Do You Believe in Miracles?
10 Exercises to Stay Spiritually Fit
20 Scriptures That Bring Hope to Any Situation
5 Ways to Revive Your Dream!
7 Ways to Plant Seeds of Greatness in Your Life
20 Powerful Declarations to Fight Discouragement
5 Ways to Stay Healthy This Summer
5 Tips for Better Sleep
7 Top Health Issues Facing Today’s Women
Celebrities Who Won't Back Down
A Conversation with Minnesota Wild Center Matt Cullen
Yes, Gratitude Works!
10 Ways to To Handle Life Changes With Courage
The Fruits of Desire
Nurturing a Healthy Marriage
10 Ways to Get Over a Hurtful Past
Ten Things Every Dad Should Tell His Son
Mosaddeq was the democratically elected prime minister of Iran, a political moderate who was overthrown from power in a CIA-directed coup, after daring to nationalize the Iranian oil industry. Al Ahram Weekly tells the story, and points out how our modern policy towards Iran remains hobbled by those events, over five decades ago.
Incidentally, the single best book I’ve read about Iran is Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi.
There
were a lot of things about Iran’s pre-Revolutionary history that I
wasn’t aware of, misconceptions about why the Revolution happened, a
mistaken understanding of the Shah’s rule, the war with Iraq, etc. This
book did a lot to help me sort out this essential historical context,
and provided a great narrative to boot. Even though it’s fiction, and a
comic book, its almost mandatory reading for anyone desiring to
understand or comment on present-day foreign policy with Iran.
Related – my delicious bookmarks about Iran.
