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December 2006
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paper tiger
Washington Post: Iran may be facing a steep economic decline

bokosh bokosh
BBC: New high in Iraqi civilian deaths

martikeh olaagh
BBC: Bush 'to reveal troop boost'

aghabmoondeh
Reuters: Iran will press ahead with nuclear work: president

peugeot irooni
AP: 'Self igniting' Iran cars worry police

"the hell that's iraq?"
BBC: Saddam hanging taunts evoke ugly past
Guardian: How Saddam died on the gallows

toons
Mazloom

* The execution of Saddam Hossein
* George Bush in "Hang 'Em High"

i'm in the wrong profession
Reuters: Deadliest year for reporters since 1994

usual zer zer
AFP: Rafsanjani warns West on sanctions

toons
Iraj

* The Decider: Bush hangs Saddam
* Why wasn't Pinochet hanged?
Mazloom
* Saddam hanged

last seconds
Video: Saddam hanged
Video: Saddam at the gallows

toons
Kazem

* Saddam's gift

khabare marg
BBC: Saddam Hussein executed in Iraq

toons
Mahmoud

* Best Iranian of the year
Faramarz
* Ahmadinejad writes to the Pope
Mazloom
* Hejab vs bad-hejab

global warming
BBC: Huge Arctic ice break discovered

ya hazrate abbas
AP: China's Internet population reaches 132 million

editors arrestd
Radio Farda: Newspaper editors arrested for putting a video about Ahmadinejad's VP online

(shrug)
AP: Iran's Justice Minister killed in car crash

go home
AP: Report: U.S. frees 2 Iranian detainees in Iraq

call for papers
IWSF: Iranian women's conference in Washington DC

kheyli ham deleshoon bekhaad :o)
Haaretz: Three Iranians seeking conversion to Judaism denied Israel visas

big fat zero
Economist: How much impact will the UN resolution have on Iran?

quiz
Flying bulls

bee sho oor of the day
Bird (Flu) Holocaust

barf
First snow in Rasht

khoda biamorzadesh
Washington Post: Gerald Ford Disagreed With Bush About Invading Iraq

deevooneh + ravaani
CBN: Former Muslim Reza Safa talks with Pat Robertson about Islam

final results
* Best Iranians of the year
* Worst Iranians of the year

iranian paradox
TIME: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

toons
Saman

* Imam Mahdi goes back into his hole
Ghasemi
* Imaginary enemy
Mazloom
* The Rajavis can finally have sex
Mahmoud
* Osama Ben Hur
Kazem
* Goodbye 2006

quiz
Up in smoke

prophet mamoo
AFP: Ahmadinejad sends message to pope

read again
Aljazeera: New study alleges Iran’s oil profits could dry up by 2015

use your brain
BBC: Iran to revise IAEA co-operation

iranians of the day
School girls: Watching parliament

seeteezen sheeep
CS Monitor
* Uncle Sam wants U.S. Muslims
* U.S. military offers fast-track citizenship for volunteers

opium road
N Y Times: Iran Is Seeking More Influence in Afghanistan

godfather of soul
New Yorker: Mr. Brown

no afternoon tea
BBC: Iran calls in UK envoy over Blair comments

nightmare
BBC video: Will Israel Bomb Iran?

shirin ebadi
Amnesty Int Mag: A Contrary Opinion

iranian-american comic
Video: Eslam Anthony Shams

fireworks
What a joyful New Year's logo! Thanks a million to Mazloom for the design.

een vare aab
ZigZagMag: Pendar Yousefi's cartoon strip for Iranian expats

zionism
BBC: Israel approves new Jewish settlement in West Bank

darling of the day
Sara Mitra Fotoohi: Newborn (4 pix)

determination
Video: Mohammad Mossadegh's speech in defense of oil nationalization

beekhiyal
AFP: Defiant Iran heading to industrial enrichment

bad idea
AFP: Iran parliament mulls limiting IAEA cooperation

quiz
It aint chocolate

poll problem solved
I hope! Vote for your BEST Iranian of the year. The WORST Iranian of the year poll will come next. Looks like the software cannot handle two polls at the same time. Babak Jaan... damet joosh for your help :o)

