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On the Ground

Following the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti on 12 January, I was sent to Port-au-Prince to support UNICEF team on the ground. I spent one month

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Frayed Trust

Just over a year ago, Ezri Namvar was forced into involuntary bankruptcy and accused by investors of creating a Ponzi scheme that lost as much

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دختر جوان و مرغ فروش

وقتی صدیقه گفته بود اِلا و بِلا زن مرغ فروش نمی‌شود، پدرش چند مشت و لگد به او زده و گفته بود: “غلط می‌کنی.” وقتی

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Economizing My Way Up

I was quite young and full of joy and pride when I graduated from Tehran University – the only major state university in Iran in

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اوتی که گل بود

زیستن در بلاد غریب و دوری از دیار حبیب البته آسان نیست. اما غربت فوائدی هم دارد که یکی از آنها پیدائی نوعی تیزبینی است.

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Attack Iran?

More huffing and puffing about war with Iran, this time from Anne Applebaum of the hawkish Washington Post, but first some words of caution from

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The Naked Ballerina

An Iranian newspaper with a record of needling the regime has been forced to change its masthead because it was seen as depicting a naked

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Song in the Key of B

Bosom buddies bleeding Baring breasts to beastly Baton bearing bullies Bent on death. Behind burdened Brotherhood we stall Buying time to bury fears. Birthing new

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Iran’s Nuclear Secrecy (video)

Bob Schieffer spoke with correspondent Chip Reid and The Carnagie Endowment’s Karim Sadjadpour about the status of Iran’s nuclear program and the international reaction.  >>>

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ادیسون

ادیسون غیر از برق ظاهرا” به چیز های دیگه هم کار داشته !! اگر ادیسون زنده بود با دیدن این نقل قول برق از کو…. پریده بود

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