The Echo of Iran ® [By: Farjam Behnam]
Festival of Fire or “Chahar Shanbeh Soori” Last Wednesday of the year (Chahar Shanbeh Soori): On the eve of last Wednesday of the year, literally the eve of Red Wednesday or the eve of celebration, bonfires are lit in public places
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Are you following the latest political wave out of Iran? The Iranian people are speaking out…telling the world “No to the Islamic Republic.” Cameron Khansarinia on Lisa Daftari’s podcast says the Iranian people are uniting to say “this is not
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The United States and Iran have begun indirect diplomacy with Europeans and others conveying messages about how they might resume compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Friday. “Diplomacy with Iran
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Something profound is taking shape inside Iran. Mere months from the country’s next presidential election, and in the midst of a U.S. push for reengagement with its clerical regime, recent days have seen new signs of life from—and coordination among—Iran’s
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There are many news these days about the finalization of satellite internet. Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, which is launching the Star-link satellite Internet project, has announced that the space Internet is ready for people to access and use. He
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In September 2016, a rocket carrying Amos 6 — the most advanced Israeli communications satellite ever made — exploded on the launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The $200 million Israeli satellite was destroyed two days before it
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Tomorrow is birthday anniversary of Reza Shah Pahlavi, founder of modern Iran and one of only 6 Iranian kings in a history of almost 3000 years to have received the title of “The Great”. In remembering and honoring him we
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Yasmine Etemad-Amini was born in Pars Hospital in Tehran, Iran, on July 26, 1968. She attended the private Tehran Community School until the rising tensions in the late 1970s forced her family to leave Iran permanently. They settled in the San Francisco area of California, where
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On Feb. 4, President Joe Biden announced the end of U.S. support for the Saudi Arabia-led coalition’s offensive military operations in Yemen. This decision fuelled optimism about a U.S. return to negotiations over the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran. Instead of
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Iran will hold a presidential election in less than three months amid speculation that a hard-liner and a “military man” could succeed Hassan Rohani, who is serving his final term and is under heavy pressure from his hard-line opponents who
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