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February 2007
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marg bar amrika :o)
BBC: Iran positive on Iraq conference to be attended by the US

lost & not found
BBC: Nearly 40 people "missing after being held in secret CIA prisons"

gotta love it
Video: Iran's Michael Jackson

abbas kiarostami
MoMA: Extensive exhibition of his films in New York

tormoz
AFP: Put brakes on nuclear rhetoric, Ahmadinejad told

batool wears prada
BBC video: Iran allows live models on catwalk

coincidence?
AFP: Iran police abducted in deadly Pakistan border clash
AFP: Iran threatens to pursue Kurdish rebels inside Iraq

china syndrome
BBC: Asian markets slide following the dip in global stocks

people of the flame
Video: Documentary on ancient "Fire Worshippers of Yazd"

miracle
NY Times: U.S. Officials to Meet With Iranians at Talks on Iraq
BBC: US-Iran to attend key Iraq conference
AP: Iran, Syria expected to join US at Baghdad talks next month

all (military) options
Video: Seymour Hersh on Pentagon plans to attack Iran

quiz
Driving them crazy

strange
BBC: Bee vanishing act baffles keepers

:o)
The Onion: Iranian Science Teachers May Be Enriching Students

shame on men
Human Rights Watch: Iran: Women on Trial for Peaceful Demonstration

crying shame
BBC: Bomb kills Iraqi football youths

honorable
NY Times: Iranian Scholars Denounce Conference That Denied Holocaust

trita parsi
NIAC: Will Surge Hurt US More Than Sanctions Hurt Iran?

iranians of the day
* Sepeed: Meow pride and joy
* Rafi Pitts: I met him in Paris
* Farhad Rachidi-Haeri: Blondel Medal
* Mehran Bozorgnia: War correspondent

wounded tiger
AFP: Beware of US 'wounded tiger', Rafsanjani tells Iran

economic penalties
LA TImes: Smart sanctions vs. dumb bombs

kiss and tell
Radio Zamaneh: No French kiss ing for me
-- Shahrnush Parsipur

vahshia
Reuters: Iranian thief has four fingers publicly amputated

minority report
Amnesty: Ethnic minorities facing new wave of human rights violations

good
Guardian: Ahmadinejad under fire in Iran for hardline nuclear stance
BBC: Political problems mount for Ahmadinejad

calling all eggheads
NY Times: In Medieval Architecture, Signs of Advanced Math

why you spent endless hours doing rasm in school
Boston Globe: Science imitates art?

velemoon koneen baba
BBC: Jesus tomb found, says film-maker

quiz
Don't wait!

lost in space
CS Monitor: Iran's sputnik

sanctions
BBC: Diplomats meet for key Iran talks

strategic shift
BBC: US body 'to plan attacks on Iran'
New Yorker: Is the new U.S. policy benefitting our enemies in the war on terrorism?
-- Seymour Hersh

too close for comfort
BBC: Cheney in surprise Pakistan talks

iranians of the day
* Kami Asgar: Oscar nominee (2 pix)
* Pirayeh Pourafar: Lian Ensemble founder
* Mercedes T. Bass: New York philanthropist
* Saba Homayoon: Canada-Iranian actor
* Farrah Farahani: May God bless her
* Shahrokh: God'd greatest gift

space what?
Iran fires 'first space rocket'
* Reuters
* BBC

jesus christ
AFP: Ahmadinejad talks to US Christians

unbelievable
LA Times: U.N. calls U.S. data on Iran's nuclear aims unreliable

top 10
Chicago Tribune: 10 things you might not know about Iran

that's democracy
LA Times: Print ballots in Persian

latest border trouble
BBC: Iranian clashes 'kill 17 rebels'

quiz
Dream garden

bloody hell
Telegraph
* American armada prepares to take on Iran
* Israel ready for war

