Archive 2004
* Harf-e moft: Telegraph * Geography: Kermanshah * Food for the soul: Kayhan Kalhor * Long live blank: Azadi * Pretty sure: Jeem shodan: Jaaddeh * Mini media mogul: Zia Atabay * Sardi-Garmi: Acidic level * Trademark: Nasser Ovissi * Al-Special: Hannibal Alkhas * Before and after: Siavash * Poetic painting: Sohrab Sepehri * That's not a son: Korreh khar * Heroic castle: Qaleh Babak * Not any piece of land: Israel * The delegate from Iran: Torab Mehra * And then the earth shook: Bam * Pink triangle: Hamjensgaraa * The store: Daryani * Resting place: Iran Bastan museum * Seh shod: Crossing telephone lines? * Red ribbon: Minoo * Only path to happiness: Jahad, Imaan, Shahaadat * K as in Kashan * The right ball: Haddad-Adel * Dooshizeh * Javaaher: Precious stones * Show girls: Arafat * 6 x 4: Backgammon * The runner: Shaater * Take the cash: Khayyam * Was also a diplomat: Iraj Pezeshkzad * Trilogy: Makhmalbaf's "The Peddler" * Name that..: Azar Nafisi * Name that rug: Bakhtiari * Hubirs: Nasser Khosrow's "Oghaab" * Mithra's touch: Hand shake * Allah o Akbar: Sunni/Shia * It can't be! Googoosh * Dr. Jekyll: Ali Akbar Velayati * Daily Double: Colorful: Bijan Assadipour * It starts with a P: Pakhmeh * Call me...: Esmail Fassih * Yum: Noon Panjereh-ee * Look! The Americans! Khatami * Handwriting: Mossadegh * Panchar: Puncture * Good and Evil: Manichaeism * 1001 nights: Shahrzad * Jimmy Carter: Island of stability * Arabic words: Report * Look of love: Moshiriri * Rostam o Sohrab * Sneak peek: Baseball game * I did this, I did that: Cyrus Cylinder * Volek... dadvaay! * Men only: Ali Karimi * Parssi: Translation * The ax: Tabarzadi * Ajil ingredients * Sir Milkman: Norman Wisdom * E=MCdo: IAEA rep Mousavian * Nipple: Pezon > Pestoon > Pestaan? * Khor khor: Sleeping Majlis deputy * Mona Lisa: Aydin Aghdashloo * Upcoming: Yalda * Fists: Maryam Rajavi * Greatest film: Casablanca * Cutting edge: Deep Dish * Star trek: Anousheh Ansari * Fresh ideas * Education slogan * Prince Charles: Hossein Zenderoudi * Map quest: Tabriz * Ground Zero: Salar Abdoh's "Poet Game" * Yaa Zahra! Shahab 3 missle * Aroos Khanoom: Leila Forouhar * Unforgettable: Delkash * Meydan Tajrish * Common wisdom * Feel havaa kardan: Extraordinary * Persophiles: Arthur & Ackerman in Isfahan * Persian Wars eyewitness: Aeschylus's "Persians" * Ghormeh & gheimeh * Old glory: Abadan refinery * Nalbandian: Armeian * Art immitating history: Cyrus in Sydney * Swahili: Persian connection * Rendezvous: Azadi (Shayad) * Not just any bazaar: Bazaar vakil, Shiraz * Jaguar bedam ya Pepsi? Non-alcoholic beer * Paaraazeet: "Foroozeh" * Weststricken: Ale Ahmad's "Gharbzadegi" * Cartoon chronicle: Marjane Satrapi * War on the wall: Chehel Sotoon * My name is... from Luristan * Airline: Aseman * Ageh gofti: Toilent & shelang * Darre-ye jen-nee: Ebrahim Golestan * Panj tan: Shia * She'r o shaa'er: Shamloo * Hich: Parviz Tanavoli * Alexander the Zu al Gheraneyn: "Two horns" * Aghdashloo 2: Azar Nafisi's "Reading Lolita in Tehran" * Reversal of fortune: Reza Shah * It's all a dream: Satanic Verses * Shahnameh couple: Sekandar and Roshanak * Pretty boy: Mohammad Reza Golzar * aka Kamal: "Ali-Naghi" Kharrazi * What's his name: "Hossein Haj-Dabbagh" Soroush * Dadam vaay: Ali Daei * Aroosi: Obstacles * Rhyme & riddle: Numbers * Link or blink? Pahlavan & Champion * Test your Italian: What time is it? * Short life: Azarbaijan Republic Army * Prime real estate: Bishapur Palace * Room without a view: Sadegh Hedayat * Shah kaar: Ardeshir Mohassess * Maraa beboos: For daughter * Green hands: Women poets * Looking back: Cyrus Ghani * Chaakeram: Taarof * Laboo daareem: Street vendors * When we were smart: Abu Ali Sina (Avicenna) * Digging up Dezful: Dejpol * Jamshid's throne: