I switched gears for a day: oil spills, lack of responsibility and World Cup around the corner Earth is taking matters into its own “feet.”

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s atomic energy chief claimed on Thursday that the U.N. nuclear watchdog misunderstood the nature of the experiments at a Tehran laboratory

WASHINGTON — The White House said Thursday it was confident the UN Security Council would back toughened sanctions on Iran in the next week, despite

For the last few days, the various reactions to the flotilla attack have reminded me of reactions to the short war escalated by Georgia in

دارا جهان ندارد، سارا زبان ندارد بابا ستاره ای در !هفت آسمان ندارد کارون ز چشمه خشکید، البرز لب فرو بست حتا دل دماوند، آتش

Nuclear experts working for Western intelligence agencies have identified a number of glaring discrepancies in Iran’s submissions to the IAEA, which suggest Tehran is making

هشت حزب و تشکل اصلاح‌طلب در نامه‌ای مشترک به وزارت کشور درخواست صدور مجوز برای راهپیمایی در روز ۲۲ خرداد را کرده‌اند. این اقدام نشانگر

یانیه‌ای که در ۲۷ اردیبهشت ماه سال جاری در تهران و در کنفرانس کشورهای موسوم به گروه «پانزده» منتشر شد، در آغاز توجه فراوانی را

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The impact of the global financial crisis for the developing economies of the Middle East and North Africa region varied across oil exporters and importers

From the fairyland airport of Faro, in the pristine Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, I flew over the lofty white peak of Mount Everest and landed

The balance of power that has reigned in the international system since the end of the cold war is undergoing profound shifts. Iran’s agreement  with

The best proposal was made a few years ago by a valued member of this community! This is the proposal made by the great cartoonist

I must admit I didn’t know what Shortbus was all about. I was going through the DVDs at the library a few days ago and

A leader of a group involved in the flotilla that tried to breach Israel’s blockade of Gaza says the group was offered donations from Iran,

آرزویی گفتم: اگر این گوشۀ چشمی که نموده ست به ما حضرت عشق تیزهوشی کند و معجزتی فرماید، دست بنهفتۀ استاد ازل نیز اگر چاره

Iran has pardoned or commuted the prison sentences of 81 people convicted of offences linked to the unrest after last year’s disputed election – just

LONDON (Dow Jones)–Iran may be offering a fresh sign that reserve managers could turn cold on the troubled euro after a local news agency reported,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJpUq_zj0yo&feature…!       Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki appeared before the European Parliament’s foreign affairs committee today to discuss the country’s nuclear programme and

There has been so much name calling, crying foul and specific related derogatory blogs and comments written by a handful of members (VPK, Oktaby, Khers, Fooladi,

This blog was originally posted in the form of a comment at the following blog: Chauvinists vs. Shadi Sadr: invitation to write – At the

One of the primary reasons the Turkish Government has been so angry in its denunciations of the Israeli attack on the flotilla is because many

گفت و گو با دکتر رامین جهانبگاو – فیلسوف و استاد دانشگاه تورنتو در مورد کنفرانس جامعه مدنی و دموکراسی در ایران  در موردجنبش سبز

JERUSALEM – Israel’s military is using video confiscated from people on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla to justify opening fire during its deadly raid on the

One of the nine activists killed by Israeli commandos aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla was a teenager who held U.S. citizenship, Secretary of State Hillary