Political
Articles
MOSCOW - - The American editor of
Forbes Magazine's Russian edition and author of a book about
tycoon Boris Berezovsky was shot to death late Friday, July 09,
2004, the magazine said.
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Bush,
Kerry Have Different Approaches to Iran.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.
policy toward Iran, whose nuclear policies and involvement in Iraq
(news
- web
sites) fly in the face of U.S. interests, could hinge on the
outcome of the November presidential election.
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No
Regrets!
Nicole Sadighi
In order to achieve world peace, we must change the political and
socio-economics of the world. When the late President Ronald
Reagan called the Soviet Empire an "Evil Empire" in 1982
and described his "plan and hope for the march of freedom and
democracy..."
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My
fellow Iranians,
Amil
Imani
The flowers of victory will once
again blossom and the celebration of life over the celebration of death
will begin. But until then, we must struggle against fanaticism
with all our strength.
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GIVE
THE DEMOCRATS A CHANCE
Amir Taheri
WILL this week's transfer of
power from the US-led coalition to Iraqis change the realities of
life in the newly liberated country?
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Defining
Terrorism
Amir Taheri
WORKING papers pre pared for
today's NATO summit indicate that the alliance now recognizes
international terrorism as the most potent and urgent threat to
peace and stability throughout the world.
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Quietly,
U.S. Prepares For Israel Strike on Iran
The United States has been examining the prospect that Israel will
attack Iranian nuclear facilities in an attempt to prevent the
Islamic republic from completing an atomic bomb as early as this
year.
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THE SCENT OF DEMOCRACY
Amir Taheri
WHILE a section of the Western media continues to predict an "explosion of the Arab street," it is possible that Arab, and Muslim politics in general, may be seeking other, more institutionalized, forms of expression.
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Cleric's torture ban recognises Iran's record
The Guardian
The head of the Iranian judiciary issued an order yesterday banning the use of torture and other abuses: an unprecedented acknowledgement of the regime's record of repression.
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For Iranian Mullahs' Mission in Iraq, History is repeated
by Hedayat Mostowfi
It would be a dangerous mistake to say we will not negotiate with terrorists but try to use the godfather of international terrorism as mediators.
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Strangled, Suppressed and Betrayed
Shahla Samii
1979 was the year many of us left Iran due to turmoil, uncertainty and the catastrophic events unfolding under Khomein's iron will and vengeful plans for the country and its people, cleverly shrouded under the name of Islam and social equality.
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Rafsanjanis are Iran's Power Brokers for Investors
At 6 p.m. on Sept. 11, 2003, agents from Oekokrim, Norway's financial crimes police unit, raided the Stavanger headquarters of Statoil ASA, the nation's largest oil company.
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An explosion of spiritual
energy in the streets... A sudden intrusion of religion in the
affairs of the city..."
It was in these eulogising
terms that Michel Foucault, the late French historian and
amateur politologue -but then aren't all French intellectuals
polyvalent?- described his experience in Tehran in the days of
what was to be known as "the Islamic Revolution" in
1978.
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