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bbc
Iranians spice up Canadian culture

elections
Iranian Candidate Vows to Open Country

ny times
Iran Reports Gain in Test of Missile Fuel

unpatriotic
NY Times editorial: Patriot Act Redux, and in the Dark

occupation
* Israel's outgoing army chief warning if there is no West Bank withdrawal
* Israel 'to raze 88 Arab homes' in East Jerusalem

cs monitor
Two Iranians are the first Muslim women to conquer Mount Everest

oh?
* Rafsanjani says Iran must rethink relation with youth, world
* "Some progress" in Iran nuclear talks: Bush

on top of the world
Iranian WOMEN and men summitted Everest

anyway
Audio: Rafsanjani raps, also

toons
Reza007
* Wanted: Rafsanjani
* Animal tamer: Khamenei

* Rafsanjani in hell
* Khamenei: Cave man

watergate
'Deep Throat' Reportedly Comes Forward

mossadegh in london
Speaker: Ali Rahnema
Moderator: Baqer Moin
(dress code: no jeans)

le monde
Mohsen Amiryoussefi's film with Abbas Esfandiari

message from tehran:
Congratulations. Agha as of today [iranian.com] was blocked by ParsOnline! From this point on you are the enemy! You imperialist over-sized Satan.

ny times
Across Iran, Nuclear Power Is a Matter of Pride

she's serious
Rice to discuss plan to intercept weapons bound for Iran, North Korea and Syria

keeps getting better
Guardian and Human Rights Watch find evidence of abuse by Iranian revolutionaries under US protectio

roo ro beram
Cheney denounces prisoner abuse report

arms race
Iran tests new solid fuel rocket with 2,000 km range

can't thank the mollas enough
In Iran, a PhD means... Pizza Hut delivery work

iraq
Basra out of control, say police

anti-trust
Microsoft faces EU fine

campaign promises
* ISNA: 14-point "Pact with the People"
* AFP: Rafsanjani pledges 'interactive' diplomacy

free akbar ganji
* Ganji released for medical check up
* Press conference
* Human rights
* Petition

hossein derakhshan
Wired: Blog spring

what next?
French voters reject EU charter

axis of evil
Video: Iranian-American John Nybe

axis of slavery
Africa's last absolute monarch marries his 11th wife

under u.s. watch
Afghan women 'still suffer abuse'

10 million dollar man & woman
Manny & Neda Mashouf: Largest individual gift to SFSU

eenaaro!
Converts: Russian Zoroastrians

iranians of the day
* Manny & Neda Mashouf: Gift to SFSU
* Tirdad Hossainzadeh: Prom night
* Siamack Salari: Lunch in San Francisco
* Mr. & Mrs Ali Daie: Wedding
* Avid Modjtabai: Influential in banking
* Khoob Shahmirzadi: Italian shooting champ
* Michael Hoshang Momeni: Radiological analysis
* Perissa Sattakeh: Kisser
* Jahanshah Javid: self-portrait

chef siamack salari
Video: How to make rice

brand new
ejavaneh.com

shirini
U.S. Expands Aid to Iran's Democracy Advocates Abroad

hmm
Pakistan's Musharraf denies Iran nuclear bomb comment

you have it, why not us?
Washington, DC: Survey finds Iranians support quest for nuclear weapons

jomhouri khah news blog
iran-election

poor rich crook
Rafsanjani claims riches-to-rags label

2nd clip
Ancient Tehran: 8,000 years

yeah baby AsgharAgha.com

bbc
How Canada's Iranian community has forged its own unique identity

anyway
* Canada to join Islamic Brotherhood... EEshaallaa!
* GoozNews
* Video: Victoria's Secret: Airport security
* Video: Indian guru's laugh therapy
* Video: Kheek-kee Kombat
* Okh Joon! Free trip to Mecca
* Video: The miracle of beer

middle east culture
Bidoun.com

nuclear
* Musharraf: Iran very anxious to get nuclear bomb
* Iran Lawmakers Want Nuclear Development
* Iran says U.S., Israel are the real nuclear threats

enameh
Naameh-ee beh rahbar-e enqelaab: Akbar Ganji raa azaad konid

news
Nuclear arms conference collapses without deal

iranians of the day
* Aravane Rezai: French Open
* Zahra & Enayat: Moishe's baby

iran-iraq war
Thesis written by Mazi (Mazyar) Bahadori, graduating from University of California, Berkeley, with a History degree

