Author Parsa Peykar poses in December in Turkey. Peykar said he fulfilled his dream to have his work published in Iran because it is his home country. Photos courtesy of Parsa Peykar After volunteering at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles, and connecting with the inmates, graduate student Parsa Peykar said he was a changed man. His time … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Graduate Student Publishes Book,’The Bird From the Kingdom of Heaven’ in Iran
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Twitter dawns in Tehran
Iran’s new president may be charting a new course Amid the political posturing and rattling of sabers, which threatened to boil over in the Middle East over news of alleged sarin gas attacks in Syria, a surprising series of tweets from Iran overcame the latent hostility. As President Barack Obama called for military action against the Bashar al-Assad regime, media outlets … [Read more...] about Twitter dawns in Tehran