online diplomacy
usiranpeace.com

energy crisis
AP: Iran's nuclear drive linked to looming oil crisis: US study

zero impact
NY Times: Iran Is Defiant, Vowing to U.N. It Will Continue Nuclear Efforts

who runs iraq?
BBC: U.S. troops detain 2 Iranians in Iraq

barikalla
Video: Guiv, young setar player in Belgium

nuclear
BBC: Ahmadinejad rejects UN sanctions

good soul
BBC: Soul star James Brown dies at 73

pinochete por roo
Washington Post: In Letter, Pinochet Called Abuses in Chile 'Necessary'

funniest pranks of the year
* Video: Could you clean my Persian rug?
* Video: American Aghd, Sigheh, Khatneh

off target
Guardian: Blair was dangerously off target in his condemnation of Iran

ya (president) hossein!
Wiki: Barack Hussein Obama

khar to khar
BBC: UK troops storm Iraqi police HQ

hip hop
S2A's latest
MP3: Eshghe Man

ahmadinejad's christmas greetings :oooo)
ElfYourself.com

taazeh avvaleshe
NY Times: U.N. Security Council Passes Iran Sanctions
Washington Post: U.N. Unanimously Approves Iran Sanctions

thank you santa
Radio Zamaneh: Editor Arash Sigarchi acquitted after 3-year court battle

how dare you have a good time?
Radio Farda: Tehran's artsy hang-out Cafe Titr shut down

toons
Mazloom

* Man of the year
* Woman of the year
Saman
* Screwy politics: Bush & Ahmadinejad
* America's war priority
Kazem
* Merry Christmas

yo yo yo
Enfejar
* MP3: Divunatam
* MP3: Faseleha
* Main page

quiz
Isn't he too old for that?

running (out of) iran
Bobak: We actually made it to Qazvin from Bandar Anzali!

good boys and girls know how to speak persian
AjabanZaban.com

now what?
BBC: UN passes Iran nuclear sanctions

shiite
NY TImes: Shiites Remake Baghdad in Their Image

shake shake shake
The earth has shaken in waves under my chair three times in as many days. Just felt the last one. Maybe there's a bigger one on its way to San Francisco Bay Area? (1st shake) (2nd)

no surprise
Boston Globe blog: Ceasing to be surprised by Iran
-- Aida Sadr

woman of the year :o)
Video: "Bad hejab" woman kicks chadori's ass

iranians of the day
* Farhad Safinia: "Apocalypto" co-writer
* Afsaneh M. Beschloss: Corporate power
* Aliakbar and Shahla Afshari: Win lawsuit
* Ali Nouri: Biology PhD with Kofi Annan
* Cryrus Pahlavi: Actor

toons
Saman

* Two kinds of Christians
* Orphan Jesus

no secret
NY Times: What We Wanted to Tell You About Iran
-- Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann

center of policy debate
Video: Flynt Leverett's speech on White House's Iran policy at the New America Foundation

ronaldin ho
BBC: Brazil star 'to become Spanish'

now i know my abcs
Video: Saman Alikhani singing nursery rhymes

quiz
Enter

nyet now
Reuters: West wants Friday U.N. Iran vote but Russia says no

reformists lost
Enameh: Eslaah talabaan baakhtand

bordering insanity
NY Times: Saner Voices in Iran

islamophobia
Daily Kos: What Virginia's Republican Congressman Said About Jews

beautiful
Music: Rana Farhan sings Merry Christmas
Home: RanaFarhan.com

ho ho ho
ElfYourself.com

touching birthday
Documentary: The life of transexuals in Tehran

quiz
Tokhme Jen

hint hint
NY Times: U.S. and Britain to Add Ships to Persian Gulf in Signal to Iran

toons
Saman
* Iran and Israel communicating
* Iran election candidates
* Rumsfeld will work for food
* Time magazine's moment of genius

precondition
Iranian Liberal Democrats demand U.S. release '53 coup documents as precondition for talks