(vast) majority view
Washington Post
Bill Richardson: Diplomacy, Not War, With Iran
Jim Hoagland: Fighting Iran -- With Patience

so what's new
AFP: Iran vows crackdown on 'inappropriately' dressed women

drinking buddies
Video: Reza Arham Sadr in "Mast"

torshi nakhori
Video: Anis Moin in concert

rasoole shoma
Document: Know your Prophet Mohammad: Multiple-choice
Guardian: Iranian MPs enraged over test accused of mocking Muhammad

he would know
BBC: UN envoy hits Israel 'apartheid'

getting ugly
AFP: Iran vows to press on as Cheney says 'all options still open'
CS Monitor: Tougher sanctions against Iran are on the table

bent out of shape
LA Times: For some, Beverly Hills ballots went too Farsi

re-defining "naamardi"
HRW: Free Wife of Political Prisoner Seized on Street
BBC Persian: Ahmad Batebi's wife arrested

the good old days
BBC: Advanced geometry of Islamic art

abbas milani
NY Times: What Scares Iran’s Mullahs?

hossein derakhshan
Guardian: Stop bullying Iran

you're kidding!
Guardian: US intelligence on Iran does not stand up, say Vienna sources

patience
Boston Globe: Nuclear poker with Iran

common sense
CS Monitor: The myth of Muslim support for terror

loudspeaker
Washington Post: VOA Shifting Resources to Audiences in Mideast...

help wanted
iranian.com: Drupal Advisor Wanted

quiz
Roofoozeh

anyway
* Video: Iran's Ya-Ali anti-tank missile
* Priceless pose

toons
Saman

* Grim reaper over-booked

now what?
BBC: IAEA report: Iran 'failed to meet UN deadline'

the military will take care of it
CS Monitor: Anti-American feelings at all time high in Muslim countries

he would never lie
BBC: No Iran strike plans, says Blair

return of pragmatists?
CS Monitor: Why US is now turning to diplomacy
TIME: The U.S. Tries Quiet Diplomacy on Iran

yeh chizi begoo keh begonjeh
Guardian: Iran is a force for peace

al-jazeera
Iran to create women-only island
* AFP
* BBC Persian

match point
BBC: Wimbledon to pay women and men equal prize money

anything else?
BBC: US wants tougher Iran sanctions
Reuters: U.N. atomic report may expose Iran to wider sanctions

iranians of the day
* Said Amin: Nuzizo co-founder
* Sherwin Noorian: FarsiTube founder
* Salman and Ehsan Ashrafi: Soul Nidus
* Yasmin Crowther: The Saffron Kitchen author
* Babak Zare: Wonderful guy in Houston
* Silvia Seasholtz: Immature men!
* Yahs Paydar: Arrival
* Jami javid: Niece in Nice
* Abe Rasoulian: Love you forever
* Gholam Reza Ghassemi: Best memories

tradition & modernity
TIME photo essay: Faces of Iran
-- Paolo Woods

hendoostan
AP: India bans atomic exports to Iran

quiz
Eternal rest

take a break
* Video: Meet The Press -- for idiots

nuclear
BBC: Iranians speak out

chesh talaaee
Daily Mail: 5,000 year old Iranian priestess found with golden eye

worse than you think
Washington Post: Going Nowhere Fast
-- David Ignatius

never ending story
Radio Zamaneh: Iran publishers outline official censorship

filtered women
We4Change: Breaking filter barriers on Iranian women's rights site

the man holding the bloody shirt
Iran-HRA: Ahmad Bateni health warning after seizures

cut and run as fast as you can
BBC: UK to announce troop reduction in Iraq

too little too late
Guardian: Iran wants unconditional nuclear talks
Reuters: Iran offers atomic assurances via talks

gloom
BBC: New tensions over Iran's nuclear plans
Reuters: Iran dismisses force threat over nuclear program

pesare shoja
Hoder: I'll go back and fight -- if they attack

mordegaan
AFP: Key Iran clerical body begins new term

quiz
Skin sack

toons
Saman

* Iraq taking orders from Iran
Hajiagha
* Heaven welcomes Anna Nicole
* We're proud of Anna Nicole
* >>> More
Mahmoud
* Rocky & Rambo
Kazem
* Love and war

khodaa bedaademoon bereseh
BBC: Ahmadinejad rejects calls to suspend uranium enrichment a day before a UN deadline runs out

holy shit
AFP: Second US aircraft carrier arrives near Iran
BBC: US 'Iran attack plans' revealed

untold consequences
Boston Globe: Renunciation of reality
-- H.D.S. Greenway

no question
Herland Tribune: Will the United States attack Iran?
-- Hans Blix

they're baaack
LA Times: Remember Al Qaeda?

