| 2005
Past
years
Blog, blog and away
It's incredible, there are more blogs than there are Iranians
Peyvand Khorsandi
Desperate husbands
Lively conversations during afternoon tea
Farrokh A. Ashtiani
Tanaabi ham beh een yeki bebandeed
Ahmadinejad thrives on crises and chaos -- to the detriment of an entire nation
Yavar Ostovar
President Kong
King Kong focuses on the mind of one man and his fraught relations with the West: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Peyvand Khorsdandi
Bekhaatere yek joft sibil
Shaving off Shah-era moustache
Mohammad Hossainzadeh
The second coming of Elvis
I don't think "Allah o Akbar" is a good substitute for an engine
Siamack Baniameri
Bittersweet
I laughed and laughed until I reached a point where all I wanted to do was cry
Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
A game of backgammon
Or clash of cultures?
Saeed Tavakkol
It's good to be gay!
Parts (1) (2) (3)
Siamack Baniameri
Naameh beh Emam Zaman
Qom elementary school writing competition winner
Parsi
Perisan romance - Part 6
As Asgar picked up a ripe plum to eat and wrapped his hand around it, the plum slipped straight out of his hand and flew at Asal's face
Payam Ghamsari
Hadi brings down the house
Video clips & photos
Jahanshah Javid
Omid's greatest hits
Video clips: Omid Djalili does stand up on HBO
Jahanshah Javid
Birdman of al-Qaeda
He is called as Father of Aviation because he was the first man who thought of using infected birds to inflict casualties on the enemies
Farrokh A. Ashtiani
Bloghestaane Sa'di
Sa'di's blog entry about the Sivand Dam and the debate over preserving Iran's heritage
Gahrib Ghorbati
UNews
Correcting President Ahmadinejad's U.N. speech
Mazloom
The
late potato
At five in the morning Mr Potato woke up in a sweat
Peyvand Khorsandi
New Orleans eyne Baghdad shod
Siah poostaane siah roozegaar, gorosneh, azaaadaar dar rahgozaar
Hadi Khorsandi
Pooste shir
Smoke from Oshnoo cigarettes filled the air as the ceiling fan hovered quietly
Mohammad Hossainzadeh
Taghdeem baa eshgh
To the most beautiful Shohreh Solati
Reza Kohansal
Shahr-e Ashoub
Short story
P. Shabrang
Sex
khordan
An anecdote from bazaar bozorg
Behrang Litkouhi
Nice
try
"Sahar, Khanoom," Haniye started asking me "Are
you married?" Where the hell did that come from? Please shoot
me now.
Sahar Dastmalchi
Polillusionist
Bob's fabricated interview with Iran's ambassador to the U.N., Javad Zarif
Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi
Three short stories
"Gorbeye
gondegoo"
"Sage
abiye jooyaaye naam"
"Do
booghalamoon"
Mahshid Amirshahi
WomBomb
My detonating agent turned out to be a Persian-born European-raised
boy named Ramin
Sahar Dastmalchi
Two
Iranian brothers
The concept of "tarof"
Behrang Litkouhi
Persian
cat on crack
She constantly nags, starts rumors, gossips all day and considered
me a failure
Siamack Baniameri
Sahar
Khanoom mord
"Bale Farhad told me you could get me a fridge... Cheap." Ok.
We have lift off.
