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The Poet’s Dilemma: Spirit of Culture and Body of Language

by Amir Taheri | Apr 22, 2015 | Book Reviews

[inset_left]Child: New and Selected Poems 1991–2011Mimi KhalvatiCarcanet Press, 170 pagesManchester, 2011[/inset_left] By all accounts, poetry is the most intimate form of literary self-expression. So, it is no surprise that poets constantly look for a cultural...

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

The Iran We Long For

by Hussein Shobokshi | Mar 29, 2013 | Opinion

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?

by Adel Al Toraifi | Jan 30, 2013 | Opinion

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...