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Sanctions are Here to Stay, part II

August 10th, 2009 No Comments

Today, your song actually comes from Afghanistan (I think), and there’s kind of a funny story behind it; the newscaster at the beginning of the clip will tell you more. Watch the video too, it’s way interesting. Oh, if you don’t speak German, you won’t understand what the newscaster is saying (haha, eat it): Burka [...]

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Roxana Saberi and the Future of Iran-US Relations

April 18th, 2009 1 Comment

If you’ve been reading the news lately, you’ve probably seen a story or two about US journalist Roxana Saberi, who has been arrested, imprisoned, and just now sentenced to 8 years in the can for spying on Iran for the US. It’s an interesting story for several reasons, one of which is the way it’s [...]

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حضور گلشیفته فراهانی در افتتاحیه فیلم مجموعه دروغ ها

October 7th, 2008 No Comments

خانم فراهانی که فرزند بهزاد فراهانی هنرپیشه پیشکسوت سینما و تئاتر ایران و خواهر شقایق فراهانی از بازیگران زن سال های اخیر سینمای ایران است، اخیراً با همسر خود در فرانسه اقامت یافته است   او به دیلی‌نیوز گفته است که عاشق ایران است و خانواده اش در ایران زندگی می کنند ولی با این [...]

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In Protest to the Execution of Yaghoub Mehrnahad

August 6th, 2008 No Comments

“…Yaghoub Mehrnahad was executed on the morning of August 4, 2008, in Zahedan Central Prison. His only crime was the expression of his thoughts and his efforts to promote basic human rights to the deprived people of Baluchistan. His voice will never be silenced. We Iranian bloggers will put down our pens during a one [...]

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Ahmadinejad jumps off the stage

June 26th, 2008 No Comments

In a ceremony commemorating the Women’s day in Iran, Ahmadinejad shocked the audience by jumping off the stage to present an award to Shahid Motahari’s wife. According to reports, he jumped off the stage after he noticed that the wife of the Martyr is old and cannot stand up. Although, the act is nice on [...]

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Iranian women pursue rights despite pressure

January 14th, 2008 No Comments

Nahid Keshavarz says two weeks in an Iranian jail didn’t deter her from helping try to collect one million signatures for a petition urging more women’s rights and, if anything, prison showed the cause was worth fighting for.Keshavarz is one of dozens of women who campaigners say have been detained since 2006 when the drive [...]

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Iran releases footage of PG naval check

January 10th, 2008 No Comments

    Iran releases the video of Sunday’s maritime identification check in the Persian Gulf waters involving Iranian boats and US warships. Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the US-released footage of the incident is fabricated and the audio of it is fake. Brigadier General Ali Fadavi, an IRGC senior official, has said that [...]

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Cold snap kills eight in Iran

January 10th, 2008 No Comments

TEHRAN (AFP) — At least eight people froze to death in the heaviest snowfalls to have hit Iran in years, with several areas brought to a virtual standstill and 20 towns suffering cuts in gas supplies, officials said on Tuesday. The snowfalls, said to be the worst in some 40 years, have forced all schools [...]

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Iran police warn 122,000 over un-Islamic dress

October 12th, 2007 No Comments

Iranian police have warned 122,000 people, mostly women, about flouting strict Islamic dress codes since April and nearly 7,000 of those attended classes on respecting the rules, a newspaper said on Thursday. Read more…

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In the News

October 6th, 2007 No Comments

Iran to export 3bn cu. m. of gas to Syria annually Anglican leader condemns Syria, Iran war talk Iran produced over 19m tons of cement in 6 months US, Iran should work together on shared interests What a War on Iran Might Look Like [photo essay] Passion at the heart of Persian music Party like [...]

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