I just wanted to let you know I enjoyed reading your publication Salam Worldwide. Your feature “The 10 sexiest Iranian women on the planet” was especially creative, and an idea we had considered for some time. You beat us to it! Regardless, your publication is very well done and a welcome addition to the Iranian media. Keep up the good work!
Josh E. Gross, Publisher & CEO, Beverly Hills Weekly

Your editorial, condoning a “what do I care” attitude because the author of the Encino arsons was a Jewish Iranian, is another example of the old prejudices in the Iranian community, which are hard to let go of, even after “a smidgen of logic kicked in.”
Shaffi L., Sherman Oaks.

I loved your editorial!!! I mean, the media loves to invent hate-motivated crimes, especially in our times. But did anyone report the case of a white American woman who recently ran down a Latino man because she claimed he was “roadkill”? We have enough hate-crimes out there without inventing one!
Sahar T., Encino.

Ha ha, that cartoon with the KKK was hilarious! Who is the author? Is he iranian – sorry – eyeranian ? J
Maz, Hollywood.

Why would Erin Brockovich be interested in rich Beverly Hills High? Simple. I’ll give you one hint: The Green! While she achieved “the biggest settlement in California history” with her suit against P,G & E, let’s remember that the attorneys collected $133.6 million in fees from the 1996 settlement, while Ms. Brockovich herself collected a $2 million bonus. Need I say more?
M.J.F., via email.

I am not surprised that there would be an environmental disaster cover-up right under our noses (“Trouble in Paradise: Toxins at 90210”). I am an avid reader of environmental cases such as the one involving Jan Schlichtmann, which was turned into the move ‘A Civil Action’, starring John Travolta. In that case, Mr. Schlichtmann has the misfortune of crossing paths with a biased judge who let the corporate powerhouses drive him into the ground with the exorbitant fees and costs of a case of this nature. But let’s remember the Environmental Protection Agency used the data compiled by Mr. Schlichtmann to later sanction those same companies. Any attorneys or non-attorneys such as Ms. Brockovich, who dare go against the old boys club, will be reviled and discredited by their targets. However, let’s hope with Ms. Brockovich’s now famous gusto, this is another battle she will win against the corporate giants.
Dr. R. Rashidi, Seattle.

Can you please tone it down with those unnecessarily scantily clad women (“Ibiza, Ibiza”). I brought this paper home, thinking it was a wholesome Iranian magazine, and let my kids read it. I was shocked by how much skin you have in the magazine! Please try to keep our Iranian culture and not become some pornographic trash!
Mohammed Q., Van Nuys.

The story of Farzad Bazoft (“When Saddam executed an Iranian born journalist”) was heartbreaking. Incidentally, the Guardian has recently published three consecutive stories on him.
Sheyda, London.

I was disturbed by the release from Sen. Sam Brownback advocating an Iraq-style overthrow of the Iranian “tyranny.” Does anyone remember Ghandi anymore? You have to let a country sort out its own problems on the path to democracy. Any foreign-rooted “liberation” is nothing but invasion.
Mandana Z., Sweden.

Just a note to let you know I went and checked out Haale, the Iranian-American singer from New York, and I want to thank you for bringing to the community’s attention this rare talent. Finally, an Iranian singer we can be proud of!
Rick Tabrizi, UCLA.