Short Story: Parade written by Ahmad Panahi Pour.

Seven people, each with a harness in hand, are jumping out of the doors of crowded houses. With their hands and feet connected, and wearing wrist and ankle restraints! The rings of each wrist and ankle restraint are connected with 17-centimeter chains. The end of each left ring is connected to the beginning of the right ring of the person on the left with a 7-centimeter chain. Only two hands and two feet out of the total of 28 connected hands and feet are free. They are obligated to follow the path marked with bright phosphorus on the sketch and reach the final point.
In that area, seven poles made of thin steel are placed one meter apart. The fear of getting lost in the long maze designed for the marchers is so high that the deadly fate of the destination is not even mentioned. They have no idea about the problems they may encounter at the destination and before the final execution.
It is clear that the distances between the poles do not match the

Painting: “Verses of the Rope” at 4:37 AM by Sanam Salehi.

سلام، من مهدی هستم

Hello, I am Mehdi.

Poem: “Rain” by Alireza Abbasi.

Time is stuck in the past
Facing the unknown
We must always wait
Long waiting
Always with crossed eyes
White turns to black
Black turns to white

I lean on the faint sun
To the rain I surrender
My refuge is spring
Spring in the mouth of blooming buds.
I walk on the edge of darkness
Your name becomes sweeter on my lips
And the young branches on the buds
Sing to me that
Speaking from silence, speaking from light.

For a dove that fell from the pen
I plant a flower in my mouth
If death stands a few steps behind
Life, yes life
Endures the pain beautifully.