Comments on: Koroush Ziabari: Culture is his weapon http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/10/08/koroush-ziabari-culture-is-his-weapon/ Promoting a fierce but respectful dialogue among the highly diverse youth of the Middle East Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:56:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Lord Kavi (Iran)http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/10/08/koroush-ziabari-culture-is-his-weapon/#comment-227630 Lord Kavi (Iran) Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:13:58 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/10/08/koroush-ziabari-culture-is-his-weapon/#comment-227630 I believe his answers are very realistic to what Iran is. I agree with him as an Irani citizen; albeit he is a little sentimental because of his age ;) I believe his answers are very realistic to what Iran is. I agree with him as an Irani citizen; albeit he is a little sentimental because of his age ;)

]]> By: Esra'a (Bahrain)http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/10/08/koroush-ziabari-culture-is-his-weapon/#comment-227295 Esra'a (Bahrain) Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:42:15 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/10/08/koroush-ziabari-culture-is-his-weapon/#comment-227295 Hi angel, <blockquote>what defines today iran is corruption, dictatorshib, economic maffia, poverty and anti-science and anti-intellectualism.</blockquote> This is how we can describe the current government, but certainly not the Iranian people. Many Iranians are really advanced in several fields, especially science and literature, it's only the limitations placed by the government that disables them from truly progressing. Hi angel,

what defines today iran is corruption, dictatorshib, economic maffia, poverty and anti-science and anti-intellectualism.

This is how we can describe the current government, but certainly not the Iranian people. Many Iranians are really advanced in several fields, especially science and literature, it’s only the limitations placed by the government that disables them from truly progressing.

]]> By: angelhttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/10/08/koroush-ziabari-culture-is-his-weapon/#comment-227288 angel Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:25:33 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/10/08/koroush-ziabari-culture-is-his-weapon/#comment-227288 you should all know that recently one of iran's government minister conffessed to having a fake " Harvard Univercity " doctra degree, when I say iran's corrupped I mean it. his name is " kordan". do some reaserch on iran, this country is anything but developed. you should all know that recently one of iran’s government minister conffessed to having a fake ” Harvard Univercity ” doctra degree, when I say iran’s corrupped I mean it. his name is ” kordan”. do some reaserch on iran, this country is anything but developed.

]]> By: angelhttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/10/08/koroush-ziabari-culture-is-his-weapon/#comment-227287 angel Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:20:53 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/10/08/koroush-ziabari-culture-is-his-weapon/#comment-227287 I was visiting Istanbul ( capital of turkey ) 2 months ago, all of a sudden heard shouting and argueing, when turned my head, saq police arresting some young people, apprently police were arresting some young iranians since they had fail to leave the country after 3 mounths, the young guys were crying and begging not te be returned to iran. this got me to do some reacerch on iran, here it comes, iran has 70 million population, 90 percent of its economy is based on oil and gas, 40% percent of people live under poverty line and 10 million of it's population can barely just get by, not only iran is not the center of culure, science, technology .. etc actually the contry is really far behind from what we now understand as modern world, what defines today iran is corruption, dictatorshib, economic maffia, poverty and anti-science and anti-intellectualism. I was visiting Istanbul ( capital of turkey ) 2 months ago, all of a sudden heard shouting and argueing, when turned my head, saq police arresting some young people, apprently police were arresting some young iranians since they had fail to leave the country after 3 mounths, the young guys were crying and begging not te be returned to iran. this got me to do some reacerch on iran, here it comes, iran has 70 million population, 90 percent of its economy is based on oil and gas, 40% percent of people live under poverty line and 10 million of it’s population can barely just get by, not only iran is not the center of culure, science, technology .. etc actually the contry is really far behind from what we now understand as modern world, what defines today iran is corruption, dictatorshib, economic maffia, poverty and anti-science and anti-intellectualism.

