Nazanin : by Nazanin Afshin-Jam

From the pages of Potkin Azarmeher's blog :

Nazanin Afshin-Jam in UK

It is July and it was pouring down with rain all morning in London, yet everyone in our welcoming group was looking forward to meeting Nazanin. As always it was so Exhilarating to meet her, despite her long flight, she was so full of energy, so enthusiastic about her work and still so down to earth. After we picked up Nazanin from the airport, on the way back to her hotel, the clouds broke up and the sun even started to shine! so symbolic of how she inspires all Iranian pro-democracy and human rights activists.Nazanin has been invited by the Confederation of Iranian Students in UK and will have a heavy schedule in the days ahead. I will write more about her events in the coming week.

Nazanin Afshin-Jam in UK Parliament

It was a busy day for Nazanin today. The first engagement was an interview with Bloomberg news followed by a press conference at the Henry Jackson Society offices in Queen Ann's Chambers. Three Iranian media representatives from Radio Farda, Radio Zamaneh and Kayhan Weekly were also present and as usual some of our Iranian media didn't cease to amaze me with their snobby opinionated attitudes. Rather than interviewing Nazanin, you would think they were the ones who were there to be interviewed. Instead of asking questions about why Nazanin was in London and her schedule of events in the coming week, they were advising her about what she should say in the parliament and making speeches of their own . A point which did not go unnoticed by the non-Iranians present in the room either.The representative of Radio Farda, boasted about being the most popular radio station in Iran etc. When I asked her if Radio Farda will be covering Nazanin's event in the UK parliament later in the afternoon, Radio Farda representative said no unfortunately she can't make it! Neither of the other two Iranian media came to cover the parliament event either. Instead as usual they expected us to write a report and land it on their lap. Radio Zamaneh however did a one to one interview with Nazanin after the press conference.More than 100 people turned up at the committee room 14 in the House of commons at 5 pm today to hear Nazanin. The meeting was chaired by Graham Stuart MP who introduced Nazanin and myself to the audience. Nazanin started by showing a few slide images of Iran before the 1979 Islamic revolution, followed by pictures of public hangings, beatings and other human rights abuses which have taken place in the last three decades in Iran since.Today also coincided with the student uprising in 1999 which engulfed 19 cities across Iran for six days. Nazanin reminded the audience about some of the victims of the student protests, the bloodshed which followed and the long term prison sentences received by some of the captured protesters. She talked about the persecution of the religious minorities in Iran and the new apostasy bill, the barbaric punishments and the execution of minors, the murder of the Iranian-Canadian photo journalist, Zahra Kazemi and other victims. Yet despite all these atrocities and suppression, the civil movement in Iran for democracy and human rights remains alive. Students, the youth, the women and workers of Iran continue their protests and political prisoners like Arzhang Davoodi defy their captors by staging a 70 day hunger strike.Nazanin stated her position against a military strike on Iran and at the same time she criticised any appeasement of the Islamic Republic by the West, saying the best solution is empowering the civil movement in Iran.Nazanin finished her speech by expressing her optimism that soon change will come about in Iran and dictatorships will not last for ever.The first member of the audience to be allowed to ask a question, turned out to be a Press TV employee, the satellite station run by the Islamic Republic from Tehran with studios in London.Although he did not ask a question, but rather aggressively and in a loud voice stood up and said he did not want to say what his name was and objected to being filmed, he then advised Nazanin that there are people in the Iranian regime who are reasonable and not all should be blamed.Tomorrow will be another busy day with more meetings which hopefully I will get time to write about.

Nazanin's Third Day in London

Nazanin had an interview with More4 TV Channel this morning and then after a quick lunch at the Portcullis House, we made our way to the Foreign Office, where we had a very useful meeting with an Iran Desk officer on Human Rights issues. Later we went to the House of Lords. It was my first time ever in the House of Lords. While we were waiting in the lobby, one of the peers acknowledged Nazanin and said he was in committee room 14 the day before and was very impressed with the points she had made during the meeting. We had a quick tour of the House, as we made our way to the Lord's tea room. I even had the chance of standing right in front of the very Throne of the Queen of England, where the Queen sits at the State Opening of Parliament and delivers the Queen's Speech. Lord Avebury invited us to his office, where we discussed various Iran related issues. More tomorrow I hope.

