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Education At All Costs

Photo: Educators affiliated with the Bahai Institute for Higher Education who have been imprisoned in Iran, from left to right, top: Mahmoud Badavam, Ramin Zibaie,

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Bravo, Obama!

Let’s hear it for the President. Bravo! Bravo is also Italian for brave and it takes a brave man and a strong heart to come

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تقدس ممۀ گلشیفته

فرمان قتل برای ابراز عقیده: “با سلام و احترام؛ نظر به اینکه اخیراً فردی به نام شاهین نجفی که از خوانندگان موسیقی در خارج از

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When Oil Runs Out

For most people, the Middle East (ME) is synonymous with oil. Economies of most major ME countries such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran and the

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Sanctions are Only a Stop-Gap

“Whether or not diplomacy results in an agreement, the sanctions have already fulfilled the core objective of the Obama administration — namely, kick-starting negotiations. But

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Above All

On top of Corcovado mountain the statue of Christ the Redeemer (photos start here) does not look as colossal as it does from the bottom

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The Democratic Majorty

In the high-stakes international discussions surrounding Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons, Iran’s 80 million people are often forgotten. So I, along with a small team

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