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The morning after

On August 6 ,1945 , at 5 PM , I crossed the door sill of Paradise Cafe. Sadegh Hedayat had asked me the day before

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We deserve better

Why does every Iranian think he or she is a politician? Every one thinks they know all about Iran, its politics and policies, its people

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Persian in peril

A few years ago in an Anglo-Iranian conference in London to promote the teaching of Persian in the UK, I met a man who introduced

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On a roll

7pm “No hay mas tickets hacia Madrid hoy, pero si quieres, puedes regresar una hora antes de que el tren departe para ver si hay

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