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2005
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human rights
AFP: Shirin Ebadi protests Iran human rights violations
syria cracks
BBC
* Hariri 'threatened by Syria head'
* Profile: Abdul Halim Khaddam
* Syrian MPs demand exile's trial
* Defiant as accusations mount
marhabaa
Spielberg's "Munich"
iran internet
BBC Persian: Technical problems cause major Internet connection problems in Iran
bye bye 2005
* Video: Year in review on Conan O'brien Show
quiz
Chelo Kabab: The complete experience
unbelievable
BBC: US investigates Bush spying leak
spying all over the place
Washington Post: Covert CIA Program Withstands New Furor
anyway
* Video: Hyperactive sweat glands
nukes
AP: Russia's Nuclear Chief to Travel to Iran
Reuters: Iran says still wants to enrich uranium at home
toons
Mahmoud
* Persian Peshgel on LA tv (1)
* Persian Peshgel on LA tv (2)
Reza 007
* Aliens to test Ahmadinejad's glowing brain
problem
Washington Post: PCs left vulnerable to spyware and viruses as Microsoft scrambles to come up with fix
bus drivers
BBC Persian: All but one detained bus drivers union members released
Radio Farda: Bus Union leader Mansour Osanlou still in detention
for real?
Guardian: She has revived the art of talking - can Rice make a change?
no kidding
CS Monitor: Image problems hamper US on goals abroad
gas
BBC: Iran committed to India gas deal
nukes
* Reuters: Iran, Russia to discuss uranium enrichment: diplomat
* AFP: Israel army chief rules out early strike on Iran
anyway
Video: Santa's crib
radioactive muslims
Washington Post: Officials defend secret radiation testing of more than 100 Muslim sites in Washington
quiz
Alo?
best of 2005
TIME: Best photos of the year
democracy
Manifeste pour l’Iran de demain (French doc)
-- Keyvan Aryamanesh
anyway
Video: I bought it on eBay
nukes
Reuters: Iran sounds positive note on Russian atomic plan
quiz
Original sin
poor thing
BBC Persian: Controversy over the killing of a bear in Tabriz
sharp shooters
* AFP: US sanctions nine firms for Iran arms-related deals
* BBC: China, India and Austria criticise the US for imposing sanctions
* BBC Persian: Austria puzzled by sanctions on gun maker
don't mess with bus drivers
BBC Persian: What Tehran's bus drivers are demanding and what they have been promised
anyway
* Video: Does this goal count?
* Video: This goal DOES count
* Video: O'Dweeds: Pot without THC
* Video: Miscommuncation: What you wanted for Christmas
* Video: Chronicles of Narnia rap song
* English songs for Emam Zaman
* Male enhancement drug bust inTehran
* Bam victims pose a question to God
* Never ever tell a woman cooking is her job
excellent
BBC: India, Iran discuss gas pipeline
blast from the past
BBC: UK Queen Mum 1975 Concorde trip to Iran blocked
chaaghi
BBC: Iranians tackle rise in obesity
chinese
CS Monitor: Armed with the spoils of an economic boom, millions of Chinese are traveling abroad for the first time
crackdown on honest living
Guardian: New UK crackdown on prostitution
tv
BBC: Star Trek is 'most missed' series
the english harem
UK: ITV drama about an Iranian restaurant owner who has 2 wives and adds an English one
mortad
ApostatesOfIslam.com
putin
Reuters: Democracy and Iran tension to test Russia's G8 lead
poor guy
Scotsman: Iranian music fan Kaveh Salehi rocked as Edinburgh evicts him and destroys memorabilia
after the rain
Beautiful Tehran: 3 pix
-- Pullniro
hometown
Abadan update (10 pix)
-- Abadani Guy
quiz
How much?
why indeed
CS Monitor: Why European women are turning to Islam
may i help you?
Washington Post: Phone call centers half a world away bring young Indians new wealth, new lifestyles
toons
Mazloom
* King Mullah
* What the Iranian delegation saw in New York
* Dolatate Omid: What do you call hope?
