IRAN: Sufi Muslims Arrested and Injured

Around 180 Sufi Muslims have been arrested and 80 people injured in Iran for practicing what some religious leaders have branded as "a danger to Islam" and "illegitimate". Their lodge was partially destroyed in the clashes.

I myself am an exile,
an unwelcome guest on the dust of your earth,
and nowhere in all the void of space,
in all of unpitying heaven,
nowhere under this cracked, cold dome
have I ever found a home,
a haven, a place to rest.

Today is the anniversary of Bijan Mofid, the Iranian playwright and poet. I am all too familiar with his CITY OF TALES. It is amazing that after all these years the tales still breath over the city. The misery imposed on Iranians is an ongoing story. Here is more in Persian.