Updates September 2006 >>> Updates archive >>> Current month   bachebaaz congressman Washington Post: Republican congressman who resigned following discovery of sex messages he sent to teenage boys, built career as protector of children quiz Eski baaaaaaa' ISNA: Second cloned sheep born in Iran -- Photo muhammad's sword Information Clearing House: Pope Benedict XVI in the service of George W. Bush -- Uri Avner 1970s comedy Video: Tehran weather report on "Shabakeye Sefr" toons Wolak * Home-made tyre helps Iran Air beat U.S. sanctions Hajiagha * Western culture of cursing * Iranian feminist demands * Running around and getting nowhere * Pretend you're crazy to get government assistance * If prophet Mohammad was alive * Honestly, is this Islam? * I will not take money to do caroons * Some emigrants give Iranian culture a bad name Mazloom * 2nd Iranian astronaut returns to earth damaaghesho! BBC: Growing trend of Iranian males seeking plastic surgery khaarej az dastoor :o) Radio Farda: Akhlaagh va taghvaa -- Siavash Ardalan puhleeeez Qoranic Screenplay Festival dream, dream big Watch: Video library of Anoosheh Ansari in space BBC: The first female space tourist lands in northern Kazakhstan quiz In the middle of concrete jungle savage bastards Amnesty Int: Iran: Seven Women Risk Death by Stoning hmm BBC: Iran mulled nuclear bomb in 1988 khar khareh, cheh mosalmoon cheh masihi ReligionAndSpirituality: God's love is a nuclear bomb set back 10 years. at least. CNN: Oliver Stone: 'I'm ashamed for my country' oakland, october 6 Benefit: Join us in celebrating Golden Thread's successes half a trillion and counting Washington Post: Unanimously approved, U.S. Senate bill now totals $448 billion for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan he's back American Prospect: Iran-Contra man Manucher Ghorbanifar appears to have opened a new channel to Washington internet censorship Reporters Without Borders: Iran: Independent news website closed, blog platform briefly blocked wrong wrong wrong move Washington Post: U.S. Military Trials Bill Omits Many Common Rights ACLU: Senate Passes Dangerous Bush Military Commissions Bill sanctions AP: U.S. House approves sanctions on entities that provide goods or services for Iran's weapons programs anyway * Video: Shaking hands & anal sex: Ayatollah Sistani * Divaaneh ravaani * Video: TV gaffes * Video: Piercing gone wild * Video: Cats & dogs get along, why not us? * Oink oink kiss * Khafantarin films quiz Boogh boogh good film Trailer: "13 and a Half" at Vancouver International Film Festival deal bee deal AP: Ahmadinejad says no to enrichment halt BBC: No nuclear deal at EU-Iran talks khaarej az dastoor :o) Radio Farda: Bush-Ahmadinejad debate -- Siavash Ardalan shift in policy Guardian: Let's bolster this subterranean shift in US foreign policy while we can iran sanctions in u.s. congress NIAC: Should the US extend sanctions and fund Iranian opposition groups? fingers crossed AFP: 'Final chance' Iran-EU nuclear talks to continue on Thursday BBC: EU and Iran go into nuclear talks hamino kam daashteem CS Monitor: More US Hispanics drawn to Islam chutzpah CS Monitor: Israeli Arabs claim bias in postwar aid toons Faramarz * Iran agrees to suspend enrichment Hajiagha * Bush's message of friendship to Iranian people * Women defenders of freedom abroad * Caught between democratic Canada and Islamic Iran Mazloom * Ahmadinejad gets a promotion * Ahmadinejad, the teacher * 2nd Iranian astronaut (4) shahrak gharb Video: High-rise view from west Terhan -- Bahram 9821 quiz Super servatmand she'r dar ghorbat VOA TV: Interview with poet Leila Farjami no blood for oil Aref-Adib: Hands off Iran "atmosphere of understanding" AFP: Crunch Iran-EU nuclear talks to start in Berlin at least bush hasn't tortured members of congress (yet) Washington Post: Iranian Ex-Lawmaker Alleges Torture achtung akbar BBC: Germany opens Islam summit iraq war fuels terror Washington Post: Terror Report Draws Sobering Conclusions they're back! CS Monitor: Taliban showing 