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Live free or flee

Ms. Azizi [See All Bamed out!], who left Iran 26 years ago, has gone back there to discover America is a better place to live

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Pilgrims and passages

A world of birds set out, and there remained  But thirty when the promised goal was gained, Thirty exhausted, wretched, broken things, With hopeless hearts

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Milky road

I traveled to Florida for business in June. This was my first visit to Florida since I came to the United States. I was sitting in

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People want the world

Dear Ms. Sohrabi, I am writing to you because I just read something of yours for the first time on Iranian dot com and thought

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Love you to death

Cockfighting, which some believe originated in Iran some 5,000 years ago, is still staged in Iranian cities such as Tehran, Karaj, Tabriz and Rasht. Cockfighters,

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A strange kind of freedom

Source: The Independent Inside the First Congregational Church of Berkeley, the Californian audience had been struck silent. Dennis Bernstein, the Jewish host of KPFA Radio's

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Ticking clock

Shortly after entering office, George Bush stated that “America would defend Taiwan if attacked and the Chinese needed to understand that”. You could almost hear

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Cool & Kooky

Interesting emails registered at The Iranian. New additions are in red. A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M| N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z|Other Top top A aa_khodkar@ AbadanVolek@ a_Fakhabikasezadehalnajafishafapay@ afshoon1@ AftabKhanoom@ AghaPishi@ ahmad_best@ AhmadJohn@ ahmagh_2001@

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Googoosh is back!?

Ladies and gentleman. Get ready. The looong wait is over. The Queen of Pop, the Goddess of Music, the woman known lovingly as Shah Mahi

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The spark

An eyewitness account of the scene of an incident that sparked nation-wide protests at universities. On Thursday July 8 the security forces backed by hardline

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“Most Popular” Iranians

Last August, readers of Soroush, an Iranian on-line network were asked to list five favorite pre-20th century Iranians*. Here are the results as of February

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