisoned.The only thing that women are not allowed to do in Iran is getting into public football stadiums and that's because such places are full of cheeky guys. They do anything from taking part in rallies to singing pop songs.Anything! I've put a sample here. I feel foolish for sitting here explaining ordinary things to you.

Another funny thing: Your footage about stoning the women who have committed adultery. Have you ever asked yourselves how many years ago that footage related to? Are they balck and white or colourful? But in one case (related to many years ago) something terrible had happened which was just beyond the borders of adultery.We think being punished for corruption is good, as it deters people from doing that and the society will be far healthier than the countries in which commiting such things is considered to be normal! Iranians expect their gov't not to be soft on criminals.And for your information, most of those footages are from Afghanistan which was ruled by freaks (Taliban). What exactly makes you think women are treated differently?The way they were/are treated in Saudi Arabi? I'm sorry I didn't know "over a billion Moslems" lived there!When you think of such things, try to think of the racism in your country too. There's no perfect country!

I find it difficult to make you understand that Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan are --------- SEPERATE COUNTRIES! --------- Even within Iran, 60% of us are Persian and 30% are Turkish! I find it even more difficult to make you understand that Iran is a normal country like any other in the world. The point is, there's nothing mysterious about us! The Media are very good at creating really scary stuff: "IRAN BEHIND THE CLOSED DOORS!!!" "IRAN UNDERCOVER!!!" Some of that garbage would be enough to scare ME away! But in truth, Iranians are far more open-minded than you have been led to believe.

There are lots of Iranians today who are geniuses and scientists, and are all under age 25. You don't hear about their discoveries and inventions on TV. For instance a 17 year old boy has invented 72 amazing inventions and there are many kids like that. Every year a special scientific compition (Kharazmi) is held here and students assemble to show off hundreds of inventions. Iranian students and sportsmen win gold and silver medals in different competitions in the world all the time, in robotics, biology, maths, physics, sports, anything! Why don't the Media talk about them? Please don't summarize our nation and culture with the single word "nuclear". Although we're proud of this achievement because we believe that having nuclear energy means that a country is developed.Did you know that the countries having the highest number of scientists in the world are in this order? 1-India 2-Korea 3-Iran

A few months ago Iran uncovered the most effective anti-H.I.V medicine and it was signing treaties with other countries to export it. I searched for news of that on the internet, but there was no single sign of it. What did I find instead? "President Bush CLAIMS that bomb parts are imported from Iran into Iraq!" (The same old story!) The Media are unjust. They put CLAIMS on the headlines, but they never talk about facts!

Some interesting facts:

Iran is a pioneer in medicine and genetics, and Iranian surgeons have found lots of new methods for treating spinal defects, and many diseases (mainly the treatment for different types of cancer) and the best brain and heart surgeons are Iranian. The head of the Mars Mission in NASA is Iranian. One of the best designers of sports cars working in Germany is Iranian. Some of the best 3D animators are Iranian. Iran is one of the best countries in counter-engineering. Holds the second place in building dams and in loads of other things! It's one of the top countries in bio-technology and nano-technology. The 4th highest tower in the world (Milad tower) is in Tehran (visit it at this link from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Milad... ). 51 of the top 100 universities in the Mid-East are in Iran, and they're among the top universities of the world as well. The champion weight-lifter, a woman, and a song by one of the pop singers who/which won the nobel peace prize are Iranians. Lots of Iranians win nobel prizes specially in the field of medicine. Iranian girls are famous for being terrific. We have Persian rugs and Persian literature, many Persian poets, artists and scientists that are world famous. Iranian culture is now westernized and only a little of the ancient culture has survived. According to statistics Tehran is the cheapest capital city in the world (one Dollar =about 950 Tomans! For example you can buy windows vista for 1 Dollar here instead of 700 Dollars!!! or 3 supper pizzas for 10 Dollars!!!wow!) There are many other things. How many pages would you need to describe a country? Iran has nearly all the industries and technologies found in 'developed' countries. Oh, and we have four seasons! (Some people think it never snows here! We get a lot of snow and there are skating rinks! lol) The list is endless.(I still feel foolish for talkng about ordinary things!)

News: "Iranian scientists managed to make human teeth grow after you've lost them using basic cells" I'm gonna introduce Iran's international news website to you (Press TV) which was established recently. It's fully in English. You'll find what they're hiding from you! In the "Sic / Tech" section you'll always see Iran's discoveries. The address is: http://www.presstv.ir/news.aspx... Press TV news: Iranian scientists have registered more than 4800 inventions during the last Iranian calendar year of 1385 (April 21 2006-April 20, 2007). 4800 inventions in just one year!

Some charactristics of Iranians would be:

Negative: We are proud, greedy, hard-working (for ourselves), not punctual, impatient, and lazy at doing our duty well, crazy about luxuries and thus extravagant! Highly competitive!

Positive: intelligent, ambitious, a bit idealistic, well-dressed, formal, well-educated, warm and friendly, hospitable.

Some people think Iran is a desert! Well, it is, if you consider California, New Mexico, Utah, Arkansas, and Alabama a desert. We share the same latitude. Iran is a modern country with breathtakingly beautiful nature and lots of historic places to visit. Please take a look at the following links to see if Iran looks like what you think or not! This is a photo of Tehran (Awesome, Isn't it?): http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran

If you like you can visit these too, hundreds of pretty photos from the cities, nature and historic places: (It's like a free tour!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hills...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.bigsoccer.com:80/forum/showth...

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthrea...

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthrea...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran

Some people think music is forbidden in Iran. Did you know that Iranian music was chosen as the best pop in France in 2005? It could even defeat Euro-pop! All Iranian songs are current pop / DJ music. I send Iranian music to my American and Canadian chat friends and they all say they're some of the best songs they've ever heard. What makes Iranian music killer, is a lot of Trance drums, catchy tune, uprising melody and incredible lyrics!

Here's a sample of the latest hits from two official Iranian music websites.You can just right click on the links below and choose "Save Target As" to download them.I guess you'll fall for it! The translation of the songs is here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

1.(You know this: 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

2.(Hold my hand: 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

3.(The wetness of your eyes: 2006) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

4.(I just want you: 2003) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

5.(The rain: 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

6.(The window: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

7.(Keep me in your memory: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

8.(Farangis "A female name" 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

9.(The distance: 2007) http://www.sarzaminsong.com/Sarzaminmusi...

10.(Sunrise: 2007) http://www.sarzaminsong.com/Sarzaminmusi...

11.(Stop world:2006) http://www.sarzaminmusic.com/Sarzaminmus...

12.(You can't: 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

13.(The wind's kiss: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

14.(Reveal your visage: 2004) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

15.(What would have happened if : 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

And so on and on!

It's now 2007 and most people still think we are uneducated people living in deserts, riding camels and carrying around guns! See how the media are fooling people?

Let's clarify some political issues as well: Some of the Americans I chatted with said in the U.S it's said that president Ahmadinejad hates the U.S and Israel and wants to nuke them!! The Media are good at putting lying comments out there. It's easy to show a video or an image of our president or leader on the TV screen or on the internet and say he says this, he says that.....I really don't get the point why our politicians defame themselves by talking about things that have got nothing to do with us. For example does verbal defence of Palestinians cause them to have a better life? The thing is that they occasionally make some statements that the media would misuse it against Iran. For example they pick up some specific phrases of a long speech (without refering to the main points and reasons for that speech) and put so many bad comments on that. No sane person would take such nonsense at face value.

First of all, Iranians don't hate anyone. If our government complains about some injustice going on in the world, it's not bad, is it? (Although what we want from them is to shut up and not get us into trouble by talking about things that are none of our concern) We hate neither Jews nor Americans. I love Americans, otherwise why would I talk to them?! How would our guys dream of America, want to be like them as much as possible, and hate them at the same time?! I've got to say that for Iran, Israel is not equal with Jews! Israel is a gov't. Jews are faithful people! A few of them live here in our neighbourhood and they live just like the rest of Iranians. No difference. And two of Iran's parliment members are Jews. Who says we want to force others to convert to Islam? Have you ever found a Muslim knocking at your door asking you to do so? It's so funny the way you imagine things and make yourselves believe in your own immaginations!

Christians and Jews are both God-believers and respectful to us. I wonder why the media like putting words in our mouth and raising hatred. In Iran, religion is one of the least important factors. Where you come from and what your religion is are not important to us at all. On the contrary, meeting different people would be very interesting for us!

I wonder who Iran is really a threat to. Is it logical to say someone's guilty because we THINK / PREDICT that he's going to do something wrong? And they repeat the same "nuclear weapons" tosh over and over and brainwash people! News headlines: "We won't allow Iran to gain nuclear weapons"!!! Correction! It's "nuclear energy". Besides, how many "nuclear weapons" do they have themselves? Hundreds of thousands? Has Iran ever attacked any countries? No. Has it developed any nukes? No! That's what nuclear agency says. Only Iran's opponents are pulling Iran's leg and what they say is of no credit. It's just based on political conflicts. What we're doing is legal. What they ask us to do (ignoring our international rights) is illegal. Iran is a peaceful country. Why? It's the regional super-power and if she wanted, she could easily invade the countries in our neibourhood just like what Saddam did to our country, but as you see Iran has peaceful relations with all of them. It can set an example to some countries that just follow their interests (oil!). Interesting! the countries accusing Iran of different things have been, and are still accused of the same things!!! How logical!

Some people say he said: Israel should be wiped off the map! But have they told you the rest of his speech and that why he's said this at all? You know that it's a passive sentence. He's never said that IRAN wants to wipe Israel off the map! He wasn't talking about destroying Israel. He was talking about relocating Israel, so that they could live seperate from Palestinians and they could both live in peace. They've only told you this phrase not the whole thing and it's mistranslated intentionally. Iran has always defended itself, but it's not an offensive country.

Some say he's said: "The Holocaust is a myth!" Again, this is a single phrase taken from a long speech and there are totally logical reasons for saying so. If 6,000,000 Jews were killed, that's terrible, but 300,000 Shiite Moslems killed by Saddam aren't important at all? Over 650,000 Iraqi people are killed and that's not important?! When Fox News simply says that America and Israel are capable of destroying and killing Iran's population of 69,000,000 within two weeks, it's OK and no one says they're threatening other countries to nuke them (I saw this with my own eyes on the Fox News website) Millions of people killed in Afghanistan, Hiroshima %26amp; Nagasaki and the Vietnam war are not considered human beings at all! Now I think you'd get the point why he's IRONICALLY said it's a myth. Moreover, don't you believe in freedom of speech/mind? I'd judge people by their ACTIONS rather than by what they say / their religion / race / culture and the colour of their skin!

Obviously, some countries are using Iran as a scapegoat to put the blame (for their own faults) on. And what country is better than Iran to be a scapegoat? The whole world believes that Iran isn't a peaceful country. I know Americans don't like this either, but what can they do? They're not responsible for controlling what the Media says. This part is just for Americans who would still argue over unimportant things: Those of you who say why Iran says "Death to America":

1. 'America' to us means the U.S govt, not the people. How do you expect Iranians to mean "American people" when our media admires Americans for marching and holding up "no war" placards?!

2. The new generation don't say such things and if some of them occasionally march in the streets that's because some of the stupid guys enjoy making noise and they mainly go out there to meet their girlfriends/boyfriends! Strange. Isn't it?

3. Such mottos are not just said in Iran and as you know whatever you hear is a response to the U.S govt's terrible actions which has made life for many people hell (You wouldn't deny that attacking countries is a mistake. right?)

5. The U.S gov't helped Saddam attack Iran and I hope you know which country gave Iraq biological weapons which killed lots of Iranians.

6. America hit an Iranian airplane over the Persian Gulf and killed 200 passengers for no reason.

7. America places sanctions on Iran, promotes a false image of Iran and Iranians, scares tourists away, and harms our economy, development and credit. To what purpose?

When you call Ahmadinejad a nutcase for what he's said, what do you call Bush for his actions? I mean it's a good idea to consider what Bush is doing to the world with his wrong decisions and lies. Bush is powerful and influencial, but Ahmadinejad is nothing.

To those who are upset with American hostages taken for 444 days:

1. Firstly, It's related to so many years ago and it's almost a part of history, and don't forget that when there's a revolution, there'd be chaos and people may do things that they should not, moreover they're all alive and healthy. Aren't they?

2.The U.S has arrested Iranian diplomats in Iraq and had tortured the one who was freed. Poor British sailors were detained by the English gov't just for saying that they were treated well in Iran and that Iranians were logical people (They said these when they were on England's soil!) They were PREVENTED from releasing their memoirs by England! Now you decide who has the right to be upset with whom. How do you believe in their lies about politics when they hide both the most and the least important things from you considering the fact that politics is the world of lies in its nature?!!! Considering all this, you'd probably be able to GUESS what percentage of what they tell you about the Mid-East, Islam, Moslems and other things is true!!! lol Some answerers still confuse Iraq and Iran after reading all this! You are in Iraq not in Iran! They're separate countries!

Isn't it better for both countries to forget past conflicts and to have peaceful relations? Our two gov'ts are like 10 year old children playing a stupid, harsh, rhetorical game. They don't care about hurting people's feelings. They just try to make our two peoples enemies to achieve their own goals. We, as the people of these countries, MUST NOT allow these conflics into our hearts. You know something? All govt's are hateful. I just said the above things because it sounds unfair when some Americans talk about the taking of the 444 hostages while I keep silence. I hope you agree on this one! Now, what do you think? I can't wait to see both nations in peace. It'd be marvelous! They've started to have diplomatic talks! (Naughty children!) That's great!

Thanks for your time

Do you like learning about other societies and cultures?
I'm an American who works for an airline...and so I fly free everywhere I go...(and I love friendly, warm-hearted people of all walks of life)

And when it comes to learning and visiting other societies and cultures, out motto is...

Dignity %26amp; Diversity...? Definitely...!

The world would be a boring place without different societies and cultures...(but never forget... we're all Earthlings...)

May your life's travels be as fulfilling and fun as mine...! Travel in peace...
Reply:i think yes becuase it would be great to learn other cultures Report It

Reply:Ok so obviously u are a TROLL.

But i see so far u ain't caught nothin this trip...ha ha
Reply:um yeah i didnt read all ur long thing cuz well let me tell u it was just way to long i just want the points.. so answering thats it..yeah i like learning bout other cultures
Reply:NO!

family nanny

I bet you don't know even 1% of all this first-hand information.Do you find it interesting? (10 minutes)?

2009-08-02T22:16:00.002-07:00

Some people may like this.If not you don't have to read it.

Special thanks to my American friend who helped me proofread my writing.It's taken me almost a year to find some pieces of this information.

I believe that if you spend 5-10 minutes reading this essay, you will be better informed than if you listen to a lifetime's worth of Major Media news. Please don't assume that I'm a very old person. I'm just 18, and a university student studying English who just cannot sit back and let the lies fly unchallenged.

This article has two parts:

1. Cultural and general info

2. Political info.

If you wanna know the rest of of the story, read it from top to bottom.

Note: I've explained all the things that you ALWAYS talk about, so read it all plz! (Anytime you like!) Specially the political part! Any answers before reading the whole thing will prove to be wrong.

****

Hi. I'm an Iranian who has spent his life in Iran.When I chat with people from other countries, I am shocked to see how totally wrong their ideas are about Iran. I wrote this article in an attempt to help correct those ideas.

The first thing America, and the West in general, accuses our government of is that we don't allow personal freedoms. Actually, Iranians disobey laws they don't like as much as anyone. But come on, there are only a few restrictions.It's so cool over here. People here do whatever they wish to! Many strict rules in other countries don't even exist in Iran. Also, you should understand that what may seem so normal to you, may be a nightmare for us and vise versa. That's why you don't understand a few of Iran's laws because some of them are based on our culture. You look at our country from "your own point of view"! In Iran every single house has a sattelite dish. Sattelite television has a serious influence on our people, and Iranians wear very fashionable clothing. Maybe it is a kind of imitation, but we still have our own unique Iranian style (I'm talking about public places, in our privacy there's no difference). A visitor might wonder if this is a country or a fantasy pageant of beauty queens! Almost women wear half their their hair out, and make-up and fashionable clothing are everywhere.(I ignore a few fuddy-duddies though!) Iran is one of the super-consumers of cosmetics. You would be surprised to see the difference between what you imagine and what Iran really is!

In my view, everything is great, if you ignore unemployment, inflation and air pollution. But I guess these are common problems around the world today, aren't they? Also, you can't compare Iran today with the Iran you remember. The Shah and the Iatollah Khomini are both some 30 years in the past!Nearly 65-70% of Iran's population is a new generation without the biases of the past (The youth), and we've transformed everything.

Some people think women don't have any rights in Iran. But in my view, women are overrunning the place. But that's not a bad thing. They're very respectful, and they've been the winners in so many cases: They get into the best universities because they're very smart. And they get the best jobs because they can do so many of them better than men. (That's why men can hardly find any good jobs because most jobs are already occupied by women!) They've got Islamic rights, and that has in some cases made it difficult for men to marry them, because husbands are supposed to buy them expensive things and treat them very well, otherwise women have the right to ask a great amount of money (called Mehr) according to the law, which most husbands cannot afford, so they (men) will be imprisoned.The only thing that women are not allowed to do in Iran is getting into public football stadiums and that's because such places are full of cheeky guys. They do anything from taking part in rallies to singing pop songs.Anything! I've put a sample here. I feel foolish for sitting here explaining ordinary things to you.

Another funny thing: Your footage about stoning the women who have committed adultery. Have you ever asked yourselves how many years ago that footage related to? Are they balck and white or colourful? But in one case (related to many years ago) something terrible had happened which was just beyond the borders of adultery.We think being punished for corruption is good, as it deters people from doing that and the society will be far healthier than the countries in which commiting such things is considered to be normal! Iranians expect their gov't not to be soft on criminals.And for your information, most of those footages are from Afghanistan which was ruled by freaks (Taliban). What exactly makes you think women are treated differently?The way they were/are treated in Saudi Arabi? I'm sorry I didn't know "over a billion Moslems" lived there!When you think of such things, try to think of the racism in your country too. There's no perfect country!

I find it difficult to make you understand that Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan are --------- SEPERATE COUNTRIES! --------- Even within Iran, 60% of us are Persian and 30% are Turkish! I find it even more difficult to make you understand that Iran is a normal country like any other in the world. The point is, there's nothing mysterious about us! The Media are very good at creating really scary stuff: "IRAN BEHIND THE CLOSED DOORS!!!" "IRAN UNDERCOVER!!!" Some of that garbage would be enough to scare ME away! But in truth, Iranians are far more open-minded than you have been led to believe.

There are lots of Iranians today who are geniuses and scientists, and are all under age 25. You don't hear about their discoveries and inventions on TV. For instance a 17 year old boy has invented 72 amazing inventions and there are many kids like that. Every year a special scientific compition (Kharazmi) is held here and students assemble to show off hundreds of inventions. Iranian students and sportsmen win gold and silver medals in different competitions in the world all the time, in robotics, biology, maths, physics, sports, anything! Why don't the Media talk about them? Please don't summarize our nation and culture with the single word "nuclear". Although we're proud of this achievement because we believe that having nuclear energy means that a country is developed.Did you know that the countries having the highest number of scientists in the world are in this order? 1-India 2-Korea 3-Iran

A few months ago Iran uncovered the most effective anti-H.I.V medicine and it was signing treaties with other countries to export it. I searched for news of that on the internet, but there was no single sign of it. What did I find instead? "President Bush CLAIMS that bomb parts are imported from Iran into Iraq!" (The same old story!) The Media are unjust. They put CLAIMS on the headlines, but they never talk about facts!