toons
Radmehrian
* System upgrade: Khatami 2.0
Reza007
* Qalibaf's campaign promise
* Hamid Karzai
* Who said blones have more fun?
* Turkey elections

bemiram baraash
King Fahd on his deathbed

now that's news
Wimbledon: State of balls under discussion

thomas friedman
Just Shut Guantánamo Down

hossein derakhshan
Khamenei prefers the young and restless

boycott
Iran reformers mull presidential bid or boycott

music videos
* Googoosh: "Gol-e bee Goldun"
* Homeyra: "Ham-zabonam Baash"

nostalgia
1970s Googoosh, Foroozan &...

ny times
W.T.O. to Start Talks to Admit Iran

nuclear
Bush to nominate Schulte to nuclear watchdog

sunni-shia wars
* Shias killed in Pakistan
* Sunnis killed in Iraq

cs monitor
Saad Hariri looks set to trounce his opponents in Lebanon elections

really?
A Global Strike Plan, With a Nuclear Option

smile
A step-by-step guide to charisma

iranians of the day
* Parsa Raissi: Tennis Hall Of Fame
* Hooman Tavakolian: Wrestler
* Arsham & Yeganeh Vaziri: Ahvaz
* Adejumo: Black Iranian
* Mahmoud: Cartoonist
* Shirin Ebadi: U.C. Davis
* Niyaz Hinze: Cousin Paria
* Mahan Esfahani: Stanford concert
* Sattar: Honorary doctorate!
* Hassan Darabi: Actor
* Sanaz Davari: Herself

fashion
Farnaz Ghazizadeh: maanto kootaah

election selection
* Rafsanjani's big poll lead
* Dirty tricks hit campaign

carrot?
WTO Clears Iran to Start Membership Talks

iran nuclear talks
* NY Times
* Guardian

human rights
Officer's Trial Gives Glimpse of C.I.A.'s Role in Abuse

ey baba velemoon koneen
FBI records detail Koran claims

mobaarakeh
Voting ends in the referendum on a change to the Egyptian constitution allowing contested presidential polls

amazing match
Liverpool come back from 3-0 down to win the Champions League final by beating AC Milan on penalties

ny times & rafsanjani
* Interview
* Article

store wars
Revenge of the Seeeekh

teymourtash
"Iran's greatest statesman"

over our head
Oil to flow from Caspian Sea direct to Mediterranean as giant pipeline opens

thanks to bush team
Amnesty International: U.S. leads global attack on human rights

news
Iran Ready to Compromise in European Talks

literature in exile
Radio Hambastegi: Interview with Hossein Nushazar

hunger strike
Shirin Ebadi's appeal on behalf of Akbar Ganji

anyway
* Video: Cans at Cannes
* Khodahafez Paykan, boo hoo hoo
* Video: Video phone beauty
* Video: Dog and cat
* Video: The power of Viagra
* Flash: Maze with a surprise
* T-shirts: Maybe, maybe not

clips
* Video: Family in northern California
* Video: Going south

cs monitor
Should the regimes in North Korea and Iran acquire nuclear weapons, the US should make the consequences strikingly clear

presidency
Campaigning kicks off for Iran election

avoiding iran
Caspian oil pipeline set to open

human rights watch
Judiciary Stonewalls on Zahra Kazemi Death

nuclear
* Europe Expected to Get Tough With Iran
* Iran warns EU over nuclear talks

democracy?
* Egypt arrests 15 on eve of poll
* Syria quashes last dialogue forum

photoblog
PictorialToronto.com

zoroastrian murder
Kasra Vafadari

iranians of the day
* Tehran U. protest: Election sham (20 pix)
* Sara Shahi: The L Word
* Bidjan Assadipour: Master artist
* Silvia Seasholtz: Graduation (2 pix)

cartoons
Kohansal
* Whah! I want votes!
Mahmoud
* Love song
* Tahesh TV
Reza007
* Super Mullah returns
* Mullah Amirahmadi
Kazem
* Persian Gulf
Radmehrian
* Princess Akeleh

zahmat keshidan
Iran hardliners allow reformists to run in presidential race

nuclear unclear
EU-Iran talks have 50-50 chance of success: Tehran

neghneghoo.com
Farewell poem for Paykan

thanks for nothing
ISNA: Khatami thaks Khamenei

enameh
Moin va Khamenei

e-solutions
Tehran Internet Festival

how gracious
Khamenei Wants Candidates Reinstated

election melection Reuters: Reformists threaten boycott
Rooz: Moin ham khodi nabood?

