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August 2005
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iranians of the day
* Shirazi: Persian Golfer
* Niloufar K.: Ahvaz
* Razi Mireskandari: Che Guevara
* Shirzad Mohammad-Aghaee: Poet remembered
* Anice Shahmanesh: Actor

aint seen nothin yet
BBC: Iraq war 'costlier than Vietnam'

tragedy
BBC: Iraq stampede kills 'up to 1,000'

kurdistan
BBC Persian: Workers demand pay in Sanandaj
Audio-Text

cartoons
Mazloom
* IRI forever
HajiAgha
* Storm: Iraq & USA

money for love
AFP: Iran sets up 'love fund' with oil cash

anyway
* Video: Fidel Castro beer
* Brigitte Bardot +40
* Barbari escapes to Europe
* Video: Khamenei takes a hike
* Video: Karate Masta
* PowerPoint: BBQ at *cough* my new house
* Video: Dancing mom
* Video: Leonard Nimoy: Bilbo
* Reality TV: Iraq

yes
Globe & Mail: Groups to fight sharia tribunal across Europe

tony benn
The Guardian: Bush is the real threat

same ol' same ol'
ISNA: Interview with Ali Shariati's son Ehsan

trita parsi
Financial Times: Europe’s mendacity doomed Iran talks to failure

music
Tajikistan: More than 10 additional songs

photoblogs
NaderDavoodi.net
NasiriPhotos.com

nukes
Reuters: Iran says has made new atomic breakthrough
AFP: Iranian nuclear negotiator heads to India

far away from earth
BBC: Saturn moon delights and baffles

anyway
* Phuket Airlines
* MJ in Dubai!
* Video: Pepsi: The Godfather
* Video: Crazy cats

cartoon
Radmehrian

* Bokhor bokhor
* New Enerjee Minishter
* Majlis: Pavarotti for IRI mafia
Kohansal
* To Shohreh Solati with love
Mazloom
* Ahmadinejad: Dumber than it appears
* Ahmadinejad brain surgery
Mahdad
* Bush Doctrine
* Pahlavi: electronic warfare
Reza007
* Atomic cabinet
* Ahmadinejad charms lawmakers (1)
* Ahmadinejad charms lawmakers (2)
* Mammad Nafti

* Majles: Aftabeh

oil
CS Monitor: Iran's oil gambit - and potential affront to the US

abbassi hotel
Isfahan: I can’t begin to describe the beauty of the place

norway
Radio Farda: Iranian refugee threatens to electrocute himself to protest camp conditions

kayhanism
Rooz: Moves against book publishers instigated by Kayhan newspaper

mehrangiz kar
Radio Farda: Judiciary spokesman gives green light to harass women

shoraaye negahbaan
Rooz: Men from Council of Guardians make way into government

our voice
Sedaye-Ma.org

aghazadeh
AP: Ahmadinejad reappoints nuclear chief

anyway
* 50,000 virgins dance to catch king's eye

thank you
Radio Farda: German Green Party to honor Ganji

going nowhere
BBC Persian: IRI's lonely quest to revive Islamic civilization

police state
Radio Farda: Security & the state at the dawn of the Ahmadinejad Era
Audio-Text

6 feet under, miles wide
Radio Farda: Author says government trying to destroy graves of political prisoners at Khavaran cemetery

burying history
* Farhad Heyrani: Sivand Dam will bury Pasargad and other ancient remains
* Related article: The Guardian

iranian of the day
Nema Milaninia: Beer at the Pub

4th judge shot
Iranian judge shot in eye; judges to carry guns
* BBC
* BBC Persian
* AFP

seeyaasat pedar maadar nadaareh
The Scotsman: Police chief-Lockerbie evidence against Libya was faked

sean penn in iran
NaderDavoodi.net

nukes
AFP: Iran bids to open out nuclear talks beyond Europe

zar o zoor o tazvir
Ali Akbar Mahdi: Ahmadinejad owes election victory to the rich NOT the poor
-- Radio Farda
Audio-Text

kurdistan
Radio Farda: European labor unions call for release of prisoners in Iranian Kurdistan

super intelligence
BBC Persian: Majles considering expanded role for Intelligence Ministry

so true
Q : What's the difference between Iraq and Vietnam?
A : Bush and Cheney knew how to get out of Vietnam.

yaad begirim
BBC: Muslim Malaysians going to the moon -- without mullahs

kaarmand
BBC Persian: What is it like to be a government employee in Iran

replys to "soroushism"
* Ahmad Sadri
* Harfha

anyway
* Khole avazi: Niyazov
* Video: Paris Hilton vs. Fat Harris

sad
AP: Iranian daredevil dies in motorcycle stunt

film
Hamid Rahmanian's "Day Break"
Trailer-Site

fun
linkbaran.com

mehrangiz kar
Radio Farda: With the consolidation of power, conservatives are out of excuses

nuks
BBC: Iran negotiator meets IAEA chief

who reads books?
BBC Persian: Books, readers, and the rest in Iran

murder
Radio Farda: Iranian Kurdish activist Kaven Zarei killed in Sweden

must see
* British & National Museum of Iran: Forgotten Empire: the world of Ancient Persia
* The Australian: Biggest exhibition of Persian art yet assembled outside Iran

novel
BBC Persian: Reviewing Mohammad Mohammad Ali's novel "Jamshid and Jamak"

cartoons
Mahmoud

* Persian wedding
* Persian divorce
Unknown
* Ahmadinejad cabinet nose makeover
HajiAgha
* Western life
* Suicide bomber
* Human victimes of...
* Afghanistan and freedom?

