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...Officials deny that any indictment is expected soon, although Hezbollah, which has enjoyed support from the Iranian regime, has long been suspected. A bipartisan commission last year concluded that the Clinton administration had not done enough to press Iran to cooperate in the investigation...
...have any message for Iranian young people, who still hold you so dear...
Legendary Iranian singer Googoosh this week capped her first tour in 22 years with a concert in Dubai. Thousands of Iranians crossed the Persian Gulf to hear the diva (who is banned from performing at home) ring in the Persian New Year last Wednesday. Although silenced by the Islamic revolution before many of them were born, even Iran's youth proclaim Googoosh as the preeminent icon of Iran's prerevolutionary social freedom. Her music has served as a unifying force amongst Iranians of all classes, both at home and in exile. TIME's Tehran correspondent Azadeh Moaveni met with Googoosh...
...young people need to make every effort to secure their rights. As you know, Iranian young people have nothing, no leisure, no privacy or comfort in their lives - although I know my saying this will create difficulties for me later. They need to build their future, the country, and their own lives. They need to be the determining force in their own lives. They have to force and fight, as they are now, with all the difficulties they are currently facing. To achieve anything, people must work this hard. For me, I've put in tremendous effort these 21 years...
...Many Iranian artists, particular filmmakers, have been creatively inspired by the restrictions imposed after the revolution. Have you had this experience...