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The 10 Best Iranian Films Of 2015
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Zara Knox

The 10 Best Iranian Films Of 2015

As the world reverberated with the news of Iran’s lifted sanctions, the Fajr International Film Festival recently unveiled its official selection of films for 2016.

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The King of Iran’s Train

Watch “گفتگوی الاهه بقراط با شاهزاده رضا پهلوی 11 آبان 91” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNq7mZCMIcY His Station Our King, Cyrus Reza Pahlavi, celebrated his Birthday on

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A Day in History

Dr. Seyed Ali Shayegan (1902-1981), professor of law, political advisor to Dr. Mossadegh and a member of his cabinet, was a distinguished man of letters

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Anchoring in the soil

abstract: How does a group maintain its identity as a distinct people while wandering the world? For the Armenians who for centuries have been away

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Mulims by Default

It may sound a bit unorthodox, but the intended purpose of this article is to examine whether or not the rule of economic rationality applies

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Constructing a Nation-State

abstract: Upon the implosion of the U.S.S.R. two decades ago, the people of Azerbaijan suddenly found themselves faced with the challenges of becoming a nation-state.

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مرگ بر انگلیس

Britain is the only country in the world with a sustained history of child migration. Only Britain has used child migration as a significant part

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My Exploration of January

  Whenever I asked what January meant, I was simply told: “The first month of the year in the calendar”. That statement sounded very abstract

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