Reformallah (Reformers in Iran) & Mahasti Shahrokhi

Mahasti Shahroki reduces the essence of all the Reformists in Iran into these revealing words as a poet can only do: Transliteration:

"Unlike the Reformers, I'm not bartering on how many stonings should take place within a year; instead I want the end of this vile act against women"..."Reformers
don't represent all Iranians and have no right to call themselves as such. On what grounds and what free elections gave them this right?"....

Read her whole article by clicking here. (in Persian)

Mahasti Shahrokhi is an accomplished writer and a poet who writes in French and Persian. She was born in Malayer,Iran in September 1956. She spent her elementary and high school years in Tehran and graduated from the Fine Art University of Tehran with a degree in theater arts.

In the fall of 1984 she emigrated to France and continued her education in variety of fields, including educational technology, study of ancient Iran, and comparative literature. She earned her Ph.D. in literature at the Sorbonne. Many of her articles have been published in artistic and literary magazines inside and outside of the country. Her popular novel, A Shawl as Long as the Silk Road (Baran Publication, Sweden, 1999), attracted critical attention. Ms. Shahrokhi currently resides in Paris.

Her biography in wikipedia

Her blog, Eyes Wide Open.