Nazanin Parliament Photos

Nazanin Afshin-Jam in the UK Parliament:

Hope to get some time soon to transfer more photos and show them on the blog.

Friday, July 11, 2008

Farewell Nazanin

What an eventful week it was. It seems it was only a few minutes ago when we were waiting in the airport for Nazanin to arrive. Anxiety mixed with excitement, excited that we were seeing Nazanin again and anxious that we would be worthy hosts for Nazanin Afshin-Jam and make a success of this amazing opportunity. I didn't get time to write about Nazanin's meetings yesterday, and so let me do so now. Nazanin met Stephen Crabb MP, Chairman of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission, at the House of Commons yesterday morning. In the afternoon, Nazanin met with Tom Porteous, the London director of Human Rights Watch followed by a meeting with Drewery Dyke from Amnesty International.Today Nazanin met with representatives of Iranian religious minorities in the morning followed by an interview in the Bush House with the BBC Persian and her last formal meeting in the afternoon was with Maryam Namazi.So to wrap up the week, we had a farewell dinner in an Iranian restaurant with some of the young Iranian diaspora. In particular I wanted Nazanin to meet young Iranians who are not actively involved in Iran related issues, I wanted Nazanin to show them how they can make a difference but at the same time, I wanted Nazanin to hear their side and find out what prevents these young Iranians from becoming active themselves.I am waiting for more photos to reach my mail box and share them with you. So those who took the photos please hurry :))
Let me finish the post by mentioning another amazing quality of Nazanin. In the whole week that we were going from one meeting to another and holding one event after another, Nazanin never showed any signs of fatigue or tiredness, she never refused anything we asked her and obliged with every appointment, her enthusiasm and energy never wavered. Going about from one part of London to another, in a week which hardly stopped pouring with rain, we were often concerned that her schedule may be over demanding, but she always replied with her humble smile, 'No its ok'. Last but not least, I have to mention our colleague Maryam Raiisi, another Iranian girl who worked non-stop throughout this week. Despite all her family commitments, she too never showed any signs of tiredness. The sheer energy of Nazanin and Maryam, has strengthened my long held belief that Iran will be liberated by the collective effort of its women.

DON'T FORGET THE 18 TIR DEMONSTRATIONS IN FRONT OF THE OCCUPIED IRANIAN EMBASSY

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کسانی که مايل به شرکت در اين تظاهرات 18 تيرميباشند اتوبوس رفت و برگشت از شهر منچستر و شهر های اطراف و سر راه به لندن بصورت رايگان برای شما عزيزان آماده شده لطفأ با
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اطلاعيه
تظاهرات 18 تير در لندن و شهر های اروپا
هموطن. تظاهرات 18 تير ( 8 July 2008 ) در مقابل سفارت اشغالي ايران در لندن برگذار خواهد شد.
بدينوسيله جمعيت خردپيشةگان ريشةای ايران، سازمانها، احزاب و فعالين سياسی در انگلستان و شهرهای ديگر گيتی از هم‌ميهنان گرامي دعوت مينمايند. ضمن شركت در اين تظاهرات به حمايت از مردم رنجديده ايران و براي رهايي كشور تحت سلطه غاصبان، به آزاديخواهان به پيوندند.
از هموطنان عزيز با هر مسلك و مرام و مذهبي انتظار میرود با حضور خود در يادآوری از 18 تير دو فاجعه کشتار دليران ارتش و دانشجويان در چنين روزی بدست رژيم اسلامي باعث رونق اين تظاهرات ميهني در ياد آوری از آن زنده يادان گردند.
محل تظاهرات انگلستان، لندن:
جلوي سفارت اشغالي ايران ، پرنسس گيت، کنزگتون لندن، اس دبليو 7 (روبروی هايد پارک)
Princes Gate, Kensington, London SW7
تاريخ و زمان: 18 تير 2567 (1387) 8 July زمان 1 تا 4 نيمروز

نزديکترين ايستگاه قطار زيرزميني
Knightsbridge يا South Kensington يا High Street Kensington
هاي‌استريت كنزينگتون يا سآت كنزينگتون يا نايتس بريج
اتوبوس در شهر لندن شماره 9 و 10 و 52
اطلاعات در لندن کدبان آرش شماره موبايل انگلستان 6289 277 - 0793
اطلاعات از منچستر به لندن کدبان علی شماره موبايل انگلستان 7279 488 – 0773
اطلاعات در شهر های اروپا کدبان آرش مهدوی شماره 40048572 – 47 00
فراخوان 18 تیر -Tir18

