Iranican

April2009

Roxana Saberi – Calamity or Carelessness?

A lot of you – both Iranicaners and other interested people – have expressed a variety of opinions on the Roxana Saberi case currently gripping headlines around the country. Why not share them with us? Feel free to use an alias, for those of you worried about criticizing the Islamic[…]

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4/20 National Pot Day: Understanding Marijuana

Download the MP3: (High Quality) Discussion on Marijuana: Links mentioned by our guest Siamak Afshar, Director of New Life For You: samhsa.gov, drugfreeamerica.org, behboudi.com Follow Iranican’s Twitter Account: twitter.com/iranican Iranian Scholarships Islamic Scholarship Fund, Houtan, Iranian American, Other Scholarship links

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Team Melli: Is there Still Hope?

(Updated on May 3, 2009: One of our friends made the video above, a good overview of what happened.) As most of you are well aware, Team Melli, in another utterly lackluster performance, lost to Saudi Arabia 2-1 on Saturday. We showed some promise early on, with aggressive, crisp passing[…]

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Ferdowsi

1100 years ago on January 27, a man was born who would preserve the Persian myths, legends, historical data, as well as the Persian language in the masterpiece Shahnameh. The man behind the Shahnameh or “Book of Kings” is the poet Ferdowsi and on this day the Ferdowsi Foundation is[…]

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