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Zan, Zendegi, Azadi!

The American government has again proved an ally of Iran’s hardliners…

Be the City

‘Iran’s literature is wounded, but it still has blood’

‘Iran’s literature is wounded, but it still has blood’

Satellite Jamming in Iran

Podcast:

Satellite Jamming in Iran

Popper and Iran

Podcast:

Popper and Iran

Once Upon a Time in Tehran

Photo essay:

Once Upon a Time in Tehran

Continued Enrichment?

Continued Enrichment?

‘Bijan’ by Nahid Rachlin

Short story:

‘Bijan’ by Nahid Rachlin

‘Shiaphobia is nothing new for Saudi Arabia’

‘Shiaphobia is nothing new for Saudi Arabia’

Slideshow:

Self Study

Shirin Neshat: Art in Exile

Video:

Shirin Neshat: Art in Exile

‘The Grand Lady of My Soul’ by Goli Taraghi

Short story:

‘The Grand Lady of My Soul’ by Goli Taraghi

Video:

Maz Jobrani: Did you hear the one about the Iranian-American?

Lust in Iran

Photo essay:

Illuminating Iran

‘Finally, on the day an orange was served with our meager, rat-infested food, we knew who had won the election in America…’

‘As films like Shrek and Taste of Cherry make their way across the ocean to new interpretive communities, they not only accrue different political meanings, but they become different things.’

Vis and Ramin/Tristan and Iseult: is there a direct connection between these poems of courtly love?

Poetry podcast:

Andrew Hudgins reads his poem “Summer of ’09” D.C./Tehran