thank you
AP: Iran refugee free after years in Canada church

excuse for war
Guardian: Iran 'six months from mass uranium enrichment'

in vain
Guardian: Iran cracks down on web critics

hoshdaar
Iran-Emrooz: Threat of military confrontation is real, expat academics warn

a country of contrasts
Video: BBC 4 Documentary "Rageh Inside Iran"

rapping hejab
Video: Rap music on the state of hejab and women's liberation movement

quiz
Rising star

babakht
BBC: Iran hangs man for attack on bus

bloody bold
NY Times: Militants Attack U.S. Base in Iraq

anyway
* Find all your health needs in the Qoran
* Video: Veteran of Shahre No
* Video: Multi-lingual translator
* Video: Dog football

forever
BBC: Iran nuclear plant may be delayed

we're in trouble
Guardian: Once George Bush has got hold of a bad idea he just can't let it go

editorial
Washington Post: U.S. pressure on Tehran is needed; military action is not.

alternative energy
AFP: Iran bars Greenpeace ship from entering waters

security plan
BBC: Baghdad car bombs leave 60 dead

love is love
Radio Zamaneh: Interview with an Iranian Lesbian

jesus christ
AP: 3 Assyrian Iranian women bludgeoned to death with a hammer in Chicago

mamma mia
Video: Italian TV on Iranian diplomat who saved Jews in World War II (no longer available!)

doshman taraashi
Washington Post: What Tehran Is Really Up To

quiz
She's no tar player

did you check with your boss?
AFP: US not seeking Iran showdown: Pentagon official

vaaveylaa
AFP: Nuclear energy Iran's 'future and destiny': Khamenei

kurdish
Amnesty: Fear of torture or ill treatment/ arbitrary arrest

2nd bomb
BBC: Clashes reported in Zahedan after 2nd bomb blast

ahde boogh
JadidMedia: Images of Daily Life from 19th Century Iran

anyway
* Ghazvin Film Festival
* Video: Cow Matrix
* Video: Amazing mom without hands
* Video: How the hell did it flip?
* Video: New chair design

quiz
Jet blue

won't hurt
Berkeley: Can botanical exchanges between U.S. and Iran play peacemaking role?

wonderful
BBC: Trials for 'bionic' eye implants

cool it
BBC: US Democrats warn Bush on Iran

more sanctions
AFP: Japan freezes assets related to Iran
Reuters: U.S., developing nations accept Iran aid cut plan

jang
Hoder: War over Radio Farda

toons
Kowsar
* Rafsanjani: Ahmadinejad is just a kid!
Saman
* Stupid Cupid
* Ready for another war?
* Keeping America's attention after Anna Nicole Smith's death
* Most asked Iranian question
* Cause for going to war
* Hisraeli Clinton

kharabkari
Reuters: U.N. Security Council condemns bus bombing in Iran

iran syndrome
Washington Post: Skepticism Over Iraq Haunts U.S. Iran Policy

quiz
Time's up

carrots
NIAC: Theorist Fukuyama Proposes Serious Iran Diplomatic Incentives

azar nafisi
LA Times: Fight Iran with a war of ideas

waste of time
BBC: UK troops help to seal off Basra

confused cowboy
Boston Globe: Bush's confusion on Iran in Iraq

sooraakh moosh
Guardian: Mahdi chiefs withdraw to Iran to lie low during security crackdown

trial & terror
HRW: Iran: End Executions After Unfair Trials

get your story straight
Guardian: Bush retreats on claim that leaders in Tehran are arming insurgents

iran
Video: Another perspective

no authorization
AP: Hillary Clinton warns Bush about action in Iran

charb zabooni
AP: Rafsanjani: Tehran seeks U.S. 'good will'

pants on fire
BBC: Bush maintains pressure on Iran

take a wild guess
Parade: The world’s worst dictators

hell yeah
CS Monitor: Is US prodding Iran to negotiate?