Sahar Dastmalchi
Minus
spanking
Parenthood, Iranican style
Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
Stop
press
Niger offers citizenship to Ganji
Peyvand Khorsandi
Birthday
letters
A tribute
Peyvand Khorsandi Khatami
dar sokoot-e ketaabkhaaneh
Khatami in the silence of his library
Hadi Khorsandi
Shooteh
bad
Lessons in Persian II
Peyvand Khorsandi
Against
the wind
Cartoons
Hanif Bahari
Tying-up
loose ends
Aftabeh, democracy and terrorism
Guive Mirfendereski The
President and Akbar Ganji
Khatami has ordered an investigation into the sheer variety of
Persian dishes of which Ganji has been deprived
Hadi Khorsandi
Give
it up comrade
Ganji should go home, down a huge chelo-kabab with gigantic onions,
relax, take a shower, have great sex and apply for Canadian citizenship
Siamack Baniameri
Jacket
over a cross
The jottings of Ali Mashangian
Peyvand Khorsandi
Heaven
can wait
The thought of going to heaven the next time a suicide bomber steps
into my bus certainly makes me feel secure
Siamack Baniameri
That's
my captor
Current events in cartoons
Saman Four-ty
What dignity I had evaporated in a cloud of shame this morning
Siamack Salari
If
you have it, enjoy it
Business, success and satisfaction
Parviz Forghani Salad
Shirazi
While many of us spent the entire last year arguing if Ms. Aghdashlou
is prettier or Googoosh guess what happened? The British team won again!
Farrokh A. Ashtiani
Pirezani
raa setami dargereft
Post-election poem
Hadi Khorsandi And
the winner is... the Shah!
Reached for
comment, the late Shah rolled over in his grave, and said, “If I had known these people were this pathetic,
I would’ve cashed out a lot sooner.”
Manesh Money
for nothing
I know it's our country's flag and our identity, but
I don't find the beast particularly attractive and I don't think a
scary-looking creature characterizes my identity
Siamack Baniameri
Yek
saal-e ba'd dar hamin rooz
(1) (2) (3)
A year from today under President Ahmadinejad's administration
Shahyad
Bileh
dig, bileh choghondar
Extraordinary insight into the Iranian character
Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh
Our
god's plan
The Lord has informed me that He wants America to
prepare, to make safe, the way for freedom and democracy in the
world
Doug Soderstrom
Comic
timing
Houshang Touzie's talent to entertain, move and empower
Peyvand Khorsandi
Boogh
boogh
A Western perspective on traffic in Iran
Martin
Dar
baab-e taarikhche-ye democracy
On the history of democracy
Bidjan Assadipour
There's
no meter down there
Excerpt from "Embroideries"
Marjane Satrapi
I'm
famous
I thought I was dreaming. I felt my face burn with a deep
read blush.
Siamack Salari
Befarmaa
eenam democracy
12 cartoons
Mahmoud
Two
worlds
My "dual life" as
a stand-up comic and over-educated secretary
Tissa Hami
We're
not impressed
People and things I'm sick and tired of
Siamack Baniameri
Satanic
bathroom
Holy books in a unholy space
Omid Parsi
Qafiyeh
cho tang ayad
Love, marriage & writers'
block
Mohammad Hossainzadeh
To
be or not to be an ass
Cartoons
Houman Mortazavi
Know
your presidential candidates
Power point
Anonymous
Searching
for Hasan
Asylum speakers news, a radio sketch show in progress
Peyvand Khorsandi
On
the edge
Asylum speakers news, a radio sketch show in progress
Peyvand Khorsandi Asylum
speakers
A radio sketch
show in progress
Peyvand Khorsandi
It's
a small world
Illegitimate lovechild of a metrosexual ayatollah who donated money
to the president of Halliburton whose brother was a fashion designer
for Chechnian rebels
Siamack Baniameri
Persian
romance
Part (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Payam Ghamsari Phone
with no ring
Satanic communication
Peyvand Khorsandi
Samad
meets Khamenei
Clever political
medley of sounds
Ferey
My Iranian of the year
Siamack Baniameri
Japanese
fans in Tehran
Photo essay: Iran-Japan football match
Nader Davoodi
Peanuts
and pistachios
Another Iranian-American woman; another book
Peyvand Khorsandi
Liberty
Gulf
U.S. renames Persian Gulf to
" promote freedom and democracy"
April Fools
Aghdashloo
quits "24"
Iranian-American star leaves hit Fox TV show amid controvery
Ken Hakarimoran
Khollywood Reporter
Persian
romance
He imagines under-age blondes running their hands through the Persian
rug on his chest
Payam Ghamsari
Ash-e
reshteh nation
Our diluted culture
Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
Dar
setaayesh-e betaalat
Holiday culture in Iran
Mohammad Ghaed
Heritage
shmeritage
‘Preserving’ Iranian culture
Peyvand Khorsandi
Adam
and Eve
Short story
Arash Emamzadeh
Royal
Mirage
A holiday to remember
Siamack Salari
Ensaan,
Arashmidos va raadikaalizm
Man, Archimedes and radicalism
Mohammad Ali Esfahani
Payback
time
A woman leads prayers? What's left of Moslem men's dignity?
