Iran beats Iraq 2-1 and advances to West Asian Cup Final on Sunday.
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بایست هدف ما انسانی باشد و برای دوستی و عدالت کار کنیم نه برای اسم ها و نام ها. رسد آدمی به جایی که به جز خدا نبیند بنگر که تا کجاست مقام آدمیت.
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We all know "I am terrified of dogs" is really CODE for "sag najess" complex
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TRAVELER
Photo essay: Budapest needs a face-lift, or maybe not
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Jahanshah Javid >>>
Ghamar-Ol-Molook Vaziri. The First Iranian Woman singer who dared to sing in public without veil, for the first time, 84 years ago.
"Mah Dar Aeyneh" is the title of a new play on her life
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IRAN-U.S.
Why doesn't the U.S. talk to Iran?
by Ismael Hossein-Zadeh & Karla Hansen
Why have successive U.S. administrations been reluctant to enter into a conflict-resolution dialogue with Iran, which could clearly be in the national interests of the United States? The answer, in a nutshell, is that U.S. foreign policy, especially in the Middle East, is driven not so much by broad national interests as they are by narrow but powerful special interests—interests that seem to prefer war and militarism to peace and international understanding
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IDEAS
Is it not a greater sin to deny people their basic human and civil rights based on an alleged sin?
It is from a position of relative privilege that I sense a strong religious and civic obligation to address the most pressing injustices that face our nation today and beseech the rest of my community to do the same. I know that many Muslims, as well as Jews and Christians, may think that homosexuality is wrong based on their readings of their religious texts. And while I wholeheartedly disagree with them, I still appeal to them to follow the greater teachings of our respective faiths
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