| October 2006
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so will americans, on tuesday
New York Sun: Arabs and Iranians Root For the Democrats Again
wish i was indian
CS Monitor: India's new economic muscle
that's better
BBC: Hezbollah-Israeli talks 'begin'
american gulf
NY Times: U.S.-Led Exercise in Persian Gulf Sets Sights on Deadliest Weapons
i do too comrade
Reuters: Russia believes Iran's nuke program peaceful
happy halloween
Video: Peeping Tom
iranian chick of the day
Bahar Soomekh : No. 1 movie
iranian monkey of the day
Hooman Hamzehloui: Orlando Magic fan
men getting dumber
AFP: Iranian women outnumber men at university
listen to their stories
BBC Persian: Visiting a homeless shelter for women in Tehran
quiz
Universal appeal
bushehr
Reuters: U.S. seeks guarantees over Iran nuclear reactor
seriously folks
BBC: Climate change fight 'can't wait'
shirin neshat
Reuters: Filmmaker sees lessons in Iranian history Coup of 1953
take a break
YouTube: Let's go skiing in Iran
your heart will sink
YouTube: Jimmy Hendrix "Star-Spangled Banner" in Abu Ghoraib Prison
-- Saman
best blog contest
Mehrdad Aref-Adib nominated in DeutscheWelle Best of Blogs contest
thanks to the internet
Washington Post: Circulation Falls at U.S. Papers
iranians of the day
* Kayvan Mashayekh and Darius Kadivar: Film ties
* Solmaz Jafari Khasraghi: Turbulence
* Hooman Mohseni: Computer engineering
* Arshia Mohseni: Moooooosh!
pakistan going to hell. iraq gone to hell. who could be next?
BBC: 70-80 people killed in Pakistan raid on Islamic school
BBC: 90 casualties in Baghdad blast
persian humor
Sacha Baron Cohen: Cretaor of "Borat", "Ali G." and...
anyway
* Video: Love boat accidents :o)
* Video: Love toilet
* Silicone butt (3 pix)
* Video: Competing beer dogs
booming tourism
YouTude: Dick Bush reports from the beautiful city of Baghdad
-- Saman
disturbing sense of déjà vu
LA Times: Iran sounds an awful lot like Iraq
nuclear age
NY Times Magazine: Islam, Terror and the Second Nuclear Age
mirrors of the unseen
NY Times: Jason Elliot's Persian Pilgrimage
fazaa navard
NY Times: Iranians Find Space Tourist Anousheh Ansari Fascinating
incredible
Rap videos produced in Iran
* "Khosh Omadin beh Tehran" by Taham and Felakat
* "Tirippe Maa", by Hich Kas and Ft. Reveal
al-faraar
BBC: Australia top Muslim cleric seeks leave
quiz
Old & new
boratmania
YouTube: Some old clips from Sasha Cohen's hillarious comedy
firooz joon khar nashi yeho
Reuters: Liz Taylor romantically linked to photographer Firooz Zahedi
morad rashti strikes again
MP3: "Maadar Zan Red Alert"
my what?
Washington Post: MySpace Is So Last Year
iranians of the day
* Maryam Ansary: Journalist/Artist
* Babak Shah Hosseini: Celebrity photographer
* Hojjatoleslam Ezimi Qedimi: Prisoner of conscience
* Homa Sarshar: CNN's Larry King
split wide open
AFP: Defiant Iran scents world split on nuclear issue
khooneye khodetooneh
AFP: Iran's Khatami to visit Britain for first time
162 afarin
Reporters Without Frontiers: Iran near bottom of Worldwide Press Freedom Index
life's tough
Documentary: "My Life as an American Persian Jew" by Melody Khadavi
life's really tough
BBC: Israel's president should halt public duties to face sexual allegations
exclusive :o)
Soul Bean Cafe video: Latest news
-- Peyvand Khorsandi
(heroin?)
