Updates December 2005 >>> Updates archive >>> This month human rights AFP: Shirin Ebadi protests Iran human rights violations syria cracks BBC * Hariri 'threatened by Syria head' * Profile: Abdul Halim Khaddam * Syrian MPs demand exile's trial * Defiant as accusations mount marhabaa Spielberg's "Munich" iran internet BBC Persian: Technical problems cause major Internet connection problems in Iran bye bye 2005 * Video: Year in review on Conan O'brien Show quiz Chelo Kabab: The complete experience unbelievable BBC: US investigates Bush spying leak spying all over the place Washington Post: Covert CIA Program Withstands New Furor anyway * Video: Hyperactive sweat glands nukes AP: Russia's Nuclear Chief to Travel to Iran Reuters: Iran says still wants to enrich uranium at home toons Mahmoud * Persian Peshgel on LA tv (1) * Persian Peshgel on LA tv (2) Reza 007 * Aliens to test Ahmadinejad's glowing brain problem Washington Post: PCs left vulnerable to spyware and viruses as Microsoft scrambles to come up with fix bus drivers BBC Persian: All but one detained bus drivers union members released Radio Farda: Bus Union leader Mansour Osanlou still in detention for real? Guardian: She has revived the art of talking - can Rice make a change? no kidding CS Monitor: Image problems hamper US on goals abroad gas BBC: Iran committed to India gas deal nukes * Reuters: Iran, Russia to discuss uranium enrichment: diplomat * AFP: Israel army chief rules out early strike on Iran anyway Video: Santa's crib radioactive muslims Washington Post: Officials defend secret radiation testing of more than 100 Muslim sites in Washington quiz Alo? best of 2005 TIME: Best photos of the year democracy Manifeste pour l’Iran de demain (French doc) -- Keyvan Aryamanesh anyway Video: I bought it on eBay nukes Reuters: Iran sounds positive note on Russian atomic plan quiz Original sin poor thing BBC Persian: Controversy over the killing of a bear in Tabriz sharp shooters * AFP: US sanctions nine firms for Iran arms-related deals * BBC: China, India and Austria criticise the US for imposing sanctions * BBC Persian: Austria puzzled by sanctions on gun maker don't mess with bus drivers BBC Persian: What Tehran's bus drivers are demanding and what they have been promised anyway * Video: Does this goal count? * Video: This goal DOES count * Video: O'Dweeds: Pot without THC * Video: Miscommuncation: What you wanted for Christmas * Video: Chronicles of Narnia rap song * English songs for Emam Zaman * Male enhancement drug bust inTehran * Bam victims pose a question to God * Never ever tell a woman cooking is her job excellent BBC: India, Iran discuss gas pipeline blast from the past BBC: UK Queen Mum 1975 Concorde trip to Iran blocked chaaghi BBC: Iranians tackle rise in obesity chinese CS Monitor: Armed with the spoils of an economic boom, millions of Chinese are traveling abroad for the first time crackdown on honest living Guardian: New UK crackdown on prostitution tv BBC: Star Trek is 'most missed' series the english harem UK: ITV drama about an Iranian restaurant owner who has 2 wives and adds an English one mortad ApostatesOfIslam.com putin Reuters: Democracy and Iran tension to test Russia's G8 lead poor guy Scotsman: Iranian music fan Kaveh Salehi rocked as Edinburgh evicts him and destroys memorabilia after the rain Beautiful Tehran: 3 pix -- Pullniro hometown Abadan update (10 pix) -- Abadani Guy quiz How much? why indeed CS Monitor: Why European women are turning to Islam may i help you? Washington Post: Phone call centers half a world away bring young Indians new wealth, new lifestyles toons Mazloom * King Mullah * What the Iranian delegation saw in New York * Dolatate Omid: What do you call hope? * Send Jews to Alaska & Iranian exiles to LA Wolak * Khayyam's latest rubaiyat Mahmoud * Iranian Santa Kazem * 2005: What a year! * Chop tree for Santa saba tv AFP: Karrubi protests shutdown of satellite TV BBC Persian: Satellite TV shuts down before launch BBC Persian: Interview with producer Afkhami over? BBC Persian: "Bus strike ends" as Tehran Mayor Qalibaf promises change ILNA: Member of parliament: Strike? What strike?! quiz Siah Zangi zan AvayeZan.org bus strike Hundreds of Tehran bus drivers go on strike; talks end without resolution * Mehr News * BBC Persian dear santa Is it too late to ask for a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30? nukes AFP: Iran rejects Russian nuclear offer jerusalem BBC: Israel reconsiders decision