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Entries from November 2008

Prof. Kaveh Farrokh talks about his new book, “Shadows in the Desert: Ancient Persia at War”

November 28th, 2008 No Comments

Prof. Kaveh Farrokh, author of “Shadows in the Desert: Ancient Persia at War,” gets the best History Book award from WAALM – Persian Golden Lioness Awards in London, 31 Oct 08.

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Iranian trade unionist to be hanged today – your urgent help needed

November 26th, 2008 No Comments

This morning I received news that jailed Iranian teacher union activist Farzad Kamangar may be hanged within the next few hours. According to the Education International, he has been taken from his cell in Tehran’s Evin prison in preparation for execution. The guards have told him he is about to be executed and they are [...]

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In the House of My Bibi: Growing Up in Revolutionary Iran by Nastaran Kherad

November 21st, 2008 No Comments

NASTARAN KHERAD will share In the House of My Bibi: Growing Up in Revolutionary Iran, her memoir of life in Ayatollah Khomeini’s theocracy. 5:30pm. Follett’s Intellectual Property, 2402 Guadalupe, Austin, Texas This is a powerful memoir of a girlhood spent during the upheaval of the Iranian Revolution. From early childhood, Nastaran chronicles vivid recollections of [...]

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سالنمای سال 1388 ایرانی

November 21st, 2008 No Comments

از مبدأ هجری خورشیدی و 3734 از مبدأ اندازه‌گیری گاهشماری ایرانی رضا مرادی غیاث آبادی نسخه‌های پی‌دی‌اف سالنمای سال آینده ایرانی همراه با راهنمای زمان جشن‌ها و گردهمایی‌های ملی ایران باستان در دو گونه هفتگی و ماهانه منتشر شده است. این سالنما را می‌توانید از اینجا دریافت کنید: سالنمای سال 1388 ایرانی، هر هفته در [...]

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A Veteran’s Story

November 14th, 2008 No Comments

                    A version of this column appeared in the Nov. 10 edition of UT-Austin’s Daily Texan newspaper. Manny Babbitt was a Marine, a Vietnam War veteran whose demonstrated courage earned him a Purple Heart. Babbitt was a survivor of the battle of Khe Sanh where 737 [...]

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و… اينک ابتکاری ديگر

November 13th, 2008 No Comments

خواهران بسيجی عزيز در صورتي که از نرم افزار فاسد ياهو مسنجر استفاده مي کنيد حتما با اين صحنه زشت آشنا هستيد.   بله اين در خواست بي شرمانه اي است که بدون در نظر گرفتن شرعيات براي شما فرستاده مي شود. خوشبختانه شرکت سيمانتک توليد کننده نرم افزار هاي امنيتي با نام معروف نورتون [...]

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A Changed World?

November 5th, 2008 No Comments

Al – Jazeera has the reactions of world leaders to the election of president-elect Barack Obama. Check it out, many nations are holding Obama to his word and expecting changes in American relations with the rest of the world: Mahmoud Abbas: “President Abbas congratulates US president-elect Barack Obama in his name and in the name [...]

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