Category Archives: Iran

They Should Be Tried

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Muller

That U.S. citizens Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal are being tried in Tehran for illegally trespassing Iran is a logical decision of Iran’s judiciary. That they had been ‘hiking’ in Kurdish Iraq in July 2009, allegedly unintentionally crossing the border, is … Continue reading →

Posted in Iran, Iraq, USA | Tagged As Sulaymaniyah, Josh Fattal, Shane Bauer | 2 Comments

Just Fallen Short

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Muller

Quasi-periodicity in 15th century Islamic Art and whether it actually has been developed as a concept is still a matter of a somewhat controversial debate. There are three sites in the city of Esfahan which have been studied in this … Continue reading →

Posted in Academics, Iran | Tagged Benjamin R. Schleich, Darb-i Imam, decagonal tesselation, girih, Gonbad-e Qabud, Great Mosque Esfahan, patterns, Penrose, Peter J. Lu, Peter R. Cromwell, self-similarity, subdivision, western iwan | 2 Comments

No Democracy

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Muller

American/Iranian Hooman Majd is a busy traveler between East and West, apparently highly treasured in both realms. He is a prolific and, admittedly, most talented author/journalist/writer (probably sort of ‘journalism’ being only one of his many talents) who has been writing, … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Review, Iran, Islam | Tagged ant-Semitism, Ashura, Baha'i, democracy, dictatorship, Green Movement, Hooman Majd, Jews, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Mohammad Khatami, Najasat-e Ahl-e Kitab, presidiential election, Revolutionary Guards, Shi'a Islam, Ta'arouf, velayat-e faqih | 4 Comments

Enriched Particles

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Muller

The harsher tone of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano’s latest report on Iran’s nuclear activities, as compared to the more diplomatic phrasing of its direct predecessor Mohamed ElBaradei has led to a lot of warmongering … Continue reading →

Posted in IAEA, Iran, NPT | Tagged Fordow, Joshua Pollack, LEU, medical isotopes, Natanz, TRR, warmongering, Yukiya Amano | Leave a comment

Rogue Regimes

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Muller

Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner specifically named eight high-ranked individuals, who belong to the inner circle of the regime in Iran, as responsible for human right violations such as beatings, killings and … Continue reading →

Posted in double standard, Iran, Israel, USA | Tagged Abu Ghuraib, Afghanistan, Ahmad-Reza Radan, Barack Obama, carpet rugs, Furkan Dogan, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei, Heydar Moslehi, Hillary Clinton, Hossein Taeb, human rights violation, humiliation, Iraq, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, killing, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mohammad Ali Jafari, Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, pistachio, Sadeq Mahsouli, Saeed Mortazavi, sanctions, Timothy Geithner, torture, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, waterboarding | Leave a comment

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