iranians of the year
NY Times: Iran President Facing Revival of Students’ Ire

mobaarak baasheh
Wikipedia: Yalda

mamasani war
YouTube: A clip from "Dai Jan Napoleon"

quiz
ShahraK

dead last
Reuters: Ahmadinejad allies in bottom of Tehran vote count

dead dictator
BBC: Turkmenistan's 'iron ruler' dies

sanctions lite
Washington Post: Europeans Yield on Iran Sanctions

holy moses
CS Monitor: The new walls of Jerusalem: Parts (1) (2) (3)

toons
Hajiagha

* I'm dirt poor and Iran gives money to Palestinians?
* Why should we help lazy Palestinains?
* Palestianians: Money or death
* Poor & taxes in Canada
Mazloom
* Rafsanani popularity
* Women only taxis
Mahmoud
* Italian spy movies

marg bar diktator
BBC's Newsnight: Crackdown on students and professors in Tehran

ayatollah putin
AFP: Russia hits back at Western criticism, Iran

you did brilliantly in iraq. let's see how you do in iran
AP: In Mideast, Blair says Iran is main foe

in the name of god, the illiterate
BBC: 'Mass purges' at Iran universities

egyptian civilization
Video: Where emperors roared
-- Afshin Deyhim

primitive civilization
Middle East Times: Egypt's Bahais denied citizenship rights

sweeeet
AP: Ahmadinejad allies defeated in Tehran elections

small doses of democracy
Boston Globe: Iran rejects a demagogue

anglo-american persian gulf
Guardian: US considers naval build-up as warning to Iran
BBC: Blair calls for alliance over Iran

wise kofi
AP: Annan: Iran Intervention Would Be Unwise

knowing the middle east
New Yorker: Can social scientists redefine the “war on terror”?

total crooks
AFP: France's Total probed over Iran kickbacks

i'm confused
Reuters: U.N. Iran nuclear talks stall; Russia has objections

security council consensus
Guardian: UN security council moves closer to adopting resolution

yalda
Thanks a million to Pullniro for the Shabe Yalda logo :o)

quiz
Shomal

zadeh beh simeh aakhar
Washington Post: Bush to Expand Military To Aid War on Terror

merry merry christmas
BBC: Cheney to testify over CIA leak

anyway
* Video: SNL Uncensored: Something special for Christmas
* Video: Argentinian cheer leaders wish you a Merry Christmas
* Video: Is this car stunt for real?
* Video: Unbelievable: End the conflict
* Video: We Wish You a (bizarre) Merry Christmas

truth bites
NY Times: Ex-CIA Analyst's Iran Article Is Blocked Amid Dispute on Cause
Washington Post: Ex-NSC Official Says White House Is Stifling His Criticism of Iran Policy

total loser
AFP: Ahmadinejad faces new setback in key poll battle
NY Times: Tally in Iran Vote Spells ‘Setback’ for President’s Hard Line

sanctions soon
Reuters: Russia says U.N. Iran draft meets main concerns: Ifax

proud propaganda
YouTube. Iranian nuclear industry public relations film

women in the basement
We-change: Iranian campaigners meet on collecting a million signatures for women's rights

goobye dollar, hello euro
BBC: Dollar dropped in Iran asset move

good
Guardian: Ahmadinejad loses first electoral test
AP: Local vote embarrassing Iran president
NY Times: Election Seen as Setback for Iran’s President

there's nothing persian about them
LA Times: In Defense of Persian Palaces

shabeh yalda
San Francisco: Celebrate with poets & writers

quiz
My eyes see something else

bad news is good news
* BBC: Poll blow for Iran's Ahmadinejad
* AP: Ahmadinejad opponents leading elections
* Baztab: Council election results by political parties

take a break
* Video: Bush making sweet love to America
* Video: Sperm control
* Video: Wrong Christmas gift for your wife

shenel siah
YouTube: New music sensation 0060

film history
Radio Farda: Influential director Farrokh Ghaffari dies in Paris at 84

escape from stoning
* Women in Iran: Hajieh Esmailvand speaks after 7-year court battle for her life
* Maydaan: Begoo Nah!

