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Persimmons in Tehran
2007-12-01 08:19:00 Seasonal fruit is a great pleasure. There's so much tasteless imported produce in western (and Japanese) supermarkets that probably not that many people know what the right season for most fruit is. But I think Iran is pretty much self-sufficient when it comes to fruit and veg and I certainly look forward to autumn for several of my favourites - one of which is the persimmon which I've heard called "Sharon fruit" before, "kaki" in Japan and "khormaloo" in Iran. Khorma is the Farsi word for "dates" and aloo means "plum."I wonder if there's a connection there with the Hindi(?) word for potato - something like the French calling them "pommes de terre." Anyway "khormaloo" is a word loaded with sweet winter connotations for me, the colour itself is enough to warm your hands and the sight of abundant orange fruit weighing down leaveless branches and punctuating the air with their fat jolliness is a sure fire way to put a smile on my face. I think Santa Claus should wear persimmon orang... More About: Tehran , Mons
Persimmons in Tehran
2007-12-01 08:19:00 Seasonal fruit is a great pleasure. There's so much tasteless imported produce in western (and Japanese) supermarkets that probably not that many people know what the right season for most fruit is. But I think Iran is pretty much self-sufficient when it comes to fruit and veg and I certainly look forward to autumn for several of my favourites - one of which is the persimmon which I've heard called "Sharon fruit" before, "kaki" in Japan and "khormaloo" in Iran. Khorma is the Farsi word for "dates" and aloo means "plum."I wonder if there's a connection there with the Hindi(?) word for potato - something like the French calling them "pommes de terre." Anyway "khormaloo" is a word loaded with sweet winter connotations for me, the colour itself is enough to warm your hands and the sight of abundant orange fruit weighing down leaveless branches and punctuating the air with their fat jolliness is a sure fire way to put a smile on my face. I think Santa Claus should wear persimmon orang... More About: Tehran , Mons
Iran Tube
2007-10-24 05:27:00 Iran Tube is the Iranian equivalent of You Tube.Members can upload Iran-related videos. Categories include news, sports, travel and popular culture.Iranian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to TehranTagsIran IranTube More About: Iran
Iran Tube
2007-10-24 05:27:00 Iran Tube is the Iranian equivalent of You Tube.Members can upload Iran-related videos. Categories include news, sports, travel and popular culture.Iranian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to TehranTagsIran IranTube More About: Iran
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Afshin Ghotbi to Persepolis
2007-09-22 05:42:00 Afshin Ghotbi recently left his job as South Korea's national team assistant coach to return to Iran to coach Iranian giants Persepolis .Born in Iran, the 43-year-old left his homeland for America in 1977 and went to the 1998 World Cup with the United States and the 2002 and 2006 World Cups with South Korea.How do you feel about leaving Korea for Iran?I think I am numb at this moment. I feel excited because of a new challenge and going back to my home country that I haven't seen for 30 years. I also feel sadness because I have so many memories in Korea and so many experiences. It's hard to leave the Korean players as I am always impressed by their mentality and their willingness to learn.I am excited because I will be head coach of a team and more than that the biggest club in Iran and probably one of the biggest in Asia. They have such history and I remember that as a child. Even when I was a little boy playing in the street, it was always the Reds (Persepolis) against the Blues ...
Afshin Ghotbi to Persepolis
2007-09-22 05:42:00 Afshin Ghotbi recently left his job as South Korea's national team assistant coach to return to Iran to coach Iranian giants Persepolis .Born in Iran, the 43-year-old left his homeland for America in 1977 and went to the 1998 World Cup with the United States and the 2002 and 2006 World Cups with South Korea.How do you feel about leaving Korea for Iran?I think I am numb at this moment. I feel excited because of a new challenge and going back to my home country that I haven't seen for 30 years. I also feel sadness because I have so many memories in Korea and so many experiences. It's hard to leave the Korean players as I am always impressed by their mentality and their willingness to learn.I am excited because I will be head coach of a team and more than that the biggest club in Iran and probably one of the biggest in Asia. They have such history and I remember that as a child. Even when I was a little boy playing in the street, it was always the Reds (Persepolis) against the Blues ...
