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Profile | Seyyed Hassan, Who Lives under the Stars
One man's life on the streets of Tehran. [ dispatch ] Last April, the newspaper Iran, which is run by allies of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, published a series of shocking photos of homeless people...
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News | Iran Acquires New Phone/Web Surveillance System from Chinese Firm
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Region | Iranian-Saudi Tensions Play Out in Beirut, Tripoli
Diverse Lebanese state threatened by sectarian conflict in Syria. Gareth Smyth has reported since 1996 from Lebanon, Syria, and Iran. [ in-depth ] Between downtown Beirut and Corniche al-Mazraa is a...
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Weekend Roundup | Aiding Assad vs 'Terrorists'; Suez Bomb Plot?; Blix Speaks
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Dossier | The Sanctioned 17: EU's New Roster of Iran Human Rights Violators
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News | Reaction to EU Rights Sanctions; New Handouts ... More Subsidy Cuts?
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Poetry | Daughters of Afghanistan: Literary Voices of Change
Every one calls you to his own / I call you only to yourself --Rumi [ region ] Classical Persian verse constantly evokes Afghanistan and its glorious history. Poets such as Rumi (from Balkh), Sanai...
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Roundup | Decentered Atom Activities Knot Israeli Plans; Iran Oil Flow Slows
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The Nationalist-Religious Movement | Part 2: The Revolutionary Era
Part 1: Patriots and Mosaddeghists Defeating monarchy, mishandling victory. [ series ] Part 1 of this series described the birth of the nationalist-religious movement in the early 1940s, and its...
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Analysis | Iran's Nuclear Program: Still No Breaking Point in Sight
New oil sanctions could be devastating, but Khamenei regime shows no sign of backing down. Hossein Afshar is a pen name for an Iranian analyst based in Europe. [ comment ] As the international...
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Analysis | Uneasy Reliance: Iran Frets about Turkey
Concerns mount over regional rivalries, but Istanbul's continuing, if partial, support for Iran's nuclear rights seen as vital. Alex Vatanka is a fellow at the Middle East Institute in Washington,...
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News | Efforts to Shield Essential Imports from Feeble Rial; 'I Am Also an...
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Behind the Curtain | Two Popular Movies Pulled from Screens after Protests
Ansar-e Hezbollah protesters outside of the Ministry of Culture building. Arash Karami is a frequent Tehran Bureau contributor. Negar Mortazavi is an Iranian journalist based in Washington, D.C. This...
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Dispatch | Deprivation
Living with lack. [ essay ] "You're still not a man," exclaimed my uncle, his wife nodding in agreement. "So living on my own, with my own money, managing several staff, and being in my 30s still...
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Business | To Survive: Hope Hits the Bottom Line
Average Iranians endure mounting economic pressures as prospect of 50% inflation looms. [ dispatch ] When Iranians banks reopened on Monday, March 25, after closing for Nowruz, many people may have...
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Iran Standard Time | Two Hours on Bucharest Street
"Iran Standard Time" is a new series about a day in the life of Tehran and other municipalities. [ vignette ] As I get into a taxi and ask to be taken to Argentine Square, I notice the light traffic...
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Media Watch | Rafsanjani: I Wanted to Reestablish Ties with US, But 'Could Not'
Lambastes Ahmadinejad administration's economic management in interview condemned by hardliners. [ in focus ] In an interview that appears in the spring issue of Faslnaameh Motaale'aat-e Beynolmelali...
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Comment | Our Stunted Growth
33 and little change. Dr. Iraj Omidvar teaches English at Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, Georgia. [ comment ] My heart sunk at the thought of the end of Nowruz, which I nowadays find...
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Iran Standard Time | Nowruz on the Hormuz
A ship, a strait, a holiday afloat. [ vignette ] "This weather is terrible for chicken farmers," jokes Hossein, a dark, wiry man in his late 20s, as he looks at the sunrise over the Persian Gulf,...
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Media Watch | The New Yorker: MKO Trained by US Special Ops Command
Former U.S. officials, MKO defector: Nevada site used for intelligence, paramilitary training. [ in focus ] The Mujahedin-e Khalgh Organization (MKO, often referred to as the MEK in the United States)...
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