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excellent
BBC: UK city Norwich pioneering free wi-fi
SF Chroncile: Google gives city free Wi-Fi

now what?
BBC: Iran 'ignores nuclear deadline'
BBC: Iran's nuclear defiance looks set to trigger UN sanctions
NY Times: U.S. Drafting Sanctions as Iran Is Defiant
BBC: Iran defiant on nuclear deadline

b.s.
Reuters: Pentagon sees Iran with bomb in 5 years: report

anousheh ansari fazaie
LA Times: [Iranian] American to Be First Female Space Tourist

don't believe anything until he gets out of that hellhole
AFP: Jahanbegloo blames US for his 'deviation'

at this pace iraq will dissolve in 2007
CS Monitor: Firefights mark Iraq's further splintering

u.s. immigration
NIAC: Immigration discrimination rooted in foreign policy provisions

no war, please
Democracy Now: Amy Goodman interview with dissident Akbar Ganji Audio-Text

quiz
Party Baazi

one israeli
Haaretz: Can you really not see?

prison art
San Jose: 100 Saal Zendaan

anyway
* Video: Watch it mom!
* 70 wives? Kooftesh besheh
* CNN toilet talk
* Video: Funny lemonade
* Video: Bears do it, boys do it
* Best haircut
* Map of Farsi speakers in Los Angeles County
* Hell yes, I voted for Bush

savepasargad.com
Frist anniversary of committee for preservation of Pasargad
* Statement
* Offcial site

jahanbegloo is free
Iran releases dissident after 4 months
* BBC Persian
* BBC
* AP
* Archive

carter-khatami talks?
Washington Post: Carter Agrees to Hold Talks With Khatami

holding off
AP: U.N. may hold off on confronting Iran

going slow
CS Monitor: The likely US course on Iran nukes

alzheimer's
Video: Hadi Khorsandi tribute to Simin Behbahani
-- Nima Mina

women will lead change in iran
we-change.org

quiz
By hand

toons
Aliwood
* Gunfight: Bush & Olmert
Hajiagha
* Backward woman from Western eyes
* Cartoonist looking for a wife
* Wives in Iran, and later in Canada
Mazloom
* Heavy water reactor
* Ready to strike

iranians of the day
* Shireen Soltani: Founded the Center for the Advancement of Women (Karadj Villages)
* Dena Aalae: Khoshgele Atherton
* Cas Anvar: Actor
* Shireen Kadivar: Actress

quiz
Early pregnancy

ebadi
IPS: Nobel Peace Winner Threatened With Arrest

dumb & dumber debate
AP: U.S. dismisses Bush-Ahmadinejad debate
AP: Ahmadinejad wants TV debate with Bush

mobaarakeh
AP: Ex-Iran President Khatami gets U.S. visa

banned editor sentenced to jail
BBC Persian: Issa Saharkhiz, who has been highly critical of Ayatollah Khamenei, sentenced to 4 years in prison
Audio: Interview with Saharkhiz

kurds
CS Monitor: Turkey hones response to rising Kurd violence

iraq civil war
Washington: Toll Mounts as Sadr's Forces, Iraqi Army Clash

iranians of the day
* Ali Khodabakhshi (aka Elyaz Yekanli): Detained Azerbaijani activist
* Sheva and Vahid Vatannia: Kurdish-Iranian-Americans
* Amir Farahani: Cute kid
* Kamran & Nooshin Amiri: Lovely couple
* Fruzan Seifi: Actress
* Darren Shahlavi: Actor/Stuntsman
* Mana Yazdanpanah: Immigrant to Maine

iranians for a secular democracy
Radio Zamaneh: Jomhouri khaahaan 2-day conference in Washington DC
Visit: Jomhouri.com

poor turkey
BBC: Fresh blast hits Turkish resorts

zere ziyaadi... dr. soroush eat your heart out
VOA: Profile of iranian.com publisher Jahanshah Javid (Move to 27th minute)
-- Melody & Saman Arbabi

