Newsweek: Iran home to one of the world’s best universities

Irancove @ August 12, 2008 # No Comment Yet

IRNA:
One of the best universities of the world is in Iran, the Newsweek weekly said in its latest edition, referring to Iran’s Sharif University of Science and Technology.
“Forget Harvard _ one of the world’s best undergraduate colleges is in Iran,” said the news weekly in an article appeared in its August 9 edition.
It said that […]

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The Green Lantern Theory on Geopolitics

Irancove @ August 12, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Matt Yglesias responds to Reuel Marc Gerecht’s argument for bombing Iran. Gerecht says:

Although Iran’s growing democratic culture is unlikely to be stopped, and it’s pro-American disposition is unlikely to change unless Washington goes Scowcroftian and seeks to placate Tehran, a militant, dictatorial Islam remains strong among the country’s ruling elite. Unless the unexpected happens—some […]

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