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هدیهای از زندان اوین

در این ایام که ملت به وقایع چند روز گذشته می‌‌اندیشد و بسیاری در واکنش به آن فریاد میکشند، مادری در زندان اوین، به یاد

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شکست توهم

اصلاحات به معنای نوعی کمک رسانی به حکومت اسلامی پدیده ی تازه ای نیست. از فردای بنیانگذاری این حکومت عده ای از درون و بیرون

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خاطرات اکبر شاه

من اکبر شاه از سلسله گورکانیان و یا همان مغولی هندوستان هستم. عنوان رسمی من خیلی طولانی و برای حمل آن تریلی 18 چرخ لازم

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Crushed Hopes

The actual results of the 2009 presidential elections in Iran may never be known factually. But the actual tallies of the votes cast may have

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Right Cause; Wrong choice!

Have you heard this expression: “Iranians know what they don’t want but they don’t know what they want.” The events of the last few weeks leading to the controvertial

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Khamenei’s Coup

Large-scale manipulation of Friday’s presidential election in Iran was to be expected, but few could have predicted that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had

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Windas of Change

Twenty years ago, I wrote a book about the Middle East, and recently I was thinking of updating it with a new introduction. It was

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Wikipedia or “Wicked-Pedia”?

Greetings to All, You may find the following of interest: Daily Mail Article: Wikipedia or “Wicked-Pedia”? http://www.kavehfarrokh.com/news/daily-mail-article-wikipedia-or-wicked-pedia/ >>>

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haghighat bozork

man yek mohandesse computer hastam beh man pule zeyadi dadeh shod keh yek barnameh virussi barayeh computer entekhabat vared konam keh haar  yeki dar miyan

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Polka-Dotted.Postings

Needless.to.say,people.are.complaining.to.me.that.they.are.having. trouble.reading.my.posts. The.problem.is.the.space.bar.on.my.keyboard.isn’t.working. and.I.knew.it.is.more.than.just.a.mechanical.problem,.so.I didn’t.want.to.take.the.computer.to.the.shop. and.have.to.leave.it.there.over.these.past.several.days. So.I.have.had.to.use.the.period.key.to.make.the. spaces.between.the.words–as.you.can.see.   I.just.took.it.there.and.they.are.ordering.a.new.keyboard. which.won’t.be.in.til.Thursday..In.the.meantme.they.told.me I.can.hold.on.to.the.computer. _______________________________________ I.am.going.to.use.the.library.computers.as.much.as.I.can. although.they.are.slow.and.tme.is.limited.there.. So.over.the.next.few.days.sometimes.my..posts.will.be.polka-dotted. and.sometimes.not.   I.have.been.trying.to.make.the.polka.dot.posts.as.legible.as.possible. by.bolding.the.main.ideas,.keeping.paragraphs short,.and.putting.in.lines.to.divide.them.into.sectons. It.is.the.best.I.can.do. ____________________________________ If.there.is.a.post.of.mne.now.or.during.this.tme.that.you. really.want.to.read.and.can’t,.just.let.me.know.on.its.

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We Never Learn

Wherever there is voting there is cheating. Remember Year 2000 elections in the US? But revolting against it should require a strong motivator. I understand

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The meaning of the Tehran spring

“Landslide” apart, a true Ahmadinejad victory would not be implausible. He could have reasonably scored something like 48%, for instance, ahead of Mousavi, and both

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Let there be Education!

The canvas upon which history is painted; the mirror in which one reflects upon the past; the stones on which marks of civilisation are engraved;

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Is this the right time?

Is this the right time? Is this the right time for the Diaspora leaders/thinkers to put their full support behind Mousavi.This way it will encourage even

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Rumi’s universality

Rumi’s universality: It is often said that the teachings of Rumi are universal in nature. For Rumi, religion was mostly a personal experience and not

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Plan B & Plan C

    رئیس ستاد آقای موسوی به بی بی سی گفت آقای موسوی تصمیم گرفته در صورت جلوگیری از انجام این راهپیمایی یا برخورد شدید با هوادارانش به

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