March 2012
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“At this time, many young Iranians all over this world are watching us, and I...”
– Iranian film director ASGHAR FARHADI, on accepting his Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, A Separation (via inothernews)
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Guardian: Iran nuclear talks a failure, says IAEA →
UN nuclear inspectors say no progress was made, with access blocked to key site, while regime threatens pre-emptive strikes.
The communique said that Iran did not grant requests by the IAEA mission to visit Parchin, a military site thought to be used for explosives testing related to triggering a nuclear weapon. Amano called this decision “disappointing”. No agreement was reached on...
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NPR: Iranian General Warns Of Pre-Emptive Action... →
“Our strategy now is that if we feel our enemies want to endanger Iran’s national interests, and want to decide to do that, we will act without waiting for their actions,” Hejazi said, according to Reuters.
The AP translated Herjazi’s comments like this: “We do not wait for enemies to take action against us. We will use all our means to protect our national...
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Nature Has No Culture →
The great, late Anthony Shadid on the Photographs of Abbas Kiarostami
In April 2000, Abbas Kiarostami received the Akira Kurosawa Lifetime Achievement Award at the San Francisco Film Festival. While in the United States, Kiarostami visited New York City, where the Andrea Rosen Gallery mounted the first US exhibition of Kiarostami’s photographs. The photographs, which were shown in a stark white...
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Wikipedia: Iran →
topherchris:
Weekend suggestion: Learn about the Islamic Republic of Iran before we watch it explode on TV this September!
Topherchris is being totally funny again serious. This is sound advice.
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Not even our biggest “bunker buster” could reach... →
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Tracking the Secret War on Iran →
Hamed Aleaziz for Mother Jones:
Rumors about an imminent military attack on Iran over its nuclear program have come and gone for years. In recent weeks such talk has intensified, though it’s still anybody’s guess as to whether Israel or the United States might openly carry out military action any time soon. But most experts agree on one thing: A covert war with Iran has already been...
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BBC: The harassment of BBC Persian journalists →
“For those working for the BBC Persian service, interference and harassment from the Iranian authorities has become a challenging fact of life.
I am hugely proud of how they deal with that relentless pressure, and their unswerving commitment to delivering high quality, impartial journalism.
They arguably have the most difficult jobs in the BBC. They carry them out with unstinting...
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1,300 students in Iran reported to have changed... →