* Send Jews to Alaska & Iranian exiles to LA
Wolak
* Khayyam's latest rubaiyat
Mahmoud
* Iranian Santa
Kazem
* 2005: What a year!
* Chop tree for Santa
saba tv
AFP: Karrubi protests shutdown of satellite TV
BBC Persian: Satellite TV shuts down before launch
BBC Persian: Interview with producer Afkhami
over?
BBC Persian: "Bus strike ends" as Tehran Mayor Qalibaf promises change
ILNA: Member of parliament: Strike? What strike?!
quiz
Siah Zangi
zan
AvayeZan.org
bus strike
Hundreds of Tehran bus drivers go on strike; talks end without resolution
* Mehr News
* BBC Persian
dear santa
Is it too late to ask for a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30?
nukes
AFP: Iran rejects Russian nuclear offer
jerusalem
BBC: Israel reconsiders decision to prevent Palestinians in East Jerusalem voting in next month's election
bad movies
CS Monitor: No happy ending in '05 for Hollywood, as ticket sales drop again
christmas with friends
Safa-in-LA: Photos from Christmas Eve dinner at a cabin in Big Bear, California
woof woof woof
Video: Dogs jingle all the way
kurdish human rights
RMMK.org
heritage
ISNA: Delay Sivand Dam flooding by four years, historical preservation group in Iran says
winter
Thanks to Ali for the winter snowman logo :o)
quiz
I'm so not special
merry christmas
Dog in snowy Tehran
-- Parviz
delneshin
I so enjoyed Hossainzadeh's "Bekhaatere yek joft sibil"
time takes its toll
Enameh: Karaneh araam
bus strike
Radio Free Europe: Tehran Arrests 14 Pro-Union Bus Drivers
Radio Farda: Strike called after arrest of Tehran public bus union leaders
Iran-Emrooz: Writers union condemns bus union leaders arrest
radioactive muslims
Washington Post: U.S. Monitored Muslim Sites Across Nation for Radiation
radioactive jesus
Harper's: Joseph and Mary's Christmas dinner
noch
AP: Moscow Offers to Move Iranian Uraniam Enrichment
quiz
Kafsh
40 years in iran
Louise Laylin Firouz: Steppe back in time
bahais
Amnesty: Inquiry needed in the death of Bahai prisoner of conscience
BBC Persian: U.S. condemns Bahai persection
VOA: US Condemns Persecution of Iranian Religious Captive
transexuals
PGLO: A number of transexuals murdered in Tehran
tough talk
Boston Globe: Behind Iran's hard-line on Israel
-- Karim Sadjadpour and Ray Takeyh
quiz
What's your sign?
rahbar... mesbah yazdi!
BBC Persian: Major push & shove a year ahead of crucial Experts Assembly elections
nukes
Reuters: Showdown over Iran atom drive looms despite new talks
fiction
New Yorker: The word
cartoon
Iraq
* Bush with Santa Saddam
Nuts
* Ahmadinejad: Merry Christmas
christmas gift
Googoosh: Pre-1979 (13 pix)
crap
BBC: South Korea cloning research was fake
ey bihaya
BBC: Bin Laden niece in glamour shots
there is hope
MarkaziTV.com
ho ho ho
BBC: Bush suffers Patriot Act defeat
Washington Post: Patriot Act Extension Is Reduced to a Month
mardi baa abaaye shokolaati :o)
KhatamiOnline.com: Mohammad Khatami from useless president to blogger
m. azarm
Poet Nemat Mirzazadeh lecture in London (16 pix)
turkish free speech
BBC: A writer has been fined 3,000 lira under a law against insulting Turkish identity
impeachment
Lawmakers unsatisfied with explanations over C-130 crash
* Radio Farda
* BBC Persian
* ISNA: Official investigation
ba'aaaleh
AFP: Iran Expects Birth of Cloned Sheep in Feb.
president bloomberg
New York's Mayor Bloomberg could be the next (and first Jewish) U.S. president >>> BBC Profile
gay times
13th issue of MAHA magazine for gay and lesbian Iranians
happy birthday azizam
Nastaran Safdarian MD: Beautiful girlfriend (2 pix)
iranians of the day
* Hana Makhmalbaf: Filmmaker
* E Roon E: Vanity license plate in Los Angeles
* Mitra and Nick Lore: Merry Christmas...
