Updates January 2006 >>> Updates archive >>> This month petition Defending children of Iran's striking bus drivers pious bastards BBC: Arab ministers condemn cartoons khaarej az dastoor Radio Farda: Setaadhaaye hoghooghe bashar -- Siavash Ardalan nuked BBC: UN confirms Iran uranium enrichment move isolation Reuters: Iran threatens to halt nuclear spot checks iren: movie star * Today * Yesterday NaderDavoodi.com iranians of the day * Comron: My baby boy (5 pix) * Enayat, Zahra and Salma: No Papa Moishe report card: A+ Science and Arts Foundation (SAF) provides information technology to those who can't afford it. See 2005 report (pdf) nice diversion IranFootballCenter.com R-rated diversion Sineh Zani in Sweden all over the news Front page: BBC website, Jan 31, 2006 badbakht... BBC: Iran row hits Belgian spy chief security council BBC: Iran warns West over nuclear row BBC: Key powers agree to report Iran to the UN Security Council Washington Post: U.N. to Hear Iran Nuclear Case Washington Post: Poll: Most Americans Back Sanctions BBC: Iran move prompts oil price rise nuke debate BBC: Iranian blogs debate nuclear row hate crime, perhaps Iranian-American family target of vandalism in San Jose, California (12 pix) toons Mahmoud * Symphony No 8: Snoring * Young wife, old husband * Putting old husband to sleep Wolak * Chirac: French idiot * Ahvaz bombs: Death to Britain! * Fat Sheikh muslim sense of humor? hah! BBC: Danes face growing Muslim storm quiz Copy cat 33 fans Orkut: iranian.com fan club hajj CS Monitor: Secular Muslim professor chronicles Hajj pilgrimage and finds tears, joy, crowds – and more questions bush miyad keh... Reuters: Bush to say he wants Iranians to have greater freedom strike Radio Farda: Tehran bus drivers will take Friday off to protest dozens of arrests hadaf, 1960s Photos: Hadaf Elementry School in Tehran (9 pix) no chance BBC: 'No progress' from EU-Iran talks fashion for charity Shabnam Malik: London fashion show (6 pix) anyway * Video: Maadar Jaan ... that's not a phone * Iran's light water reactor * Video: Sand fantasy * The information age * Do you see the frog? fascism vs. super fascism Rooz: Abdolkarim Soroush on Mesbah Yazdi & fascism last chance Reuters: Iran makes proposals before UN powers meet BBC: EU set to hold urgent talks with Iran to try to resolve nuclear stand-off ebrahim nabavi BBC Persian: British spies who's listening? BBC: Stark warning over climate change... Greenhouse gas emissions are rising at an "unsustainable" rate and the Greenland ice cap is at risk, scientists say quiz Man in the mirror no news, no problem Iranian media forced to keep silent on Tehran bus strike... state of the union CS Monitor: Why Bush may avoid fiery words on Iran the meek shall go to prison Bus drivers demand freedom for their leaders * BBC Persian * Radio Farda holocaust schmolocaust Mehr: Indifference on anniversary of the Big Lie AFP: Iran invites Blair to Holocaust conference Reuters: Merkel says Iran threatens democratic world things to consider Guardian: Iran warns of missile strike Guardian: Iran crisis 'could drive oil over $90' bus strike Hundreds of striking Tehran bus drivers arrested * BBC Persian * Deutsche Welle * Radio Farda hossein derakhshan NY Times: Democracy's Double Standard derakhshan in israel * Photo: Hossein Derakhshan in Tel Aviv * Derakhsan's blog * A Muslim Iranian visits Tel Aviv: Big deal or not? to tame tehran ... strategy for reducing the Iranian menace to international security must include the development of an alliance with those inside Iran who also see the dangers of the regime's adventurism Abbas Milani & Michael McFaul, Washington Post nukes AP: Iran and Russia Expand Uranium Plan BBC: Straw pursues Iran conciliation strategy: f Washington Post: Hamas victory suggests failure of Bush