anyway
* Emam Zaman is coming -- soon!
* Video: Israeli ad set in Iran
* What causes gooz?
* Flash: What the baby think of Ahmadinejad's new blog
* Smoking out of your leg

mission possible
LA Times: If U.N. Security Council won't penalize Tehran, White House may forge alliance to do so

a normal day in iraq
BBC: At least 50 people die as clashes erupt in southern Iraq and a ministry in Baghdad is shaken by a car bombing

a normal day in gaza
Washington Post: Deepening poverty and desperation lost in noise of larger conflict in Lebanon

confessions
Stockholmian: Leila Farjami's collected poems "Eteraafnaameye Dokhtaraane Bad" published

ghalat kardam
BBC: Nasrallah sorry for scale of war

yankee makeover
Armed Forces Journal: How a better Middle East would look

business
IranTalent.com

toons
Shirazi
* Pentagon's strategic targets in Iran
Calgary Herald
* Iran's slow progress
Hajiagha
* Civilized Western woman

balls or nuts?
BBC: Iran's president opens a new phase of a heavy water reactor project - days ahead of a UN nuclear deadline

genius george
CS Monitor: Iran 'biggest beneficiary' of US war on terror, study finds

for political prisoners
Flash: Farhad's "Morghe Sahar"

quiz
van Persie

toons
Faramarz
* Iran's response to nuclear offer
* Iranian military parade: Macy's
* Female German translator: Best we can do
Hajigha
* Dirty Iranians not allowed in U.S.
* Martyrs for Islam & Islamic thieves
* Anger at American human rights
* Count your blessings
Mazloom
* Student basij

persian purge
New Yorker: Proclamation
-- George Saunders

khaarej az dastoor :o)
Radio farda: Harfhaaye naajoor
-- Siavash Ardalan

what we say and what we mean to say
Enameh: Farsi for Dummies

busy day for u.s. airport security
AP: Dynamite in luggage, a disruptive passenger, a bomb threat...

pahlavi party
Constituionalist Party of Iran

nice
Poets & Writers: The Pressure to Be Exotic
-- Azita Osanloo

anyway
* Qazvin: Please don't bend over
* Fuck: The most interesting word in the English language
* Video: Bubblegum may be dangerous for your health
* Prank caller: Agha Farshid
* New airport security reestrictions
* Maddahi: We've mastered the art or sermonizing

if you say so
AFP: Former President Khatami defends nuclear program

amnesty said so
Amnesty International: Israel /Lebanon deliberate destruction of civilian infrastructure
CS Monitor: Israel slams Amnesty report

jon stewart :o)
Comedy Central video: Ahmadinejad & Tom Cruise

akbar mohammadi
Guardian: EU calls for inquiry into death of Iranian activist

peace process
AP: Israel buys 2 nuclear-capable submarines

quiz
Zorba the Iranian

toons
Hajigha
* Moselm at US airport
* Plunder the nation -- Imam Khomeini
* Injustice: Iran & Canada
* Retards vs refugees in Canada
* Pregnant daughter

quiz
2025: Islamic Republic of America

iranian astronaut of the day
Anousheh Ansari: Into space with Iranian & American flags

toons
Saman

* Dealing in religious stocks
* Arab employee
* Greeting Iranian Americans at airports
* Give me a Martini: Ramadan

anousheh ansari, astronaut
BBC: Fortune smiles on space race sponsor

but they want to bomb iran anyway
BBC: US 'lacks Iran arms intelligence'
AFP: US in the dark over Iran nuclear program: Congress intelligence report

it does?
Washington Post: Iran Needs Nuclear Weapons
-- Hossein Derakhshan

but they want to bomb iran anyway
AFP: US in the dark over Iran nuclear program: Congress intelligence report

jon stewart :o)
Comedy Central video: George Bush confirms Iraq had nothing to do with September 11th in a press conference

not happy
BBC: Iran's offer of talks on its nuclear program falls short of UN demands, Washington says