akbar shah
ISNA: Rafsanjani's victory statement

comeback for reformists
Reuters: Iran vote "decisive defeat" for president: reformers
CS Monitor: What Iran vote says about Ahmadinejad's support

speaking of freedom of speech...
Bush accused of gagging CIA critic of Iran policy
* Guardian
* Huffington Post

merry christmas
Radio Farda: Iranians Chrsitian converts arrested in three cities

college life
Guardian: Students hide in fear for lives after venting fury at Ahmadinejad

go kids go
BBC: Pay-out for UAE child camel jockeys

supreme reeder
BBC: Rafsanjani's surprise comeback

obedience school
BBC: Fifa lifts Iran international ban

joon
Reuters: Ahmadinejad's allies struggle in Iran elections

in your face, mahmoud
AFP: Moderates progress in Iran vote amid strong turnout
AP: Early results: Ahmadinejad's conservative opponents lead

cheh ajab... rafi finally wins an election
AFP: Rafsanjani ahead of conservative rival in Iran vote
ISNA: Early official results for Tehran

toons
Mazloom

* Beards of the world unite!
* Ahmadinejad and Jesus
Faramarz
* Ahmadinejad greets Jews at Holocaust conference

cutting ties
NY Times: Ties Cut With Iran Institute Over Holocaust

quiz
Shekam comes first

reformist victory?
Council election results
* ILNA: Etemad Melli candidates win in 16 states
* ILNA: Mostafa Tajzadeh says pro-Ahmadinejad candidates defeated in most provinces

freedom of speech? ghelghelakam nadeh
BBC: Iran's empty claim to champion freedom of speech over Holocaust

whatever
Washingtpon Post: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is biased against Iran
-- Hossein Derakhshan

fizzle
Reuters: Early signs mixed in Iran vote

elections
BBC: Voting ends in key Iranian polls
AP: Turnout heavy for Iranian elections

he's laughing
BBC: Ahmadinejad 'faces genocide case'

thank god
BBC: 'Taleban law' blocked in Pakistan

how it goes naked
Sheema Kalbasi's new blog

iranians of the day
* Fariba Soroosh: Lawyer? Angel?
* Pejman Memarzadeh: Conductor
* Neda Mashouf: Bebe Vice Chair
* Narges Rashidi, actor
* Daniel: Mooning Saddam

good points
NY Times: Deep Roots of Denial for Iran’s True Believer
* Audio
* Article
-- Michael Slackman

thanks to antarinejad
CS Monitor: Iran nukes prompt concerns in Mideast

ambiguity my ass
CS Monitor: Why Israel maintains nuclear ambiguity

good luck
CS Monitor: The importance of US engagement with Iran and Syria

do you care?
Financial Times: Tehran reformists move to rebuild from the local level

double elections
BBC: Iran polls pose twin test for Ahmadinejad

disgrace
Washington Post: Holocaust Conference Brings Disbelief on All Sides

quiz
Prison uniforms

anyway
* Video: Kramer apology
* Airplane sex guide
* Video: Sticky frozen car
* Video: Creative phone ad
* Video: Colonoscopy
* Restrooms
* Video: Flashbeer
* Video: Always let her speak first
* Where was that again?
* Wasting Viagra

costly insult
AFP: Iran Holocaust row rages on
AFP: Israeli PM urges international moves against Iran

2+2=whatever i say
BBC: US scientists reject political interference

quiz
Atal Matal

shotor didi nadidi
BBC: Turkish Airlines gets the hump

he loves to hate
Guardian: Undeniably offensive

dangerously dumb
LA Times: Holocaust denial can be dangerous

marhaba
CS Monitor: Israeli High Court strikes down ban of Palestinian intifada lawsuits

meow
Animated: How Persian cats are made

eye-witness
Video: Students chant against Ahmadinejad at Amir Kabir University

kachal
TehranHair.com

hollow cause
Soul Bean Cafe: That Holocaust-denial conference in full
-- Peyvand Khorsandi

for dummies
B Namus: The holocaust explained
-- Samira Mohyeddin

bee aberoo
BBC: Ahmadinejad predicts Israel will disappear 'like USSR'
AFP: Israel and Germany call for tough line on Iran

quiz
Take a class

iranian of the year
Student: Fascist president

major shift
BBC: Iran a 'major threat', says Blair

shocking beyond belief
BBC: Outrage over Holocaust conference

goofballs
BBC: Why are Jews at the 'Holocaust denial' conference?

