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Protests occurred near many central squares, including Ferdowsi, Tajrish and Punak, and throughout the Abbas Abad neighborhood surrounding the Mosalla. According to eyewitnesses, there were demonstrations outside the capital as well: in Rasht in northern Iran, oil-rich Ahvaz in the west and Isfahan in central Iran...
...finally start to move, slowly, feet shuffling northwards toward Ferdowsi Square several kilometers away. People debate what to do next, should we go to Friday Prayers and let them know that we respect and accept our Rahbar, our Supreme Leader, this nezam ("system") and Revolution? Or do we stay away? Is it better to not antagonize a crowd that will no doubt be hot. There are reports and rumors that the basij will be out in full force, that the Supreme Leader will speak and no doubt cast his final verdict on the elections. It is ultimately decided...
...Agha, Ferdowsi am ba mast!" a young man tells his friends and points towards the statue in Ferdowsi Square. A green shawl has been wrapped around the neck and wrists of Iran's national poet, the author of the country's thousand-year old epic, the Shahnameh. "Ferdowsi is with us!" We are in the middle of our own epic...
Last month Georgetown University signed what is probably the largest deal so far with Iran-an $11.5 million, five-year agreement to help Ferdowsi University in the holy city of Mashhad create, among other things, schools of engineering, agriculture and economics. In other recently signed contracts with U.S. colleges, Iran awarded...
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