It is a generally assumed that the Shah’s downfall led to the severing of ties between Israel and Iran, which up until that point resembled a love story. However, both Iran’s intellectual elite and the rest of the nation drastically changed their views of the Jewish State after 1967. Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, and his wife, Queen Far ... Continue reading »
Qalibaf made these remarks during a private meeting with hardline Basiji students which apparently took place during the past few weeks as the election season has taken off. It is clear during the two-hour meeting that Qalibaf’s purpose is to impress his audience with his hardline credentials and his proudly admitted history of over thirty years of ... Continue reading »
Once again it begins. The great farce and grand illusion that is the Iranian Presidential election. If you read the Iranian Constitution it's painfully obvious. But my astute colleagues, even ones more astute than me, people with PhDs even, seem to be blissfully ignorant as to how the system and laws work, choosing instead to be gullibly swept ... Continue reading »
CANNES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi premiered his latest tightly wound family drama at Cannes on Friday, confirming critics' advance buzz it would prove a contender for the film festival's top prize.
The prestigious festival on the French Riviera - where the sun finally emerged on day three - is looking to spot its Pa ... Continue reading »
The new Kiosk documentary "Kiosk, A Generation Destroyed By Madness" is a wonderful behind the scenes peek into one of our best rock bands. If like me you have followed the rise of Kiosk ever since their ground breaking debut album "Adameh Mamooli", and own every album since, you naturally want to see and hear and read and watch more. This film d ... Continue reading »
The World Drug Report frequently cites Iran as having one of the highest levels of heroin addiction in the world. Officially, Iran has 2 million drug addicts but experts agree that the real figure is significantly higher. The country’s position along the Afghanistan-Europe heroin trafficking routes and stigma among its poorer communities around alc ... Continue reading »
All rumors came first on the “Gossip” column of “La Gazette de Lausanne" daily popular newspaper of Swiss (C.H). As usual from an unknown but reliable source quoting that the leader of Indoland in a very secret meeting with Swiss ambassador In Los Tunas (United States interests office in Indoland since 1980 located here in Swiss embassy in Los Tun ... Continue reading »
If we in the United States truly valued health care as a human right, and began showing it by adopting an improved and expanded Medicare for all system, at least I would know that if I developed another cancer, I could access care just like anyone else would. No doubt the debate about genetic testing for cancer patients and what people may wish to ... Continue reading »
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's best known political grandee, former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, looms large in the history of the Islamic Republic - now registered to run in Iran's presidential election next month he may also get the chance to carve out its future.
Few have wielded such influence in modern Iran as the 78-year-old but since 2009 h ... Continue reading »
Susan Amini is also considered an expert in the rights of individuals with disabilities. Part of her expertise comes from raising a child with a disability. Her son, Cyrus Habib, lost his eye sight in early childhood to a rare eye cancer and has been fully blind since age 8. However, Ms. Amini was determined to ensure that her son would receive the ... Continue reading »
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