Underground music: 2A's "Dadash/Garde Sefid"
discover hidden iran
Washington Post: What Makes Tehran Tick? The Sources of Iranian Conduct
quiz
Meeting spot
upcoming elections
Asia Times: Ahmadinejad's divine inspiration
-- Omid Memarian
boogh nazanid
YouTube: Iranian traffic police cartoon: Honking your horn can kill your father
adolf ahmadinejad olmert hitler
AP: Olmert compares Iran with Nazi Germany
corrupt iranian-american of the year
Washington Post: David Safavian, Bush Ex-Aide Sentenced In Abramoff Case
joosh nazan
BBC: Bush condemns Iran nuclear move
toons
Pluto
* Ahmadinejad's cute twin
Joe
* Don't cry for me Argentina: Rafsanjani
Faramarz
* Khar too olaagh
* Ahmadinejad: More babies
Mazloom
* Nuclear Derakhshan
Kazem
* Writing from the heart
Hajiagha
* Sexual frustration (1)
* Sexual frustration (2)
* Sexual frustration (3)
takbir
BBC: Australia's top Muslim cleric suspended
steppig up
BBC: Iran 'steps up nuclear programme'
CS Monitor: For now, modest sanctions eyed for Iran
quiz
Sounds Jewish
khatami in uk
Guardian: In praise of ... the University of St Andrews
same story for 12 years
BBC: Iran denies Argentina bomb charge
it's called free speech. embrace it.
BBC: Danish court rejects cartoon suit brought by Muslim groups
first lady of literature
Parsipur in Amsterdam: Book signing (9 pix)
-- Babak Andishmand
tell me about it
BBC: The troubles of reporting from Iran
quiz
No laughing matter
and he's proud of it
CS Monitor: Cheney confirms US
use of waterboarding
naneh amrikaie
Sona Babai : Oldest Iranian American
ghabool baasheh
enameh: Maahe Ramazan va...
sanctions on ... evil students
NY Times: Draft Iran Resolution Would Restrict Students
not so fast
BBC: Moscow objects to draft UN Security Council resolution on Iran's nuclear program
ghalat kardam
BBC: Australia's top Muslim cleric apologises after comparing unveiled women to "uncovered meat"
faghat?
BBC: Exxon reports $10.49 billion profit in quarter
iraq is history
PBS NewsHour: Former State Department official Peter Galbraith discusses de-centralization of Iraq
quiz
Famous place
the shark
BBC: Rafsanjani wanted by prosecutor in Argentina
nuclear
BBC: US demands UN sanctions on Iran
hadi khorsandi
Video clips
-- Ten-years too long
-- Iranians ignoring Iranians
Jahanshah Javid
this sunday
Ebrahim Nabavi standup comedy in Santa Clara, northern Cali
art for life
Guardian: Delara Darabi is awaiting execution but that hasn't stopped her staging exhibit to protest
Flicker: I am Delara Darabi...
too much
Video: What Americans know about the world
business as usual
BBC: Iran to start 2nd nuclear centrifuge in days-agency
ban barbarity
Amnesty International (Spain): 185,000 (so far) sign anti-stoning petition
jewish ahmadinejad
NY Times: New Voice on Right in Israeli Cabinet Is Likely to Be Loud
Guardian: In charge of "strategic threats", particularly Iran
no, it doesn't
CBC TV: Iran needs nuclear weapons as a deterrent: Interview with Hossein Derakhshan
quiz
Last stand
green money
CS Monitor: 'Saving the earth' can mean big bucks
toon
Saman
* Iran producing nuclear electricity
Mazloom
* New moon: Khomeini
Faramarz
* First crack of new moon
Hajiagha
* Eating MORE during Ramazan
* Children of infamous IRI in Canada
* Gandkaari
iranians of the day
* Pantea Karimi: Latest art (5 pix)
* Vida Ghahremani: "A Thousand Years of Good Prayers" (3 pix)
* Moshe Katsav: President of Israel
* Nejad: Multi-instrumentalist
* Saeideh Mohajer: Actor/writer
* Zinat: Lots to smile about
hidden iran
New York Review of Books: Defiant Iran
-- Christopher de Bellaigue
war games
BBC: Iran condemns US exercises in Persian Gulf
Reuters: Iran warns Muslims about U.S., Israeli "plots"
anyway
* Houshang Kous Mashang: Kababi
* Video: Bathroom antics
* My cat repairs cars
* Russian call girls ASAP
* Google on Pamela Anderson
* Video: Turkish bank commercial
* Tree of Happiness
quiz
I couldn't resist
nuclear watchdog barks
Washinjgton Post: IAEA Head: Iran Close To Enriching Uranium
roosari vs. toosari
CS Monitor: British official: Veil row may spur violence
twins
Aref-Adib.com: Iranian and Ameircan sheriffs
bring on the democrats
Washinjgton Post: Poll Finds Votes Motivated by War Pessimism, Dissatisfation Republicans
borat the great
YouTube: The first 4 minutes of his movie
moma
Video clips from visit to New York Museum of Modern Art
-- Fire art
-- Combing hair
-- Gold cube
Jahanshah Javid
showoman
Googoosh in Big Apple: New York concert (9 pix)
-- Alireza Tarighian
quiz
Ghatreh ghatreh...
