The Map Is Not The Territory

This phrase is taken from a favorite philosopher of mine, Alfred Korzybski. As the URL of the blog implies, I am a Persophile and much of what I write will likely pertain to Iran and the Persian people. My interests are diverse however, and I will also be writing about anything and everything else that inspires me. The photo is of Azadi Tower in Tehran, Iran, built in 1971. Azadi means 'freedom' or 'liberty' in Persian (Farsi)

Saturday, May 5, 2018

JCPOA's Uncertainty Exacerbates Iran's Worsening Economic Problems

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The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agreement between Iran and the P5+1 was, at the time, widely believed to be a turning point ...
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Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Questions about the Iranian Nuclear Weapons Archive

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Yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a dramatic announcement about a daring Israeli intelligence operation to steal ov...
Saturday, March 24, 2018

IRGC and Other Iranian Cyber Activities

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Earlier this week the US government publicly went after the IRGC.  President Trump's Nowruz statement  on Monday was mainly about the ev...
Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Obama Appeasing Iran?

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The Iran Deal has been litigated to death; mostly on social media, but also in the media. Recently, Politico published a new article by Jos...
Sunday, June 25, 2017

New CIA/State Department Docs on the 1953 Iran Coup (Part 7)

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This is part 7 of my series on the new CIA and State Department docs on the 1953 Iran Coup.  So many questions still remain about the succ...
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Thursday, June 22, 2017

New CIA/State Department Docs on the 1953 Iran Coup (Part 6)

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This is part 6 of my series on the new CIA and State Department docs on the 1953 Iran Coup.  One of the problems I noticed when I was wr...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017

New CIA/State Department Docs on the 1953 Iran Coup (Part 5)

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This is part 5 of my series on the new CIA and State Department docs on the 1953 Iran Coup.  The role of clerics in the 1953 Iranian cou...
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