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Monarchy 2001

OPINION
Consider the facts
Prognosis for a return of kings
By Manoutchehr M. Eskandari-Qajar

HISTORY
Man zendaani meeshavam, pas hastam
When idealism turns to perpetual militancy
By Nima Khoshkish

OPINION
Don't get left behind
The reform process is already happening
By By John Mohammadi

OPINION
Cannot win
Constitution leaves no room for maneuver
By Shahriar Zangeneh

PEOPLE
Watching history go by
Trans-Siberian to Vladivostok
By Amir Khosrow Sheibany

OPINION
The R-word
Youth increasingly opting for radical surgery to cure the intractable ills of the nation
By Shahriar Zangeneh

OPINION
We had hope
Khomeini promised clerics would return to theological schools
By Sam Miller

OPINION
Correction
Correcting the mistake of the older generation
By Ahmad Javan
OPINION
Shotormorgh Dynasty
When they have to fly, they're "shotor"; when they have to carry loads, they're "morgh"
By Hajmirzakhan

OPINION
Cultural continuity
To keep a culture one needs to preserve its traditions
By A. R. Begli Beigie

OPINION
President Pahlavi
Forget the monarchy
By Ghafour Mirzaei

HISTORY
State of paralysis
Tudeh factionalism and the 1953 coup
By Maziar Behrooz

OPINION
Dream on
Monarchists and international terrorism
By Mohammad Sahimi

OPINION
I had a dream
How Harvard failed me
October 26, 2001

OPINION
His royal lowness
Why should we go from one aqazadeh system to another?
By Naghmeh Sohrabi

PEOPLE
Top of my lungs
Childhood story
By Yasaman J

OPINION
Freedom, freedom and freedom
Let's hope domestic American values will be projected in the Middle East
By Shahriar Zangeneh

OPINION
The rest is history
When things started to become sacred
By A. R. Begli Beigie

OPINION
Khaaneh takaaniye fekri
Monarchists and gay rights
By Nassim

RIGHTS
Alive and kicking
Victim meets torturer
By Fariba Amini

OPINION
No heroes
Democracy and democratization
By Behrouz Enayati

OPINION
Making light of pain
Being vicious beyond good and evil
By Amir

OPINION
Glamorous indeed
What to do with fame and fortune
By Tala Dowlatshahi

SATIRE
Bonapartism
Good or bad for Iran?
By Mohandes

OPINION
Ganji's Paine
Following Paine's footsteps in the fight for democracy
By Farshid Bakhshi

OPINION
End of the beginning
Two years after the student revolt
By Shahriar Zangeneh

OPINION
Slowly but surely
Reform or revolution?
By Mehdi Amini

OPINION
Diana not
Serious soul-searching about our collective identity crises
By Setareh Sabety

SATIRE
Leila Pahlavi beh zabaan saadeh
Response to critics
By Hadi Khorsandi

SATIRE
Gozaaresh: Leila Pahlavi
Funeral
By Hadi Khorsandi

FUNERAL
Crown of lilies
I walked up to the open grave and threw my white rose
By Cyrus Kadivar

FUNERAL
Leila's last ride
Death of a princess
By Mina Pejman

OPINION
A voice, nevertheless
Voting to say No to Khatami's opponents
By Najmeh Fakhraie

OPINION
Boycott or perish
There is bad news ahead unless we unite
By Amir Khosrow Sheibany

OPINION
Cheraa Khatami?
Why vote for Khatami?
By Farhad Behbahani

POP CULTURE
Romanticizing the past
Googoosh is no feminist heroine
By Ramin Tabib

POP CULTURE
Googoosh, the myth
Decoding a popular phenomenon
By Setareh Sabety

COMMUNITY
No solidarity
Iranians in the U.S.
By Mehdi Bozorgmehr

MOSSADEGH
Don't call me "Sir"
Mossadegh: Humility and integrity in government

SATIRE
Asghar the liberator
... of ourselves
ByAsghar Shah

SATIRE
Persian for president
To bring back the glory of the Persian Empire
By Siamack Baniameri

PEOPLE
My flag
Conquering Mount Kilimanjaro cleared my mind
By Amir-Khosrow Sheibany

HOMELAND
Sense of guilt
... for abandoning an ancient country
By H. Shamloo

OPINION
Uncivil society
Boycotting elections teaches intolerance
By Hamid Zangeneh

OPINION
Passion & tolerance
We must elevate to the higher plains of tolerance in political debates
By Behrouz Enayati

SATIRE
Quit whining
God's letter to Iranians
By Siamack Baniameri

APRIL FOOL
Not without my mom
Reza Pahlavi is in Iran on the most important mission of his life

OPINION
Organized corruption
Why the Iranian economy is almost beyond repair
Fereydoun Hoveyda

REZA SHAH
The Iranian Napoleon
Journey to internment
By C Skrine

SATIRE
Asghar Shah
I hereby proclaim myself King of Kings
By Asghar Agha

SATIRE
Shah Hassan at Price Club
Actually, Reza Pahlavi at National Press Club
By Karim Azari

OPINION
Repeating mistakes
Britain, Iran & the 1919 Treaty
By A. R. Begli Beigie

OPINION
Shah or president?
We should reject hereditary systems of government
By Fereydoun Hoveyda

YOUTH
Polittical revolution
Interview with a student activist
By Fariba Amini

OPINION
Bring back Persia
It is not just about a name
By G. Motamedi

SATIRE
If...
... the revolution had not happened
By Mariam Sorond

PEOPLE
My friend
Reza Pahlavi's humility and friendliness has never changed
By Mihandoust

OPINION
Surprise
Nobody saw the revolution coming
By Maziar Behrooz

CALENDAR
Memory lane
Looking back at the road to revolution
Compiled by Payman Arabshahi

RECOLLECTIONS
22 years ago
Ayatollah Khomeini returned from exile
January 31, 200

EDITORIAL
Happy anniversary
The revolution that went terribly wrong
Editorial

OPINION
Thy father's sins
The Shah did not make just a few mistakes
By Fariba Amini

PROFILE
The general's widow
Overnight our lives had turned upside down
By Cyrus Kadivar

OPINION
What future
... for Iran?
By Manoutchehr M. Eskandari-Qajar

SATIRE
Test run
Reza Pahlavi should fly to Tehran
By Omid Ashraf

OPINION
Minority rule
Shiism has a problem with majority rule
By Sohrab Mahdavi

SATIRE
Our demands
We'll give Mr. Pahlavi a chance, if...
By Kobra Khanom

EDITORIAL
Citizen Pahlavi
Holding on to the monarchy will not do him any good
Editorial

PRESS CONFERENCE
Democratic republic or...
Reza Pahlavi says it's up to the people
Audio excerpts

OPINION
Rah-e sevom
Open letter
By Majid Tehranian

EDITORIAL
What rule of law?
Editorial

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