Some interesting facts:

Iran is a pioneer in medicine and genetics, and Iranian surgeons have found lots of new methods for treating spinal defects, and many diseases (mainly the treatment for different types of cancer) and the best brain and heart surgeons are Iranian. The head of the Mars Mission in NASA is Iranian. One of the best designers of sports cars working in Germany is Iranian. Some of the best 3D animators are Iranian. Iran is one of the best countries in counter-engineering. Holds the second place in building dams and in loads of other things! It's one of the top countries in bio-technology and nano-technology. The 4th highest tower in the world (Milad tower) is in Tehran (visit it at this link from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Milad... ). 51 of the top 100 universities in the Mid-East are in Iran, and they're among the top universities of the world as well. The champion weight-lifter, a woman, and a song by one of the pop singers who/which won the nobel peace prize are Iranians. Lots of Iranians win nobel prizes specially in the field of medicine. Iranian girls are famous for being terrific. We have Persian rugs and Persian literature, many Persian poets, artists and scientists that are world famous. Iranian culture is now westernized and only a little of the ancient culture has survived. According to statistics Tehran is the cheapest capital city in the world (one Dollar =about 950 Tomans! For example you can buy windows vista for 1 Dollar here instead of 700 Dollars!!! or 3 supper pizzas for 10 Dollars!!!wow!) There are many other things. How many pages would you need to describe a country? Iran has nearly all the industries and technologies found in 'developed' countries. Oh, and we have four seasons! (Some people think it never snows here! We get a lot of snow and there are skating rinks! lol) The list is endless.(I still feel foolish for talkng about ordinary things!)

News: "Iranian scientists managed to make human teeth grow after you've lost them using basic cells" I'm gonna introduce Iran's international news website to you (Press TV) which was established recently. It's fully in English. You'll find what they're hiding from you! In the "Sic / Tech" section you'll always see Iran's discoveries. The address is: http://www.presstv.ir/news.aspx... Press TV news: Iranian scientists have registered more than 4800 inventions during the last Iranian calendar year of 1385 (April 21 2006-April 20, 2007). 4800 inventions in just one year!

Some charactristics of Iranians would be:

Negative: We are proud, greedy, hard-working (for ourselves), not punctual, impatient, and lazy at doing our duty well, crazy about luxuries and thus extravagant! Highly competitive!

Positive: intelligent, ambitious, a bit idealistic, well-dressed, formal, well-educated, warm and friendly, hospitable.

Some people think Iran is a desert! Well, it is, if you consider California, New Mexico, Utah, Arkansas, and Alabama a desert. We share the same latitude. Iran is a modern country with breathtakingly beautiful nature and lots of historic places to visit. Please take a look at the following links to see if Iran looks like what you think or not! This is a photo of Tehran (Awesome, Isn't it?): http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran

If you like you can visit these too, hundreds of pretty photos from the cities, nature and historic places: (It's like a free tour!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hills...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.bigsoccer.com:80/forum/showth...

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthrea...

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthrea...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran

Some people think music is forbidden in Iran. Did you know that Iranian music was chosen as the best pop in France in 2005? It could even defeat Euro-pop! All Iranian songs are current pop / DJ music. I send Iranian music to my American and Canadian chat friends and they all say they're some of the best songs they've ever heard. What makes Iranian music killer, is a lot of Trance drums, catchy tune, uprising melody and incredible lyrics!

Here's a sample of the latest hits from two official Iranian music websites.You can just right click on the links below and choose "Save Target As" to download them.I guess you'll fall for it! The translation of the songs is here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

1.(You know this: 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

2.(Hold my hand: 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

3.(The wetness of your eyes: 2006) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

4.(I just want you: 2003) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

5.(The rain: 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

6.(The window: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

7.(Keep me in your memory: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

8.(Farangis "A female name" 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

9.(The distance: 2007) http://www.sarzaminsong.com/Sarzaminmusi...

10.(Sunrise: 2007) http://www.sarzaminsong.com/Sarzaminmusi...

11.(Stop world:2006) http://www.sarzaminmusic.com/Sarzaminmus...

12.(You can't: 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

13.(The wind's kiss: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

14.(Reveal your visage: 2004) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

15.(What would have happened if : 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

And so on and on!

It's now 2007 and most people still think we are uneducated people living in deserts, riding camels and carrying around guns! See how the media are fooling people?

Let's clarify some political issues as well: Some of the Americans I chatted with said in the U.S it's said that president Ahmadinejad hates the U.S and Israel and wants to nuke them!! The Media are good at putting lying comments out there. It's easy to show a video or an image of our president or leader on the TV screen or on the internet and say he says this, he says that.....I really don't get the point why our politicians defame themselves by talking about things that have got nothing to do with us. For example does verbal defence of Palestinians cause them to have a better life? The thing is that they occasionally make some statements that the media would misuse it against Iran. For example they pick up some specific phrases of a long speech (without refering to the main points and reasons for that speech) and put so many bad comments on that. No sane person would take such nonsense at face value.

First of all, Iranians don't hate anyone. If our government complains about some injustice going on in the world, it's not bad, is it? (Although what we want from them is to shut up and not get us into trouble by talking about things that are none of our concern) We hate neither Jews nor Americans. I love Americans, otherwise why would I talk to them?! How would our guys dream of America, want to be like them as much as possible, and hate them at the same time?! I've got to say that for Iran, Israel is not equal with Jews! Israel is a gov't. Jews are faithful people! A few of them live here in our neighbourhood and they live just like the rest of Iranians. No difference. And two of Iran's parliment members are Jews. Who says we want to force others to convert to Islam? Have you ever found a Muslim knocking at your door asking you to do so? It's so funny the way you imagine things and make yourselves believe in your own immaginations!

Christians and Jews are both God-believers and respectful to us. I wonder why the media like putting words in our mouth and raising hatred. In Iran, religion is one of the least important factors. Where you come from and what your religion is are not important to us at all. On the contrary, meeting different people would be very interesting for us!

I wonder who Iran is really a threat to. Is it logical to say someone's guilty because we THINK / PREDICT that he's going to do something wrong? And they repeat the same "nuclear weapons" tosh over and over and brainwash people! News headlines: "We won't allow Iran to gain nuclear weapons"!!! Correction! It's "nuclear energy". Besides, how many "nuclear weapons" do they have themselves? Hundreds of thousands? Has Iran ever attacked any countries? No. Has it developed any nukes? No! That's what nuclear agency says. Only Iran's opponents are pulling Iran's leg and what they say is of no credit. It's just based on political conflicts. What we're doing is legal. What they ask us to do (ignoring our international rights) is illegal. Iran is a peaceful country. Why? It's the regional super-power and if she wanted, she could easily invade the countries in our neibourhood just like what Saddam did to our country, but as you see Iran has peaceful relations with all of them. It can set an example to some countries that just follow their interests (oil!). Interesting! the countries accusing Iran of different things have been, and are still accused of the same things!!! How logical!

Some people say he said: Israel should be wiped off the map! But have they told you the rest of his speech and that why he's said this at all? You know that it's a passive sentence. He's never said that IRAN wants to wipe Israel off the map! He wasn't talking about destroying Israel. He was talking about relocating Israel, so that they could live seperate from Palestinians and they could both live in peace. They've only told you this phrase not the whole thing and it's mistranslated intentionally. Iran has always defended itself, but it's not an offensive country.

Some say he's said: "The Holocaust is a myth!" Again, this is a single phrase taken from a long speech and there are totally logical reasons for saying so. If 6,000,000 Jews were killed, that's terrible, but 300,000 Shiite Moslems killed by Saddam aren't important at all? Over 650,000 Iraqi people are killed and that's not important?! When Fox News simply says that America and Israel are capable of destroying and killing Iran's population of 69,000,000 within two weeks, it's OK and no one says they're threatening other countries to nuke them (I saw this with my own eyes on the Fox News website) Millions of people killed in Afghanistan, Hiroshima %26amp; Nagasaki and the Vietnam war are not considered human beings at all! Now I think you'd get the point why he's IRONICALLY said it's a myth. Moreover, don't you believe in freedom of speech/mind? I'd judge people by their ACTIONS rather than by what they say / their religion / race / culture and the colour of their skin!

Obviously, some countries are using Iran as a scapegoat to put the blame (for their own faults) on. And what country is better than Iran to be a scapegoat? The whole world believes that Iran isn't a peaceful country. I know Americans don't like this either, but what can they do? They're not responsible for controlling what the Media says. This part is just for Americans who would still argue over unimportant things: Those of you who say why Iran says "Death to America":

1. 'America' to us means the U.S govt, not the people. How do you expect Iranians to mean "American people" when our media admires Americans for marching and holding up "no war" placards?!

2. The new generation don't say such things and if some of them occasionally march in the streets that's because some of the stupid guys enjoy making noise and they mainly go out there to meet their girlfriends/boyfriends! Strange. Isn't it?

3. Such mottos are not just said in Iran and as you know whatever you hear is a response to the U.S govt's terrible actions which has made life for many people hell (You wouldn't deny that attacking countries is a mistake. right?)

4. The U.S gov't helped Saddam attack Iran and I hope you know which country gave Iraq biological weapons which killed lots of Iranians.

5. America hit an Iranian airplane over the Persian Gulf and killed 200 passengers for no reason.

8. America places sanctions on Iran, promotes a false image of Iran and Iranians, scares tourists away, and harms our economy, development and credit. To what purpose?

When you call Ahmadinejad a nutcase for what he's said, what do you call Bush for his actions? I mean it's a good idea to consider what Bush is doing to the world with his wrong decisions and lies. Bush is powerful and influencial, but Ahmadinejad is nothing.

To those who are upset with American hostages taken for 444 days:

1. Firstly, It's related to so many years ago and it's almost a part of history, and don't forget that when there's a revolution, there'd be chaos and people may do things that they should not, moreover they're all alive and healthy. Aren't they?

2.The U.S has arrested Iranian diplomats in Iraq and had tortured the one who was freed. Poor British sailors were detained by the English gov't just for saying that they were treated well in Iran and that Iranians were logical people (They said these when they were on England's soil!) They were PREVENTED from releasing their memoirs by England! Now you decide who has the right to be upset with whom. How do you believe in their lies about politics when they hide both the most and the least important things from you considering the fact that politics is the world of lies in its nature?!!! Considering all this, you'd probably be able to GUESS what percentage of what they tell you about the Mid-East, Islam, Moslems and other things is true!!! lol Some answerers still confuse Iraq and Iran after reading all this! You are in Iraq not in Iran! They're separate countries!

Isn't it better for both countries to forget past conflicts and to have peaceful relations? Our two gov'ts are like 10 year old children playing a stupid, harsh, rhetorical game. They don't care about hurting people's feelings. They just try to make our two peoples enemies to achieve their own goals. We, as the people of these countries, MUST NOT allow these conflics into our hearts. You know something? All govt's are hateful. I just said the above things because it sounds unfair when some Americans talk about the taking of the 444 hostages while I keep silence. I hope you agree on this one! Now, what do you think? I can't wait to see both nations in peace. It'd be marvelous! They've started to have diplomatic talks! (Naughty children!) That's great!

Thanks for your time

I bet you don't know even 1% of all this first-hand information.Do you find it interesting? (10 minutes)?
Well, you put a lot of time into that essay!

Thanks for posting that, its kinda nice to see what IS going on in Iran.

But, I am the same way with you though...I don't hate Iranians, I just don't like your leader.

I saw him screaming that he was going to wipe Israel off the face of the map...

He is enriching uranium...it could be used for energy, or it could be used for a bomb...

The US has intercepted intelligence that say that Russia has been giving nuclear secrets to Iran.

We have also seen satellite photos of Russian guards in chemical suits transporting WMD's out of Iraq and into Iran before we invaded...this information is true...the only reason why we don't say anything is so we can keep Russia on our good side.

I have also heard that a lot of your youth in Iran don't like the president of Iran.

But, again, thank you for your report, it is nice to see what is going on over there. I am glad that you wrote this.
Reply:We started pro-American secret propaganda in your country, and now you are doing it with ours....

I'm all for that! I love the Iranian people, but I do NOT like your government, specifically Mahmoud, and Ayatollah Khomanei. They are bringing you to destruction and financing the insurgent conflict in Iraq which kills our brave soldiers. Also, they are tearing down some of your rights, but I'm pleased to see you revolting a bit.

And how do I know this is propaganda, you have posted this numerous times.......
Reply:LIve and let live.... it would be marvelous to see both our nations in peace.
Reply:Oh Please!!! Iran has been known to be terroristic since at least the 70's. I know that Prince Malek escaped to here and lived from being a royal prince to living without any money ; and still prefered here!!!!!! Keep yourself in Iran with you idiot leader- he is short and evil. Someone needs to rid him!!!!!!!
Reply:I was going to read this, but I figured I'd still get the 2 points regardless.

However, I feel the need to say something. So, here goes:

There there...there there...
Reply:What do I think? BORING!!! I think that you needed to vent your frustrations, show us how intellectually intellegent your think you are. I think you should eventually become a RADIO talk show host.

After skimming through your ESSAY, these are the conclusions I came to.

My answer is not wrong, or right. It is just my opinion.

By the way, you left out that Iran wants to wipe ISRAEL off the map. Ha, it will never happen.
Reply:wow, interesting stuff, you really did your homework.

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I've been working for a year to gather all this information.Do you find it useful?

2009-08-02T22:16:00.001-07:00

Special thanks to my American friend who helped me proofread my writing.It's taken me almost a year to find some pieces of this information.

I believe that if you spend 5-10 minutes reading this essay, you will be better informed than if you listen to a lifetime's worth of Major Media news. Please don't assume that I'm a very old person. I'm just 18, and a university student studying English who just cannot sit back and let the lies fly unchallenged.

This article has two parts:

1. Cultural and general info

2. Political info.

If you wanna know the rest of of the story, read it from top to bottom.

Note:.I've explained all the things that you ALWAYS talk about, so read it all plz! Specially the political part! Any answers before reading the whole thing will prove to be wrong.

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Hi. I'm an Iranian who has spent his life in Iran.When I chat with people from other countries, I am shocked to see how totally wrong their ideas are about Iran. I wrote this article in an attempt to help correct those ideas.

The first thing America, and the West in general, accuses our government of is that we don't allow personal freedoms. Actually, Iranians disobey laws they don't like as much as anyone. Many strict rules in other countries don't even exist in Iran. Also, you should understand that what may seem so normal to you, may be a nightmare for us and vise versa. That's why you don't understand a few of Iran's laws.In Iran every single house has a sattelite dish. Sattelite television has a serious influence on our people, and Iranians wear very fashionable clothing. Maybe it is a kind of imitation, but we still have our own unique Iranian style. A visitor might wonder if this is a country or a fantasy pageant of beauty queens! Almost half of women wear their hair out, and make-up and fashionable clothing are everywhere. Iran is one of the super-consumers of cosmetics. You would be surprised to see the difference between what you imagine and what Iran really is!

In my view, everything is great, if you ignore unemployment, inflation and air pollution. But I guess these are common problems around the world today, aren't they? Also, you can't compare Iran today with the Iran you remember. The Shah and the Iatollah Khomini are both some 30 years in the past!Nearly 65-70% of Iran's population is a new generation without the biases of the past (The youth), and we've transformed everything.

Some people think women don't have any rights in Iran. But in my view, women are overrunning the place. But that's not a bad thing. They're very respectful, and they've been the winners in so many cases: They get into the best universities because they're very smart. And they get the best jobs because they can do so many of them better than men. (That's why men can hardly find any good jobs because most jobs are already occupied by women!) They've got Islamic rights, and that has in some cases made it difficult for men to marry them, because husbands are supposed to buy them expensive things and treat them very well, otherwise women have the right to ask a great amount of money (called Mehr) according to the law, which most husbands cannot afford, so they (men) will be imprisoned.The only thing that women are not allowed to do in Iran is getting into public football stadiums and that's because such places are full of cheeky guys. They do anything from taking part in rallies to singing pop songs.Anything! I've put a sample here. I feel foolish for sitting here explaining ordinary things to you.

Another funny thing: Your footage about stoning the women who have committed adultery. Have you ever asked yourselves how many years ago that footage related to? Are they balck and white or colourful? But in one case (related to many years ago) something terrible had happened which was just beyond the borders of adultery.We think being punished for corruption is good, as it deters people from doing that and the society will be far healthier than the countries in which commiting such things is considered to be normal! Iranians expect their gov't not to be soft on criminals.And for your information, most of those footages are from Afghanistan which was ruled by freaks (Taliban). When you think of such things, try to think of the racism in your country too. There's no perfect country!

I find it difficult to make you understand that Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan are --------- SEPERATE COUNTRIES! --------- Even within Iran, 60% of us are Persian and 30% are Turkish! I find it even more difficult to make you understand that Iran is a normal country like any other in the world. The point is, there's nothing mysterious about us! The Media are very good at creating really scary stuff: "IRAN BEHIND THE CLOSED DOORS!!!" "IRAN UNDERCOVER!!!" Some of that garbage would be enough to scare ME away! But in truth, Iranians are far more open-minded than you have been led to believe.

There are lots of Iranians today who are geniuses and scientists, and are all under age 25. You don't hear about their discoveries and inventions on TV. For instance a 17 year old boy has invented 72 amazing inventions and there are many KIDS like that. Iranian students and sportsmen win gold and silver medals in different competitions in the world all the time, in robotics, biology, maths, physics, sports, anything! Why don't the Media talk about them? Please don't summarize our nation and culture with the single word "nuclear". Although we're proud of this achievement because we believe that having nuclear energy means that a country is developed.Did you know that the countries having the highest number of scientists in the world are in this order? 1-India 2-Korea 3-Iran

A few months ago Iran uncovered the most effective anti-H.I.V medicine and it was signing treaties with other countries to export it. I searched for news of that on the internet, but there was no single sign of it. What did I find instead? "President Bush CLAIMS that bomb parts are imported from Iran into Iraq!" (The same old story!) The Media are unjust. They put CLAIMS on the headlines, but they never talk about facts!

Some interesting facts:

Iran is a pioneer in medicine and genetics, and Iranian surgeons have found lots of new methods for treating spinal defects, and many diseases (mainly the treatment for different types of cancer) and the best brain and heart surgeons are Iranian. The head of the Mars Mission in NASA is Iranian. One of the best designers of sports cars working in Germany is Iranian. Some of the best 3D animators are Iranian. Iran is one of the best countries in counter-engineering. Holds the second place in building dams and in loads of other things! It's one of the top countries in bio-technology and nano-technology. The 4th highest tower in the world (Milad tower) is in Tehran (visit it at this link from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Milad... ). 51 of the top 100 universities in the Mid-East are in Iran, and they're among the top universities of the world as well. The champion weight-lifter, a woman, and a song by one of the pop singers who/which won the nobel peace prize are Iranians. Lots of Iranians win nobel prizes specially in the field of medicine. Iranian girls are famous for being terrific. We have Persian rugs and Persian literature, many Persian poets and scientists that are very famous. Iranian culture is now westernized and only a little of the ancient culture has survived. According to statistics Tehran is the cheapest capital city in the world (for foriegners of course, not for us! Our rate is different: one Dollar =about 950 Tomans!) There are many other things. How many pages would you need to describe a country? Iran is an independant country unlike its neighbours. It has nearly all the industries and technologies found in 'developed' countries. The list is endless.

News: "Iranian scientists managed to make human teeth grow after you've lost them using basic cells" I'm gonna introduce Iran's international news website to you (Press TV) which was established recently. It's fully in English. You'll find what they're hiding from you! In the "Sic / Tech" section you'll always see Iran's discoveries. The address is: http://www.presstv.ir/news.aspx... Press TV news: Iranian scientists have registered more than 4800 inventions during the last Iranian calendar year of 1385 (April 21 2006-April 20, 2007). 4800 inventions in just one year!

Some charactristics of Iranians would be: intelligent, ambitious, a bit idealistic, well-dressed, formal, well-educated, warm and friendly, hospitable, and not so religious, (the majority of the young generation, that is, which leaves us unfortunately vulnerable to pseudoIslamic lies). We are also proud, greedy, hard-working (for ourselves), not punctual, impatient, and lazy at doing our duty well.

Some people think Iran is a desert! Well, it is, if you consider California, New Mexico, Utah, Arkansas, and Alabama a desert. We share the same latitude. Iran is a modern country with breathtakingly beautiful nature and lots of historic places to visit. Please take a look at the following links to see if Iran looks like what you think or not! This is a photo of Tehran (Awesome, Isn't it?): http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran

If you like you can visit these too, hundreds of pretty photos from the cities, nature and historic places: (It's like a free tour!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hills...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.bigsoccer.com:80/forum/showth...

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthrea...

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthrea...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran

Some people think music is forbidden in Iran. Did you know that Iranian music was chosen as the best pop in France in 2005? I guess not. All Iranian songs are current pop / DJ music. I send them to my American and Canadian chat friends and they all say they're some of the best songs they've ever heard. What makes Iranian music killer, is a lot of Trance drums, incredible melody and lyrics!