hossein derakhshan
Election analysis

meanwhile...
Commander of unit set up to fight insurgents in Iraq is shot dead

patterns of abuse
NYT: The Bush administration has provided nothing remotely like a full and honest accounting of the extent of the abuses at American prison camps

pix
* Muscle cars in Iran
* Karaj tulip garden

qorboone een entekhaabaat beram...
Reformist candidates disqualified
* AP
* BBC Persian
* ISNA

akbar ganji
Rooz: Cheraa azaadash nemeekonand?

patience bee patience
Iran Urges Patience Over Slain Journalist Zahra Kazemi

nuclear
Iran issues stern warning to Europeans ahead of nuclear talks

torture
UN calls for US to open controversial Bagram air base to Afghan human rights investigators

democracy :o)
Key Egypt opposition leader held

college sex survey
Sexuality among Iranian-American College Students

akbar ganji
goes on hunger strike

shocked?! :o)
Afghan President demands action after reports of US prisoner abuse

ny times
Guantánamo Comes to Define U.S. to Muslims

iraq
Sunni mosques in Baghdad are closed for worship in protest against a spate of recent killings of Sunni Arabs

zoorkhooneh
* BBC Persian: MP Mehdi Koochakzadeh attacks reporter
* Ebrahim Nabavi: Bacheh por-roo

human rights & democracy in iran
Seminar hosted by Swedish Liberal Party, June 3

the great leader
Saddam in underwear

montazeri
Dissident cleric rails against Iran's system

usa today
U.S. doesn't have needed support in U.N. to punish Iran, official says

cs monitor
Iran flexes its 'soft power' in Iraq

anyway
"Store Wars" & six other entries

science
Scientists make stem cells perfectly matched to individuals which could mean better treatments for many diseases

nuclear
U.S. Rules Out Giving Incentives to Iran

nature mag editorial
Scientific excellence can re-emerge in Iran, unless there is political upheaval or further sanctions

khoda margam bedeh
Shermine Shahrivar: Miss Europe at Cannes (3 pix)

asa soltan rahmati
asasin.org

human rights watch
Mojahedin Khalgh have subjected dissident members to torture and prolonged solitary confinement

enameh
Zan dar Amrika

whatever
Rafsanjani urges U.S. to begin thaw in ties

nuclear
* Reuters: Iran won't reverse nuclear plan, but may delay
* NY Times: Iran Seeks Incentives From Europe in Nuclear Impasse

ebrahim yazdi
Rooz: Khatar-e khaareji baraaye Iran jed-deest

hopeless
Rooz: Simin Behbahani

cannes
Rooz: Iranian presence at the Cannes Film fest

no big deal
Registering New Influence, Iran Sends a Kharrazi to Iraq

forward
Progress on political rights for Kuwaiti women

backward
Saudi crackdown on dissenters

joke
Condoleezza Rice=Berenj-e Dom Siyah

iranian contemporary literature
Radio: International literature critic Christopher Merrill reviews works of fiction from Iran

news
Iran won't reverse nuclear plan, but may delay

iranians of the day
* Air freshener man: Velenjak
* Mehrdad Moayedi: Tiger Woords
* Xander Bagheri: Green Lizzie
* Reza Langari: Fuzzy logic
* Camera-phone: Imamzadeh Saleh
* Shahin Shafaei: Playwright
* Jimmy Delshad: Beverly Hills City Council
* Khosrow "Shawn" Daivari: Koshti Kaj
* Peyman Namdarian: Australia