به مناسبت نزدیکی به سالروز 18 تیر

TIRGAN CELEBERATIONS IN LONDON THIS SATURDAY

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In shanbeh jashn Tirgan dar London ra framosh nakonead bray etelat bishtar bh link zir morajeh befarmaead '
Ba mehr
Mardavij

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برگذاری جشن تيرگان در لندن
Celebration of Tirgan Festivity in London
تير = ستاره شير، ستاره باران
ورود برايگان برای همگان آزاد است
Every one welcome free event
شنبه 1 تير 2567 شاهنشاهی (1387 خورشيدی) برگذاری جشن تيرگان در لندن
زمان: شنبه Date of Celebration Saturday - 21 June 2008
از ساعت 6:30 تا 10 شب - Event Time 18:30 to 22:00
آدرس: Location Address
St Mary’s Hall, 30 Hendon Lane, Finchley, London N3 1TR
نزديکترين ايستگاه قطار زيرزمينی:
Nearest Tube Station: Finchley Central (Northern Line)
شادی و نشاط آئين ريشه ايست با حضور خود در اين جشن، فرهنگ ايرانی را زنده نگهداريد و آن را به نسل های آينده واگذار کنيم.
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جمعيت خرد پيشه گان ريشه ای ايران و دوستداران زرتشت
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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST PARTY OF IRAN

A conversation with Farah Pahlavi of Iran

فراخوان به تظاهرات در لندن

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بهمن ماه سالروز سیاهبختی ملت ایران و آغاز لشگرکشی خونین و ستمناک دیو صفتان برخانه و کاشانه هایمان است و اینک پس از گذر سالیانی پر درد به سبب بی رحمی و عدم حاکمیت سالم رژیم منفور جمهوری اسلامی ، ایران ما بیش از پیش در خطر است. حزب مشروطه ایران – شاخهً لندن به همراه دیگر گروهها و هموطنان ایراندوست در سالگرد این روز حسا س ، روبروی سفارت ایران (لندن) گرد هم آمده و اعتراض ملت ایران را با صدائی رسا به گوش جهانیان میرساند.از همهً هم میهنان گرامی تقاضا میگردد با شرکت خود در این تظاهرات وظیفهً ملی خود را ایفا نموده وهمه با هم به هم میهنان درونمرز خود نشان بدهیم که به آنها اهمیت میدهیم و از تلاش برای رسیدن به آزادی و نیکبختی آنان کوتاهی نخواهیم کرد .

یکشنبه ، دهم فوریه 2008
از ساعت یک تا چهار پس از نیمروز
روبروی سفارت اشغالی ایران – هاید پارک – خیابان های استریت کنزینگتون – لندن


پاینده ایران

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پیام معلمی که به سه سال زندان محکوم شد

وبلاگ کانون صنفی معلمان ایران : علی پورسلیمان طی حکمی از سوی شعبه ی ۱۵دادگاه انقلاب كه درتاريخ ۲۳/ديماه/۱۳۸۶به وي ابلاغ شده ، به ۳سال زندان محکوم شده است.
به گفته آقای پورسلیمان این حکم به مدت ۵ سال به تعلیق افتاده است.
علی پورسلیمان می گوید اتهاماتش:
۱- اجتماع وتبانی به قصدبرهم زدن امنیت کشور
۲- اخلال در نظم عمومی
۳- تمرد از دستور پلیس مي باشد.
اما تنها اتهام نخست (اجتماع وتبانی به قصد برهم زدن امنیت کشور) وارد بوده و از دواتهام دیگر تبرئه شده.
علي پورسلیمان در یک گفتگوی کوتاه گفت:

پیام من به معلمان این است، که نباید در برخورد با حوادث آموزش و پرورش بی تفاوت باشند، دادگاههایی که انجام شده، برای زهرچشم گرفتن از معلمان است، امیدوارم درچارچوب قانون پیگیر حقوق خودشان و جامعه باشند، باتوجه به وضعیت کنونی نسبت به سرنوشت اجتماع خود، بی تفاوت نباشند. زیرا این مشکلات نتیجه ی بی تفاوتی های مردم است. انسان یک موجود اجتماعی است، اجتماعی زیستن را خدا به انسان بخشیده، حاکمیت می خواهد اجتماعی بودن را از معلمان و مردم بگیرد. غیرسیاسی بودن مردم و معلمان مساوی است با مرگ سیاسی جامعه.