Here's a sample of the latest hits from two official Iranian music websites. (So catchy, Right?)You can just right click on the links below and choose "Save Target As" to download them. The translation of the songs is here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

1.(You know this: 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

2.(Hold my hand: 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

3.(The wetness of your eyes: 2006) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

4.(I just want you: 2003) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

5.(The rain: 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

6.(The window: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

7.(Keep me in your memory: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

8.(Farangis "A female name" 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

9.(The distance: 2007) http://www.sarzaminsong.com/Sarzaminmusi...

10.(Sunrise: 2007) http://www.sarzaminsong.com/Sarzaminmusi...

11.(Stop world:2006) http://www.sarzaminmusic.com/Sarzaminmus...

12.(You can't: 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

13.(The wind's kiss: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

14.(Reveal your visage: 2004) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

15.(What would have happened if : 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

And so on and on!

It's now 2007 and most people still think we are uneducated people living in deserts, riding camels and carrying around guns! See how the media are fooling people?

Let's clarify some political issues as well: Some of the Americans I chatted with said in the U.S it's said that president Ahmadinejad hates the U.S and Israel and wants to nuke them!! The Media are good at putting lying comments out there. It's easy to show a video or an image of our president or leader on the TV screen or on the internet and say he says this, he says that.....I really don't get the point why our politicians defame themselves by talking about things that have got nothing to do with us. For example does verbal defence of Palestinians cause them to have a better life? The thing is that they occasionally make some statements that the media would misuse it against Iran. For example they pick up some specific phrases of a long speech (without refering to the main points and reasons for that speech) and put so many bad comments on that. No sane person would take such nonsense at face value.

First of all, Iranians don't hate anyone. If our government complains about some injustice going on in the world, it's not bad, is it? (Although what we want from them is to shut up and not get us into trouble by talking about things that are none of our concern) We hate neither Jews nor Americans. I love Americans, otherwise why would I talk to them?! How would our guys dream of America, want to be like them as much as possible, and hate them at the same time?! I've got to say that for Iran, Israel is not equal with Jews! Israel is a gov't. Jews are faithful people! A few of them live here in our neighbourhood and they live just like the rest of Iranians. No difference. And two of Iran's parliment members are Jews. Who says we want to force others to convert to Islam? Have you ever found a Muslim knocking at your door asking you to do so? It's so funny the way you imagine things and make yourselves believe in your own immaginations!

Christians and Jews are both God-believers and respectful to us. I wonder why the media like putting words in our mouth and raising hatred. In Iran, religion is one of the least important factors. Where you come from and what your religion is are not important to us at all. On the contrary, meeting different people would be very interesting for us!

I wonder who Iran is really a threat to. Is it logical to say someone's guilty because we THINK / PREDICT that he's going to do something wrong? And they repeat the same "nuclear weapons" tosh over and over and brainwash people! News headlines: "We won't allow Iran to gain nuclear weapons"!!! Correction! It's "nuclear energy". Besides, how many "nuclear weapons" do they have themselves? Hundreds of thousands? Has Iran ever attacked any countries? No. Has it developed any nukes? No! That's what nuclear agency says. Only Iran's opponents are pulling Iran's leg and what they say is of no credit. It's just based on political conflicts. What we're doing is legal. What they ask us to do (ignoring our international rights) is illegal. Iran is a peaceful country. Why? It's the regional super-power and if she wanted, she could easily invade the countries in our neibourhood just like what Saddam did to our country, but as you see Iran has peaceful relations with all of them. It can set an example to some countries that just follow their interests (oil!). Interesting! the countries accusing Iran of different things have been, and are still accused of the same things!!! How logical!

Some people say he said: Israel should be wiped off the map! But have they told you the rest of his speech and that why he's said this at all? You know that it's a passive sentence. He's never said that IRAN wants to wipe Israel off the map! He wasn't talking about destroying Israel. He was talking about relocating Israel, so that they could live seperate from Palestinians and they could both live in peace. They've only told you this phrase not the whole thing and it's mistranslated intentionally. Iran has always defended itself, but it's not an offensive country.

Some say he's said: "The Holocaust is a myth!" Again, this is a single phrase taken from a long speech and there are totally logical reasons for saying so. If 6,000,000 Jews were killed, that's terrible, but 300,000 Shiite Moslems killed by Saddam aren't important at all? Over 650,000 Iraqi people are killed and that's not important?! When Fox News simply says that America and Israel are capable of destroying and killing Iran's population of 69,000,000 within two weeks, it's OK and no one says they're threatening other countries to nuke them (I saw this with my own eyes on the Fox News website) Millions of people killed in Afghanistan, Hiroshima %26amp; Nagasaki and the Vietnam war are not considered human beings at all! Now I think you'd get the point why he's IRONICALLY said it's a myth. Moreover, don't you believe in freedom of speech/mind? I'd judge people by their ACTIONS rather than by what they say / their religion / race / culture and the colour of their skin!

Obviously, some countries are using Iran as a scapegoat to put the blame (for their own faults) on. And what country is better than Iran to be a scapegoat? The whole world believes that Iran isn't a peaceful country. I know Americans don't like this either, but what can they do? They're not responsible for controlling what the Media says. This part is just for Americans who would still argue over unimportant things: Those of you who say why Iran says "Death to America":

1. 'America' to us means the U.S govt, not the people. How do you expect Iranians to mean "American people" when our media admires Americans for marching and holding up "no war" placards?!

2. The new generation don't say such things and if some of them occasionally march in the streets that's because some of the stupid guys enjoy making noise and they mainly go out there to meet their girlfriends/boyfriends! Strange. Isn't it?

3. Such mottos are not just said in Iran and as you know whatever you hear is a response to the U.S govt's terrible actions which has made life for many people hell (You wouldn't deny that attacking countries is a mistake. right?)

5. The U.S gov't helped Saddam attack Iran and I hope you know which country gave Iraq biological weapons which killed lots of Iranians.

6. America hit an Iranian airplane over the Persian Gulf and killed 200 passengers for no reason.

7. America places sanctions on Iran, promotes a false image of Iran and Iranians, scares tourists away, and harms our economy, development and credit. To what purpose?

When you call Ahmadinejad a nutcase for what he's said, what do you call Bush for his actions? I mean it's a good idea to consider what Bush is doing to the world with his wrong decisoins and lies. Bush is powerful and influencial, but Ahmadinejad is nothing.

To those who are upset with American hostages taken for 444 days:

1. Firstly, It's related to so many years ago and it's almost a part of history, and don't forget that when there's a revolution, there'd be chaos and people may do things that they should not, moreover they're all alive and healthy. Aren't they?

2.The U.S has arrested Iranian diplomats in Iraq and had tortured the one who was freed. Poor British sailors were detained by the English gov't just for saying that they were treated well in Iran and that Iranians were logical people (They said these when they were on England's soil!) They were PREVENTED from releasing their memoirs by England! Now you decide who has the right to be upset with whom. How do you believe in their lies about politics when they hide both the most and the least important things from you considering the fact that politics is the world of lies in its nature?!!! Considering all this, you'd probably be able to GUESS what percentage of what they tell you about the Mid-East, Islam, Moslems and other things is true!!! lol

Isn't it better for both countries to forget past conflicts and to have peaceful relations? Our two gov'ts are like 10 year old children playing a stupid, harsh, rhetorical game. They don't care about hurting people's feelings. They just try to make our two peoples enemies to achieve their own goals. We, as the people of these countries, MUST NOT allow these conflics into our hearts. You know something? All govt's are hateful. I just said the above things because it sounds unfair when some Americans talk about the taking of the 444 hostages while I keep silence. I hope you agree on this one! Now, what do you think? I can't wait to see both nations in peace. It'd be marvelous! They've started to have diplomatic talks! (Naughty children!) That's great!

Thanks for your time

I've been working for a year to gather all this information.Do you find it useful?
Thank you for laying it all out for your foreign friends!! I think Iran's pretty cool... This country got some beef with it due to the whole ayatollah thing and the hostages and whatnot, but hey, we should really let by-gones be by-gones... I have great respect for your president, and enjoy his kind and insightful words which he posts on his official presidental blog. (http://www.ahmadinejad.ir/) I wish my president were as techno-savvy!! Does the good doctor, your President Ahmadinejad, also own an Ipod??

I think your country plays a pretty interesting role in today's current affairs. The U.S. administration has been using your country and people as scapegoats to blame for how horrible our invasion of Iraq has been going. Our administration, in the "land of the free" has resisted all accountability for misleading this country to war, and also for not having a realistic strategy for resolving this bloody conflict. As one of the major states in the region who still function and haven't been bombed to embers, Iran is really one of the few political entities in the region that can actually do anything to help the situation in Iraq. If the American people follow the threats and nasty dialogue our public officals spout about Iran, we will invade Iran next, and then that will leave essentially no stable states in the region. The Middle East has got some serious problems these days, and a powerful state like Iran is absolutely necessary to maintain some order in the region. Our countries need to put our differences aside and work together if your neighbor to the West is ever going to get back onto its feet, and American forces can leave the area.

We Americans get shook up about our news media reporting supposed "threats" and calls for the destruction of Israel. I don't know if many Americans remember that yes, after World War II, the English essentially did cut out a nice piece of Palestinian land to form the Hebrew state, reinforced with Western military technology and training. As for me, Israel kinda has it coming... They've been on borrowed land for too long, however I doubt anybody will be able to force them to move. However, that's a whole other issue.. I would first like to see our American troops leave Iraq, and for a respectful dialogue to exist between Tehran and Washington.

Again, thanks for taking the time to express and explain an informed Iranian citizen's point of view on the state of affairs today. I whole-heartedly agree that our respective leaders talk a lot of garbage about each other simply to rile their citizens against each other, to perpetuate enemy roles, and to distract the masses from what is really going on. The war in Iraq needs to stop. Acheiving peace is paramount compared to bitter rivalries with a nation who could certainly be a powerful ally in our so-called 'war on terror'.

bin laden bombs the u.s.

bin laden was a saudi.

the u.s. bombs iraq.

the saudi's are still our buddies. we continue to fill our monsterous SUVs with saudi oil @ $3.69/gal.

iraq is still a mess.

we begin smack talk against iran

...no end in sight.

none of it makes any sense to me, man...... Let's hope these recent diplomatic talks bear some fruit for today's generation and generations to come...

best wishes and peace to you!

good luck!
Reply:Wow! Thanks for the lengthy article. Can you do us all a favor and post this to a blog or something instead?
Reply:Just post a question and get an answer. There is no need to write an essay on Yahoo questions and Answers.
Reply:Too long...I have other things to do.
Reply:I read the whole thing.

1) I did not find it useful, as I have no ill will towards Iranian people nor do I have any prejudices towards Iranians. You clearly have a lot of pride in your country and your heritage, and that is great.

2) do not assume that all Americans hate Iranians, also do not assume that we support Bush, you will find that the majority of the people in the USA do not support Bush.

3) I don't understand why women are not allowed into soccer games? That seems silly to me. Shouldn't everyone have equal rights?
Reply:WHEW!!! Thank you for your essay and I'm in disagreement with whether you should've posted it on here or not. Yahoo answers is a great forum to get how you feel and get a discussion started. I myself write lengthy ones as I have so much to say! I took the time to read it and it's very useful info.

I live in a very small city in America. Some people her in the USA think the same about us, that we're barbaric,have no sense of fashion or any opinion that matters. Like we never get out of this small town and go to the big city, so I can relate to how you feel. By the way, if a big city is so great to live in, how come they're moving to the smaller towns to get away from it all!

Anyway,I think we have all learned from the past up to the present who's lying and who's telling the truth and we leave it to our elected officials to make decisions for us and it seems like here lately, they do as they darn well please and not the will of the people which is pi**ing people off. We showed Bush our strength during the last election when we voted for an all Democrat House and Senate control.Bush is a Republican, he hated it of course.But it seems like the man has gone mad and we need to put the brakes on him. People talk about impeachment,there are so many websites dedicated to impeaching him and signing a petition but what good would it do? He only has one more year left and impeachment process can get caught up in red tape with good lawyers and it will buy time for him. And besides, it doesn't make sense to elect someone new when he's the one who put us in Iraq!Everyone here hates that stupid decision he made. It was not a well thought out plan and now we all know it. Too late. But we do stand behind our soldiers there as they are doing what our government says. Did you know a lot of those soldiers are recruited from the poor sections of America? They make big promises but even they have a hard time finding a job once they get out.

I've never been outside the USA to really form an opinion about any country let alone Iran, but I've always figured they are just like us,have the same feelings and exposed to the rest of the world just like us.The pictures we see of Iranians, who cares, it's their customary dress, doesn't mean they're barbaric. The media shows us what they want us to see to back up their story, otherwise it wouldn't sell.MOST,and I stress most, of the people I know, know that's it's all politics and as usual, the USA is butting in.

Most of the kids today don't even know what the Iranian hostage crisis is.It's history to us.

I agree totally that there is a new generation coming up and they are our future leaders. Let's hope that they are ones who want world peace instead of strife. Who want to negotiate so we can all live in this world together before we destroy what's left of it.

Thank you for caring and sharing.
Reply:This is very interesting. I honestly am not familiar with Iran. I would like to check out some of your links when I have time. I hope you don't mind that I copied this to put on my "myspace blog" as a different point of view on the state of Iran from what we usually see. There are alot of haters on here, but don't be discouraged. If they didn't like the question, they shouldn't have responded to it. Any way, I'm not sure what conclusion I draw. I KNOW the media is biased, and exposes us to the problems with terrorists, etc., but we're not offered a look at the GOOD. I think it's important for people to look at as much info as possible, and then make up their own minds, not conclude that what the reporters and editors feed us is the truth. Anyway, Best wishes!
Reply:I am an United States Citizen who agrees with the fact the war on Iran is not a good war; It is an example of a government utilizing scare tactics to abuse human rights overseas. I hate that the war interrupts your country's rights to love, joy, and peace. I agree with the another countries right to play big sister, but good big sisters are loving and will do just enough "damage" to get rid of terrorist and protect human rights in every nation, not just the United States. May Immanuel restore your nation and all of the broken hearts. If you don't know already, there are a lot of "silent" US citizens on your side.
Reply:Didn't find it that useful bc. most of the facts are common knowledge, like the airplane shot down by the Ticonderoga etc.But then again, I'm german, we probably have a different perspective on this.

The current tension between the Iran and the EU/US is not based on past conflicts, but on fears that Iran is trying to get the nuclear bomb.All Iran would have to do to prove that wrong would be to allow inspectors back in Iran.Not to do so is very suspicious to us.

Most western countries are determined to defend Israel, if need be.What Ahmadinedjad has said about Israel and the Holocaust is inacceptable (I'm a history student so i know Holocaust history very well).

A war between Iran and US/EU should be avoided, if possible.However, western countries cannot accept that Iran

a) gets nuclear bombs (because of b)

b) tries to eradicate Israel

I'm afraid that in case of a or b there will be war.This has nothing to do with the Iranian people, their religion or their history, however.

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Are you an open minded person? (If so, what do you think of this?)?

2009-08-02T22:16:00.000-07:00

I think reading this in 5-10 minutes would be better than listening to the news for a lifteime.Plz don't think I'm a very old person.Just 18.A university student studying English who just cannot sit back and hope.This article has two parts: 1.Cultural and general info and music 2.political info.If you wanna know a part of the truth, read it from top to bottom.

Hi.I'm Iranian and I live in Iran.When I chat with people from other countries, I understand that they have totally wrong ideas about Iran.I just wrote this article to correct you.

The first thing they accuse our government of, is that they don't let you be free.Actually, Iranians don't obey the laws they don't like as much as possible.Many strict rules in other countries, don't even exist in Iran.Also, you should understand that what may seem so normal to you, may be a nightmare for us and vise versa.That's why you don't understand a few of Iran's laws.In Iran every single house has a sattelite. Sattelite channels had a serious influence on people, they wear very fashionable clothes.Maybe it's a kind of immitation, but still it's got an unique Iranian style.You'll begin to wonder if it's a country or the fantacy land of beauty queens! Almost half their hair is out and they wear a lot of make up and fationable clothes.Iran is one of the super-consumers of cosmics.You'll be surprised seeing the difference between what you imagined before and how the real Iran is! Everything's great if you don't take unemployment, inflation and air pollution into account which I guess are common problems in many other countries.You can't compare Itran today with the one in 30 years ago! Nearly 65-70% of Iran's population is considered the new generation (The youth) and they've transformed everything.

Some people think women don't have any rights in Iran! Women are overtaking Iran. They're so respectful and they're the winners in most cases: They get into the best universities cos they're so clever.They get the best jobs cos they can do jobs better than men.They've got rights that have made it difficult for men to marry them, because husbands should buy them expensive things and treat them very well, otherwise women will have the right to ask them a great amount of money (called Mehr) according to the law which most husbands cannot afford, so they'll be imprisoned.The only thing that women are not allowed to do in Iran is getting into public football stadiums and that's because such places are full of cheeky guys.They do anything from taking part in rallies to singing DJ / pop songs.Anything! I've put a sample here.I feel foolish for sitting here explaining ordinary things to you.

Another funny thing: Your footage about stoning the women who have committed adultery.Have you ever asked yourselves they relate to how many years ago?For your information, those are from Afghanistan which was ruled by freaks (Taliban).When you think of such things, try to think of the racism in your country too.I find it difficult to make you understand that Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan are SEPERATE COUNTRIES! 60% of Iranians are Persian and 30% are Turkish! I find it even more difficult to make you understand that Iran is a normal country like any other countries in the world.There's nothing mysterious about it!(The media are very good at making scary titles: BEHIND THE CLOSED DOORS!!! IRAN UNDERCOVER!!! This would be enough to scare people away! Iranians are much more open-minded than what you think!!! I'm sure you don't know that there are lots of Iranian geniouses and scientists that are all under 25.You don't hear about their discoveries and inventions on TV. For instance this 17 year old boy has invented 72 amazing inventions and there are many KIDS like that.Iranian students and sportsmen win gold and silver medals in different compotitions in the world all the time such as robotics, biology, maths, physics, sports, anything! Why don't the media talk about them? They just can't summerise everything in one word "nuclear", although we're proud of it cos having nuclear energy means a country is developed.Did you know that the countries having the highest number of scientists in the world are in this order? 1-India 2-Korea 3-Iran

A few months ago Iran uncovered the most effective anti-H.I.V medicine and it was signing treaties with other countries to export it.I digged the news on the internet, but there was no single sign of that.What did I find instead? "President Bush CLAIMS that bomb parts are imported from Iran into Iraq!"(The same old story!) The media are injustice.They put CLAIMS on the headlines, but they never talk about facts! Some interesting facts:

Iran is the pionier in medicine and genetics and Iranian surgens have found lots of new methods for treating spinal defects and many other diseases (mainly the treatment for different types of cancer) and the best brain and heart surgens are Iranian surgens.The head of Mars Mission in NASA is Iranian.One of the best designers of sports cars working in Germany is Iranian.Some of the best 3D animators are Iranian.Iran is one of the best countries in counter-engineering.Holds the second place in building dams and in loads of other things! It's one of the top countries in these fields: bio-technology and nono-technology.The 4th highest tower in the world (Milad tower) is in Tehran ( visit it in the second link).51 top universities out of the 100 top universities in the Mid-East are in Iran and they're among some of the top universities of the world as well.The champion weight-lifter is Iranian.The woman, and a song by one of the pop singers who/which won the nobel peace prize are Iranians and lots of Iranians win nobel prizes specially in the field of medicine . And as you all know, Iranian girls are famous for being terrific.Persian rug and Persian literature, many Persian poets and scientists that are so famous.Iranian culture is now westernised and only a little has survived! According to statistics Tehran is the cheapest capital city in the world for foriegners of course not for us! (Cos our rate is different: one Dollar =about 950 Tomans!) There are many other things.How many pages would you need to describe a country?Iran is an independant country unlike its neighbouring countries.It has nearly all the developed industries and technologies and doesn't need other countries to survive! The list is endless.

The news this morning: "Iranian scintists managed to make human teeth grow again after you've lost them using basic cells"

I'm gonna intoduce you the international news website of Iran (called press TV) which was establlished recently.It's fully in English.Plz vist it and you'll find out what they're hiding from you! In the "Sic / Tech" section you'll always see the discoveries of Iran.The address is: http://www.presstv.ir/news.aspx Press TV news: Iranian scientists have registered more than 4800 inventions during the last Iranian calendar year of 1385 (April 21 2006-April 20, 2007). 4800 inventions in just one year!

