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A letter to BBC Persian

I have known BBC Persian program for more than 40 years, BBC was the only source of information that my father used to listen to

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Attacking Iran?

In recent weeks the President, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, and many other politicians have said over and over that they are not planning

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Honest conflict resolution

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is expected to send a report on the Iranian nuclear program to the UN Security Council on March 6th.

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Sacred night

I was 8 or 9 years old, in the mid '60s, when one night a large party brought the sounds of professional Tar to our house. My

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Portland’s hunger strike

On August 4th the new Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in, replacing Mohammad Khatami. The eight-year reformist control of the administrative branch in Iran

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What can Goli Ameri do?

I wrote a about the appointment of Goli Ameri to the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva last week. This piece, which was just

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Shattered bubble

Since I opened my eyes and began to learn where the United States of America were on the bluish globe in our living room, I

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US elections and us

Goli Ameri ran for and won the Republican nomination from congressional district 1 in Portland, Oregon, during the primary elections on May 18th. This success

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Finding Kaveh

It was one of those 300 rainy days a year in Seattle and a bunch of people had congregated under the roof in front of

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