messed up
Washington Post: U.S. Department of Homeland Security is a story of bureaucratic warfare and unfulfilled promises
outburst
Guardian: NY Times reporter feels Kofi Annan's wrath
santa exceeds speed limit
Thanks to Shima Ziaie for the beautiful Christmas logo... although Santa seems to be driving a little too fast :o)
quiz
Dirty work
nukes
AFP: EU and Iran agree to further talks in January
AFP: US backs European diplomacy on Iran
anyway
Video: Beat this Christmas light show
saddam out, god in, people screwed
CS Monitor: Iraqi vote points to Islamist path
he will name names
Washington Post: Abramoff Reportedly Negotiating a Deal in Which He Would Plead Guilty, Testify
fiction
New Yorker: The word
cartoon
Iraq
* Bush with Santa Saddam
Nuts
* Ahmadinejad: Merry Christmas
christmas gift
Googoosh: Pre-1979 (13 pix)
crap
BBC: South Korea cloning research was fake
ey bihaya
BBC: Bin Laden niece in glamour shots
there is hope
MarkaziTV.com
ho ho ho
BBC: Bush suffers Patriot Act defeat
Washington Post: Patriot Act Extension Is Reduced to a Month
mardi baa abaaye shokolaati :o)
KhatamiOnline.com: Mohammad Khatami from useless president to blogger
m. azarm
Poet Nemat Mirzazadeh lecture in London (16 pix)
turkish free speech
BBC: A writer has been fined 3,000 lira under a law against insulting Turkish identity
impeachment
Lawmakers unsatisfied with explanations over C-130 crash
* Radio Farda
* BBC Persian
* ISNA: Official investigation
ba'aaaleh
AFP: Iran Expects Birth of Cloned Sheep in Feb.
president bloomberg
New York's Mayor Bloomberg could be the next (and first Jewish) U.S. president >>> BBC Profile
gay times
13th issue of MAHA magazine for gay and lesbian Iranians
happy birthday azizam
Nastaran Safdarian MD: Beautiful girlfriend (2 pix)
iranians of the day
* Hana Makhmalbaf: Filmmaker
* E Roon E: Vanity license plate in Los Angeles
* Mitra and Nick Lore: Merry Christmas...
messed up
Washington Post: U.S. Department of Homeland Security is a story of bureaucratic warfare and unfulfilled promises
outburst
Guardian: NY Times reporter feels Kofi Annan's wrath
santa exceeds speed limit
Thanks to Shima Ziaie for the beautiful Christmas logo... although Santa seems to be driving a little too fast :o)
quiz
Dirty work
nukes
AFP: EU and Iran agree to further talks in January
AFP: US backs European diplomacy on Iran
anyway
Video: Beat this Christmas light show
saddam out, god in, people screwed
CS Monitor: Iraqi vote points to Islamist path
he will name names
Washington Post: Abramoff Reportedly Negotiating a Deal in Which He Would Plead Guilty, Testify
cartoons
Saman
* Ahmadinejad ruins Islamic Republic's image
* He's just our president
* Mrs Ahmadinejad
Reza 007
* Noorafkan: Ahmadinejad
Unknown
* The stupid, the bad, and the ugly
Kohansal
* Autumn's end : Joojeh aakhare Paaeez
new iranian.com motto
You're the prophet; I'm the scribe :o)
nukes
BBC: Iran and EU resume nuclear talks
Reuters: Iran holds tough line as EU nuclear talks resume
editorial
LA Times: Iran's president is a menace
student activist
Abdollah Momeni sentenced to five years in prison
* BBC Persian
* Radio Farda
lee lee lee...