* Canadian-Iranian: U.S. border
* Ahmadinejad's freedom sign

* Hanging by a finger

clips
Cyrus Kar's 55 days in Iraq
ABC's Nightline

sean penn in iran
San Francisco Chronicle:
* Day 5
* Day 4
* Day 3
* Day 2
* Day 1

why should they die?
BBC: Amnesty International calls on Iran to halt execution of two teenagers

underground music
German radio's Persian service: Bamahang's productions (Kiosk)
Audio-Text

ganji
* Radio Farda: Ganji's wife says officials have not kept their word.
Audio-Text
* Ganji archive

anyway
* Paykan Shirazi
* How may times have you see this?
* Cake... or kabk?

kurdistan
* Radio Farda: Mehrangiz Kar on continuing tensions over a gruesome death in Mahabad

daashmashti music
Shahpar: Amoo Sabzi-Foroosh!

ahde boogh music
Roohangiz: Bish Azin Man Taaghat Eshgh Nadaaram

'70s music
* Mahasti: "Montazer"
* Azita: "Bia Bia" & ...
* Banan: "Bahaare Delneshin"
* Delkash: "Ashenaee"
* Giti: "Nazanin Yaaram" & ...
* Onik: "Cheshm Assali"
* Gita: "Kenaare Ham Bemoonim"
* Sousan: "Lahzehaaye Akhar"
* Parvin: "Atashpaareh" & ...
* Parviz Khosravi: "Soori Soori" & ...
* Vafa: "Baavar Mikoni" & ...
* Nahid: "Del Binasib" & ...
* Jalal Hemmati: "Hargez Hargez"
* Bahram Siar: " Raahe Bikhatar"

clips
Hengameh
Video: Move on Googoosh, competition has arrived

when will these crimes stop?
Gay City: Two gay men to be executed in Arak charged with rape

what about other prisoners?
AFP: Dissident Akbar Ganji may be released

anyway
* Video: Austalian foreplay
* Video: Benz: Beelaakh
* Video: Why dinosaurs went extinct
* Video: Passing train: Ahmaghe bishoor
* Video: Want anything to happen to you KABOOM!

iranians of the day
* Yazdaneh Amiryazdani: Their hot
* Cheyenne & Shervon: Tae Kwan Do (5 pix)
* Film fans: "Omar Khayyam"
* Kayvan Mashayekh: Director
* Cyrus Kar: Iraq nightmare
* Shawheen Nabizadeh: Taekwando champ
* Students against EU nuke talks

worst government
BBC: Hardline cabinet approved in Iran

nukes
CS Monitor: US attitudes toward Iran and North Korea may be swapping

injustice
AFP: Iran judiciary set to close Kazemi case: family lawyer

iranians of the day
* Cyrus Kar: Iraq nightmare
* Teo Fulton: Bruce Willis
* Nazanin: R U The Girl?
* Bahar Ghiyaspour: Touched heart
* Masoud Soltanpour: Rich revolutionary
* Mariam Memarsadeghi: NewsHour interview (6 pix)

majles
BBC Persian: Objections to Interior Minister nominee Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi for links to serial murders

commentary
Asia Times: Nuclear modernity and identity in Iran
-- Kaveh L. Afrasiabi

no to ahmadinejad
Majlis vetoes four proposed cabinet ministers, including oil
* BBC Persian
* Reuters

nukes
BBC
* Diplomats in disarray over Iran
* US dismisses Iran nuclear report

anyway
* Video: Lover boy bounce
* Video: Cross bar...
* Video: Escasliding
* Video: Bird hit by baseball
* Video: Ping pong champs

all talk
BBC: Google's step into instant messaging and net calls

music
70s
* Photo & MP3: Googoosh performs for Mexican president
* MP3s: "Chiro Baavar Bokonam" and "Azarin"

sean penn in iran
San Francisco Chronicle:
* Day 3
* Day 2
* Day 1

very nice
NamakMag.com

join the beeb
BBC Persian is looking for reporters in Washington bureau

badbakht
Mohammad Anvar-Kord Iranian freed from Guantanamo was mistreated * Reuters
* BBC Persian

iran under kayhan
German radio (Persian): Shamsolvaezin on impact of soon to be Ershad Culture Minister Mohammad Hossein Saffar Harandi

nukes
* BBC: EU cancels key Iran atomic talks
* AP: U.N.: Uranium Brought To, Not Made in Iran

sensible
Los Angeles Times: Coping with Iran's nuclear ambitions
-- Fariborz Mokhtari

ganji fund
Expenses: International Committe in Defense of Akbar Ganji

meet new intelligence minister
Rooz: Mohsen Ejehie speaks, Majlis listen

her majesty's government
BBC: Iranian asylum family face eviction in UK

democracy
CS Monitor: Egypt's growing blogger community pushes limit of dissent

ayatollah robertson
Televangelist urges US to kill Venezuelan president

ganji fiasco
Zan: Paayaane yek maajeraa beh khoobiyo khoshi

cartoons
Rend
* Ahmadinejad's turn to go(h)
Shagholam
* Freedom of choice IRI style
* Ahmadinejad's girlfriend
* Supreme Leader's Atomic carpet
* NITV: Shah or Sheikh
* IRI-Monarchist kicking match
* Khamenei without turban