Read more in: http://www.presstv.ir/sections.aspx?sect...

Some charactristics of Iranians would be: Proud, greedy, hard-working for themselve, lazy in doing their duty well!, intelligent, ambitious, not realistic, not so religious (sadly majority of the young generation is not), not punctual, impatient, well-dressed, formal, well-educated, warm and friendly and hospitable.

Some people think, Iran's a desert! lol Iran is a modern country with breathtakingly beautiful nature and lots of historic places to visit.Please take a look at the following links to see if Iran looks like what you think or not! This is a photo of Tehran (Awesome.Isn't it?): http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran

If you like you can visit these too, hundreds of pretty photos from the cities and nature:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hills...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.bigsoccer.com:80/forum/showth...

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthrea...

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthrea...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran

Some people think music is forbidden in Iran.Did you know that Iranian pop music was chose as the best pop music in France in 2005? I guess not.All Iranian songs are current pop /Club-Dance/Trance/ DJ music.I send them to my American and Canadian chat friends and they all say they're some of the best songs they've ever heard.

Here's a sample of the latest hits.(So catchy.Right?) I believe in "Express yourself through music and that music is a universal language".

You can just right click on the links below and choose "Save Target As" to download them.You can read the full translation of the songs here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

1.(You know this: 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

2.(Hold my hand: 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

3.(The wetness of your eyes: 2006) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

4.(I just want you: 2003) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

5.(The rain: 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

6.(The window: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

7.(Keep me in your memory: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

8.(Farangis "A female name" 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

9.(The distance: 2007)

http://www.sarzaminsong.com/Sarzaminmusi...

10.(Sunrise: 2007)

http://www.sarzaminsong.com/Sarzaminmusi...

11.(Stop world:2006) http://www.sarzaminmusic.com/Sarzaminmus...

12.(You can't: 2007)

http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

13.(The wind's kiss: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

14.(Reveal your visage: 2004) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

15.(What would have happened if : 2007)

http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

And so on and on!

It's now 2007 and people still think we are uneducated people living in deserts, riding camels and carrying around guns!!!!

See how the media are fooling people?

Let's clarify some political issues as well:

Some of the Americans I chatted with, said in the U.S it's said that president Ahmadinejad hates the U.S and Israel and wants to nuke them!! The media are good at putting comments.It's easy to show a video or an image of our president or leader on the T.V screen or on the internet and say he says this, he says that.....I really don't get the point why our politicians defame themselves by talking about things that have got nothing to do with us.For example does verbal defence of Palestinians cause them to have a better life?The thing is that they occasionally make some statements that the media would misuse it agaisnt Iran.For example they pick up some specific phrases of a long speech (without reffering to the main points and reasons for that speech) and put so many bad comments on that.No sane person would take it for granted.

First of all, Iranians don't hate anyone.If our government complains about some injustice going on in the world, it's not bad.Is it? (Although what we want them is to shut up and not to get us into trouble by talking about things that are none of our concern) We hate neither Jews nor Americans.I love Americans otherwise why would I talk to them?! How would our guys dream of America, be like them as much as possible and hate it at the same time?! I've got to say that for Iran Israel is not equal with Jews! Israel is a gov't.Jews are faithful people! A few of them live here in our neighbourhood and they live just like the rest of Iranians.No difference.And two of Iran's parliment members are Jews. Who says we want to force others to convert to Islam?Have you ever found a Muslem knocking at your door asking you to do so?It's so funny the way you imagine things and make yourselves believe in your own immaginations! Christians and Jews are both God believers and respectful to us.I wonder why the media like putting words in our mouth and raising hatred.In Iran, religion would be the least important thing. It means that where you come from and what your religion is, are not important to us at all.On the contrary, meeting different people would be so interesting for us!

I wonder Iran is a threat to whom. Is that logical to say someone's guilty because we THINK / PREDICT that he's going to do something wrong?!!!! And they repeat the same "nuclear" tosh over and over and brainwash people! News headlines: "We won't allow Iran to gain nuclear weapons"!!! Has Iran ever attacked any countries?No.Has it developed any nukes?No!That's what nuclear agency says.Only Iran's oppositions are pulling Iran's leg and what they say is of no credit.It's just based on political conflicts.What we're doing is legal.What they ask us to do (ignoring our international rights) is illegal. Iran is a peaceful country.Why? It's the regional super-power and if she wanted, she could easily invade the countries in our neibourhood just like what Seddam did to our country, but as you see Iran has peaceful relationships with all of them.It could be a good example to some countries that just follow their interests.What is interesting is that the countries which accuse Iran of different things have been, and are still accused of the same things!!! How logical!

Some people say he said: Israel should be wiped off the map! But have they told you the rest of his speech and that why he's said this at all?You know that it's a passive sentence.He's never said that IRAN wants to wipe Israel off the map! He wasn't talking about destroying Israel.He was talking about relocating Israel, so that they could live seperate from Palestinians and they could both live in peace.They've only told you this phrase not the whole thing and it's mistranslated intentionally.Iran's always defended itself, but it's not an offensive country.

Some say he's said: Holocaust is a myth! again this is a single phrase from among a long speech and there are totally logical reasons for saying so.If 6000'000 Jews were killed, that's so terrible, but those 300'000 Shiite Moslems killed by Saddam aren't important at all! Over 650'000 Iraqi people are killed and it's not important! When Fox News simply says: America and Israel are capable of destroying and killing all Iran's 69000'000 population within two weeks, it's OK and no one says they're threatening other countries to nuke them (I saw this with my own eyes on the Fox News website) Millions of people killed in Afghanistan, Hiroshima %26amp; Nakazaki and vietnam war are not considered human beings at all! Now I think you'd get the point why he's IRONICALLY said it's a mith.Moreover, don't you believe in freedom of speech/mind?

Obviousely, some countries are using Iran as a victim to put the blame (their own faults) on Iran.And which country is better than Iran to be a victim?They've made the whole world believe that Iran isn't a peaceful country.I know Americans don't like these either, but what can they do?They're not responsible for controlling what the media say

This part is just for Americans who would still argue over unimportant things: Those of you who say why Iran says "Death to America": 1.America means the U.S govt not the people 2.The new generation don't say such things and if some of them occasionally march in the streets that's because some of the stupid guys enjoy making noise and they mainly go out there to meet their girlfreids/boyfriends! Strange.Isn't it? 3.Such mottos are not just said in Iran and as you know whatever you hear is a response to the U.S govt's terrible actions which has made life for many people hell (You wouldn't deny that attacking countries is a mistake.right?) 5.The U.S gov't helped Seddam to attack Iran and I hope you know which country gave Iraq biological weapons which killed lots of Iranians 6.America hit an Iranian airplane over the Persian Gulf and killed 200 passengers for no reason 7.It's always botherng Iran by sanctions, displaying false image of Iran and Iranians, scares tourists away from Iran and is always harmful to our economy, development and credit 8.It's always despised the Iranians who travel to the U.S at their arrival (even ordinary ones, university students, sportsmen, scientists etc)

To those who are upset with American hostages taken for 444 days: 1.Firstly, It's related to so many years ago and it's almost a part of history and don't forget that when there's a revolution, there'd be cheos and people may do things that they should not, moreover they're all alive and healthy.Aren't they? 2.The U.S has arrested Iranian diplomats in Iraq and has tortured the one who was freed.Now you decide who has the right to be upset with whom.It's exceeded the level of tit for tat.

Isn't it better for both countries to forget about the past conflicts and to have peaceful relations?The two govts are like 10 year old children playing a game by harsh rhetoric.They don't care about hurting people's feeling.They just try to show that the people are enemies of each other to achieve their own goals. We as the people of these countries MUST NOT have any conflics.You know something?All govts are hateful.I just said the above things because it sounds unfair when some Americans talk about 444 hostage taking and I keep being silent.I hope you agree on this one! Now, what do you think?I can't wait to see both nations in peace.It'd be marvelous!

Plz whenever you have time, find and read an article about "ethnocentrism".Knowing the meaning of this term is not enough.After reading about it, you'll feel a noticable positive change in your attitude towards different people! Guaranteed!

Thanks for your time.

Are you an open minded person? (If so, what do you think of this?)?
Very interesting. There is a fellow in our neighborhood who is Iranian and his family is still there but he travels back and forth as he managed to get American citizenship through the company he works for. He shows pictures of his family and they don't look any different from people who live in the U.S.

Sometimes I go to an Iranian restaurant in Phoenix, Arizona and the food is delicious. It is run by a family who came to America in the 1940's and this is the third generation of people running the restaurant. Grandma still comes in to make a delicious pudding on occasions.

You should know that it is the stereotypical idea of most Americans to lump all people into groups. During the 1800's all Native American tribes were lumped together and what one tribe did, the white Americans thought all Native Americans did that and as a result many wonderful Native American tribes were wiped out. Of course there were some tribes who were hostile, murderous and tortured people for fun but there were only a few like that. Most were peaceful, nature and family loving people as most people in the world are.

I appreciate your long writing and want to copy it and pass it around as I am sure that what you say is true. I know that Iranians are intellegent and that is a challenge to the economics of the U.S. As most leaders in the U.S. are in the business of making money, they most likely resent the challenge of higher intellegence and inventions in medicine. It does seem to be the way of the U.S. to not reveal much valuable information on our news broadcasts. In my opinion, a naive people are easier to control.

I am a white, female American and I have noticed that the most ignorant Americans are also the most arrogant, the most fearful and the most dangerous. The more intelligent Americans are less confident, more cautions and yet less fearful. We have a saying in America... "The more you learn, the more you learn that you have to learn. The less you know, the less you know that you need to know."

I too, would like to see both nations getting along but our leaders will not tolorate that as there is great money to be had by the building of war machines. We must always remember that what the people really want in their heart isn't what the leaders what for us. We are sold a bill of lies and the public who buys it becomes violent, fearful and hateful. I'm a true believer in thinking with the heart and not in believing everything we are told.

NO XENOPHOBIA!!!

Thanks for writing and giving us real news.

By the way, I copied and pasted this into a document that I can print and pass around for people to read. I'm a music and an English teacher. I will let my junior high students read it and give comments. I will post it on other places on the internet that I find appropriate. Thanks for telling the real news and giving such wonderful web sights. I love the truth and know that American television isn't providing it. (You know, Yahoo may very well delete your account for this. The least you can expect is that your question will be deleted as it can be deemed as "not a question". So sorry.)
Reply:Thank you. I think that was a very good explanation, but I doubt if many people are open-minded enough to appreciate it. Most people are set in their ideas, beliweve whatever they see or hear on the idiot box and simply don't care. I feel like publishing your write-up, it is so good. Thank you. I am not Iranian, but my country get's similarly misunderstood.
Reply:Behaviourist

The question was "what do you think of this"

I thought it was a very well written and informative piece but a lot of people won't believe it because it is not what Fox news are telling them

Mattais

Iran is a democracy
Reply:It was most enlightening, and quite thought-provoking. Unfortunately, the governments of both countries will do as they will, and the media will assist in their endeavors, and the average person will be judged and condemned. mocked and ignored. It's part and parcel of the First Amendment to attack different opinions.

Thank you for taking the time to tell us your perspective.
Reply:ummmm... do you really think people are gonna read that. I didn't however I will let you know right now that I don't judge people. Just because a few people do something wrong doesn't mean everyone does. You can't generalize people.
Reply:Hi, my name is Derick i am Iranian and white born in the U.S.A I've never met or heard from my dad who is Iranian. He lives somewhere in Esfahan. I absolutely loved your writing and do believe every word of it and agree with you on the entire thing. Like you said most Iranians are great people i happen to be one of them . My dad is an Engineer and I'm in college studying to be an engineer. 10 stars for you way to go.
Reply:Is there a question in there? This is Yahoo ANSWERS.
Reply:wow! thank you iron shiek
Reply:1- Truth is the first victim of war.

2- I'm sorry, but if you are against the US government, you are against the US people, as they elect the government.

3- What makes you think the same doesn't apply in reverse, that people in Iran have the wrong impression of the US ?

I am not american.
Reply:That was a very very long speech how about your country rocks. Great?

If you wanted me to change my opinion on Iran then you should have made it a bit briefer and answered the following question. Is Iran a democracy?
Reply:I'm sorry, you failed to put your propaganda in the form of a question.
Reply:I say melt them and flood the rivers with thier dead!

HORSE

Do you have 10 minutes to hear what we have to say?

2009-08-02T22:15:00.002-07:00

Some people may like this.

Special thanks to my American friend who helped me proofread my writing.It's taken me almost a year to find some pieces of this information.

I believe that if you spend 5-10 minutes reading this essay, you will be better informed than if you listen to a lifetime's worth of Major Media news. Please don't assume that I'm a very old person. I'm just 18, and a university student studying English who just cannot sit back and let the lies fly unchallenged.

This article has two parts:

1. Cultural and general info

2. Political info.

If you wanna know the rest of of the story, read it from top to bottom.

Note: I've explained all the things that you ALWAYS talk about, so read it all plz! (Anytime you like!) Specially the political part! Any answers before reading the whole thing will prove to be wrong.

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Hi. I'm an Iranian who has spent his life in Iran.When I chat with people from other countries, I am shocked to see how totally wrong their ideas are about Iran. I wrote this article in an attempt to help correct those ideas.

The first thing America, and the West in general, accuses our government of is that we don't allow personal freedoms. Actually, Iranians disobey laws they don't like as much as anyone. But come on, there are only a few restrictions.It's so cool over here. People here do whatever they wish to! Many strict rules in other countries don't even exist in Iran. Also, you should understand that what may seem so normal to you, may be a nightmare for us and vise versa. That's why you don't understand a few of Iran's laws because some of them are based on our culture. You look at our country from "your own point of view"! In Iran every single house has a sattelite dish. Sattelite television has a serious influence on our people, and Iranians wear very fashionable clothing. Maybe it is a kind of imitation, but we still have our own unique Iranian style (I'm talking about public places, in our privacy there's no difference). A visitor might wonder if this is a country or a fantasy pageant of beauty queens! Almost women wear half their their hair out, and make-up and fashionable clothing are everywhere.(I ignore a few fuddy-duddies though!) Iran is one of the super-consumers of cosmetics. You would be surprised to see the difference between what you imagine and what Iran really is!

In my view, everything is great, if you ignore unemployment, inflation and air pollution. But I guess these are common problems around the world today, aren't they? Also, you can't compare Iran today with the Iran you remember. The Shah and the Iatollah Khomini are both some 30 years in the past!Nearly 65-70% of Iran's population is a new generation without the biases of the past (The youth), and we've transformed everything.

Some people think women don't have any rights in Iran. But in my view, women are overrunning the place. But that's not a bad thing. They're very respectful, and they've been the winners in so many cases: They get into the best universities because they're very smart. And they get the best jobs because they can do so many of them better than men. (That's why men can hardly find any good jobs because most jobs are already occupied by women!) They've got Islamic rights, and that has in some cases made it difficult for men to marry them, because husbands are supposed to buy them expensive things and treat them very well, otherwise women have the right to ask a great amount of money (called Mehr) according to the law, which most husbands cannot afford, so they (men) will be imprisoned.The only thing that women are not allowed to do in Iran is getting into public football stadiums and that's because such places are full of cheeky guys. They do anything from taking part in rallies to singing pop songs.Anything! I've put a sample here. I feel foolish for sitting here explaining ordinary things to you.

Another funny thing: Your footage about stoning the women who have committed adultery. Have you ever asked yourselves how many years ago that footage related to? Are they balck and white or colourful? But in one case (related to many years ago) something terrible had happened which was just beyond the borders of adultery.We think being punished for corruption is good, as it deters people from doing that and the society will be far healthier than the countries in which commiting such things is considered to be normal! Iranians expect their gov't not to be soft on criminals.And for your information, most of those footages are from Afghanistan which was ruled by freaks (Taliban). What exactly makes you think women are treated differently?The way they were/are treated in Saudi Arabi? I'm sorry I didn't know "over a billion Moslems" lived there!When you think of such things, try to think of the racism in your country too. There's no perfect country!

I find it difficult to make you understand that Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan are --------- SEPERATE COUNTRIES! --------- Even within Iran, 60% of us are Persian and 30% are Turkish! I find it even more difficult to make you understand that Iran is a normal country like any other in the world. The point is, there's nothing mysterious about us! The Media are very good at creating really scary stuff: "IRAN BEHIND THE CLOSED DOORS!!!" "IRAN UNDERCOVER!!!" Some of that garbage would be enough to scare ME away! But in truth, Iranians are far more open-minded than you have been led to believe.

There are lots of Iranians today who are geniuses and scientists, and are all under age 25. You don't hear about their discoveries and inventions on TV. For instance a 17 year old boy has invented 72 amazing inventions and there are many kids like that. Every year a special scientific compition (Kharazmi) is held here and students assemble to show off hundreds of inventions. Iranian students and sportsmen win gold and silver medals in different competitions in the world all the time, in robotics, biology, maths, physics, sports, anything! Why don't the Media talk about them? Please don't summarize our nation and culture with the single word "nuclear". Although we're proud of this achievement because we believe that having nuclear energy means that a country is developed.Did you know that the countries having the highest number of scientists in the world are in this order? 1-India 2-Korea 3-Iran

A few months ago Iran uncovered the most effective anti-H.I.V medicine and it was signing treaties with other countries to export it. I searched for news of that on the internet, but there was no single sign of it. What did I find instead? "President Bush CLAIMS that bomb parts are imported from Iran into Iraq!" (The same old story!) The Media are unjust. They put CLAIMS on the headlines, but they never talk about facts!

Some interesting facts:

Iran is a pioneer in medicine and genetics, and Iranian surgeons have found lots of new methods for treating spinal defects, and many diseases (mainly the treatment for different types of cancer) and the best brain and heart surgeons are Iranian. The head of the Mars Mission in NASA is Iranian. One of the best designers of sports cars working in Germany is Iranian. Some of the best 3D animators are Iranian. Iran is one of the best countries in counter-engineering. Holds the second place in building dams and in loads of other things! It's one of the top countries in bio-technology and nano-technology. The 4th highest tower in the world (Milad tower) is in Tehran (visit it at this link from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Milad... ). 51 of the top 100 universities in the Mid-East are in Iran, and they're among the top universities of the world as well. The champion weight-lifter, a woman, and a song by one of the pop singers who/which won the nobel peace prize are Iranians. Lots of Iranians win nobel prizes specially in the field of medicine. Iranian girls are famous for being terrific. We have Persian rugs and Persian literature, many Persian poets, artists and scientists that are world famous. Iranian culture is now westernized and only a little of the ancient culture has survived. According to statistics Tehran is the cheapest capital city in the world (one Dollar =about 950 Tomans! For example you can buy windows vista for 1 Dollar here instead of 700 Dollars!!! or 3 supper pizzas for 10 Dollars!!!wow!) There are many other things. How many pages would you need to describe a country? Iran has nearly all the industries and technologies found in 'developed' countries. Oh, and we have four seasons! (Some people think it never snows here! We get a lot of snow and there are skating rinks! lol) The list is endless.(I still feel foolish for talkng about ordinary things!)

News: "Iranian scientists managed to make human teeth grow after you've lost them using basic cells" I'm gonna introduce Iran's international news website to you (Press TV) which was established recently. It's fully in English. You'll find what they're hiding from you! In the "Sic / Tech" section you'll always see Iran's discoveries. The address is: http://www.presstv.ir/news.aspx... Press TV news: Iranian scientists have registered more than 4800 inventions during the last Iranian calendar year of 1385 (April 21 2006-April 20, 2007). 4800 inventions in just one year!

Some charactristics of Iranians would be:

Negative: We are proud, greedy, hard-working (for ourselves), not punctual, impatient, and lazy at doing our duty well, crazy about luxuries and thus extravagant! Highly competitive!

Positive: intelligent, ambitious, a bit idealistic, well-dressed, formal, well-educated, warm and friendly, hospitable.

Some people think Iran is a desert! Well, it is, if you consider California, New Mexico, Utah, Arkansas, and Alabama a desert. We share the same latitude. Iran is a modern country with breathtakingly beautiful nature and lots of historic places to visit. Please take a look at the following links to see if Iran looks like what you think or not! This is a photo of Tehran (Awesome, Isn't it?): http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran

If you like you can visit these too, hundreds of pretty photos from the cities, nature and historic places: (It's like a free tour!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hills...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.bigsoccer.com:80/forum/showth...

