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November 2005
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heritage
Radio Farda: Deputy Energy Minister says controversial Sivand Dam flooding postponed for a year

nukes
BBC: Iran-EU talks 'within two weeks'

not in our back yard
CS Monitor: Controversy grows in Europe over CIA jails

go google go
CS Monitor: Google's open skies raise cries

akbar ganji
* Foreign Press Association Media 2005 Award
* UK Foreign Secretary on jailed journalist

photographs from iraq
Kouross Esmaeli: Greetings without flowers

watch out
BBC: Shimon Peres quits Labour to back Ariel Sharon

heeh
New Iranian flag

[and in iranian media]
LA Times: U.S. Military Covertly Pays to Run Stories in Iraqi Press

nukes
Reuters: Iran signal needed before new talks with EU: Germany
Guardian: Neither Bush nor Blair is in a position to take a high moral line on Iran's nuclear programme

god is back
GodAndLord.blogspot.com

here & there
* Hadi Khorsandi in Berkeley (14 pix)
* Halloween in Toronto (31 pix)

anyway
* Video: Iranian woman rams into Iranian bakery
* Job opportunity at Iran Air
* Extra-terrestrial seyyed, doctor & darvish

new face
BBC: Woman has first face transplant

quiz
Yummy art

prison protest
Radio Farda: Three more prisoners join hunger strike at Rajaie Shahr prison

mamooriate elahi
Enameh: Emam Zaman

cartoons
Kohansal

* Emam Reza dog speaks out
* Ahmadinejad brightens UN
Iraj
* Bush: Leaving Iraq when Iraqis tsnad up
* Rejecting terrorists in Iraq

Mahmoud
* Before Julia Robers, there was Sepideh

baleh!
AP: Iran Seeks to Master Space Technology

shekanjeh policy
Washington Post: CIA Director Defends Detention Policy

thursday
Iranian Feminists Tribune: AIDS awareness gathering in Tehran

heritage
SavePasargad.com: Contribute art, poetry, articles... about Iran's heritage

quiz
Maadar-e foulad-zereh

iranians of the day
* Firouzeh Nahavandi: President of Brussels Institute of Sociology
* Shiva Bagheri: Dancing since 9
* Karen Ostad: Lovell's law firm
* Darius Danesh: London's West End
* Atoosa Rubenstein: Forever Seventeen
* Davar Rahmat Abolghassem Bakhtiar: Tehran businessman
* Nozlou Hosseinpour: Most beautiful, clever, kind & considerate (2 pix)
* Hossein Alizadeh: With love from Holland
* Jooya Khodabakhsh: Fine young man
* Ava: Mountain girl

student protest
BBC Persian: What's behind the recent increase in student protests?

beekhiyal
BBC: McCartney attacks China over cat & dog fur

quiz
The man and his pen

music
Back for more: Dutch Darius is better known as "Mc BNW"

good luck
US Iraq ambassador to discuss Iraq with Iran
* Reuters
* Radio Farda

qeshm quake
Reuters: Relief workers bring help to Iran quake survivors

anyway
* Video: Happy birthday, goozoo
* Video: Ahmadinejad's New York fairy tale
* Animal fruits and vegetables (7 pix)

nostalgia
Video: Fereydoun Farrokhzad's TV show in Iran

nice
iranoldies.com

saddam trial
BBC: Saddam trial reopens; hears first witness

saddam war
Video: War siren as Iraq lauches war on Iran

open source
CS Monitor: Portland benefits from high-tech companies with 'open source' philosophy

women
Pantea Bahrami: Documentary about women in Iranian jails

distortion
Ali Nasri: Child street show becomes "punishment for stealing bread"

tehran university
ISNA: Students protest against new head Ayatollah Amid Zanjani

heritage
NY Times: A Rush to Excavate Ancient Iranian Sites

cartoons
Saman

* Ahmadinejad evolution
* Serial killer or intelligent design?

