The enemy of an Iranian was ‘evil thoughts’

The Greek were in search of an earthly enemy
The enemy of an Iranian was ‘evil thoughts’

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By Shahdad Heidari, Amordad correspondent
TEHRAN (Amordadnews): “Based on his faith and beliefs, an Iranian knew evil thought to be his enemy and knew it his duty to fight with harmful thoughts.  But the Greek did not have such an understanding of life...

 

222nd issue of Amordad on the stands

222nd issue of Amordad on the stands
The tricolor flag of Iran

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Behrooz Namiranian:  The 222nd issue of Amordad will be on the stands from 12 Dey (2 January) for two weeks.
The prime article is about Iran’s tricolor flag, its history and why it has three colors.
The editorial, by Behnam Moradian...

The palace of Darius I is breathing its last

Due to negligence and desertation
The palace of Darius I is breathing its last

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By  Aftab Yazdani, Amordad correspondent
TEHRAN (Amordadnews): The winter palace of Darius I, the Achameanian king, in vicinity of the Persian Gulf, is going to ruin, and it seems that this treasure, like the other national heritages, has not much to reach its end.
This palace is located in the warm area of Borazjan...

Iranians believe unhappiness to be an omen of the evil and light the result of joy and happiness

Mohammad Ali Dadkhah in the ‘Shab-e Chelleh’ celebration in Tehran University:
Iranians believe unhappiness to be an omen of the evil and light the result of joy and happiness

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By  Ashkan Khosrowpour, Amordad correspondent
TEHRAN (Amordadnews): “According to Iranian belief, darkness, grieving, crying and whatever is born of these are the tokens of evil.  Based on this belief, even before Zarathushtra, Iranians believed that light should be recognized and appreciated.”
In the Shab-e chelleh gathering, in the amphitheatre of the Dental College of Tehran University, Mohammad Ali Dadkhah...

 

Buy the 221st issue of Amordad from the newspaper stands

Buy the 221st issue of Amordad from the newspaper stands

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By  Mitra Dehmobed, Amordad correspondent
TEHRAN (Amordadnews):  The 221st issue of Amordad is out.
This issue, with its 8 pages, is on the newspaper stands from today, for 2 weeks.
The prime article is allocated to 5th Dey (26 December), the death anniversary of Zarathushtra, written by Farid shoulizadeh.  The editorial is about Yaqub Leys.  7th of Dey (28 December) is the day when his orders were issued to ...

The oldest carpet of the world is Iranian

Gholamreza Toosian, a scholar in the culture and civilization of Iran:
The oldest carpet of the world is Iranian

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By  Shahdad Heidari, Amordad correspondent
TEHRAN (Amordadnews):  Designs that have been used in the Pazyryk carpet shows that it is hand woven by an Iranian weaver. 
Those who think that only some of the designs are taken from Iranian art and that it belongs to other civilizations are ...

 

The red color sign in ‘Shabe Chelleh’ is seen in world culture

Hossein Vahidi in the last conference on “Applications of Shahnameh in Today’s World”:
The red color sign in ‘Shabe Chelleh’ is seen in world culture

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Kourosh Mordian:  In the 5th and last conference on “Applications of Shahnameh in Today’s World”, Hossein Vahidi, a scholar of ancient Iran culture, believed the ‘Shabe chelleh’ celebration (21st December) to have its clear footprints in the culture of world nations.
According to Vahidi, this night is celebrated as the birth of...

Stiff minded people could not understand Ferdowsi and the Shahnameh

Dr Nabavi’s speech in Ferdowsi Center
“Stiff minded people could not understand Ferdowsi and the Shahnameh

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By  Shahdad Heidari, Amordad correspondent
TEHRAN (Amordadnews):  “Ferdowsi had found out that wise thoughts should spread.  It is for this reason that he started the Shahnameh with this line: “In the name of the God of life and wisdom”. 
By this start and insisting on “wisdom”, he was defying the perforced thought that were prevailing.  The stiff minded, who were tied up in a closed role and embraced by tight thoughts and ...

 

220th issue of Amordad is on the newsstands

220th issue of Amordad is on the newsstands

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Mitra Dehmobed:  220th issue of Amordad is printed.
“One of the secrets of Shahnameh is unfolded with the help of astrological science” is the title of the prime article of this issue.  In this article Shahdad Heidari went into interview with Farhab Vedad.  With the help of astrological science Vedad proves which was the exact night and hour that Ferdowsi started composing the Shahnameh and even proves that there was a lunar eclipse on that night.  This interview, his logic and the method used in his research...

Iranians were not against women

Hossein Vahidi in the meeting on ‘Application of Shahnameh in the present world’:
Iranians were not against women

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Kourosh Moradian:  “The poems said against women in Shahnameh have been added by others to Shahnameh”.
Hossein Vahidi, scholar of ancient Iranian culture, spoke in the 4th meeting on “application of Shahnameh in the present world” held by the Great Iran Club.  He continued:  “We know that in Iranian culture woman is of a very high value...

