Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Tehran, nuclear issue, Ahmadinejad, iran, nuclear, IAEA, Shirin Ebadi, Iranian Women, Windows on Iran, Fatemeh Keshavarz, iranian elections, npt, mousavi, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Hengameh Shadidi, Akbar Etemad, Julia Huang, Mohamed Ghouchani, I'temade Melli on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear All,
Wednesday, November 4 was an important day in Iran. The official commemoration of the day the students took over the American embassy after the 1979 revolution turned into another occasion for widespread protests against the government of Mr. Ahmadinejad.
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November 4 Demonstrations
* Those who think the Iranian riot police defends the public properties against violent [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ahmadinejad, Fatemeh Keshavarz, IAEA, iran, iranian elections, Iranian Music, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, mousavi, music, nuclear, nuclear issue, Tehran, u.s. propaganda, Windows on Iran on September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear All,
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Amidst rumors that Iranian universities may remain closed to prevent the students from contributing to further protests (the government suggested swine flue as the reason), they actually opened today. And so did the student protests. Click here to see a slide show of these lively demonstrations posted on the web a few hours ago: [...]
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Posted in Admiral William Fallon, CASMII, Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in, Cherbourg, Ehsan Yarshater, Encyclopedia Iranica, Fatemeh Keshavarz, FinCEN, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, IAEA, Iranian Americans, Iranian Art, Iranian Food, Iranian Women, Iraq, Japan Focus, Kurds, NPT treaty, Nowruz, Persian Empire, President Sarkozy, Shirin Ebadi, Tabriz, U.N., US Treasury Department, Windows on Iran, Zoroastrianism, afghanistan, calligraphy, eygpt, feminism, feminist, feminist movement, france, hafsin, haftsin, history, holidays, human rights, iran, iranian feminist movement, iraq war, joint chiefs of staff, kurdish, mehrangiz kar, michael klare, nie report, nobel peace prize, nobel prize, nouruz, nowrouz, nuclear issue, oil, persian gulf, persian new year, photography, politics, religion, submarines, suez canal, the nation, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, women, women's rights, women's studies, tagged nuclear issue, painting, iran, nuclear, women's rights, Bush, Tabriz, Shirin Ebadi, art, Fatemeh Keshavarz, love, hafsin, haftsin, nowrouz, women's rights movement, persian gulf, photography, dick cheney, Admiral William Fallon, france, persian culture, the nation, nouruz, Encyclopedia Iranica, Ehsan Yarshater, nie report, michael klare, Japan Focus, US Treasury Department, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, FinCEN, President Sarkozy, Cherbourg, egypt, submarines, suez canal, Sepideh Farzam, nobel peace prize, mehrangiz kar on September 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear All,
Greetings and a very Happy Spring to you! We are in the first week of Nouruz, the Persian New Year. How can I not come out of sabbatical to open a new window, even the ground hog is out. I’ll make this a pictorial essay as far as possible (Usually I attach one slide [...]
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Posted in Adel Younesi, Fatemeh Keshavarz, IAEA, India, Iranian Art, NPT treaty, Siddharth Varadarajan, The Hindu, U.N., WMD, Windows on Iran, history, iran, iranian navy, iraq war, nuclear issue, oil painting, painting, politics, u.s. media, u.s. navy, u.s. propaganda, tagged nuclear issue, painting, iran, nuclear, IAEA, u.s. media, U.N., sanctions, Adel Younesi, oil painting, Fatemeh Keshavarz, India, el baradei, npt, u.s. navy, security council, The Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, street corners on September 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear All,
I hope you are all well. This window must have surprised you. I apologize for the very long delay, and thank you all for the kind messages of inquiry that you have sent me during this time. If you wrote to me recently, you know that I am on leave of absence from the [...]
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Posted in Ahmadinejad, Azarbaijan, CIA, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, Farzin Rezaeian, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Ghazal Hakimifard, IAEA, Iranian Americans, Iranian Art, Iranian Women, Kazakhstan, Mohammad Mosaddeq, NPT treaty, Tabriz, Turkmenistan, Vadjiheh Fakour, Windows on Iran, afghanistan, anglo oil, athletes, caspian sea, chess, cia coup, columbia university, doris lessing, feminism, feminist, gilan, iran, mohammad mosaddeg, mohammad mosaddegh, nobel prize, nuclear issue, oil, painting, shah of iran, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, universities, women, women's rights, women's studies, tagged Ahmadinejad, asian chess championship, Azarbaijan, bollinger, caspian sea, chess, cia coup, columbia university, daughter of kermansh, debra cagan, doris lessing, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, Farzin Rezaeian, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Ghazal Hakimifard, IAEA, iran, Iran: Seven Faces of a Civilization, Kazakhstan, Mohammad Mosaddeq, National Iranian American Council, new york times, NIAC, nobel prize, npt, NPT treaty, nuclear issue, oil, putin, sanctions, shah of iran, Tabriz, Turkmenistan, Vadjiheh Fakour, Washington University on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi All,
I hope you are all doing well. We are here at Washington University right in the heart of the semester which is why the windows have been coming your way more slowly. Still, hundreds (yes, I mean hundreds) of new subscribers have joined these windows in the past weeks. Welcome! I hope you find [...]