glaring omission
Shargh: The life and death of Dr. Kazem Sami (No mention of Ahmadinejad who's been rumored to have been involved in the assassination)

quake
Eight killed in Qeshm quake in Persian Gulf
* ISNA
* BBC

lawyer in jail
BBC Persian: 180 lawyers demand the release of Abdolfattah Soltani, lawyer who has represented Akbar Ganji and Zahra Kazemi

kaare engelisaast
IranianUK.com

one bully to another
AP: Ahmadinejad Says Bush Should be Charged for War Crimes

soccer fans
FootballMedia.net

insult to michael moore
NY Times: Massoud Dehnamaki: A Revolutionary Channels His Inner Michael Moore

father of graphic arts
BBC Persian: Morteza Momayez has died

jobs
Search for occupations in the U.S.

quiz
Another flower

ebrahim nabavi
BBC Persian: Week in review

clips
Don't film girls playing badminton
CNN anchor Anderson Cooper on the David Letterman sho

more trouble
Washington Post: Members of Congress Focus of Abramoff Investigation

here & there
* Milos Island, Greece (14 pix)
-- Ali Douraghy
* Autumn in wild Colorado (33 pix)
-- Parviz Forghani
* Autumn in California wine country (11 pix)
-- A.S. Mostafanejad

thanksgiving
iranian.com's monthly unique visitors has surged from 118,000 in January 2005 to 575,000 last month. Thanks to all of you :o)

nukes
AFP: Uranium enrichment - new red line in Iranian nuclear showdown

can't wait for the perfume
Financial Times: Iran's president becomes unlikely fashion icon

internet
Deutsche Welle Persian: Who should be in charge of the internet?

iranian AIDS project
PGLO.org: Gathering anonymous information for research

ah ah ah...
BBC Persian: New head of Tehran University does not have a university degree

ebrahim nabavi
Rooz: Interview with Emam Reza's dog (scroll down to bottom of page)

cartoons
Eyeranian

* Emam Reza dog: Ziarat ghabool
Mahmoud
* Upsidedown world
* The kind tonbakee
Radmehrian
* Khamenei: I'm so special
Kazem
* Sky is the limit: New CIA prison

nukes
AP: EU Alleges Iran Possesses Nuclear Designs
Reuters: Iran: A-bomb data available on Net
BBC: EU makes fresh Iran nuclear move
Reuters: Russian plan for Iran unites IAEA

anyway
* Video: Boro bacheh por roo
* The miracle of make-up
* Video: The girl at the bar
* Video: Fighting terrorism with baseball bat
* Video: When there's nothing to do at work
* Video: Training how to fake a foul

quiz
What on earth

minister of oil
Guardian: Ahmadinejad faces crisis as MPs reject oil nominee
BBC: Analysis: Iran president rebuffed

team melli: top 20
BBC Persian: Iranian national football team's FIFA ranking jumps two to 19th

women poets
Miras Farhangi: Poetry by Iranian women in America to be published

chaakeram
BBC Persian: Deputy Revolutionary Guards Commander Brigadier Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr is now Deputy Interior Minister in Charge of Security

blogger in spain
Saman Ahmadi

next!
Ahmadinejad's third oil minister nominee vetoed
* AFP
* BBC Persian

heritage
SavePasargad.com: Majles committee says Sivand Dam flooding postponed

minister of crap
AFP: Iran cracks down on cinema, theater and newspapers considered to be un-Islamic

slowly but surely
Washington Post: US May Cut 3 Brigades in Iraq Early in 2006

goaaaaaal
Ali Karmi: Bayern Munich powers into last sixteen (3 pix)

quiz
Cut!

