May 2013
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“Your love should never be offered to the mouth of a stranger, only to someone...”
– Hafez
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“Every child has known god,
not the god of names,
not the god of don’t,
not...”
– Hafez
April 2013
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Khomeini or Thomas Jefferson? Who did more for...
timesopinion:
Oliver Kamm
In a post last week I noted a new book that purports to expose Western propaganda about Iran’s nuclear programme. Its co-authors are Peter Oborne, the Telegraph columnist, and David Morrison, an obscure figure whose denial of the demonstrated historical facts of the Srebrenica massacre places him on the sinister fringes of political opinion.
Even so, before reading...
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The Iranian authorities have long accused Google... →
Whatever that means.
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March 2013
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President Obama on Nowruz 2013 →
“Dorood. As you and your families come together to celebrate Nowruz, I want to extend my best wishes on this new spring and new year. Around the world, and here in the United States, you are gathering at the Nowruz table—to give thanks for loved ones, reflect on your blessings and welcome all the possibilities of a new season.
As I have every year as President, I want to take this...
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Persian letters →
catherinewillis:
from Poemas del Rio Wang blog.
Wonderful. Thank you, Catherine.
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“I have no doubt that [Chávez] will return alongside Jesus Christ…to establish...”
– Ahmadinejad
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February 2013
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U.S. Position on Iran Hamstrung by History: Iran’s... →
In the waning stages of his career, Gore Vidal nicknamed America the “United States of Amnesia.” Although he was much derided for speculating on U.S. involvement in 9/11, and in interviews was prone to exchange factual analysis for comic mimicry of George W. Bush, his play on words was precise and accurate. There are few more salient examples of this self-imposed forgetfulness than America’s...
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January 2013
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Argo, F--k Yourself →
Now that Ben Affleck’s Iran hostage drama Argo has garnered seven Oscar nominations to add to its mantle, upon which already sit $110 million in domestic box office, near unanimous acclaim from critics, and even a whisper campaign for Affleck to run for John Kerry’s soon-to-be vacated Senate seat, it needs to be said: Argo is a fraud.
Sure, Argo’s an easily consumable mashup of well-worn genres...
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Bank Hacking Was the Work of Iranians, Officials... →
The attackers hit one American bank after the next. As in so many previous attacks, dozens of online banking sites slowed, hiccupped or ground to a halt before recovering several minutes later.
But there was something disturbingly different about the wave of online attacks on American banks in recent weeks. Security researchers say that instead of exploiting individual computers, the attackers...
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December 2012
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“We have no other nation on earth who is closer to us and there’s no leader with...”
– Jimmy Carter to the Shah of Iran (197?), from OPB’s The Iranian Americans (via kateoplis)
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Iran’s state-run news network blames ‘Israeli... →
Iran’s state-run media outlet PressTV, which broadcasts in English, on Tuesday carried a story blaming Israel for the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary. PressTV has a well-earned reputation for incendiary anti-Israel stories and for wild conspiracy theories, but even this seems a far stretch for the organization, which maintains a bureau office in the District.
PressTV portrays Adam...
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Head of Tehran’s Cybercrimes Unit Is Fired Over... →
TEHRAN — Iranian’s national police chief fired the commander of Tehran’s cybercrimes police unit on Saturday for negligence in the death of a blogger in prison.
The dismissal of the commander, Gen. Saeed Shokrian, follows investigations by Parliament and Iran’s judiciary into the unexplained death of the blogger, Sattar Beheshti, 35, who died in early November just a few days after being...
October 2012
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“This is a regime on the edge. The only thing the hardliners can hope for at this...”
– Andrew Sullivan on Iran’s Collapsing Economy
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The True Reason US Fears Iranian Nukes: They Can... →
GOP Senator Lindsey Graham echoes a long line of US policymakers: Iran must not be allowed to deter US aggression
By Glenn Greenwald
“In the Washington Post today, Richard Cohen expresses surprise that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is “starting to make some sense” and “wax rationally”. Cohen specifically cites this statement from the Iranian president...
September 2012
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August 2012
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