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bald is beautiful
Farah Ravon: Shaved head for children
beetarbiyati
Video: Jim Carrey in Persian
spring cleaning
LA Times: In Iran, spring brings out fashion police
ghalat kardi... you're outta here
BBC: I will not resign, says Wolfowitz
interesting
Guardian: Inside the struggle for Iran
such a tease
BBC: Rice 'not ruling out Iran talks'
so lucky she's not in iran
Video: Leila Vaziri of the United States set a world swimming record
quiz
Shiaologist
ha ha
BBC: Olmert criticised for "hastily" taking Israel to war in Lebanon
jerks
Washington Post: Sexual Threats Stifle Some Female Bloggers
playing with our fate
AP: EU, U.S. agree on Iran, Russia disputes
turkish democracy
BBC: Turkish poll crisis goes to court
israeli democracy
BBC: Vanunu convicted for TALKING
mad dogs
BBC: Iran's fashion police target ties
AP: Women bear brunt of Tehran's crackdown
i couldn't care less
BBC: Iran to attend key Iraq meeting
facing death
Amnesty Intenrnational: Delara Darabi's death penalty confirmed
baalaatar az khabar :o)
BBC Persian: Saale "Etehaade Melli"
-- Siavash Ardalan
nice job
ParsArts.com
harfe hesaab
BBC: Solana urges US to talk to Iran
harfe moft
AFP: Missiles could stall Iran nuclear programme: Olmert
dickheads
Washington Post: U.S. Foreign Aid Chief resigns over prostitution service
Washington Post: World Bank panel finds Wolfowitz ethics breach
scream & shout
Video: Woman refuses to be taken away by police during "bad hejab" crackdown
satrapi on screen
Video: Trailer for feature animation based on Marjane Satrapi's "Persepolis"
shirin dreams
CommonDreams: Shirin Ebadi Calls for Nuclear Referendum
bloody hell
Video: Doctor says "ghammeh-zani" bloodletting is good for you
100 rahmat beh heyvoon
BBC: Crackdown in Iran over dress codes
quiz
Justice can't wait
survivors
CS Monitor: In Ahmadinejad's Iran, Jews still find a space
except in iran. baarikalaa.
Guardian: World execution numbers fall
merci gheyrat :o)
HRW: Iran: National Security Laws Used to Jail Women’s Rights Activists
merci gheyrat :o)
Letter from an angry soldier
toons
Amirali
* Insane McCain
quiz
In other words
united? shookhee nakon
BBC: Iran-EU talks near 'united' view
moftkhori asoon neest
AFP: Top cleric Nategh Nouri warns Iran on economy, disunity
don't get in a cage with a lion
Video: Man attacked by lion in Iran
damn sivand
AFP: Iran dam unleashes torrent of controversy
ganji
Abbot Award for fight for parliamentary democracy in Iran
loser :o)
The Onion: McCain To Send Self Back To Vietnamese POW Camp To Revitalize Campaign
khol mashang
Video: Bush dances at White House event
can you repeat that?
AFP: EU and Iran to continue nuclear meetings after reporting PROGRESS
watch & learn
Bill Moyers/PBS: Buying the war: the media in the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq
bomber ads
John McCain ads on iranian.com are generated automatically by Google, which rotates various ads, including anti-Bush ones. -- jj
take a break
* Nuclear power and second wife
* Goozcyclopedia
* Video: Canine Erectile Dysfunction? Use Bonerol.
