McNair's Assumed Killer was Persian!

Wow, Tony and I were driving home last night from the Peabody and he said to look up on my phone about Steve McNair and it released the name of the girl who was shot with him and it said Sahel Kazemi. Immediately I said that is a Persian name, sure enough this morning reading up on it, her ex is quoted in the Tennessean as saying Kazemi's mom was from Iran and was killed when Kazemi was 9. She had moved to Nashville from Jacksonville, FL. I know a few Persians down there, I wonder if they knew her or her family..so sad for McNair's family and four kids...so sad!! 

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Ahmadinejad wins???

Well from what I had been hearing, I really thought he wasn't going to win this time around, but he did with 63% of the vote. As a Persian American, I wanted some change. I'm so tired of hearing all the negative media about my father's country for about all of my life. I just was hoping for some positive change that I kept hearing was coming for Iranians. I have never been to Iran and have really been wanting to go, not that I can't now, but it would have been nice to see and hear about some change over there and go and see it. I guess I'm not totally surprised, I was just optimistic for something different. 

Yara Shahidi

So the new Imagine That Movie starting Eddie Murphy comes out today.  I don't know if I will see it, but his costar is half Persian! My dad and my Uncle Behrad keep me up to date on 'All Things/People Persian' and sent me a little bio on her. She is adorable and started her career in Gap and Guess ads to name a few and now at age 9 gets her first bigtime movie. This forsure looks like a cute movie for kids and maybe I'll see it on HBO or something. But I do think it is cool that she is half Persian and that we know a lot of Shahidi's in Knoxville :) 

Ahmadinejad

Just saw him address the UN. I didn't really follow it. I was actually picking out the words I knew in Farsi. Its so strange to be Persian in the United States sometimes..growing up no one (mostly) never even knew what "Persian" was. I would always be asked, and sometimes still now..Now where is Persia? But now that Iran is one of the most hated countries of the United States, not to mention the Ahmadinejad saying stuff to piss everyone off. I'm very proud of where my dad was born, and not to mention what he and his family have accomplished. I just hate always hearing negative things about Iran....

Update: He's about to answer questions from reporters...Last year during this exchange he claimed there are no gay people in Iran...Ugh...I can't wait to hear what he's gonna say now..

Update: Too boring to pay attention too..really

Larry King Live

Kinda the same ol same ol questions..Larry asked him if he wanted to meet Sarah Palin. I mean who the heck overseas gives a crap about her!? Larry kept saying you have a lot in common, you were both mayors. Ok, he was really reaching there.  Larry also asked him where he would want to travel in the US if he could, he said Los Angeles. I guess he wants to tour the star's homes or something. Larry was kissing his butt at the end saying, you look too young to have two children that are married..??..

Ok, so maybe not so newsworthy or even Persian Pit Bull blog worthy...