quiz
Poor officer

dig deep dish
TheWorld.org: Interview with Ali Sherazinia and Sharam Tayebi of "Deep Dish"

dear mike: you suck
SelvesAndOthers.org: Ahmadinejad Puts "60 Minutes" Host Mike Wallace to Shame

persians should sue for royalties
Reuters: Ancient biblical waterworks found in Israel

iranians of the day
* Reza Abedini: Principal Prince Claus Laureate
* Bob Yari: Super Hollywood producer
* Asia & Amir Khosrow Sheibany: Tie the knot in Poland
* Elizabeth Amini: Actress
* Gabriella Anwar: Actress

ya hazrate abbas...
AFP: Iran to announce nuclear 'breakthrough'

talk george, talk
BBC: China and Russia say only talks will solve crisis over Iran's nuclear work, after Tehran offers negotiations

quiz
Before & after :o)

clips
Video: Take off from Tehran's Mehrabad
-- Bahram 9821

toons
Faramarz

* Iran raises military readiness level
* Larijani: Nucelar vs Fruit Juice technology
* Satellite dishes & Ahmadinejad's new web site
* Looking for a few good men

serious doubts
BBC: Iran ready to start "serious talks" with world powers
NY Times: Iran Presents ‘New Formula’ for Talks
Washington Post: Iran Reportedly Rejects Demands to Halt Nuclear Efforts

anyway
* Video: Silvio, the nose picker
* Sharkhar: Iranian debt collector
* Video: Afghanistan soldier training
* Video: Milkman & chocolate
* Video: Very very blonde

first iranian in space will be a woman :o)
MSNBC: Anousheh Ansari may fly into space next month

nuclear natanz
AP: Iran denies UN inspectors access to Natanz nuclear site

dark matter
BBC: US astronomers say they have found first direct evidence of mysterious stuff called dark matter

iranians of the day
* Claudia Lynx: Model actress
* Raeeka Shehabi-Yaghmai: Mezzo-soprano
* Saba Mesdaghi: Daughter
* Robert Fulton: Mexican passport
* Nazanin: All-around performer

high noon
BBC: No nuclear halt, warns Khamenei
BBC: New Middle East confrontation likely over reply to UN

quiz
Reel good

classic
Video: Persian "Hotel California" and "Gipsy Kings"

origins of breakdancing :o)
Video: Watch Fardin in "Ganj-e Qaroon" (1965)

hopeless
Guardian: Iran rules out halt to enrichment
Guardian: Power and the people

destroying dishes
Laki blog: Eyewitness to new wave against satellite dishes

responding to iran's response
NIAC: Iranian nuclear counter-proposal: The lessons of Lebanon
-- Gareth Porter

pure misery
shia-news.com

for the millionth time
BBC: Iran 'will not halt enrichment'

we want to watch football, too
Radio Zamaneh: Women send letter to FIFA with more than 100,000 signatures demanding the right to enter football stadiums

irony of ironies
Shaban "Bimokh" Jafari dies in Los Angeles on 28 Mordad, anniversary of 1953 coup
* Radio Farda
* BBC Persian
* Mossadegh...

laughing at tragedy
BBC 4: Shappi Khorsandi in Paris

new middle east
Washington Post: By any definition, Iraq is in a state of civil war
-- Daniel L. Byman and Kenneth M. Pollack

love those brazilians
Washington Post: Brazil's Road to Energy Independence

fire
AP: Iran test-fires 10 short-range missiles

a modern love story :o)
* Audio: Akbar & Sharareh

think about it
Well-being and happiness never appeared to me as an absolute aim. I am even inclined to compare such moral aims to the ambitions of a pig.
-- Einstein
Sent by Marjaneh ZK

toons
Mazloom

* Iran responds to nuclear offer
* Reprint: Holocaust victims thank Iran
* Nuclear contamination
* Not ready for jihad
Kazem
* Lebanon shakes off Israel
Hajiagha
* Ahmadinejad
* Watering thr tree of Islam
* Don't be happy that I drew a cartoon of Akbar Ganji
* Mortazavi cooks up cases against whistleblowers

