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Ari Siletz

Reza Khan And Mohsen Namjoo

What a misguided volley of negative reactions from Iranian monarchists to Mohsen Namjoo’s recent song, Reza Khan! Isn’t the artist just saying out loud what

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Arts and Literature
Ari Siletz

Reza Aslan’s Militant Jesus

The setting of Reza Alsan’s controversial history, Zealot: The Life and Times Of Jesus of Nazareth, parallels the situation in Israel/Palestine today. Then as now

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Arts and Literature
Ari Siletz

Film Review: The Iran Job

It was  amusing and a bit odd to watch the crowd of spectators in an Iranian basketball arena chanting “Kevin, Kevin.” Rarely in U.S. media

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معمای دیار هردمبیلی

در دیاری بسیار هردمبیلی هر سال پنج نفر از اهالی را که به هر دلیلی‌ جلب توجه کرده اند به قرعه کشی میکشند و سه

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Reza Pahlavi teaches Gandhi.

Seeking to learn about Gandhi from Reza Pahlavi’s website, I found the following quote attributed to the Indian leader. “For someone who is trained in

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Baladoor’s Barriers

In Bahram Beyzaei’s shadow play, Jana and Baladoor, Jana is just one character among several who aids or battles the brave Baladoor in her quest

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Best Researcher in the World

The following piece by freelance journalist Mazyar Mahdavifar was broadcast on radiokoocheh internet radio a few months ago. Finding his story-telling delightful, I contacted Mazyar

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In the Lion’s Shadow.

A couple of days ago I heard about an upcoming Los Angeles event recognizing the role of Iranian diplomat Abdol-Hossein Sardari (1914-1981) in saving Jewish

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The Unfilm

Director Jafar Panahi has said, “I am an Iranian. I am staying in my country and I like to work in my country. I love

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Barikalla Berkeley!

I’ve met Parviz Sayyad only once, and that was a long time ago in a dimly lit pizza shop in Tehran. I was there with

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