Amnesty International Calls Iran's Practice of Stoning a Cruel and Unacceptable Practice

January 15, 2008 Amnesty International Amnesty International Press Release

As nine women and two men in Iran wait to be stoned to death, Amnesty International today called on the Iranian authorities to abolish execution by stoning and impose an immediate moratorium on this horrific practice, specifically designed to increase the suffering of the victims.In a new report published today, "Iran: Death by stoning, a grotesque and unacceptable penalty," the organization called on the authorities urgently to repeal or amend the country's Penal Code and to ensure total adherence in the meantime to a moratorium on stoning issued by the Head of the Judiciary in 2002."We welcome the recent advances toward reforms by Iranian authorities and upcoming discussions on an amended Penal Code that would suspend at least some stoning sentences," said Larry Cox, Amnesty International USA executive director. "However, the government must ensure that the new Penal Code does not allow stoning to death or other means of execution for adultery."Iran's Penal Code prescribes execution by stoning. It even dictates that the stones are large enough to cause pain, but not so large as to kill the victim immediately. Article 102 of the Penal Code states that men should be buried up to their waists and women up to their breasts for the purpose of execution by stoning. Article 104 states, with reference to the penalty for adultery, that the stones used should "not be large enough to kill the person by one or two strikes; nor should they be so small that they could not be defined as stones."The serious failings in the justice system commonly result in unfair trials, including in capital cases. Despite the moratorium imposed in 2002 and official denials that stoning sentences continued to be implemented in Iran, deaths by stoning have been reported. Ja'far Kiani was stoned to death on July 5, 2007 in the village of Aghche-kand, near Takestan in Qazvin province. He had been convicted of committing adultery with Mokarrameh Ebrahimi, with whom he had two children and who was also sentenced to death by stoning. The stoning was carried out despite a stay of execution ordered in his case and in defiance of the 2002 moratorium.It was the first officially confirmed stoning since the moratorium, although a woman and a man are known to have been stoned to death in Mashhad in May 2006. There are fears that Mokarrameh Ebrahimi may yet suffer the same fate. She is in Choubin prison, Qazvin province, apparently with one of her two children.Amnesty International is equally worried about the remaining eight women and two men who may face the same fate, and whose cases are highlighted in the new report.The majority of those sentenced to death by stoning are women. Women suffer disproportionately from such punishment. One reason is that they are not treated equally before the law and courts, in clear violation of international fair trial standards. They are particularly vulnerable to unfair trials because they are more likely than men to be illiterate and therefore more likely to sign confessions to crimes they did not commit. Discrimination against women in other aspects of their lives also leaves them more susceptible to conviction for adultery.In spite of this gloomy reality, there are grounds to hope that death by stoning will be completely abolished in Iran in the future. Courageous efforts are being made by local human rights defenders in Iran who launched the "Stop Stoning Forever" campaign following the May 2006 stonings in Mashhad. Since they began, their efforts have helped save four women and one man--Hajieh Esmailvand, Soghra Mola'i, Zahra Reza'i, Parisa A and her husband Najaf--from stoning. As well, another woman, Ashraf Kalhori, has had her stoning sentence temporarily stayed."The Iranian government should pay attention to its civil society activists who are working courageously to end stoning," said Elise Auerbach, Amnesty International USA Iran country specialist.But these efforts have come at a high price. Campaigners in Iran continue to face harassment and intimidation from the authorities. Asieh Amini, Shadi Sadr and Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh, another leading member of "Stop Stoning Forever," were among 33 women arrested while protesting in March 2007 about the trial of five women's rights activists in Tehran. Thirty-one of the detainees were released by March 9. Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh and Shadi Sadr were released on bail of 200 million toumans (over U.S. $215,000) on March 19. They are likely to face trial, possibly on charges including "disturbing public order" and "acting against state security."Human rights defenders in Iran believe that international publicity and pressure, in support of local efforts, can help bring about change in the country.A copy of the new report, "Iran: Death by stoning, a grotesque and unacceptable penalty," can be found here

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Iran Spars with its Enemy Within

SADEH CELEBERATIONS IN LONDON

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خواهشمندم به سه نکته زير توجه فرمائيد:

