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Loghat-Nameh Dehkhoda

Are you looking to find a meaning oor the root of a Farsi (Persian) word, then you can now online: http://www.loghatnaameh.com/

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The threat is still there

I conducted this interview with Stephen Kinzer in early February, before I heard him speak at the San Francisco book signing last week at Grace

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اعتراض سراسری

نامه سوم در روز ششم اعتصاب غذا، روز اعتراض سراسری برای آزادی همه دانشجويان زندانی در اعتراض به احکام سنگسار، پرتاب از بلندی، اعدام کودکان

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Voice of Iran

Braad Thomsen’s 2006 documentary on maestro Shajarian is titled “”, and after nearly four decades as the preeminent vocalist of traditional Iranian music one can

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inhuman

Iran: Father ‘stones 14-year-old daughter to death’ Tehran, 18 Feb. (AKI) – A man known as Sharif has reportedly stoned his fourteen-year-old daughter to death

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Missing the point

Perhaps Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury thought his statement about Sharia Law will be received enthusiastically as well-intended and an effort to reduce racial

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My old stomping ground

During a recent trip to Iran, I went back to my old school, Jeanne D’Arc (or “JanDark” according to the IRI) off Manouchehri Avenue in

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Alireza Assar’s song

I really liked the lyrics of the following Alireza Assar’s song. Specially the initial ‘deklame’. http://youtube.com/watch?v=5i8q0HvEutY

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