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Iranian Of The Year

  Final Result:   Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis)   Parvin Ardalan (One Million Signature) Every year JJ would have a voting page and some candidates for Iranian of

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Casualties of War

President Bush marked the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq with a speech at the Pentagon [1] claiming that “The world is better,

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Did you know?

The New York James Farley Post Office Motto comes from Ancient Persia? The building prominently bears the inscription: Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor

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Let’s call a truce!

Listen everybody, In the spirit of Norouz, let’s refrain from leaving nasty comments such as personal attacks, slander, libel, or attacking anyone’s religion or beliefs,

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How about Norooz Pirooz?

Every year I receive many Norooz greetings. Almost each uses a different spelling. I just received a beautiful card invite from New York Mayor’s Office

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Let the new year in

Abroad where nothing looks or smells like Eid in Iran, we keep trying to open doors and let the new year in. I live with

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Dance with me, make me sway

Inspired by Shaer’s recent “Dancing with my Lover”, I put together this clip for my very best friend, who recently broke up with his girlfriend

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Pre-emtive failure

Iraq was occupied by the US-led troops from March 20 to May 1, 2003. Five years have passed since the Bush administration launched the war

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The Spider Killings (10)

A fictional series based on real events that happened in Iran known as the “Spider Killings”. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

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کوه نخست

درسفری اخیر به تهران خود را برای اولین بار شیفته البرز یافتم. گویا یک آشنازدایی رخ داده بود که مرا دلباخته کوهستانی میکرد که سالیان

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