kurdistan
Radio Farda: Jailed Sanandaj journalist sows his mouth in protest

iranians of the day
* Vali Siadat: Illinois Professor of the Year
* Dariush: Best rapper in Holand (5 pix)
* Sharmine Sharivar: Hooking up with Prince Albert II of Monaco?
* Farah Pahlavi: With Alain Delon
* Dario Margeli: New Orleans
* Azadeh Ommanian: Drunk driver took her life

the forouhars
7th anniversary of political murders
* Radio Farda
* Rooz
* iran-emrooz

banning critics
CS Monitor: When US bars its door to foreign scholars

soon
CS Monitor: Iraqi leaders want US withdrawal timetable

backward-forward
BBC Persian: Abbas Kazemi's sociology of religious intellectuals in Iran

nukes
AFP: EU, Iran to meet in December on nuclear dispute: diplomat
Kaveh L Afrasiabi: Iran's closing nuclear argument
BBC: Iran's nuclear stand-off

germany
Der Spiegel: Whereas Schröder was a prima donna, Merkel is a black belt in judo

self 2.0
Washington Post: Internet Users Put a Best Face Forward With Avatars

get out, please
AP: Iraqi Leaders Call for Pullout Timetable

zahra kazemi
AFP: Iran judiciary pledges new probe into Kazemi killing

belaahat
Enameh: Ahmad Jannati's contempt for non-Muslims

bread
NaderDavoodi.com: Sangaki

anyway
* Badongo: Toying with Ahmadinejad
* Video: Toys getting mixed up
* Outsourcing Santa
* Video: Don't drink and dance
* Video: Greek god does Travolta & Micheal Jackson

hardliner to terrify hardliners
Telegraph: The rise of Professor 'Crocodile'

the inhumanity...
Human Rights Watch: Two More Executions for Homosexual Conduct in Iran

quiz
A in physics

hotzone
Kevin Sites and his team's mission is to cover every armed conflict in the world

yaa-hoo
Washington Post: Top Republican PR man pleads guilty to conspiracy

big deal
BBC: Israel's Sharon quits Likud party and forms centerist party
Jerusalem Post: Sharon: Likud cannot give Israel hope

academic freedom award
MESA: Akbar Ganji receives Academic Freedom Award from Middle Eastern scholars
-- English
-- Persian

time's a bitch
Guardian: Time holds the key to change in Iran

wait & see
BBC: More time for Iran in nuclear row
Reuters: EU, US defer UN action on Iran: diplomats

who's the animal?
Gooya: Non-muslims are animals grazing the earth and spreading corruption, says Ayatollah Jannati

good
Washington Post: Iraq War Debate Eclipses All Other Issues

nukes
AP: Iran Votes to Block Nuclear Inspections
Reuters: Iran says no case for referral to UN Council
AFP: Iran says military site off-limits to UN nuclear probe
AFP: Iran says disclosing suspected bomb blueprint shows good faith

mother & daughters
* MehrangizKar.com
* Lily Pourzand
* Azadeh Pourzand

quiz
Beautiful machine

feminine breeze
Antje Beyen's ocumentary focusing on Iranian women artists

choking game
LA Times: Sasha Sepasi is dead, but why?

nowhere near
BBC Persian: The Economist ranks most & least democratic states in the Middle East

khavaran cemetery
Radio Farda: Graves of victims of mass political executions destroved

allah o woff woff
Sheep dog cries for Imam Reza

cartoons
Mahmoud
* Shohreh's new CD (1) (2) (3)
Mahdad
* Ahmadinejad encourages Pahlavi

take a break
* Persian classical music: Koss o Sher No. 7
* Animation: Bush: I need some soldiers
* I don't think he's going to make it...
* Gentlemen prefer burkas
* Video: Yes... yes... yes...
* Video: Ostriches can rap, also
* Redneck hunting dogs

cruel & inhuman
AP: U.N. Worries About Human Rights in Iran

ebrahim nabavi
BBC: The week in review

remembered
Zinat Javid
* Favorite photo
* Loving grandmother (7 pix)

nukes
BBC: Iran given 'nuclear weapon' data
Reuters: Iran gives IAEA bomb part instructions

