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Iranian President Writes Letter to Bush

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has written a letter to President Bush with suggestions on how to resolve current international tensions, Iranian officials said today, but there was no immediate information about whether he was proposing a solution to differences over Iran's nuclear program.

Frederick Jones, the spokesman for the National Security Council, was informed just after 2:00 p.m. that the letter arrived at the White House. He said that Stephen J. Hadley, President Bush's national security adviser, would examine it along with the council's staff. He did not have any information on the tone or content of the letter or on when Mr. Bush would review it.

Officials in Iran would not disclose the contents of the letter, which was forwarded to Washington through the Swiss embassy, which represents American interests in Iran.

The letter is believed to be the first direct public communication sent by an Iranian president to an American president since ties between the nations were severed after the American Embassy in Tehran was seized in 1979.

The United States director of intelligence, John D. Negroponte, said today in a briefing in Washington that he had not read the letter, but he suspected it could be linked to discussion in the United Nations Security Council over Iran's nuclear program.

"Certainly one of the hypotheses you'd have to examine is whether and in what way the timing of the dispatch of that letter is connected with trying in some manner to influence the debate before the Security Council," Mr. Negroponte said.

Source: New York Times

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There are 3 points about this news:

1. Why the Iranian officials have not published the content of the letter?
2. How come the White House has recieved the letter but still not read such an important mail?

Meera

Not long after O-Hum this Rock band was introduced in Iran, releasing their first album inside Iran, which later became the Top seller album in Iran. What is very interesting in their music, Particularly in the song "Wound", is mixing Persian music with western style rock which results in a new kind of experience. Ofcourse they are not pioneers of this style but yet they have done it very well. One thing I really don't like about them is their vocals. Its composed badly and sang very mediocre, at the same time the guitar solos are simple and brilliant, mainly because Babak Akhoundi, the band's guitarist, is undoubtedly one of the most professional Iranian guitarists and composers.
This is the Music Video for the Song "Wound".Listen carefully to the Persian Instrumnet called Ghichak, which plays a counterpoint melody in the back. It is really cool to see some of the Tehran Ladscapes in the video.

Meera members

Farzam Rahimi: Vocals
Dara Daraee: Bass
Babak Akhoondi: Guitar
Kasra Ebrahimi: Drums
Reza Moghadas: Keyboard

Marshal Mcluhan and TV

Here are three interviews of Marshal Mcluhan. very interesting:

Understanding McLuhan: McLuhan predicting the internet

Oracle of the Electric Age, Where he talks about advertisement and what is good TV and why

Do you like TV? - where he talks about hot and cool medium and how Canada is a backwards country

Munich Original Soundtrack!

John Williams has done another spectacular piece. The soundtrack for the movie "Munich" by Spielberg, is amazing. There is a female vocal in it that is so powerful. I haven't seen the movie, but listening to the soundtrack I bet it is very touching.

hear it from here!

Is Nuclear Energy Iranians' Absolute Right?

well, it is Iranians' right to have Nuclear Energy, but the question here is: is it worth? Is it that important to gang up the rest of the world against us? Are we that much in need of such an energy that even going into a war (whether cold or hot) with United States is worth it? The damage that the sanctions will impose on Iranian economy will be far more than years of benefit that Iranians will gain through the Nuclear power. Yet we assume that Islamic Republic's Nuclear program is peaceful, ignoring our handsome, cute president.

And trust me there are far greater problems in Iran than having a cheap energy. Even if one is willing to strengthen the Iran's economy and produce cheap energy, it is more rational to build oil refinery plants, so that we will not have to sell the oil to west and then buy refined petroleum from them in a far more expensive price.

Conclusion: Nuclear Enrgy is Iranians' absolute left!

Read this article on Workers protest in Iran

First Blogging

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as it is too late and I cant think of anything I leave you with this picture which is an animalistic impression of how I feel right now.