chaching
BBC: Former Iraqi minister says officials in former interim government stole $800 million
you missed a spot
jTurn: Pictures of Iranian censorship
toons
Aliwood
* Don't Move
Unknown
* Ahmadinejad's loyal sister
Mahmoud
* Cheh konam?
Mazloom
* Muslim women confronting feminism
Hajiagha
* Corrupt western youth
* If the Islamic Republic falls
* Long live Islamic Republic!
* Beware of corrupt western culture
sad afarin
AP: Diplomats: Iran expanding enrichment
AP: Ahmadinejad: Iran's nuke capability up
i hope he's using rubber
BBC: Ahmadinejad backs larger families
shargh clone
Reuters: Iran shuts down new daily for resembling banned paper
miracle
Macleans: How can Canada bring Saeed Mortazavi to trial?
go obama
Washington Post: Obama Says He'll Consider A 2008 Bid for U.S. Presidency
bon voyage
New Yorker: The C.I.A.’s Travel Agent
doom & gloom
Reuters: Nuclear "carrot and stick" approach doomed: Iran
ooooops
BBC: Senior US state department official has said that the US has shown "arrogance and stupidity" in Iraq
quiz
Gold, for god's sake
hairy topic
Washington Post
* Farzaneh Milani: Coverings Uncovered
* Asra Q. Nomani: Clothes Aren't the Issue
* Yvonne Ridley: How I Came to Love the Veil
motormouth
YouTude: Going ovber the bridge
-- Jahanshah Javid
i feel much better now
Reuters: Israel has no intention of attacking Iran: Peres
beware
Washington Post: An Inevitable October Surprise
no shame in being civilized
Meydaan.com: Lawyers demand permanent ban on stoning
ex-home
Wikimapia: Braim, Abadan
one madman after another
Flash: Imperial history of the Middle East
quiz
Fee... sabilellah
beekhiyaale elections
AFP: Iran struggles to stir interest in municipal elections
woohoo
Washington Post: Democrats set to lead the U.S. House for first time in 12 years
left out
BBC: Iran 'should stop student bans'
absurd carnival
Guardian Audio: Ahmadinejad pokes fun at Zionist lobby
here & there
"Lan Kwai Fong" festival: Hong Kong: (14 pix)
quiz
Mega Maydoon
qelyoon
Guardian: Hubble-bubble brings toil and trouble in Iran smoking purge
merd
BBC: Muslim staff in Paris airport fired because of "security risk"
queen must wear hijab, soon
CS Monitor: Britain now "Al Qaeda's #1 target"
poozeto beband, please
BBC: Iran warns of revenge over Israel
heritage
BBC video: Iran is home to the largest number of Jews in the Middle East, outside Israel
dank u
Human Rights Watch: Asylum Rights Granted to Lesbian and Gay Iranians in Netherlands
quiz
Mega Maydoon
stone throwers beware
CS Monitor: Israel may have used new "Dense Inert Metal Explosives" in Gaza
beshkan beshkaneh
Afsar Shahidi: Sixteen tracks from the 70s
allah o akbar
Radio Zamaneh: "Rostam & Sohrab" opera performed in Dubai
emam zamam copyright infringement
CS Monitor: Scientists take step toward invisibility
noise fest
Short film: "Bars and Keys" by Azi Farni
mission accomplished miserably
BBC: Baghdad security plan 'failing'
BBC: Ar least 42 killed in Iraq bomb blasts
nucelar
AFP: European powers finalizing Iran sanctions draft
nut
AFP: Ahmadinejad lashes out at Israel again
anyway
* Video: Cybersex gone wrong
* Video: Barber uses fire instead of scissors
* Video: Yorkshire Airlines
* Screwing 1,200 employees?