administration's strategy zarathushti games :o) zathletics.com 18 fans + myself Orkut: Reader in Canada launchs iranian.com fan club quiz Fists meet bullets playing house, for real Amir-Hossein (6) and Haniyeh (4) engaged -- BK nukes Asia Times: Iran's challenge to the UN -- Kaveh L Afrasiabi no deal? BBC: Russia plan 'not enough' for Iran Reuters: Iran cooler on Russian nuclear proposal BBC: US increases pressure on Tehran soozesh CS Monitor: Surprise Hamas win shatters status quo CS Monitor: Is democracy boosting Islamists? humor The Onion: Iran's Holocaust Conference dead serious BBC: Annan condemns Holocaust denial hottie of the day Leyla Milani: Model, actress & entrepreneur toons Mazloom * Saddam & Rajavi: Evidence Wolak * Imam Ali: Traffic light give the man credit BBC: Bill Gates gives $600m more to stop TB giant non-issue IHT: Iran's nukes are a non-issue -- William Pfaff persian studies National Persian Flagship Program at the University of Maryland invites applications offer that can't be refused BBC: Bush backs Russian plan for Iran AP: U.N. Nuke Chief Hails Russian Offer democracy's a bitch BBC: Hamas sweeps to election victory interesting Telegraph: Origins of Great War of 2007 - and how it could have been prevented -- Niall Ferguson anyway * Video: Deer Hunter * Welcome to Islamic Republic of Iran Airlines * Unclear energy is our obviouse right * Swallowing the sun pictory Nida-yi Haqq: Headlines from a religious snewspaper in 1952 (10 pix) democracy BBC: Palestinian chief Ahmed Qurei announces his resignation, amid strong signs Hamas has won the election maa inim Farmanieh sports complex Farmanieh.com -- Nader Jahanfard let's make a deal Reuters: China backs plan to have Iran's uranium enriched in Russia BBC: China backs Iran compromise plan AFP: US seeks to defuse India-Iran row quiz Sad story toons Wolak * Ahmadinejad: Khare Morad Mazloom * Atomic Kabab * Bird Flu: Turkey Mahmoud * Camera is innocent take a deep breath Reza Aslan on Daily Show with Jon Stewart talking about nuclear crisis * Photos * Video anyway * Aliabad * Bread & punishment here & there * First time: Seeing Dariush in concert (5 pix) bbc blocked, too BBC Persian: Iran filtering web sites. Why? google goozid BBC: Google move 'black day' for China BBC: Google censors itself for China pressure works BBC: Iran eyes Russia nuclear proposal AP: Iran Welcomes Russian Nuclear Offer anyway * Video: Time to see the eye doctor * Family photo at the beach * New airbag * Dumb dog * One drink? No problem peyvand khorsandi My uncle was a devout Muslim but gave up religion after he discovered rock music. He changed his name from Mustafa Soleiman to Cat Stevens. khuzestan BBC: Iran accuses UK of Ahvaz bombing link khaarej az dastoor Radio Farda: Conference khabari Ahmadinejad -- Siavash Ardalan democracy Washington Post: The Realities of Exporting Democracy quiz Tourist Burger bbc blocked, too BBC: Iran blocks BBC Persian website toon Wolak * Kuwait's advice to Prince Charles misconception Asia Times: The Iran-Israel misconception -- Kaveh L Afrasiabi first women BBC Persian: Ozra Dejam's directory of more than 200 Iranian female pioneers us-israel v. iran Guardian: Bush commits US to defence of Israel in face of Iran threat terrorism BBC: Eight killed in Ahvaz bomb attacks anyway * Video: The kissing seal * Video: Sleepy Smiley * Video: Surprise! * Video: Coolest pool kid quiz Yummy yummy yummy three fans + my daughter Orkut: Reader in Canada launchs iranian.com fan club partners in crime BBC: Europe 'knew about' CIA flights learn from kuwait BBC: Kuwait emir 'agrees to abdicate' let me count the ways CS Monitor: Why US doesn't trust Iran on nukes will deserve oscar for best film Brokeback Mountain cirque de nuit Short film by Majeed Beenteha * Official site * Video clip taste your own