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On the way

Essay [Persian translation] for conference on the aftermath of Iran election held in the Danish Parliament in Copenhagen on Monday 2nd of November 2009 and

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Day of Infamy

Thirty years ago on November 4, 1979, the new regime in Iran made a strategic choice- to take off the gloves and confront the US

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The Enigma of Religion

The purpose of this article is to share some ideas which involve religion in our daily lives. Religion promises great things after life. It offers

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دختر پشت پنجره

با نگاهى حيرت زده داشت بيرون را نگاه ميکرد. همه چيز اين کشور با جايى که بزرگ شده بود متفاوت بود. خيابان پر از جمعيت

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Sale

O’ Shoppers Words are cheap. If everything else is expensive, Words are cheap.   I know it out of experience. I am assigned to write

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خدا اگر بود …

“محاکمه ی ژاندارک” هم به سادگی و خوفناکی دیگر فیلم های “آندره برسون”، سینماگر فرانسوی ست. بی پیرایه ها و ترفندهای سینمایی، بی آن که

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پاييز در نياوران

براي فرشته خاطرات كودكي —————– دستها که می خواهند در هم شدن را پاها که مزه مزه می کنند ایستادن را و هوای سیال ذهن

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Nouveau patriotism

First some basic facts about life in IRR, the Islamist Rapist republic: Fact, according to the latest U.N. report, fifteen percent of the world’s total

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Kabul Diaries: friday hamam

The whisky sours of the previous night, my jet-lag and probably the overexertion of my senses during the previous week in Afghanistan, made me sleep

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November 9th

Perhaps the closest contemporary analogy to the fall of Communism is the democratic movement that is challenging the Islamic Republic of Iran. It has deep

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یک زن ایرانی در شرف سنگسار

اخبار امیدوارکننده ای که در سال ۲۰۰۸ در مورد پایان یافتن مجازات سنگسار در ایران شنیده شده بود، با مطرح شدن دو مورد دیگر برای

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Airtight sanctions

Would someone here please explain to me what is an “airtight” sanction?  I have read so many posts from liberals, communists and extreme left on

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Wasteful Sport

The Olympic Flame that was lit in Olympia, Greece, on October 22, 2009, finally arrived in Victoria, British Columbia (BC), on October 30th, where and

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