* Video: Rise and fall of women
zoor vs. zan
BBC Persian: Two more women activists sentenced to prison
begoo mashalla
BBC: Iranian athletes invited to USA
quiz
Yuk
talks
BBC: Iran and EU seek to break impasse
super
BBC: New 'super-Earth' found in space
hmm
AP: Powers consider Iran nuclear proposal
filmemoon kardan
WIRED: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran
treated like cattle
BBC: Anger at Iran dress restrictions
AFP: Criticism mounts over Iran headscarf crackdown
CS Monitor: More Saudi women work, but limits remain strict
iranians of the day
* Bebin TV: Staff photo
* Ladan Pazhouhandeh: Business Council for Peace
* Parya Etebari: Chance to Smile
* Firouzeh Forouzmand: Last Vegas culture & business
* Fariborz Koshetekal: Back seat
* Nicholas Guilak: Hollywood
* Cyrus, Darya Pishevar: Norooz 2007
more sanctions
NY Times: Europe Approves More Sanctions Against Iran
loss in space
Homayoun Seraji: NASA scientist
damaagh
Mail on Sunday: Iran: A nation of nose jobs, not nuclear war
music library
sorud.com
shappi shines
Video: Shappi Khorsandi at the 2007 Melbourne International Comedy Festival
still pissed
Guardian: Britain to rethink relations with Iran
BBC: UK Navy resumes Persian Gulf ship missions
quiz
Ghorboonam bereen
amen
BBC: Turkey 'must have secular leader'
hope
Video: Global Moms will be a series of documentaries for TV and educational outreach
shock and awe
BBC: Nine US troops die in new Iraq attack
AP: Car bombs near Iranian Embassy
sanctions
BBC: EU agrees Iran nuclear sanctions
don't bomb bomb iran
Video: CODEPINK response to John McCain's "Bomb, Bomb Iran"
turkey talks
AFP: Iran, EU nuclear talks set for Turkey
BBC: EU ministers to weigh Iran moves
anyway
* Be nice to America, or else!
* Video: Vagina/Penis power
* How to tell if your car has a good air conditioner
* Video: Spoon smack
dastforooshi
LA Times: A generation of street kids hustling in Iran
quiz
String theory
nice story, for once
Boston Globe: Amid tensions, US, Iran both give lift to Afghanistan city
kurdistan
Washington Post: Kurds Cultivating Their Own Bonds With U.S.
yaghoub yadali
Payvand: Award-winning writer jailed
back to square one
AFP: Iran says UN has no right to stop enrichment plans
whatever you say
AP: Olmert: Iran can be stopped peacefully
talking
BBC: EU and Iran to hold nuclear talks
billions
Reuters: Iran signs major gas deal with Austria's OMV
toons
Kasraie
* McCain: Christian Crusader?
Mahmoud
* Hasan Shojaie: Naamehresaan
* Golpa: Del Kharaab, Mohebat
* Pouran: Molaa Mamad Jaan
Hajiagha
* Stuck between Islamic and Western corruption
* Canadian women afraid of having relations with men
* Northamericans hung up on sex & murder
* Gay Western soldiers flock to Afghanistan
unfuckingbelievable
BBC: Baghdad wall around Sunni enclave
BBC: Sunni leader attacks Baghdad wall
he denies wrongdoing
Reuters: Iranian-American nuclear worker took software to Iran: FBI
dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
Guardian: Q: What to do about Iran, Senator McCain? A: As the Beach Boys said: bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb
Arizona Daily Star: McCain's Iran humor a dud
new
MiddlEasterner.com
-- Edited by Mahin Bahrami
women, teachers, students...
Amnesty: Arrests of peaceful demonstrators and activists continue
prison for women
Meydaan: Activists Fariba Davoodi and Sussan Tahmasebi sentenced to prison
ha ha
AP: Group launches ad against McCain's joke
quiz
Ghaalee Kermoon
iranians of the day
* Maryam Abbasi Haghayegh: Pray for grandma
* Taraneh Razavi: Google doctor
* Shabnam Rezaei: With Abbas Kiarostami
* Darren Shahlavi: Persian in "300"
* Ramin (Ray) Doustdar: TeamDating.Com
not so fast
AFP: Iran needs several years to produce nuclear fuel: official
marteekeh olaagh
NIAC deplores McCain's comments turning US-Iran war into a joking matter
real funny jackass
CNN: McCain jokes about bombing Iran
heritage flooding fear
BBC: Iran dam opens amid heritage fear
tehran american school reunion
Washington Post: From Iran to These Reunited States
anyway
* Video: What men are REALLY thinking
* Video: People who annoy you
* Shelang Takhteh: "Iranian Karate"
* Video: Verdi dulce?
* What's wrong with this koloocheh?
thank you george
LA Times: Iraq returns to its Persian heritage
nukes
Washington Post: Iran Bomb-Making Ability Is Far Off, IAEA Says
here's an idea
CS Monitor: Giant carbon vacuums could cool Earth
and?