quiz
Kish on the beach

artistic islamic censorship
Radio Zamaneh: Every single painting requires permission from Islamic Guidance Ministry before public exhibition in galleries

war is on its way
AFP: Iran stages massive military war games
Reuters: Egypt warns against any military strike on Iran

support for ebadi
* Nobel Women's Initiative: Urge Iran to reverse threat to Shirin Ebadi's human rights organization
* Petition: Human Rights First Defender Alert

popular clown
Guardian: Ahmadinejad roadshow seduces an adoring public

yes... everyone has the right to be wrong
CS Monitor: A university lecturer casts doubt that terrorists plotted the attacks. Is that academic freedom?

no fly zone
AP: Turkey says it forced Iran planes down

kurdistan
Guardian: Kurds flee homes as Iran shells Iraq's northern frontier

yes & no
Washington Post: Are We Fighting 'Islamic Fascists'?

quiz
Let's play

chomsky
KQED: Noam Chomsky discusses democracy, perilous powers, language, intelligence and design

african iranian
Video: Meet 8 year-old Aref from Botswana

zanikeye beeadab :o)
Video: Magic & nudity

iranians of the day
* Mehdi Babaei Ajabshir: Azerbaijani activist
* Nazanin Boniadi: Hollywood actress

quiz
30 years later

not funny
Reuters: Jewish leaders, Paris slam Iran Holocaust cartoon show

very funny
Washington Post: Judge Orders Halt to NSA Wiretapping

toons
Saman
* Allah Akbar at Danish Pub
Aref-Adib
* WARS: From the creators of GUATANEMO
2500 B.C.
* What a life
* Women can now enter football stadiums
* Raising hell in chatrooms
* A lesson to chauvinist men
* Khamenei & Ahmadinejad party
* When will there be (democracy?)
Hajiagha
* Akbar Ganji in America
* Akbar Ganji in America (2)
* What it takes to enter America
* Why Canada sucks

insecurity council
Reuters: US says Iran must expect swift U.N. action

koo gooshe shenavaa?
LA Times: Former U.S. generals and officials seek to prevent an attack on Iran's suspected nuclear sites

society in flux
Reader's Digest: International Poll of Iranians

hezbullcrap
AP: Supreme Leader Khamenei praises Hezbollah resistance

call for artists
Children of Persia: Calendar 2007 Project

iranians of the day
* Shahnaz Pakravan: Joins Al-Jazeera
* The guy: Khoroos Films

quiz
Head strong

morgh o khoroos :o)
Music video: From Khoroos Films

secretary of state of war
Washington Post: A Path To Lasting Peace
-- Condoleezza Rice

remember iraq
BBC: US and Iraq forces struggle with spiralling sectarian strife

mosalmoon daareem taa mosalmoon
CS Monitor: Finding out what it means to be Muslim

modified position, sorta
BBC: Iran 'will discuss nuclear halt'

sizzling comic
Guardiuan: How to create a buzz
-- Shappi Khorsandi

quiz
Regional fashion

back to nukes
Reuters: Iran says won't back down over atomic rights

khaarej az dastoor :o)
Radio Farda: Tableegh va boodjeh
-- Siavash Ardalan

shappi khorsandi
* London Evening Standard: From fear to laughter
* Soul Bean Café: Stand-up comic

anyway
* Oil companies thank consumers
* Rocket attack on your car
* Speaking of human shields...
* Dear villager, beware of Western influences
* Video: The Seraanos
* Video: Karaoke singing... in a stadium?
* Video: Husband's accidental death :o)

deleshoon khoshe
BBC: Iran and Syria applaud 'victory'

islamic republic
NY Times: Who’s Afraid of Shirin Ebadi?

