· April, 2009

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Stories about Farsi from April, 2009

Iran: Free Potatoes Inflamed Electoral Fever

The Iranian authorities have distributed free potatoes in recent weeks in different cities. Several Iranian politicians have criticized the Mahmoud Ahmadinejad‘s government free potato distribution as an act of the...

21 April 2009

Global Recession: “Underdevelopment is a mixed blessing”

There are governments which insist that their countries are not affected by the global economic crisis. Most of the time they are not convincing; and their constituents do not believe in the supposed improvement of the economy. Countries with very small economies and countries which are not globally-integrated are usually the same countries which claim that the financial crisis has not affected them so far.

17 April 2009

Iran: Environmentalists Campaign to Save Isfahan

Iranian environmentalists are using online media tools to save different cultural monuments such as The Si-o-se Pol or "33 Pol" (bridge of 33 arches) an architectural masterpiece in the heart of the Iranian historic city of Isfahan (Esfahan). A battle is ongoing between authorities that want to develop a new metro project and concerned citizens.

13 April 2009

Iran: The New Year Starts With a Message From Obama

On the day Iranians celebrated Norouz (Nowruz) as the traditional Iranian new year holidays, the US President Barak Obama sent a message to the Iranian people and to the Islamic Republic leaders, calling for a new start between the two countries. Several bloggers have reacted to this message, see some of them.

6 April 2009

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