'surprising tenacity' after annan CS Monitor: A look at the candidates in the race to be the next UN chief comedians BBC 4: From Tehran with Laughter -- Amir Amirani take a break Video: Fereydoun Farrokhzad sings "Ania" for his German wife mighty mouse The Economist: The extraordinary revival of the Islamic Republic iranians of the day * Samira Naeemi: Persian Princes on Persian Carpet * Cymin Samawatie: Jazz singer * Farzaneh and Peyman: Wedding in Stockholm (2 pix) * Nazgol: Lady of my dreams * Taban Saljooghi: My niece in Tehran good luck BBC: Russia, Iran agree Bushehr nuclear power station launch date yo mama Doomdam.com: Aghaaye Raeesjomhoor! Maadaret ro... quiz Dreamy town alien look aref-adib.com: Anousheh Ansari & Sigourney Weaver in the film "Alien" jihadist christians Video: Trailer for "Jesus Camp" NY Times: Children's Boot Camp for the Culture Wars save kobra Photos: Nazanin Afshin-Jam at save Kobra campaign (17 pix) Amnesty Int: Iran: Imminent execution: Kobra Rahmanpour award-winners * Pendar.net: Literary mag * Istgah.com: E-commerce men of honor Washington Post: Rumsfeld's Resignation Urged by Retired Officers please DontAttackIran.org bill beats fox Video: Bill Clinton Sets The Record Straight On Terrorism, Smacks Down Fox News most deserving SF Chronicle: Shirin Neshat has won the 2006 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize former mp, current torture Human Rights Watch: Iran: Former MP Ali Akbar Mousavi Khoini Tortured to ‘Repent’ for His Criticisms the man with the bloody t-shirt Amnesty Int: Fear for Ahmad Batebi's safety/ medical concern/ incommunicado detention anyway * Ahmadinjead & boy... Call the police! * Ali Waxi * GOOZIDI California * Video: Messing with a bull will mess you up * Video: Italian ice cream commercial * Qom restaurant/w.c. despite jealous men CNN: Iranian women applaud space tourist Anoosheh Ansari pope & islam VOA tv: Interview with Sorbonne Prof Ramin Kamran allah o... eva bala :o) al-fatiha.org: Dedicated to Muslims who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex... no deadline Reuters: Solana, Iran have weeks to agree on nuclear talks: France nuclear middle east BBC: Egypt and Turkey hope to build nuclear power plants no beating around the bush Washington Post: U.S. Intelligence Analysts Say Iraq War Spread Terrorism too zerang for americans Washington Post: For Iran, a Policy of Patience -- Fareed Zakaria foreign fathers, iranian kids Reuters: Iran offers citizenship to children of foreign men day dreaming Shahrnush Parsipur will win a Nobel prize in literature one day. quiz Boy to man too much kabob ISNA: Iranian weightlifting team banned from world competition for use of illegal substances by 9 out of 11 lifters mojahedin National Post: Canadian teens recruited in plot to overthrow Iranian government talk of sanctions AFP: US sanctions push to shadow new round of Iran nuclear talks thanks to islam Human Rights Watch: Iran Leads the World in Juvenile Executions realists have won? TomPaine: We're Not Going To Iran -- Robert Dreyfuss remember on mehregan SavePasargad.com: Preserve our ancient treasures daily misery BBC: Violence sweeps Iraq on Ramadan dead or alive BBC: Probe into 'Bin Laden death' leak quiz How can this be true? sanctions AFP: Major powers weigh sanctions against Iran's nuclear, missile sectors stone-age diplomacy Guardian: US threatened to bomb Pakistan Washington Post: Bush 'Taken Aback' by Musharraf Comment cartoon Soul Bean café: Ahmadinejad makes a point -- Peyvand Khorsandi our pussycat dolls NaderDavoodi.com: Orkideh Ensemble nuclear nut Washington Post: Iran Open To a Break In Nuclear Program plain nuts Washington Post: Jewish rabbi calls for extermination of all Palestinian males bombing iran is not the answer Reuters: Iran is our biggest concern, Israelis say in poll survivors BBC: Iran's proud but discreet Jews how do you say asshole in arabic? BBC: Hezbollah head at 'victory' rally oppression pure & simple Documentary on U.S. media coverage of the Middle East crisis: Peace, Propaganda & The Promised Land quiz Wine & dine toons Faramarz * U.N. stink * Ahmadinejad and Bush at the U.N. Mazloom * 2nd Iranian astronaut (3) Hajiagha * If you want "freedom", leave Iran * Bogus Canadian immigration agencies * Returning to Iran, fooled by Canada mahmoud loves jews :o) BBC: Ahmadinejad 'not anti-Semite' sad rahmat beh saddam! BBC: Iraq torture 'worse after Saddam' hezbollah NY Times: Ahmadinejad Challenges U.N. on Hezbollah anyway * Loving reaction to the pope (Cheghad shomaahaa mooooooooshin) * Video: Lifeguard bathroom break baa namak dar eteraaz beh tohine pop beh eslam, moosighiye pop beh moosighiye gol mohammadi tagh'eer kard. -- BK akbar ganji Washington Post: Letter to America clinton joon AP: Bill Clinton: U.S. should talk to Iran khaak bar sar NY Times : Ahmadinejad Relishes 2nd Chance to Make Waves Washington Post: Iranian Leader Defends Controversial Stands chavez does stand-up comedy YouTube: Venezuelan President calls Bush the devil meaningless deadlines Washington Post: Early October New Deadline for Iran quiz Radioactive soooot soooot! Radio Farda: Islamic swimsuits in Turkey -- Mahdiyeh Javid nuclear confusion BBC: Wide concern about Iran but no demand for action BBC: World poll favours Iran diplomacy nuclear poker Guardian: Iran has called the west's bluff on the nuclear standoff shrugging off death of democracy Washington Post: Bush's Response to Coup 'Mild' CS Monitor: Thai coup uproots a thin democracy turkishness BBC: Top novelist acquitted in Turkey joojeh mubarak NY Times: Mubarak’s Son Proposes Nuclear Program rock on Bamahang: Meera music video: "Friendship" gadget of the day GPS maps for Iran smartest guy in america CNN: Ted Turner: Iraq war among history's 'dumbest' shopping trip cancelled :o) AFP: US denies visa to Iranian journalists blah blah blah YouTube: Ahmadinejad's UN speech quiz Dozen Dojin of course BBC: Israel 'trains Iraqi Kurd forces' who's the sex goddess? The Onion: I Fucked My Way Into This Mess, And I'll Fuck My Way Out religion vs religion Comedy Central -- Jon Stewart: Papa Don't Preach -- Colbert Report: Pope should not to back down iranians of the day * Anousheh Ansari: Cover girl in Spain * Abbas Lisani: Ardebil Prison * Roshan Houshmand: 21st Century American Women Artists * Daria: Beautiful Iranian-Japanese-French * Mary Parvin: Gertrude Stein of News * Ellie Drake: Preaching the American Dream * Amir Koushkani: Tar & setar composer not so sure CS Monitor: Bush's new diplomatic approach on Iran plan b AFP: Allies lead a wary US into new negotiations with Iran daylight robbery BBC: Israelis seize Palestinian funds economic decline CS Monitor: New home construction falls, talk of 'recession' ensues misunderstood BBC: John Simpson on how the West has misunderstood Iran loosing appetite for war? Washington Post: U.S. Policy on Iran Evolves ah mad inejad BBC: Iran president berates US and UK MSNBC: Ahmadinejad interview with Brian Williams jesus george Washington Post: Bush Appeals Directly to Muslims in U.N. Speech quiz False identity space music Deep Dish: Theme song for Anousheh Ansari in space Blog: AnoushehAnsari.com bush bable AFP: Bush accuses Iran of backing terror, nuclear arms BBC: Bush defends US Mid-East policies mahmoud in new york AFP: Bush and Ahmadinejad to make rival cases in nuclear dispute at UN excellent BBC: Iran's women graduates reject traditional social roles anyway * Babol Bar & Grill * Ahmadinejad: Behind your back * "Mona Lisa" repainted so that it won't offend Muslims * Video: Perfect example of independent front suspension * Video: Ball-breaker game * Video: Stay off the pole * Expiration mexpiration * Jumbo Jetski * Play: Show your parking skills * Video: Car of the future * X-rated monkey * Most popular man in prison nuclear AFP: EU's Solana to hold pivotal talks with Iran on nuclear crisis AFP: Iran rejects accelerated UN talks on its nuclear program french fries Washington Post: On Eve of UN Meeting France's Chirac Not in Favor of Iran Sanctions Reuters: Rice says