damning
BBC: EU endorses damning report on CIA

quiz
Temporary insanity

guess who's lying
NY Times: Disputes Emerge on Iran and Roadside Bombs

bomb
Reuters: 11 dead in Zahedan bus bombing

al-faraar
AP: Muqtada al-Sadr flees Iraq for Iran

ignored
Washington Post: 2003 Memo Says Iranian Leaders Backed Talks

excellent
wikiran.org

anyway
* How to use a toilet, in Arabic
* Video: Fire fighters or fire spreaders?
* Video: Weatherman scared by cockroaches
* Audio: That cheating husband can go to hell
* Video: Finding the perfect girl
* Video: Bowling backwards!
* Video: Horseplay can be deadly

the wall
Radio Divar
* Latest broadcast
* www.divar.ir

on the wall
PingMag: 1st generation Graffiti in Iran

quiz
Not Hafez's favorite place

baleh
BBC: N Korea agrees to disarmament steps

laying low
AFP: Iran keeping enrichment to low levels: FM

now we're talkin
Reuters: Iran says always ready for nuclear talks
ABC video: Diane Sawyer interviews Ahmadinejad

editorial
NY Times: Iran and the Nameless Briefers
SF Chronicle: Iran's 'fingerprints'

more sanctions
Washington Post: E.U. Nations to Impose Limited Sanctions on Iran

tell your commander in chief
Washington Post: U.S. General Says He Knows Nothing Tying Iran Leaders to Arms in Iraq

laugh and cry and cry
Video: Ahmadinezhad says 16-year old Iranain girl has discovered nuclear energy

toons
Ali

* Najang: No war
Iraj
* Bad heart
* Inside information
* Erectile disfunction
Mazloom
* The bomb dilemma
* 16-year-old nuclear scientist
* Rope for Imam Zaman

you could've fooled me
Reuters: Bush tries to convince world no plans for Iran war

eeno raast migeh
BBC: Ahmadinejad rejects US claims

democrats don't buy it either
BBC: Democrats wary over Iran claims, urge caution

not so revolutionary
CS Monitor: Iranian foreign policy
CS Monitor: Iran hits softer note over nukes

young iranians know better
Sunday Times: This is Iran, but not as you know it

will they nuke iran?
CounterPunch: Intelligence briefings to New York Times notch up tension

drums of war
BBC: US accuses Iran over Iraq bombs

quiz
Pray this guy won't be the next

talks tamoom shod
BBC: Iran says no end to uranium enrichment, but wants nuclear talks

change of tone
AP: Iran says no threat to Israel: Larijani

parvandeh saazi
NY Times: Deadliest Bomb in Iraq Is Made by Iran, U.S. Says
Washington Post: Al-Qaeda Suspects Color White House Debate Over Iran

target iran
Guardian: US able to strike Iran in the spring

hadi khorsandi
Video: Bush & Blair democracy

organize
Flyer: Hands off Iran Yahoo! group

stanford saturday
Panel: Bloggers from Bay area who would discuss their experiences

hearts
Photo: Tehranis gearing up for Valentine's Day
-- Sharif

ya hossein
BBC: Barack Obama formalises his bid for the White House

ya zahra
Washington Post: First Woman Chosen to Lead Harvard

toons
Hajiagha

* Dead Anna Nicole Smith
* Women: Islam and the West
* Stop reading, make money
* Religious ceremonies (1) (2)
* Unlucky
* Brainwashed
* Gay troops in Afghanistan
Mahmoud
* Celebration
* Before we go...
Mazloom
* Interview with a dead man
* Vasectomy
Kazem
* Death in Italian football

as close as you can fabricate
BBC: How close is Iran to a nuclear bomb?