mojahedin
AP: Iranian brothers sue in U.S. court over long detention

stoning
Save Malak Ghorbany from stoning in Iran

faaje'eh
Video: '60 Minutes' Ahmadinejad interview
Part 1
Part 2

baarikalaa
The Jewish Journal: Persian Angelenos Pledge Money, Support to Israel

free thinker
Washington Post: Iranian Dissident Akbar Ganji, at Liberty to Speak His Mind, at Least Until He Goes Back Home

baleh...
CS Monitor: Report: US helped Israel plan Lebanon offensive

guest columnist
Seattle Times: Turning the tide of terror
-- Faye F. Farhang

eye on iran
New Yorker: Washington’s real interests in Israel’s war
-- Seymour M. Hersh

yeah baby
New Yorker: Amateur Hour: Journalism without journalists

changing pattern of the web
eMarketer: There is space for everyone

iranians of the day
* Saman Salur: Special Jury Prize, Locarno Film Fest
* Behzad Mosanen: Cook, UK

toons
Saman
* New Middle East
Faramarz
* Ahmadinejad taken off no-fly list
* Ahmadinejad doorman graduation ceremony
* Casual Friday
* No make-up allowed on planes
* Family photo
Mahmoud
* Daash Esmaal's vacation
Hajiagha
* Iran vs. U.S.
* Nick names in Iran & Canada
* 40% divorce rate in Canada
* Worst jobs for immigrants

quiz
Iranian men :o)

the good fight
AFP: Iran's Ebadi vows never to end human rights fight

third camp
Guardian: Third Camp manifesto deserves recognition for addressing the important issues
The Blanket: Manifesto of the Third Camp

hamino kam daashteem
Ahmadinejad blog: Ahmadinejad.ir
BBC: Iranian president tells of humble beginnings as he launches own blog

here we go again
AFP: Iran launches crackdown on satellite dishes

truce, no peace
BBC: Israeli ministers endorse the UN Security Council resolution calling for an end to fighting in southern Lebanon

blogging=prison
AP: Iranian Censors Clamp Down on Bloggers

comedy, 1965
Radio play: Shabaji Khanom

quiz
Meeting Hitler

classical persian
Music: Barg-e Sabz

forgettable?
* Music, Javanan, 1978: Unnoticed pop singers during revolution
* Ebiletz: 1976-77

cappuccino :o)
Video: Stephen Colbert on the American polical system, Democrats & Republicans

iranians of the day
* Mahasti Kamdar: Violinist, Germany
* Milad Hossainzadeh: London graduation

nukes
Guardian: Nuclear row boosts Iranian president

thousands of civilian casualties later
BBC: UN Security Council unanimously backs a resolution calling for a truce in Lebanon and Israel

zahra kazemi
Iran Human Rights Documentation Center: Death of Photojournalist Zahra Kazemi
* Press release
* Full report

footbalist
NaderDavoodi.com: Fereydoun Zandi proves his manhood

quiz
National hero

akbar hollywood
TIME: Dissident Akbar Ganji Goes to Hollywood

good one
Video: The Colbert Report on the Middle East Crisis

quiz
Best melons :o)

world war
Washington Post: The Guns Of August
-- Richard Holbrooke

mansoor osanloo
Tehran bus drivers union leader released on bail
* Kosoof.com Photos
* Scoop
* BBC Persian
* Radio Farda

it's a girl!
Enameh: Dokhtardaar shodam!

something to smile about
Washington Post: Iran Filmmaker Mani Haghighi Focuses on Love Not War

i might break the tv. i'm watching vh1 instead
CBS: Ahmadinejad gives interview to Mike Wallace/60 Minutes to be aired tonight (Thursday) & Sunday

must see
Video: UK's George Galloway's fighting interview on Israeli-Lebanon war on SKY News

haal geeree first thing in the morning
NIAC: Nuclear survicors discuss human toll of Atomic strike on Iran

bad business
AP: Jail for Iranian-American man who tried to export sensors to Iran