We will live forever through the teachings and the 7 stages of Zarathushtra

Hossein Vahidi in Bonyad Jamshid:
We will live forever through the teachings and the 7 stages of Zarathushtra

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By  Shahdad Heidari, Amordad correspondent
TEHRAN (Amordadnews):  Mental evolution is one of the fundamental basis of Iranian culture, and the founder of this reflection is Zarathushtra.  The profound and beautiful word “Amshaspandan” also refers to this reflection.  Such a power will be gained after ...

The stone lion was saved from obliviation

The stone lion was saved from obliviation

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By  Behrooz Sassani, Amordad correspondent
TEHRAN (Amordadnews):  Aftab Yazdani:  The stone lion of Hamedan is no more at the hand reach of people.
From now on, people traveling to Hamedan will not be able to rub their hands on this ancient lion...

 

The 219th edition of Amordad is on the newspaper stands today

The 219th edition of Amordad is on the newspaper stands today

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By  Behrooz Namiranian, Amordad correspondent
TEHRAN (Amordadnews): the 219th edition of Amordad biweekly is displayed on the newspaper stalls.
The prime article, by Mitra Dehmobed, is about discovery of the remains of Cambysses army on its way to Egypt, which had been caught in a sand storm.  This article refers to the hidden corners of Cambysses reign.  The editorial, by Babak Salamati...

Simorgh is a decorative ornament in the house of all Iranians

Hossein Vahidi in a conference on the Application of Shahnameh in the World of Today:
Simorgh is a decorative ornament in the house of all Iranians

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Kourosh Moradian:  In the second conference on the application of Shahnameh in the world of today Hossein Vahidi, a scholar in the culture of ancient Iran, said he believed that Paisley design (a pattern of droplet-shaped plant motif of Persian origin) was a symbol of ‘Simorgh...

 

The ancient teachings of Iran will stay forever in Iranian culture

A conference on “The seven aspects of universal order of life”
The ancient teachings of Iran will stay forever in Iranian culture

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By  Shahdad Heidari, Amordad correspondent
TEHRAN (Amordadnews): “Writings, hymns and teachings of ancient Iran and most important, the hymns of Zarathushtra will live forever in the culture of Iran, with all its ups and downs in history.
If you study the thoughts of the great men of Iran, like Sohrevardi, Mowlavi and Hafez, deeply, you will realize that they are the reflections of the very profound thoughts and the eternal hymns of Zarathushtra.”
Hossein Vahidi, university professor and scholar of Iranian culture...

With the help of Shahnameh we have 10,000 years of history

General Director of Ferdowsi Foundation said:
With the help of Shahnameh we have 10,000 years of history

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By  Anahid Khazir, Amordad correspondent
TEHRAN (Amordadnews):  "We can prove 10,000 years of our civilization and culture with Ferdowsi's Shahnameh.".
In the press interview on "World registration of Shahnameh's millennium in UNESCO", Yaser Movahedfar, General Director of Ferdowsi Foundation, delivered the above statement and...

Kourosh’ charter of freedom will be in Iran in Jan 2010

In the media
Islamic Republic News Agency:
Kourosh’ charter of freedom will be in Iran in Jan 2010

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Behrooz Namiranian:  the Cultural Heritage, Handicraft and Tourism Organization reported that, based on new coordination between the Cultural Heritage Organization and British Museum, Kourosh’ charter will be brought to Iran on 16 January 2010, for displaying in Iran.  As published in the Wednesday news of IRNA, intensive follow up by the Cultural Heritage Organization and the firm stand of the government of Iran, in this respect...

In the third phase of excavations in Parseh City

Iranian and Italian archeologists cooperated
In the third phase of excavations in Parseh City

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By  Mitra Dehmobed, Amordad correspondent
TEHRAN (Amordadnews):  Third phase of archeological excavations in Parseh (Takht-e Jamshid) has started.  These excavations will be performed jointly, by Iranian and Italian teams of archeologists. 
It is planned that the ground and archeological excavations in this phase will be the base for more indepth research in Parseh City...

 

Atriya Khadem stood first among 4300 participants from all over Iran

Results of the national ‘Merat’ examination are out
Atriya Khadem stood first among 4300 participants from all over Iran

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By  Armita Farahmand, Amordad correspondent
KERMAN (Amordadnews):  Atriya Khademi, a 5th grade Zoroastrian student, won the first rank in the across-country examination on Persian literature. 
She, who lives in Sirjan, one of the districts of Kerman, won the first rank in the examination of Merat Institute, from among 4300 participants from all over Iran, in general subjects and...

 

218th edition of Amordad on newspaper stalls

218th edition of Amordad on newspaper stalls

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By  Parisa Khosravi, Amordad correspondent
TEHRAN (Amordadnews):  On 16 Aban (7 November), once again, Amordad appeared on the stalls.
In the 218th edition a special interview with the daughter of the late “Gol Golab”, by Mitra Dehmobed, is printed, on occasion of composing the hymn ‘O Iran’.  The prime article of this edition is about this year’s newspaper/magazine festival in which Amordad did not participate...

