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Moving forward

The American voters proved me wrong. They proved my scepticism that they (almost 75% white population) would not vote for a black man. I am

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Testing democracy

The Economist has created a very interesting section where, as I understood, subscribers have so far voted for either of the US presidential candidates, no

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Playing dumb?

Mr Ahmadinejad had an interview with CNN’s Larry King recently, and of course, as usual with such people who have no positive plans or serious

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Smart choice

McCain’s choice for VP was a very smart move. This presidential campaign will be something to remember and something quite interesting for future political advisors

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In black and white

The conventions of the two major U.S. parties were some amazing events, propaganda machines that have a great impact, both to publicise to the relatively

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Big difference

Recent developments in Georgia have confirmed many fears, including that of mine, that Russia’s imperialistic intentions are very serious and the democratic world needs no

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Tanks but no thanks

Recent events in Georgia show the new type of battle that is likely to rage for decades to come, between what is remained to challenge

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Watching the West

One of the very huge problems confronting progress in the Middle East is the problem of confusing administration with the purpose of life, society, or

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Seasonal writers

My recent past experience, being absent in the Iranian-istan blogsphere, has been a very interesting one! That of course didn’t mean leaving Iranian-istan, but a

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Myths of Separatism

The most recent case of state separation has been that of Kosovo. I saw Serbs come to the streets and protest. It was quite interesting.

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Not ALL speak Persian

Reading through comments, under articles related to the Iranian identity and its diverse nature, maybe one more article, further elaborating the subject, would not hurt.

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Not pan-Turkism

Comments calling me a pan-Turkist, or a secessionist, have been aplenty, even under articles which have had nothing to do with anything that might have

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Shrinkage

There have always been lots of talk about Iran’s present, and past, sizes. Which size is the true size of this country, or empire, called

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McCain is right

Mr Patraeus, and Mr Crocker, top US men in Iraq, were complaining about Iranian troublemakers; special groups, as they were calling them. They separated Muqtada

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America’s duty

What is going to happen in Iraq will be the turning page of history for what is going to happen with a very large chunk

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No need for another revolution

Revolution seems a good thing, theoretically speaking, but historically speaking it has usually been a not-so-rosy moment in time when injustices took place, lives and

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Two targets, one goal

In the minds of conspiracy theorists it is actually their inferiority (stupidity), or the incredible wickedly genius of the conspirators, that constitutes the foundation for

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Breaking away

Did anybody write on Iranian.com anything about Kosovo declaring its independence? It probably seemed of little significance. The country that will most probably be internationally

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Islamic Democracy, indeed

The Iranian government, through its actions time and time again, has shown that it does not believe in Iranians for its ideological survival. This has

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Exclusive elections

I just saw the news that Khomeini’s grandson, Ali Eshraghi, has not been allowed to participate in the March parliamentary elections in Iran. I was

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Who lies the most?

I often thought who Iranians would vote for in case they had a democracy. And we know who the members of the first Iranian parliament

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