RadioZamaneh.com
You haven't listened yet? Dude... omret bar fanaa

life is cheap
Video: BBC documentrary on the execuion of 16-year-old Atefeh

tonight in berkeley
Akabar Ganji will give a talk on gender apartheid, Thursday, August 10

comedy
Shappi Khorsandi at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
* Guardian: Excuse me, may I kill myself for you?
* Independent: Laugh? I nearly died
* Independent: Asylum Speaker

toons
Iraj

* Alan Dershowitz: Kill them all
* Smart & Dumb
Eyeranian
* Iranian opposition: White House
Hajiagha
* Frustrated cartoonist in Canada
* Ten years of poverty & racism in Canada
* U.S. & Isreal plotting
* When will Arabs become civilized?

next
CS Monitor: After Lebanon, there's Iran
-- Vali Nasr

khaal koobi
AP: Tattoos go undercover with Iran's youth

can you repeat that please?
Al-Jazeera: New Saudi opposition group formed

iranians of the day
* Davar (Iran) Ardalan: My Name is Iran
* Robert: My Cowboy
* Ata Servati: Film on Baskerville
* Kaveh Yaghmaie: Music
* Kaynaz Nikookary: Business award

quiz
They're sorry now

taraneh hemami
ZeroOne San Jose: A Global Festival of Art on the Edge/ISEA Symposium, August 8-13

iranian of the day
* Akbar mohammadi's mother: Funeral (3 pix)

toons
MM
* Middle East Neo-cons
Mahmoud
* bin Laden fed up with news
Hajiagha
* IRI nahs
* Israeli invasion of Lebanon
* When Iranian women move to Canada
* A poem: Women in the West
* More rights & benefits for gays in Canada
Mazloom
* For Akbar Mohammadi
Wolak
* Animals who roam Iran...
Heyrani
* Praying for Hediyeh Tehrani strip tease

anyway
* It's official: Iranians are everywhere :o)
* Miss B-B-B-B-Bahrain?! (6 pix)
* Audio: Ya hazrate abbas... Rowzeh khooni in English
* Video: No way... he's a gymnast?
* Animation: Moving Michael Jackson
* Video: Damn elastic band
* Zidane video game for PlayStation 2
* Japanese get a tastet of hejab
* Boy: Little show off

number 9 :o(
Parade: The World’s 10 Worst Dictators

bye bye republican congress
Washington Post: Percentage of Americans Who Approve of Their Representative Has Fallen Sharply

aiming for iran
Guardian: Entrenched hostility between the U.S. and Iran is one of the most tragic and dangerous legacies of the old century to the new

cycling around the caspian
Environment: CaspianNature.com

soheil & sepehr
Music: Blurred Vision

shahin & sepehr
Music: On MySpace.com

december 1978 in Shiraz
San Francisco Chronicle: Tachycardia in Iran
-- Karen L. Pliskin

dialogue of civilizations :o)
NPR: No California Reunion for 120 Iranians

quiz
Media campaign

shutting up shirin
Human Rights Watch: Iran: Government Outlaws Nobel Laureate’s Rights Group

thank you
BBC: German court rules for Iranian lesbian

quiz
Downtown

iranians of the day
* Mohsen Shahinpoor: Robotics (6 pix)
* Vali Nasr: Daily Show with Jon Stewart (6 pix)
* Soraya Sarajeddini: Kurdish activist
* Farrah Farahani: 2nd child
* Daniel Morad: Race car driver
* Maahyar Rassaie: Wrestling fan
* Azam Nemati & friends: Dancing (4 pix)

know your rights
NIAC: Possible FBI Interviews of Iranians and Iranian-Americans

dahanemoon serviceh
BBC: Iran has vowed to pursue its nuclear programme, despite UN resolution

isfahani clone
ISNA: The animal lived for only 5 minutes, but apparently the clone was a first in the Middle East

the art of taarof
NY Times: The Fine Art of Hiding What You Mean to Say

blueprints for disaster
New Yorker: Steve Coll talks about Iran’s nuclear program