Persepolis, etc * Missing dollar * Gholam ol Salateen: Mohammad Ali Abtahi * Laughing matter: Hadi Khorsandi * Draw me a cover: Morteza Momayez * Conscientious objectors: 16 Azar students * No ayatollah: Omid Djalili * Protest posterchild: Ahmad Batebi * Soo-e-qasd: Mozafar din Shah in Paris * Match point: Mansour Bahrami * Information super highway: Farzad Nazem * Kamal o Doleh: Kharrazi * Injaa landan ast: Baqer Moin * Siren: Ziba Shirazi * International relations: Fereydoun Hoveyda * Save the trees * Pen pal: Roshangar * La la la: Elahe "Love Story" * Resting place: Tehran Hilton * Slimy little devil: Marmoolak * Mobaarakeh: Haddad Adel * Baby face: Hashemian * Roshanfekr: Ramin Jahanbegloo * We don't need nuclear weapons: Khatami with bow and arrow * Unreliable source: Rudi Bakhtiar * Good soul: Sohrab Sepehri * Safar bekheyr: Rituals * Writing on the wall: Persepolis signature * Dirt on the hill: Khomeini poem * Worth a kiss: Cosmetique >>> Maatik * My god: Anahita * Astaghforellah: Abulbaha * Always on the move: Nomads * Can you read? Revolutionary song * Mr X and Ms. Y: Pooran & Gharib-Afshar * President who? Admiral Madani * Charge! Last war Iran started * Stand by me: Shah & Stalin * The flavor that changed the world: Vanilla * So familiar and yet...: Minister of Commerce * Still after 1000 years: Nader Naderpour * Makes sense: Isfahan's old name * Oh she's good! Goli Taraghi * If some day: Faramarz Aslani * Frankly: Gone with the wind * Spirit of intolerance: "Persian Letters" * Made in Iran: Carpets * First class: Mehrangiz Kar * Betereki: Hungry molla * So many Iranians: Ethnic groups * Khoob kerdaar: Sa'di * Round and round: Rumi * Borj-e zahr-e maar: Grumpy * Chaakeram: ElBaradei * Lahjeh: Shirazi * History meets fantasy: Mahmood Farshchian * Booked: Abdolhossein Zarrinkoob * Name change: Cities before and after 1979 * Lady in black: Shirin Neshat * Tabrizi: Vartan Gregorian * Chain reaction: Orange * Topoli: Rezazadeh * Ateesh paareh: Mohammad Khordadian * Ripple effects: Eggs? * Famous funny guy: Nozar Azadi (Ghatebeh) * Khepidemic: Official names with "Kh" * They were all...: Freenasons * Haftseen + 1 * On the rise: Hassan Rohani * Color TV: 1974 * Sensitive Shah: Shah Abbas Safavi * All that is Shiraz * Believe your ears: "Gharib-e Ashenaa" -- Indian version * Yum! Shaami * No Romeo & Juliet: "Moosh o Gorbeh" * The passion of Shamkhani: Funny caption * Literary martyr: Mirzadeh Eshghi * Historic day: Fan at Iran-U.S. World Cup match * Ancient holiday: Purim * Choo choo: Tabriz train station * Magic hands: Lily Afshar * Cream of the crop: Tehran University * Man of metal: Jazeh Tabatabaie * Island of solitude: Simin Daneshvar * Threat to Rome: Shapur I * Gaamaas gaamaas: Mirza Malkom Khan * Dripping paint: Iran Darroudi * Higher education: Abadan Institute of Technology * A flower in progress: Goli Taraghi * Last Tango in Tehran: Prince Charles and Khatami * To be or not to be: Pari Saberi * Didn't save most polluted city on earth: Masoumeh Ebtekar * Innocence lost: Khamenei * Goodbye party: Humerous * Doost-e Iran: Iraj Mirza * Paradise on earth: Bagh-e Fin, Kashan * Pleased Roman legions * Odd couple: Aghdashloo & Kingsly * I do: Jewish Iranian * Political scientist: Abbas Milani * Saa'ate khaab: Sehate khaab * Focus on children: Majid Majidi * Writing on the wall: Majlis * Snow or shine: Shah-Goli, Tabriz * Last something in some place: Last Tango in Paris * Throwing in the towel: MP Ahmad Bourghani * In Her Majesty's service: Rashidian * Big mouth: Khatami * Watch out: Jehova's Witness * What most women want to do: Hejab/scarf * Missing in action: Amir Naderi * Dangerous corner: Khorramshahr * Psychological warfare: Shapour Reporter * A B C
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