Some interesting passages from "Persia" by Frederic Shoberl (1775–1853), an English journalist who visited the Qajarist Iran in early 1800's.
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How Haystack endangered the Iranian dissidents it was supposed to protect
by Evgeny Morozov
In March of this year, Hillary Clinton announced that the U.S. government had granted a license to a company whose software would "help information continue to flow freely into and out of Iran." That software was called Haystack, an anti-censorship tool that received glowing coverage from the BBC, NPR, the Christian Science Monitor, the International Herald Tribune, and many other news sources. Perhaps it was Haystack's teasing, provocative slogan—"Good luck finding that needle"—that so intrigued the reporters
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What Ahmadinejad said upon arriving in the USA.
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=If you do a search of “Rumor of the Century,” you will come up with many articles stating the fact that the Western media is controlled by Zionist liars and war mongers
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گنه کرد در بلخ آهنگری....
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Mr. President, what about...
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Iran needs to change, because it's making me into an alcoholic!
After oil and pistachios it seems, ransom for hostages, seems to be our best source of income. If oil is a dirty smelly disgusting substance, taking lost hikers hostage and releasing the sickest and weakest female for $500,000 a year later cannot be that far behind. I am not going to even attempt to argue whether these 3 are spies or are innocent hikers as they claim. One would hope that we're better than that
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فضای کنونی برای کانال های تلویزیونی بیشتر و مخاطبان خاص تر خیلی راه دارد تا به مرحله اشباع برسد
by Siavash Ardalan
راه اندازی تلویزیون صدای آمریکا و همچنین پی ام سی، اولین جوش های بلوغ بر چهره تلویزیون های ماهواره ای ایرانی بود که با شروع به کار تلویزیون فارسی بی بی سی جهش به یک دوران تازه را رقم زد: دورانی که کانال های لوس آنجلسی، هم به خاطر تنگنای مالی بیشترشان و هم به خاطر حرفه ای تر شدن فضای تلویزیونی، به حاشیه رانده شدند و جای خودشان را به انبوهی از تلویزیون های تخصصی حرفه ای تا شبه حرفه ای دادند
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