What about IRAN?

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The rise of the [Persian] Gulf

The Economist / The Economist print edition
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06-May-2008
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Khatami must be prosecuted, Majlis says

Darius Kadivar
06-May-2008 (6 comments)
Director of Persepolis joins Sean Penn's Jury for Cannes International Film Festival 2008 Annual >>>

Forget Bin Laden, it's All About Regime Change

sadegh

Pentagon Targeted Iran for Regime Change After 9/11

IPS / Gareth Porter
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06-May-2008 (3 comments)
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finally some truth!

Q

Doubting the Evidence against Iran

Time / MARK KUKIS AND ABIGAIL HAUSLOHNER
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06-May-2008 (31 comments)
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sorry, it's not about "fairness"

Q

Iran rejects nuclear inspections unless Israel allows them

Middle East Online
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06-May-2008 (3 comments)
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According to American Interrogation Reports

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Hezbollah trains Iraqis in Iran, officials say

International Herald Tribune / Michael Gordon
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05-May-2008
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Nazy Kaviani
05-May-2008 (4 comments)
Past a certain age, there is so much, good or bad, about our children which we may not know, leaving room for accidental discoveries...>>>
Behnam.sezavar
05-May-2008 (9 comments)
President Ahmadinejad and various govermental organizations were holding one on one meetings with people in Tehran to solve their problems (May, 2008). >>>
Behnam.sezavar
05-May-2008 (2 comments)
Thousands of Iranians protested on April 29, 2008 outside the United Arab Emirates' embassy in Tehran to demand for a waterway crucial to the world economy to be called the Persian Gulf >>>

He Who Controls Energy Controls the World

sadegh

The New Geopolitics of Energy

The Nation / Michael T. Klare
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05-May-2008 (4 comments)
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WEAPONS

Why now?

US militarizes the Middle East

05-May-2008 (15 comments)
Arms sales and military training in the Middle East have been increasing since the end of the US invasion of Iraq. The United States has delivered more weapons to this region than any other country in the world. Bush administration announced in 2007, unprecedented weapons deals worth at least $20 billion to Saudi Arabia and five other oil-rich Persian Gulf states, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The arms deals, which include the sales of a variety of sophisticated weaponry, would be the largest negotiated by this administration. >>>

POINT

Iran's Nuclear Mistake

Did we not learn anything from Chernobyl?

05-May-2008 (45 comments)
Is our nuclear program an attempt to show off to the world that we are no longer a backward country? But if that is the case then why are we spending all this money on outdated technology that is mostly acquired from non-Iranians? Are we defending our right to nuclear energy because we don’t want to be pushed around by other nations? But isn’t our nuclear program in actual fact creating a big excuse for other nations to push us around?>>>

LIFE

سی و پنچ گلوله

با خودم گفتم عشق ورزی بیاموزم شاید چاره ساز باشد

05-May-2008 (4 comments)
شهریور شصت و شش از زندان آزاد شدم . سی و پنچ نفر تیرباران شدند . در کنار اسکله ی سنگی زیر باران قدم زدم . هوای تازه و نم نم باران مرا زنده کرد از هر چه میرایی . قدم زدم . صدای تیر خلاصی در ذهنم راه رفت .باران خیسم کرد .روی سنگ بزرگ ایستادم تا موج آب مرا با خود ببرد .مزه ی شور دریا ، شیرینی رها شدنم را حرام کرد . به سی و پنج تیر ، فکر کردم که فضای صبحگاه ، بارانی محوطه ی اعدام را پر کرد .هر گلوله قیمتی داشت . >>>

NATIONALISM

Not pan-Turkism

We need to have good faith and accept our differences too

05-May-2008 (44 comments)
Comments calling me a pan-Turkist, or a secessionist, have been aplenty, even under articles which have had nothing to do with anything that might have been interpreted relevant to the accusations (subjects such as the war in Iraq, or the US presidential campaign). Some of the commentators may not be aware of the meaning of the term 'pan-Turkist' and some may just use words that are meant to slander or discredit some person. This is also part of freedom of expression, though in real life, where real identities can be checked and real accusations provided as proof, accusers may end up in court, in jail, or paying heavy compensations, for their defamatory accusations>>>