iranians of the day
* Dara & Maryam Rahnema: 30th anniversary
* Vahab Assadi: Quiz award

anyway
* Video: White rapper
* Video: Woomba keeps women fresh
* Video: Rally car flips in water

hand of god
Maradona acknowledges he struck ball with his hand in '86 World Cup

no incentives
Reuters: Europeans call off nuclear talks with Iran-France

sean penn in iran
San Francisco Chronicle:
* Day 2
* Day 1

bogus trial
BBC Persian: Student leader Ali Afshari on trial on charges of trying to overthrow the IRI

kurdistan
* Radio Farda: Kurdish journalist Roya Tolouie and three colleauges remain in deterntion
Audio-Text
* BBC Persian: Kurdish editor Borhan Zerehtan to go on trial next week

ganji's lawyer
Radio Farda: Abdolfattah Soltani's mother has not seen her detained son for 24 days

cinema rex
Radio Farda: Special 4-part program on the 1978 fire in Abadan than left 400 dead

underground music
The Guardian: Iran's 'culturally inappropriate' rock hopefuls struggle to be heard

blood money
Iranian woman will be executed if she does not pay blood money. You can donate money to help her live

solution soon
Interview with Akbar Ganji's wife on his improving condition and resolution of his case in "coming days"
Radio Farda
Audio-Text

akbar ganji
End of hunger strike: wife
* AFP
* BBC
* BBC Persian
** Ganji archive

anyway
* Video: Nude soccer
* Video: Suspected terrorists
* Video: Stay awake or die
* Video: Dancing with my dog
* Video: The dog that licked your face
* Video: Reality TV: One-sided fist fights
* I know the feeling: Freedom in a cage

cartoons
Kohansal

* Cholera outbreak: Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud
* Majlese Khomregan
Mahdad
* Bush: Chelo Kabab
* Ariel Sharon: Gaza
* Reza Pahlavi: Islam & free speech
Kazem
* Cindy Sheehan: Anti-war

destroying evidence
Khavaran Cemetery: Families object to plans to conceal mass graves from 1988 prisoner massacres

document
BBC: Britain's involvement in 1953 coup

gay
"Cheragh" electronic magazine for Iranian homosexuals
* New issue
* Website

less than men
* Radio Farda: Iranian women almost non-existant at world student Olympics
Audio-Text

mirzadegi & nooriala
Puyeshgaraan.com

cabinet
Ahmadinejad introduces his ministers to the Majlis for confirmation
* Reuters
* BBC
* BBC Persian

banned names
Rooz: You can pick any name for your kids -- except those the Islamic Republic does not like

excellent
BBC Persian: Ganji 2005 chronology

book review
BBC Persian: Hossein Bashirieh has edited a collection of articles on democracy

finally!
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan demands release of Akbar Ganji
* BBC
* BBC Persian
* Radio Farda
* AP
* Reuters

hungering for reform
Washington Post: Akbar Ganji Puts His Life on the Line
-- Roya Hakakian

told you so
AP: U.N. nuclear agency tests back up Iran claim

unconfirmed
AFP: Ganji out of intensive care, official spokesman says

jabs
Zerzer: Shirin Khatami

the onion
Iraqi Cop Moonlighting As Terrorist Just To Make Ends Meet

in the dark
BBC Persian: More than 70 days after the start of his hunger strike Ganji's condition is under veil of secrecy

clips
Video: Win some, lose some
Antonio Esfandiari on ESPN poker
Jahanshah Javid

little googoosh
Tasvire Madar: Early 1960s song mixed with Indian lyrics

anyway
* Video: British cops in undies
* Video: Stuntville
* Video: NEW! iPod Flea

music
Radio Farda: Interview with Kiosk band member Arash (forward to 9:50 minutes)

clips
Video: Qorehkeshi
Drawing the winner for the quiz competition
Jahanshah Javid

iranian-americans
NIAC: More democratic participation needed
-- San Francisco panel

fat chance
Reuters: US Republican senator calls for talks with Iran

which liar telling the truth?
* Khamenei: Iran not interested in nuclear arms
* MKO: Iran forges ahead with plutonium project

trailer
Abbas Amirentezam: The Last Hostage: A Documentary by Roya Hakakian

infection
Radio Farda: Ganji in critical condition, being treated for blood infection, doctor says
Audio-Text

where is he?
Reuters: Akbar Ganji's health "improves", hospital spokesman says, though family still prevented from seeing him.

clips
* Video: Middle East peace
Ad promoting peace between Israelis and Palestinians
* Video: Covered in sand
Sand storm moves in on U.S. military base in Iraq

civilization
IRNA: 4,000 BC antiquities found in Iran   

military option
Media: Experts on effects of US or Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear facilities

anyway
* Video: Boy helps old ladies
* Video: Mercedes vs. Ferrari
* Video: Copying mom in aerobics class
* Video: American Idol: Like a virgin

akbar ganji & yves montand
Payvand: Hero similar in Costa Gavras' film "The Confession"

land of plenty?
BBC: Why the American dream of getting rich quick is a myth

hee hee
NY Tiumes: U.S. diplomat in Baghdad cited as having provided classified info to pro-Israel lobbyist

enameh
Mosbat o manfi: Thanks for leaving Gaza, but who knows... you might decide to come back!

