Esfahan

The Riddle of Natanz

Ryszard Antolak - There are places that proclaim their religious and artistic passion with loud fanfares of architectural bravado: places such as Esfahan and Mashhad. I am thinking of places such as Natanz in Central Iran....

Iranians find new home in Delaware

Post-revolution 'brain drain' is America's gain By RHINA GUIDOS • The News Journal • December 2, 2008 WILMINGTON -- In 2006, the International Monetary Fund ranked Iran as having the highest "brain drain" of 90 countries...

Omantel and TMI qualify for second stage of wireless tender

Consortia backed by Oman Telecommunications Company (Omantel) and TM International (TMI) have qualified for the second stage of a tender for Iran’s third wireless network operator licence, which reportedly also includes a...

Nuclear Dungeness makes destination top 50 list

by JOEL TAYLOR - Tuesday, November 25, 2008 A nuclear destination: Dungeness is the place to go What has the isolated Kent village of Dungeness, with its nuclear power plant and windswept coast, got in common with the tropical...

Doha to get Ozone Layer Monitoring Station

Qatar is to get West Asia's first UN-backed Ozone Layer Monitoring Station. The cutting-edge monitoring station, capable of gathering crucial data on pollution linked with damage to the earth's ozone layer, is to be established...

Documents linking Iran may have been fabricated

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has obtained evidence suggesting that documents which have been described as technical studies for a secret Iranian nuclear weapons-related research program may have been fabricated.

Politics, Religion, Economics & Geeks

My report from Iran # 6 Yes, I’m still over here in Iran. After leaving Shiraz, I then wandered off to Pasargad, which used to be Cyrus the Great’s ceremonial home. At one time this place was truly impressive but there’s not...

It’s easier to tour Iran than to tour the White House

My report from Iran # 5 For years now I’ve been complaining about how President [sic] Bush isn’t letting any of us Americans tour the White House. He keeps claiming it’s for security reasons but that doesn’t change the fact...