“I am Cyrus. King of the world. When I entered Babylon… I did not allow anyone to terrorize the land… I kept in view the needs of people and all its sanctuaries to promote their well-being… I put an end to their misfortune. The Great God has delivered all the lands into my hand; the lands that I have made to dwell in a peaceful habitation…. . .When my soldiers in great numbers peacefully entered Babylon… I did not allow anyone to terrorize the people… I kept in view the needs of people and all its sanctuaries to promote their well-being… Freed all the slaves… I put an end to their misfortune and slavery (referring to religious minorities). The Great God has delivered all the lands into my hand; the lands that I have made to dwell in a peaceful habitation… “
"I have no religion, but if I were to choose one, it would be that of Shariati's."
Jean-Paul Sartre
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My Lord, grant me success in struggling during failure, in having patience in disappointment, in going alone, in Jihad without weapons, in working without pay, in making sacrifice in silence, in having religious belief in the world, in having ideology without popular traditions, in having faith (Iman) without pretensions, non-conformity without immaturity, beauty without physical appearance, loneliness in the crowd, and loving without the beloved knowing about it.
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photos: Farshad Palideh & Ehsan Mohammadi 
Persian New Year and Sizdah-Bedar
Posted by Parsin on April 1, 2008
Persian New Year starts on the first day of spring, and the holidays end on the 13th of Farvardin (first month in Persian Calender), the day of “Sizdah Bedar”. Today is Farvardin 13th and in Persian tradition people spend it outside in the nature. They go to parks, riversides, and anyplace they could find out there in the nature.
In Tehran, many leave their homes from very early in the morning to find a fair place to spend the whole day. Otherwise, they have to do their picnics beside the roads! The following pictures shows some of these events.
Shahrzad said
These fotos of Sizdah Bedar is not new ones. Yes? I wondered. bcs i had heard that’s almost a year Satyar Emami -the photographer- doesnt work for Fars News..
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I picked them from different places. So I am not sure if they are this year’s. It seems you know these people in person. I must be careful!!