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2002
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The missing factor
Merely representing the most downtrodden people
By Amir

IRANIANS
Required reading
A basic window of exposure to the dual nature of the Iranian psyche
By Mark Dankof

MEDICINE
Doctors without orders
More medical students, poorer results
By Mahyar Etminan

HEALTH
Salak spreading?
Leishmaniasis has reached "epidemic proportions"
By Nazanin Mehrparvar

MEDIA
Faded hope
If you are unsuccessful blame yourself not others
By Gari Gardner

AMERICA
We're next
America is the next Empire that's going to suffer an outrageous fall
By David Marshall

MIDEAST
Martyrdom, murder or madness
A pervasive culture that immortalizes suicide bombing by equating death with power has captured the imagination of a whole people
By Alon Ben-Meir

IRAN-US
Ticking clock
Should Iranians be glad they're in the "Axis of Evil"?
By Craig Lawrence

ANGER
I cannot blame them
Why many expatriate earthquake experts won't go to Iran
By Mehdi Sharif

RETURN
I no longer blame all of Iran
Iranians made a mistake and many are paying dearly for it
By Debra Johnson

Long Live Iranian TV!
We should not always strive to bitch and scream about our own pop culture
By Assal Badrkhani

Making a difference in Iran
We prefer to spend life with loved ones rather than visiting their grave
By A.S.F.

Bad TV
Even the shows with political themes are mostly filled with profanity and accusations
By Farhad Radmehrian

Caspian quartet IV
Last of four-part essay on the environmental demise of the Caspian Sea
By Guive Mirfendereski

When the day comes
Beware of men with ties, bowties, and Armani suits
By F.A. Ashtiani

Come together
Interview
With Majid Tehranian

Broken link
Persia And Iran are geographic (not racial) terms
By A. R. Begli Beigie

Language of the armies
Urdu: A Derivative of Persian and Avestan
By Dr. Samar Abbas

The new Islamophobia
Muslims as nemesis of the "civilized world"?
By R. Ebrahimi
French text

Closing the gap
How to translate our resources into positive influence
By Trita Parsi and Alex Patico

Caspian quartet III
Four-part essay on the environmental demise of the Caspian Sea
By Guive Mirfendereski

Icon of democracy
51st anniversary of Mossadegh's election as prime minister
By Hamid Akbari

Out of the trash bin
A sign of political convalescence and imaginative recovery
By Reza Bayegan

Can't be fooled again
It is illegitimate and cheap to compare one dictatorship with another
By Sana Aryamehr

Peaceful coexistence
No scripture recommends democracy, socialism and individualism as strongly as the Koran
By Mehdi Mokarram

Caspian quartet II
Second of four-part essay on the environmental demise of the Caspian Sea
By Guive Mirfendereski

Defending our turf
In the present mood we have no alternative

By Fatema Soudavar Farmanfarmaian

Icon of democracy
51st anniversary of Mossadegh's election as prime minister
By Hamid Akbari

One-way ticket
Long history of betraying our own people and our friends
By Mansoor  Lotfi

Open case
My husband is in effect a victim. A scapegoat
An interview with Mehrangiz Kar
By Fariba Amini

Caspian quartet II
Second of four-part essay on the environmental demise of the Caspian Sea
By Guive Mirfendereski

Out of the trash bin
A sign of political convalescence and imaginative recovery
By Reza Bayegan

Can't be fooled again
It is illegitimate and cheap to compare one dictatorship with another
By Sana Aryamehr

Peaceful coexistence
No scripture recommends democracy, socialism and individualism as strongly as the Koran
By Mehdi Mokarram

Caspian quartet
Four-part essay on the environmental demise of the Caspian Sea
By Guive Mirfendereski

Better than war
Mere fact that Iran and Azerbaijan are talking is grounds for optimism
By Omid S. Marvi

Tabreek o tasleeyat
Reza Pahlavi, Iranian of the year
By Jahanshah Javid

Beyond measure
Great need for us to engage constructively
By Shahram Hashemi

When words kill
Here, the word doesn't tolerate criticism; it censures
By R. Ebrahimi
See French text

Why does John Malkovich want to kill me?
Almost anyone who criticises US or Israeli policy in the Middle East is now in the free-fire zone
By Robert Fisk

Black vs Red ants
Israel is held to different standards
By Ali T. Kazemi

The rest
Iran isn't all Persians
By Vahid Isabeigi

Popular for the wrong reasons
Poor satellite TV programming
By M. H. Eslami, MD

The Queen Bum
True magic of monarchy: fooling an entire population
By Sana Aryamehr

Maadar mord!
The utter weakness of the reform movement
By Dariush Sajjadi

Just peace
Wars are not fought on battlefields
By Terry Greenblatt

Who's a Nazi?
Is this a fair criticism of Israel?
By William Baker

Act as a community
We want to project positive, truthful images of Iranian-Americans
Interview with Trita Parsi
by Jahanshah Javid

