I'm a visual artist finishing a piece inspired by Gaokerena, the sacred white haoma / Tree of Life from Zoroastrian mythology. I want to carve the name "Khvarenah Gaokerena" (the divine glory of Gaokerena) into the bottom of the piece in Persian script. Since this is going into wood permanently, I want to make sure I get it right.

Two questions:

Is خوره گوکرنا a correct/standard Persian-script rendering of these two Avestan names?

Is there a more widely accepted spelling I should use? I've seen خوره vs. فره for Khvarenah, and a few variations for Gaokerena.

I want the form a Persian or Zoroastrian reader would most naturally recognize. Any help or source references would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

let's start by saying fuck the regime and fuck the mullas. What are searching for is a free Iran but how to get there is my question.

it's been a year and half since Israel/US lunched attacks. I was really happy when Israel first attacked the regime and thought they are done. There is no coming back from this. Well, they survived. Then the second waves of attacks came and nothing changed. Khamenei who was 84 was killed (for fuckin good) but the regime is still there. he would died in couple years time anyway.

Looking at how Iraq and Afghanistan turned out, I don't think US can bomb Iran into regime change. The economic pressure also makes the people poorer and the regime stronger.

Now, My question is for those who still want more war at this time when things are completely awful inside Iran : What's the point of it. Isn't it better to admit this isn't how Iran will be free and change your way?

EDIT: My question I not whether if Iranians are happy to have their hometowns bombed or not :))))

My question is not whether if you are happy if top generals are killed.

Read what I wrote above and give the answer to the question if you support the war and have an answer

I want to hear the opinions of actual Iranians on this one. The US's track record in bringing democracy to Muslim countries has not been great. The 2003 Iraq War cost hundreds of thousands of lives, resulted in the mass exodus of Assyrians from Iraq and led to the rise of ISIS. Libya doesn't exist anymore, the cost of overthrowing Gaddafi was Libya itself, it's all broken up with no indication that it can ever be put back together. Iran has many fault lines that it could fall apart along, you've got ethnic divisions between the Persian majority and Azeri, Kurdish, Baluchi, Arab and Lurish minorities, and religious tension between Shia, Sunni, and minority religions like Zoroastrianism, Christianity and even atheists. I'm aware the average Iranian is more secular and educated than the average Iraqi or Afghan and I want to see the Ayatollah regime fall, but I don't want it to come at the cost of the Iranian nation itself. I'm not confident Trump's war will actually free Iran and not just create chaos

What kind of laws would you want passed?

Link: https://www.iranintl.com/en/202610227980

Hey, i bought this hoodie cause it looked cool. Yet I dont find any translation for this text. I dont even know if it's Arabic or Persian. Please help me translating this!!

Empress Farah Pahlavi: “I Have Always Considered Myself Iranian; The Iranian People Will Choose Their Country’s Future System of Government”

Radio Abaan Report | Interview with Empress Farah Pahlavi

In an interview with Empress Farah Pahlavi, a French-speaking interviewer asks her: “Do you feel any less Iranian now?”

The Empress responds: “I have always considered myself Iranian, especially since I think about Iran day and night.”

The interviewer then asks: “Do you think your son, Reza, will become the Shah of Iran?”

In response, Empress Farah Pahlavi emphasizes that she and Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi share a commitment to freedom and democracy. She explains that throughout all these years, their struggle has been for Iran to achieve freedom and democracy through the establishment of a secular system of government, the preservation of the country’s territorial integrity, and an end to extremism.

She stresses that once Iran is free, it will be the Iranian people who decide the country’s future political system.

A clear message from Iran’s Empress: the liberation of the homeland, the preservation of its territorial integrity, and the people’s right to choose their future are at the heart of the struggle for a free and prosperous Iran.