to prevent Palestinians in East Jerusalem voting in next month's election bad movies CS Monitor: No happy ending in '05 for Hollywood, as ticket sales drop again christmas with friends Safa-in-LA: Photos from Christmas Eve dinner at a cabin in Big Bear, California woof woof woof Video: Dogs jingle all the way kurdish human rights RMMK.org heritage ISNA: Delay Sivand Dam flooding by four years, historical preservation group in Iran says winter Thanks to Ali for the winter snowman logo :o) quiz I'm so not special merry christmas Dog in snowy Tehran -- Parviz delneshin I so enjoyed Hossainzadeh's "Bekhaatere yek joft sibil" time takes its toll Enameh: Karaneh araam bus strike Radio Free Europe: Tehran Arrests 14 Pro-Union Bus Drivers Radio Farda: Strike called after arrest of Tehran public bus union leaders Iran-Emrooz: Writers union condemns bus union leaders arrest radioactive muslims Washington Post: U.S. Monitored Muslim Sites Across Nation for Radiation radioactive jesus Harper's: Joseph and Mary's Christmas dinner noch AP: Moscow Offers to Move Iranian Uraniam Enrichment quiz Kafsh 40 years in iran Louise Laylin Firouz: Steppe back in time bahais Amnesty: Inquiry needed in the death of Bahai prisoner of conscience BBC Persian: U.S. condemns Bahai persection VOA: US Condemns Persecution of Iranian Religious Captive transexuals PGLO: A number of transexuals murdered in Tehran tough talk Boston Globe: Behind Iran's hard-line on Israel -- Karim Sadjadpour and Ray Takeyh quiz What's your sign? rahbar... mesbah yazdi! BBC Persian: Major push & shove a year ahead of crucial Experts Assembly elections nukes Reuters: Showdown over Iran atom drive looms despite new talks fiction New Yorker: The word cartoon Iraq * Bush with Santa Saddam Nuts * Ahmadinejad: Merry Christmas christmas gift Googoosh: Pre-1979 (13 pix) crap BBC: South Korea cloning research was fake ey bihaya BBC: Bin Laden niece in glamour shots there is hope MarkaziTV.com ho ho ho BBC: Bush suffers Patriot Act defeat Washington Post: Patriot Act Extension Is Reduced to a Month mardi baa abaaye shokolaati :o) KhatamiOnline.com: Mohammad Khatami from useless president to blogger m. azarm Poet Nemat Mirzazadeh lecture in London (16 pix) turkish free speech BBC: A writer has been fined 3,000 lira under a law against insulting Turkish identity impeachment Lawmakers unsatisfied with explanations over C-130 crash * Radio Farda * BBC Persian * ISNA: Official investigation ba'aaaleh AFP: Iran Expects Birth of Cloned Sheep in Feb. president bloomberg New York's Mayor Bloomberg could be the next (and first Jewish) U.S. president >>> BBC Profile gay times 13th issue of MAHA magazine for gay and lesbian Iranians happy birthday azizam Nastaran Safdarian MD: Beautiful girlfriend (2 pix) iranians of the day * Hana Makhmalbaf: Filmmaker * E Roon E: Vanity license plate in Los Angeles * Mitra and Nick Lore: Merry Christmas... messed up Washington Post: U.S. Department of Homeland Security is a story of bureaucratic warfare and unfulfilled promises outburst Guardian: NY Times reporter feels Kofi Annan's wrath santa exceeds speed limit Thanks to Shima Ziaie for the beautiful Christmas logo... although Santa seems to be driving a little too fast :o) quiz Dirty work nukes AFP: EU and Iran agree to further talks in January AFP: US backs European diplomacy on Iran anyway Video: Beat this Christmas light show saddam out, god in, people screwed CS Monitor: Iraqi vote points to Islamist path he will name names Washington Post: Abramoff Reportedly Negotiating a Deal in Which He Would Plead Guilty, Testify fiction New Yorker: The word cartoon Iraq * Bush with Santa Saddam Nuts * Ahmadinejad: Merry Christmas christmas gift Googoosh: Pre-1979 (13 pix) crap BBC: South Korea cloning research was fake ey bihaya BBC: Bin Laden niece in glamour shots there is hope MarkaziTV.com ho ho ho BBC: Bush suffers Patriot Act defeat Washington Post: Patriot Act Extension Is Reduced to a Month mardi baa abaaye shokolaati :o) KhatamiOnline.com: Mohammad Khatami from useless president to blogger m. azarm Poet Nemat Mirzazadeh lecture in London (16 pix) turkish free speech BBC: A writer has been fined 3,000 lira under a law against insulting Turkish identity impeachment Lawmakers unsatisfied with explanations over C-130 crash * Radio Farda * BBC Persian * ISNA: Official investigation ba'aaaleh AFP: Iran Expects Birth of Cloned Sheep in Feb. president bloomberg New York's Mayor Bloomberg could