toons
Faramarz

* Jews at Holocaust conference
Mazloom
* Students face Parvin Hosseini
* Pinochet 1915-2006
Hajiagha
* Be happy, you have freedom and democracy
* When I was a Pasdar
* Lack of sex driving Haji crazy (1) (2) (3)
* Corruption will bring down IRI (1) (2)
* Encouraging murder and living in Canada
* 28 years of corruption
* Revolution: Before and after
* Islamic Republic: Before and after
* Saddam will not be executed

mojahedin money
Reuters: EU court overturns freeze on Iran group's funds

near consensus
AFP: Russia welcomes amended European sanctions

mooshak.com
Store: Iroony stuff that will make you smile

there's an idea
Human Rights Watch: Iran: Prosecute Torturers, Not Bloggers

daie jamshid
VirginiaSports: Jim Bakhtiar Wins Football Writers All-America Alumni Award

quiz
Augusto Banisadr

death to the dictator
Iran students heckle Ahmadinejad
* Radio Farda
* AFP

e-jaasoosi
Washington Post: Googling for Iran Intelligence

breaking loose
BehzadBolour.com

hollow heads
BBC: Iran Holocaust conference opens

nuclear gulf
BBC: Persian Gulf states announce nuclear plan

orders from moscow
Washington Post: Germans Investigate Russian in Poisoning

iranian of the day
Mojgan Shokri: Washington's most beautiful people

adios murderer
BBC: Chile's Gen Pinochet dies at 91

good question
Boston Globe: How can Iran be a partner in Iraq at the same time it is a nuclear pariah?

good man
BBC: Anti-poverty banker accepts Nobel

rap
New from "Enfejar"
* MP3: Zamune
* Main page

take a second
LightToUnite.org

quiz
Angoor

roo ro beram
Reuters: Iran sets conditions for talks with U.S. on Iraq

nuclear
AP: Iran expands uranium enrichment program

retarded mofo
Reuters: Iran's president says Holocaust now up for debate

they will bomb iran, i'm afraid
Jewish World Review: It is up to Israel alone to act against Iran

sheema
PRA Publishing: "Echoes in Exile" book of poetry by Sheema Kalbasi

civil deal
Washington Post: U.S.-India Nuke Fuel Deal Hailed

killer koonis
Video: "Troy" in Persian

watch his back
Video: Bush border security

toons
Faramarz

* Hamas leader bends over for millions

quiz
Gorgam beh havaa

surprising weakness
Businessweek: Flagging output from its vast oil and gas reserves could diminish Tehran's influence

all (iranian) american
Davar Ardalan: ABC to feature Jamshid “Jim” Bakhtiar as All American Football player

about time
LA Times: Speaking frankly about Israel and Palestine
-- Jimmy Carter

toons
Mazloom

* Ahmadinejad song & dance
Hajiagha
* Ahmadinejad crisis manipulation
* Ahmadinejad and jackass Hasani
* Women dominate Canada
* Pious in public: Iranian women in Canada
* Iranian women abroad: Sex toys
* Before being tricked to leave Iran
* Arriving in Los Angeles with empty promises
* Mollas exploiting ignorant Hezbollahis
* Mollas exploiting ignorant Hezbollahis (1) (2)
* Mollas spending on Canadian blondes
* Rich and poor in Iran
* I want to break a world record in
* I can float for hours

beh maa cheh
NY Times: Don’t Count on Iran to Pick Up the Pieces

guilty
CBC: Iranian businessman pleads guilty to Iran deal in U.S.

jahangir razmi
AP: Pulitzers to honor Iranian photographer
* Photos
* Video report