BBC: Elton John 'wedding' takes place
satellite tv
BBC Persian: Iran government bans companies from buying advertising time on satellite TV stations
jerusalem
BBC: Israel says Palestinians in Jerusalem cannot vote
spying
Washington Post: U.S. Judge Quits Secret Court In Protest Over Spying
emam ahmadinejad
CS Monitor: Waiting for the rapture in Iran
second c-130
Mehr: Military plane makes emergency landing, days after deadly C-130 crash
globalization
CS Monitor: Now I can watch my TV anywhere on Earth
thank god
BBC: Victors hail US evolution ruling
AP: 'Intelligent Design' cannot be taught in public schools
quiz
Armed struggle
nukes
AP: Iran, EU to meet on resuming nuclear dialogue
the news you don't hear
komalah.org
watch closely
IAPAC: Goli Ameri Nominated by Bush as U.S. Rep to 60th Session of UN General Assembly
cooking
AshpazOnline.com
cartoon
Radmehrian
* Ahmadinejad sends Sharon to hospital -- in his dream
persian ninja
Anyway: Wrong Iranian guy to rob
kurds
Radio Farda: Kurdish activists in Saqqez ordered back to court
quiz
Stamp of popularity
life sucks
Radio Farda: What is it like to be a Bahai actor in Iran. Interview with Shabnam Tolouie
iranians of the day
* Zarbang: Leading percussionists
* Ghazaleh and Javad Khodabakhsh: Mom & dad
* Watermelon boy: Yalda
* Hassan Alizadeh: Happy Yalda (2 pix)
* Ali: My boyfriend (4 pix)
* Parvin Ghaffari: Visually impaired leader
martikeh olaagh
BBC: Schwarzenegger hits back at his Austrian home town for criticism against his support for the death penalty
life is good
BBC: Chocolate may cut heart disease
nollywood
CS Monitor: Africans, camera, action: 'Nollywood' catches world's eye
stuff
When "You're Beautiful" came on the radio I thought it was Melissa Etheridge singing. I just saw James Blunt on MTV.
mad science
CS Monitor: South Korea faces blow to stem-cell prowess
cartoons
Mahmoud
* Anzhaame vazheefeh: Waiting for the liberation of Palestine
Reza 007
* Bad Santa: Ahmadinejad
shame
Reuters: Iranian Bahai dies after 10 years in prison
BWNS: Wrongly imprisoned Bahai dies in Iranian jail
BWNS: UN calls on Iran to stop persecution of Bahais
bad taste
Iran president bans Western music
* BBC
* AP
* BBC Persian
c-130
ISNA: Iran lawmakers hear testimony of co-pilot on tragic military plane crash
anyway
* Video: Bad beach boy
* Video: A video message from your pals
* How the East was won
* The many meanings of P-M-S
* Video: Let me watch
* Video: God... guys are such idiots
going home
BBC: Saddam-era figures freed in Iraq
uk iranians
gooya.co.uk
quiz
Men on a mission
nukes
Guardian: Arab states show concern at Iran's nuclear plans
middle east
CS Monitor: Vote strengthens hand of militant Hamas
Washington Post: Steps Toward Democracy
sharon
BBC: Israel's Ariel Sharon hospitalized, suffering minor stroke
bolivia
CS Monitor: Morales looks past election day
cartoon
Wolak
* Ahmadinejad & Sharon: Alaska
Mahmoud
* Kiss & kill
holocaust
Reuters: Iran tells West to be tolerant of Holocaust views
AFP: Holocaust denial is 'scientific debate', Iran says
nukes
AFP: Iran cannot be trusted with nuclear technology: Rice
lone cowboy
Washington Post: Bush Pushes Limits Of Wartime Powers
he'll go free
CS Monitor: Free speech on trial in Turkey
fundamental questions
CS Monitor: Terror case tests reach of federal power
i sure did
BBC: Bush admits he authorised spying
Washington Post: Bush Says He Approved NSA Eavesdropping
rumi
Turning Ecstatic: December 17 is Rumi's "Wedding Day," the day he met his Beloved and lifted the final veil, or the day of his death in 1273
holocaust
AFP: Germany to ask UN to censure Iran over president's Israel remarks
quiz
Kish mate
ahmadinejad will make sure of it
AP: Iran Could Be Sanctioned for Riling Israel
iran & israel
Enameh: Az shookhi gozashteh
rock n roll
BBC Persian : A chat with O-hum band members about their new album "Aloodeh"
google + aol
BBC: Google shares have hit record highs on reports it could take a stake in Time Warner's internet unit, AOL.