power grab
Guardian: Iran in turmoil as president's purge deepens

out of control
Washington Post: Three Bombings in Iraq Kill More Than 90

pezeshkzad
BBC Persian: Iraj Pezeshkzad's new novel "Hafeze Naashenideh Pand"

post 9/11 strategy
Washington Post: CIA builds two-dozen joint international anti-terror facilities

go get em
Washington Post: New Grand Jury for CIA Leak Case

more than image problem
CS Monitor: Arab opinions of US: good news, bad news

iranians of the day
* Mona Tavakoli: Drummer for Raining Jane
* Hossein Rezazadeh: World champion with his hero
* Monika Jalili: Soprano
* Asieh Namdar: CNN anchor
* Caesar Dowlatshahi: A Persian in Toronto
* Behshad Hastibakhsh: Vancouver political scientist
* Farzaneh: Best friend in India

right on
Washington Post: Pro-Defense Democrat Calls for Immediate US Troop Withdrawal From Iraq

appreciation
PersianAcademyAwards.com

broaden your world
Re-Orient 2005: San Francisco festival of short plays placing the Middle East centerstage

if...
Fox news was around throughout history -- eyeranian.net

world's strongest man
Rezazadeh wins world heavy weight weightlifting title
* IRNA
* BBC Persian

closed doors
Iran's campaign to deny higher education to Bahais

mommy joon raft
I called Uncle Bahman to ask about his mother, my grandmother, Zinat Javid. She had suffered strokes and heart attacks in past two weeks. "Mommy Joon raft," he said. "20 daghigheh pish..."

nukes
AFP: US announces London meeting on Iran nuclear program Friday
AP: Russia's Anger at Iran Over Nukes Growing

good business
parsguide.com: Iranian business directory in Dubai

bad business
BBC Persian: Tehran Stock Market director resigns

rafsanjani on the offensive
BBC Persian: Ahmadinejad deputy's reply to Rafsanjani
ISNA: Rafsanjani warns Ahmadinejad on "disasterous policies"

quiz
Iran nuclear warhead inspection

islamic feminism
feminismeislamic.org

fascinating animal
Reuters: Iran president's religious views arouse interest

anyway
* Ghoochali goes wireless
* True Love, or...
* Imam Zaman's letter attached to chocolate

ruth millington
BBC: Bam earthquake rescuer honoured

thanks
Petition: Appreciation for reinstating Persia

basketball diplomacy
BBC: Basketball in the 'axis of evil'

oops
Washington Post: Woodward Apologizes for Withholding Knowledge of CIA Operative

wmds
BBC
* US used white phosphorus in Iraq
* UK ALSO used phosphorus in Iraq
* White phosphorus use sparks chemical weapons debate

5th generation
Launching "Nasle Panjom"

heritage
Dari Language Project

united states of oil
Washington Post: Document Says Oil Chiefs Met With Cheney Task Force

70's music & more
* Saeed Dabiri: "Moosh o Gorbeh"
* Emil Sayin: "Shahre Barfi" & more
* Neli: "Yek Rooze Taze" & more
* Dariush: "Hoshyaari"
* Giti: "Dirooz Emrooz"
* Betty: "Khonoeh Khaale Koodom Vare" & more
* Vigen: "Khaastegaari" & more
* Elahe Hamidi : "Rana Rana" & more
* Roohparvar: "In Beh Un Dar" & more
* Dynamik: "Nafasam Migireh"
* Gita: "Zanbure Eshgh"
* Sasan: "Boro Dooset Nadaaram" & more
* Ebi: "Khoda Midaanad" (with Neli and Soli)
* Banan: "Amad Amma"
* Roohbakhsh: "Kabutare Beheshti" and more
* Ravanbakhsh: "Javaani Kojaaee" & more
* Shamaizadeh: "Shahre Barfi" & more
* Parviz: "Aziztarin"

here & there
-- Persian Family Day in British Museum
(18 pix)
-- Hola from South America (5 pix)

quiz
For a prayer

internet
BBC: US retains hold of the internet

french turn
CS Monitor: After weeks of unrest, anti-immigrant stances are resounding

