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The perfect (desert) storm

The great 2011 Arab revolt, the cry for democracy in Northern Africa, the mostly Shi’ite revolt in the Persian Gulf, the Western despair over the

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تحریم دو مقام دیگر ایرانی

در سپتامبر ۲۰۱۰، ایالات متحده آمریکا برای نخستین بار تحریم هایی بر اعضایدولت ایران بدلیل مشارکت در نقض دائمی و جدی حقوق انسانی مردم ایران

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Why Syria Is Not Next…So Far

Discussions of Syria’s vulnerability to internal protests often posit Damascus’s resistance status to explain why Syria will be spared: i.e., that because of Syria’s confrontational

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A System Turned Upside Down

…even Israel’s policy of occupation may be approaching its end: Under the West’s umbrella of stability, Zionism gained a new impetus in the 1960s and

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JAPAN, THE DAY AFTER

رسانه های ژاپن می گویند تلفات زلزله ۸.۹ ریشتری جمعه از هزار نفر بیشتر است و دولت این کشور هزاران نیروی نظامی، صدها هواپیما و

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Iran continues enrichment under IAEA

Iran has repeated its determination to continue its nuclear enrichment program despite growing international suspicion and condemnation. Describing a halt to the process as ‘impossible,’

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Different kind of bean

For an international relations junkie, particularly one with a minor in Middle Eastern history, the events of the past few months have been interesting, to

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Iran expels AFP journalist

Deshmukh, a 40-year-old Indian national who had been in the country since January 2009, was stripped of his press card along with 10 other correspondents

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داستان قورباغه ها

داستان قورباغه ها frogs قورباغه ها    Once upon a time there was a bunch of tiny frogs….. Who arranged a running competition روزی از

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War Is a Racket

War is a Racket by Smedley Butler is a famous speech denouncing the military industrial complex. This speech by two-time Congressional Medal of Honor recipient

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