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Monarchy 2002

MONARCHY
There must be a reason
Half of the original members of the European Union are monarchies
By Sen

LEFT HOOK
Long live monarchists
A thanksgiving
By Guive Mirfendereski

OPINION
Iranian problem, Iranian solution
We should not depend on anybody but ourselves in our nonviolent fight for freedom

By Reza Pahlavi

OPINION
Khatami's last chance
Hasn't the time come for Khatami to stop this ridiculous game and once and for all call it what it is?
By Mani Farhoomand

REVOLUTION
Fereydoun's wound
Hoveyda in New York
By Amir

STATE
The unelected few
Promoting undemocratic governments around the world
By Guive Mirfendereski

DEMOCRACY
Getting the job done -- by ourselves
Democracy is not something you buy from a store
By
Mahrokh Mashadi

BIRTHDAY
Regal grace
Farah Diba Pahlavi
By Reza Bayegan

REPUBLIC
Pyramid of loyalty
God, King, Country? The very notion of kingship runs counter to the universally recognized rights of the citizen
By Guive Mirfendereski

REPUBLIC
THIS republic has to go
Because it fails to provide for democracy
By Amir

SHAH
Taller and taller
He has given his answer to that fair and fearless judge called history
By Reza Bayegan

DIPLOMAT
Is it true?
Do you eat with your hands?
By Hashem Hakimi

DIPLOMAT
Ex-ambassador
"I was never one of those people who admired the Shah"
By Cyrus Kadivar

QUOTES
100 years gone in a minute
From a forgotten twenty-year-old file
By Fereydoun Hoveyda

SATIRE
Checkpoint Mehrabad (1) (2) (3)
Reza Pahlooi's travel to Tehran
By Ramin Tork

MONARCHY
Can we say "Who needs Norooz?"
Believing in a "lost cause"?
By Reza Bayegan

STATE
Give this republic a chance
I will
By Guive Mirfendereski

IRANIANS
The missing factor
Merely representing the most downtrodden people
By Amir

ROYALTY
Soraya
Fragments of a life
By Cyrus Kadivar
With 24 photos

NICE TRY
I had a dream
The first few words I heard caught my attention

By Farhad Savadkouhi

OPINION
Out of the trash bin
A sign of political convalescence and imaginative recovery
By Reza Bayegan

OPINION
Can't be fooled again
It is illegitimate and cheap to compare one dictatorship with another
By Sana Aryamehr

SATIRE
I wanna be your king
Persian Warrior vs. Reza Pahlavi
By Siamack Baniameri

SURVEY
Tabreek o tasleeyat
Reza Pahlavi, Iranian of the year
By Jahanshah Javid

OPINION
The Queen Bum
True magic of monarchy: fooling an entire population
By Sana Aryamehr

OPINION
Republic bee republic
I detest all republicans: communistis, socialists and democrats
By Amir

OPINION
Democracy vs. Anarchy
Being a monarchist or a republican does not exempt you from the human race
By Cyrus Kadivar

OPINION
Rock and no roll
Insisting on contentious issues does not bring unity
By Setareh Sabety

OPINION
A lot to be said
Crucial days of the revolution
Interview by Fariba Amini

OPINION
Once bitten
Enough slogans; we heard them all during the revolution
By Amir Mehdi Noorbakhsh

OPINION
The ultra-motive
To attract foreign tourism and investment.
By Bahram Nassehi

OPINION
Keeping an open mind
Monarchy, republic, or secular democracy
By Guive Mirfendereski

OPINION
Minus mom & monarchy
I prefer a secular republic, but Pahlavi can play a pivotal role
By Yek Irandoost

OPINION
Fifth time a charm?
Why test the monarchy again after four failures?
By Kazem Alamdari

REVOLUTION
Cat in a bag
At the start of the 24th year of the Iranian Revolution
By Naghmeh Sohrabi

REVOLUTION
Pursuit of happiness
Iran and the American Revolution
By Fereydoun Hoveyda

REVOLUTION
Longing for liberty
Then AND now
By Setareh Sabety

REVOLUTION
Bohraane sarmaayedaari
A Marxist perspective
By Fedaii Khalq guerrillas

OPINION
Of kings and cylinders
Nothing among Iranians is ever as it seems
By Guive Mirfendereski

OPINION
Man... some people
... don't even know the meaning of SHAME
By Faz Rasti

OPINION
Royal blue vs. the rainbow
We don't need HIM to save us
By Naghmeh Sohrabi

OPINION
Dummies for democracy
Stop criticizing. Propose alternative solutions
By Xerxes Darius

OPINION
All are not equal
In the practical world, creating an "aghazadeh" is a human social behavior
By Abdol Hamid Sheybani

OPINION
Stay away from courtiers
If you want to be regarded as a democrat, act like one
By Setareh Sabety

OPINION
All about freedom
... the Pahlavi State was
By Mihandoust

EDITORIAL
Shah bee Shah
When you think "monarchy", "freedom" is not the first thing that comes to mind
By Jahanshah Javid

OPINION
I will watch his every move
Reza Pahlavi must throw away the old and start afresh
By Mehdi Amini

OPINION
What could lie ahead
Go for it and bring about change
By Shahla Samii

OPINION
Don't ask, don't tell
When does silence become collaboration?
By Setareh Sabety

IMPERIAL
We are awake
2,500-year celebrations revisited
By Cyrus Kadivar

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