Siamack Baniameri
Zan
Zallil
Magazine 4 Persian men... who can't make decisions
Siamack Baniameri Happy
Nowruz
Parody of Khomeini
and Montazeri
Ta'arof
A lie is no longer considered a sin when hospitality is the intention
Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani
Life
in terms of BellGheis Khanoom
Ten stages of life
Bahram Saghari
Igor
There
are some things you just don’t say
Peyvand Khorsandi
A
letter to the woman upstairs
Weighing heaven and hell
Siamack Baniameri
Sex,
lies & shish kebob
Part 3: Anything's okay, so long as your ass remains a one-way street
Siamack Baniameri
Evil
in jitters
A natural yearning for freedom and justice in the Middle East is
(thanks to the United States of America) turning to impatience
Alidad Vassigh
Ahang-e
Khodaa
"Song of God"
Source/Artist unknown
Valentine
abgoosht
Saltanat entered the apartment with her nose first sniffing like
a Bassett hound on the trail
Kaveh Aminian, Seattle
This
doctor shit is hard
The link between studying for medical
school & plumbing
Maziar Shirazi
Wham,
bam, thank you Azam
I owe Ms. N. a debt of gratitude for love finally coming and knocking
on my door
Sima Shirazi
Sex,
lies and shish kebob
Part 2: The games Iranian girls play: always acting, always dramatic,
always cunning; it never ends
Siamack Baniameri
Joghdee
keh khodaa bood
Dedictaed to the followers of the Imam
Mahshid Amirshahi
Asghar
Agha at 26
Six excerpts from the latest issue of
Hadi Khorsandi's "Asghar
Agha" magazine which has entered its 26th year of publication
Sex,
lies and shish kebob
Part 1: Why are you Persian guys such loose mouth, perverted liars?
she asked
Siamack Baniameri
How
to liberate Iran
Please... please... please, pay a bit of attention when carpet
bombing the city with your 'precision' bombs
Sharif N Mafi
What
can Woody Allen teach the Iranian opposition?
Shouting "SEX" doesn't
really give anyone an orgasm
Fred Andon Petrossians
Bush,
Part II
An arrogant pitch for legacy and petro dollars!
Farhad Radmehrian
Mohaakeme-ye
sag-e galleh
Iranian tales
Mahshid Amirshahy United
Malodorous Nations
What do these human rights people do all day?
Alidad Vassigh
You're
FIRED
Pink slip for the Red States
David Donnell
Silver
Ghost Rolls Royce matchbox
Matchboxes, if you recall, were the small miniature cars that were
5 tomans each
Bahram Saghari
I
can play terrorist, easy
Seeking acting jobs in Hollywood
Siamack Baniameri
Where
are they now?
The characters in "Shahr-e Qesseh" 38
years later
Sharif N Mafi
Divine
fashion
Photo essay: Religious store items
Fanus.blogspot.com
Javad
the Great
He has a tendency to form archaic opinions on issues that are
too relevant to rely on the ways of old
Kamran Zargahi
Opposites
Day
Guess who got a Presidential Medal of Freedom
Abtin Assadi
The
Iranican Dream
Introduction to a book of Iranian-American satire
Siamack Baniameri
Fun
to be fat (for now)
Will I be fit enough to play football with my twins in the local
park?
Siamack Salari
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