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Another chance for Behnam Zare

Faced with the worldwide condemnation of imminent execution of Behnam Zare, Iran’s head of judiciary Ayatollah Shahrudi ordered Behnam’s file to be sent back for

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The Abolition Of Prejudices

All prejudices, whether of religion, race, politics or nation, must be renounced, for these prejudices have caused the world’s sickness. It is a grave malady

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The rest is history

It is now a matter of public record (Library of Congress 2003) that in 1953, the United States violently intervened in Iran by ousting the

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شرقی دوست داشتنی

هروقت نمایش “ایتالیا ایتالیا” را میبینم درست مثل این است که برای امروز ساخته شده است. گیرم برخی شخصیت ها و موقعیت ها پوستشان، اسمشان

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Military maneuvers

Earlier this month I saw two news articles coimg from Iranian military personnel that made the headlines in Persian section of the BBC on-line. Although

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Five score and 45 years

Realism is supposedly the ultimate virtue for any politician. Idealism gets you in trouble. Haven’t we seen some criticize Bush Jr.’s disaster in Iraq as

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Coming to life

Having grown up on a steady diet of Tintin and Asterix & Obelix comic books during my formative years in Iran, I was thrilled when

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