1: ياد آوری اگر به رهبريت برای آزادی ايران اعتقاد داريد دوباره ياد آوری ميکنم خواهشمندم اين فرم درخواست را امضاء بفرمائيد و به ديگران هم اطلاع دهيد تا آنها هم چنين کنند.
http://www.petitiononline.com/LeadIran/
یا
http://www.awti.org/

2: جمعِت خرد پيشه گان ريشه ای ايران با هماهنگی انجمن دوستاران زرتشت لندن جشن سده در روز شنبه 2 فوريه 2008 در لندن از ساعت 6:30 تا 10 شب را برگذار ميکنند ورود برای همگان آزاد است لطفأ به اطلاعيه يا لينک زير برای اطلاعات بيشترمراجعه بفرمائيد

http://www.awti.org/
یا
http://www.awti.org/jashn/sadeh_2008/index.htm


3: اطلاعيه تظاهرات 22 بهمن جمعيت خرد پيشه گان ريشه ای ايران با هماهنگی با ديگر گروه های سياسی در روز يکشنبه 10 فوريه 2008 از ساعت 1 تا 4 نيمروز در لندن برگذار ميشود لطفأ به پيوست يا اطلاعيه زير مراجعه بفرمائيد.

http://www.awti.org/
یا
http://www.awti.org/tazahorat/22_bah_08/index.htm

خواهشمنديم در باز پخش دادن اين اطلاعيه ما را ياری دهيد


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جمعِت خرد پيشه گان ريشه ای ايران از شما دعوت مينمايد
جشن سده را گرامی بداريم و با حضور خود به اين جشن رونق دهيم
شنبه 13 بهمن 2566 شاهنشاهی (1386 خورشيدی) 2 فوريه 2008 ترسائی از ساعت 6:30 تا 10 شب
آدرس: St Mary's Hall, 30 Hendon Lane N3 1TR
نزديکترين ايستگاه قطار زيرزمينی: فينچلی سنترال Nearest Tube Station: Finchley Central (Northern Line)
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آتش متعلق به مردم سرزمين ايران است جشن سده که جايگاه آن به بزرگی جشن‌هاي نوروز و مهرگان مي‌رسد جشن پيدايش آتش است. زمان آن 100 روز از پايان تابستان گذشته و يا 50 روز و 50 شب به نوروز مانده است اين جشن بر پا ميشود.
از نظر تاريخي نسبت اين جشن به هوشنگ شاه داده شده است. در شاهنامه آمده است كه روزي هوشنگ شاه با همراهانش در كوهي مي‌رفتند ناگهان چيزي دراز و تيره و سياه رنگ ديد كه ماري بود و هوشنگ سنگي گرفت و سوي مار پرتاب كرد كه آنرا بكشد .سنگ به سنگ ديگري برخورد كرد و چون هر دو سنگ چخماق بود جرقه‌اي پديدار شد و به بوته گرفت و مار فرار كرد. از اين رويداد هوشنگ شاه شادمان شد و خداوند را نيايش كرد كه راز آتش را به او آشكار كرده است. دهم بهمن ماه را به نشانه گراميداشت اين اتفاق جشن مي‌گيرند.
برخي نيز گويند: چون صد روز از زمستان بزرگ مي‌گذرد، ايرانيان جشن سده را برپا ميکنند. چون معتقد اندكه اوج و شدت سرما سپري شده و اين پديده نابساماني و سكون كه از كردار اهريمن است، توان و نيرويش رو به زوال است. پس همگان در دشت و صحرا گرد آمده و تلي بزرگ از خار و خس و هيزم فراهم مي‌كنند و با فرارسيدن تاريكي شب مي‌افروزند و اعتقاد دارند كه اين جلوه گاه فروغ اهورايي، بازمانده سرما را نابود مي‌كند.
در روزگار قديم چون جشن سده فراز مي‌آمد مهمترين مراسمي را كه معمول مي‌داشتند و از دير باز تا كنون نيز برجاست آتش افروزي بوده است. آتش افروزي كه اساسا شكوه و جلا‌ل جشن سده بر آن استوار بوده و هست در پايان روز دهم و شب يازدهم انجام مي‌گرفت پادشاهان و بزرگان و مردمان ديگر هر يك به فراخور حال خود به تهيه هيزم و خار و خاشاك بويژه چوب گز مي‌پرداختند و كوهه‌ها و پشته‌هايي بلند از آنها مي‌ساختند و آتش مي‌زدند.
بعد از حمله تازيان به ايران که اين جشن به فراموشی سپرده شده بود مرداويج زياري برای اولين بار بعد از آزاد کردن اصفهان از حکومت تازيان دوباره اين جشن را در اصفهان برپا کرد و تمامی دشت و بيابان، تپه و كوه و دو طرف زايده رود را پر از آتش کرد و با آزاد کردن پرندگان در شب هنگامی که به پای آنان ظرفهايی مخصوص از آتش بطوری که به پرنده آسيبی نرسد به اين جشن شکوه بيشتری داد. دلقک ها، رقاصان و نوازندگان در اين شب مردم را شادمان ميکردند، از مردم با غذاها و نوشيدنی های گوناگون پذيرائی ميشد.
اين پادشاه فرمان داده بود از تنه درخت خرما منبرها و قبه‌هايي بسازند و درون آن را به خس و خاشاك و ني پر كنند و آتش بزنند پشته خار كه آتش گرفت چون به تندي فروزان مي‌شود بسيار تماشايي است زماني‌كه شعله‌ها از شدت خود مي‌كاهد مردم از روي آن ميپرند. و بدين ترتيب او توانست دوباره روشنائی را به اصفهان و ايران برگرداند و فرهنگ ريشه ای ايرانی که ميرفت به فراموشی سپرده شود دوباره در جامعه شکوفا گردد.
در مجالسي كه با حضور پادشاهان و بزرگان بر پا مي‌شد شمع‌ها نصب ميكردند كه مي‌بايست تا هنگام غروب افروخته شود. گرد آتشي كه در حضور پادشاه يا بزرگی افروخته مي‌شد خواني مي‌گستراندند. شعرا قصايدي را كه در مدح جشن سده ساخته بودند مي‌سرودند و مردم به شادي مي‌پرداختند و از فراز توده‌هاي كوچك آتش مي‌پريدند. نغمه سرايي و دادن نمايش‌هاي جالب نيز در كنار آتش انجام مي‌گيرد و مراسم با شادي و سرور به پايان مي‌رسد.