haaletoon khoobeh?
Reuters: Iranians hold candlelit vigil for late Fiat heir

2005 PEN award
Akbar Ganji
Radio Farda

anyway
* Progress: Circumcision with electro-cutter
* Song: Persian beetarbiyati
* Women spectators in parliament
* Video: The longest political kiss
* Video: Hot dog & fireworks
* We have peaceful ... energy
* New Tehran traffic sign
* Meet the fuckers
* Bush banner

quiz
Bazaar of bazaars

the young iranians
New Yorker
: Laura Secor on Iran’s new generation of dissidents and the collapse of the nation’s reformist movement

all true
Harpers.org: Harper's Index for October 2005

not surprised
BBC:
Iraq detainees 'found starving'

yeah... mishandled ;o)
CS Monitor
: From mishandled Iraq intelligence to an indictment in the White House

good
CS Monitor
: Buy a hybrid car, save $3,150 in taxes

extremism
BBC Persian: More than 600 politicians and activists warn of dangerous extremism under Ahmadinejad

oil ministry
Reuters: Ahmadinejad presents new oil ministry nomine

caviar
BBC: Lean times for Iran caviar fishermen

barikalla
BBC: Khamenei backs Ahmadinejad

miss world
--
Ramona Amiri
-- Vote for her

no smoking gun
Reuters: US atomic expert doubts report of Iran weapons work

iranian studies award
Dagmar A. Riedel, Talinn Grigor & Naghmeh Sohrabi

cartoons
Iraj

* Double stabdard in killing inoocents
* King Abdullah: Before & after

* Bush: Cowboy hat

* IRTV: More pro-Bush than Bush
Mahmoud
* The Rolling Pestoons

Mahdad
* Ahmadinejad bites Bush

* Saddam & nuclear weapons
* King Charles greeted in California

Kazem
* A star for every Mideast war
Radmehrian
* The Assefi Doctrine

heritage
Guardian: Farmers accused of plunder at ancient site

the other scandal
CS Monitor: Republicans beleaguered by alleged ties to indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff

ganji
AFP: Wife of jailed Iranian dissident hopes for change

quiz
Maximum time to...

money
AFP: Iran arbitration body approves foreign loans

ebrahim nabavi
BBC Persian: Week in review

book
LivingInHell.com

nukes
AP: Iran rjects uranium enrichment roposal

heeh hee
Musical: We promise not to make the bomb

kaveh afrasiabi
Asia Times: US drives a wedge between Russia, Iran

deal? what deal?
AFP: Rice denies report of US-European nuclear offer to Iran
AP: Russia, EU, US Discuss Iran Nuke Dispute

revolutionary music
Alireza Assar's "Khaak-e Khoonin"

not iranian
Amir Peretz: Israeli Labor Party leader

quiz
Lion & bull

toons
Radmehrian
* Playing cards?
* Different concerns

Heyrani
* Bush, Ahmadinejad separated at birth?

funny in farsi
Radio Farda: Firoozeh Dumas wins James Thurber Award

mko
BBC Persian: Mojahedin accused of killing Iraqi Kurds as favor to Saddam

iranians of the day
* Pierre Omidyar: $100-million gift to Tufts University
* Farhad Ghelmansarai & Ali Bani-Hashemi: Cancer research awards
* Sharareh Niavarani: Best friend & self-less, wonderful sister

anyway
* When in trouble, say nothing
* Maximum safety: Natural air bags
* Boogh nazan
* Video: Pakistani in singing contest
* No tattoo for you [Persian] [English]
* Student driver: Only in L.A.
* Video: Talking dog: "I wow wooo"
* Video: Who's covering Tony?
* Bird Flu hits Disneyland

