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Iran-USA: What Does Iran Want and What Will It Give in Return?
This is an important question concerning Iran-US relations that is gaining urgency. There is a new possibility for an opening between Iran and the USA, strengthened by the election of a new US president who has promised to talk to Iran without preconditions. Meanwhile, declining oil prices are cutting into the revenues of the Iranian government and effectively curbing its regional ambitions. Before we attempt to answer the question above, we need to clarify it by asking another, more basic, question: whom do we mean by "Iran"?
Nov 17, 2008, 18:40

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Polish War Graves in Qazvin Disappear
Qazvin has been deleted from the Polish embassy's list of wartime gravesites in Iran. The cemetery no longer exists. Earlier this year I travelled to Qazvin to find traces of the 40 Polish men, women and children who had died there, victims of the Polish Exodus from Siberia in 1942. What I found distressed and saddened me. Finding the graves was no easy matter. I knew that they were located in the Christian Chaldean cemetery. But there were two such cemeteries in the city, both of them in the process of being cleared. The first site, not far from the famous Hussein mosque, was already levelled.
Nov 17, 2008, 18:29

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OBAMA AND THE POWER OF POETRY
Many observers now believe that one of the most effective powers which helped Barack Obama to win the presidential election, among many other things, was his personal capability or power of words and poetry. In this article the Obama's background in poetry, the remarks of some commentators and columnists on Obama's knowledge of words, the poetical parts of Obama's victory speech in Grant Park of Chicago are presented and reviewed.
Nov 17, 2008, 18:19

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Islamic Republic of Iran's Asymmetric Foreign Policy
In recent years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has emphasized on using the "asymmetric" methods in the warfare (1). However, it seems that the military forces are not the only part of the Iranian statecraft which is titling towards asymmetric tactics, the same policy and tactic is used in the foreign policy and negotiations of the Islamic Republic of Iran. According to the Wikipeida, Asymmetric is anything that is not symmetric, and at the same time, "asymmetric warfare" is defined as
Nov 12, 2008, 20:53

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Obama's Answer to the Ahmadinejad's letter
The US President Elect, B. Obama has promised to answer the letter of Ahmadinejad, the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran to him. This is my speculation how that letter would be: "The strength of our nation comes not from the might of arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideas: democracy, liberty opportunity and unyielding hope." From the first speech after victory in the US elections
Nov 12, 2008, 20:31

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Ahmadinejad sees himself in Obama
For the first time in history of Iran after the so-called Islamic Revolution in 1979, a president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sent congratulations letter to US President elect, i.e. Barack Obama. In addition to the fact that Ahmadinejad has used this occasion to say that Obama's victory was a sign that Iranian Islamic leaders were right and the people of the USA just like us (i.e. the supporters of the Iranian regime) were unhappy about the policies of the previous administration because those policies were wrong and should be set aside.
Nov 11, 2008, 17:10

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The Iranian Regime and Obama
On a state visit to India in April 2008, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said at a press conference, among other things, "Do you think they will allow a black man to become president of the U.S.? We don't think they will allow Obama to be president in America." Ahmadinejad proceeded to add, "Of course, it makes no difference to us who wins power in the U.S. Regardless of the outcome, the U.S. is no longer what it used to be; it is a power in decline."
Oct 31, 2008, 19:43

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How the Islamic Regime Controls the Opposition Outside of Iran
I came across this very interesting article written by Amin Hossein Mohedi. The article is about an unnamed Ministry of Intelligence officials who recently became a refugee in Europe, he discusses the techniques used by the Islamic Regime to keep the opposition outside of Iran under surveillance and control. This individual who is not named goes on to indicate how the Islamic Regime has individuals, groups and media who are under the direct control of the Islamic Regime, and their only job is to make contact with opposition members outside of Iran and get information about them, which is then given to the Ministry of Intelligence.
Oct 26, 2008, 18:19

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Obamanomics: Obama's Voodoo Economics
Obama's economic plan is a recipe for long lasting disaster. Keep in mind that wrecking anything, as opposed to building things, requires very little time and effort. Obama�s plan is deceptively attractive while in reality it is a huge wrecking ball that will capsize the already listing ship of our economy. Here is a partial list of reasons why. Judge for yourself. Obama is proposing a trillion dollars in new spending. Where is he going to get the money, given the government�s present huge budget deficit?
Oct 26, 2008, 18:00

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Economic Distress In Iran
The Iranian government recently did what it seldom does: change course in response to protests by Iranian citizens. After traders and merchants in Tehran and other Iranian cities went on strike and shuttered their doors for days in reaction to a new tax imposed by the government, the Iranian regime suspended the measure for at least a year. The tax would have added an additional three percent to the cost of many products, at a time when the inflation rate in Iran has been climbing. In September, the official inflation rate reached 29%.
Oct 24, 2008, 21:45

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Ask yourself, am I an Iranian or an Arab?
Why is my language a mix? Why do I use the Arabic alphabets? Why does my country uses Arabic symbols for my country's flag. I thought Iran’s symbol was lion. Iran is famous for its cat (lion) but I am using Arabic swords for my country's symbol, why? Every country uses an indigenous symbol, for example America uses the eagle. why is not my country uses lion for my flag? Why does the color of my country's flag resemble what Arabs use? I know Iran is very colorful country but I have chosen black, why?
Oct 20, 2008, 18:45

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MITHRAS EQUALS CHRISTIANITY?
This religion, cloaked in mystery and secrecy, has captivated the imaginations of scholars for generations. Many facts discovered sheds vital light on the cultural dynamics that led to the rise of Christianity. The National Geographic Society’s book “Great Religions of the World,” page 309 writes; "By Jesus" time, East and West had mingled here for three centuries. Down columns of boulevards walked Roman soldiers loyal to the Persian god Mithras.” Mithras was a Persian deity. He was also the most widely venerated god in the Roman Empire at the time of Jesus. The Catholic Encyclopedia as well as the early Church Fathers found this religion of Mithras very disturbing, as there are so many similarities between the two religions
Oct 14, 2008, 20:13

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