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سده به چم سد روز از آغاز فصل سرما گذشته را به شگون پيدايش آتش نهاد زمينی مهر گرامی ميداريم که آدمی را از تاريکی و سرما و خامخواری يک باره رهائی بخشيد و آغاز رويش و آرامش و بالش به علم و بفن آدمی گرديد.
در فرهنگ اساطيری و در برگ هويت ايرانيان (شاهنامه) آن را به هوشنگ شاه پيشدادی که برای سرکوبی ماری سنگی پراند و اين سنگ با برخورد سنگ ديگر جرقه زد و بوته های خشک آنجا شعله ور گرديد نسبت ميدهند.
سده يکی از جشن های کيهانيست چون نوروز، تيرگان و مهرگان. با جشن های آينی و دينی 90 روز سال جشن و شادمانيست.
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زمان: شنبه 2 February 2008
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تظاهرات بزرگ 22 بهمن

هموطن. تظاهرات بزرگ 22 بهمن در روز يکشنبه (10 فوريه 2008 ) در مقابل سفارت اشغالي ايران در لندن از ساعت 1 تا 4 بعد از نيمروز برگذار خواهد شد.

بدينوسيله : جمعيت خرد پيشةگان ريشةای ايران از هم‌ميهنان گرامي دعوت مينمايد. ضمن شركت در اين تظاهرات به حمايت از مردم رنجديده ايران و با دادن دلگرمي به آنان، براي رهايي كشور تحت سلطه غاصبان، به آزاديخواهان بپيوندند.

هموطن: هم ميهنان درون مرز در موقعيت خطرناکی قرار گرفته اند زمان ساکت نشستن و چشم دوختن به کشور يا کشورهای بيگانه نيست با همبستگي ميتوانيم کشورمان را آزاد کنيم روز 22 بهمن سالروز ننگين و بلائي که آن روز به کشور و مردم ايران وارد آورد به جهان نشان دهيم ملت ايران هرگز تا آزادی ميهن ساکت نخواهند نشست.

از هموطنان عزيز با هر مسلك و مرام و مذهبي انتظار مي‌رود با حضور خود باعث رونق اين تظاهرات ميهني گردند.

