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Iran nuclear fuel deal ‘agreed’

Iran and three world powers have been handed a draft agreement aimed at reducing international concerns over Tehran’s nuclear programme. The International Atomic Energy Agency,

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Hippolyte Dreyfus

Source: www.iranica.com DREYFUS-BARNEY, joint surname adopted by two leading Bahai figures of the 20th century. i. Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney. ii. Laura Clifford Dreyfus-Barney. i. HIPPOLYTE DREYFUS-BARNEY

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What’s With Iran?

As a former U.S. national security official, I have been straining — along with many fellow Americans — to understand the Iranian nuclear puzzle. What

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I am the step-child

A long time ago, when I was still in high school, I had a nice friend with a story strikingly similar to my situation today.

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Koran bashing Koran

Forget about what the lone Iranian Nobel laureate citing Pakistan and Bangladesh as proof said the other day about the compatibility of religion with democracy

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Chelo Kabob Pizza

آنچه خوبان همه دارند تو تنها دارى The beautiful combination of pizza and chelo kabob delivers a masterpiece in Italy!

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Light the Way

PARSA Community Foundation’s “Light the Way”, the 2009 annual awards ceremony honoring the Volunteerism and Action Award (Atossa Soltani) and Philanthropist of the Year Award

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The Sheik of Reform: Mehdi Karroubi

Under Ayatollah Khamenei, expediency, maslahat (as opposed to honesty) and hefz-e nezaam, preserving the political system at any cost, have become two paramount principles, even

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Iran trapped in a ring of unrest

Contrary to some local and international reporting, Shooshtari had not been a member or commander in the IRGC’s fabled Quds Corps, the foreign special operations

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