David ET
22-Mar-2009 (6 comments)
US military treatment and training of the Iraqi police in their own country>>>
David ET
22-Mar-2009 (one comment)
Here is a very interesting speech by Ron Paul last month:>>>
Masoud Kazemzadeh
22-Mar-2009 (3 comments)
As soon as I have some time, I will do my best to provide answers to your questions and critique on the role of JM during the revolution>>>

Root cause

babak pirouzian

An Arab-Made Misery

Wall Street Journal / Nonie Darwish
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22-Mar-2009 (11 comments)
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Iran has to communicate

Jahanshah Javid

L.A.'s Iranians welcome Persian New Year -- and Obama's overture to their homeland

LA Times / Martha Groves
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22-Mar-2009
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irannostalgia.com
22-Mar-2009 (3 comments)
My first two days in India. >>>

CRITIC

Postcard Diplomacy

A dissenting view on President Obama's Nowruz message

22-Mar-2009 (69 comments)
On Friday morning, President Barack Obama released a video to congratulate Iranians around the world on the occasion of the Persian New Year, or “Nowruz.” BBC Persian’s hugely popular and officially-banned satellite channel has broadcast the message in its entirety to Iran. This video “postcard” to Iran reflects the new administration’s emphasis on renewing American soft power and public diplomacy to tackle the many foreign policy challenges facing the US and its allies. Politics aside, President Obama’s typically eloquent rhetoric is sure to impress the Iranian masses. And his demonstration of genuine appreciation for the artistic and literary contributions of Persians (he even quotes Saadi!) is a major improvement over George W. Bush’s often culturally tone deaf approach to Iran>>>

DESIRE

مذاکرات سکس
22-Mar-2009 (26 comments)
چیز مبهمی راجع به تلویزیونی که خاموش می شود،
دندانی که مسواک می شود،
نور اتاقی که تاریک میشود،
و دست مردی که پستانت را در دست می گیرد،
مرا ساکت می کند،
و سکس نمی خواهم..
چیز غریبی راجع به مردی که می پرسد،
"حاضری؟"
مرا حاضر نمی کند. >>>

IDEAS

Opposits don't attract

Incompatibility of Islamic theocracy & American values

22-Mar-2009 (11 comments)
On February 1, 1979, Ayatollah Khomeini returned from exile to the cheers of millions of Iranians, ousting the pro-American Shah and instituting an Islamic Republic in what would later be known as the Islamic Revolution. To put it mildly, US-Iranian relations have been strained ever since, beginning with the 1979 hostage crisis in which over 50 US diplomats were held in Iran for over a year. Even today, there are no official diplomatic US relations with Iran. Many of the policies instituted by the Islamic theocracy in Iran since 1979 are incompatible with the most basic and traditional American ideals – the separation of church and state, freedom of speech, and equality for all.>>>

Conditions for Talk

capt_ayhab

Iran sets terms for U.S. ties

Reuters / Fredrik Dahl
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22-Mar-2009 (40 comments)
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From Tehran to Tel Aviv

capt_ayhab

Roger Cohen: From Tehran to Tel Aviv

IHT / Roger Cohen
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22-Mar-2009 (13 comments)
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STORY

Educating the Waiter

More than a generous tip

22-Mar-2009 (9 comments)
It is a cool summer evening of a young woman with short blue hair in Vancouver. Tattoos on her arm and piercing on her nose and lip, she walks through the doors of a French bistro and takes a table in the front window. The lone waiter throws her an unenthusiastic sidelong glance from his station behind the counter, contemplating the unlikliness of her producing any worthwhile tip, instead concentrating on the elegantly-dressed and potentially far more lucrative middle-aged couple who are whispering tête-à-tête in a far corner of the restaurant>>>

Da!

Jahanshah Javid

'No proof' Iran seeks atom bomb: Russian minister

AFP
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22-Mar-2009 (one comment)
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Khadijeh Saqafi Khomeini

Jahanshah Javid

Wife of founder of Iran's Islamic republic dies

AP
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22-Mar-2009 (5 comments)
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