Tag Archives: Iran

Third camp comic

Tina Becker reviews Marjane Satrapi’s book Persepolis (Jonathan Cape, 2006, pp343, £12.99) If you haven’t yet got round to reading this highly original look at a young woman’s life in Iran, go and get your copy immediately! The 2006 edition encompasses two separate books: ‘The story of a childhood’ and ‘The story of a return’. Both ...

War and repression

Ben Lewis spoke to Ahmad Zahedi Langaroudi - a young writer and web blogger, currently involved in the production of the journal Ronak The media are full of stories about Iran supplying weaponry to shia militia in Iraq. What is your take on this? There is no doubt that Iran's islamic republic (I mean the government, not the ...

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