| 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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