53 coup anniversary
BBC Persian: When Shah worshippers and anti-communists seized power

where's ganji?
Radio Farda: Ganji's mother, wife and hospital sources unable to confirm end to hunger strike
Text-Audio

cartoons
Shagholam

* Regime change -- by aliens
* Reza Pahlavi about to land in Iran
* Ahmadinejad, Bush & Blair
* Rafsanjani & Ahmadinejad: Red & Black
Mahdad
* EU-IRI nuclear dance
* Monarchists keeping busy
Bahmani
* Sasssanian -- with a swimming pool
Mazloom
* Time running out for Ganji

general appeal
BBC Persian: 120 top Iranian politicians and journalists call for intervention in Ganji case

ebrahim nabavi
Rooz: On Ganji, Ahmadinejad's cabinet, the nuclear issue &...

screw you
Rooz: Majlis delivered new bill on punishing "Internet crimes"

well... hello there!
The Onion: "Today, at about 1600 hours EST, Secretary Rumsfeld landed in the vagina of Mrs. Rumsfeld and delivered cordial greetings," said a Pentagon spokesman.

cartoons
Shagholam
* KING GONG: Ahmadinejad in New York
* Iran's nuclear energy capsules
* Iran's nuclear program
Mahdad
* High-level IRI meeting

* Iranian cabinet = Zoo

* Ahmadinejad: Dancing shoes
* Ahmadinejad in no-Che

HajiAgha
* Bin Laden retires from CIA
* CIA: Oil
* Hand behind suicide bombers

hollywood
Shohreh Aghdashloo cast in X-Men 3

unconfirmed
AFP: Akbar Ganji 'officially' ends hunger strike: judiciary

student leader
BBC Persian: Ali Afshari says he was tortured before TV "confession"; calls for open trial
* Audio: Afshari interview
* Report
* Afshari's letter to Judiciary Chief

vabaa
AFP: At least 560 infected, 7 dead in Iran cholera outbreak

jamatul idiots
BBC: More than 300 simultaneous explosions in 50 cities and towns across Bangladesh

praise allah
BBC: Iran's newspapers are going through some of their hardest times, and the future is uncertain

anyway
* Video: Dealing with annoying dog
* Video: Sue that dog!
* Video: Pepsi chickens
* Video: High 5

ominous
The Guardian: Ahmadinejad realising the worst fears of liberal-minded opponents

iranian of the day
* Arman & Milad Mossadeghian: Darlings
* Amir Kashfi: Damavand
* Mojgan Endjavi: ILLA Association
* Dara Ethan & Kian Justin: Boys
* Sam Dabir: My son
* Dental sudents: Tufts University
* Ardeshir Radpour: Sassanian archer
* Sean Ahrar: Wrestling coach

disaster
The Guardian: A US invasion of Iran would be a disaster for Bush

another hunger strike
Radio Farda: Prisoner of conscience Manoochehr Mohammadi on 38th day of hunger strike
Audio-Text

ganji's mother
Radio Farda: Akbar Ganji's mother calls Prosecutor Mortazavi a liar
Audio-Text

kurdistan
Radio Farda: Baker arrested and beaten in Saqqez; kept incommunicado
Audio-Text

oh well...
Japan 2 - Iran 1
Play by play

blood money
Iranian woman will be executed if she does not pay blood money. You can donate money to help her live

ali karimi
Asian Footballer of the Year's first goal for Bayern Munich

let him live
AFP: Iran judiciary wants Ganji to die: wife

not funny
Cartoon: Akbar Ganji: Candle in the dark

anyway
* Iranian-American grill, cheap
* Video: Favorite football tumblers
* Video: Scary jackass
* Video: Anti-terrorism dogs, masalan
* Video: Those Chinese can dance, also
* Video: Beckham's T-shirt: Priceless
* 15% of housewives are mental

bloggers charged
Radio Farda: Prosecutor says charges have been made against 4 bloggers
Audio-Text

vabaa
AFP: Six dead in Iran cholera outbreak

berlin hunger strike
Radio Farda: Iranian artists end hunger strike in Berlin
Audio-Text

bogus charge
Radio Farda: Spy charges against Ganji lawyer are baseless
Audio-Text

playing with death
Rooz: Ganji is a step away from death, doctors say

diary of a hunger striker
Forud Siyavashpour in Vienna has been on a hunger strike for 18 days in support of  Akbar Ganji

here & there
Pictures of Ostad Lotfi's concert in Irvine (13 pix)

creative
Shahin (from Shahin & Sepehr) has a new album "Pascha"

germany-iran
NY Times: Schröder, the Underdog, Plays an Old Card with a New Face: Iran

hossein derakhshan
"Sign this petition and topple the regime"

yes
NoSharia.com

khayyam & poetry in san francisco
* Friday: "The Keeper" in Bay Area
* Sold out: Short Films of Contemporary Iranian Poetry

doctors worried
Interviews with Gani's wife
* Radio Farda: Audio-Text
* BBC Persian: Audio

have they no shame? none.
BBC Persian: Tehran prosecutor accuses Ganji of "acting" and says his lawyer was a spy

no news is bad news
Rooz: Total news blackout on Ganji, who has not been seen by his family for 2 weeks

clips
Sanaz, model
Interview on NakedNews.com

cartoons
Mahmoud

* Persian Opera
Reza007
* U.S. may not give visa to Ahmadinejad
* Ahmadinejad: Grenade
HajiAgha
* Ganji should be exiled to Canada
* My 10th year away from home
* Iranians don't listen to Bush