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthrea...

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthrea...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran

Some people think music is forbidden in Iran. Did you know that Iranian music was chosen as the best pop in France in 2005? It could even defeat Euro-pop! All Iranian songs are current pop / DJ music. I send Iranian music to my American and Canadian chat friends and they all say they're some of the best songs they've ever heard. What makes Iranian music killer, is a lot of Trance drums, catchy tune, uprising melody and incredible lyrics!

Here's a sample of the latest hits from two official Iranian music websites.You can just right click on the links below and choose "Save Target As" to download them.I guess you'll fall for it! The translation of the songs is here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

1.(You know this: 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

2.(Hold my hand: 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

3.(The wetness of your eyes: 2006) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

4.(I just want you: 2003) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

5.(The rain: 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

6.(The window: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

7.(Keep me in your memory: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

8.(Farangis "A female name" 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

9.(The distance: 2007) http://www.sarzaminsong.com/Sarzaminmusi...

10.(Sunrise: 2007) http://www.sarzaminsong.com/Sarzaminmusi...

11.(Stop world:2006) http://www.sarzaminmusic.com/Sarzaminmus...

12.(You can't: 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

13.(The wind's kiss: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

14.(Reveal your visage: 2004) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

15.(What would have happened if : 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

And so on and on!

It's now 2007 and most people still think we are uneducated people living in deserts, riding camels and carrying around guns! See how the media are fooling people?

Let's clarify some political issues as well: Some of the Americans I chatted with said in the U.S it's said that president Ahmadinejad hates the U.S and Israel and wants to nuke them!! The Media are good at putting lying comments out there. It's easy to show a video or an image of our president or leader on the TV screen or on the internet and say he says this, he says that.....I really don't get the point why our politicians defame themselves by talking about things that have got nothing to do with us. For example does verbal defence of Palestinians cause them to have a better life? The thing is that they occasionally make some statements that the media would misuse it against Iran. For example they pick up some specific phrases of a long speech (without refering to the main points and reasons for that speech) and put so many bad comments on that. No sane person would take such nonsense at face value.

First of all, Iranians don't hate anyone. If our government complains about some injustice going on in the world, it's not bad, is it? (Although what we want from them is to shut up and not get us into trouble by talking about things that are none of our concern) We hate neither Jews nor Americans. I love Americans, otherwise why would I talk to them?! How would our guys dream of America, want to be like them as much as possible, and hate them at the same time?! I've got to say that for Iran, Israel is not equal with Jews! Israel is a gov't. Jews are faithful people! A few of them live here in our neighbourhood and they live just like the rest of Iranians. No difference. And two of Iran's parliment members are Jews. Who says we want to force others to convert to Islam? Have you ever found a Muslim knocking at your door asking you to do so? It's so funny the way you imagine things and make yourselves believe in your own immaginations!

Christians and Jews are both God-believers and respectful to us. I wonder why the media like putting words in our mouth and raising hatred. In Iran, religion is one of the least important factors. Where you come from and what your religion is are not important to us at all. On the contrary, meeting different people would be very interesting for us!

I wonder who Iran is really a threat to. Is it logical to say someone's guilty because we THINK / PREDICT that he's going to do something wrong? And they repeat the same "nuclear weapons" tosh over and over and brainwash people! News headlines: "We won't allow Iran to gain nuclear weapons"!!! Correction! It's "nuclear energy". Besides, how many "nuclear weapons" do they have themselves? Hundreds of thousands? Has Iran ever attacked any countries? No. Has it developed any nukes? No! That's what nuclear agency says. Only Iran's opponents are pulling Iran's leg and what they say is of no credit. It's just based on political conflicts. What we're doing is legal. What they ask us to do (ignoring our international rights) is illegal. Iran is a peaceful country. Why? It's the regional super-power and if she wanted, she could easily invade the countries in our neibourhood just like what Saddam did to our country, but as you see Iran has peaceful relations with all of them. It can set an example to some countries that just follow their interests (oil!). Interesting! the countries accusing Iran of different things have been, and are still accused of the same things!!! How logical!

Some people say he said: Israel should be wiped off the map! But have they told you the rest of his speech and that why he's said this at all? You know that it's a passive sentence. He's never said that IRAN wants to wipe Israel off the map! He wasn't talking about destroying Israel. He was talking about relocating Israel, so that they could live seperate from Palestinians and they could both live in peace. They've only told you this phrase not the whole thing and it's mistranslated intentionally. Iran has always defended itself, but it's not an offensive country.

Some say he's said: "The Holocaust is a myth!" Again, this is a single phrase taken from a long speech and there are totally logical reasons for saying so. If 6,000,000 Jews were killed, that's terrible, but 300,000 Shiite Moslems killed by Saddam aren't important at all? Over 650,000 Iraqi people are killed and that's not important?! When Fox News simply says that America and Israel are capable of destroying and killing Iran's population of 69,000,000 within two weeks, it's OK and no one says they're threatening other countries to nuke them (I saw this with my own eyes on the Fox News website) Millions of people killed in Afghanistan, Hiroshima %26amp; Nagasaki and the Vietnam war are not considered human beings at all! Now I think you'd get the point why he's IRONICALLY said it's a myth. Moreover, don't you believe in freedom of speech/mind? I'd judge people by their ACTIONS rather than by what they say / their religion / race / culture and the colour of their skin!

Obviously, some countries are using Iran as a scapegoat to put the blame (for their own faults) on. And what country is better than Iran to be a scapegoat? The whole world believes that Iran isn't a peaceful country. I know Americans don't like this either, but what can they do? They're not responsible for controlling what the Media says. This part is just for Americans who would still argue over unimportant things: Those of you who say why Iran says "Death to America":

1. 'America' to us means the U.S govt, not the people. How do you expect Iranians to mean "American people" when our media admires Americans for marching and holding up "no war" placards?!

2. The new generation don't say such things and if some of them occasionally march in the streets that's because some of the stupid guys enjoy making noise and they mainly go out there to meet their girlfriends/boyfriends! Strange. Isn't it?

3. Such mottos are not just said in Iran and as you know whatever you hear is a response to the U.S govt's terrible actions which has made life for many people hell (You wouldn't deny that attacking countries is a mistake. right?)

4. The U.S gov't helped Saddam attack Iran and I hope you know which country gave Iraq biological weapons which killed lots of Iranians.

5. America hit an Iranian airplane over the Persian Gulf and killed 200 passengers for no reason.

8. America places sanctions on Iran, promotes a false image of Iran and Iranians, scares tourists away, and harms our economy, development and credit. To what purpose?

When you call Ahmadinejad a nutcase for what he's said, what do you call Bush for his actions? I mean it's a good idea to consider what Bush is doing to the world with his wrong decisions and lies. Bush is powerful and influencial, but Ahmadinejad is nothing.

To those who are upset with American hostages taken for 444 days:

1. Firstly, It's related to so many years ago and it's almost a part of history, and don't forget that when there's a revolution, there'd be chaos and people may do things that they should not, moreover they're all alive and healthy. Aren't they?

2.The U.S has arrested Iranian diplomats in Iraq and had tortured the one who was freed. Poor British sailors were detained by the English gov't just for saying that they were treated well in Iran and that Iranians were logical people (They said these when they were on England's soil!) They were PREVENTED from releasing their memoirs by England! Now you decide who has the right to be upset with whom. How do you believe in their lies about politics when they hide both the most and the least important things from you considering the fact that politics is the world of lies in its nature?!!! Considering all this, you'd probably be able to GUESS what percentage of what they tell you about the Mid-East, Islam, Moslems and other things is true!!! lol Some answerers still confuse Iraq and Iran after reading all this! You are in Iraq not in Iran! They're separate countries!

Isn't it better for both countries to forget past conflicts and to have peaceful relations? Our two gov'ts are like 10 year old children playing a stupid, harsh, rhetorical game. They don't care about hurting people's feelings. They just try to make our two peoples enemies to achieve their own goals. We, as the people of these countries, MUST NOT allow these conflics into our hearts. You know something? All govt's are hateful. I just said the above things because it sounds unfair when some Americans talk about the taking of the 444 hostages while I keep silence. I hope you agree on this one! Now, what do you think? I can't wait to see both nations in peace. It'd be marvelous! They've started to have diplomatic talks! (Naughty children!) That's great!

Thanks for your time

Do you have 10 minutes to hear what we have to say?
Very nicely written my friend.

Most in the Western world are very aware of the fact that most Iranians live a normal, peaceful life and want to keep it that way. Most are not radical Islamist's, but peaceful people. We all know you live very modern lives.

What none of us understand is how can a nation as a whole have a government that is so defiant against the rest of the world about everything? All countries have elements that are generally less than desirable. Yes, the hostage crisis of 1979 was a disaster of international proportions. Yet your president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has so much as admitted he was one of the leaders of that terrible situation, yet he is now your president? How could that happen if Iranians truly want to be progressive and peaceful in the eye's of the international community?
Reply:no sorry. but i do think there should be a limit on how much you can post on a question. some people over do it.
Reply:Thank gosh for the good ole "Cut and Paste".
Reply:thanks your opinion is interesting
Reply:Again with this post!
Reply:With all your time can you at least ask a different question?
Reply:1- There are no personal freedoms. You force people to dress in a certain way, you kill people for adultry, you kill people if they leave Islam, you kill people for their sexual orientation.

2- Women do not have equal rights, they are forced to wear a certain type of garment and are beaten and taken to prison if they do not follow the dress code. Women are not allowed to travel outside the country without the permission of their husbands etc.

3- Your president wants to wipe Israel off the face of the world (no amount of ranting can justify this)

4- You violate the rights of your own people and detain all those who support human rights.

I could go on, but it is not worth the effort.
Reply:look man, i've met and gotten to know a few iranian people, and i found them warm, friendly folks. however your countries issues have crossed it's borders and some of your leaders focus blame on the outside for their own failures. so, either the populace can stand up and elect sane officials, or you can fight and die for a madman. i hope you could read this in under 10 minutes
Reply:I am an American and I have no problem with Iran ( especially since the Iatollah is gone) but I do have a problem with your new leader. The U.S. and Russia have both offered to help you with your Nuclear Power program if your leaders aren't making weapons but they turned both countries down. That leads everyone to believe your government wants nuclear arms.The other problem is your government supports terrorists and are interfering in Iraq.If they wanted peace they would help against terrorists. If the youth of Iran has changed your country and attitudes like you say, you people had better reel in your government and take control of it quickly.Start acting like you want to be a helpful part of the world community.You have elections in 2009 I believe.
Reply:you must have been really bored when you wrote that

city opera

This is too short for talking about the facts, but too long for YA.What do you think?

2009-08-02T22:15:00.001-07:00

Some people may like this.You're not gonna find this information anywhere else.I'm uncovering the secrets!

Special thanks to my American friend who helped me proofread my writing.

I believe that if you spend 5-10 minutes reading this essay, you will be better informed than if you listen to a lifetime's worth of Major Media news. I've just turned 19 and I'm a university student studying English who just cannot sit back and let the lies fly unchallenged.

This article has two parts:

1. Cultural and general info

2. Political info.

Note: I've explained all the things that you always talk about, so read it all plz! (Anytime you like!) Specially the political part! Any answers before reading the whole thing will prove to be wrong.

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Hi. I'm an Iranian who has spent his life in Iran.When I chat with people from other countries, I am shocked to see how totally wrong their ideas are about Iran. I wrote this article in an attempt to help correct those ideas.

The first thing America, and the West in general, accuses our government of is that we don't allow personal freedoms. Actually, Iranians disobey laws they don't like as much as anyone. But come on, there are only a few restrictions.It's cool over here. People here do whatever they wish to! Many strict rules in other countries don't even exist in Iran. Also, you should understand that what may seem so normal to you, may be a nightmare for us and vise versa. That's why you don't understand a few of Iran's laws because some of them are based on our culture. You look at our country from "your own point of view"! In Iran every single house has a sattelite dish. Sattelite television has a serious influence on our people, and Iranians wear very fashionable clothing. Maybe it is a kind of imitation, but we still have our own unique Iranian style (I'm talking about public places, in our privacy there's no difference). A visitor might wonder if this is a country or a fantasy pageant of beauty queens! Almost women wear half their their hair out, and make-up and fashionable clothing are everywhere.(I ignore a few fuddy-duddies though!) Iran is one of the super-consumers of cosmetics. You would be surprised to see the difference between what you imagine and what Iran really is!

In my view, everything is great, if you ignore unemployment, inflation and air pollution. They're common problems around the world today! Also, you can't compare Iran today with the Iran you remember. The Shah and the Iatollah Khomini are both some 30 years in the past! 70% of Iran's population is a new generation (Under age 30) without the biases of the past and we've transformed everything.

Some people think women don't have any rights in Iran. But in my view, women are overrunning the place. But that's not a bad thing. They're very respectful, and they've been the winners in so many cases: They get into the best universities because they're very smart. And they get the best jobs because they can do so many of them better than men. They've got Islamic rights, and that has in some cases made it difficult for men to marry them, because husbands are supposed to buy them expensive things and treat them very well, otherwise women have the right to ask a great amount of money (called Mehr) according to the law, which most husbands cannot afford, so men will be imprisoned.The only thing that women are not allowed to do in Iran is getting into public football stadiums and that's because such places are full of cheeky guys. They do anything from taking part in rallies to singing pop songs.Anything! I've put a sample here. I feel foolish for sitting here explaining ordinary things to you.

Another funny thing: Your footage about stoning the women who have committed adultery. Have you ever asked yourselves how many years ago that footage related to? Are they balck and white or colourful? But in one case (related to many years ago) the thing that had happened was incest not adultery.We think being punished for corruption is good, as it deters people from doing that and the society will be far healthier than the countries in which commiting such things is considered to be normal! For your information, most of those footages are from Afghanistan which was ruled by freaks (Taliban). What exactly makes you think women are treated differently?The way they were/are treated in Saudi Arabia? Try to think of the racism in your country too. There's no perfect country!

Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan are --------- SEPERATE COUNTRIES! --------- Even within Iran, 60% of us are Persian and 30% are Turkish! Iran is a normal country like any other in the world. The point is, there's nothing mysterious about us! The Media are very good at creating really scary stuff: "IRAN BEHIND THE CLOSED DOORS!!!" "IRAN UNDERCOVER!!!" Some of that garbage would be enough to scare ME away! But in truth, Iranians are far more open-minded than you have been led to believe.

There are lots of Iranians today who are geniuses and scientists, and are all under age 25. For instance a 17 year old boy has invented 72 amazing inventions. Every year a special scientific compeition is held here and students assemble to show off hundreds of inventions. Iranian students and sportsmen win gold and silver medals in different competitions in the world all the time, in robotics, biology, maths, physics, sports, anything! Why don't the Media talk about them? Please don't summarize our nation and culture with the single word "nuclear". Although we're proud of this achievement because we believe that having nuclear energy means that a country is developed.Did you know that the countries having the highest number of scientists in the world are in this order? 1-India 2-Korea 3-Iran

A few months ago Iran uncovered the most effective anti-H.I.V medicine. I searched for news of that on the internet, but there was no single sign of it.The Media are unjust. They never talk about facts!

Some interesting facts:

Iran is a pioneer in medicine and genetics, and Iranian surgeons have found lots of new methods for treating spinal defects, and many diseases (mainly the treatment for different types of cancer) and the best brain and heart surgeons are Iranian. The head of the Mars Mission in NASA is Iranian. One of the best designers of sports cars working in Germany is Iranian. Some of the best 3D animators are Iranian. Iran is one of the best countries in counter-engineering. Holds the second place in building dams and in loads of other things! It's one of the top countries in bio-technology and nano-technology. The 4th highest tower in the world (Milad tower) is in Tehran (visit it at this link from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Milad... ). 51 of the top 100 universities in the Mid-East are in Iran, and they're among the top universities of the world as well. The champion weight-lifter, a woman, and a song by one of the pop singers who/which won the nobel peace prize are Iranians. Lots of Iranians win nobel prizes specially in the field of medicine. Iranian girls are famous for being terrific. We have Persian rugs and Persian literature, many Persian poets, artists and scientists that are world famous. Iranian culture is now westernized and only a little of the ancient culture has survived. According to statistics Tehran is the cheapest capital city in the world (one Dollar =about 950 Tomans! For example you can buy windows vista for 1 Dollar here instead of 700 Dollars!!! or 3 supper pizzas for 10 Dollars!!!wow!) There are many other things. How many pages would you need to describe a country? Iran has nearly all the industries and technologies found in 'developed' countries. Oh, and we have four seasons! (Some people think it never snows here! We get a lot of snow and there are skating rinks! lol) The list is endless.

News: "Iranian scientists managed to make human teeth grow after you've lost them using basic cells" I'm gonna introduce Iran's international news website to you (Press TV) which was established recently. It's fully in English. In the "Sic / Tech" section you'll always see Iran's discoveries. The address is: http://www.presstv.ir/news.aspx... Press TV news: Iranian scientists have registered more than 4800 inventions during the last Iranian calendar year of 1385 (April 21 2006-April 20, 2007). 4800 inventions in just one year!

Some charactristics of Iranians would be:

Negative: We are proud, greedy, hard-working (for ourselves), not punctual, impatient, and lazy at doing our duty well, crazy about luxuries and thus extravagant! Highly competitive and ambitious.

Positive: intelligent, a bit idealistic, well-dressed, formal, well-educated, warm and friendly, hospitable.

Some people think Iran is a desert! Well, it is, if you consider California, New Mexico, Utah, Arkansas, and Alabama a desert. We share the same latitude. Iran is a modern country with breathtakingly beautiful nature and lots of historic places to visit. Please take a look at the following links to see if Iran looks like what you think or not! This is a photo of Tehran (Awesome, Isn't it?): http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran

If you like you can visit these too, hundreds of pretty photos from the cities, nature and historic places: (It's like a free tour!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hills...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.bigsoccer.com:80/forum/showth...

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthrea...

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthrea...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran

Some people think music is forbidden in Iran. Did you know that Iranian music was chosen as the best pop in France in 2005? All Iranian songs are current pop / DJ music. I send Iranian music to my American and Canadian chat friends and they all say they're some of the best songs they've ever heard.

Here's a sample of the latest hits from two official Iranian music websites.You can just right click on the links below and choose "Save Target As" to download them.I guess you'll fall for it! The translation of the songs is here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

1.(You know this: 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

2.(Hold my hand: 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

3.(The wetness of your eyes: 2006) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

4.(I just want you: 2003) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

5.(The rain: 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

6.(The window: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

7.(Keep me in your memory: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

8.(Farangis "A female name" 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

9.(The distance: 2007) http://www.sarzaminsong.com/Sarzaminmusi...

10.(Sunrise: 2007) http://www.sarzaminsong.com/Sarzaminmusi...

11.(Stop world:2006) http://www.sarzaminmusic.com/Sarzaminmus...

12.(You can't: 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

13.(The wind's kiss: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

14.(Reveal your visage: 2004) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

15.(What would have happened if : 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

And so on and on!

It's now 2007 and most people still think we are uneducated people living in deserts, riding camels and carrying around guns!

Let's clarify some political issues as well: Some of the Americans think that president Ahmadinejad hates the U.S and Israel and wants to nuke them!! The Media are good at putting lying comments out there. I really don't get the point why our politicians defame themselves by talking about things that have got nothing to do with us. For example does verbal defence of Palestinians cause them to have a better life? The thing is that they occasionally make some statements that the media would misuse it against Iran. For example they pick up some specific phrases of a long speech (without refering to the main points and reasons for that speech) and put so many bad comments on that. No sane person would take such nonsense at face value.

First of all, Iranians don't hate anyone. If our government complains about some injustice going on in the world, it's not bad, is it? (Although what we want from them is to shut up and not get us into trouble by talking about things that are none of our concern) We hate neither Jews nor Americans. I love Americans, otherwise why would I talk to them?! How would our guys dream of America, want to be like them as much as possible, and hate them at the same time?! SECRET: Iranians are the only people in the Mid-East that are pro-American! Being agaisnt the U.S policies is a different story!I've got to say that for Iran, Israel is not equal with Jews! Israel is a gov't. Jews are faithful people! A few of them live here in our neighbourhood and they live just like the rest of Iranians. No difference. And two of Iran's parliment members are Jews. Who says we want to force others to convert to Islam? Have you ever found a Muslim knocking at your door asking you to do so?