referendum
Radio Farda: Mohammad Maleki on movement to demand a democratic referendum
that's him
BBC Persian: Montazeri confirms Interior Minister's role in mass executions
immigration
NIAC: U.S. legislation will have significant impact on Iranian-Americans
iranians of the day
* Naseem, Shabnam and Maryam Eslami: Tennis sisters
* Azita Sahebjam: Pars National Ballet
* Ali Fatourechi: Genetic Denim
* Hamid Shirvani: University president
* Hooman Sharifi: Modern dance
* Artin Azizi: My son is 1
* Babak: My dream man
* Suheil Bushrui: With Prince Charles
* Persia DeCarlo: Porn star
toons
Iraj
* Saddam & Bush: Iraqi elections
Wolak
* Adolf Ahmadinejad (2)
Kazem
* Children, war, hunger...
just checking
BBC: Bush spying claim causes US storm
NY Times : Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts
CS Monitor: Bush allowed spying on Americans in US after 9/11
BBC: America's most powerful spy agency
quiz
King Kong
howard stern
Yahoo clips: Street party for Stern's as he says goodbye to old-fashioned radio and hello to satellite
quake
The ground shook for a few seconds below my couch near San Francisco... no injuries here :o)
fascinating
IranGraffiti.blogspot.com: Iranian Graffiti & Urban Art Report
nukes
Reuters: Most Israelis oppose strike against Iran: poll
AFP: Iran vows "destructive" response to any Israeli attack
anyway
Gifts from domestic and foreign dignitaries to the Iranian president
-- "Chocolate bowl" from foreign minister of Bagladesh
-- "Stone and pearl image" from China's Minister of Atomic Energy
-- "Camel statuette " from Governor of Daylam
-- "Carriage statuette " from Foreign Minister of Georgia
anonymity
MSNBC: Let’s see some ID, please
ideas
BBC Persian: Conversation with Abbas Milani
prison diaries
Radio Farda
* Latest on Akbar Ganji
* Latest from Rajaie Shahr prison (1) (2) (3)
reaction
AP: Arab States Quiet Over Ahmadinejad Remarks
Reuters: EU to condemn Iran leader on Israel, warn on nukes
early christmas gift
Washington Post: Bush Accepts Torture Ban
BBC: White House backs torture ban law
anyway
* New nose in no time: Dr. Mehdi Ahmadi
* Video: New from IKEA: Adjustable men
* Video: Crocodile being a crocodile
* Video: Plasma TV bad for men's health
holocaust
AP: EU summit to address Ahmadinejad comments
oh great
BBC: Hamas chief vows to support Iran
no myth
Human Rights Watch: Iran Interior & Intelligence Ministers implicated in serious abuses
[Persian report]
american basketball players in tehran
CS Monitor: On the parquet, 'Great Satan' plays for 'Axis of Evil'
quiz
Zero to ayatollah
CampaignIran.org
Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII)
toons
Wolak
* Adolf Ahmadinejad
Faramarz
* Moving Israel to Europe, the old-fashioned way
Namak Doun
* Rahbar and his Antar
Eyeranian
* Bush complete victory in Iraq
Kazem
* Cycle of life in a straight line
damet joosh
Yek donya mamnoon to Shima Ziaie for the yummy yalda logo
must see
Syriana
ablah
BBC: Holocaust comments spark outrage
Guardian: Ahmadinejad has become a disturbing figure
BBC: Iran's Ahmadinejad says Holocaust a myth
come see behrouz
Berkeley: An evening with Behrouz Vossoughi
quiz
Hollywood double
helping emam zaman's bowl movements
ISNA: Jamkaran Mosque sewer project gets under way
emperor in trouble
Washington Post: Bush Urges Continued 'Patience' on Iraq
BBC: US president admits Iraq invasion was based on faulty intelligence, but says it was still right decision
mahasti x 33
Mahasti Mahasti Mahasti... and more Mahasti (33 pix)
yeh khare digeh...
