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An image of the skyline of Tehran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)


The Iran We Long For

The Iran We Long For

It would be no surprise if Iran is revealed to be behind the espionage cell arrested by the Saudi authorities last week. Iran has lately become the common denominator in every major regional issue. Bahrain is suffering as a result of Iranian interventions and threats,...
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, looks at the monkey which allegedly rode an Iranian rocket into space, held by an unidentified technician, while director of Iran’s space agency Hamid Fazeli looks on. (AP Photo/Presidency Office, Arman Teimour)


What Happened to the Space Monkey?

What Happened to the Space Monkey?

For the past three years in Tehran’s Nasir Khusraw Street-where several licensed pharmacies compete to sell medicine-there has been a thriving black market trade in pharmaceuticals. Despite repeated campaigns launched by Iranian health bodies to eliminate this...