* Audio: Tequila! Tequila!
habeas corpus
Informed Comment: Year One of the Empire
-- Juan Cole
saturday
Leila Farjami: Poetry reading in Berkeley
unacceptable
BBC: Almost a third of people worldwide say some torture is acceptable to fight terrorism
toons
Mazloom
* Ahmadinejad's nuclear policy
* Preparing to vote for... idiots
* Education under Ahmadinjead
Hajiagha
* For all my critics
* Population: USA and Iraq
* 550,000 murdered in Iraq
* If you give women freedom
* Sex after divorcing husband
* Prostitution to make ends meet
* Sexual liberals menace to society
* Leaving Iran for sex
* Practice Western life before emigrating
* Repenting and returning to Iran
* Rich men abusing young girls
* Nateq-Nouri's son in Vancouver
* Don't emigrate, you'll be sorry
* USA-UK legacy in Iraq
fundamental rights: iran
Human Rights Watch: Iran Intelligence Ministry Behind Campaign to Punish Political Beliefs, Activism
fundamental rights: usa
MSNBC: The death of habeas corpus
Washington Post: Terror and Cause and Effect
intimidation
AFP: Iran must be intimidated, says Israeli leader
in denial
AP: Iran warns against U.N. nuke sanctions
broke my heart
Video: Heart wrenching video clip recorded by animal rights activisits in Iran showing the killing of a stray dog
quiz
Talking head
nuclear heat
AFP: Iran issues stark warning over sanctions moves
Reuters: U.N. sanctions on Iran to exempt Russia project
donkey speed
Guardian: Iran bans fast internet to cut west's influence
smoke n music
Video: "Dood" by 2a
crude junkie
Washington Post: An Oil Habit America Cannot Break
reservoir blogs
Soul Bean Cafe: The Therapist, a dialogue
-- Peyvand Khorsandi
batwoman
BBC: Camila Batmanghelidjh's gift of giving
jahannam
ZDnet: Islamists find Apple cube offensive
slam dunk
BBC: U.S. opens Iran basketball inquiry
ghaart art
Aref-Adib: The Flying Steamroller by the Artist Chris Burden
jaa soosi
CS Monitor: British universities to be asked to 'spy' on Muslim students
iranians of the day
* Sara Rahbar: Queens art show all about Iran
* Mostafa and Mohammad Reza Evezpoor: Language rights
* Hossein Behroozinia: Heart and soul for music
* Fruzan Seifi: Los Angeles actor
* Shahram Astarabadi: Looking for Behrooz Behnejad
(yawn)
Reuters: EU set to back limited Iran sanctions
something good
AFP: Iran bans smoking in public places
dialogue of civilizations
Washington Post: Iraq's Shiite militias and armed Sunni men battle openly
keep it in your pants
BBC: Israeli politicians go on trial
az hendiya yaad begirin
CS Monitor: New player in global investing: India Inc.
bizarre predicament
AP: Russia demands U.S. lift sanctions
anyway
* Video: Mocking news
* Video: If James Bond wore a bra
* Video: Impersonating Emel Sayin
* Video: Cute security team
* Velaayate jahaani :o)
quiz
Hidden city
rice spice
Reuters: Rice urges tough action on N.Korea, warns Iran
look in the mirror
BBC: Ahmadinejad says Bush 'inspired by Satan'
job opening
Radio Farda: Tehran's police chief resigns
telling the truth
Radio Zamaneh: Interview with Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk
brave or stupid?
