Pitt to revisit plans for Finnish, Iranian rooms
By Ashton Crawley, Staff Writer
March 3, 2020
The Finnish and Iranian rooms will most likely be due for a review of their progress with the University in August, according to Maryann Sivak, the assistant to the director of the Nationality Rooms.
Iranian students, faculty discuss Pitt environment
By Rebecca Johnson, Senior Staff Writer
February 2, 2020
Separation from family is not uncommon. Some have seen discrimination rise alongside tensions between the United States and Iran following the death of Iran’s highest level military commander, Gen. Qasem Soleimani. According to BBC News, Soleimani was killed by an airstrike launched on Jan. 3 under orders from President Donald Trump. Iran fired missiles on two U.S. bases in Iraq in response.
Opinion | WW3 memes show a dangerous lack of understanding
By Julia Kreutzer, Senior Staff Columnist
January 12, 2020
Making memes out of political chaos is not the same as turning lemons into lemonade.
Former ambassador examines Iran nuclear deal
By Cassidy Power and Remy Samuels | The Pitt News Staff
February 23, 2018
Former U.S. ambassador Dennis Jett equated the Iran Nuclear Deal negotiations to a “foreign policy food fight” Thursday in Posvar Hall. “One should not confuse honesty and politics — they’re like oil and water,” Jett said. Jett, who served as ambassador to Mozambique and Peru under t...
“She Who Tells A Story” challenges Western preconceptions of Arab women
By Kelechi Urama / Staff Writer
June 10, 2015
In the Heinz Galleries at the Carnegie Museum of Art, a black and white photo by Shirin Neshat depicts a woman’s hand over her closed mouth.The words of Forough Farrokhzad, one of the most influential woman writers of the Iranian Revolution, are written in Persian script over her hand. What initial...