August 2011
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“The past seven days have passed like seven years. I have a beard now; we all...”
– Diary of a Revolutionary Guard
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Ron Paul to Rick Santorum:
“The senator is wrong on his history. We’ve been at war in Iran for a lot longer than ‘79. We started it in 1953 when we sent in the coup to install the Shah and the reaction, the blow back, came in ‘79 and it’s been going on and on because we just plain don’t mind our own business.”
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The 1979 Iranian Revolution Video Game →
The Grand Theft Auto video game series tends to conjure up thoughts of crime and car chases, so it’s a bit surprising to learn today that the next venture for series co-director Navid Khonsari will take place in Iran during the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Khonsari, who was growing in Iran during the heady days of the hostage crisis at the U.S. embassy and the overthrow of the dictatorship,...
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If US removes Iran's MEK from list of terrorist...
csmonitor:
Writer Dan Murphy asks about the relevancy of removing Iran’s MEK from the US list of terrorist organizations. As reported earlier this week, a lengthy roster of former US officials is speaking at rallies in support of removing MEK, despite the group’s violent and anti-American history.
As the decision looms, Murphy points out that there is not as much a threat to America for...
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Regime's Concerns Grow over International Focus on... →
On Friday, following more than 750 days of imprisonment, distinguished journalist Dr. Ahmad Zeidabadi was finally granted a two-day furlough, after he posted $400,000 bail. Zeidabadi, who was arrested in the immediate aftermath of the June 2009 presidential election, has been sentenced to six years of incarceration, five years of internal exile in Gonabad in southern Iran, and a permanent ban on...
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