Posted in Uncategorized, tagged abtahi, Ahmadinejad, Ali Behzadian-nejad, Ali Behzadiannejad, December 7th, Fatemeh Keshavarz, fox news, Hamed Haddadi, Homayun Shajarian, iran, Iranian Americans, iranian elections, Iranian Women, Israel, Kahrizak, karaj, Mahmoud Vahidnia, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Mohamad Reza Shajarian, mousavi, Neda Agha Soltan, nuclear, nuclear issue, oxford university scholarship, Ramin Pourandarjani, Saffar Harandi, Shajarian, sports, Student Day Protests, Tehran, u.s. media, Windows on Iran on December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear All,
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I hope you are well. I have not sent you a window in a long time. This is not because in Iran the opposition has stopped its efforts or some of the issues have been resolved. As you see from this window, neither of these is the case. The delay is merely the result [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ahmadinejad, Akbar Etemad, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Hengameh Shadidi, I'temade Melli, IAEA, iran, iranian elections, Iranian Women, Julia Huang, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Mohamed Ghouchani, mousavi, npt, nuclear, nuclear issue, Shirin Ebadi, Tehran, Windows on Iran 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 »
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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 Admiral William Fallon, art, Bush, Cherbourg, dick cheney, egypt, Ehsan Yarshater, Encyclopedia Iranica, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, FinCEN, france, hafsin, haftsin, iran, Japan Focus, love, mehrangiz kar, michael klare, nie report, nobel peace prize, nouruz, nowrouz, nuclear, nuclear issue, painting, persian culture, persian gulf, photography, President Sarkozy, Sepideh Farzam, Shirin Ebadi, submarines, suez canal, Tabriz, the nation, US Treasury Department, women's rights, women's rights movement 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 Adel Younesi, el baradei, Fatemeh Keshavarz, IAEA, India, iran, npt, nuclear, nuclear issue, oil painting, painting, sanctions, security council, Siddharth Varadarajan, street corners, The Hindu, U.N., u.s. media, u.s. navy 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 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 Axis of Evil, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Haleh Esfandiari, IAEA, IED, Iranian Americans, Iranian Music, Iranian Women, Iraq, Leslie Angeline, NPT treaty, Tehran, U.N., WMD, Windows on Iran, afghanistan, al-Qa'ideh, al-qa'ida, al-qaeda, athletes, codepink, cycling, elections, feminism, feminist, fencing, gardens, history, iran, iranian cyclists for peace, iranian student movement, iraq war, joe lieberman, kahrizak foundation, miles for peace, nuclear issue, politics, polls, protests, racing, sports, tourism, u.s. media, u.s. propaganda, women, women's rights, women's studies, tagged afghanistan, Ahmadinejad, al-qa'ida, al-Qa'ideh, al-qaeda, athletes, Axis of Evil, codepink, democracy, elderly, Fatemeh Keshavarz, feminism, feminist movement, fencing, Haleh Esfandiari, Hamid Karzai, IAEA, iran, iran the eternal land of the persians, iranian american, iranian miles for peace, Iranian Music, iranian women's fencing, iranian women's racing, iranian women's soccer, Iraq, joe lieberman, kahrizak foundation, Leslie Angeline, non-proliferation treaty, npt, nuclear, persia, Persians, racing, soccer, sports, student movement, Taliban, Tehran, Windows on Iran, women, women's sports on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear All,
I hope you have had a nice long weekend. I managed to salvage a few hours of the weekend to put together a new window on Iran for you. Let us get to Window 38 without further ado.
Musical Opening
Due to constant threat of a pending military strike on Iran, the Iranian American community is [...]
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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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