On the eve of the US led coalition invasion of Iraq US troops were issued with a set of playing cards which identified the most wanted men in Saddam Hussain's regime
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TREASURE
Photo essay: Ahmadinejad unveils Cyrus Cylinder in Tehran
by Aghvami, Shiri & Marizad
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Some time ago, I met this fine Iranian gentleman in a gathering. He had been a university professor but had left Iran (like many others) when the regime turned against everything decent and progressive
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PRISONER
Photo essay: Visiting the mother of an American held at Evin Prison
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MUSLIMS
Inter-religious dialogue would be a testament to the best that America represents
by Roger Friedland
If Islamist radicals continue to attack America on its own soil, I am very worried about our capacity to withstand the forces of exclusion and hatred. But I also think you need to put the hostility to Islam in context. This is the same year in which we elected a Muslim woman as Miss America, in which there are two Muslims sitting in Congress. There are pockets of hate and intolerance. They are real and dangerous, but there are also millions of cordial, generous and intimate encounters that go on all the time. Hopefully we will be able to build on those
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VIEW
Branding Iran has pushed it further beyond U.S. foreign policy pale
by Marsha B. Cohen
When, on September 11, 2001, two terrorist attacks occurred on U.S. soil, Israeli political figures anticipated that the Americans would now be better able to empathize with Israel’s vulnerability to its own random terror attacks. In the hours immediately following the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Israeli leaders envisioned a massive U.S. retaliation in which Israel was uniquely equipped to be a partner, even a mentor, of the U.S.
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NATIONALISM
«ایرانیت و اسلامیت » دیگر شعار ملیون نمی تواند باشد!
by Hasan Behgar
با کسب این تجارب است که امروز فضای سیاسی را باید شفاف کرد. این کار نه دشمنی با اسلام است و نه دشمنی با ملی اسلامی ها؛ بلکه باید گفت خواست آنها با معیارها ی آزادیخواهی و دموکراسی در تضاد است چون قوانین الهی ثابت است و با خواست مردم و تحولات جامعه که هر روز در حال تغییراست ناسازگار است. اگر پیوند لائیسیته را با دموکراسی نپذیریم و دموکراسی را از آن جدا سازیم ، قلچماقی دیگر با نمایش ضد آخوندی ،خود را قهرمان سکولاریسم به مردم معرفی خواهد کرد
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مهاجرت و تبعید امروزه سرنوشت بسیاری از افراد در دوران ماست و بهمین مناسبت شعری در مورد "زبان" بی مناسبت نیست
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STORY
ترسم، ز فرط شعبده چندان خرت کنند / تا داستان عشق وطن باورت کنند
قبل از پیروزی انقلاب در 11 فوریه 79، مدرسه حزبی کادر های حزب دولتی رستاخیز را طی کرده ام که نمونه ای از مدرسه ایدئولوژیکی حزب کمونیست شوروی در مسکو (کوتو) بود که توسط روشنفکران توده ای به ظاهر نادم که در دستگاه های اداری به ویژه روزنامه ها و رسانه های قبل از انقلاب و حتی نشر کتاب نفوذ زیادی داشتند تاسیس شده بود و جزوات و کتبی که در آنها تدریس می شدند دقیقاً بر گرفته از برنامه درسی مدارس حزب کمونیست شوروی بود
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Story of Maryam, a first-generation Iranian immigrant to the UK, and Sara, the daughter born to Maryam and her British husband, Edward
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My wife had a phone call from Sakineh today. Here is what my wife reported to me after her telephone conversation with our daughter
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the sooner it is done the greater the possibility of success
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