perversion par excellence
New Yorker: Scooter Libby's erotic fiction

khomeinism
BBC: Iran: How Islam got political

free? speech
Washington Post: FCC Raises Indecency Bar

ancient art
NY Metropolitan Museum: Ancient Near East

khob zoodtar migofteen
BBC: Iran 'to be offered nuclear deal'
AFP: US and EU ready to let Iran carry out some nuclear fuel work

let's make a deal
AP: U.S., Europe Ready to Compromise With Iran

tide turns
CS Monitor: Election 2005 gives Democrats hope
CS Monitor: Rejection of Schwarzenegger's four referendums

quiz
Close enough

gorgeous
Fall in Golesatn/Gorgan (8 pix)

eSpindle.org
Fun way to improve your vocabulary

bad journalism
Washington Post: Judith Miller Retires From the N.Y. Times

rock & roll
Bamahang.ca: O-Hum's 2nd album "Aloodeh" sampler

syndicate villian
Iranian rapper in Canada
* FeelMeRecords.com
* Flash

iranians of the day
* Haddad-Adel: Listening to Ahmadinejad
* Ali Ahmadi: Iranica
* Massud: Really wonderful

terror
AP: At Least 18 Killed in Jordan Hotel Blasts
BBC: Tony Blair suffers his first defeat as prime minister

tassavor kon
Flash: Sivash Ghomeishi inspired by John Lennon's 'imagine'

heritage
SavePasargad.com: Letter to Iranian archaeologists

allah o akbar
NY Times: Afghan Poet Dies After Beating by Husband

new & improved
Mitra & Pedram blogging in souther california
www.eyeranian.net

new & interesting
San Francisco State University: Maziar Behrooz's Iran history course

nakhaasteem
BBC: Ahmadinejad has suffered a fresh blow after his nominee for oil minister withdrew

ban lifted
BBC Persian: Baztab.com back online

quiz
Resting place

BBC: US 'uses incendiary arms' in Iraq

nukes
AFP: Iran says nuclear offer final chance
BBC: Interview: Iran's nuclear negotiator

bugs bunny for oil minister
AFP: Ahmadinejad braces for clash over oil minister

good
AP: Yale makes graduate music school free

siahbazi
BBC Persian: Last great "siahbazi" performer Sa'di Afshar

cartoons
Mahmoud
* Aghassi ham raft

guantanamo
CS Monitor: Military tribunals to get high court test

enameh
Baraaye maadaram

khaak too mokhetoon konan
Baztab.com: Proposal to "clean-up" religious sermons

cartoons
Shagholam
* Ahmadinejad: Self-destruction
* Nuclear policy
* Rafsanjani's future
* Khamenei's Mecca
* Rafsanjani gone wild
* Khamenei & friends
* Satellite stations
* Pahlavi counting cash
* Pahlavi audience
* IRI's hope
* Khamenei's medicine
* Ahmadinejad makeover
* Ahmadinejad other job

Mahdad
* Reformists thank Khatami
* Pahlavi: Dast az saram bardaarin
Mahmoud
* No chance with this lady

nostalgia
Googoosh introduces Aghassi

nukes
BBC: Iran seeks to renew nuclear talks

women
BBC Persian: Women in Iran carry heavier burden of poverty

brought only joy
Legendary singer Nematollah Aghassi has died
-- BBC Persian
-- Radio Farda

khuzestan
BBC: 'Unrest' in Iran Arabic-speaking province

another journalist, another prisoner
Radio Farda: Journalist Massoud Bastani returning to prison

filtering women
Radio Farda: Iranian government blocks women's web sites

yes!
London Film Festival: Ramin Bahrani's "Man Push Cart" wins critics award

ebrahim nabavi
BBC Persian: Week in review

don't miss it
HBO: Comedian George Carlin performs in New York

anyway
* Eftekhar ol Sadat poof shod
* Video: Crying game
* Video: Sperm rushes to meet the egg and...
* Imam Zaman does not live in the Bermuda Triangle
* Michael Jackson lives in... Bahram
* Video: Irma's ass whuppin academy