BBC: Pope to visit Turkey despite row
oy vey
BBC: Israeli police say there is evidence to charge President Katsav with rape
murder republic
Washington Post: Dozens of Iraqis killed in sectarian reprisals
toons
Saman
* Immaculate conception
Mazloom
* Reza-zadeh's powerful lift
* UN chief Ban Ki-Moon and...
Faramarz
* Too late to avoid sanctions?
Hajiagha
* Media brain washing Iranians
* Canada taxes everything
what a stink...
BBC: Fresh claims fuel US e-mail row
leaving home
AFP: Iran's last Zoroastrians worried by youth exodus
not impressed
US to allow "limited" Airbus parts sale to Iran
-- IRNA
-- BBC Persian
big loss
BBC Persian: Satirist & poet Emran Salahi has died
iranian intergalactic music festival
* Holland: October 22
* IranianMusicFestivals.com
khaak too saretoon... cowards
Guardian: Iran's female racing champion barred from defending title
bridge too far?
NIAC: Iran’s French offer - can it bridge the political divide?
-- Bahram Rajaee
sanctions
NY Times: Iran’s Proposal to End Nuclear Standoff Is Rejected by the West
Guardian: UK to seek incremental sanctions against Tehran
CS Monitor: Can Rice rally Middle East against Iran?
facts vs fabrication
Washington Post: British Find No Evidence Of Arms Traffic From Iran
women
YouTube: Iranians chatting at a cafe in Amsterdam about women
-- Jahanshah Javid
play
YouTube: Suitcase: A play in San Francisco (1) (2)
-- Jahanshah Javid
democracy
YouTube: Akbar Ganji in New York (July hunger strike)
-- Jahanshah Javid
sanctions threat, again
BBC: Key powers seek Iran sanctions
Guardian: US steps up sanctions pressure on Iran
quiz
Going in circles
tooling with the taliban
CS Monitor: US Senate leader says war in Afghanistan can't be won militarily
double trouble
BBC: North Korea and Iran deliver double blow to nuclear detente
iranians of the day
* Braveheart Gym Fighters: Tehran (9 pix)
* Saeid & Behnam: In 1973 and 2005
* Mastaneh Nazarian: Guitarist and composer
* Mitra Rahbar: Singer/songwriter
* Kourosh: Pesare golam
* Nicole Jamali: California Medical Association
berkeley, thursday
Iran-U.S. relations: Houshang Amirahmadi lecture in Berkeley
pope, islam, violence
BBC: Turkish plane seized in hijacking in an apparent protest against the Pope
french connection
BBC: Iran pushes France nuclear deal
AFP: France rejects Iranian nuclear proposal
war or terror, or the homeless?
Reuters: Homeless MKO woman charged in N.Y. terror case
cool kish
AP: Iran island defies nation's conservatism
party on
YouTube: Party in Tehran
anyway
* Shashi Secretary General
* Video: Orca dives on kayak
* Video: Sleeping friend & firecrackers
* Exercise or die
* Video: Saab cars at auto show
sasanians in paris
BBC Persian: Glory of a forgotten empire
-- Shahrokh Golestan
quiz
Tileh baazi
toons
Mazloom
* 2nd sheep cloned in Iran
Towfiq
* Pope's aopology to Muslims
Tabrizi
* I'm a Muslim your a Jew
Mahmoud
* Khatami: Nishe baaz, zaboone deraaz
* Cartoonist Mahmoud embarrassed by Mahmoud
Hajiagha
* I hate Canada more than IRI
* Women's freedom in Iran and Canada
* Strange Western cultural habits
one of the funniest films -- ever
Trailer: Jackass 2
nuclear
AFP: Iran says no suspension offer in EU talks
quiz
Ending in Z
bay area art
* Call for art
* tekaan.org
yours truly
BBC Persian: Interview with Iranian.com publisher
-- Omid Memarian
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