Thoreauly wrong
What it means to be an American
By Setareh Sabety

Enemy of my enemy
Israel WON real estate in a fair and square war started by Arabs
By Yek Mihan Parast

All they have is anger
And a sense of abandonment by the world
By Iskander Khaleeli

Today, I am a Palestinian
I am ashamed of being an American
By Setareh Sabety

Iran on the Brink
And the U.S. does nothing
By Michael Ledeen
Source: National Review Online

Whining and Die-ning
Everything sucks these days
By Yek Nafar

The Queen Bum
True magic of monarchy: fooling an entire population
By Sana Aryamehr

The coming individualism
Iran's irreversibly metamorphic process towards democracy
See French text
By R. Ebrahimi

Democracy my foot
We have yet to learn to pass the surface and reach the substance
By Hashemi Hakimi

Blanket mistreatment

Iranians guilty until proven innocent
By David N. Rahni

A lot of barking
But no real action against U.S. visa restrictions
By Behrooz Parsa

What infuriates people
... is that many American politicians can walk outside in broad daylight and say it's night
By Ali Khalili

Up for grabs
From the Caspian to the Persian Gulf, Iran's territorial integrity is under threat
By Vahid Isabeigi

Huge blow
A terrible price to pay for a "feel good" ban on Iranians wishing to visit the U.S.
By Gary Sick

Parisian tragedy
The land of Descartes is poorer today
By Iqbal Latif

God in a flower
I have learned this: God exists in everyone and everything
By Tara Ebrahimi

How could they?
On efforts to ban Iranians from traveling to the U.S.
By Katayoon Hadizadeh

Taking a bow
Who said individuals do not make history?
By Abbas F. Saffari

Challenging the myth
Can Iranians have democracy?
By Ataollah Togha

Fear and learning in America
Americans don't understand the Middle East?
By Robert Fisk

Double standard
Because of its lack of fairness, the US administration will not and cannot be a mediator
By Farhad Radmehrian

Explosive, yet futile
Something more than illegal settlements, poverty and arrogant Isreali soldiers are at work here
By William Baker

Children of genocide
Happy Passover, my friend. May we see peace soon
By Fariba Amini

Hoshdaar beh Iraaniaan
Warning to Iranians on copyright law
By Majid Roshangar

Misreading U.S. intentions
American officials do not think of Muslims as a single group
By Lee Howard Hodges

Hopeless & humiliated
Suicide bombings may not be very difficult to comprehend
By Mahyar Etminan

The center cannot hold
An alternative voice
By Majid Tehranian

Ground realities
Israel's claim is devoid of any legal foundations, but...
By Iqbal Latif

Selective morality
The Pentagon is conducting coverage of the Afghan war

By Lawrence Reza Ershaghi

Palestinians will not go away
Conflicts between peoples contain more elements than can be eliminated by force
By Edward Said

The basic equation
The real fight is against forces of reason in both societies
By Shahriar Zangeneh

Human nature
The one reality that drives the Middle East mess is "occupation"
By Farhad Radmehrian

Desperate times
Israeli actions have gotten way out of hand, even for their best friend to tolerate
By Jahanshah Javid

There's a difference
State vs. individual terrorism
By Lev Grinberg

Martyrdom is for lesser men
The apparent flaw within Palestinian polity is their inability to perceive the ground realities
By Iqbal Latif

The great insult
Islam and Iranian National Self-Esteem
By Omid Parsi

Berkeley phase?
Berkeley women of color silent no more
By Shadi Rahimi

Civil parade of faiths
Terrorism has no face or nationality
By Shahla Samii

Patriotism and bigotry
Far too much of the latter since September 11
By Koupal Davoudi

Hard to point fingers
Where there is hate, there is a reason
By Ali Khalili

Moral credibility
Palestinians would do well to try a nonviolent strategy
By Lee Howard Hodges

In other words
Persian origins of Anglo-Saxon words
By Sharon Turner

Axis of excess
Are we at the edge of a global civil war among civilizations?
By Majid Tehranian

Placing the onus
Of victims and perpetrators
By Manoutchehr M. Eskandari-Qajar

Largely a myth
Gandhi's nonviolent strategy
By Lawrence Reza Eshraghi

Victimology
It is not America's moral responsibility to create or foster "free societies" in the Muslim world. This is the responsibility of Muslims themselves
By Lee Howard Hodges

Monkey wrench
The IRI has once again succeeded in playing the loosing hand, with Iranian national interest as its usual first victim
By Shahriar Zangeneh

Tazaade goftaar va kerdaar
Shamsolvaezin: Contradictions
By Maral Karimi

Republic bee republic
I detest all republicans: communistis, socialists and democrats
By Amir