home
Jerusalem Post: Jewish immigrant moves back 'home' to Tehran

rebuff
AP: Annan Cancels Trip to Iran Over Remarks

who believes you?
BBC: No attack plans, Khamenei says

quiz
Even he's fed up

annan & ganji
Committee for Academic & Intellectual Freedom: Kofi Annan should intervene in Akbar Ganji case

such a shame...
BBC: UK family guilty murdering Iranian in 'honour killing'

heeh!
Aref-Adib.com: A modern Persian

googoosh
Times 21

nice
ravi.ir

khuzestan
Amnesty International: Fear of torture/ Incommunicado detention and new concern: Death Sentence

warning
BBC Persian: Akbar Ganji's wife threatens to take "other actions" if prison conditions don't improve

barareh nights
BBC Persian: Mehran Modiri's TV series captures the Iranian imagination

afshin molavi
NY Times: Our allies in Iran

ahmadinejad could care less
AP: Thousands of Italians demonstrate outside Iranian embassy in Rome

quiz
al-Embassy

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about time
Washington Post: Bush's integrity is questioned according to poll

insane
Memri: Iranian cartoon promotes suicide attacks

clips
Zartosht's cup on fire
Graphic artist Zartosht Soltani
Nikolay Nachev

minister of... what?
BBC: Former Revolutionary Guards commander Sadeq Mahsuli nominated Iran's new oil minister

nukes
BBC: UN inspectors visit Iran's Parchin complex

hamino kam daashteem
CS Monitor: Rumbles of Islamic radicalism in Kurdistan

big big scam
AFP: Iran wages war on Hong Kong GoldQuest 'scam'

hezbe democrat iran
IranDP.org

quiz
Don't mess with them

business as usual
CS Monitor: Despite indictment of his chief of staff, no visible change of role for Dick Cheney

our dick cheney
Rooz: President Ahmadinejad's right hand man is Mojtaba Hashemi Soreh. Learn more...

oh my g-d
Orthodox Jewish response to Ahmadinejad's comments on Israel

good one
Guardian: A fatwa on football

europersia
IranianInfoCenter.de

kouroshgorji.com
San Francico commercial artist

clips
Nader on Leno
Video: Iranian-American on Tonight Show

anyway
* She's got her priorities right
* Video: In cyberzone
* Animation: Perfect couple
* Video: Have you got the stomach for it?
* An ammateh

bah bah...
Washington Post: Terror Suspects Held by CIA in Secret Prisons

...
Human Rights Watch: Akbar Ganji Tortured to Renounce Writings

meanwhile in other news...
BBC: More than 73,000 died in Pakistan/Kashmir quake
Help: Relief International

big purge
BBC: Iran Removes 40 Ambassadors and Diplomats

civil rights
BBC: US holds funeral for rights icon Rosa Parks

prisoners of conscience
Radio Farda: Condition of Mehrdad Lohrasbi and other political prisoners in Rajaie Shahr-Karaj

wanted
IranFootballCenter.com: Sports writer

bam 6.6
A documentary film by Jahangir Golestan

quiz
Skiing

persia debate
The Guardian and the British Museum hosted a public forum on what ancient Persia tells us about modern Iran

zero access
NaderDavoodi.com: Wall message in response to internet censorship in Iran

trouble
AP: Democrats Force Closed Meeting on Iraq

iranians of the day
* Ferdows Naficy: Mahnaz & Farah Afkhami
* Navid Akhavan: Actor, Germany
* Roya Carter: 2 months
* Babak: London & New York
* Ahmad Batebi: Freedom for
* James Gordanifar: Actor

purge
Guardian: Mohammad Hossein Adeli sacked as Iran's London envoy

good
Guardian: Muslim women launch international 'gender jihad'

bad for business
Rooz: Tehran stock exchange continues downward spiral as index falls below 10,000

consider this
Radio Farda: In an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Abbas Milani argues that America should build bridges with the Iranian people, not the government
Audio - Text

quiz
In honor of an artist

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