محل و روز تظاهرات:

تاريخ: 22 بهمن 1386 ( 10 فوريه 2008 ) زمان: 1 تا 4 بعد از نيمروز

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Security searches after car bomb defused : By Sally Peck and agencies

Should we change our lives in the face of terrorism?
Video: London reacts to news Police statement
Con Coughlin: Car bomb is al-Qa'eda's greeting to Brown
Audio: Scotland Yard on how the bomb was defused
Brown: Remain vigilant Video: On the scene
Bravery Crying wolf? Witnessed by idiots?
Inside the bomb How it was defused
Brown reacts London's terror history
Plot failed because of luck and courage
UPDATE — Bomb components found in second car: “The second car was towed from Trafalgar Square to Park Lane overnight, because it was illegally parked, the sources said. At the Park Lane garage, workers called authorities when they became suspicious after news of the first incident, because the car smelled of gas. Police and security sources say the car was found to contain components very similar to the first car — definitely fuel, and possibly much more.” (CNN)

Security alerts have brought London to a standstill today as much of the capital was shut down while police investigated two suspicious vehicles hours after officers defused a bomb that "could have caused carnage" in London's West End.

The eastern side of Hyde Park was evacuated after Park Lane, which borders the park, was closed between Marble Arch and Hyde Park Corner at 2.30 this afternoon while a police robot investigated the car. A 200m cordon was put in place, cutting off one of London's major transport arteries and causing further traffic chaos after reports of the suspicious vehicle. Two hours later, police cordoned off a 400m-stretch of Fleet Street between Fetter Lane and Ludgate Circus, in the heart of London's financial district, as they investigated a suspect vehicle. Two hours later, a spokesman for City of London police said the area had been made safe, but would not confirm whether police had found anything. The dramatic developments came after police defused an explosive device, consisting of gas cylinders and nails, which was found outside the Tiger Tiger nightclub at 2am in The Haymarket, near Piccadilly Circus, in the heart of London's tourist district. Jacqui Smith, the new Home Secretary, called an emergency meeting of top officials this morning, calling the attempted attack "international terrorism." She said: "We are currently facing the most severe and sustained threat to our security from international terrorism. The car with the bomb was parked near Piccadilly Circus ."This latest incident reinforces the need for the public to remain vigilant and alert to the threat we face at all times. Similarities between the car bomb and Iraqi bomb plots have been highlighted by a British security official, according to the Associated Press. The head of Scotland Yard's counter-terrorism command, Peter Clarke, said police were alerted to a silver Mercedes car by an ambulance crew who noticed smoke inside it. The crew had been called to the scene just before 1.30am for an injury at a nearby nightclub. Officers inspecting the car found 60 litres of petrol on the back seat, gas cylinders and containers holding nails inside, which could have caused "significant injury or loss of life". The bomb was defused. A witness said the large silver saloon car was being driven "erratically" before crashing into bins and that the driver then ran off. Mr Clarke said that some aspects of today's bomb attempt "resonated with previous plots" and mentioned nightclubs as a potential target. But he also said detectives are keeping "an entirely open mind" as to who is responsible and called on the public to remain vigilant. Police have removed the car from the scene and are studying CCTV footage for clues. The immediate area has been cordoned off causing huge disruption and police said it will remain closed for some time. Oxford Street and Marble Arch are also closed, according to reports. However, Piccadilly Circus Underground station has reopened. Where the device was found in the West End
The Associated Press reported an anonymous official saying MI5 would examine possible connections between the incident and at least two similar foiled plots. One of these is the thwarted attempt to use limousines packed with gas canisters to attack targets in London and New York. Dhiren Barot and members of his gang were jailed for a combined total of 136 years for the plot earlier this month. A Whitehall source reportedly said: "It is entirely possible. There are various things - it is outside a nightclub, it is a vehicle-borne device, it is close to the anniversary of the July 7 attacks." Britain's security service MI5 currently determines the threat level for terrorism in the UK as severe - the second highest in the scale. It has been set as such since August 14 last year and means an attack is "highly likely" with "a continuing high level of threat to the UK". Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the incident reminds us that Britain faces "a serious and continuous threat" and the public "need to be alert" at all times. A police source said: "The indications that we have got so far are that it was certainly a big device." But a Westminster source said the device was believed to be relatively small and made of some type of home-made explosive. The source said police carried out a search of other key areas in the capital in the early hours of this morning after the Haymarket incident was discovered.