Christians and Jews are both God-believers and respectful to us. In Iran, religion is one of the least important factors. Where you come from and what your religion is are not important to us at all.

I wonder who Iran is really a threat to. Is it logical to say someone's guilty because we THINK / PREDICT that he's going to do something wrong? And they repeat the same "nuclear weapons" tosh over and over and brainwash people! Correction! It's "nuclear energy". Besides, how many "nuclear weapons" do they have themselves? Hundreds of thousands? Has Iran ever attacked any countries? No. Has it developed any nukes? No! That's what nuclear agency says. Only Iran's opponents are pulling Iran's leg and what they say is of no credit. It's just based on political conflicts. What we're doing is legal. What they ask us to do (ignoring our international rights) is illegal. Iran is a peaceful country. Why? It's the regional super-power and if she wanted, she could easily invade the countries in our neibourhood just like what Saddam did to our country, but as you see Iran has peaceful relations with all of them.

Some people say he said: Israel should be wiped off the map! (I wish he could just shut up!)But have they told you the rest of his speech and that why he's said this at all? You know that it's a passive sentence. He's never said that IRAN wants to wipe Israel off the map! He wasn't talking about destroying Israel at all. He was talking about relocating Israel, so that they could live seperate from Palestinians and they could both live in peace. They've only told you this phrase not the whole thing and it's mistranslated intentionally. Iran has always defended itself, but it's not an offensive country.

Some say he's said: "The Holocaust is a myth!" Again, this is a single phrase taken from a long speech and there are totally logical reasons for saying so. If 6,000,000 Jews were killed, that's terrible, but 300,000 Shiite Moslems killed by Saddam aren't important at all? Over 650,000 Iraqi people are killed and that's not important?! When Fox News simply says that America and Israel are capable of destroying and killing Iran's population of 69,000,000 within two weeks, it's OK and no one says they're threatening other countries to nuke them (I saw this with my own eyes on the Fox News website) Millions of people killed in Afghanistan, Hiroshima %26amp; Nagasaki and the Vietnam war are not considered human beings at all! Now I think you'd get the point why he's IRONICALLY said it's a myth. Moreover, don't you believe in freedom of speech/mind? I'd judge people by their ACTIONS rather than by what they say / their religion / race / culture and the colour of their skin!

Obviously, some countries are using Iran as a scapegoat to put the blame (for their own faults) on. And what country is better than Iran to be a scapegoat? The whole world believes that Iran isn't a peaceful country.

This part is just for Americans who would still argue over unimportant things: Those of you who say why Iran says "Death to America":

1. 'America' to us means the U.S govt, not the people. How do you expect Iranians to mean "American people" when our media admires Americans for marching and holding up "no war" placards?!

2. The new generation don't say such things and if some of them occasionally march in the streets that's because some of the stupid guys enjoy making noise and they mainly go out there to meet their girlfriends/boyfriends! Strange. Isn't it?

3. Such mottos are not just said in Iran and as you know whatever you hear is a response to the U.S govt's terrible actions which has made life for many people hell (You wouldn't deny that attacking countries is a mistake. right?)

4. The U.S gov't helped Saddam attack Iran and I hope you know which country gave Iraq biological weapons which killed lots of Iranians.

5. America hit an Iranian airplane over the Persian Gulf and killed 200 passengers for no reason.

6. America places sanctions on Iran, promotes a false image of Iran and Iranians, scares tourists away, and harms our economy, development and credit. To what purpose?

When you call Ahmadinejad a nutcase for what he's said, what do you call Bush for his actions? I mean it's a good idea to consider what Bush is doing to the world with his wrong decisions and lies. Bush is powerful and influencial, but Ahmadinejad is nothing.He's even failed to control the inflation.

To those who are upset with American hostages taken for 444 days:

1. Firstly, It's related to so many years ago and it's almost a part of history, and don't forget that when there's a revolution, there'd be chaos and people may do things that they should not, moreover they're all alive and healthy. Aren't they?

2.The U.S has arrested Iranian diplomats in Iraq and had tortured the one who was freed. Poor British sailors were detained by the English gov't just for saying that they were treated well in Iran and that Iranians were logical people (They said these when they were on England's soil!) They were PREVENTED from releasing their memoirs by England! Now you decide who has the right to be upset with whom. How do you believe in their lies about politics when they hide both the most and the least important things from you considering the fact that politics is the world of lies in its nature?!!! Considering all this, you'd probably be able to GUESS what percentage of what they tell you about the Mid-East, Islam, Moslems and other things is true!!! lol Some answerers still confuse Iraq and Iran after reading all this! You are in Iraq not in Iran! They're separate countries!

Isn't it better for both countries to forget past conflicts and to have peaceful relations? Our two gov'ts are like 10 year old children playing a stupid, harsh, rhetorical game. (We hate them both!) They don't care about hurting people's feelings. They just try to make our two peoples enemies to achieve their own goals. We, as the people of these countries, MUST NOT allow these conflics into our hearts. You know something? All govt's are hateful. I just said the above things because it sounds unfair when some Americans talk about the taking of the 444 hostages while I keep silence. Now, what do you think? I can't wait to see both nations in peace. It'd be marvelous! They've started to have diplomatic talks! That's great!

A lovely American told me: "Having had the wonderful opportunity to visit your country enabled me to see for myself how wonderful the Iranian people are and to learn about your history, your culture, your cuisine, music, films, dance, sacred sites, your medical accomplishments...all your beauty. I am so sorry my country's government seems to delight in trying to bully Iran. Worst of all are the lies told. I know enough about your country to be able to discern when the propaganda machine here is operating. I just wish more Americans traveled and could see for themselves what I have seen. By the way, I traveled to Iran under the auspices of The Friendship Force, an organization started by Pres. Carter to promote peace through one-on-one friendship, a mission I take seriously. Thank you for your wonderful essay on Iran."

BTW, make sure you visit the links I've put up for you.They're all from trusted websites. There are some really nice stuff there!

Thanks for your time

This is too short for talking about the facts, but too long for YA.What do you think?
The links still suck and you still fail to document any source for the facts you show. I want to say that it is very informative and people should read the whole thing. Keep posting the question. I think people should have the facts. The company that has the cure for AIDS should be mentioned. Show plans for the power plants give the specifics to support the essay. It is more like a manifesto at this point.
Reply:wow, incredible compilation

ok, this was just the question

%26amp; there is space indeed for answering !

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btw david, if you need some more info,

mini-skirts were common place in tehran under the shah

the shah read jane's defence, bed time %26amp; ordered f16's %26amp; other war toys he fancied

persian civilization is pretty ancient, encompassing cyrus %26amp; darrius

when you speak of today,

alcohol may be prohibited, but they do acknowledge that it is a problem %26gt; alcoholics anonymous %26amp; narcotics anonymous are pretty much active %26amp; allowed to function there

i could go on %26amp; on %26amp; on too

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now, david %26gt; if you will be kind enuf to explain

why does iran need "the islamic bomb", which title pakistan has already taken

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_pro...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Qadee...

or you believe it is otherwise
Reply:David i have tried to visit some of your links,unfortunately the news link will not work on my computer,nor the music. i have a new computer with vista which maybe the problem . but i do try every time. again much peace to you my friend!!!
Reply:That was impressive. Thanks
Reply:wow..

that.. was LONG.. but i must agree informative.. i did NOT know about the advancements in medicine...

i doubt many people knew the stances iran had on many of the key issues that were mentioned in that essay you pasted..

Yes it IS too long for YA.. but it is STILL informative.. if anyone starts being abusive dont get annoyed or mad.. if people dont like the question or the posting they shouldnt be insulting just move on...

I did visit SOME of the links.. not all but SOME of the links.. the one you have as a news source isnt working with me.. but others.. intersting stuff u got there..

Thank you for the informative.. yet long.. essay lol..
Reply:What a beatiful picture you paint with your story, but you failed to mention the reason why your country is supplying the technoligy and materials to MURDER our sons and daughters in Iraq.

nanny agency

Is what I say enlightening, shocking and amazing?

2009-08-02T22:15:00.000-07:00

I think reading this in 5-10 minutes would be better than listening to the news for a lifteime.Plz don't think I'm a very old person.Just 18.A university student studying English who just cannot sit back and hope.This article has two parts: 1.Cultural and general info and music 2.political info.If you wanna get enlightened and shocked read it from top to bottom.

Hi.I'm Iranian and I live in Iran.When I chat with people from other countries, I understand that they have totally wrong ideas about Iran.I just wrote this article to correct you.

The first thing they accuse our government of, is that they don't let you be free.Actually, Iranians would be some of the most liberal people in the world (liberal meaning not obeying laws that they don't like).Thousands of millions of strict rules in other countries, don't even exist in Iran.Also, you should understand that what may seem so normal to you, may be a nightmare for us and vise versa.That's why you don't understand a few of Iran's laws.In Iran every single house has a sattelite. Sattelite channels had a serious influence on people, they wear very fashionable clothes.Maybe it's a kind of immitation, but still it's got an unique Iranian style.You'll see lots of beauty qeens on the streets that are just like models advertising fashionable clothes! Most part of their hair is out and they wear a lot of make up, also wearing scarves is a part of our culture.Iran is one of the super-consumers of cosmics (which is bad for our economy)! People do whatever they wish to and some of the things they do, don't fit our culture at all, however it's normal in Iran.You'll be surprised seeing the difference between what you imagined before and how the real Iran is! It's wonderful.Everything's so great if you don't take unemployment, inflation and air pollution into account which I guess are common problems in many other countries. Many things have changed so far.I can't even compare Iran with 5 years ago, let alone comparing it with 30 years ago!!!! After all, nearly 65-70% of Iran's population is considered the new generation (The youth) and they've transformed everything.

Some people think women don't have any rights in Iran! Women are overtaking Iran. They're treated very well.They're the winners in most cases: They get into the best universities cos they're so clever.They get the best jobs cos they can do jobs much better than men.They've got rights that have made it difficult for men to marry them, because husbands buy them expensive things and treat them very well, otherwise women will have the right to ask them a great amount of money according to the law which most husbands cannot afford, so they'll be imprisoned.The only thing that women are not allowed to do in Iran is getting into public football stadiums and that's just because in Iran such places are usually full of cheeky guys who would cheek girls.They do anything from taking part in rallies to singing DJ / pop songs.Anything! I've put a sample here.I feel foolish for sitting here explaining ordinary things to you.

Another funny thing: Your footage about stoning the women who have committed adultery.Have you ever asked yourselves they relate to how many years ago?Just for your information, those are from Afghanistan which was ruled by those freaks (Taliban).When you think of such things, try to think of the racism in your country too.I find it difficult to make you understand that Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan are SEPERATE COUNTRIES! and that 60% of Iranians are Persian and 30% are Turkish! I find it even more difficult to make you understand that Iran is a normal country like any other countries in the world.There's nothing mysterious about it!(The media are very good at making scary titles: BEHIND THE CLOSED DOORS!!! IRAN UNDERCOVER!!! This would be enough to scare people away! Iranians are much more educated, intelligent and open-minded than what you think!!! I'm sure you don't know that there are lots and lots of Iranian geniouses and scientists that are all under 25.You don't hear about their discoveries and inventions on TV. For instance this 17 year old boy has invented 72 amazing inventions and there are many many KIDS like that.You don't know that Iranian students and sportsmen win gold and silver medals in different compotitions in the world all the time such as robotics, biology, maths, physics, sports, anything! Why don't the media talk about them? They just can't summerise everything in one word "nuclear", although we're proud of it cos having nuclear energy means a country is developed.Did you know that the countries having the highest number of scientists in the world are in this order? 1-India 2-Korea 3-Iran

A few months ago Iran uncovered the most effective anti-H.I.V medicine and it was signing treaties with other countries to export it.I digged the news on the internet, but there was no single sign of that.What did I find instead? "President Bush CLAIMS that bomb parts are imported from Iran into Iraq!"(The same old story!) The media are injustice.They put CLAIMS on the headlines, but they never talk about facts! Some interesting facts:

Iran is the pionier in medicine and genetics and Iranian surgens have found lots of new methods for treating spinal defects and many other diseases (mainly the treatment for different types of cancer) and the best brain and heart surgens are Iranian surgens.The head of Mars Mission in NASA is Iranian.One of the best designers of sports cars working in Germany is Iranian.Some of the best 3D animators are Iranian.Iran is one of the best countries in counter-engineering.Holds the second place in building dams and holds records in loads of other things! It's one of the top countries in these fields: bio-technology and nono-technology.The 4th highest tower in the world (Milad tower) is in Tehran (which you can visit in the second link).51 top universities out of the 100 top universities in the Mid-East are in Iran and they're among some of the top universities of the world as well.The champion weight-lifter is Iranian.The woman, and a song by one of the pop singers who/which won the nobel peace prize are Iranians and lots of Iranians win nobel prizes specially in medicine field. And as you all know, Iranian girls are famous for being terrific.Persian rug and Persian literature, many Persian poets and scientists that are so famous.Persian culture is now westernised and only a little has survived! According to statistics Tehran is the cheapest capital city in the world for foriegners of course not for us! (Cos our rate is different: one Dollar =about 950 Tomans!) There are many other things.How many pages would you need to describe a country?And also, Iran is an independant country unlike its neighbouring countries.It has nearly all the developed industries and technologies and doesn't need other countries to survive! The list is endless.

The news this morning: "Iranian scintists managed to make human teeth to grow again after losing you've lost them using basic cells"

I'm gonna intoduce you the international news website of Iran (called press TV) which is establlished recently.It's much better than BBC news and is fully in English, Plz vist it and you'll find out what they're hiding from you! and in the section of "Sic / Tech" you'll always see that Iran discovers news things nearly everyday.The address is: http://www.presstv.ir/news.aspx From now on, the truth will right by your side! Just a link from that website which reads: Iranian scientists have registered more than 4800 inventions during the last Iranian calendar year of 1385 just in one year 4800 inventions! (April 21 2006-April 20, 2007).

Read more in: http://www.presstv.ir/sections.aspx?sect...

Some charactristics of Iranians would be: Proud, greedy, hard-working for themselve, lazy in doing their duty well!, intelligent, ambitious, not realistic, not so religious (sadly majority of the young generation is not), not punctual, impatient, well-dressed, formal, well-educated, warm and friendly and hospitable.

Some people think, Iran's a desert! lol Iran is a modern country with breathtakingly beautiful nature and lots of historic places to visit.Please take a look at the following links to see if Iran looks like what you think or not! (You didn't expect it to be like that.Right?)

This is a photo of Tehran: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran

If you like you can visit these too, hundreds of pretty photos from the cities and nature:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hills...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.bigsoccer.com:80/forum/showth...

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthrea...

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthrea...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran

Some people think music is forbidden in Iran.Did you know that Iranian pop music was chose as the best pop music in France in 2005? I guess not.All Iranian songs are current pop /Club-Dance/Trance/ DJ music.I send them to my American and Canadian chat friends and they all say they're some of the best songs they've ever heard.

Here's a sample of the latest hits.(You didn't expect them to be so catchy.Right?) I believe in "Express yourself through music and that music is a universal language".

You can just right click on the links below and choose "Save Target As" to download them.They're some of the best songs you've ever heard.It's nothing like what you expect! You can read the full translation of the songs here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

1.(You know this: 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

2.(Hold my hand: 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

3.(The wetness of your eyes: 2006) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

4.(I just want you: 2003) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

5.(The rain: 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

6.(The window: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

7.(Keep me in your memory: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

8.(Farangis "A female name" 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

9.(The distance: 2007)

http://www.sarzaminsong.com/Sarzaminmusi...

10.(Sunrise: 2007)

http://www.sarzaminsong.com/Sarzaminmusi...

11.(Stop world:2006) http://www.sarzaminmusic.com/Sarzaminmus...

12.(You can't: 2007)

http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

13.(The wind's kiss: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

14.(Reveal your visage: 2004) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

15.Chi mishod (What would have happened if : 2007)

http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

16.(It's beautiful: 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

And so on and on!

It's now 2007 and people still think we are uneducated people living in deserts, riding camels and carrying around guns!!!!

See how the media are fooling people? None of the things you hear on the media about Iran are true.

Let's clarify some political issues as well:

Some of the Americans I chatted with, said in the U.S it's said that president Ahmadinejad hates the U.S and Israel and wants to nuke them!! The media are good at putting comments.It's easy to show a video or an image of our president or leader on the T.V screen or on the internet and say he says this, he says that.....I really don't get the point why our politicians defame themselves by talking about things that have got nothing to do with us.For example does verbal defence of Palestinians cause them to have a better life?The thing is that they occasionally make some statements that the media would misuse it agaisnt Iran.For example they pick up some specific phrases of a long speech (without reffering to the main points and reasons for that speech) and put so many bad comments on that.No sane person would take it for granted.

First of all, Iranians don't hate anyone.If our government complains about some injustice going on in the world, it's not bad.Is it? (Although what we want them is to not to get us into trouble by talking about things that are none of our concern.) We hate neither Jews nor Americans.I love Americans otherwise why would I talk to them?! How would our guys dream of America, be like them as much as possible and hate it at the same time?! Although ordinary Iranians don't care much about world affairs, I've got to say that for us Israel is not equal with Jews! Israel is a govt.Jews are faithful people! A few of them live here in our neighbourhood and they live just like the rest of Iranians.No difference.And two of Iran's parliment members are Jews. Who says we want to force others to convert to Islam?Have you ever found a Muslem knocking at your door asking you to do so?It's so funny the way you imagine things and make yourselves believe in your own immaginations! Christians and Jews are both God believers and respectful to us.I wonder why the media like putting words in our mouth and raising hatred.In Iran, religion would be the least important thing. It means that where you come from and what your religion is, are not important to us at all.On the contrary, meeting different people would be so interesting for us! I love the Japanese who come here!

I wonder Iran is a threat to whom. Which logical rule admits that it's logical to say a country is guilty because we THINK / PREDICT that she's going to do something wrong?!!!! And they repeat the same "nuclear" tosh over and over and brain wash people! News headlines: "We won't allow Iran to gain nuclear weapons"!!! Has Iran ever attacked any countries?No.Has it developed any nukes?No!That's what nuclear agency says.Only Iran's oppositions are pulling Iran's leg and what they say is of no credit.It's just based on political conflicts.What we're doing is legal.What they ask us to do (ignoring our international rights) is illegal and nonsense.Iran is a peaceful country.Why? It's the regional super-power and if she wanted, she could easily invade the countries in our neibourhood just like what Seddam did to our country, but as you see Iran has peaceful relationships with all of them.It could be a good example to some countries that just follow their interests.What is interesting is that the countries which accuse Iran of different things have been, and are still accused of the same things!!! This is a modern and innovative form of philosophy and logic!

Some people say he said: Israel should be wiped off the map! But have they told you the rest of his speech and that why he's said this at all?You know that it's a passive sentence.He's never said that IRAN wants to wipe Israel off the map! He wasn't talking about destroying Israel.He was talking about relocating Israel, so that they could live seperate from Palestinians and they could both live in peace.They've only told you this phrase not the whole thing and it's mistranslated intentionally.Iran's always defended itself, but it's not an offensive country.

Some say he's said: Holocaust is a myth! again this is a single phrase from among a long speech and there are totally logical reasons for saying so.If 6000000 Jews were killed, that's so terrible, but those 300000 Shiite Moslems killed by Saddam aren't important at all! Over 650000 Iraqi people are killed and it's not important! When Fox News simply says: America and Israel are capable of destroying and killing all Iran's 69000000 population within two weeks, it's OK and no one says they're threatening other countries to nuke them (I saw this with my own eyes on the Fox News website) Millions of people killed in Afghanistan, Hiroshima %26amp; Nakazaki and vietnam war are not considered human beings at all! Now I think you'd get the point why he's IRONICALLY said it's a mith.Moreover, don't you believe in freedom of speech/mind?

Obviousely, some countries are using Iran as a victim to put the blame (their own faults) on Iran.And which country is better than Iran to be a victim?They've made the whole world believe that Iran isn't a peaceful country and represent false image of Iranians by making insulting movies like "300" . Anyone saying that it was not for political reasons is wrong.

I know Americans don't like these either, but what can they do?They're not responsible for controlling what the media say.I hope someday the media would end all this instead of playing a negative role in the world.