]]> By: payandehiranhttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/10/08/koroush-ziabari-culture-is-his-weapon/#comment-226878 payandehiran Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:50:25 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/10/08/koroush-ziabari-culture-is-his-weapon/#comment-226878 Jason's comments are typical of westerners who wish to cause instability in Iran. The fact is that Iranians are not only very closely related to each other ethnically and culturally, but they are also very closely ethnically related to many of their neighbors, which have been separated by imperial powers throughout history. The opposite is true for countries such as the United States. People like Jason like to lie about how people are stoned in Iran while they support the fact that the United States is allied with brutal regimes who really do stone people. Jason’s comments are typical of westerners who wish to cause instability in Iran. The fact is that Iranians are not only very closely related to each other ethnically and culturally, but they are also very closely ethnically related to many of their neighbors, which have been separated by imperial powers throughout history. The opposite is true for countries such as the United States. People like Jason like to lie about how people are stoned in Iran while they support the fact that the United States is allied with brutal regimes who really do stone people.

]]> By: ahmadreza tavassolihttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/10/08/koroush-ziabari-culture-is-his-weapon/#comment-226788 ahmadreza tavassoli Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:02:16 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/10/08/koroush-ziabari-culture-is-his-weapon/#comment-226788 nowadays world knows iran as a powerful country in sience, sport, culture and ... . a country with more than <strong>7000 years</strong> history and civilization. with these links you can know iran and iranians better:<a href="http://indexmundi.com/g/r.aspx?t=0&v=121&l=en " rel="nofollow">Link 1 </a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_current_account_balance" rel="nofollow">Link 2 </a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_size_of_armed_forces" rel="nofollow">Link 3 </a><a href="http://indexmundi.com/g/r.aspx?t=0&v=24&l=en" rel="nofollow">Link 4 </a><a href="http://indexmundi.com/g/r.aspx?t=0&v=118&l=en" rel="nofollow">Link 5</a> nowadays world knows iran as a powerful country in sience, sport, culture and … . a country with more than 7000 years history and civilization. with these links you can know iran and iranians better:

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]]> By: jasonhttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/10/08/koroush-ziabari-culture-is-his-weapon/#comment-226727 jason Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:32:02 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/10/08/koroush-ziabari-culture-is-his-weapon/#comment-226727 persians are frozen in a time capsul, they can't break free of their past, ancesterial worshiping is quite the dominant culture among persians, no wonder human rights have enver been develpoed in iran, Aeris ( there are approx 20 million Azeris ) living in Iran are not allowed to learn and educate in their language, women get brutal punishments such as stoning, and yet when you talk to a persian, they would proudly say korosh was the founder of Human Rights, today's iran is a real hell. persians are frozen in a time capsul, they can’t break free of their past, ancesterial worshiping is quite the dominant culture among persians, no wonder human rights have enver been develpoed in iran, Aeris ( there are approx 20 million Azeris ) living in Iran are not allowed to learn and educate in their language, women get brutal punishments such as stoning, and yet when you talk to a persian, they would proudly say korosh was the founder of Human Rights, today’s iran is a real hell.

]]> By: Martijn Rephttp://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/10/08/koroush-ziabari-culture-is-his-weapon/#comment-226591 Martijn Rep Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:34:54 +0000 http://www.mideastyouth.com/2008/10/08/koroush-ziabari-culture-is-his-weapon/#comment-226591 I agree that certain powerful media and politicians paint an unrealistically hysterical picture of Iran. On a personal level, yes, the best antidote is to actually visit Iran, but that works for too few people.One quick and easy way in which the government of Iran can prove to the world that it is an honourable country is to recognize the bahai community as a legitimate religious community, stop persecuting individual bahais and preventing them from attending universities, and allow them to restore the bahai religious sites and graveyards that have been destroyed. That would take the world by surprise! I agree that certain powerful media and politicians paint an unrealistically hysterical picture of Iran. On a personal level, yes, the best antidote is to actually visit Iran, but that works for too few people.

One quick and easy way in which the government of Iran can prove to the world that it is an honourable country is to recognize the bahai community as a legitimate religious community, stop persecuting individual bahais and preventing them from attending universities, and allow them to restore the bahai religious sites and graveyards that have been destroyed. That would take the world by surprise!

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