anyway
* Mr. Afghanistan
* Video: Carball: Football with cars
* Video: Burning drugs
* Video: One last prank
* Video: Old friends, new enemies
* Video: Snail crossing the street
* Video: TV studio falling apart

shabakeh.org
Iranian women networking

shootali
AFP: Iran names hardliner Ali Larijani to run nuclear policy

ayatollah death
Rooz: Proposed Intelligence Minister Mohsen Ejehie has dark past

stinks to high heaven
Rooz: Ahmadinejad's military-security cabinet

the guardian
* Iran's sharp move towards ultra-Islamist policies
* How Bush would gain from war with Iran

ganji's plight lifts us
New York Daily News: The movement for democracy in Iran has finally found its voice. Political theorist Akbar Ganji
-- Ramin Ahmadi

papers
Links to newspaper sites in Iran

eggs & tomatoes
AFP: Islamist students pelt British embassy in Tehran

ganji medical report
Iran Emrooz: Doctor says hunger striker has lost more than 60 pounds

radio tehran, 1977
Bahram Siar: Tasneefs kept music alive

music
* Delkash: "Parvaneh" and more
* Googoosh: An Armenian and Spanish song
* Betty: "Midoonam"
* Hamid Shabkhiz: "Asemooni", "Moje Daryaa"
* Fereydoun Farrokhzad: "Migorizi" (with Sally, aka Maryam Jalili)
* Dynamik: Two songs
* Elahe: "Beyaade Sayyaad"

losing war
NY Times: The battle to keep the Iraq war afloat with the American public is lost
-- Frank Rich

anyway
* Video: Family Guy upset stomach
* Video: Butt fire
* Video: Missed football goals

new government
* BBC: Ahmadinejad unveils hardline cabinet
* BBC Persian: Known ruthless figures given key positions
* IRNA: Cabinet list

facts
Independet: UN nuclear watchdog rebuts claims that Iran is trying to make A-bomb

nukes
* AP: Senataor McCain: Iran military option must be kept
* AP: Iran says it won't stop uranium conversion
* Reuters: Germany's conservatives attack Schroeder on Iran

art
BBC Persian: Farsad Labbaf's art show in Isfahan

kurdistan
BBC Persian: Kurds protest in front of Iran's embassy in London
Audio - Text

beesharafaa
Wife pleads to see Iran dissident on day 64 of hunger strike
* Radio Farda
* AFP

german elections are near
Germany warns US to withdraw threat of force against Iran

must see
Iranian club: cloob.com

ganji
Radio Farda
* Berlin solidarity with Ganji
* Cindy & Akbar

anyway
* "Normal sex" seminar in Tehran

homa arjomand
Toronto Star: Three women facing death threats denounced allowing Muslims to use sharia laws to settle family disputes

iraqi women
NY Times: To us, the "liberated" but repressive Iraq is a paradox. To the women, it's a prison
-- Maureen Dowd

new government
Ahmadinejad's cabinet

pedar chera fohsh meedee :o)
Video: Old man's warning to counter-revolutionaries

anyway
* Video: Nut bra
* Video: Football player vs cow
* Audio: Alarm clock from hell
* Animation: Proof of evolution
* Video: Very loud

zereshk
Hassan Khomeini: Iran must remain an Islamic Republic -- nothing more, nothing less

tough talk
Bush refuses to rule out force against Iran

war on terror
Comedy Central's Jon Stewart: England is engaged in "the global row against roustabouts."

enameh
Mordanat beh, keh mardomaazaaree
-- Sa'di

:o)
BBC: Radical cleric Bakri barred from Britain

:o))
BBC: Physics of atoms may hold the secret to relationships

kurdistan
Radio Farda: Police chief disputes casualty figures in Kurdish disturbances
Audio-Text

nukes
The Economist: No appetite for carrots, no fear of sticks

ahmadinejad visa
BBC: Bush says Iran's new President will be allowed into the US to attend a UN meeting in New York next month

homosexual
War of words over Iranian deportee

mahtab
* Video: I made this clip for Ganji and his cause
-- LP

toons
Shagholam

* Iran's power structure
* The Khamenei & Rafsanjani show
* Darvish Ahmadinejad
Angoolakchi
* Ahmadinejad tells a joke
* Ahamadinejad: I'm not Ali Parvin
* Ahmadinejad & Khatami: Let's get outta here
Mahmoud
* No ice cream for you

hospital gathering
* BBC: Rally to save fasting writer
* Reuters: Protest over Iran journalist on hunger strike

pahlavi fans
The Constitutionalist Party of Iran (CPI)

influence
IAPAC: U.S. Congressman Anthony Weiner joins Iranian-American reception in New York

pure hollywood
Paramount Studios plans Oliver Stone film on 9/11

pure entertainment
College basketball: USA vs Iran

if cindy could meet akbar
CS Monitor: How nice if Cindy Sheehan and Akbar Ganji could meet, even if via satellite

itunes
Kiosk's album now available for digital download from iTunes! It's a milestone for Iranian Underground Music

gangi gathering
Radio Farda: Authorities prevent Ganji supporters from seeting the hunger striker.
Audio-Text

anyway
* Video: Life with no hands
* Video: Cat massage
* Video: Wheel comes off -- and rolls on
* Ultimate in women's body piercing
* No prostitutes

unnecessary crisis
Herlad Tribune: Iran's nuclear program: A crisis of choice, not necessity
-- Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh and Kaveh L. Afrasiabi

kurdish victim
Radio Farda: Interview with daughter of man shot in Saqqez
Audio - Text

deportation
BBC: Ten foreign nationals who "threaten UK security" are held in raids

nukes
* Reuters: EU, allies demand Iran resume nuclear freeze
* CS Monitor: Is a bigger 'nuke club' inevitable?

