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The first challenge to the Islamic Republic is the challenge of the past. The Islamic regime took power in the Islamic Revolution in 1979 in the name of the past, putting forward the story that modern Iran was an aberration, a fabrication imposed on the country by the Imperialists and their domestic agents. (Full Text)
The 21st century will usher in rapid and unprecedented transformation in information technology that will offer women a range of new opportunities to shape the world in which we live. But these opportunities will enhance our lives only if we are prepared to take advantage of them. (Full
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In 331 B.C. the last true Great King of ancient Achaemenid Persia, Darius III, was defeated by Alexander the Great at the epic battle of Gaugamela, in what is now northern Iraq. (Click to Read)
The Achaemenian spear established Persia's empire, an empire that covered nearly two million square miles and absorbed nations from Libya to India and from Greece to Ethiopia. (Full Text)
Carpets known as leopard skin or tiger skin carpets are among the most important Iranian carpet designs. Though these carpets are mostly used by the dervishes, their use is not limited to them and as we will see, many other groups of people, including nomads, show much interest in such designs. (Full Text)
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