Tag: iran
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November 12, 2006 10:30 AM EST --
We left Yazd early in the morning for our date with the Dasht-i-Kavir. We made good time; stopping only once for a picnic in the middle of some salt flats 300 kilometers outside Yazd. Bread, feta cheese, . . . more
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August 05, 2006 10:41 PM EDT --
Just a short notice: odds are now in my favor that I will go to Afghanistan in the October-November timeframe (Iran is pretty much a done deal before Afghanistan). I don't think I'll travel from . . . more
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August 15, 2006 12:45 PM EDT --
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December 17, 2006 02:08 PM EST --
From the J-Post, on what I consider to be good news:
Rafsanjani, one of Ahmadinejad's main opponents, gained almost two times more votes than the presidential candidate Mohamad-Taqi Mesbah- Yazdi, . . . more
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August 30, 2006 08:13 PM EDT --
Confused about Iran? Read these two (here and here) excellent (but short) posts by Matthew Yglesias. I've yet to see anything remotely resembling such sanity from anyone in the punditocracy. And thanks . . . more
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August 27, 2008 05:46 PM EDT --
It's kind of funny that people are thinking that we are stretched too thin militarily. I don't think so. We still have a volunteer military. This means that we have a group of . . . more
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December 14, 2006 12:17 AM EST --
Friday Iran will hold mid-term elections for the Assembly of Experts and municipal elections. Ahmedinejad was once mayor of Tehran, so municipal elections are important. This year's elections pit rival . . . more
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March 28, 2007 12:27 PM EDT --
IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED START ANOTHER WAR ?
There are persistent and growing indications . . . more
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July 22, 2006 08:03 AM EDT --
I guess that we all should have seen this coming, Iran's going to stop the war in Lebanon. And as Hizbollah is one or there puppets the attempt will also fail just to show the world that Hizbollah . . . more
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November 10, 2006 12:09 PM EST --
As I mentioned in a previous post, there just wasn't much to see in Shiraz, aside from Persepolis, which lays a 120km outside the city. I was no doubt happy to leave, but more so, happy to be heading . . . more
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November 11, 2006 11:20 AM EST --
We passed through the Qeysarieh gate (see previous post for location), a pair of Parthian horsemen turning backwards, bows drawn, ready for a final shot, stand at opposite ends of the tympanum. Was the . . . more
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November 01, 2006 06:14 AM EST --
Before Father and I left for Iran I told myself I would not post about politics. I'm still very hesitant to do so, mostly because people will think I have 'gone native' if I do. But sometimes . . . more
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December 19, 2006 04:59 PM EST --
Many people have asked me, in the wake of my recent trip to Iran, “do last week’s elections really matter?” Today, as the results pour in, they’ve begun asking “how are the . . . more
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May 23, 2006 04:33 PM EDT --
Hundreds of university students rallied on campus at the University of Tehran on Monday in protest to the increasing police brutality against student's liberties.
The rally took place at the university's . . . more
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July 23, 2006 09:41 AM EDT --
Hmm, it seems that some Iranians aren't gung ho about the support of Hizbollah. Of course, this could all change if Iran got more directly involved in the assault on Israel. If the US was . . . more
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February 15, 2007 01:50 PM EST --
Here are the claims:
"A stable Iraq is a crucial strategic victory in the War on Terror"
(1) U.S. withdrawal will leave Iraq a safe-haven for terrorists who plan to attack the U.S.
. . . more
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September 27, 2006 11:45 AM EDT --
Warning, this is another one of my periodic "why people should pay more attention to history posts."
Today, after reading about recent revelations of Saudi-Israeli contacts I was reminded of . . . more
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April 04, 2007 05:15 PM EDT --
By Marty Salo
News Correspondent
OK, it looks like speaker Pelosi has gotten both Israel and Syria to agree that they both want peace. Never mind that Israel wants the Golan Hieghts, and Syria . . . more
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October 24, 2007 10:07 AM EDT --
MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL.....
This article is a response to another recent article on . . . more
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December 15, 2006 02:49 PM EST --
From Duetsche Presse Agentur:
The Experts' Assembly and municipality elections in Iran finished Friday after 12 hours, following a series of extensions.
Polling opened at 0530 GMT and was scheduled . . . more
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