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Pahlavan Syndrome

Recent events in Pakistan have raised awareness of the all too commonly obvious pitfalls of putting too much hope in one person, rather than allowing

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Daily business

These pictures are a selected set from my December 2007 visit to Iran. Although it was quite cold for most of my 2-week stay, an

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Ditch the diet!

Did you think I was about to tell you all to start your New Year’s detoxing and dieting? WRONG!  That couldn’t be further from what

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سکولار بودن دانش

 حکومت اسلامی اخيراً جبههء تجربهء شکست خورده ای را، در مبارزهء هميشگی خويش با سکولاريسم، از نو گشوده است و می کوشد تا به جبران

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Sense of rebellion

Kenaareh Zaayandeh Rood do chesham baaz shod Shesh maah ghozasht o hejrat aaghaaz shod [I opened my eyes to the world next to Zayandeh Rood

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Time to move on

There is a common fallacy, or obsession, among many Iranians that Iran is, and definitely is supposed to be, a powerful country, actually a world

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فرهنگ شخصی : الف ـ پ

کلمات برای هر کسی معنای خود را دارند. من به شما فرهنگ ایرانی با اقطباس شخصی خودم را تقدیم میکنم. فعلأ سه حرف اگر خوشتان

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Unfinished story

Some time ago I saw an advertisement for a new album, of a new singer, on one of the Persian television channels in Los Angeles.

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Hallucinations

Tehran! -Who are you expecting? – Baba! – Is he late? – No, he will come soon. – Where is Mimi? – She, too, hasn’t

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Constitutional clash

The trigger of violence was officially pulled in Iran when it became clear that the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini’s vision

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چه بی نظیر بود

بی نظیر بودی تو در خاکِ پاک خویش گناه تو بی نظیر بودن بود زنِ لبخند به لبِ دمکراسی خواهِ امیدوار در کشوری مسلمان در

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Iran; The Lion of War

My book, “Iran; The Lion of War” is the first book to chronicle and analyze Iran’s military history from ancient times to before the revolution.

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