Democracy vs. Anarchy
Being a monarchist or a republican does not exempt you from the human race
By Cyrus Kadivar

Rock and no roll
Insisting on contentious issues does not bring unity
By Setareh Sabety

Anonymous guesswork
We should not lower our voice
By Saeed Ganji

Made in Russia
Another piece of crap
By Sepehr Haddad

Rolls Royce vs. Gaari
Flying unreliable Russian aircraft
By Mahyar Etminan

A lot to be said
Crucial days of the revolution
Interview by Fariba Amini

Once bitten
Enough slogans; we heard them all during the revolution
By Amir Mehdi Noorbakhsh

The ultra-motive
To attract foreign tourism and investment.
By Bahram Nassehi

Iran is no Afghanistan
Iran and the US should listen to the voice of reason
By Hooshang Amirahmadi

Keeping an open mind
Monarchy, republic, or secular democracy
By Guive Mirfendereski

Minus mom & monarchy
I prefer a secular republic, but Pahlavi can play a pivotal role
By Yek Irandoost

What happened?
Why did the Googoosh generation turn fundamentalist?
Asghar Massombagi

Child to killer
Reasons behind idolization of destructiveness
By Fatima Farideh Nedjat

Just another show
Allow President Bush to do his job
By Bageh Torsh

Attack from within
Dissident political theology in contemporary Iran
By Mahmoud Sadri

Fifth time a charm?
Why test the monarchy again after four failures?
By Kazem Alamdari

Cat in a bag
At the start of the 24th year of the Iranian Revolution
By Naghmeh Sohrabi

Pursuit of happiness
Iran and the American Revolution
By Fereydoun Hoveyda

Longing for liberty
Then AND now
By Setareh Sabety

Bohraane sarmaayedaari
A Marxist perspective
By Fedaii Khalq guerrillas

Of kings and cylinders
Nothing among Iranians is ever as it seems
By Guive Mirfendereski

Bushiranians
"Duh, who do we support if America bombs Iran?"
By Peyvand Khorsandi

Please reconsider
U.S. mindset bears almost no resemblance to the Iran of today
By Alan Hale

I just felt the urge
I can't say if many Americans agree with me, but
By Dave Marshall

Yes. "Axis of Evil"
Let's call it what it is
By Ali Sarshar

Give me a break
When countries act like schoolyard bullies
By Sepehr Haddad

Not our friend
Iran's oppressive autocracy cannot be America's ally
By Ramin Ahmadi

It starts with us
No one will give us democracy
By Saeed Ganji

Still alive
Varieties of religious reform in Iran
By Ahmad Sadri

How do we rebuild?
The only true way to fight this is with ideas
By Al Bahmani

Man... some people
... don't even know the meaning of SHAME
By Faz Rasti

Royal blue vs. the rainbow
We don't need HIM to save us
By Naghmeh Sohrabi

Iran next?
U.S. military attack would prolong the reign of Iran's despotic rulers
By Shahriar Zangeneh

Dummies for democracy
Stop criticizing. Propose alternative solutions
By Xerxes Darius

All are not equal
In the practical world, creating an "aghazadeh" is a human social behavior
By Abdol Hamid Sheybani

Look at the evidence
Prophet Muhammad and women's rights
By Persia Lover

Stay away from courtiers
If you want to be regarded as a democrat, act like one
By Setareh Sabety

All about freedom
... the Pahlavi State was
By Mihandoust

Shah bee Shah
When you think "monarchy", "freedom" is not the first thing that comes to mind
By Jahanshah Javid

Watching the watcher
Monitor has put the human rights movement in Iran at risk
By Ramin Ahmadi and Joanne Cossitt

I will watch his every move
Reza Pahlavi must throw away the old and start afresh
By Mehdi Amini

What could lie ahead
Go for it and bring about change
By Shahla Samii

Don't ask, don't tell
When does silence become collaboration?
By Setareh Sabety

Breaking the stalemate
Desperate times require revolutionary initiatives
By Hamid Zangeneh

Gheirat
The war with Iraq was not Khomeini's fault
By Nima Kasraie

All choked up
From Ground Zero to Iranian arms shipmenmts
By Guive Mirfendereski

I feel better now
After writing how I feel about Iranians abroad
By Mehrdad Pishehgar

Vision 2002
Historical forces at work
By Majid Tehranian

Ship of fools
Questions on arms shipments to the Palestinians Authority
By Rasool Nafisi

I'm an optimist
Life is beautiful because people survived the holocaust
By A. Shahmolki

We all want to smell roses
What we learned from 2001
By Fariba Amini

Killing history
Not enough if we internalize insults to our history
By Jamshid Charmchi

Divergence of beliefs
Iran, in the aftermath of September 11
By: Ali R. Rabi

>>> July-December 2002

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