Updates August 2006 >>> Updates archive >>> Current month   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 *