fueling arms race
BBC: Putin attacks 'very dangerous' US

liberated iraq
Video: Life in Basra and Baghdad

anyway
* Bekhaab keh maa bidaareem
* Video: Rabbit attacks snake :o)

confessions
Washington Post: An Iraq Interrogator's Nightmare

digging for trouble
BBC: Jerusalem 'tense' after clashes

no help
AP: IAEA halts aid on projects with Tehran
Reuters: Iranian negotiator calls off Europe trip to discuss nuclear crisis

neutered iranian of the day
Jahanshah Javid: Vasectomy

scary science
Guardian: The brain scan that can read people's intentions

spread the word
Iranian History Forum

quiz
That's gay

music with teeth
Video: "Dandoun"
by underground rock band, 2a

stopping both sides
Guardian: We must stop Bush bombing Iran, and stop Iran getting the bomb
-- Timothy Garton Ash

sleepwalking into war with iran
Video: George Galloway's speech in UK Parliament

gholdor baazi
BBC: Iran to hit U.S. interests if attacked: Khamenei

no military option
Washington Post: The Iran Option That Isn't on the Table
-- Vali Nasr and Ray Takeyh

cairo
CS Monitor: There's virtually unanimous opposition to a US attack on Iran

barikalla barbara
NAIC: U.S. lawmaker introduces Iran diplomacy bill

tahdeeg
AFP: Rice grilled over allegations against Iran

quiz
Ostad

virtual prison
HRW: Iran: Activists Barred From Traveling Abroad

loan sanctions
Washington Posr: A New Tool for Diplomacy?

that's better
AFP: US and Iran help rebuild Lebanon's destroyed bridges

peace & love
What about this logo? Valentine's Day is near! -- Mehrdad Aref Adib

anyway
* Video: Taking the peef out of poof
* If this isn't LOVE, I don't know what is
* Who's the boss?
* Free puppy
* Video: Blind man WC
* Video: Ahmadinejad: Raghs-e bonbast
* Video: Poetry... boo hoo hoo :o)
* Video: Crazy date
* Video: Unexpected financial problems?
* Video: Plasma TV delivers reality
* Video: Ice skating -- in a car :o)
* Men, women & mathematics

ma enghelab nakardeem ta beh aghab bargardeem
Video: March 8, 1979: International Women's Day demonstration in Tehran

women will not be quiet
NY Times: Challenging the Mullahs, One Signature at a Time

death wish
CS Monitor: Iran's weakened hard-liners crave a US attack
-- Abbas Milani, Larry Diamond, and Michael McFaul

will not fire first
Kansas City Star: Evidence suggests Iran wouldn't pull trigger
-- Justin Logan and Ted Galen Carpenter

what economy
USA Today: Iran's economic conditions deteriorate

denial
AFP: US: Iran diplomat kidnapping case in Iraqi hands

... yet
BBC: No plans to attack Iran - Blair

second thoughts
Reuters: Olmert: Iran nuclear ambitions can be stopped without violence

quiz
Javaaheraat

thank you
Human Rights Watch: Seven Iranian Writers Receive Hellman/Hammett Grants

toons
Mazloom
* Evoloution of squat
* Aghajari prevented from leaving Iran
2500BC
* Inflation... of the stomach
* Mollaria
* Internet friendship
* No to death penalty
* Why are they such assholes?