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Posted in Fatemeh Keshavarz, IAEA, Immanuel Wallerstein, Iranian Americans, Iranian Art, Iranian Women, Israel, John Abizaid, Lily Afshar, Mahmoud Karimi-Hakkak, Mansoureh Panahgar, NPT treaty, San Jose State University, Setar, Tehran, U.N., WMD, Washington University in St. Louis, Windows on Iran, columbia university, feminism, feminist, harpsichord, intellectuals, iran, lonely planet, mahan esfahani, mahan isfahani, motti lerner, music, nuclear issue, painting, tourism, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, universities, women, women's rights, women's studies, tagged Ahmadinejad, art, Axis of Evil, Benedictus, columbia university, Fatemeh Keshavarz, guitar, harpsichord, Immanuel Wallerstein, iran, iranian american, Iranian Americans, Israel, jew, John Abizaid, Lily Afshar, lonely planet guide book, mahan isfahani, Mahmoud Karimi-Hakkak, Mansoureh Panahgar, Motti Learner, music, muslim, nuclear, nuclear issue, Omid Kordestani, painting, persian culture, San Jose State University, Setar, Talare Vahdat, Tehran, tourism, Washington University in St. Louis, women musicians on September 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear All,
Greetings! I hope you are all well. Many of you have asked for my comments on Mr. Ahmadinejad’s presentations/interview at Columbia. I promise to do that after I have had a few days to gather a summary of important points. This is likely to be the next window.
The current window is number 40 and [...]
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Posted in CASMII, Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in, Charles Krauthammer, Elham Nafisi Farr, Ervand Abrahamian, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Harvard, Hollywood, IAEA, Iranian Americans, Iranian Architecture, Iranian Art, Iranian Women, Iraq, Isfahan, Mansoureh Hussaini, NPT treaty, Tehran, Tehran University, U.N., WMD, Windows on Iran, architecture, athletes, books, calligraphy, canoe polo, cinema, civil society, education, elections, esfahan, feminism, feminist, film, film festival, history, human rights, intellectuals, iran, iraq war, islamic architecture, james woolsey, mohsen mostafavi, nuclear issue, painting, politics, qom, sean penn, shiraz, sports, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, universities, watercolor, women, women's rights, women's studies, yazd, tagged architecture, art, atomic energy agency, calligraphy, canoe polo, CASMII, Charles Krauthammer, Christine Amanpour, CNN, David Barsamian, design, elaine sciolino, Elham Nafisi Farr, Ervand Abrahamian, esfahan, Fatemeh Keshavarz, fox news, Harvard, harvard school of design, hookah, IAEA, iran, iranian american, Iranian Art, iranian canoe polo, Iraq, james woolsey, javad vaeedi, lou dobbs, Mansoureh Hussaini, mohsen mostafavi, non-proliferation treaty, npt, nuclear issue, olli heinonen, painting, Phil Wilayto, Philip Giraldi, qom, Richmond Defender, sanctions, sean penn, shiraz, sports, Tehran, tehran school of fine arts, The Mullahs Face Off: Washington Versus Tehran, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, university of tehran, Virginia Anti-War Network, washington post, Windows on Iran, women, women sports, yazd on September 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi All,
Earlier today I sent out a special window urging you to write to your
representatives in an attempt to stop our country from getting one
step closer to a war with Iran. Many of you wrote back within the hour
to let me know that you have shared the message with others. Thank
you.
With that, let us move [...]
