Afghan children as young as 13 are facing possible execution in Iran for smuggling.
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In the fight for human rights, we should put aside our
differences and join forces.
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A Chinese telling what her thoughts about Iran and Iranians...
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والدین ایرانی عموما از فرزندان خود انتظار دارند که دانشگاه بروند تا بتوانند در آینده شغل خوب (دکتر یا مهندس) داشته باشند.
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I suggest that Western powers agree to Iran's continuing efforts to master enrichment of uranium in return for Ahmadinejad's pledge not to run for the presidency for second term and a free parliamentary election in Iran without meddling of so called "Guardian consul"!
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RESPECT
There is a line between attacking the argument and attacking the author
I know some will have an almost irresistible impulse to accuse me being in favor of censorship, which I am most definitely not in favor of. However, freedom of expression does not include, the right, to viciously and unjustifiably assault a person. When the only purpose underlying a particular verbal or written utterance is to demean, humiliate and disparage a person so ruthlessly that his or her reputation is completely destroyed simply because they had the audacity to hold certain views or express certain opinions on a subject, it is not only illegal, it is immoral. An assault is an assault whether it comes in the real world or in cyber space just as cyber-libel is no less damaging as printed libel.
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JEBHE MELLI
کسانی که کنگرهء اخير جبهه ملی اروپا را برگذار کردند مورد احترام و اعتماد رهبری داخل کشورند
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سال ها است که با نام هائی همچون اديب برومند، هرميداس باوند، کورش زعيم، نعمت آزرم، حسن لباسچی، خسرو قديری، ناصر کاخساز، و فرزاد بستجانی آشنائی دارم؛ برخی شان را از نزديک ديده ام، با برخی از آنها محشور بوده ام، و برخی را از طريق آثار و نوشته هاشان می شناسم. و، پس، يعنی، اکنون بايد همهء اينها را جزو فريب خوردگانی بدانم که، نادانسته، به «راه مصدق» پشت و خيانت کرده اند؟
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Why can't we have two sections one moderated and one non-moderated?
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I love their richness and economy of expression. What reminded me of above is that I saw it actually happen today!
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WORK
Photo essay: Brick factory in Varamin
by Ako Salemi
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OPEN LETTER
To Iranian-Americans from a war veteran
On September 22nd, 1980 when Saddam's air force bombed all major airports in Iran, including Mehrabad International Airport, I went to the roof of our home in southern Tehran and watched the black smokes rising to the sky, with shock and despair. I never forget the sad and helpless feeling of that moment; my beloved country where I was born and raised was under attack! Suddenly, I remembered all the invasions that Iran (or Persia) had suffered throughout the history and I had learned about in school; the destructions, devastations and bloodshed that would follow.
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TERRORISM
Tehran cannot entirely dismiss the threat of Sunni jihadists to its national security
by Meir Javedanfar & Alex Vatanka
Political assassinations are a rarity in the Islamic Republic, but Hojjatoleslam Hesham Seimori's murder is further disturbing for Teheran given its potential to provoke sectarianism in the oil-rich province of Khuzestan that is pivotal to the Iranian economy. Since 2005, Khuzestan has experienced a number of bombings of oil infrastructure and government offices, and the political atmosphere has not been this tense since the end of the Iran-Iraq War in 1988. Teheran has accused former Iraqi Ba'athists and Western intelligence agencies as instigating violence here, but never al-Qaida.
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