BBC Persian: Tehran's latest Friday prayer leader Hoj. Ahmad Khatami is an Ahmadinejad fan
terrorism
Financial Times: Italian court orders Iran asset freeze -- an unprecedented legal victory for three US families seeking compensation from Iran
downtown LA
Photo Essay: Wednesday farmer's market in downtown Los Angeles
-- Pedram Moallemian
maps
BBC Persian: "General Maps of Persian" published in Holland
major factions
Radio Farda: Differences within Iran's student movement
Audio--Text
don't you love free speech?
* Bush condoms
anyway
* Video: Burger magic
* Video: 2005 Recycling Award
* Power games in Iranian bureaucracy
* They killed Rudolph... bastards!
* Video: Granny at the shooting range
temping
Iranema-online.com: Ayatollah Sistani's rulings on temporary marriage
president
CS Monitor: Ahmadinejad proving too radical even for conservatives
sack the bastard
Iranian lawmakers want to impeach Defense Minister over C-130 crash
* BBC
* AFP
finally
Guardian: Iran's president forced to compromise on oil chief
AFP: Iran finally has a new oil minister
too sexy
Guardian: Iran censors give boot to low-cut presenter of World Cup draw
cough
AP: Tehran being 'poisoned' by smog
secualr
Azar Majedi: We need to go forward and to de-religionize society
ugly aussies
BBC: Thousands of young white men in Sydney attack people of Arabic and Mediterranean background
taghi amirani
Guardian: Political journalists in Iran have an extremely tricky task
good offer. no takers.
AP: Iran offers U.S. share in nuclear plants
accident
BBC: Massive blaze rages at UK oil depot
ahval porsi
Persian Time-Out: Iranian students interviewed by FBI
quiz
Famous nuts
undercover women
FardaNews: Iranian women track and field athletes
BBC: Sport and the scarf
ebrahim nabavi
BBC Persian: Week in review
shadravan
Washington Post: Richard Pryor inspired a generation
BBC: Comedian Richard Pryor dead at 65
must see
Ahmadinejad religious visions and its impact
* Channel 4 video
* PBS audio
nukes
AP: Iran Reveals Plans to Produce Nuclear Fuel
AFP: Iran talks planned, but hopes low
women
BBC: Sport and the scarf
poison
AP: Iran restricts car use in smoke-choked capital
* BBC Persian: Worsening pollution in Tehran sends hundreds to hospitals; new restrictions on passenger cars
no good
U.S., Australia are only industrialized nations to refuse to join future talks on binding reductions in greenhouse gas emissions
* Washington Post
* BBC
* Climate forecast
democracy
Washington Post: Banned Islamic Movement Now the Main Opposition in Egypt
cartoons
Mazloom
* Simple diagram: How Iranian politics works
* Dr Ruth's advice to Maryam Rajavi
Kazem
* C-130 crash
* Saddam on trial
Unknown
* Mash Hapoo!
Mahmoud
* Bollywood my love
be there!
