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    Hello again

    Hi everyone, It's been a good couple of years since I last posted here. As some of you may remember, I came back to live in Iran a few years ago. I am still here though I may leave again in a few months. You guys are pretty much up to date with events in Iran. However, I think it's fair to say...
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    Iran's newest jet fighter - Qaher 313

    http://www.farsnews.com/plarg.php?nn=358289&st=726629
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    congratulations to turkey on their recent democratic election and ...

    ... interesting article on the way the turkish gov are planning the future direction of their country .... we could learn a few lessons from them http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/world/2011/06/110614_l32_mf_turkey.shtml
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    hello again ...from-tehran

    hi guys... i hope ur well.... i've missed u all & now i've managed to get access to the forum again .... anyway, as some of u may know, i've been here in tehran for the last 6 months or so.... i came to live here after 32 years ... having never actually done a day's work or dealt with people...
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    salam from a snowy tehran

    hi guys ... hope u all had a good x-mas & new year! it's now been almost 3 months since i came back to live in iran tho i went back to london for a few days last month well, right now, it's snowing in tehran ... it's great ... i love it ! the view of the snowy mountains is great ... i've...
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    salam from tehran

    hi guys, i've finally made it to tehran after 32 years !!! currently just chilling out somewhere in saadat-abad ... if all of iran was like saadat abad, it'd be a great place to live ...well, for some really can't say much else really (for various reasons) .... but what i need most right now...
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    just back from mashad

    hi all, just arrived back from mashad a couple of hours ago, after a 2 week break ... could not access isp from there ... but missed all of u guys/your comments/update of course the food (and kharboze mashadi) was great ... otherwise this was basically a family visit as some of u guys know...
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    ipl MUST be suspended

    i know it's only the first week... and some may say it's too radical but this pathetic league must be suspeneded at once (imho) so the teams/fans sort themselves out... so the authorities find a way to punish the haters/racists etc ... this so called league has become a platform for...
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    breaking news re shahram amiri ...

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/10609461.stm
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    Israel at it again

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/10195838.stm
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    what next for the green movement

    we know mousavi/karrubi et al are/have been discussing the future strategy of the green movement... i've said it here before (a number of times) that the green movement has a sizeable following, particularly amongst the intellectual types, students and the more "affluent or politically...
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    Dubai in ruins?

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8380105.stm Let them go down .....
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    Documentary on UK Channel 4 on polygamy in Iran ...

    ... a very interesting/sad documentary on a man with 4 (5?) wives in Iran: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/four-wives-one-man ... but somehow the whole family seems quite cute (and funny at times) in the midst of their utter misery .... if you have not seen it, I highly recommend you...
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    A simple request re writting in Farsi

    Can those of you who write in Farsi (but with English letters) please write in farsi font (i'm thinking of people like mostafairani et al) ....it's difficult to read farsi via english letters please see http://www.behnevis.com/ or similar ty
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    To all Iranian software developers/engineers

    Can you please tell me if you know how to outsource a "software" project to some (hopefully clever) small Iranian company or person .... are you aware of any websites that may advertise this kind of thing .... thank you in advance
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    just back from iran

    i've just come back from iran (mashad) after a week ... i was absolutely amazed by what i witnessed there, never seen anything like it in my entire life!! the atmosphere was highly ploiticised, highly emotional but also surprisingly controlled at the same time .... so many people so many people...
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    the shah's last ever visit to mashad

    I want to share a memory with you all about the shah's last ever visit to mashad 31 years ago! if my memory is right, this was around april/may, 1978 after the ghom/tabriz riots. now, the shah used to visit mashad once a year (almost every year that i remember), normally, they would close all...
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    whats happening in ghom?

    http://news.gooya.com/didaniha/archives/2009/04/085768.php
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    is this the weakest TM in the last 2 decades?

    i must admit, first of all, the saudi game was the first TM game i've seen after WC06 but the current seems to be the weakest TM in the last two decades or so. the reasons why we we lost in fortress azadi to a relatively mediocre asian team is,i think, as follows: 1. apart from rahmati &...
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    Abdollah nouri

    http://news.gooya.com/politics/archives/2008/12/080767.php some questions/thoughts, particular to those who "support" iri - and there's nothing wrong with that, everyone is entitled to to his/her opinion will he ever be allowed to run for the presidency? does the islamic republic feel mature...