BBC: Iran nuclear operations confirmed
towards...?
AP: Gates: diplomacy with Iran progressing
hell breaking loose
BBC: More than 170 dead in Iraq blasts
quiz
Reza get real!
teach this
BBC Persian: More teachers arrested as school walks outs continue
iranians of the day
* Shokoufeh Kavani: Parsipur novel
* Piran Aliabadi: Best radiologist
* Sam and Sohrob Aman: Southern California
toons
Baghali
* Pasargad next year
Mahmoud
* Ahmadinejad's twin in Los Angeles
Hajiagha
* Sexual freedom
* Traditional vs. intellectual women
* U.S. wants to give democracy to Iraq
huh?
NY Times: U.S. Says Iranian Arms Seized in Afghanistan
good news
We for Change: Detained women's rights activists released
definition of junk
Radio Zamaneh: What's wrong with Iranian satellite TV stations?
linguistic retreat
CS Monitor: British shed 'war on terror' language
something to look forward to
* Video: Mohsen Makhmalbaf's "Scream of the Ants"
quiz
Iranian BMW
hypocrisy
* Video: The difference between Nuclear weapons
musical answer to 300
* Video: "Persia" by Shain and Sepehr
soot soot!
AFP: Iran to clamp down on 'women dressed like models'
you gotta be kidding
AP: Israeli accused of spying for Iran
vekaalat
Petition: Power of attorney to stop Sivand Dam
CyrusNews: Group sues government in last minute effort to prevent Sivand Dam flooding
quiz
Hands and fingers
beesharafaa
BBC: Group cleared over Iran political murders
soltan-e ghalbha
* Video: Final scene from classic 1968 movie with Fardin
anyway
* Shir o Khorsheed tatoo
* Video: Cow humps farmer
* www. haj khalifeh ali rahbar .com
* Video: Iraqi monkey fights back
* Video: Clueless newsman
* Video: Conflict resolution
* Baba Mahmood jon bikhial sho
grand illusions
NY Times: Iran Says It Wants Bidders for 2 More Nuclear Plants
NY Times: Rivals Also Want Nuclear Power
never ending good news
BBC: The struggle for Iraq
al-awesome
NY Times: Latest Al Jazeera news on YouTube
man to watch
Washinton Post: For Iran's Javad Zarif, a Curtain Call Behind the Scenes
quiz
Super Shirazi
the rules are whatever i tell you
BBC: Evolving rules on who is allowed to have nuclear power
roosari=toosari
BBC: Power of the headscarf
tashrif daashteh baasheen
AP: Radio Farda reporter held in Iran
Radio Farda: Allow Nazy Azima to leave Iran
immediately
HRW: Iran should release detained teachers
zoor
Washington Post: U.S. decides against freeing 5 Iranians abducted in Iraq
young director of the day
Video: Spongebob Hasan
persians vs. lesbos
Video: "South Park" parody of "300"
british-iranian history 101
Video: Comedian Rory Bermner explains
damn right
Guardian: What led towards crisis over Iran?
193,590-dollar eekbeeree
NY Times: Turmoil Grows for World Bank Chief Wolfowitz
heeh
1. go to google
2. click on "maps"
3. click on "get directions"
4. type "New York" in the left box
5. type "London" in the right box
6. click "Get Directions"
7. scroll down to step #23
-- Ramin Tabib
yekam jaayezeh bebar
BBC: Shirin Ebadi memoir up for BBC prize
sex pays
BBC: Wolfowitz apologises over girlfriend's pay row
goose bumps
Video: "Reza Motori"
iranians of the day
* Nima Salmanian: Iranian-Japanese
* Freema Agyeman: Dr. Who
* Gizella Varga Sinai: Painter
* Kevan Shokat: Chemist who thinks like a biologist
* Tony F.: My Leica
quiz
Aroos rafteh...
el-calm down
BBC: Iran enrichment 'in early stages'
deleshoon khosheh
AP: Lawmakers urged not to visit Iran
show and tell
BBC: Iran envoy repeats US abuse claim
empty attractions
Guardian: Tehran sees tourists snub Persian treasures
death valley
NY Times: Life in Iraq Worsening, Red Cross Says
kee invitet kard?