Iran on You Tube
2007-08-11 16:26:00 Type in "Iran " on You Tube and coming up No. 1 is this tribute to the country.The music is by Faramarz Aslani "age ye rooz"Iranian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to Tehran TagsIran Tehran More About: Travel
Iran on You Tube
2007-08-11 16:26:00 Type in "Iran " on You Tube and coming up No. 1 is this tribute to the country.The music is by Faramarz Aslani "age ye rooz"Iranian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to Tehran TagsIran Tehran More About: Travel
Iran Reach Asian Cup Second Round
2007-07-18 17:32:00 Iran beat co-hosts Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur to reach the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup as winners of Group C.Iran scored once in each half to set up a match with South Korea in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.Javad Nekounam scored from the penalty spot after 29 minutes and Andranik Teymourian added a fine individual goal ten minutes from time.Iranian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to Tehran TagsIran Tehran More About: Iran , Reach , Asian Cup
Iran Reach Asian Cup Second Round
2007-07-18 17:32:00 Iran beat co-hosts Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur to reach the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup as winners of Group C.Iran scored once in each half to set up a match with South Korea in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.Javad Nekounam scored from the penalty spot after 29 minutes and Andranik Teymourian added a fine individual goal ten minutes from time.Iranian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to Tehran TagsIran Tehran More About: Iran , Reach , Asian Cup
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Kashan
2007-06-20 06:16:00 Kashan is known for its beautiful, restored mansions.Iranian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to Tehran TagsIran Tehran
Kashan
2007-06-20 06:16:00 Kashan is known for its beautiful, restored mansions.Iranian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to Tehran TagsIran Tehran
Existential graffiti
2007-06-07 23:23:00 Roughly translated: I write to leave a reminder So that if I disappear one day A reminder it will stayIran ian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to Tehran TagsIran Tehran More About: Graffiti , Existential
Existential graffiti
2007-06-07 23:23:00 Roughly translated: I write to leave a reminder So that if I disappear one day A reminder it will stayIran ian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to Tehran TagsIran Tehran More About: Graffiti , Existential
"Eeenja Iran-e!" (This is Iran!)
2007-06-07 16:07:00 This is an excuse I hear a lot when things are not the way they should be. It's usually employed once a solution to a problem is identified and thoughts turn to putting it into practice."But this is Iran !" It's not as easy as that! Sure, that's the problem and this is the best way to get around it but this is Iran. Don't expect things to go so well....[ followed by any/all of Iran's 3 great national excuses.]1. First of all people 'don't have culture' here [the Farsi word for this is 'bifarhang' which has no direct translation] they don't know how to behave. You tell them one thing and they do another. They're uneducated and they don't know how to follow rules....2. And the government doesn't let people get on with their lives. One day one politician launches a policy, the next day he's gone and his replacement wants something else. He gives government jobs to all his cronies and they start filling their pockets and before they've had enough so they can really start ... More About: Tehran
"Eeenja Iran-e!" (This is Iran!)