This part is just for Americans who would still argue over unimportant things: Those of you who say why Iran says "Death to America": 1.America means the U.S govt not the people 2.The new generation don't say such things and if some of them occasionally march in the streets that's because some of the stupid guys enjoy making noise and they mainly go out there to meet their girlfreids/boyfriends! Strange.Isn't it? 3.Such mottos are not just said in Iran and as you know whatever you hear is a response to the U.S govt's terrible actions which has made life for many people hell (You wouldn't deny that attacking countries is a mistake.right?) 5.The U.S gov't helped Seddam to attack Iran and I hope you know which country gave Iraq biological weapons which killed lots of Iranians 6.America hit an Iranian airplane over the Persian Gulf and killed 200 passengers for no reason 7.It's always botherng Iran by sanctions, displaying false image of Iran and Iranians, scares tourists away from Iran and is always harmful to our economy, development and credit 8.It's always despised the Iranians who travel to the U.S at their arrival (even ordinary ones, university students, sportsmen, scientists etc)

To those who are upset with American hostages taken for 444 days: 1.Firstly, It's related to so many years ago and almost a part of history and don't forget that when there's a revolution, there'd be cheos and people may do things that they should not, moreover they're all alive and healthy.Aren't they? 2.The U.S has arrested Iranian diplomats in Iraq and keeps denying that they're diplomats.Now you decide who has the right to be upset with whom.It's exceeded the level of tit for tat.

Isn't it better for both countries to forget about the past conflicts and to have peaceful relations?The two govts are like 10 year old children playing a game by harsh rhetoric.They don't care about hurting people's feeling.They just try to show that the people are enemies of each other to achieve their own goals. We as the people of these countries MUST NOT have any conflics.You know something?All govts are hateful.I just said the above things because it sounds unfair when some Americans talk about 444 hostage taking and I keep being silent.I hope you agree on this one! Now, what do you think?I can't wait to see both nations in peace.It'd be marvelous! Would this happen in less than 2 years?You know what I mean!

Remember that: The sea is deeper.You don't always have to see the surface of it.

Plz whenever you have time, find and read an article about "ethnocentrism".Knowing the meaning of this term is not enough.After reading about it, you'll feel a noticable positive change in your attitude towards different people! Guaranteed!

Thanks for your time.

Is what I say enlightening, shocking and amazing?
I hope, wish, plead, that people think like you. It's nice to see someone saying nice things for once.

Though, the media is what people get. Do we know if ANYTHING the media tells us is true? Of course not. But we take it as such. Could what you're saying be false? Sure, just like the media. It's almost a blind faith in the reports given to us, but really, it's all we have.
Reply:Your leader has still blatantly has denied the occurrence of the Holocaust, and would most likely be for the genocide of the Jews... Report It

Reply:get down off your soap box and have some respect for this forum. Report It

Reply:The website you list says:

(in Iran) Human rights violations include governmental impunity, restricted freedom of speech, gender inequality, treatment of homosexuals, execution of minors, and in some cases torture. Report It

Reply:Too much to read. Next time keep it shorter.
Reply:You make a lengthy but valid point point that not all people from the Middle East are bloodthirsty savages bent on the destruction of Western Civilization.
Reply:It was NOT shocking. It was amazing. You are a single chamber of commerce for Iran. I do not KNOW that all of this stuff is true ( I do not know that any of it is true) but it was so much that I stopped reading when you got to the women in Iran and how they run the country. Here, in the USA, we call this "blowing your own horn". Funny how when I see someone using so many words to glorify themselves, I distrust them. Sorry if that offended you old chap but I agree that the stuff you said is amazing, it's AMAZING that you would think ANYONE would believe you.
Reply:A.D.D. here. I'd rather watch a lifetime of news than slog through all that.

Sorry.

Maybe you could summarize the article? Or provide an abstract of it?
Reply:You are absolutely the biggest idiot on Yahoo answers Despite your attempts to spin the truth, the crazy leader of Iran has said that Israel should be wiped off the map and that the holocaust didn't happen. What did he mean by that? He meant that Israel should be destroyed and that now Jews were killed during WWII. This is of course total BS and in just meant to spread hate throughout the world.

What do Iranians mean when they say "Death to America"? They're not talking about just the government. They're talking about everyone in America - or at least everyone that won't convert to Islam. They want to make American and fascist Islamic state just like Iran.

If the Iranian people really want to improve their relationship with the US then the first thing they need to do is get rid of the loony president. Then they need to stop supporting terrorist groups like Hamas and the insurgency in Iraq. They need to remove the mullahs from power so that the real power is with the people. And lastly stop the anti-American rhetoric.
Reply:Didn't you post this earleir today? Wow, you are long winded.
Reply:3 statements

First get a life %26amp; post reasonable length posts.

Second - Few were saying women do not have rights in Iran - everyone was saying in Iraq women had no power %26amp; were abused. This has made great strides since the new democratic goverment was Installed

Third - We can only hope women will take over Iran. Maniacs have been in charge long enough. I am not falling for the new great Iran.

You can teach a dog new tricks but he will still bite you.
Reply:that's all very nice. but is it relevant?

(and it is much too long.)

your president has said publicly that the Holocaust did not happen.

it did.

your president has said that Israel should not exist.

that's not his choice. or shouldn't be.

there are a couple of problems.

1. you, just as you're blaming us, judge us by our leader. there are those of us that support him. today, there are many more of us who do not. unfortunately, by our laws, we're stuck with him for 2 more years.

2. your country is developing nuclear weapons. yes, i head you (your gov't) say that's not true. get over it, it is true. if you are being told otherwise, you're being lied to. we were (lied to). and we regret it. now it's your turn.

3. you absolutely know that your politicians would wipe out Israel if they had a chance. you probably know that Israel also has nuclear weapons, and both of you will get wiped out. i rather expect that Israel will take some military action first. and the world will condemn it. but both Iran and Israel will survive -- unlike what would happen if Israel takes no premptive action.

it would be much better if Bush would be more diplomatic.

it would be much better if your country would abide by the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.

but it would seem that neither of those is likely.

to the great misfortune of both our countries, and the rest of the world.
Reply:So at age 18 you are qualified to lecture the world?
Reply:How often are you going to ask the say ***** bullshiz question!
Reply:'S why I watch FOX....

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Reply:The part about your leader not saying he hates jews and Americans, and that Iran is sending fighters as well as weapons into Iraq to kill Americans and terrorize innocient Iraquis is a buch of BS. So I have to think so is 80% of the rest of it. You or someone from where ever you are from wrote something similar a few months ago. I wish it were true but I know it's not. Good try though.

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2009-08-02T22:14:00.003-07:00

Special thanks to my American friend who helped me proofread my writing.It's taken me almost a year to find some pieces of this information.

I believe that if you spend 5-10 minutes reading this essay, you will be better informed than if you listen to a lifetime's worth of Major Media news. Please don't assume that I'm a very old person. I'm just 18, and a university student studying English who just cannot sit back and let the lies fly unchallenged.

This article has two parts:

1. Cultural and general info

2. Political info.

If you wanna know the rest of of the story, read it from top to bottom.

Note:.I've explained all the things that you ALWAYS talk about, so read it all plz! Specially the political part! Any answers before reading the whole thing will prove to be wrong.

****

Hi. I'm an Iranian who has spent his life in Iran.When I chat with people from other countries, I am shocked to see how totally wrong their ideas are about Iran. I wrote this article in an attempt to help correct those ideas.

The first thing America, and the West in general, accuses our government of is that we don't allow personal freedoms. Actually, Iranians disobey laws they don't like as much as anyone. Many strict rules in other countries don't even exist in Iran. Also, you should understand that what may seem so normal to you, may be a nightmare for us and vise versa. That's why you don't understand a few of Iran's laws.In Iran every single house has a sattelite dish. Sattelite television has a serious influence on our people, and Iranians wear very fashionable clothing. Maybe it is a kind of imitation, but we still have our own unique Iranian style. A visitor might wonder if this is a country or a fantasy pageant of beauty queens! Almost half of women wear their hair out, and make-up and fashionable clothing are everywhere. Iran is one of the super-consumers of cosmetics. You would be surprised to see the difference between what you imagine and what Iran really is!

In my view, everything is great, if you ignore unemployment, inflation and air pollution. But I guess these are common problems around the world today, aren't they? Also, you can't compare Iran today with the Iran you remember. The Shah and the Iatollah Khomini are both some 30 years in the past!Nearly 65-70% of Iran's population is a new generation without the biases of the past (The youth), and we've transformed everything.

Some people think women don't have any rights in Iran. But in my view, women are overrunning the place. But that's not a bad thing. They're very respectful, and they've been the winners in so many cases: They get into the best universities because they're very smart. And they get the best jobs because they can do so many of them better than men. (That's why men can hardly find any good jobs because most jobs are already occupied by women!) They've got Islamic rights, and that has in some cases made it difficult for men to marry them, because husbands are supposed to buy them expensive things and treat them very well, otherwise women have the right to ask a great amount of money (called Mehr) according to the law, which most husbands cannot afford, so they (men) will be imprisoned.The only thing that women are not allowed to do in Iran is getting into public football stadiums and that's because such places are full of cheeky guys. They do anything from taking part in rallies to singing pop songs.Anything! I've put a sample here. I feel foolish for sitting here explaining ordinary things to you.

Another funny thing: Your footage about stoning the women who have committed adultery. Have you ever asked yourselves how many years ago that footage related to? Are they balck and white or colourful? But in one case (related to many years ago) something terrible had happened which was just beyond the borders of adultery.We think being punished for corruption is good, as it deters people from doing that and the society will be far healthier than the countries in which commiting such things is considered to be normal! Iranians expect their gov't not to be soft on criminals.And for your information, most of those footages are from Afghanistan which was ruled by freaks (Taliban). When you think of such things, try to think of the racism in your country too. There's no perfect country!

I find it difficult to make you understand that Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan are --------- SEPERATE COUNTRIES! --------- Even within Iran, 60% of us are Persian and 30% are Turkish! I find it even more difficult to make you understand that Iran is a normal country like any other in the world. The point is, there's nothing mysterious about us! The Media are very good at creating really scary stuff: "IRAN BEHIND THE CLOSED DOORS!!!" "IRAN UNDERCOVER!!!" Some of that garbage would be enough to scare ME away! But in truth, Iranians are far more open-minded than you have been led to believe.

There are lots of Iranians today who are geniuses and scientists, and are all under age 25. You don't hear about their discoveries and inventions on TV. For instance a 17 year old boy has invented 72 amazing inventions and there are many KIDS like that. Iranian students and sportsmen win gold and silver medals in different competitions in the world all the time, in robotics, biology, maths, physics, sports, anything! Why don't the Media talk about them? Please don't summarize our nation and culture with the single word "nuclear". Although we're proud of this achievement because we believe that having nuclear energy means that a country is developed.Did you know that the countries having the highest number of scientists in the world are in this order? 1-India 2-Korea 3-Iran

A few months ago Iran uncovered the most effective anti-H.I.V medicine and it was signing treaties with other countries to export it. I searched for news of that on the internet, but there was no single sign of it. What did I find instead? "President Bush CLAIMS that bomb parts are imported from Iran into Iraq!" (The same old story!) The Media are unjust. They put CLAIMS on the headlines, but they never talk about facts!

Some interesting facts:

Iran is a pioneer in medicine and genetics, and Iranian surgeons have found lots of new methods for treating spinal defects, and many diseases (mainly the treatment for different types of cancer) and the best brain and heart surgeons are Iranian. The head of the Mars Mission in NASA is Iranian. One of the best designers of sports cars working in Germany is Iranian. Some of the best 3D animators are Iranian. Iran is one of the best countries in counter-engineering. Holds the second place in building dams and in loads of other things! It's one of the top countries in bio-technology and nano-technology. The 4th highest tower in the world (Milad tower) is in Tehran (visit it at this link from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Milad... ). 51 of the top 100 universities in the Mid-East are in Iran, and they're among the top universities of the world as well. The champion weight-lifter, a woman, and a song by one of the pop singers who/which won the nobel peace prize are Iranians. Lots of Iranians win nobel prizes specially in the field of medicine. Iranian girls are famous for being terrific. We have Persian rugs and Persian literature, many Persian poets and scientists that are very famous. Iranian culture is now westernized and only a little of the ancient culture has survived. According to statistics Tehran is the cheapest capital city in the world (for foriegners of course, not for us! Our rate is different: one Dollar =about 950 Tomans!) There are many other things. How many pages would you need to describe a country? Iran is an independant country unlike its neighbours. It has nearly all the industries and technologies found in 'developed' countries. The list is endless.

News: "Iranian scientists managed to make human teeth grow after you've lost them using basic cells" I'm gonna introduce Iran's international news website to you (Press TV) which was established recently. It's fully in English. You'll find what they're hiding from you! In the "Sic / Tech" section you'll always see Iran's discoveries. The address is: http://www.presstv.ir/news.aspx... Press TV news: Iranian scientists have registered more than 4800 inventions during the last Iranian calendar year of 1385 (April 21 2006-April 20, 2007). 4800 inventions in just one year!

Some charactristics of Iranians would be: intelligent, ambitious, a bit idealistic, well-dressed, formal, well-educated, warm and friendly, hospitable, and not so religious, (the majority of the young generation, that is, which leaves us unfortunately vulnerable to pseudoIslamic lies). We are also proud, greedy, hard-working (for ourselves), not punctual, impatient, and lazy at doing our duty well.

Some people think Iran is a desert! Well, it is, if you consider California, New Mexico, Utah, Arkansas, and Alabama a desert. We share the same latitude. Iran is a modern country with breathtakingly beautiful nature and lots of historic places to visit. Please take a look at the following links to see if Iran looks like what you think or not! This is a photo of Tehran (Awesome, Isn't it?): http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran

If you like you can visit these too, hundreds of pretty photos from the cities, nature and historic places: (It's like a free tour!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hills...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.bigsoccer.com:80/forum/showth...

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthrea...

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthrea...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran

Some people think music is forbidden in Iran. Did you know that Iranian music was chosen as the best pop in France in 2005? I guess not. All Iranian songs are current pop / DJ music. I send them to my American and Canadian chat friends and they all say they're some of the best songs they've ever heard. What makes Iranian music killer, is a lot of Trance drums, incredible melody and lyrics!

Here's a sample of the latest hits from two official Iranian music websites. (So catchy, Right?)You can just right click on the links below and choose "Save Target As" to download them. The translation of the songs is here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

1.(You know this: 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

2.(Hold my hand: 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

3.(The wetness of your eyes: 2006) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

4.(I just want you: 2003) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

5.(The rain: 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

6.(The window: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

7.(Keep me in your memory: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

8.(Farangis "A female name" 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

9.(The distance: 2007) http://www.sarzaminsong.com/Sarzaminmusi...

10.(Sunrise: 2007) http://www.sarzaminsong.com/Sarzaminmusi...

11.(Stop world:2006) http://www.sarzaminmusic.com/Sarzaminmus...

12.(You can't: 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

13.(The wind's kiss: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

14.(Reveal your visage: 2004) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

15.(What would have happened if : 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

And so on and on!

It's now 2007 and most people still think we are uneducated people living in deserts, riding camels and carrying around guns! See how the media are fooling people?

Let's clarify some political issues as well: Some of the Americans I chatted with said in the U.S it's said that president Ahmadinejad hates the U.S and Israel and wants to nuke them!! The Media are good at putting lying comments out there. It's easy to show a video or an image of our president or leader on the TV screen or on the internet and say he says this, he says that.....I really don't get the point why our politicians defame themselves by talking about things that have got nothing to do with us. For example does verbal defence of Palestinians cause them to have a better life? The thing is that they occasionally make some statements that the media would misuse it against Iran. For example they pick up some specific phrases of a long speech (without refering to the main points and reasons for that speech) and put so many bad comments on that. No sane person would take such nonsense at face value.

First of all, Iranians don't hate anyone. If our government complains about some injustice going on in the world, it's not bad, is it? (Although what we want from them is to shut up and not get us into trouble by talking about things that are none of our concern) We hate neither Jews nor Americans. I love Americans, otherwise why would I talk to them?! How would our guys dream of America, want to be like them as much as possible, and hate them at the same time?! I've got to say that for Iran, Israel is not equal with Jews! Israel is a gov't. Jews are faithful people! A few of them live here in our neighbourhood and they live just like the rest of Iranians. No difference. And two of Iran's parliment members are Jews. Who says we want to force others to convert to Islam? Have you ever found a Muslim knocking at your door asking you to do so? It's so funny the way you imagine things and make yourselves believe in your own immaginations!

Christians and Jews are both God-believers and respectful to us. I wonder why the media like putting words in our mouth and raising hatred. In Iran, religion is one of the least important factors. Where you come from and what your religion is are not important to us at all. On the contrary, meeting different people would be very interesting for us!

I wonder who Iran is really a threat to. Is it logical to say someone's guilty because we THINK / PREDICT that he's going to do something wrong? And they repeat the same "nuclear weapons" tosh over and over and brainwash people! News headlines: "We won't allow Iran to gain nuclear weapons"!!! Correction! It's "nuclear energy". Besides, how many "nuclear weapons" do they have themselves? Hundreds of thousands? Has Iran ever attacked any countries? No. Has it developed any nukes? No! That's what nuclear agency says. Only Iran's opponents are pulling Iran's leg and what they say is of no credit. It's just based on political conflicts. What we're doing is legal. What they ask us to do (ignoring our international rights) is illegal. Iran is a peaceful country. Why? It's the regional super-power and if she wanted, she could easily invade the countries in our neibourhood just like what Saddam did to our country, but as you see Iran has peaceful relations with all of them. It can set an example to some countries that just follow their interests (oil!). Interesting! the countries accusing Iran of different things have been, and are still accused of the same things!!! How logical!

Some people say he said: Israel should be wiped off the map! But have they told you the rest of his speech and that why he's said this at all? You know that it's a passive sentence. He's never said that IRAN wants to wipe Israel off the map! He wasn't talking about destroying Israel. He was talking about relocating Israel, so that they could live seperate from Palestinians and they could both live in peace. They've only told you this phrase not the whole thing and it's mistranslated intentionally. Iran has always defended itself, but it's not an offensive country.

Some say he's said: "The Holocaust is a myth!" Again, this is a single phrase taken from a long speech and there are totally logical reasons for saying so. If 6,000,000 Jews were killed, that's terrible, but 300,000 Shiite Moslems killed by Saddam aren't important at all? Over 650,000 Iraqi people are killed and that's not important?! When Fox News simply says that America and Israel are capable of destroying and killing Iran's population of 69,000,000 within two weeks, it's OK and no one says they're threatening other countries to nuke them (I saw this with my own eyes on the Fox News website) Millions of people killed in Afghanistan, Hiroshima %26amp; Nagasaki and the Vietnam war are not considered human beings at all! Now I think you'd get the point why he's IRONICALLY said it's a myth. Moreover, don't you believe in freedom of speech/mind? I'd judge people by their ACTIONS rather than by what they say / their religion / race / culture and the colour of their skin!

Obviously, some countries are using Iran as a scapegoat to put the blame (for their own faults) on. And what country is better than Iran to be a scapegoat? The whole world believes that Iran isn't a peaceful country. I know Americans don't like this either, but what can they do? They're not responsible for controlling what the Media says. This part is just for Americans who would still argue over unimportant things: Those of you who say why Iran says "Death to America":

1. 'America' to us means the U.S govt, not the people. How do you expect Iranians to mean "American people" when our media admires Americans for marching and holding up "no war" placards?!

2. The new generation don't say such things and if some of them occasionally march in the streets that's because some of the stupid guys enjoy making noise and they mainly go out there to meet their girlfriends/boyfriends! Strange. Isn't it?

3. Such mottos are not just said in Iran and as you know whatever you hear is a response to the U.S govt's terrible actions which has made life for many people hell (You wouldn't deny that attacking countries is a mistake. right?)

5. The U.S gov't helped Saddam attack Iran and I hope you know which country gave Iraq biological weapons which killed lots of Iranians.

6. America hit an Iranian airplane over the Persian Gulf and killed 200 passengers for no reason.

7. America places sanctions on Iran, promotes a false image of Iran and Iranians, scares tourists away, and harms our economy, development and credit. To what purpose?

