Category Archives: Iran

“They Won’t be Around Much Longer”

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Muller

Chilled by president Trump’s first appearance at the UN General Assembly last week and his remarks on North Korea and Iran, the international press wondered how more measured lawmakers and politicians around the world would respond to his brazen threats … Continue reading →

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Bazm wa Razm

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Muller

Update below I have written about the two Kharraqan towers before, see here. Both had been heavily damaged in a 2002 earthquake. They are located about one km west to the village of Hisar-i Valiasr and 33 km west to … Continue reading →

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Manufactured Evidence

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Muller

The new book by true investigative journalist Gareth Porter, Manufactured Crisis, summarizes the decade-long deception of the public about the nature of Iran’s nuclear program. It is not real news that the United States, Israel and the Iranian terrorist organization … Continue reading →

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By Compass and Straightedge

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Muller

Update below. Readers may have noticed that I have attributed considerable recreational time on this blog to conceive and convey quasi-periodic patterns on ancient Islamic buildings. Following a first visit of Esfahan’s Darb-i Imam shrine in the old city in … Continue reading →

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Depiction of the Prophet Muhammad Under Mongolian Occupation

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Muller

A hardly deniable cultural and, in particular, intellectual decline in the Islamic World began when, in 1258 CE, Baghdad had been sacked by the Mongolian Emperor Hülegü Khan (d. 1265), grandson of Chengis Khan. Hülegü was the brother of Möngke Khan … Continue reading →

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