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Posted in 1979 Revolution, CASMII, Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in, Fatemeh Keshavarz, IAEA, Iran-Iraq War, Iranian Architecture, Iranian Women, Iraq, NPT treaty, Taliban, Tehran, WMD, Windows on Iran, Women of Peace, afghanistan, al-Qa'ideh, al-qa'ida, al-qaeda, architecture, codepink, dick cheney, feminism, feminist, gardens, iran, iraq war, islamic architecture, joe lieberman, nuclear issue, sharif university, sports, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, women, women's rights, women's studies, tagged 1979 Revolution, afghanistan, Ahmadinejad, al-qa'ida, al-Qa'ideh, al-qaeda, Ali Larijani, Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in, CASMII, cities for peace, code pink, codepink, defense authorization bill, dick cheney, el baradei, enrichment, Fatemeh Keshavarz, genocide, Hamid Karzai, IAEA, India, iran, Iran-Iraq War, Iranian Architecture, Israel, joe lieberman, modern architecture, narcotics, non-proliferation treaty, npt, nuclear, nuclear issue, pakistan, people's peace delegation, Richmond Defender Newspaper, sharif university, sherif university, shirzanan, softball, sports, Taliban, Tehran, Virginia Anti-War, weapon's program, Windows on Iran, women's sports on September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear All,
Greetings! I am back in St. Louis now getting ready for the academic year. I hope you are enjoying what is left of the summer. If you have written recently, do please give me a few days to reply. I am getting back into the swing of things and have tackled the piled-up mail [...]
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Posted in Book of Kings, Fatemeh Habibizad, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Ferdowsi, Firdowsi, Harvard, IAEA, IED, International Children's Book Festival, Iran-Iraq War, Iranian Americans, Iranian Art, Iranian Poetry, Iranian Women, Iraq, NPR, NPT treaty, Naqqal, Rumi, Shahnameh, Tehran, U.N., WMD, Windows on Iran, Women of Peace, al-Qa'ideh, al-qa'ida, al-qaeda, biking, books, bookstores, civil society, contemporary iranian poetry, contemporary persian poetry, cycling, dick cheney, feminism, feminist, history, iran, iranian book fair, iranian cyclists for peace, iraq war, joe lieberman, kabul, kerman, literature, mass transportation, maulana, miles for peace, mowlavi, nuclear issue, tea, tourism, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, women, women's rights, women's studies, tagged afghanistan, al-qa'ida, al-Qa'ideh, al-qaeda, Anahita's Woven Riddle, Book of Kings, bunker buster bombs, Colors of Iran: Images From Iran's First International, cycling, dan mcneil, Daniel Ellsberg, dick cheney, el baradei, Fatemeh Habibizad, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Ferdowsi, Firdowsi, harvard coop bookstore, International Children's Book Festival, iran, Iran-Iraq War, iranian cyclists for peace, Iranian Women, Iraq, joe lieberman, john grebe, kabul, kerman, meghan nuttall sayers, miles for peace, mowlavi, Naqqal, NATO, none proliferation treaty, NPT treaty, nuclear, nuclear issue, oil, pakistan, quetta, Robert Gates, Rumi, straits of hormuz, Taliban, tea, tea houses, Tehran, Tus, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, uranium enrichment, women on August 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear All,
I hope you are enjoying the summer. If you signed up to be on Windows on Iran this weekend in Boston, there will be a few days before you are added to the list. Also, Meghan, Richard, Mehdi, Matt, Prinaz…and a million others, thank you so very much for writing and sending vital Iran-related [...]
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Posted in Ali Gheissari, Axis of Evil, Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, Fatemeh Keshavarz, IAEA, Iranian Americans, Iranian Women, Iraq, Jews, NPR, NPT treaty, Persian Empire, Tehran, Windows on Iran, abadan, american chemical society, books, civil society, feminism, feminist, history, intellectuals, iran, iraq war, jewish, john mccain, nuclear issue, oil painting, painting, politics, protests, science, science magazine, shiraz, sholeh reshad, synagogues, tourism, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, vali nasr, women, women's rights, women's studies, tagged A Manufactured Crisis: Facts, abadan, Ali Gheissari, american chemical society, and the Politics of a Nuclear Iran, art, Axis of Evil, Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, bill moyers, Buying the War: How did the Mainstream Press get it so, christian science monitor, codepink, Democracy in Iran: History and the Quest for Liberty, ethnic minorities, explusion of iranian scientists, extremists, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Fiction, hamas, harems, Iranian Jews, iranian overture to u.s., iranian painters, Iranian Women, Iraq, iraq war, Israel, jewish schools, jewry, Jews, john mccain, judaism, moderates, muslims, nicholas kristof, nuclear, nuclear issue, oil painting, painting, paul scheroeder, politics, protests, reformists, religious minorities, sanctions, science magazine, shiraz, sholeh reshad, social reform, syangogues shiraz, synagogues, synagogues iran, synagogues tehran, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, vali nasr, Washington University, water color, Windows on Iran on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear All,
Welcome to another Window on Iran. I am delighted to report that I
have just welcomed our first subscriber from Italy! Is this cool or
what? Thank you all for doing such a super job of promoting these
windows globally. Now practically anywhere I do public speaking, a
number of people in the audience are familiar with these [...]
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