Where were you on Aug 19, 1953?
Personally and on behalf of the CIA, I wish to commend you most highly and thank you for your outstanding contribution to Operation AJAX…Your expert
August 19, 2008
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Personally and on behalf of the CIA, I wish to commend you most highly and thank you for your outstanding contribution to Operation AJAX…Your expert
تو دادی مرا فر و فرهنگ و رای … تو باشی به هرنیک و بد رهنمای “You gave me aura, culture and voice you are
“There is no such thing as the Palestinian people…” — Golda Meir, 1968 Israel recently marked its 60th anniversary, at a time of great upheaval
While doing a project recently, I was reading about the 1953 coup again. Every time I read the details, of how a man was undermined
یاران پس از توبازبه راه تو می روند / شرمنده آن که راه براین کاروان گرفت Every year, since that sad day when I went
Sefidab is a village in Gilan province of northern Iran nestled between the cities of Chaboksar and Lahijan. On my last trip, I had a
In memory of “Pir Mohammad Ahmad Abadi” The disagreements between His Majesty and me were never of such a personal nature that His Highness should
It is astonishing that a simple travelogue [my “East meets West at their best”] should turn into a dispute among Iranians [Parvane Kemp's “Reza Shah
The Turks are misunderstood by Westerners who have never set foot in this country. I do not believe there is a race of men more
What unites the living is the memory of the dead. – Dostoyovski When someone you know from your childhood dies, how do you deal with
It was a nice and romantic occasion, one with little advance planning yet filled with joy and exhilaration. I always wanted my father to marry
Malicious, pestiferous, horrid, pathological, mendacious, and especially useless, are some of the adjectives repeatedly used by Professor Hamid Dabashi in his new book titled Iran:
In January 1979 the Shah left the country. It was not until the last few weeks before his flight that Washington understood how serious the
In recent years, we have seen the publication of a large number of books on Iran, whether memoirs or historical, literary and political studies. We
After four months of imprisonment in Evin, Ramin Jahanbegloo was finally released, paying a hefty bail and confessing to obscure charges. He looked thin and yet
It is with great sorrow and total grief that I am writing these few lines. Ever since I heard the news of Akbar Mohammadi’s untimely
SO WHY DO THEY HATE US? Sex, or more precisely hymens, explains much. “Why extremists always focus on women remains a mystery to me,” U.S.
As the great poet said: “Khosah Shiraz o Vaz’eh bee Mesalash, Khodavanda Negahdar az zavalash” Pleasant is Shiraz and its incomparable site. O Lord, preserve
Prison drawings by former political prisoner Soudabeh Ardavan published in “Yaadnegaarehaaye Zendaan” (Sweden, 2003). Ardavan spent eight years in Evin and Ghessel Hessar prisons (1981-1989).
The Iranian Revolution was the revolution of the century against the century — A French journalist IRAN, 2006 — He opened the door courteously and
I guess I have fallen in love again, this time with my homeland. I can’t stop thinking or writing about it. Its nature is overwhelming,
Be Certain, in the religion of love, there are no believers or unbelievers. Love embraces all –Mowlana J. Rumi If there is a word to
“When Mossadegh and Persia started basic reforms, we became alarmed, we united with the British to destroy him; we succeeded; and ever since, our name
The journey of a thousand days must begin with a single step. — Lao Tzu The Ghassemi and Ward families are literally an ocean apart,