1976
Video: Shamaizadeh singing "Aghaaghi"

cs monitor
President Bush's democracy push faces resistance in the Middle East

in the name of god, the stone thrower
* Iran murderess given stoning verdict for adultery
* Iran judiciary denies stoning verdict

extra! extra!
Mojahedin Khalq Organization has subjected dissident members to torture and prolonged solitary confinement, according to a human rights report to be released Thursday

nukes
* Iran facing real prospect of Security Council referral
* Allies to Hold New Talks With Iran

community
Talk to your Congressperson on "Iran Freedom Act"

thank you
Canada freezes most Iran ties over Zahra Kazemi's death

nukes
EU-3 nuclear talks with Iran likely to be in Paris

cartoons
Izadi
* Khamenei: 40 Commandments
Reza007
* Akbar Shah
Kohansal
* Britney Spears campaigns for Rafsanjani
* Mehdi Hashemi: Rafsanjani's son
Mahmoud
* Fly on my Spaghetti

roo kam koni
UK MP George Galloway goes on the offensive at a senate hearing over accusations he profited from Iraq oil [News] [Video]

guardian
Voter fury threatens Iranian election

baleh...
British official's report says Bush administration appeared intent on invading Iraq long before...

phone message
I am Assadi... Peeleez touch me

fire the bastard
Rooz: Shamsolvaezin calls for Mortazavi sacking

trial presidental election
Early vote (of no confidence)

nukes
* Boston Globe: Warning to Iran
* CS Monitor: Nuclear Lies
* NY Times: 'No Nukes,' No More
* WashPost: No Good Options On Iran?

matt mossman in shiraz
A close shave connected me to Iranians eager for answers about US

important
Bill Moyers' speech to the National Conference for Media Reform: * Listen * Watch * Read *

here & there
Vehicle stickers in Iran (25 pix)
-- S.M.

azaa azaast emrooz
Paykan-e Aziz (sniff sniff)

paykan (1967-2005)
-- Shah opens plant
-- Khayyami's legacy
-- Arab sheikhs
-- LA "Paykan Party"
-- Miss Iran (1) (2)
-- Jokes
-- Cartoons (1) (2)

nuclear
* Iran sanctions no sure bet in UN Security Council
* US again threatens to take Iran to Security Council

eeeeew
Rafsanjani meets students (6 pix)

cheh ajab
Kuwaiti parliament gives women right to vote and stand in elections

mystery man
... "comes alive" at the piano

kol belov
Flash art: Themes from William Shakespeare with ups and downs of life. Brilliant
-- Arash Sayedi

swift (in)justice
New hearing into murdered photographer Zahra Kazemi ends in an hour

neighbors
Merhabalar! Iran Turkey e Dergi

nuclear
* Iran: EU last chance
* Annan warns U.S.
* Sanctions bill advances

rural women
BBC slide show

iranians of the day
* Alecko Eskandarian: MVP soccer player
* Esmail Zanjani: Stem cell research
* Parisa Parnian: Queer fashion
* Shaun Toub: "Crash" (2 pix)
* Zohreh Sullivan: English Professor
* Parsa Sorbi: TV commentator

in other words, boycott
More than 500 politicians and intellectuals in Iran have announced they will not take part in the presidential election [Statement] [English news][Persian news]

informative :o)
PowerPoint: Know your presidential candidates

an american in iran
NPR: From Mujahadeen to the Movies: Salahuddin (Hassan Abdulrahman)

een yaaroo chesheh?
Parviz Modaber: Serial litterer

zer zer on torture
BBC Persian: Notorious prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi issues odd decree

political prisoners
Nobat-e aazaadi-ye Ganji va Zarafshan

ebrahim nabavi
Naneh pirezan va entekhaabaat

nuclear
* Iran climbs down, but tough EU meeting ahead
* Iran bill urges more nuclear work

architecture
Designing Palestine

secrecy
Dick Cheney's Right to Conceal

heard on tv
"You only have one life to live. You can either make chicken shit out of it or chicken salad." Hmm...

free speech
Video, Part 3: Internet and bloggers in Iran

haditoons.com
Raeesjomhoor-e ayandeh baayad...

cartoons
Kohansal
* It's easy to be president
* Great choss of candidates :o)
* Amirahmdi: American-Iranian President
Nima Arab
* Rafsanjani: Wealth & wives
Mahmoud
* Rafsanjani elections (1)
* Rafsanjani elections (2)

iran elections
* Registration ends
* BBC Persian
* ISNA
* Rooz

aref-adib.com
Kabab Koobideh attack

iranians of the day
* Abbas Kiarostami: Cannes Jury President
* Bahar Soomekh: "Crash" actor (3 pix)

we've heard that before
Iran: near deal with EU on resuming nuclear work

laleh seddigh
Vroom-Vroom, She Said to the Doubters -- NYT

abbas abdi
Iran frees reformist jailed over pro-US opinion poll

san francisco
Iranian-American teenager beaten twice; video posted on Internet

for shah
Elahe sings: White Revolution

not for khomeini
Googoosh explains "Agha Khoobeh"

nostalgia
1970s: When Googoosh was GOOGOOSH (13 pix)