salman rushdie
BBC: Islam needs to be reformed to bring it into the modern era

heehee
The Guardian: Al-Jazeera in talks to sign David Frost

hospital gathering
* Radio Farda: Political and cultural figures gathering at Milad Hospital in Tehran Thursday to see Ganji
Audio - Text

strategy
* BBC Persian: Akbar Ganji's hunger strike strategy

kurdistan
* Radio Farda: Interview with Kurdish activist
Audio - Text
* BBC Persian: All is reported calm

nukes
* Iran warns against referring It to U.N
* Iran resumes full conversion operations

women in khatami era
* BBC Persian
Part (1) (2)

dissident mullah
Jomhourikhahan: Ayatollah Shirazi's family members beaten by security agents in Qom

nikahang kowsar
On Ganji

kurdistan
Human Rights Watch: Iran security forces kill at least 17 Kurdish protestors

political prisoners
Report, video clips and photos from first seminar on Iranian political prisoners

photo
davoodi.com: Ganji on prison leave just before his hunger strike

panoramic view
Isfahan: 33 Pol
-- Abbas Soltani

not so smart
Iran breaks UN seals at one of its nuclear plants

hunger strike
* Reuters: Iran dissident Ganji still on hunger strike
* BBC Persian: Ganji's wife denies end to hunger strike -- 164 political and cultural reps will go to the hospital
Audio -- Text

democracy in action
BBC: Baghdad mayor 'ousted by gunmen'

paper boats
San Francisco: Short Films of Contemporary Iranian Poetry

anyway
* Video: Chapelle Show: Gay USA
* Video: Bird does Michael Jackson Moon Walk
* Bush "intelligent design" vs. evolution
* Jooneh ammat: Homes for all in 4 years

filtering
BBC Persian: Internet filtering in Iran

johood koshan
BBC Persian: Qajar-era Jewish love story & persecution

attack on media
Rooz: Ansar Hezbollah warn journalists not to criticize regime

ganji
Los Angeles Times: A dying man's cry for freedom in Iran

rememberance
Video: Farangis Davar Ardalan (1912-2005)

10-day ultimatum
The Guardian: Pressure grows to issue Tehran nuke warning

olaagh
Bush suggests "intelligent design" should be taught in the classroom

areh jooneh ammat
Housing Minister: Homes for ALL Iranians in 4 years

islamic fashion
BBC Persian: Majlis commitee rejetcs national policy on what people should wear

nukes
Iran is to break the last UN seals at one of its nuclear plants, despite global pressure

toons
A.Bani

* New president & Rafsanjani
Mahdad
* Khomeini Khamenei
Haji
* U.S. Iraq photo album
* Iraq, America & oil
* America's best friend dies
* Iran-USA: 1979-2005

growing pressure
BBC: Iran faces growing pressure to stop uranium conversion work

nice
Ajayeb.ir

anyway
* Open-minded Persian cats
* Bike or butt?
* Video: Life guard bathroom break
* Video: Bike parking in Australia
* "Ya Fatemeh Zahra" in Japanese
* Guzmania
* Khamenei: Supreme Santa Claus

iranians of the day
* Boys in Shahr-e-Kurd: Computer transportation
* Mohammad Khatami: Son and daughter
* Farhad Aeesh: Theater
* PRSNGLF: Persian Gulf forever in LA
* Azam Nemati: Happy birthday
* Matthew Albert Rasnavad: 30 months
* Kiana Ipaktchi: 1st birthday

don't you love politics?
* Bush Suspicious of Iran's Nuke Ambitions
* Iran says has new nuclear proposal as IAEA meets
* Iran defiant on nuclear as Ahmadinejad damns 'insult'

hunger strike ended?
BBC Persian: Judiciary claims Ganji no longer on hunger strike, but lawyer cannot confirm

russian warning
* Halt uranium conversion "without delay", Russia tells
* IAEA board meets after Iran restarts nuclear work

gay petition
In the name of liberty and elementary human rights

in tears
Rooz: Ganji's wife appeals to journalists in front of minister

poll
Did Iran make the right decision in rejecting the EU nuclear offer?

hamino kam daashteem
Village activists push for Islamic super-state in Central Asia

the guradian
Iran risks the collapse of almost two years of negotiations with Britain, France and Germany

anyway
* God to pick next oil minister
* Video: Gorilla sex
* Video: Kosovo: American military musical
* Video: Japanese game show
* Those strange palm trees (5 pix)

ganji's wife
Radio Farda: Agents ransack Ganji's home and mistreat his wife

70's
Shamaizadeh: "Yek Hamoomi"

another station
MarkaziTV.com

trouble
* Iran resumes uranium conversion
* US official presses UN action against Iran
* Iran hardliner heads nuclear team

background
* EU's carrot-and-stick offer
* In depth: Nuclear fuel cycle

ganji's home raided
BBC: Iranian authorities have raided the house of the country's best-known dissident

follow the leader
BBC special report on iran's political structure. English - Persian