medicine BBC: Campaign to seize US judge's home interesting CS Monitor: Indian immigrants fight over "true" history of India in California textbooks 2 decades in afghanistan Photographer REZA to deliver speech at National Geographic DC headquarters learn from turkey BBC: Turkish court drops a case against renowned writer quiz Shomal, somewhere nuclear persepolis Washington Post: In Iran, Power Written in Stone ebrahim nabavi BBC Persian: Nesvaane Alam gheyrat namaaeed! nukes Financial Times * Iran warns against UN referral * Interview with Ali Larijani toons Wolak * Ahmadinejad in the dark * Samad Agha Ahmadinejad che ghalataa BBC: Kuwait cabinet moves against emir iranians of the day * Mojtaba Samienejad: Taking exam in chains * Homa A. Garemani: "Fortress of the Golden Dragon" * Mogjan Azari & Omid Amidi-Mazaheri: Drilling teeth umteenth hint AP: Israeli defense minister hints at military action to stop Iran BBC: Israel warns Iran on nuclear work quiz Tower of power toons Mahmoud * Malaagheye Atomi * Sing for me, or else... Mazloom * Dinosaurs scared in Tehran * Majles-e Maalidan bigger than the bomb Martin Walker, UPI Editor: Far more profoundly punishing Iranian blow to American interests than the atom bomb: Persian Gulf oil & gas mercantile exchange torture? what torture CNN: US military jury deliberates in suffocated Iraqi case nuclear technology :o) Aref-Adib.com: Sharp missiles family fued Economist: Israel v Iran easy does it? Reuters: Softer Iran draft needed to win over Russia: diplomat good luck AFP: "Etemad Melli" Iranian reformist newspaper launched global reaction BBC: Iran nuclear crisis nemifahmand Enameh: Baraaye Malek Abbassi so what's your point? Fars News: Amanpour from "prominent Bahai family" toons B Orz * Ahmadinejad in line with laws of physics Mullah Ali * Everyone agrees, including the maymoon Mazloom * Google, Googoosh & Googooz Wolak * Iran & Syria: Complete harmony * Kooleposhti, hammali style make money, not war BBC: Confusion over Iran 'assets move' Reuters: US business urges no unilateral Iran sanctions foozooli moghoof BBC: Google defies US over search data BBC: Google data request fuels fears Washington Post: Google Refuses Demand for Search Information nucelar march AFP: IAEA chief holding off Iran report until March take the money and run BBC: Iran 'moves assets out of Europe' Reuters: Iran shifting foreign assets to Asia who do you love? Photo: I love my Amu anyway * Good Bush, Bad Bush * Jesus: Whassuup! * Meet the Fuckers * Jesus is coming... * What causes heterosexuality? * PNO TUNA dametoon garm * Visit: ABFiran.org * Sisters Unveil Human Rights Database of Iranian Victims quiz Not a secret nuclear reactor here & there Parseh... wondering Tehran under snow and more (18 pix) -- Nima Sheikhy iranians of the day * Parvin Ardalan: Iranian Feminist Tribune * Sanaz Amirpour: Miss Universe Canada 2006 finalist suicidal AFP: Ahmadinejad meets radical Palestinian chiefs in Syria oil cut AFP: Iran seeks 1 million bpd OPEC quota cut ebrahim nabavi Forward: The Satirist's Guide To the Iranian Nuclear Crisis he's back BBC: 'Bin Laden' audio tape broadcast iranians of the day * Banafsheh Akhlaghi: Civil liberties lawyer on CNN (9 pix) * Fazollah Damavandi: Legacy, strength and love quiz Khariyat my lumps Video: Breast self-exam toons Faramarz * Comedy reunion: Ciccio & Franco in Damascus Mazloom * Star Trek: The Backward Generation * Sheep dreaming shirin ebadi LA Times: Defusing Iran With Democracy no winners Guardian: The west has picked a fight with Iran that it cannot win here we go Reuters: German spies see Iran 3-4 yrs from A-bomb: source nuclear advance Analysis with Guive Mirfendereski, Kenneth Pollack & Mark Hibbs Boston's NPR affiliate WBUR sanctions AP: Hillary Clinton Calls for Sanctions Against Iran choonezani<