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Who needs defusing?

TIME magazine has a quick article about Iran entitled “Can the U.S. Defuse Iran?”. After reading the article, I thought it would be a fun

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Bigger and better lies

It was interesting to read a recent news report about an Iranian man who pretended to be a member of the former “royal family” of

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The wrong fight

It was interesting to see the spin that followed Arash Miresmaeili's justified and courageous refusal to compete against the Israeli judoka. [News] The standard response

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Pretexts for war

So finally, it's official: the Gulf of Tonkin incident, which was used by the Johnson Administration as a justification to attack North Vietnman, was a

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Bread & circuses

“What is it men cannot be made to believe!” – Thomas Jefferson, April 22, 1786. What a strange sight it must have been! On Easter

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Let’s go to Ardabil

Nan of every morning Though householding is women's work, shopping is men's work in Iran. The father went to buy Nan every morning though he

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Irrational fear

When Cyrus the Great freed the Jews from Babylonian captivity, he earned Iran highly regarded legacy and eternal pride. The great king proclaimed the “Rights

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Talking English

I was stuck in a cab in an English-speaking African nation when I noticed that the cabbie, an older gentleman with graying hair, was following

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Breaking eggs

I have long said that Israel poses a threat to Iran, regardless of Islam or the Palestinians. Even if there was no such thing as

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Plant a tree on Noruz

I know, I know, it's far far to early to be talking about Noruz, but this can't wait. I have been thinking about a project

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The lion and the sun

IN one of the towns lying on this side of the Urals a rumour was afloat that a Persian magnate, called Rahat-Helam, was staying for

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