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Hypocrisy or democracy?

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just. — Pascal President

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We are the outsiders

Khosrow Seif is a well known opposition figure in Iran. He entered politics at the age of 16 and was the long time political companion

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Truth and confession

It's good to leave each day behind, Like flowing water, free of sadness. Yesterday is gone and its tale told. Today new seeds are growing.

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Banouyeh Iran

What makes Simin Behbahani's poetry different from others is that she writes with passion, without contempt, with the wisdom and the heart of a woman. She doesn't

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They wrote the book

In the famous movie from the 1960's directed by Costa Gavras, State of Siege, about the Tupamaros of South America, there is a scene that

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Systematic murders

“I received a phone call and someone on the other side asked me when was the last time you heard from your parents? Are they

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A new spring of freedom?

I believe that in this Majlis all groups must be allowed to participate. This is our lesson; it is our school of thought, to listen

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Our Persian boy

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. — Ralph Waldo Emerson           I

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We shall never forget

Time will not cease When will light shine upon this unsettling ocean? Thousands of miles away, on the other side, There is a street in

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The forgotten prisoner

. . . . . . . From Amir-Entezam's memoir >>> See excerpt Introduction Iranians all over the globe received the news of Shirin Ebadi's

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The day democracy died

White House Press Briefing with Scott McLellan Tuesday, July 29, 2003 – 2:00 p.m. Mokhiber: The other question is this – the New York Times

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If he were alive

Omidvaar vojoudi ke az jahaan beravad Miaan Khalgh be niki bemaanad aassaarash — Sa'di In Iranian neo-classical literature the name of Ali Akbar Saeedi Sirjani

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American World Order

A conference on systems of world order was held in Washington at an historic time — when Iraq has been invaded by US and British

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It happened on Hedayat Street

Four years ago, secular nationalist activists Dariush and Parvaneh Forouhar were murdered in their house in Tehran by agents of the Islamic Republic's Intelligence Ministry.

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Uncertain future

Does anyone know of that word which has left the heart of that sad bird, called, faith? Why can't Islamic statesmen bring faith into hearts?

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