1970s music videos
* Dariush: "Khaab"
* Foroughi: "Niaaz"
* Farhad: "Koodakaaneh"
* Googoosh: "Khandeh... Geryeh"
* Yaghmaie: "Havaar Havaar"

iran! nein!
What major U.S. newspapers are saying

the guardian
Iranians hold their noses as they pick new president

washington post
Iran Leaves Door Open For Nuclear Discussions

free speech
Video, Part 2: Internet and bloggers in Iran

dicfa.com
Farsi-English dictionary

ny aids walk
Parissa Behnia

treasure
Old recordings

medical students
Education on how to be licensed in the United States -- Dr Mizani, GMCGroup

students & academics
Going to Iran? Giving a talk?

first amendment
Some Assembly Required

music
SuitForPeace.com

3rd
UK elections: Nahid Boethe

la weekly
Bah bah... Attari's "Kuku Puff's" in Westwood

terror on trial
Trial Begins in Rome for Murder of Iranian

iran elections blog
Open Democracy

enameh
Hashemi ham amad

nuclear
* BBC: Tough European warning to Tehran
* Guardian: Europe on alert over Iran nuclear ambitions
* NY Times: Atom Agency May Be Asked to Meet if Iran Resumes Uranium Work

banned
Brazilian author says his latest book banned in Iran

u.s. national id
NIAC: Impact on Iranian-American community: driver's license/identification card security measures and immigration reform

cartoons
Kohansal

* Rafsanjani gets a break
* VOA & Aghdashloo's critics
Gharibe Ashena
* "You made my day" in Persian
* Ajab ghalati kardam: Aghdashloo
Nima Arab
* Googoosh: "maraa bebakhsh..."

hamoomi
BBC photos: Ebrahim Khan bathhouse in Kerman

look who else is running
Hooshang Amirahmadi is going to Iran to become a candidate for president

next president
People & politicians register to become candidates (28 pix)

cartoons
Iraj
* Code Yellow

Kohansal
* Here comes Rafsanjani
Mahmoud
* Googoosh & Danny de Vito: "Bodyguard 2"
* Googoosh & Aghdashloo

shirin ebadi
NPR Radio: On presidential elections and what kind of future she sees for Iran

superstition
BBC Persian: Khoraafaat

leila farjami
"War is organized murder" & "Tehran dar Atash"

free speech
Video: Internet and bloggers in Iran

welcome
RoozOnline.com

nice
BBC Persian: New moderate Iranian newspaper "Rooz" launched

surprise surprise
Rafsanjani declares candidacy for president
* BBC English
* BBC Persian
* Rafsanjani statement

democracy
* Iraq's bloodiest day of violence in months
* Four die in Afghanistan in protests sparked by reports the Koran was desecrated in a US military jail
* Egypt backtracks on reforms

thomas friedman
Unless China and Europe get serious about the problem of nuclear nonproliferation, it's not going to get fixed

kaveh omidvar
BBC Persian: Listing ethical rules for Iranian journalists?

anyway
* Nokar-e mellat-e Iran
* Video: Natural is what suits you best
* Video: Stand-up comedy: Russell Peters
* Islamic khorr-o-poff
* Video: I can't dance
* Little Red Button
* Hapland

phone campaign
Voice your opinion about "Iran Freedom Support Act" introduced in U.S. Congress

cartoons
New Yorker
* U.S. Inquisition
* Do it yourself
* Military vs. Civilian
* Position, with benefits
Radmehrian
* Rafsanjani: Heyf

googleFA
Googlesque Persian search engine

presidential hopefuls (and a few nuts)
* News: Registration begins
* Photos: MEHR and ISNA

iranian american bar association
* Scholarship
* IABA Review

iranians of the day
* Rafat Bayat: Presidential elections
* Sudabeh Shoja: Hoover Medal
* Massoumeh Ebtekar: In pants, in public
* Negar Pourbordbari: Shaakhe-ye Shemshaad

trouble
* Iran confirms processing tons of uranium ore
* Iran 'to resume nuclear activity'