16 azar
Kosoof.com: Tehran University protests earlier today

quiz
If you were a suicide bomber

for ahmadinejad
Video, Panahjoo.com: You say the Holocaust is a lie

can't wait
* "Persepolis" animated feature
* Marjane-Satrapi.com

take the money and run
AFP: Palestinian PM makes first Iran visit

crayzeee
NY Times: Israeli Official Discusses Iran and His Controversial Agenda

sick
Guardian: Britons to attend Iran's Holocaust conference

united states of jesus
CS Monitor: At swearing in, congressman wants to carry Koran. Outrage ensues.

manipulating the issue
Washington Post: No Sanctions on Iran

tres bien
BBC: France launches world TV channel

quiz
Loo loo khor khoreh

anyway
* Video: Turkish shaver
* Fart forces plane to land
* Spoiled Persian
* Half Persian/Italian seeks companion
* Video: Under the mistletoe
* Candy man
* Cooney not Iranian of the day

pesarakam
Enameh: Nim Vajabi

deadlock
AFP: There will be sanctions on Iran, says French FM
BBC: Paris talks can't reach Iran deal

notube
AP: Iran blocks access to YouTube.com

my name is iran
Davar Ardalan’s memoir reveals her journey of self-discovery

bah bah
Guardian: Hardliners turn on Ahmadinejad for watching women dancers

lebanon
Guardian: Iran v Saudis in battle of Beirut

nostalgia
* YouTube: Restless Pooran
* YouTube: Golden Fardi
-- Bahram9821

quiz
Hezb-e...?

toon
Faramarz

* White House Christmas party
* Bush meets Al-Hakim
Mahmoud
* Casino Kabul (1) (2) (3)

russia, again
AP: Russia balks at broad Iran sanctions

(red, white and) blue moon
BBC: US plans permanent base on Moon

iranian-american of the day
CNN video: Cyrus Kar sues Donald Rumsfeld

anyway
* Ideal for all hand jobs
* Baraaye beeshooree har cheh beeshtar yeh salavaate boland khatm koneen
* X-party?... in Tehran?
* Video: Coolest 8-year old in the world
* Video: How to sell men's underwear
* XCHEESE

quiz
Time to do laundry

khaak too saretoon
Guardian: Censorship fears rise as Iran blocks access to top websites

ha ha ha
BBC: John Bolton Resigns as U.N. Ambassador

dot com monopoly
BBC: Deal signed on .com domain future

tehran embassy
CS Monitor: Tehran court judgment could turn over US embassy to plaintiff

security council
AFP: France hosts nuclear Iran talks, hopeful on resolution deal

shut up
AFP: Iran warns 10 papers could be shut for election

he's da man
New Yorker: Jimmy Carter Aloft

iranian of the day
Mani Rafael Goldbach: Cutie pie (4 pix)

sunday movie
GoogleVideo:
Marmoolak (1) (2) (3)

ministry of madness
AFP: Israel creates new ministry to deal with Iran threat

pulitzer prize
Wall Street Journal: Jahangir Razmi took 70 pictures of an execution in Kurdistan in 1979
* Photos
* Video report

sun day
Video: Above Chaloos Haytt Hotel and the Caspian coast
-- Bahram9821

enrichment
NY Times: A Limited Time Offer to Iran

learning the hard way
Chicago Tribune: Don't mess with FIFA

aids in iran
Washington Post: For Iran's Isolated HIV Patients, Outreach and Treatment

beautiful
BBC: Students in Iran, the UK and the US are linking up to share their experiences on Wednesday 6 December

quiz
Marg, hargez!

nuclear tuesday
Reuters: Russia says six-party Iran talks Tuesday

toons
Faramarz

* Americans react to Ahmadinejad letter

kicking kramer
* Video: Seinfeld lost episode: "Kramer at the Laugh Factory"

quiz
All good

anyway
* Bush father & son: Iraq
* Mime artist Jerome Murat
* CIA: Bohhhhhhhhring
* Video: Identity thieves are targeting your car
* Video: You don't need your eyes to see
* Video: Ever get stuck on an escalator?

quiz
Why are they dancing?

powell for president
Reuters: Powell says U.S. should talk to Iran, not attack

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