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As our group was walking from our visit to the nearby Armenian Christian Church to catch a cab to Imam Khomeini’s house, I finally saw the infamous building with a mural showing the American flag [...]

While I was out shopping near our hotel in Tehran today, I stopped in a market for a bottle of water. A man in the store named Hossein recognized that I spoke English, and when he asked where I [...]

Yesterday morning, our tour guide for Shiraz, Ashkan, picked us up at the hotel. He was very interested not only in showing us around, but in learning about the work we are doing to bring peace [...]

Our tour guide Abbas picked us up at our hotel this morning to drive us to Shiraz, with a couple stops along the way. Today Abbas was wearing a tan hat that had “Cal” written on it in the typical [...]

This is another piece that Iranian writer/filmmaker Habib Ahmadzadeh asked me to share with you. Please share your thoughts in the comments section and I will make sure he sees them. Letter from [...]

Last night, we were graciously invited to dinner by Payam, the cousin of an Iranian student David met in Seattle. He brought us to meet his sister, brother-in-law, mother and nephew in their [...]

We arrived at our hotel in Esfahan around 4:00 yesterday afternoon after a short flight from Tehran. We didn’t have any planned activities, so I decided to take a walk and see if I could find a [...]

After a lovely morning of sightseeing in northern Tehran, we met today with members of Miles for Peace, and Iranian organization dedicated to promoting peace. Their mission statement begins: We [...]

This short story was written by Habib Ahmadzadeh, who I wrote about yesterday. This story is based on his experience in the Iran-Iraq War. He has asked me to share his writings with you and would [...]

We spent this evening with Habib Ahmadzadeh, a veteran of the Iran-Iraq war who writes stories and makes films based on his experience as part of his effort to promote peace. When Habib was 16, [...]