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Interview with Alexander Ahndoril, Swedish novelist

All of us are taking part of a mutual history.

(TEHRAN) - Alexander Ahndoril is a renowned Swedish playwright and novelist. His best-selling novel, Regissören (Stockholm: Bonnier, 2006), about the film maker Ingmar Bergman, was published in English translation as The Director in 2008. Ahndoril was longlisted for The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2009.

"The Director" which is Ahndoril's eighth novel is the most discussed and written-about novel in Sweden for 15 years.

Hurricane Irene: A New Mismanagement

Irene has so far devastated a great deal of infrastructure in New York and other U.S. cities.

(TEHRAN) - The 2011 Hurricane Irene which has encompassed large parts of the United States and left some 40 people dead so far, once again underlined the incapability of the U.S. administration in handling a national crisis.

David Icke 2011 - We have Reached the Point Now

Ken O'Keefe is featured in this powerful video that debuted with the program Universal Mysteries.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A growing number of world celebrities and figures who are speaking out about the nature of the world today with U.S. dominance leaving a wake of shattered lives and nations in its path.

Palestine: Arduous Odyssey of Statehood

Some pundits rightly see the recognition of Palestine as a political tsunami for the Zionist regime.

(TEHRAN) - The plight of the Palestinian people is no closed book to anyone in the world; a subjugated nation which has been unjustifiably subjected to discrimination and violence for the past 6 decades.

Even the close allies of Israel and those who support the continued occupation of Palestine admit in their privacy that the actions and policies of the Israeli regime are beyond the pale and run counter to the very principles of humanity and morality.

Iran Sanctions: Much Ado About Nothing

Harsh sanctions on Iran target the country's economy and adversely affect the daily life of the ordinary citizens.

(TEHRAN) - Almost five years have passed since the UN Security Council imposed its first round of sanctions against Iran over the allegations that Tehran might be moving toward developing nuclear weapons.

Since that time, four rounds of devastating sanctions have been imposed on Iran by the Security Council and several nations, over its nuclear program.

The Allegation that Iran is Developing Nuclear Weapons is a Mirage: Arshin Adib-Moghaddam

Dr. Adib-Moghaddam's articles and commentaries have appeared on Guardian, CNN, Monthly Review, Independent, Open Democracy, Antiwar and Daily Star.

(TEHRAN) - Dr. Arshin Adib-Moghaddam is a political commentator and lecturer in the comparative and international politics of western Asia at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

He joined me in an in-depth interview and answered my questions regarding the continued controversy over Iran's nuclear program, the Western media's black propaganda against Iran, the prospect of Iran's Green Movement and the future of Iran-West relations.

Russia`s Putin Calls U.S. `a Parasite` on World Economy

You look around this country and tell me what you see.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Vladimir Putin says the United States is feeding on the world economy like a "parasite". In an AFP article, Russia's Prime Minister stated that the world is facing serious economic pressure because Americans built up an unsustainable debt that threatens the entire global financial system.

“The country is living in debt. It is not living within its means, shifting the weight of responsibility on other countries and in a way acting as a parasite,” Putin said.

Extending the House of Freedom - From the Middle East to the former Soviet Union

Freedom House’s successful wooing of the future “Arab Spring” protestors doesn’t bode well for the regimes in Iran and the former Soviet Union.

(OSAKA, Japan) - Not content with having helped in no small way in bringing “freedom” to much of the Arab world during the “revolutionary” spring of 2011, Freedom House is now setting its sights on what it sees as another “Outpost of Tyranny” — the former Soviet Union.

In a Foreign Policy op-ed piece, its president David J. Kramer and director of studies Christopher Walker argue:

US Caught Off-guard by Iran Sanctions

According to the Iranian lawmakers who have put forward the proposal, the dossier of these 26 officials will be referred to international courts after they are tried in Iran in absentia.

(TEHRAN) - Iran's Parliament has imposed sanctions on and indicted 26 US officials for perpetrating war crimes and violating human rights.

Iran is singled out because it defies Washington: Jeremy R. Hammond

In-depth interview addresses Iran's nuclear standoff, the renewed war threats of Israel and the U,S, against Iran, the prospect of Iran-West relations and also Israel's underground nuclear program.

(TEHRAN) - Jeremy R. Hammond is an American political analyst and journalist who is the editor of Foreign Policy Journal, a progressive online publication dedicated to providing critical analysis of the United States Foreign Policy.