syria
Hundreds of Western students are living and studying in Damascus

omission?
I was under the impression that one of Farrokhrou Parsa's "crimes" was that she was a Bahai. Am I wrong? -- J. Javid

go ask your mother
Azar & Negar Nafisi

dr. mojtahedi award
Shayan Nabavi Nouri (5 pix)

bbc
Iran's booming animation industry

iranians of the day
* Laleh Jalilian: Injection without a needle
* Akhavan Sadat: Sohan makers
* ISAA bosses: Elnaz, Saba, Hoda and Jaleh
* Behrouz Souresrafil: Extra special

tourism
BBC Persian: Iran relaxes visa rules for foreign travelers

democracy
Discontent flaring in rural Egypt

business
Malaysia may pull out of US$2 billion joint venture gas project in Iran

skiing
Iran, "killer destination" for those in the know

iran...
* ... moves to ratify protocol but vows to resume nuclear work
* ... 'loses interest' in MG Rover
* ... insists new airport is safe, despite warning

important to me and you
Apple and Microsoft have announced updates to their operating systems

attention bloggers
Questions About Ethics

the guradian
For the first time, an army insider blows the whistle on human rights abuses at Guantanamo

mother's day
Radio Farda: 150 million greeting cards for American moms

world record in vanity
Video: CBS news report on popularity of nose jobs in Iran

cartoons
New Yorker
* Mind games
* Woman on the phone
* Work-related
* All I want to do
Mahmoud

* Sharbat-e Asheghi
* Khaastegaari
* Roozegaari bood...

breaking the rules
Nader Davoodi's photo exhibit, University of Toronto, May 14-31

enameh
Entekhaabaat-e ryaasat-e jomhoori

labor movement (including iran)
BBC Persian: Yassamine Mather and Behzad Kazemi on workers unions

oy vey!
The wife, son and daughter of Israel's chief rabbi arrested in connection with kidnapping and beating of a teen who was in a relationship with the rabbi's daughter

iranian of the day
Sara Najafi: Microsoft award

nostalgia
* Video: Delkash, "Fardaa Roshan Ast"
* Video: "Hassan Kachal"

vanity and boredom
... fuel Iran's nose job boom

anyway
* Qoran classes for football players
* Ayatollah Behbahani

an iranian fairytale (in san francisco)
Traditional Iranian storytelling (Pardeh-Khani) May -12

anyway
Have a good one!

cartoon
Mahmoud
* No PhD, no chance

iranians of the day
* Shohreh Aghdashloo: Co-starring with Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock
* Babak & Friends: NYU award
* Cameron Cartio: Eurovison song finalist
* Farnaz Sabet: International doctor
* Omid Djalili: Genius
* David Ostad: Plastic surgeon
* Kian Esfandiari: Most beautiful
* Ryan Karbassioun: Cute
* Perissa: Model

good job
Announcement for the position of Executive Director of Iran Human Rights Documentation Center

ehem
For young Iranians on the prowl, the Internet is the ultimate veil
-- Kelly Niknejad, Columbia News Service

anyway
* Audio: Elm o farhang o tarashohaat-e badani
* Video: God damned money for Jesus
* Should I date a co-worker?
* No photo & moving
* Famous Kabab
* Video: Finger enlargement
* Video: Real scary (not really)

baleh?
Iranian carmakers reported as forming a joint venture to take over MG Rover

what?
Iran said US political pressure excluded it from buying Dutch plastics giant

nukes
Pakistan will send centrifuge parts to UN watchdog for Iran tests

arms race
Iran says Shahab-3 missile entirely Iranian, production ongoing

bbc
Iranian woman's images of the daily commute in Tehran

khatami & spielberg
Move the cursor over the image!

eengeelees
Tony Blair says he will focus on voters' views after securing a historic third term - but with a reduced majority

good lord...
khalij-fars.com

cheh ajab
Iran's top judge attacks police

satire
NeghNeghoo.com

punish greed, help democracy
Petition: UN Pro-Democracy Fund for Iran

identity
Car sticker seen in Berkeley yesterday: "Tree-hugging dirt worshipper"

iranian-american art
Slide show: "of past and present" art show in San Francisco (May 1) organized by Taraneh Hemami and.... Photos by Robert Karimi (info)

sarah takesh
Up and coming Iranian designer... I have known her for years - so I was very proud to see this :)
-- Sanaz K