* Sunday 11 June (1700) in Nuremberg: IRAN vs. Mexico
* Saturday 17 June (1400) in Frankfurt: IRAN vs. Portugal
* Wedneday 21 June (1400) in Leipzig: IRAN vs. Angola
clips
Video: World Cup 2006 Group D drawing, including Iran
world cup
BBC: Group D is Iran, Mexico, Portugal, Angola
BBC: Stage set for 2006 World Cup draw
omid memarian
San Francisco Chronicle: International Human Rights Day Internet yearns to be free in Iran
iranian of the day
Ramona Rina Amiri: Miss Canada on way to Miss World Final
diaster happens
72hours.org
kick ass
"Aloodeh" 2nd album from O-Hum
come see behrouz
Berkeley: An evening with Behrouz Vossoughi
nukes
BBC: World 'losing patience with Iran'
fricken idiot
Reuters: Iranian leader condemned for Holocaust remarks
Reuters: Israel calls Iran's president 'very dangerous'
AFP: Ahmadinejad courts radicals with new Israel outburst
perception is reality
Washington Post: Asians and Blacks in U.S. Lead in Perceived Discrimination at Work
democracy
CS Monitor: Egyptian gov't steps up attacks on voters
all true
Harper's Index: November 2005
masters grammy nomination
Grammy.com: Faryad (The Cry), the live double cd from Masters of Persian Music (Mohammad Reza Shajarian, Hossein Alizadeh, Kayhan Kalhor and Homayoun Shajarian) nominated for a Grammy, their second nomination
here & there
Abadan drive-through (31 pix)
-- Cyrus Homayounnpour
ah mad inejad
BBC: Iran's president questions Holocaust
Reuters: US condemns Iranian leader's comments on Holocaus
quiz
Money grows
anyway
* Women' liberation & global warming
* Video: Bollywood duet
* Video: Sonogram, sort of
united kingdom
BBC: Secret evidence that may have been obtained by torture cannot be used against terror suspects
united states
Washington Post: US lawmakers make permanent most parts of the Patriot Act and extend for four years two of the act's most controversial provisions
anger & grief
AP: Angry Iranians Mourn Plane Crash Victims
sytand-up in holland
Shappi & Peyvand Khorsandi: Cabaret in ballingschap
justice
CS Monitor: US gov't loses key court test of Patriot Act
ipod
Now videos 24-7
heartbreaking
BBC: Reports say crashed c-130 military plane had experienced technical problems all morning
dear ayatollah shahroudi
FreeMojtaba.blogsky.com: Open letter defending imprisoned blogger Mojtaba Samienejad
well said
BBC: George W Bush and Tony Blair must be held to account for feeding the public "a vast tapestry of lies" about the Iraq war, writer Harold Pinter said
so sad, so crue
Akbar Ganji's family meeting at Evin prison
* Radio Farda
* Rooz
anyway
* Video: Kid reminder why you need insurance
* Video: Roberto Carlos: Best free kick
* Doggy-style monkey business
* Christmas gift for men
quiz
Persian domain
iranians of the day
* Arya: Dallas soccer champs (2 pix)
* The Fulton boys: Ice cream in Chihuahua
* Farhad Dordar : Karate school of friendhsip (7 pix)
* Mooshi May: Daughter (3 pix)
* Farah Pahlavi: IFRAD president
* Akhtar Habib-Mahallati: Grandma
tehran pollution
AFP: Tehran shut down amid unprecedented smog alert
Enameh: Manaviyat va dood!
sex and the iranian city
PersianMirror.com: Column written by Simin Azerie
broadcaster
Radio Farda: Humerous radio and TV personality Manouchehr Nozari has died
nuclear q & a
BBC: Iran's nuclear stand-off
ouch
BBC: In lawsuit, German Muslim alleges CIA tortured him
children against aids
UNICEF: Iran launches "Unite for Children Against AIDS" campaign
bacheha bacheha!
Babak and Friends: A Visit from Maman
logo
Thanks to Shabnam Rezaei, editor-in-chief of Persian Mirror for the cutest Yalda logo
crash site
IRIB video: C-130 crash site, saving people trapped in burning residential tower, surrounding destruction...
naderi's back
Amir Naderi's "Sound Barrier" wins critics awards at festivals
challenge
Remember the Islamic students society at Rutgers Unviersity? The college paper did a front-page follow-up
-- Maziar Shirazi
c-130 crash
Military plane rips into building; 128 dead near Tehran's Mehrabad airport
* BBC: Photos
* BBC: Many killed
* ISNA: Terrible tragedy
toon
Reza 007
Mahmoud Noori!
quiz
Tripple towers
terror policies
BBC: Rice defends US terror policies
BBC: Full text of Rice speech
BBC: Analysis: Defining torture
nukes
AP: Netanyahu Backs Pre-Emptive Strike on Iran
Reuters: Iran "unilaterally" rejects nuclear deal: France
BBC: Iran to tender two 1,000 MW nuclear reactors
mother russia loves our money
AP: Russia Confirms Sale of Missiles to Iran
no visits for two week
Radio Farda: Interview with Akbar Ganji's wife following public letter condemning judiciary chief
iranians of the day
* T.J. Houshmandzadeh: Touchdown!
