“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… “
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"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 
Posted by Parsin on September 10, 2008
Washington DC – The Columbus Dispatch published a cartoon on Tuesday depicting Iran as a sewer on a map of the Middle East with cockroaches crawling out of it. By publishing this racist cartoon, the editors of the Dispatch have insulted and propagated hate against the Iranian American community.
Bill Bartmann said
Excellent site, keep up the good work
Susan Spencer said
The cartoon appropriately describes this islamic Republic of Iran which must be condemned!! Why support this barbaric regime? Why get angry when its called the sewer of middle east? its the truth. We Iranians need to do what we can to overthrow it.
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Unfortunately, the cartoon in insulting Iranian people rather than the government. Iran is not the Islamic Republic, there are more than 70 millions of people living inside this country. What this cartoon is showing is a nasty side of western propaganda which is always used to prepare the ground for mass killing of a nation. At that time this was what they were looking for!