They were shopping in preparation for a war

Shifteh Ansari

Iranian pleaded guilty in smuggling case

Associated Press
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02-Dec-2009
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Iranian nanoscopes as gifts to Chavez and Lula

Murdered

Shifteh Ansari

Iran whistleblower died from drug-laden salad

Associated Press
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02-Dec-2009
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LIARS

دیپلماسی دروغ و مضحکه

دروغ گویی و بلوف زنی حاکمان برای ایرانیان چندان شوک آور نبوده است

02-Dec-2009 (7 comments)
دروغ و بلوف‌زنی خصیصه برجسته فرهنگ و زبان حاکمیت در ایران بوده است. در جمهوری اسلامی این خصیصه برجستگی بیشتری یافت، و حاکمان به پشتوانه پایگاه مذهبی خود، کاربرد دروغ و بلوف را تا آن جا که «حفظ نظام» ایجاب کند مجاز شمردند. آقای خمینی حتا یک بار گفت که اگر در پاریس برای مخالفان عقیدتی جمهوری اسلامی (از جمله کمونیست‌ها) وعده آزادی داده «خدعه» کرده است. از دید او خدعه (به شمول دروغ و بلوف) در راه حفظ نظام جمهوری اسلامی مجاز بوده است، و سران دیگر جمهوری اسلامی نیز عموما از همین رویه پیروی کرده‌اند>>>

عروسی در اوین

yapremkhan
jminews / jminews
recommended by yapremkhan
02-Dec-2009 (one comment)
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DM
02-Dec-2009 (7 comments)
If you can't do them right, don't do them at all.>>>

Damened if they do, damned if they don't

FG

Iran's Plan to Phase Out Subsidies Brings Frenzied Debate

New York Times / Robert F. Worth
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02-Dec-2009 (one comment)
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What's new?

Monda

Iran loses clout in Arab world

Christian Science Monitor / Scott Peterson
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02-Dec-2009
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After three months of soul searching

Monda

Obama's Afghanistan speech: five key points

Christian Science Monitor
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02-Dec-2009
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BOOK

The Morning Maze

Laleh Khadivi's recently published novel

02-Dec-2009
the camion drops the soldiers in the city streets like rabbits in a warren and so they scatter... without possessions Reza moves easily through the maze in his soldier suit and soldier boots…the looks are at him…Sarbaz! Over here! We’ve got the finest quarters in the city? A samovar in every room…and past him…covered women keep their heads cast down, uncovered women do the same…The Desired. The Existing. The Single and the Supreme…everywhere the dynamite demise of an ancient city… for the sake of the new old homes exploded into crumbles of rubble…boys play in the mess as if in castles, fortresses, dens and caves>>>
Darius Kadivar
02-Dec-2009 (22 comments)
In an Ironic Twist of Fate, Ebrahim Yazdi who suffers from cancer (but who opposed the Shah to recieve similar treatment in NY) was arrested last June. Yazdi is best remembered for General Rahimi's trial and execution.  >>>
Fred
02-Dec-2009 (26 comments)
If Iran has the ability to make the bomb >>>

Obama should keep a cool head

Shifteh Ansari

Look beyond Iran’s posturing

Boston Globe
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02-Dec-2009
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