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Who? Me?

During the last three post-revolutionary decades, it seems that the protection of security in our society, either in the form of direct crackdown on political

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Something good

On any given day, one can surf the net, turn on the radio and or watch TV to hear about the latest Iranian-American as we

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Any good journalists left?

Last week we witnessed Ahmadinejad's theatrical performance in UN lecturing US and rest of the world on peace, justice, freedom of expression and importance of

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Peace jammers

Denver, Colorado — Many believe that the times we are living in today are indeed the out cry of human injustice at its worst.  Perhaps

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Million signatures for women

Iranian women’s rights activists are initiating a wide campaign demanding an end to legal discrimination against women in Iranian law. The Campaign, “One Million Signatures

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How did Jews do it?

Dear Hassan, The Jewish people will be celebrating the 5,767th year on this earth! Who would have believed this possible? If anyone had told Abraham

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3 events, 3 implications

This week 3 events occurred that separately could have each had implications, yet as usual, they ultimately only amplified that nothing will ever change until

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No bombs please

Civil Society Workshop on Political Pluralism/ Electoral Processes, sponsored by “No Peace without Justice”, European Inter-University Center for Human Rights and Democratization, Monastery of San

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No belle

I am afraid! I am afraid of a foolish revolution again, not that our revolution was stupid but we treated it stupidly. I am afraid

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Lady justice

Iranian.com readers have voted Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi as the Iranian of the Year [See poll results, also see previous Iranians of the

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Restless limbs

Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi's speech after receiving her award in Oslo on December 10, 2003. Ebadi became the first Iranian and the first

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Shirin

28 photos Lawyer and human rights activist gives her lecture after receiving the 2003 Nobel Peace prize and a $1.4 million award in a ceremony

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Reasserting the truth

With a big smile he wished me congratulations. Shirin Ebadi had just won the Nobel Prize for Peace on the last day of a weeklong

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The clap of one hand

I woke up on Friday moring to learn about the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to a woman from Iran. Like many other Iranians, I had

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