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Media Watch | Leaks Ahead of Nuclear Talks
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their...
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Profiles | Can Yu Do It? Darvish Makes Pitch for US Baseball Stardom
Japanese Iranian debuts for Texas Rangers vs. Seattle Mariners Monday night. [ sports ] Iranians in the diaspora have watched their compatriots, in the home country and beyond, gain prominence as...
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The Ajami Blog | Does Tehran Hold the Key to Syria?
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in February 2010. Rasha Elass covered the Middle East for Reuters and The...
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Dispatch | That Sweet Iranian Spirit
The pleasure, profit, and potential dangers of home distillation in a land where to drink is a crime. [ dispatch ] "We shall call this the Tehrooni," Reza smiles, holding a glass of his homemade wine...
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Business | U.S.-Iran Trade Still Thrives
[ big picture ] Trade is still thriving between the United States and Iran, despite harsh international sanctions. In 2011, Iran imported $229 million worth of American goods, everything from beauty...
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Opinion | U.S. Demands Will Doom Nuclear Negotiations with Iran
Insisting on the impossible, when a clear path to a solution actually exists. Dr. Muhammad Sahimi is a professor of chemical engineering and materials science, and the NIOC Chair in Petroleum...
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Spotlight | Tehran Bureau Makes Columbia's List of 'Great' Journalism
[ press release ] Tehran Bureau's coverage of Iran has been selected by Columbia Journalism School as one of the "50 Great Stories" produced by alumni over the past century, it was announced today....
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Behind the Curtain | Controversial End to Iran Soccer Match
Arash Karami is a frequent Tehran Bureau contributor. Negar Mortazavi is an Iranian journalist based in Washington, D.C. This is the second entry in their new blog, "Behind the Curtain." [ blog ] A...
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News | Oil Maneuvers on Eve of Atom Talks; Internet Cutoff Claims Denied
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their...
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Homa Katouzian on Khalil Maleki | Part 1: Nonalignment and the 'Third Force'
Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi is a doctoral student in modern Middle East studies at Queens College, University of Oxford. IDÉ is where ideas are discussed in the magazine. [ IDÉ ] Dr. Homa Katouzian was...
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News | Jalili: Iran Bringing 'New Ideas' to Nuclear Negotiations
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their...
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News | Turkish Foreign Minister: 'I Will Have Good News' after Talks
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Region | Syrian Ceasefire Takes Effect, But Violence Unlikely to End
Unmonitored aftermath poses new perils to opposition. Paul Mutter is a graduate student at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at NYU and a fellow at Truthout, an independent online magazine. [...
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Opinion | Obama's Gamble with Iran: How Many More Spins of the Wheel?
Sanctions are beginning to bite both ways. Reza Sanati is a research fellow at the Middle East Studies Center in Miami and a Ph.D. candidate at the Florida International University School of...
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Media Watch | More Signs of Walls Closing In on Iranians' Internet Access
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News | Secret Negotiations in Vienna?
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Society | Howl in Farsi
Houman Harouni has written for Iranian Studies, Connect, and Harvard Educational Review, among other publications. His "BÄ«stoon Chronicles" appear regularly on Tehran Bureau. He lives in Cambridge,...
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News | Cost of Household Goods Soars; Rights Advocates Ordered to Jail
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Dispatch | Days Wearing Thin
For too many, too much work or none at all. [ dispatch ] The Nowruz hangover is under way. A ghost town has returned to life. The thousands of Tehranis who fled for the holidays have found their way...
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Q&A | Iran Business Expert: 'Crisis Shaking Foundations of Social Order'
[ business ] Bijan Khajehpour is the managing partner at Atieh International, the Vienna-based arm of the Atieh Group, a consortium of strategic consulting firms headquartered in Tehran. In this...
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