iranians of the day
* Mommy and little Salma: Sweet

escalation
Reuters: Iran restarts uranium conversion facility

www.payam.nu
Latest news from Kurdistan following Sunday's general strike in Persian

shocking :o)
New York Times: Some Fear Iraq's Charter Will Erode Women's Rights

rafsanjani's rise and fall
BBC Persian: Rafsanjani's son Mehdi Hashemi resings from oil ministry

general strike
BBC Persian: Kurdish cities on strike to protest recent clashes Audio-Text

he must not die
Radio Farda: Ganji's family not allowerd to see him
BBC Persian: Interview with Shirin Ebadi: Audio -- Text

end hunger strike
* Reuters: Shirin Ebadi
* Radio Farda: Akbar Ganji's wife calls for an end to his hunger strike. Audio-Text

toons
Mahmoud

* Iranian Incredible Hulk
* Father & son
Heyrani
* Ganji must survive

british ambassador
BBC Persian: UK envoy requests to meet Ganji in hospital

security council
Iran not worried about Security Council referral

wave of violence
Jomhourikhahan: Vigilance following Judge assassination and tensions in Kurdistan

free akbar
Another site for Ganji

nukes
Iran rejects EU's civil nuclear proposal
* BBC
* AP

nobel winners
BBC: Eight Nobel laureates call on Iran to free Akbar Ganji, said to be close to death after weeks on hunger strike

ey baba...
Swedish-Iranian singer Laleh explained that she had not received any threats against playing at a concert for Ganji last week -- p.

kurdistan
German Radio's Persian service interviews
* Mohammad Sadigh Kaboudvand: All Kurdish towns have become "militarized"
* Roya Tolooie, a day before her arrest

cartoon
Mahmoud

* Captain Chelo-Kabab to the rescue!
Amirali
* Ganji: Vulture's shadow

iranians of the day
* Haleh Afshar: Made OBE by Queen Elizabeth
* Nouchine Hadjikhani: Neuroimaging
* Abbas Kiarostami: Leopard of Honour
* Nariman Behravesh: Chief economist
* Saeed Mortazavi: Tehran's prosecutor

no visa for ahmadinejad?
US may deny visa for Iran leader's UN address

3 ways to make us safer
Support the police, treat Muslims with respect and pull out of Iraq -- London Mayor Ken Livigstone

ganji's critics
German Radio's Persian service: Akbar Ganji serves George Bush

ganji's defenders
German Radio's Persian service: Interview with Mohsen Ghaem-Magham
Dr. Ghaem-Magham, of the International Committee in Support of Akbar Ganji

enameh
Khatare marge Ganji

doctors worried
Radio Farda: Ganji's wife not allowed hospital visit. Audio-Text

ganji
Washington Post: Iran pressed to release journalist

reza pahlavi
Letter to UN secretary general to act on behalf of Iranian political prisoners, including Ganji

nukes
* BBC: Europe offers Iran civilian nuke support
* AFP: UN atomic agency to meet on Ira Tuesday

kurdistan
The Guadian: Iran Sends in Troops to Crush Border Unrest

some democracy :o)
Dallas Morning News: The right to dissent. The right to practice religion. The right of women to be equal. Iraq's new constitution isn't likely to recognize any of them

harfe dahaneto befahm
Tony Blair plans to extend powers to ban foreigners who encourage terrorism

u.s. + china vs. rest of the world
Beijing will work with the United States to block a plan to add new permanent members to the UN Security Council

kurdistan
Fresh clashes erupt in Kurdish region of Iran

nukes
EU calls for Iran crisis talks

anyway
* Video: Conference call
* Video: Glow in the dark condoms
* Video: The other use for butter
* Video: Baby photographer
* Video: Not only for blonds

brain olympiads
* Iran 3rd in chemistry
* Also high up in physics

kurdistan
Radio Farda: Interview with Kurdish journalist on recent disturbances audio/text

ahmadinejad's first day on the job
* U.S. warns Iran against resuming nukes
* EU prepares U.N. Iran nuclear warning

majestic
Beautiful photos of mountains in northern Iran, including Damavand and Lake Lar

stockholm for ganji
Iran Emrooz: Large gathering calls for release of hunger striker

blood money
Women campaign to stop M.A.'s execution in Iran
* Women in Iran site
* Asiyeh Amini's blog
* Sanam Dolatshahi's blog

sensible
The Guardian: Iran granting the UN enough time to install nuke surveillance equipment

censorship
BBC Persian: Two Kurdish newspapers shut down

who's listening?
Amnesty International urges new President to make human rights a top priority

human rights watch
Iran intensifies its attacks on independent human rights defenders

refusing treatment
ILNA: Ganji refuses to cooperate with doctors

hunger strike? what hunger strike?
Shargh: Judiciary spokesman says Ganji "not on a hunger strike."

