The stage is set for a showdown between the western powers and the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI). The leaders of the IRI have made

Sa'di, the well-known 14th-century Persian poet and moralist, narrates the story of a benefactor who made a wish and vowed to donate 400 derhams to

  Dear Mina: I read your letter to Iranian.com [See Mina Hakim-Bastanian's: “Sad & shameful”] and even though I have tried to refrain from further

The announcement by the Iranian government that they have succeeded in producing the fuel-grade enrichment of uranium has taken the western world by surprise. This

No one can say with confidence what the Iranian leaders have in mind. Do they have ambitions to enrich weapons grade uranium or are they

For everyone who knows or doesn't know, Mehdi Mahdavikia has been my favorite Iranian soccer player for many many years. I am proud of his

When thunder rolls, Beating the rhythm of your sorrow, When a storm is raging in your heart, Keep your head above the clouds– When the stars leave

As the war of words between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the west intensifies, the Iranian community feels unease over the likelihood of military

I escape into the Iranian, click into daydreams of sezdeh-bedar in Virginia or New York — while my research paper rots in a room beside