Posted on 27 April 2009. Tags: iranian american break dancer, justin mashouf, noor film festival, travel to iran, warring factions
Los Angeles, California — May 2, 2009 — Iranian-American filmmaker Justin Mashouf will be screening his feature-length documentary, “Warring Factions,” on May 2nd as a part of the 3rd Annual Noor International Film Festival—the largest Iranian film festival in America. After screening the 70-minute documentary, Mashouf will speak about his experiences in Iran, his detention by Homeland Security and the confiscation of his video footage on suspicion of terrorism.
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Posted on 30 March 2009. Tags: andrew lawler, esfahan, esfehan, ghaith abdul-ahad, Hamid Mazaheri, iran's hidden jewel, isfahan, Mehrdad Moslemzadeh, smithsonian, travel to iran
Four hundred years ago, Isfahan was larger than London and more cosmopolitan than Paris. The city’s most famous bridge, Si-o Seh Pol (Bridge of 33 Arches) is nearly 1,000 feet long and 45 feet wide.
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Posted in History, Iran & Iranians, Lifestyle, Persian
Posted on 30 March 2009. Tags: andrew lawler, esfahan, esfehan, ghaith abdul-ahad, Hamid Mazaheri, iran's hidden jewel, isfahan, Mehrdad Moslemzadeh, smithsonian, travel to iran

Zoroastrian Fire Temple (near Isfahan) - Original Photo by: Ghaith Abdul-Ahad
Four hundred years ago, Isfahan was larger than London and more cosmopolitan than Paris. The city’s most famous bridge, Si-o Seh Pol (Bridge of 33 Arches) is nearly 1,000 feet long and 45 feet wide.
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Posted on 24 February 2009. Tags: american artist, american in iran, americans love iran, americans who love iranians, images from iran, manjushri project, pictures of iran, pictures of you: images from iran, tom loughlin, travel to iran

WASHINGTON, DC – As a hardcore Iranian (whatever that means) and connoisseur of all art forms, we tend to think that some Americans don’t necessarily love “eye-ran” because, well, we live in the US and read the “news” here too — and have been aware of all the negative point-of-views and dehumanizing media descriptions of our people and country – but as we knowingly spew the wrong in an attempt to defend Iran, we’re quickly righted by yet another amazing artist that manages to bridge the pseudo-facts that decorate the newspapers (and our dinner-party conversations) with the beauty of human life… as it is in Iran, and has brought us back to: love.
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