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Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh

Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh, pioneering Iranian fiction writer of the 20th Century. Yeki Boud Yeki Naboud (Once Upon A Time)is an important work by Jamalzadeh. Below is

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Embassy magazine

These were the days, my friend. Following four years in the boring but picturesque city of Bern, Switzerland and then a stay of two years

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Fresh look back

In the heat of today's rethoric, it is perhaps useful to enter a time machine and take a look at Iran's past relations with the U.S.,

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Villa Danesh

Mirza Reza Khan Arfa'-ed-Dowleh, a.k.a. Prince Arfa', was born in 1846 to Mirza Hassan Khan, son of Mirza Ibrahim Khan chief minister of the Khan

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Persia’s honor

I must say that I read with great regret the reply of Mr. Esfahani [Leave us alone] to my caricature of Mr. Vassigh's vulgarities [Iruni-baazi].

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Beaming in Senegal

I recall a time – 1976 or thereabouts – when Iran provided much financial assistance to less fortunate countries of our planet. Senegal was one

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Retrieving 1931

Sometime ago a friend of mine retrieved a 1931 home movie from Tehran and sent it to me. The 16mm film is two minutes and

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Cats & dogs

In the summer of 1948, on August 1, to be precise, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi visited Paris for the first time as the Shah of Iran.

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Will anyone miss us?

Someone once said that writing and expressing can heal. It can focus, support, and enhance our lives and well being. Whether we laugh or we

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Ski away

I saw this letter in iranian.com a couple of weeks ago: * A very great man I would like to say that my wife's mother's

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From empress to net surfer

A few days back I was in New York. Between the United Nations and other places, this white-haired ex-Iranian diplomat turned reporter had the occasion

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