reza aslan
The Jihad Is a Civil War, the West Only a Bystander

cs monitor
Toward real nuclear disarmament

nulcear club
Excluding mollas

boys club
Lawmakers Block Women From Voting in Kuwait

cartoons
New Yorker

* Lemonade Without Borders
* Surrendering before...
* God
* Civilization
Mahmoud
* Masood Kimiai: Film director
* Namahram

so much to learn about...
Tafresh.net

cinema iran
London's Channel 4 presents a season of Iranian films, documentaries and shorts

happy birthday
Googoosh.tv

literature
Persian poetry: German radio interview with Peyman Vahabzadeh

live discussion
Washington Post's live discussion on Iran's Nuclear Plans

christiane amanpour
Video: Guest on Daily Show

persian pop fashion
Nimany.com

iran analysis quarterly
PDF: A Publication of the Iranian Studies Group at MIT, Winter 2005. Articles by Mojtaba Mahdavi, Maziar Behrooz, Samira Mohyeddin, Davood N. Rahni & Saeed Golkar

phone campaign
Voice your opinion about "Iran Freedom Support Act" introduced in U.S. Congress

iranian of the day
Christiane Amanpour: Guest on Daily Show (11 pix)

anyway
* Video: Prince Charles bachelor party
* Bush: What happened to santa?
* Video: Blaupunkt speakers
* Video: True football fan
* Video: Mercury Mistress
* Croatian Muslim passport
* Video: Heaven can wait

persianfootball.com
Bayern swoop for Iran star Karim

boys club
Kuwait MPs fail to give women vote in time for local poll

iran elections
* BBC Persian: Speakers who encourage boycott "barred by Intelligence Ministry" [Audio] [News]

nuclear
* BBC: US Iran nuclear row intensifies
* Guardian: Nuclear options

food for thought & more
* CS Monitor: Nobel for Bush and Blair?
* Guardian: Perhaps the neocons got it right in the Middle East
* Ali Karimi: Bayern Munich
* Roshan Khadivi: Darfur
* Feridon Shahbaznia: Great dad

breaking the rules
Nader Davoodi's photo exhibit, University of Toronto, May 14-31

clips
Video: Kiarostami's "Forest witout leaves"

ny times
U.S. Demand Deepens Gulf With Iran Over Nuclear Facilities

cs monitor
Political gains for Mideast women

europe
Yes 'leads' in French EU polls

israel
The mixed identity and struggle for equality of Arab Israelis

hiv/aids
PersiaPlus.org

enameh
Baaghi maandeh-haaye jang

women
Tanhaa raah-e nejaat

nukes
* Iran shouldn't resume nuke enrichment: ElBaradei
* Annan Seeks Iran Nuclear Arms Restraint
* Iran-U.S. rift threatens to stymie attempts to update non-proliferation treaty

donkey for dinner
Yabou Khar?

just become president already
Pro-Rafsanjnai billboard

uk elections
For Blair, Iraq Issue Just Won't Go Away

soldiers in iraq
From 'Gook' to 'Raghead'

cs monitor
Finally, a film sheds Muslim stereotypes

the onion
Heaven Less Opulent Than Vatican, Reports Disappointed Pope

aryan shmaryan... boro baba hosseleh daaree
The Aryan Emancipation Society of Iran

may day
BBC persian: Rafsanjani apparently skips angry workers' gathering in Tehran

may day photo
"Untimely death" of workers' rights

candidate no more
BBC persian: Conservative Ahmad Tavakoli drops presidential bid

bbc
Iran issues nuclear warning to US

irankicks.com
Football fans comment on Aghdashloo-Googoosh row

iran varzeshi
Editorial in Persian: Seven football fans died and nobody gave a damn

reuters
Iran and UK in row over Khomeini airport

elections
Swapping fatigues for suits, ex-Guards target Iran's presidency

don't miss
SF art show: of past and present Sunday, May 1st

new york times
* Iranians Seek Nuclear Deal in Meeting With Europeans in London
* U.S. Recruits a Rough Ally to Be a Jailer
* Bush, the Great Shiite Liberator

the guardian
* Iran ready to ignore US nuclear countdown
* French voters now back EU constitution

incomplete
Da Vinci 'paralysis left Mona Lisa unfinished'

chic
New license plates for vehicles in Iran

cartoons
na

* Queen Aghdash
mahmoud
* Googoosh asks for forgiveness

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