be the next (and first Jewish) U.S. president >>> BBC Profile gay times 13th issue of MAHA magazine for gay and lesbian Iranians happy birthday azizam Nastaran Safdarian MD: Beautiful girlfriend (2 pix) iranians of the day * Hana Makhmalbaf: Filmmaker * E Roon E: Vanity license plate in Los Angeles * Mitra and Nick Lore: Merry Christmas... messed up Washington Post: U.S. Department of Homeland Security is a story of bureaucratic warfare and unfulfilled promises outburst Guardian: NY Times reporter feels Kofi Annan's wrath santa exceeds speed limit Thanks to Shima Ziaie for the beautiful Christmas logo... although Santa seems to be driving a little too fast :o) quiz Dirty work nukes AFP: EU and Iran agree to further talks in January AFP: US backs European diplomacy on Iran anyway Video: Beat this Christmas light show saddam out, god in, people screwed CS Monitor: Iraqi vote points to Islamist path he will name names Washington Post: Abramoff Reportedly Negotiating a Deal in Which He Would Plead Guilty, Testify cartoons Saman * Ahmadinejad ruins Islamic Republic's image * He's just our president * Mrs Ahmadinejad Reza 007 * Noorafkan: Ahmadinejad Unknown * The stupid, the bad, and the ugly Kohansal * Autumn's end : Joojeh aakhare Paaeez new iranian.com motto You're the prophet; I'm the scribe :o) nukes BBC: Iran and EU resume nuclear talks Reuters: Iran holds tough line as EU nuclear talks resume editorial LA Times: Iran's president is a menace student activist Abdollah Momeni sentenced to five years in prison * BBC Persian * Radio Farda lee lee lee... BBC: Elton John 'wedding' takes place satellite tv BBC Persian: Iran government bans companies from buying advertising time on satellite TV stations jerusalem BBC: Israel says Palestinians in Jerusalem cannot vote spying Washington Post: U.S. Judge Quits Secret Court In Protest Over Spying emam ahmadinejad CS Monitor: Waiting for the rapture in Iran second c-130 Mehr: Military plane makes emergency landing, days after deadly C-130 crash globalization CS Monitor: Now I can watch my TV anywhere on Earth thank god BBC: Victors hail US evolution ruling AP: 'Intelligent Design' cannot be taught in public schools quiz Armed struggle nukes AP: Iran, EU to meet on resuming nuclear dialogue the news you don't hear komalah.org watch closely IAPAC: Goli Ameri Nominated by Bush as U.S. Rep to 60th Session of UN General Assembly cooking AshpazOnline.com cartoon Radmehrian * Ahmadinejad sends Sharon to hospital -- in his dream persian ninja Anyway: Wrong Iranian guy to rob kurds Radio Farda: Kurdish activists in Saqqez ordered back to court quiz Stamp of popularity life sucks Radio Farda: What is it like to be a Bahai actor in Iran. Interview with Shabnam Tolouie iranians of the day * Zarbang: Leading percussionists * Ghazaleh and Javad Khodabakhsh: Mom & dad * Watermelon boy: Yalda * Hassan Alizadeh: Happy Yalda (2 pix) * Ali: My boyfriend (4 pix) * Parvin Ghaffari: Visually impaired leader martikeh olaagh BBC: Schwarzenegger hits back at his Austrian home town for criticism against his support for the death penalty life is good BBC: Chocolate may cut heart disease nollywood CS Monitor: Africans, camera, action: 'Nollywood' catches world's eye stuff When "You're Beautiful" came on the radio I thought it was Melissa Etheridge singing. I just saw James Blunt on MTV. mad science CS Monitor: South Korea faces blow to stem-cell prowess cartoons Mahmoud * Anzhaame vazheefeh: Waiting for the liberation of Palestine Reza 007 * Bad Santa: Ahmadinejad shame Reuters: Iranian Bahai dies after 10 years in prison BWNS: Wrongly imprisoned Bahai dies in Iranian jail BWNS: UN calls on Iran to stop persecution of Bahais bad taste Iran president bans Western music * BBC * AP * BBC Persian c-130 ISNA: Iran lawmakers hear testimony of co-pilot on tragic military plane crash anyway * Video: Bad beach boy * Video: A video message from your pals * How the East was won * The many meanings of P-M-S * Video: Let me watch * Video: God... guys are such idiots going home BBC: Saddam-era figures freed in Iraq uk iranians gooya.co.uk quiz Men on a mission nukes Guardian: Arab states show concern at Iran's nuclear plans middle east CS Monitor: Vote strengthens hand of militant Hamas Washington Post: Steps Toward Democracy sharon BBC: Israel's Ariel Sharon hospitalized, suffering minor stroke bolivia CS Monitor: Morales looks past election day cartoon Wolak * Ahmadinejad & Sharon: Alaska Mahmoud * Kiss & kill holocaust Reuters: Iran tells West to be tolerant of Holocaust views AFP: Holocaust denial is 'scientific debate', Iran says nukes AFP: Iran cannot be trusted with nuclear technology: Rice lone cowboy Washington Post: Bush Pushes Limits Of Wartime Powers he'll go free CS Monitor: Free speech on trial in Turkey fundamental questions CS Monitor: Terror case tests reach of federal power i sure did BBC: Bush admits he authorised spying Washington Post: Bush Says He Approved NSA Eavesdropping rumi Turning Ecstatic: December 17 is Rumi's "Wedding Day," the day he met his Beloved and lifted the final veil, or the day of his death in 1273 holocaust AFP: Germany to ask UN to censure Iran over president's Israel remarks quiz Kish mate ahmadinejad will make sure of it AP: Iran Could Be Sanctioned for Riling Israel iran & israel Enameh: Az shookhi gozashteh rock n roll BBC Persian : A chat with O-hum band members about their new album "Aloodeh" google + aol BBC: Google shares have hit record highs on reports it could take a stake in Time Warner's internet unit, AOL. referendum Radio Farda: Mohammad Maleki on movement to demand a democratic referendum that's him BBC Persian: Montazeri confirms Interior Minister's role in mass executions immigration NIAC: U.S. legislation will have significant impact on Iranian-Americans iranians of the day * Naseem, Shabnam and Maryam Eslami: Tennis sisters * Azita Sahebjam: Pars National Ballet * Ali Fatourechi: Genetic Denim * Hamid Shirvani: University president * Hooman Sharifi: Modern dance * Artin Azizi: My son is 1 * Babak: My dream man * Suheil Bushrui: With Prince Charles * Persia DeCarlo: Porn star toons Iraj * Saddam & Bush: Iraqi elections Wolak * Adolf Ahmadinejad (2) Kazem * Children, war, hunger... just checking BBC: Bush spying claim causes US storm NY Times : Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts CS Monitor: Bush allowed spying on Americans in US after 9/11 BBC: America's most powerful spy agency quiz King Kong howard stern Yahoo clips: Street party for Stern's as he says goodbye to old-fashioned radio and hello to satellite quake The ground shook for a few seconds below my couch near San Francisco... no injuries here :o) fascinating IranGraffiti.blogspot.com: Iranian Graffiti & Urban Art Report nukes Reuters: Most Israelis oppose strike against Iran: poll AFP: Iran vows "destructive" response to any Israeli attack anyway Gifts from domestic and foreign dignitaries to the Iranian president -- "Chocolate bowl" from foreign minister of Bagladesh -- "Stone and pearl image" from China's Minister of Atomic Energy -- "Camel statuette " from Governor of Daylam -- "Carriage statuette " from Foreign Minister of Georgia anonymity MSNBC: Let’s see some ID, please ideas BBC Persian: Conversation with Abbas Milani prison diaries Radio Farda * Latest on Akbar Ganji * Latest from Rajaie Shahr prison (1) (2) (3) reaction AP: Arab States Quiet Over Ahmadinejad Remarks Reuters: EU to condemn Iran leader on Israel, warn on nukes early christmas gift Washington Post: Bush Accepts Torture Ban BBC: White House backs torture ban law anyway * New nose in no time: Dr. Mehdi Ahmadi * Video: New from IKEA: Adjustable men * Video: Crocodile being a crocodile * Video: Plasma TV bad for men's health holocaust AP: EU summit to address Ahmadinejad comments oh great BBC: Hamas chief vows to support Iran no myth Human Rights Watch: Iran Interior & Intelligence Ministers implicated in serious abuses [Persian report] american basketball players in tehran CS Monitor: On the parquet, 'Great Satan' plays for 'Axis of Evil' quiz Zero to ayatollah CampaignIran.org Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) toons Wolak * Adolf Ahmadinejad Faramarz * Moving Israel to Europe, the old-fashioned way Namak Doun * Rahbar and his Antar Eyeranian * Bush complete victory in Iraq Kazem * Cycle of life in a straight line damet joosh Yek donya mamnoon to Shima Ziaie for the yummy yalda logo must see Syriana ablah BBC: Holocaust comments spark outrage Guardian: Ahmadinejad has become a disturbing figure BBC: Iran's Ahmadinejad says Holocaust a myth come see behrouz Berkeley: An evening with Behrouz Vossoughi quiz Hollywood double helping emam zaman's bowl movements ISNA: Jamkaran Mosque sewer project gets under way emperor in trouble Washington Post: Bush Urges Continued 'Patience' on Iraq BBC: US president admits Iraq invasion was based on faulty intelligence, but says it was still ri