2007-06-07 16:07:00 This is an excuse I hear a lot when things are not the way they should be. It's usually employed once a solution to a problem is identified and thoughts turn to putting it into practice."But this is Iran !" It's not as easy as that! Sure, that's the problem and this is the best way to get around it but this is Iran. Don't expect things to go so well....[ followed by any/all of Iran's 3 great national excuses.]1. First of all people 'don't have culture' here [the Farsi word for this is 'bifarhang' which has no direct translation] they don't know how to behave. You tell them one thing and they do another. They're uneducated and they don't know how to follow rules....2. And the government doesn't let people get on with their lives. One day one politician launches a policy, the next day he's gone and his replacement wants something else. He gives government jobs to all his cronies and they start filling their pockets and before they've had enough so they can really start ... More About: Tehran
Uptown Real Estate
2007-05-21 17:00:00 Another pic from the rooftops. This is uptown Tehran . You can make out the slope up to the Alborz mountain range in the background. Basically, if you have the money, you get cleaner air. But Tehran real estate is prohibitively expensive for most Iran ians and prices just get higher. And so do the construction projects. Here's a tower block going up on Afriqa Avenue (also known as Jordan) - a fashionable, traffic clogged boulevard flanked by some of the most expensive property in the country. .Iranian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to TehranTagsIran Tehran More About: Estate , Real Estate , Real
Uptown Real Estate
2007-05-21 17:00:00 Another pic from the rooftops. This is uptown Tehran . You can make out the slope up to the Alborz mountain range in the background. Basically, if you have the money, you get cleaner air. But Tehran real estate is prohibitively expensive for most Iran ians and prices just get higher. And so do the construction projects. Here's a tower block going up on Afriqa Avenue (also known as Jordan) - a fashionable, traffic clogged boulevard flanked by some of the most expensive property in the country. .Iranian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to TehranTagsIran Tehran More About: Estate , Real Estate , Real
Tehran From Above
2007-05-21 16:46:00 On a clear day you can see mountains from everywhere in Tehran .Iran ian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to TehranTagsIran Tehran
Tehran From Above
2007-05-21 16:46:00 On a clear day you can see mountains from everywhere in Tehran .Iran ian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to TehranTagsIran Tehran
Iranian reactions to the movie "300
2007-05-12 11:56:00 Iran's mission to the UN has issued a statement criticising the movie "300", calling it "a thinly-veiled attack on Iranian history." You can read the full text here.The statement expresses what many Iranians feel about a film that most haven't even seen yet - that misrepresentations of Iran in Western media are something close to a deliberate campaign to present Iran as "a dangerous, bestial force fatally threatening the civilized 'free' world." Government Spokesman, Gholam Hossein Elham, described it as a "cultural intrusion" and said the government interpreted it as "hostile".I was at a talk held at the Khaneye Honarmandan artists centre where a mercifully edited version of "300" was shown to an audience mainly of university students. Listening to the talk that followed, I was struck with just how intensely felt, yet deeply vulnerable, the Iranian sense of national identity was.During the screening the mood was light. When King Khashayarshah (Xerxes), a three-metre-tall drag q... More About: Movie , The Movie , Rani
Iranian reactions to the movie "300
2007-05-12 11:56:00 Iran's mission to the UN has issued a statement criticising the movie "300", calling it "a thinly-veiled attack on Iranian history." You can read the full text here.The statement expresses what many Iranians feel about a film that most haven't even seen yet - that misrepresentations of Iran in Western media are something close to a deliberate campaign to present Iran as "a dangerous, bestial force fatally threatening the civilized 'free' world." Government Spokesman, Gholam Hossein Elham, described it as a "cultural intrusion" and said the government interpreted it as "hostile".I was at a talk held at the Khaneye Honarmandan artists centre where a mercifully edited version of "300" was shown to an audience mainly of university students. Listening to the talk that followed, I was struck with just how intensely felt, yet deeply vulnerable, the Iranian sense of national identity was.During the screening the mood was light. When King Khashayarshah (Xerxes), a three-metre-tall drag q... More About: Movie , The Movie , Rani
Nuclear banknote
2007-05-10 17:20:00 Iran's central bank has issued a 50,000 Rial note with a nuclear symbol motif. The back of the note features a symbol representing electrons circling a nucleus superimposed over the map of Iran. Alongside it is a quote from the Prophet Mohammad which runs, ""if the science exists in this constellation, men from Persia will reach it."Iranian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to Tehran TagsIran Tehran More About: Iran , Nuclear , Knot
Nuclear banknote
More articles from this author:2007-05-10 17:20:00 Iran's central bank has issued a 50,000 Rial note with a nuclear symbol motif. The back of the note features a symbol representing electrons circling a nucleus superimposed over the map of Iran. Alongside it is a quote from the Prophet Mohammad which runs, ""if the science exists in this constellation, men from Persia will reach it."Iranian Music CDsBooks on IranGuide to Tehran TagsIran Tehran More About: Iran , Nuclear , Knot 1, 2, 3 |
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