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Q&A | To Shoot, 'with Love': Photojournalist Majid Saeedi
"We photographers need to in a sense lay our lives down in order to inform." [ interview ] On June 19 at the Robert F. Kennedy Center at Florence, Italy's Le Murate cultural institution,...
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News | Foreign Minister Salehi Detained in Cyprus? Obama Sides with UAE
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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Art | Manou Marzban: Whimsical Cool
At play in a painter's mental universe. [ spotlight ] On a beautiful sun-splashed Sunday in May, I went to visit Manou Marzban at his studio-villa in a fishing village a few miles up the coast from...
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Opinion | It Is Time for Iran and Israel to Reassess Their Mutual Hostility
Benefits for two sides with much in common. Navid Hassibi is pursuing his doctoral studies in political science with a focus on U.S. nuclear weapons policy under the Obama administration. [ opinion ]...
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A Tale of Two Oil Shocks | Part 2: 2007-12
Part 1: 1973-76 When a Saudi oil flood inundated Iran...and the prospect that it could happen again. Andrew Scott Cooper is the author of The Oil Kings: How the U.S., Iran and Saudi Arabia Changed the...
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News | Iran Issues Stark Warning to Israel, Urges Emergency OPEC Session
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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Behind the Curtain | Afghan Nationals in Iran Targeted with Restrictive Policy
Afghan immigrants in Torbat-e Heydarieh, northeastern Iran (Afghanpaper.com). Arash Karami is a frequent Tehran Bureau contributor. Negar Mortazavi is an Iranian journalist based in Washington, D.C. [...
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Comment | Saint Khamenei
The absurd attempts to forge a new Imam endanger the Iranian nation. Muhammad Sahimi, a professor at the University of Southern California, is a columnist for Tehran Bureau and contributes regularly to...
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News | Iranian American Antonio Esfandiari Wins Biggest Poker Prize Ever
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 | 63% Online Back Halt to Uranium Enrichment; Nuclear Talks to Continue
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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The State Blog | Tehran and Baku Play Hardball
Acrimony follows Iranian failure to adapt to neighbor's growing self-reliance. The State is a weekly column about Iranian security and diplomatic issues. Alex Vatanka is a scholar at the Middle East...
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Dispatch | Zafora, Born in Iran: The Life of an Ethnic Afghan Widow and Mother
A work week without end and an unswerving dedication to educating her children. [ dispatch ] Along the edges of Tehran's age-old Farahzad neighborhood there are many well-known, expensive restaurants...
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News | Book: Mossad Assassinated Iranian Scientists; IRI Nuclear Proposal
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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Dispatch | Iranians Watch as Country's Economy Withers
Losing hope, longing for a "jolt." [ dispatch ] Even before the European oil embargo began on July 1, Iranian citizens have had to deal with an increasingly unstable economy. On Wednesday, June 28, two...
View ArticlePoetry | 'Ancient Eve': The Ghazals of Simin Behbahani
The ageless voice of the revolutionary "lady of ghazal." [ poetry ] Simin Behbahani's poems paint one of the most nuanced narratives of modern Iranian society. Her poems offer apertures into the daily...
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News | Abdollah Nouri: Hold National Referendum on Nuclear Program
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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Comment | Bad Romance: The Curious Case of the Shah and the Neocons
The clash of realpolitik with ideological purity. Andrew Scott Cooper is the author of The Oil Kings: How the U.S., Iran and Saudi Arabia Changed the Balance of Power in the Middle East. Dr. Cooper has...
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Passport | Iran and Its Visitors
[ comment ] Two recent encounters -- one, with a series of disturbing articles in the New York Times by Nicholas Kristof about his trip through Iran, and the other with a young European diplomat...
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Briefing | New US Sanctions Target 50 Iranian Firms and Individuals
Treasury undersecretary: "We will continue to ratchet up the pressure." [ briefing ] On Thursday, the United States announced broad new sanctions on a "group of Iranian front companies and banks" and...
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Syria Blog | Victims of Tremseh Massacre Await Help that May Never Come
Rasha Elass covered the Middle East for Reuters and The National, among others. Her reportage on Islam has been recognized by the Cornell Religion Reporter award committee. She is based in Lebanon...
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