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The urge to describe a kiss
If not for the CIA, who would I work for.
J. Javid

Your support for children in need
Thanks to you, these children will have something for Noruz.
Kourosh Amiri

The Sarkuhi case
News updates about a writer arrested in Iran.

Soroush's lectures
Reports on the Islamist thinker's lecture's outside Iran.

Cover story: Qiyaamat
Sizdah Bedar in Los Gatos, California.
J. Javid

By the fire
Chahaarshanbeh Souri in Santa Cruz, California.

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Editorial notes in past issues of THE IRANIAN

Persia, Iowa
A short stop in a tiny town in the middle of corn fields. (Dec 96)

The New Iranians
Iranians on the Net are tolerant, positive, open-minded. (Sept 96)

Figuring you out
Analysis of our readership survey. (July 96)

The best magazine on Earth
There are many good magazines. This one tops the list. (May 96)

Fouzouli?!
On political and religious respect. (March 96)

New Year in Times Square
Thinking of Iranians in the middle of thousands of New Yorkers. (Jan 96)

The Good Old Days...
On my hometown (Abadan) and politics. (Nov 95)

In the Name of the Internet
On the launch of THE IRANIAN. (Sept 95)