COVER STORY

On Fire
Latest woeks by Yari Ostovany

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PHOTOS

Photo of the Day

Photographs originally featured in THE IRANIAN TIMES newsletter. New: Week 1, January 1998. To see a new photo every weekday, get a free trial-subscription today... go there

BOOK

Maman Bozorg
& the bad bad revolution
A review of Susanne Pari's novel by Lailee Bakhtiar van Dillen

Susanne Pari's fictional story of first love and escape during post-revolutionary Iran spins a sensational tale of harrowing terror and passion. The contemporary odyssey is in capable hands as Pari awakens the rich complexity of a dangerous, volatile time... go to review

MEMORIES

My first girlfriend
By dAyi Hamid

I hear some unbelievable stories about young boys having girlfriends in today's Iran. Times have changed, big time. Nowadays you need no trick whatsoever to take a girl home, supposedly... go to article

IRAN-U.S.

Hot implications of U.S.-Iran relations
By Ramin Tabib

So we all watched the interview of sepah-saalaar Khatami, and we are all completely confused as to what on god's earth will happen now. Are we talking about nude Americans on the beaches of Bandar Abbas and Khezer Shahr?... go to article

A costly address
By Farhad Sepahbodi

In his recent address to the American people, President Khatami has sort of obliquely expressed regrets for the revolutionaries grabbing American diplomats. In doing so he has opened a Pandora box.... go to artilce

FAMILY

Great expectations

By Laura Rosen

I can't express the emotion we all felt that first second we saw each other in this dimly lit hotel lobby in Ankara after waiting 13 years. We laughed, we cried... go to article

HUMOR

Molla Nasreddin

From Mohammad Ramazani's "600 Molla Nasreddin Tales"
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NEWS

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