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THE THIRTEEN YEAR WAR
  Older men declare war. But it is the youth who fight and die. And, it is the youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow and the triumph that are the aftermath of war.....

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The New Yorker: Letter from Iran  

  This week in the magazine, Connie Bruck writes about how, as Washington considers taking a tougher line with Iran exiles are positioning themselves as the country’s next rulers. In this article, from 1978 Joseph Kraft reports on conditions that led to the Iranian revolution of 1979......

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BONDED AT BIRTH:
  

  I am a child of the coup d’état, born in Iran a few days after the CIA helped overthrow the popular, democratic government of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh in 1953. Not long before my birth, facing nationwide protests, the Shah of Iran was forced to....

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Editorial
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK

 With each issue of Persian Heritage magazine I am honored to address our readers, via my From the Editor’s Desk. The NoeRouz editorial is always a bit more special because I have the opportunity to wish our readers, advertisers and contributors a happy and healthy Persian New Year. It is also a special time because NoeRouz coincides with....
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Commentary
IRAN OR PERSIA

  In Avesta the ancient document and the most historic book of Iran the term “a-eer-ya-nemva-ee-jo” used to describe the land of the Aeers’. The terrain and plateau, which the....
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IRAN A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY RULED BY WRONG PEOPLE

  In the aftermath of yet another humiliating agreement against Iranian people, in which Russia has just signed a joint agreement with Kazakhstan over dividing the Caspian Sea under-water resources, Iranian people while observing this...
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Your Persian Heritage
Iranian American wins Entrepreneur of the Year Award
  Were you to talk to Isaac Larian about his childhood in Iran, he would not wax nostalgic over childhood games or playthings. In fact, he would tell you that when his friends and cousins played....
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AHMAD KASRAVI:
   Ahmad Kasravi was born to a religiously conservative family on Mehr 8, 1269 (September 20, 1890) in Hokm Abâd, a suburb of Tabriz. On his father’s side there was a long line of....
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Check Out Being Iranian
   43. Historical cities whose names are Persian:
   44. Famous Persian Queens/Princesses in History:
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Interview with Dr. E. Friedl & Dr. R. Loeffler
   Monir Vakili was born in Tabriz, Iran, to a family of art and music enthusiasts. Her father encouraged her love of opera and supported her decision to study abroad. Monir studied voice and the...
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Book Review

FLYING BY THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS IN IRAN
  I’ve just returned from a day of Alaskan helicopter skiing and now I’m stumbling, exhausted, trying to undress from my wet clothes through my hotel room. I hit the power button on the remote next to the bed and I have...

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HISTORY OF CHELO-KEBAB
  Iranian chelo-kebab was prepared for the first time according
to a Caucasian recipe at the time by the order of Nasser-e Din
Shah Qajar (1821-1900s)....

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Book Review
SIX BOOK REVIEWS
1. TREACHEROUS ALLIANCE:
2. QUEST FOR TRUTH

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