tanks but no tanks
Video: Comedian Bill Mahr on neocon think tanks

kidnapped
BBC: Iran envoy 'seized in Baghdad'
NY Times: Iranian Diplomat Kidnapped in Baghdad by Iraqis With Official ID

focus on interests, not positions
Boston Globe: Getting to yes on Iran
-- Mark Brzezinski and Ray Takeyh

for now
CS Monitor: US eases tone on Iran's role in Iraq

pouring gas on fire
Salon: Bush's Iran madness

stopping gas
LA Times: India steps onto tightrope as talks resume with Iran

anne in isfahan
Boston Globe: Iran's young and restless

lost tapes
Baztab: Remember the "rogue" security agent, Saeid Emami

quiz
Mooshak

iranians of the day
* Esfahani girls: Friendly and happy
* Marta and Farshid: Husband & wife
* Hamid Farrokhnezhad: Best Actor, Moscow
* Mohsen Farrokhmanesh: Best Abadani friend
* Mahtab Sadrameli: Excellent SF dentist
* Kamran & Sohrab Amiri: Father & son
* Pedram Moallemian: With Jackson Browne
* Ali Shojania: With Sylvester Stallone and Sugar Ray Leonard (2 pix)

you don't scare us
Video: Ahmadinejad's close encounter with angry students

mozaakereh :o)
Video: Ghatebeh (Nozar Azadi) in a clip from "Italia Italia"

sleaze ball
Video: Rafsanjani denies failures with a straight face

avoiding disaster
LA Times: Congress must stop an attack on Iran
-- Leonard Weiss and Larry Diamond

how not to bluff a martyr
CardPlayer: Drawing Red Lines in the Desert

aslan eyne khiyaaleshoon neest
Reuters: Iran installs 328 centrifuges at atomic site: source

wake up
Reuters: Military action against Iran disastrous consequences: Coalition
BBC: Grassroots worries growing over Iran

talk
Guardian: The need to keep talking

fabrication
USA Today: Iran's role in Iraq met with skepticism

murder they wrote
Sunday Times: Iranian nuclear scientist ‘assassinated by Mossad’

kojaa? tashrif daashteh baashin
AFP: Iran bans dissident academic from US trip

quiz
Issa

kerry & khatami
Video: "Future of the Middle East"

senseless
Mehrdad Aref-Abib's latest anti-war logo, war makes no sense.

thank you
BBC: US ex-generals reject Iran strike

posturing & outright bluffing
NY Times: Iran’s Boast on Uranium Enrichment Is Put to Test

song & dance
Photos: Sixth Iranian Festival in Miami (7 pix)
-- Azam Nemati

toons
Mazloom
* Baby killer
* Donkey cart
* United in war
* Dead or alive
* Mohammad loves Bush

capital kabab
MobysOnline.com

containment
NY Times
* Chirac’s Iran Gaffe Reveals a Strategy
* Iran Installs Equipment for Large-Scale Uranium Enrichment

surge
BBC: Baghdad market bomb kills more than 100
BBC: Elements of 'civil war' in Iraq

disneyland
BBC: Envoys visit Iran nuclear plant

persia in mexico
Reuters: Ancient Middle East fascinates Mexican museum goers

no nukes, anywhere
Nuclear-free Middle East logo by Pedram Moallemian

do your part
Petition: We Condemn Militant Threats Against Iran
-- Sociologists Without Borders

really really serious
BBC: Humans blamed for climate change

hard to believe
Washington Post: U.S. Not Planning for War With Iran, Gates Says

toons
Mahmoud
* Naneh Ghelyooni >>> Nany Angela
* Baby James kids store
* Chadori Catherine Zeta-Jones

b.s. repeating itself
South Park video: Weapons of mass paranoia

quiz
Hot & cold

meanwhile
Amnesty: Abbas Lisani- Prisoner of Conscience

you're on your own, george
Guardian: As US power fades, it can't find friends to take on Iran

taxi zanooneh
Guardian: Iranian taxi company breaks rank to enlist women cabbies

doom
MSNBC: Former U.S. security adviser warns of ‘head-on conflict’ with Iran

gloom
Washington Post: Iraq at Risk of Further Strife, Intelligence Report Warns

natanz
AFP: Iran has begun assembling centrifuges at Natanz site: diplomats

batteries not included
Reuters: U.S. says Oregon man sought missile parts for Iran

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