Iranians were self-governed and not ruled under dictatorship

History’s testimony
Iranians were self-governed and not ruled under dictatorship

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By Esfandiar Kiyani, Amordad correspondent
TEHRAN (Amordadnews):  “Many documents and addresses are testimony to the people’s ruling system in ancient Iran, and in the history of ancient Iran there have been periods when the rulers have followed a system of ruling in which the people formed the government...

217th copy of Amordad on the stalls today

217th copy of Amordad on the stalls  today

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By   Aftab Yazdani, Amordad correspondent
TEHRAN (Amordadnews): The 217th copy of Amordad is published today.
The editorial has the following heading: “The harm we blindly did to ourselves is worse than a blind could ever do, written by Bahman Moradian.
The leading article is an interview of Amordad with Parviz Shahriyari, the famous Zoroastrian mathematician.  An article about the...

Helal Ahmar’ will go from Bahman Maternity Hospital

‘Helal Ahmar’ will go from Bahman Maternity Hospital

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By  Mitra Dehmobed, Amordad correspondent
TEHRAN (Amordadnews): “Some discussions have been made with Helal Ahmar (the local society similar to Red Cross) and very soon Tehran Zoroastrian Anjuman will take back Bahman Maternity Hospital from Helal Ahmar.”
In yesterday’s  meeting of Tehran Zoroastrian Anjuman, Rostam Khosraviani, the Director, referred to the above subject and said: ...

 

first print of the complete translation of Zarathushtra’s hymns into the Russian language in St Pete

Central News Agency informed of the
first print of the complete translation of Zarathushtra’s hymns into the Russian language in St Petersburg

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By Parisa Khosravi, Amordad correspondent
TEHRAN (Amordadnews):  Central News Agency informed yesterday, of the print of the first complete translation of Gathas into Russian language.
The news continued:  “According to the Central News Agency from St Petersburg, Prof. Stalin Kaminsky, official member of the Culture Centre of the Russian Federation, who had completed translation of Zarathushtra’s Gathas last year, stated:  “Gathas is the most important...

will once again give out “Parsian” publication

The Zoroastrian Youth Club and Organization, Yazd
will once again give out “Parsian” publication

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By  Manuchehr Arghavani, Amordad correspondent
YAZD (Amordadnews):  The 14th copy of Parsian publication was printed by the Zoroastrian Youth Club and Organization, Yazd.
Parsian contains cultural, religious and ...

 

 

The Achamenian History, written by Khruningen University, Holland

The Achamenian History, written by Khruningen University, Holland,
will be printed by the end of this year

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By  Mitra Dehmobed, Amordad correspondent
TEHRAN (Amordadnews): The Achamenian History will be printed by the end of this year.  By the end of this year, 9 volumes of this book will be printed and its translation, when completed, will also be printed.
According to Morteza Saqebfar, translator of this book, this book, which has been sponsored by Khruningen University, Holland...

 

Ferdowsi was not the only composer of Shahnameh

One Emirates newspaper claimed:
Ferdowsi was not the only composer of Shahnameh

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By  Parisa Khosravi, Amordad correspondent
TEHRAN (Amordadnews):  On 30 Shahrivar (21 September), Al Ettehad newspaper wrote that Ferdowsi was not the only composer of Shahnameh.
As quoted from the site of Etemad newspaper, Al Ettehad has continued its news with the claim that Ferdowsi was inspired by 5 epic poets, who lived before him, to compose the Shahnameh...

 

Minority MPs accompanied Ahmadinejad to New York

Minority MPs accompanied Ahmadinejad to New York

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Amordad correspondent:  Esfandiar Ekhtiari, the Zoroastrian MP, together with other minority representatives accompanied Ahmadinejad on his trip to New Hork.
According to Berasad, the Zoroastrian MP’s news site, and Fars News, on 31 Shahrivar (22 September) Ekhtiari accompanied Ahmadinejad for ...

compilation of a book on the luminaries of the Zoroastrian Community

Public Relations commission of Tehran Zoroastrian Anjuman approved:
compilation of a book on the luminaries of the Zoroastrian Community 

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Yasna Yazdani:  Public Relations Commission of Tehran Zoroastrian Anjuman approved the compilation of a book on all the luminaries of the Zoroastrian community.
This book will contain the past and present luminaries of the Zoroastrian community...

 

Zoroastrian MP: All minorities have equal rights as others

Islamic Republic of Iran News Agency:
Zoroastrian MP:  All minorities have equal rights as others

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Amordad correspondent:  Last week, after an interview of IRNA with Esfandiar Ekhtiari, the Zoroastrian MP, the newspaper has quoted from Ekhtiari:  All minorities have equal rights as others.
Text of this interview ...