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Inside Iran
Iran’s foreign policy: what the west should know
The Islamic Republic's international agenda can baffle westerners. Sadegh Kharazi, a former Iranian ambassador to France, describes the principles that underpin it
Inside Iran
It is the country the west fears most - and knows least about. In our exclusive reports, Iranian writers describe the extraordinary contradictions of life under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's "Loving Government" - and reveal how Iran sees the west. Maziar Bahari, a leading journalist, begins with a drive across downtown Tehran
“Economics is for donkeys”
While oil prices remain high, Iran can afford its contempt for economic orthodoxy
Living with a revolution
Iranian photographers capture the sharp disparity between public and private life in the Islamic Republic
''The shah's plan was to build bombs''
Akbar Etemad, the shah's chief atomic energy adviser, tells Maziar Bahari about the unlikely birth of Iran's nuclear programme
Battle of the blogs
Internet campaigners for civil liberties and women's rights pay a high price for their "online crimes"
Power games
In Iran, wrestling is more than just a sport. Dominic Byrne visits a Tehran "house of strength" to find out why