When you call Ahmadinejad a nutcase for what he's said, what do you call Bush for his actions? I mean it's a good idea to consider what Bush is doing to the world with his wrong decisoins and lies. Bush is powerful and influencial, but Ahmadinejad is nothing.

To those who are upset with American hostages taken for 444 days:

1. Firstly, It's related to so many years ago and it's almost a part of history, and don't forget that when there's a revolution, there'd be chaos and people may do things that they should not, moreover they're all alive and healthy. Aren't they?

2.The U.S has arrested Iranian diplomats in Iraq and had tortured the one who was freed. Poor British sailors were detained by the English gov't just for saying that they were treated well in Iran and that Iranians were logical people (They said these when they were on England's soil!) They were PREVENTED from releasing their memoirs by England! Now you decide who has the right to be upset with whom. How do you believe in their lies about politics when they hide both the most and the least important things from you considering the fact that politics is the world of lies in its nature?!!! Considering all this, you'd probably be able to GUESS what percentage of what they tell you about the Mid-East, Islam, Moslems and other things is true!!! lol

Isn't it better for both countries to forget past conflicts and to have peaceful relations? Our two gov'ts are like 10 year old children playing a stupid, harsh, rhetorical game. They don't care about hurting people's feelings. They just try to make our two peoples enemies to achieve their own goals. We, as the people of these countries, MUST NOT allow these conflics into our hearts. You know something? All govt's are hateful. I just said the above things because it sounds unfair when some Americans talk about the taking of the 444 hostages while I keep silence. I hope you agree on this one! Now, what do you think? I can't wait to see both nations in peace. It'd be marvelous! They've started to have diplomatic talks! (Naughty children!) That's great!

Thanks for your time

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David as always i read every thing you tell us.may i make a suggestion? i know you are trying to reach out and let us know the truth of your country and i think this is fantastic,but to reach americans you may want to make your statements to us a little briefer.LOL we do not have great attention spans.keep going my dear .peace to you!
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Reply:Thank you for the insight and perspective. I hope a lot of people read what you've written, so they can better make up their own minds.

Just as President Bush's every move is not that of the American people, it is good to understand that Admadinejhad's will is not necessarily the will if Iranians. The problem for all of us to get our rulers to listen to the people, something the power-seekers don't think they need to do.
Reply:Don't kid yourself, this is a bunch of propaganda and crap. Amenajab has called for Israel to be wiped off the face of the earth. There is no mistaking the desire for an "islamic bomb" to destroy the Israelis and Americans in the region. Thinking they wouldn't use such a weapon, is absurd.

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When you can be serious and admit that your "president" wants to destroy israel with his new toy, then you'll get somewhere. Until then, all the talk about how progressive and enlightened and innocent your society is, is total crap.
Reply:Thank you for the insight and perspective. I hope a lot of people read what you've written, so they can better make up their own minds.

Just as President Bush's every move is not that of the American people, it is good to understand that Admadinejhad's will is not necessarily the will if Iranians. The problem for all of us to get our rulers to listen to the people, something the power-seekers don't think they need to do.
Reply:You have done well in stating your point of view. I lived in an Islamic country for a year and relate to some of what you say.

It could have been briefer with a link to read your entire article. While I read the whole thing most people would get tired about the second or third paragraph and quit reading.

Don't think that because I say I can relate to what you say that I agree with it entirely. I do not.

So while I compliment you on your ability to express yourself in English I do not compliment you entirely on what you say. In America we value freedom of speech and so I am going to say that while I may disagree with some of what you say I will defend your right to say it. Democracy depends on a dialog of many opinions and dissent. We are a democracy even though you are not in Iran despite the freedoms you say you have. May Allah/God bless us all and bring us all peace.

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Why do ppl say moslems have invented 1000 inventions while Iran invents several thousand each year?

2009-08-02T22:14:00.002-07:00

Special thanks to my American friend who helped me proofread my writing.It's taken me almost a year to find some pieces of this information.

I believe that if you spend 5-10 minutes reading this essay, you will be better informed than if you listen to a lifetime's worth of Major Media news. Please don't assume that I'm a very old person. I'm just 18, and a university student studying English who just cannot sit back and let the lies fly unchallenged.

This article has two parts:

1. Cultural and general info

2. Political info.

If you wanna know the rest of of the story, read it from top to bottom.

Note:.I've explained all the things that you ALWAYS talk about, so read it all plz! Specially the political part! Any answers before reading the whole thing will prove to be wrong.

****

Hi. I'm an Iranian who has spent his life in Iran.When I chat with people from other countries, I am shocked to see how totally wrong their ideas are about Iran. I wrote this article in an attempt to help correct those ideas.

The first thing America, and the West in general, accuses our government of is that we don't allow personal freedoms. Actually, Iranians disobey laws they don't like as much as anyone. Many strict rules in other countries don't even exist in Iran. Also, you should understand that what may seem so normal to you, may be a nightmare for us and vise versa. That's why you don't understand a few of Iran's laws.In Iran every single house has a sattelite dish. Sattelite television has a serious influence on our people, and Iranians wear very fashionable clothing. Maybe it is a kind of imitation, but we still have our own unique Iranian style. A visitor might wonder if this is a country or a fantasy pageant of beauty queens! Almost half of women wear their hair out, and make-up and fashionable clothing are everywhere. Iran is one of the super-consumers of cosmetics. You would be surprised to see the difference between what you imagine and what Iran really is!

In my view, everything is great, if you ignore unemployment, inflation and air pollution. But I guess these are common problems around the world today, aren't they? Also, you can't compare Iran today with the Iran you remember. The Shah and the Iatollah Khomini are both some 30 years in the past!Nearly 65-70% of Iran's population is a new generation without the biases of the past (The youth), and we've transformed everything.

Some people think women don't have any rights in Iran. But in my view, women are overrunning the place. But that's not a bad thing. They're very respectful, and they've been the winners in so many cases: They get into the best universities because they're very smart. And they get the best jobs because they can do so many of them better than men. (That's why men can hardly find any good jobs because most jobs are already occupied by women!) They've got Islamic rights, and that has in some cases made it difficult for men to marry them, because husbands are supposed to buy them expensive things and treat them very well, otherwise women have the right to ask a great amount of money (called Mehr) according to the law, which most husbands cannot afford, so they (men) will be imprisoned.The only thing that women are not allowed to do in Iran is getting into public football stadiums and that's because such places are full of cheeky guys. They do anything from taking part in rallies to singing pop songs.Anything! I've put a sample here. I feel foolish for sitting here explaining ordinary things to you.

Another funny thing: Your footage about stoning the women who have committed adultery. Have you ever asked yourselves how many years ago that footage related to? Are they balck and white or colourful? But in one case (related to many years ago) something terrible had happened which was just beyond the borders of adultery.We think being punished for corruption is good, as it deters people from doing that and the society will be far healthier than the countries in which commiting such things is considered to be normal! Iranians expect their gov't not to be soft on criminals.And for your information, most of those footages are from Afghanistan which was ruled by freaks (Taliban). When you think of such things, try to think of the racism in your country too. There's no perfect country!

I find it difficult to make you understand that Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan are --------- SEPERATE COUNTRIES! --------- Even within Iran, 60% of us are Persian and 30% are Turkish! I find it even more difficult to make you understand that Iran is a normal country like any other in the world. The point is, there's nothing mysterious about us! The Media are very good at creating really scary stuff: "IRAN BEHIND THE CLOSED DOORS!!!" "IRAN UNDERCOVER!!!" Some of that garbage would be enough to scare ME away! But in truth, Iranians are far more open-minded than you have been led to believe.

There are lots of Iranians today who are geniuses and scientists, and are all under age 25. You don't hear about their discoveries and inventions on TV. For instance a 17 year old boy has invented 72 amazing inventions and there are many KIDS like that. Iranian students and sportsmen win gold and silver medals in different competitions in the world all the time, in robotics, biology, maths, physics, sports, anything! Why don't the Media talk about them? Please don't summarize our nation and culture with the single word "nuclear". Although we're proud of this achievement because we believe that having nuclear energy means that a country is developed.Did you know that the countries having the highest number of scientists in the world are in this order? 1-India 2-Korea 3-Iran

A few months ago Iran uncovered the most effective anti-H.I.V medicine and it was signing treaties with other countries to export it. I searched for news of that on the internet, but there was no single sign of it. What did I find instead? "President Bush CLAIMS that bomb parts are imported from Iran into Iraq!" (The same old story!) The Media are unjust. They put CLAIMS on the headlines, but they never talk about facts!

Some interesting facts:

Iran is a pioneer in medicine and genetics, and Iranian surgeons have found lots of new methods for treating spinal defects, and many diseases (mainly the treatment for different types of cancer) and the best brain and heart surgeons are Iranian. The head of the Mars Mission in NASA is Iranian. One of the best designers of sports cars working in Germany is Iranian. Some of the best 3D animators are Iranian. Iran is one of the best countries in counter-engineering. Holds the second place in building dams and in loads of other things! It's one of the top countries in bio-technology and nano-technology. The 4th highest tower in the world (Milad tower) is in Tehran (visit it at this link from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Milad... ). 51 of the top 100 universities in the Mid-East are in Iran, and they're among the top universities of the world as well. The champion weight-lifter, a woman, and a song by one of the pop singers who/which won the nobel peace prize are Iranians. Lots of Iranians win nobel prizes specially in the field of medicine. Iranian girls are famous for being terrific. We have Persian rugs and Persian literature, many Persian poets and scientists that are very famous. Iranian culture is now westernized and only a little of the ancient culture has survived. According to statistics Tehran is the cheapest capital city in the world (for foriegners of course, not for us! Our rate is different: one Dollar =about 950 Tomans!) There are many other things. How many pages would you need to describe a country? Iran is an independant country unlike its neighbours. It has nearly all the industries and technologies found in 'developed' countries. The list is endless.

News: "Iranian scientists managed to make human teeth grow after you've lost them using basic cells" I'm gonna introduce Iran's international news website to you (Press TV) which was established recently. It's fully in English. You'll find what they're hiding from you! In the "Sic / Tech" section you'll always see Iran's discoveries. The address is: http://www.presstv.ir/news.aspx... Press TV news: Iranian scientists have registered more than 4800 inventions during the last Iranian calendar year of 1385 (April 21 2006-April 20, 2007). 4800 inventions in just one year!

Some charactristics of Iranians would be: intelligent, ambitious, a bit idealistic, well-dressed, formal, well-educated, warm and friendly, hospitable, and not so religious. We are also proud, greedy, hard-working (for ourselves), not punctual, impatient, and lazy at doing our duty well.

Some people think Iran is a desert! Well, it is, if you consider California, New Mexico, Utah, Arkansas, and Alabama a desert. We share the same latitude. Iran is a modern country with breathtakingly beautiful nature and lots of historic places to visit. Please take a look at the following links to see if Iran looks like what you think or not! This is a photo of Tehran (Awesome, Isn't it?): http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran

If you like you can visit these too, hundreds of pretty photos from the cities, nature and historic places: (It's like a free tour!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hills...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/throughout_ir...

http://www.bigsoccer.com:80/forum/showth...

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthrea...

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthrea...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran

Some people think music is forbidden in Iran. Did you know that Iranian music was chosen as the best pop in France in 2005? I guess not. All Iranian songs are current pop / DJ music. I send them to my American and Canadian chat friends and they all say they're some of the best songs they've ever heard. What makes Iranian music killer, is a lot of Trance drums, incredible melody and lyrics!

Here's a sample of the latest hits from two official Iranian music websites. (So catchy, Right?)You can just right click on the links below and choose "Save Target As" to download them. The translation of the songs is here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

1.(You know this: 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

2.(Hold my hand: 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

3.(The wetness of your eyes: 2006) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

4.(I just want you: 2003) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

5.(The rain: 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

6.(The window: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

7.(Keep me in your memory: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

8.(Farangis "A female name" 2007) http://download.bia2music.com/Music/Iran...

9.(The distance: 2007) http://www.sarzaminsong.com/Sarzaminmusi...

10.(Sunrise: 2007) http://www.sarzaminsong.com/Sarzaminmusi...

11.(Stop world:2006) http://www.sarzaminmusic.com/Sarzaminmus...

12.(You can't: 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

13.(The wind's kiss: 2005) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

14.(Reveal your visage: 2004) http://www.sarzamin.org/Sarzaminmusic/Pe...

15.(What would have happened if : 2007) http://www.sarzaminmp3.com/Sarzaminmusic...

And so on and on!

It's now 2007 and most people still think we are uneducated people living in deserts, riding camels and carrying around guns! See how the media are fooling people?

Let's clarify some political issues as well: Some of the Americans I chatted with said in the U.S it's said that president Ahmadinejad hates the U.S and Israel and wants to nuke them!! The Media are good at putting lying comments out there. It's easy to show a video or an image of our president or leader on the TV screen or on the internet and say he says this, he says that.....I really don't get the point why our politicians defame themselves by talking about things that have got nothing to do with us. For example does verbal defence of Palestinians cause them to have a better life? The thing is that they occasionally make some statements that the media would misuse it against Iran. For example they pick up some specific phrases of a long speech (without refering to the main points and reasons for that speech) and put so many bad comments on that. No sane person would take such nonsense at face value.

First of all, Iranians don't hate anyone. If our government complains about some injustice going on in the world, it's not bad, is it? (Although what we want from them is to shut up and not get us into trouble by talking about things that are none of our concern) We hate neither Jews nor Americans. I love Americans, otherwise why would I talk to them?! How would our guys dream of America, want to be like them as much as possible, and hate them at the same time?! I've got to say that for Iran, Israel is not equal with Jews! Israel is a gov't. Jews are faithful people! A few of them live here in our neighbourhood and they live just like the rest of Iranians. No difference. And two of Iran's parliment members are Jews. Who says we want to force others to convert to Islam? Have you ever found a Muslim knocking at your door asking you to do so? It's so funny the way you imagine things and make yourselves believe in your own immaginations!

Christians and Jews are both God-believers and respectful to us. I wonder why the media like putting words in our mouth and raising hatred. In Iran, religion is one of the least important factors. Where you come from and what your religion is are not important to us at all. On the contrary, meeting different people would be very interesting for us!

I wonder who Iran is really a threat to. Is it logical to say someone's guilty because we THINK / PREDICT that he's going to do something wrong? And they repeat the same "nuclear weapons" tosh over and over and brainwash people! News headlines: "We won't allow Iran to gain nuclear weapons"!!! Correction! It's "nuclear energy". Besides, how many "nuclear weapons" do they have themselves? Hundreds of thousands? Has Iran ever attacked any countries? No. Has it developed any nukes? No! That's what nuclear agency says. Only Iran's opponents are pulling Iran's leg and what they say is of no credit. It's just based on political conflicts. What we're doing is legal. What they ask us to do (ignoring our international rights) is illegal. Iran is a peaceful country. Why? It's the regional super-power and if she wanted, she could easily invade the countries in our neibourhood just like what Saddam did to our country, but as you see Iran has peaceful relations with all of them. It can set an example to some countries that just follow their interests (oil!). Interesting! the countries accusing Iran of different things have been, and are still accused of the same things!!! How logical!

Some people say he said: Israel should be wiped off the map! But have they told you the rest of his speech and that why he's said this at all? You know that it's a passive sentence. He's never said that IRAN wants to wipe Israel off the map! He wasn't talking about destroying Israel. He was talking about relocating Israel, so that they could live seperate from Palestinians and they could both live in peace. They've only told you this phrase not the whole thing and it's mistranslated intentionally. Iran has always defended itself, but it's not an offensive country.

Some say he's said: "The Holocaust is a myth!" Again, this is a single phrase taken from a long speech and there are totally logical reasons for saying so. If 6,000,000 Jews were killed, that's terrible, but 300,000 Shiite Moslems killed by Saddam aren't important at all? Over 650,000 Iraqi people are killed and that's not important?! When Fox News simply says that America and Israel are capable of destroying and killing Iran's population of 69,000,000 within two weeks, it's OK and no one says they're threatening other countries to nuke them (I saw this with my own eyes on the Fox News website) Millions of people killed in Afghanistan, Hiroshima %26amp; Nagasaki and the Vietnam war are not considered human beings at all! Now I think you'd get the point why he's IRONICALLY said it's a myth. Moreover, don't you believe in freedom of speech/mind? I'd judge people by their ACTIONS rather than by what they say / their religion / race / culture and the colour of their skin!

Obviously, some countries are using Iran as a scapegoat to put the blame (for their own faults) on. And what country is better than Iran to be a scapegoat? The whole world believes that Iran isn't a peaceful country. I know Americans don't like this either, but what can they do? They're not responsible for controlling what the Media says. This part is just for Americans who would still argue over unimportant things: Those of you who say why Iran says "Death to America":

1. 'America' to us means the U.S govt, not the people. How do you expect Iranians to mean "American people" when our media admires Americans for marching and holding up "no war" placards?!

2. The new generation don't say such things and if some of them occasionally march in the streets that's because some of the stupid guys enjoy making noise and they mainly go out there to meet their girlfriends/boyfriends! Strange. Isn't it?

3. Such mottos are not just said in Iran and as you know whatever you hear is a response to the U.S govt's terrible actions which has made life for many people hell (You wouldn't deny that attacking countries is a mistake. right?)

5. The U.S gov't helped Saddam attack Iran and I hope you know which country gave Iraq biological weapons which killed lots of Iranians.

6. America hit an Iranian airplane over the Persian Gulf and killed 200 passengers for no reason.

7. America places sanctions on Iran, promotes a false image of Iran and Iranians, scares tourists away, and harms our economy, development and credit. To what purpose?

When you call Ahmadinejad a nutcase for what he's said, what do you call Bush for his actions? I mean it's a good idea to consider what Bush is doing to the world with his wrong decisoins and lies. Bush is powerful and influencial, but Ahmadinejad is nothing.

To those who are upset with American hostages taken for 444 days:

1. Firstly, It's related to so many years ago and it's almost a part of history, and don't forget that when there's a revolution, there'd be chaos and people may do things that they should not, moreover they're all alive and healthy. Aren't they?

2.The U.S has arrested Iranian diplomats in Iraq and had tortured the one who was freed. Poor British sailors were detained by the English gov't just for saying that they were treated well in Iran and that Iranians were logical people (They said these when they were on England's soil!) They were PREVENTED from releasing their memoirs by England! Now you decide who has the right to be upset with whom. How do you believe in their lies about politics when they hide both the most and the least important things from you considering the fact that politics is the world of lies in its nature?!!! Considering all this, you'd probably be able to GUESS what percentage of what they tell you about the Mid-East, Islam, Moslems and other things is true!!! lol

Isn't it better for both countries to forget past conflicts and to have peaceful relations? Our two gov'ts are like 10 year old children playing a stupid, harsh, rhetorical game. They don't care about hurting people's feelings. They just try to make our two peoples enemies to achieve their own goals. We, as the people of these countries, MUST NOT allow these conflics into our hearts. You know something? All govt's are hateful. I just said the above things because it sounds unfair when some Americans talk about the taking of the 444 hostages while I keep silence. I hope you agree on this one! Now, what do you think? I can't wait to see both nations in peace. It'd be marvelous! They've started to have diplomatic talks! (Naughty children!) That's great!

Thanks for your time

Why do ppl say moslems have invented 1000 inventions while Iran invents several thousand each year?
ameen ameen brother, im a muslim american my background is polish venezuelan egyptian and turksih. thank you for lettin people know the truth i couldnt have said it anywhere near as good as that. just dont forget your dean
Reply:Americans are crap and full of bullshit! Report It

Reply:Do you work for the propaganda ministry?

This is a place to ask and answer questions not to post your essay on how grand and glorious Iran is.

Is the recent crack down by the religious police against young men and women who wear western dress just more western propaganda?

If Iranian medicine is so great why do people flock to the west for medical treatment if they can afford it?

If Iran is in such bad shape financially because of what the west does how can every single house in Iran have a satellite dish?

Check out this site to view some Iranian censorship.

http://www.freemuse.org/sw1420.asp
Reply:Are you trying to get an exit visa or something?
Reply:Peace is not possible, the religion and political ideologies are too extremely different.

Are you asking a question or giving an answer? Your "American Friend" needs to proofread a little better for you.
Reply:I give you an "F" for making me sleepy. Do it again but this time make it 10,000 sentences shorter.
Reply:Re: the question: who says that? Which "people"? David,(is that really your name?) if you want to be heard , don't make your posts so long , or the same for every question.

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