* Shadi Farhangrazi: Biotrends
* Pedram and Kian: British museum (2 pix)
* Govind and Yasna: Love both
nukes
AP: Iran Announces Plans for 2nd Nuclear Plant
AFP: Netanyahu hints could consider Iran nuclear strike
AP: Israeli Military Doubts Pressure on Iran
shekanjeh
BBC: CIA jail claim dogs Rice's Europe tour
Washington Post: McCain Will Not Bend On Detainee Treatment
good
BBC: 'Gay weddings' become law in UK
juan cole
TruthDig: How Bush Created a Theocracy in Iraq
rumi was turkish :o)
Guardian: Popularity in the US of Rumi, a 13th-century Turkish poet, is a tragic irony
here we go again
AP: Iran President Nominates Another Oil Chief
quiz
Esfand
nukes
BBC: Israel scorns Iran nuclear talks
instead of their own country
NY Times: Young Iranians Follow Dreams to Dubai
women sing for themselves
NaderDavoodi.com: "Orchid" all-women pop group to perform this Thursday & Friday in Tehran's Talar Vahdat -- for women only
z is for zoroastrianism
Guardian: Guide to the CS Lewis classic "Narnia"
afsaneh najmabadi
American History Association's Joan Kelly Memorial Prize for women's history and feminist theory
anyway
* Video: No-hands goalkeeper
* Video: Husband Daycare
* BMWIFE
* Bush & Bushette
* Life is all about ass
* Mind reading the crowd at a tennis match
* Correction: Everybody is staring at them
art in exile
Submit your film: Independent Iranian Film Festival in Paris
cartoon
Ahmadinejad's Air Force One
shabe yalda
Thanks to Pedram Moallemian for the beautiful logo
told you so
Reuters: Iran says not interested in talks with US
mojahedin news agency
Irannna.com
disappearing act
Washington Post: Young men have become an endangered species at colleges
jailed lawyer
Radio Farda: Protesters gather in front of Judiciary in Tehran demanding freedom for human rights lawyer Abdol Fattah Soltani
manam meekham
Washington Post: Military Says It Paid Iraq Papers for News
modest idiot
AFP: I'll be no VIP jetsetter: Ahmadinejad
nice
farya.com
nutty
The Onion: Terrorist Has No Idea What To Do With All This Plutonium
nukes
Reuters: Iran watchdog approves uranium enrichment bill
iranian-e washington
MokhtarOnline.com
taking over
CS Monitor: Moving into Jerusalem
iranair.com
Iran Air lauches online ticket sales
heritage :o)
Amir Hossein Saadat: "Big Nose Bandit"
demoghrasi
BBC: Egypt Islamists fail to win seats
back to falluja
BBC: Ten US marines killed in Falluja
arms
AP: Israel Tests Missile Defense System
Reuters: Iran and Russia sign $1 bln defense deal: reports
democracy & socialism
Iran-Bulletin
must see?
New Yorker: "Syriana" is a tense, outrageously complicated thriller about oil, t e C.I.A., and the Middle East
anyway
* Giant condom to fight AIDS
* Creative men's room
* Sweaty sangak
* Chai & sugar cubes & art
* Rozeh: Karbala without Coca Cola
* Video: Snow storm LIVE!
* Video: Dream airline
* Video: Helmet test
oil
CNN: Iran oil industry pays for ministry impasse
good
Washington Post: More in U.S. Expressing Doubts About Death Penalty
photography
naderdavoodi.com: Ghodratolah Agheli
clips
Military maneuvers
... in southern Iran
oil
LA Times: Norwegian company begins drilling in Iraqi Kurdistan without approval from Baghdad
quiz
Infinite arch
toons
Angoolakchi
* Ahmadinejad agrees to get washed
* Islamic and Western civilizations
Kohansal
* Cartoons used without permission on Rangarang TV
british tourist
BBC Persian: What a British tourist discovered in Iran
fight talk
NY Times: Europa: Mao's 'fight talk' strategy is a winning one for Iran
hurry up digeh...
Washington Post: Companies Scramble for a Niche as Computers and Televisions Merge
terre de mirages
BBC Persian: Dariush Shayegan's first novel published
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