AFP: US lawmaker ready to visit Iran after Syria trip
ouch
BBC: Iranian envoy wounds 'confirmed'
hostage crisis
AFP: US rules out freeing Iranians held in Iraq
Reuters: Iran may miss Iraq meet due to detainees: report
and pigs fly
BBC: US says Iran arming Sunni groups
worse than "300"
SavePasargad.com: Ahmadinejad to commence Sivand Dam flooding next week, endangering ancient sites
beautiful
Photos: Iranians in Toronto
-- Nader Davoodi
ugly
BBC: Explosions rock Algerian capital
sanctions schmanctions
Guardian: Sanctions are not working
educators
BBC Persian: Dozens of teachers and activists arrested in Hamadan
quiz
The menu
toons
2500BC
* Sea border security
* Godless movement
* Leave your animal at home
* Bad hejab disease
* Polution solution
* Women only buses
* Free UK female sailor, if...
* Snakes: No sex
take a break
* Video: India's Starbucks
* Video: Anyone missing a tire?
* Vanity license plates:
- PEYKAN 1
- GOOZG
- DIDAR
toons
Kowsar
* Ahmadinejad in Mossadegh's shoe
* Security Council, Mossadegh & Ahmadinejad
it aint over
BBC: Iran film 'to tell sailors' tale'
mikonos anniversary
NY Times: The End of the Dispensable Iranian
-- Roya Hakakian
chest beating
Yas Ft Amin song in reply to "300": "Hoviate Man"
show me
BBC: Russian doubts over Iran nuclear claims
take the money and run
NY Times: Halliburton Says It’s Done in Iran
i remember well
* Mehdi Azaryazdi: Ghesseh Haaye Khoub Baraaye Bacheh Haaye Khoub (3 pix)
* Azaryazdi.com
quiz
Free speech, if you dare
teymourian
FootballMedia.net: Ando: I am real proud to be Iranian!
pricelsss persian
Video: Andranik Teymourian Bolton's hero of the day
Guardian: Priceless Persian puts Bolton firmly back on road to Europe
iranian giver of the day
* Rami "Sam" Yelda: $4 million donation to Chicago hospital
iranian comedians of the day
* Shari Vasseghi, Max Amini, Hossein Nosar, and my sister Vida Ghaffari: Mind of Mencia (2 pix)
kachal for a good cause
Farah Ravon: Look who's going to shave her head?
kerm rizi
BBC: Iran 'enters new nuclear phase'
toons
Saman
* Women and eye sight
* Women unplugged
don't mess with us
Washington Post: Iranian American Community Offended by Film's Take on Ancient Battle
what's it like to go on holiday there?
Guardian: The real face of Iran
let them go, you creeps
Release Women’s Rights Activists Mahboubeh Hossein Zadeh and Nahid Keshavarz
* Human rights Watch
* Human Rights First
quiz
Alaf
chomsky
Nation: How to Stop a Showdown With Iran
ahmadinejad: komisiyooneh maa faraamoosh nasheh
Guardian: Anger as UK sailors sell stories to highest bidders
who do you believe?
BBC: US denies Iranian torture claim
ghaayem mooshak
AP: Iran searching for missing ex-FBI agent
khejaalat daareh, aghayoon
We for Change: 1000 activists demand release of Nahid Keshavarz and Mahboubeh Hossein-zadeh
quiz
Sange paa
they're not british; it's gonna be a long wait
Reuters: Iran waiting to see U.S.-held Iranians in Iraq
i say ahmadinejad should be knighted by the queen
BBC: Iran seeks goodwill over captives
BBC: UK navy captives: Key quotes
i (ghalb) new york
Video: Nader Davoodi's heartfelt photo essay of New York.
toons
Saman
* Bush refuses to withdraw
* Reza Pahlavi: Credibility
st. paul
New Yorker: The next crusade: Paul Wolfowitz at the World Bank
thank you masta
AP: U.S. may give Iran access to 5 detainees
soozeshe shadid
Charles Krauthammer: Britain's Humiliation -- and Europe's
old news
CS Monitor: Secret US support for terror attacks against Iran?