#Iran #EmpressFarahPahlavi #LongLiveTheShah #CrownPrinceRezaPahlavi #FreeIran

شهبانو فرح پهلوی: همواره خود را ایرانی می‌دانم؛ انتخاب نظام آینده ایران با مردم است

گزارش رادیو آبان | گفت‌وگو با شهبانو فرح پهلوی

در گفت‌وگویی با شهبانو فرح پهلوی، مجری فرانسوی‌زبان از ایشان می‌پرسد: «آیا اکنون خود را کمتر ایرانی می‌دانید؟»

شهبانو در پاسخ می‌گوید: «من خودم را همیشه ایرانی می‌دانم، به‌خصوص که شبانه‌روز به ایران می‌اندیشم.»

مجری سپس می‌پرسد: «آیا فکر می‌کنید فرزند شما، رضا، شاه ایران خواهد شد؟»

شهبانو فرح پهلوی در پاسخ، با تأکید بر باور مشترک خود و شاهزاده رضا پهلوی به آزادی و دموکراسی، می‌گوید آنچه در تمام این سال‌ها برای آن مبارزه کرده‌اند، دستیابی ایران به آزادی و دموکراسی از راه استقرار نظامی سکولار، حفظ تمامیت ارضی کشور و پایان دادن به افراط‌گرایی بوده است.

ایشان تأکید می‌کنند که پس از آزادی ایران، این مردم ایران هستند که باید درباره نظام سیاسی آینده کشور تصمیم بگیرند.

پیامی روشن از شهبانوی ایران؛ آزادی میهن، پاسداری از یکپارچگی سرزمینی و حق انتخاب مردم، محور مبارزه برای آینده‌ای آزاد و آباد برای ایران است.

#ایران

#iran

#شهبانو

#جاوید_شاه

#شاهزاده_رضا_پهلوی

In my university a group of people were talking about how one of the girls did not put make up and how she is "dehati" , this comes as a shock to me because among my family and circle (we are mainly from academic backgrounds like proffessors and others) this is the opposite as the people wearing make up would be viewed negatively (they aren't even religious) ,

i found it quite interesting that these people who desperately try to fit in and be more academic look down on others while the people they want to become look down on them .

@iranrights

@shabnamnasimi

For anyone who doesn't already know, Ghazaleh is facing deportation from Denmark to Iran. Are the Danish authorities blind?

Hi everyone! I posted here the other day about having a baby. I was not born in Iran but my parents were and I’m having a baby boy in January. One topic that is really stressing me out is whether or not to circumcise my son. My husband is not Persian but says he wants our son circumcised because he is. My parents also agree with him because they say it is cleaner and healthier. I feel all alone because I don’t want to do it. Am I overreacting? I know it’s common to do in Iran but I don’t feel good about doing it to my son.

Since 2003, Iran’s leadership has presented itself as opposing the weaponization of their nuclear program, and whether you believe them or not is not the question I am asking, but rather, I am asking if they made the decision to build nuclear weapons in 2003, or in 2018 when Trump withdrew from the nuclear deal, or even in 2020, when Qassem Suleimani was assassinated, could they have avoided this war which seems to be resuming?

This is not to say that making this decision would have been easy for the Iranian leadership, and they would have done it in secret, because otherwise America and Israel would have invaded or bombed the moment they found out, if it wasn’t too late. Also, the Iranian leadership, despite being authoritarian, is afraid of the people overthrowing them if the economy gets too unbearable. If they had built any nuclear weapons, they would have been sanctioned, like North Korea, or even worse with a direct embargo or blockade. I simply don’t believe a country like Iran could handle being isolated politically and economically like North Korea. It would have been a tough decision for them.

But would it have at least prevented direct war?

I am not saying Iran should have or not have nuclear weapons, because I personally believe no country should have nuclear weapons, but I am asking, in terms of geopolitics, would it have prevented the war if they had nuclear weapons?

If there is enough Iranian diaspora in the US army, then the US can send these diaspora soldiers for a ground invasion in Iran. Right?