Monthly Archives: January 2008

Interview with Prof. Richard Fry

This is a great interview with Prof. Richard Fry.

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Solidarity of Bloggers with the Imprisoned Iranian Students

A large group of Iranian bloggers have decided to show their solidarity with tens of Iranian students who are imprisoned by the administration. More information, in Persian, is given in this blog. This is the statement issued by the organizers … Continue reading

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Stephen Kinzer at Washington Cathedral U.S. and Iran Panel

Stephen Kinzer, former New York Times bureau chief and author of “All the Shah’s Men” talks about the history and causes of the Islamic Revolution in 1979. This is part of a Panel Discussion: “The U.S. and Iran: a Difficult … Continue reading

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Iranian women pursue rights despite pressure

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 … Continue reading

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Iran releases footage of PG naval check

    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 … Continue reading

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Cold snap kills eight in Iran

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. … Continue reading

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Iran’s first cloned sheep is fifteen months

Iranian scientists announced on Tuesday that their nation’s first cloned sheep is now fifteen months old and doing well. The sheep is just a test project of the Iranian government.  The big research money is going into making Iraq a … Continue reading

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Christmas in Iran

I would like to apologize to all the readers of The Eyeranians. The blog has not been up dated in a while which you can blame partly on my laziness and partly on the holiday season. Either way I hope … Continue reading

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