dahaneshoon serviseh
NY Times: Questions Arise About UK Sailors' Actions in Iran
clarification
Official response to AP story
IRANICA is entirely independent; Dr. Yarshater has had no affiliation with Bahai faith as an adult
shame shame shame
BWNS: Bahai schoolchildren in Iran increasingly harassed
quiz
King's festival
another go
AP: Talks on Iran's nuclear program resume
price of being nice :o)
Washington Post: Tehran likely to pay long-term price for detainting UK sailors
it's hell
Herlandmag: Women's rights activists sent to Evin's criminal wing
alllllllllah o akbar
BBC: Indonesia Playboy editor cleared of publishing indecent material
we'll miss you!
BBC: Released navy crew return to UK
muslim fashion in ameirca
NY Times: We, Myself and I
quiz
Come back soon!
for british sailors :o)
Video: "Wild World" remix by Shahin & Sepehr
vacation over
Washington Post: Iran to Release Captive Britons, End Tensions
BBC: Iran releases British sailors
ya hossein
Washington Post: Obama Raises $25M for Presidential Campaign
toons
Saman
* Good to be British in Iran
* Paying with British sailors
* FBI agent missing in Iran
Mahmoud
* My favorite dictator, Reza Shah
2500 BC
* Atomic Ballet
* People pay for provocations
* Killing people for their ideas
* Expensive tomatoes
mission impossible
Washington Post: Man Missing in Iran Worked for FBI
trading favors
BBC: Iran 'access' to Iranians detained by US forces in Iraq
hosselamo sar bordeen
BBC: Dispute enters diplomatic phase
BBC: UK sees promise in Iran contacts
i'm so sick, help me :o)
Reuters: New Mexico approves medical use of marijuana
hossein-zadeh & keshavarz
News: Iranian women's human rights defenders once again targeted and arrested
anyway
* Number 1 rule in Iranian hospitality
* Kabab thief
* Video: Kicking dad's ass
* No diaper? No problem.
* Video: Church moments
* Getting nude to save trees
rosie to the rescue
Video: "The View" TV show on detained British sailors
aghle kol
People: Taraneh Javanbakht is all knowing
first amendment award
Video: Iranian-born Sibel Edmonds
not quite
Salon: Iran's new hostage crisis
-- Juan Cole
whatever
BBC: Iran talks critical, says Blair
BBC: Iran hopeful over UK navy talks
conicidence?
BBC: Iranian diplomat kidnapped in Iraq has been freed
not now
BBC: Channel 4 may pull drama over Iran fears
counter-observation
Comparison: Who is uncivilized? Funny you should ask!
quiz
Khaaliband
toons
Hajiagha
* Jewish Iranians conspiring against Iran
* Canadian woman want money, not love
* Vancouver's drug addicts
* If Americans overthrow IRI
observation
Comparison: Who is uncivilized?
dear president
Music video: "127" band making fun of Ahmadinejad
fight o.c.p.m.s. (old crappy persian music syndrome)
Video: Fun promotion of upcoming U.S. concerts and new CD by the Abjeez
the show must go on... for a few more days
AP: Iran appears dug in for lengthy standoff
BBC: 'Many Iranians feel proud' in standoff
clean, minimalist design
* Kat Nouri's modern-twist.com
* Daily Candy: Let’s Twist
it's not an april fools joke
NY Times: California Seeks to Ban Investment in Iran
aareh jooneh ammat
AFP: Israel PM denies plotting with US against Iran
obsession
Guardian: To say Iran has become an obsession for Israeli leaders is an understatement
hmmm
Washington Post: Suspicious Fire Destroys N.Y. Synagogue
duh
Washington Post: Lives of Palestinian Refugees From Iraq Reflect Six Decades of Dispossession
surge in murder & mayhem
BBC: Civilian deaths up despite security crackdown in Baghdad
quiz
Ro$es
stop shouting. i'm watching football
BBC: Protests at UK embassy in Tehran
bending over
Reuters: UK in direct communication with Iran on sailors
he's got a point
Guardian: The treatment of UK sailors is wrong - but not in the same league as British and US abuses
ahhhh
Guardian: Ahmadinejad demands apology despite words of 'regret' from Beckett
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