technolove
Washington Post: Saudi Youth Use Cellphones for Romance

stop the war
Soul Bean Café: Photos of London demonstration against Middle East war

not welcome
LA Times: Dozens of Iranian Professionals' en route to a reunion in California are turned back at American airports

whatever
AFP: US hails Iran's 100th anniversary of constitutional revolution

khaarej az dastoor :o)
Radio Farda: Jang az raahe door
-- Siavash Ardalan

allah o chomaagh
AFP: Iran bans Nobel Laureate Ebadi's rights group
BBC Persian: Iran bans human rights group leb by Shirin Ebadi

sanctions
BBC: US imposes sanctions on arms firms for allegedly supplying equipment to Iran

sign & send
Federal Court Petition: Protect ancient Iranian artifacts at University of Chicago
-- James S. Irani, New York Attorney at Law. Fax: (212) 725-1772

chalous-tehran road
Video: Narrow, beautiful, dangerous road, Kandevan Tunnel & Karaj Dam
-- Bahram 9821

quiz
Eye write

mental case
AP: Ahmadinejad: Destroy Israel, end crisis

anyway
* Video: Iran is not Iraq
* Video: Tribute to Bill Gates
* It's a mad, mad, Technomad world race
* Cry for milk

pictory
Kashfe Hejab: Mandatory hejab ban, 1948

confidential :o)
BBC: Civil war in Iraq 'most likely'

dark world
Enameh: Siaahiye donyaa!

quiz
Summer delights

gorgeous
Pictures of Mazandaran by Nader

HerVoices.org
Profiling women and girls who have not spoken about their lives publicly

suspicious death
HRW: Iran: Imprisoned Dissident Dies in Custody

iranians of the day
* Mitra Ghaffari: Winner of BVSSL swimming competition
* Akbar Ganji & Abbas Milani: Philosopher Richard Rorty
* Saman: Video journalist & cartoonist
* Reza Davoodi: Artist Manager, Berlin
* Bahram Akradi: Lifetime Fitness founder
* Iman Mafi: Messenger
* Pejman Akbarzadeh: Radio Zamaneh
* Damon Golriz: Let's not muddy the water...
* Mehdi Ardalan: Talented buddy

akbar mohammadi
Petition: Another Prisoner of Conscience Died in Prison in Iran
AFP: Ebadi's group demand probe into dissident's death
Radio Farda: Akbar Lakestani's emotional interview on Akbar Mohammadi's death

quiz
Forever

hillarious
BBC: Mel Gibson admits anti-Jewish remarks

road to ruin
BBC: Iran defiant on nuclear deadline

battle for lebanon
New Yorker: Has Israel’s assault weakened Hezbollah -- or made it stronger?
-- Jon Lee Anderson

amen
NY Times: Money can't buy democracy
-- Akbar Ganji

akbar mohammadi
Guardian: Outcry after dissident dies in Iranian jail

war is not the solution
Washington Post: Stop the Band-Aid Treatment
-- Jimmy Carter

nuke deadline
AP: Iran to re-evaluate nuke incentive package
AFP: Iran irate over nuclear deadline
BBC: UN issues Iran nuclear deadline

art on tv
SPARK video: Explore Taraneh Hemami's complex relationship with the concept of home

toons
Iraj
* Sustainable peace
* Leaf-let
* U.S. bombs

Saman
* The root of religious terrorism

Faramarz
* Israeli-Lebanese pen pals
* Victoria's Secret new ad campaign
* Chavez bad luck in Tehran

Hajiagha
* Rich ayatollahs, poor people (1)
* Rich ayatollahs, poor people (2)
* Rich ayatollahs, poor people (3)
* Revolutionary crooks in Canada

Mazloom

* Purging Persian: Ahmadinejad

quiz
Tehran street

bolour blog
BBC Persian Service's wild arts program presenter Behzad Bolour now has a blog


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