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NOROOZ (New Day): The New Year Of the Iranian People |
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Thursday, 19 March 2009 |
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Norooz (Nowruz, Nevruz, Newruz, Navruz) in Persian means "New [-year]-day". It is the beginning of the year for the peoples of Iran (Greater Iran, including: Afghanistan, Arran (Republic of Azerbaijan) and Central Asian Republics). |
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Noruz, Glorious Iranian Spring Festival |
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Wednesday, 18 March 2009 |
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Noruz is the most glorious of Iran’s national spring festivities and dates back to the beginning of Persian history from time immemorial. Both foreign and domestic historians admit they do not know precisely when nor how the festival of Noruz emerged in ancient Persia and have expressed divergent opinions concerning the festival’s historical background. |
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No-Rooz, The Iranian New Year |
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Tuesday, 17 March 2009 |
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No-Rooz, in word, means "New Day". It is the new day that starts the year, traditionally the exact astronomical beginning of the Spring. Iranians take that as the beginning of the year. This exact second is called "Saal Tahvil". No-Rooz with its' uniquely Iranian characteristics has been celebrated for at least 3,000 years and is deeply rooted in the rituals and traditions of ancient Iranians. |
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Iran's Constructive Foreign Policy under the 20-Year Vision Plan |
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Saturday, 14 March 2009 |
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In 2002, Iran's Expediency Council approved the 20-Year Vision Plan to promote the position of the Islamic Republic of Iran in national, regional and international levels in which Iran becomes a developed country in twenty years, with the first economic, scientific and technical stand in the region. In this document, the strategy of constructive interaction has been emphasized as a polestar for the Islamic Republic’s foreign policy. |
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United Nations and the Crisis of Legitimacy: Part 2 |
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Tuesday, 03 March 2009 |
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As long as hegemonic powers control the structure and set policies, the structure will remain detrimental to the health of the "real" international community. No one should believe that United Nations ought to solve the World's pressing problems, but no one expects the United Nations to be one of the causes of the problems. It is time for the United Nations and all of its agencies to renounce past practices on the part of some of its agencies, adopt a new paradigm, and join the voices speaking on behalf of the under-privilege at the World Social forum rather than as a cheer leader on the sideline for the voices of greed and failure at the World Economic Forum at Davos. |
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United Nations and the Crisis of Legitimacy: Part 1 |
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Sunday, 01 March 2009 |
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World Public opinions regarding the United Nations and all of its component parts vary from absolute ignorance of its history, structure and purpose to an outright dismissal of the entire organization as a dysfunctional international agency. Sandwiched between the two are the opinions of those who lament the "real" United Nations and its departure from what it could be, and then there are those who are operating within the context of realpolitik and see it as viable mechanism for conflict resolution provided that the governance and the decisions are left to the most powerful nations. |
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Islamic Revolution Resolution for 2009 |
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Tuesday, 10 February 2009 |
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Millions of Iranian on Tuesday took to the streets across the country in support of Iranian progress toward democracy as part of ceremonies marking the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution of 1979. |
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Iran, Hub of Nanotechnology in Islamic World |
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Monday, 09 February 2009 |
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In terms of nanotechnology, Iran ranks the second among Muslim countries and the 38th in the world. Due to outlooks delineated for this technology, there is hope that the country’s global standing would be soon one-digit while standing on top of Muslim countries. |
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Iran Celebrates 30 Years of Medical Success |
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Sunday, 08 February 2009 |
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In the three decades since the victory of the Islamic Revolution, Iranian researchers have made several crowning achievements in the field of medicine. |
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Three-Decade Repercussions of the Islamic Revolution on the Region |
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Saturday, 07 February 2009 |
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The world in the 20th century has witnessed broad, controversial, influential and eye-catching changes. World wars, revolutions, conflicts and clashes among societies comprised a considerable part of the developments in the past century. Some of these developments have left little impact despite their importance and some have kept the dynamism of their inner currents and affected a huge extent of structures and procedures in the international system. |
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