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“No. I'm pretty big myself.” “Yeah, right.” “No, really, I'm big.” “Well, congratulations.” “You don't believe me, do you?” “Hey, it's okay.” “I'm serious; let's

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Destination Tehran

Second installment of stories about my travels in Iran in 1973, read on Shahrohk Nikfar's KYRS radio program “Persian Hour” in Spokane, Washington, on February

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Territorial integrity

For the past three months there have been a number of articles written in response to the National Geographic's alteration of the legally and historically

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Direct negotiation

Iran has reacted angrily to a map of Persian Gulf in a recent issue of National Geographic, which showed the name 'Arabian Gulf' next to

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Sample tracks from ” “

Iranian-born artist Buddahead (Raman Kia) has a fascinating personal history of hardship and upheaval — early years spent in war-torn Iran, later childhood spent in

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Poetry

Red and green lights strung up, Celebrate, not Christmas, But the holiday for those gathered In heavy coats, shouting, “Marg bar Amrika!” “Death to America!”

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