Iranian Madness

Everyone who’s been long enough in the Middle East has learned how to say insh’allah (which literally translates as “God willing”).
The word is very misused: in theory it’s supposed to indicate that God is after all in control of everything we do, and although we are doing our best to achieve things He can change [...]

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It seems that some Iranians were planning a very profitable Indonesian holiday.
It’s not too late for the Iranian government to decide to tackle the enormous drug consumption issue that affects Iran’s youth. Unfortunately, in order to do this they have to change the way the country works. And they don’t seem to be too [...]

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In spite of silence from the main media, it’s quite clear that the Iranians (especially the students) haven’t given up protesting.
The most recent videos depicting Azad university protests can be seen here. Protests keep being reported every now and then (such as in this article), but the restrictions on foreign media reporting mean we [...]

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