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شمارش معکوس

به نظر می‌آید که شمارش معکوس برای حمله نظامی به ایران آغاز شده است. سلسله تحریم‌های سیاسی و اقتصادی علیه ایران که از چند سال پیش شروع شده بود به بالاترین حد خود نزدیک می‌شود. کشورهای غربی عموما تحریم نفت و نهادهای مالی و بانکی ایران را تصویب کرده‌اند و حد اکثر تا پنج ماه دیگر آن را عملی خواهند کرد. فشار اروپا و آمریکا بر مشتریان آسیایی نفت ایران و به خصوص ژاپن، هند و کره جنوبی برای همراهی با این موج تحریم ادامه دارد>>>

Attacking Iran won't stop the nukes

What happens if Iran does not give up its nuclear program? For some of the Republican presidential candidates, the answer is a pre-emptive strike against Iran's nuclear facilities. Although their rhetoric is more heated, the Republicans' prescription is similar to that of the Obama administration: keep military strikes on the table when dealing with Iran. This threat raises the question of whether striking Iran's nuclear facilities would actually delay proliferation>>>

Sasanian Society

Sasanian society was clearly from all points a very religious one, to the extent of fanaticism. The vast majority of Sasanian citizens were of Zoroastrian background under the keen control of vigilant Zoroastrian clergy known as magi. However, it seems that other religious beliefs somehow managed to spread as well. The most frequently referred to is of course Christianity, which up to that point had been embraced by Byzantine Emperors>>>

The Night and Man

He was seven years old. He was worried about his father but he was not surprised. He had always thought that this was what the night had in it. It had always had the urgency with which his mother and father spoke now. He had always thought that this was what a night had in it and he had always thought that this was what a man had in him, and that this was what they had together. They were the only two things he dreamed of: Night and man>>>

رنگهای ملی

بد نیست به قول قدیمی ها اندکی در این خصوص تدقیق و رنگ های ملی خود را ریاضی تر بررسی کنیم. در قانون اساسی مشروطیت نمایندگان به قدری عجله داشتند که حتی ترتیب قرار گرفتن رنگها بر روی پرچم را یادشان رفته بود بنویسند! و فقط به ذکر سه رنگ اصلی در پرچم ملی اکتفاء کردند>>>

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