institutional lying
European Strategic Intelligence & Security Center: Ahmadinejad practises the Takiya

goodbye khatami
Rooz: Special issue on the end of the Khatami era

video
Ganji gathering in San Francisco
Interview with Bijan Pirzadeh
Jahanshah Javid

wrong reason
Leading Muslim figure in UK suggests Muslim women stop wearing hijab amid a rise in hate crimes

hossein derakhshan
The Guardian: Ahmadinejad is no Che

mrs ganji
Wife of hunger-striker condemns judge's murder

august 3
Iranian American Know Your Rights Campaign (pdf)

nukes
* New European proposals expected this weekend
* Iran delays deadline on uranium conversion

toons
Reza007

* Ganji: Dove
Mollabashy
* Khatami pacifist or pacifier?
Mahdad
* Khatami suggests shoe store to Ahmadinejad
* Reza Pahlavi's advisers
* Ugly thoughts

kurdish revolt spreading
* Radio Farda: Deadly clashes in Saqqez
* Komalah: Protests in Saqqez, Sanandaj and Marivan

ganji
BBC Persian
* Ganji's wife condemns judge assassination
* Euro MP demands to see Ganji
* Journalists on hunger strike

it's official
* AFP: Ahmadinejad takes office facing nuclear crisis
* BBC English: Hardliner becomes president
* BBC Persian: Presidnt Ahmadinejad

changing of the guards
* BBC Persian: IRNA boss resigns

radio college park
University of Maryland Persian radio

clips
Arash Live! (1) (2)
Two performances of "Boro Boro" in Germany

i was there
Ebi concert in Glendale, California (23 pix)

just for your information
NPR: The war on terrorism will officially be referred to as the "struggle against violent extremism."

warning
* EU warns Iran over nuclear plans
* Iran's letter

nostalgia
1970s
* Poori Banaie: Will not take off clothes
* Noori-Kasraie: Will take off clothes if...
* Amir Naderi: First film "Khodahafez rafigh"
* Marriage: Don't listen to parents
* Bond girl: Claudine Auger
* Poori Banaie: Khoshkel moshkel
* Aroos: Niloofar with Fakhreddin
* Niloofar: Rising star
* Hair: Niloofar and Sajedi
* Poori Banaie: Pose

action alert
Wednesday August 3
* In solidarity with Akbar Ganji (Persian text pdf)
* Pro-Ganji rallies in San Francisco and Washington DC

ganji judge shot dead
Massoud Moghaddas, the judge in the trial of Akbar Ganji, has been shot dead
* BBC Persian
* BBC English
* ISNA photos (1) (2)

ron najafi
Award winning scientist and Fundraiser for Jerry Brown in California

roya hakakian
Need to record Iranian human rights abuses

proof
Iran Human Rights Documentation Center

iran's position
English version of Iran's letter to the IAEA (pdf)

miscalculation
Washington Post: U.S. intelligence review finds Iran far from nuclear bomb

gesture of support
Iran-Emrooz: Journalists in hunger strike in support of Ganji and all political prisoners

looming crisis
-- Strong French warning to Tehran
-- Russia will help Iran despite nuclear moves
-- Small Blast Hits BA Office in Iran

scratchy record
Early 70s Googoosh: Gelaayeh
Thanks to googoosh.tv

very diplomatic
Bomb explodes outside BA, BP offices in Iran

delay
Iran to Delay Reopening Nuclear Plant

yeh shabeh mahtaab
For Ganji: Flash animation by Kamyar Hobakht

guess who's getting rich
Oil hits record high as Saudi king dies

in tears
Radio Farda: Ganji's wife: "I beg everyone with a conscience to hear my cry"

protests in sanandaj
BBC Persian audio/text

asking nicely
UN nuclear chief calls on Iran to hold off on nuclear activities

top architects
* Arshia and Reza: Top LA honors

iranians of the day
* Parsa: Mamane khoob, nazanin, saboor, manteghi...
* Azade Hosseini: Coming of age after 9/11
* Ashton Rogers: Iranian-American boyfriend
* Hassan Lotfi: 'Planet of the Apes' and 'Austin Powers'

real news
Protests, clashes in Iran -- komalah.org

wednesday >>> u.n.
Radio Farda: Ganji's wife calls for gathering in front of U.N. office on Wednesday to demand his release

nayereh tohidi
LA Times: Globalized Iranian American women are nudging their homeland toward democracy

here & there
Enghelab (Shahanshahi) Sports Complex (20 pix)

anyway
* Audio: Morad Rashti's prank call to a restaurant

shirin ebadi
Rooz: Iranian media muzzled over Ganji

waiting for bad news
Rooz: Hameh montazere tek khabare badand

adios
King Fahd of Saudi Arabia dies

...
Iran announces it will resume its nuclear programme imminently

the worst interviewee ever
NPR: Iranian Political Prisoner on Hunger Strike Nears Death

give me a break
Ganji lawyer arrested for giving away "nuclear secrets" -- Judciary spokesman
* AP
* ISNA

azadeh moaveni
LA Times: Ganji "Playing with death" in Iran

better than 2 days ago
Radio Farda: Ganji's wife says he was feeling better on Saturday but still demands unconditional freedom

very nice
Iranian soccer site
lastkick.com

gandomzaar.blogspot.com
Farhad song for Ganji

light a candle
Saturday night at Ganji's home
* SharghOnline
* BBC Persian Audio--Text
* Photos: kosoof.com

academics for ganji
Letter to Judiciary chief Shahroudi by 113 Iranian academics. (PDF)
English - Persian

nuke warning
UK warns Iran over nuclear plans

red lines and deadlines
Part II of Taghi Amirani's documentary on Iranian politics. PBS, Tuesday August 2nd

ey baba...
The Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter reports that the Swedish-Iranian artist Laleh cancelled her partisipation in a benefit concert for Akbar Ganji in Sweden after receiving threats from the MKO

clip
Free Ganji
Candle on my desk
Jahanshah Javid

nuke negotiations
Europe Proposes Nonaggression Pact

enameh
Farda deer ast: Tomorrow too late for Ganji

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