U.S. will pursue sanctions against Iran toons Faramarz * Zidane: Angry reaction to Pope remarks Mazloom * 2nd Iranian astronaut (2) Hajiagha * The gates of civilization * Imam Reza and clerics fool believers * L.A. Jews sue Khatami * Canadian troops must leave Afghanistan * Life is not easy in Canada * Westernized mom & sex pope & poop Boston Globe: Bad words, worse reaction Chicago Tribune: All is not lost. Yet. Chicago Tribune: When do we get to offend in peace? canada faults bush, too NY Times: Canadians Fault U.S. for Its Role in Torture Case dream come true Anousheh Ansari blasts into space * Video: CNN profile * Video: BBC blastoff * BBC news * PRNewswire toons Mazloom * 2nd Iranian astronaut * Donkey & pony show Hajiagha * Ahmadinejad in the land of the Great Satan * Iranian women trick Candian immigration judges * Like a dog & chasing dollars like a dog in Canada * Better be in Iran than emigrating to Canada Wolak * Khatami & dialogue of civilizations insider PBS/NOW: Iranian Journalist Provides Insider's View from Tehran ayatollah tolerance BBC: Pope comment 'linked to crusade' Khamenei says clash of religions CS Monitor: Pope's Islam comments hit 'civilization clash' fault line what if... TIME: What Would War With Iran Look Like? bah bah BBC: Chirac urges no sanctions on Iran khaarej az dastoor :o) Radio Farda: Economic corruption -- Siavash Ardalan quiz Back marks women's arena Meydaan.com iran & iranians BBC Radio 4: Sir John Tusa on Uncovering Iran losers Washinton Post: Israelis Lose Faith in New Generation Of Leaders nuclear AFP: Allies muted as US wages financial offensive on Iran AFP: Germany calls for an international uranium enrichment centre Reuters: China asserts Iran's right to civilian nuclear use toons Faramarz * Iraqi prime minister in Tehran * Ahmadinejad in Havana jesus loves you (unless you're a muslim) BBC: Pope 'sorry' for offence to Islam Washington Post: Muslims Decry Pope's Speech oil rich, petrol poor AFP: Petrol-hungry Iran still eyeing rationing toons Mazloom * Iran's nuclear plans on hold Hajiagha * Ideal Iranian & Western women * Looking for terrorists in Afghanistan * Life in Canada * Bin Laden's 9/11 party passport chip Washington Post: Beware the ID Chip in Your Passport quiz Too many :o) pope poops on islam & secularism BBC: Muslim anger grows at Pope speech NY Times: Pope Assails Secularism, Adding Note on Jihad nuclear Reuters: France confirms Iran said it may suspend enrichment payaam Washington Post: Bush's Message to Iran i'll vote for him Video: Ardabili for president sunday in san jose Abbas Milani: Where is the United States’ “Iran foreign policy” headed? iranians of the day * Kaylie Reese Wu: Chinese-Iranian * Safa Rashtchy: Media analyst on PBS (2 pix) * Kourosh Hangafarin: Running for Mayor of Imepriak Beach * Reza Najfar: Flutist & composer story of our lives San Francisco Chronicle: 'Suitcase' examines shades of immigrants' dislocation Darvag: 'Suitcase' info & showtimes outrageous and dishonest BBC: US Iran report branded dishonest Washington Post: U.N. Nuclear Inspectors Dispute Panel's Report on Iran Reuters: IAEA protests "erroneous" U.S. nuclear report on Iran nuclear split AFP: Iran calls for negotiations; France warns of split over nuclear issue modernity is not just fancy skyscrapers. it's human right too. BBC: Dubai's ruler accused of abducting and trafficking the children googoosh Video: "Talaagh", 1970s supreme cruelty NY Times: Cut Off, Gazan Economy Nears Collapse huh? BBC: Judge says Saddam 'not dictator' nuclear BBC: UN 'encouraged' by Iranian talks Reuters: U.S. seeks Iran sanctions now genocide PictorialToronto.com: Reply to Michael Coren's "We should nuke Iran" quiz How to catch a kooseh mark your calendar * Child Foundation events in Toronto, Washington, Geneva... * Your corporation can help terror Washington Post: Death Toll Nears 100 on Grim Day in Baghdad "shargh" & censorship Radio Farda: Interview with critic Issa Saharkhiz anyway * Koskesh in New York * Video: U.S. soldiers vs. Iraqi ram * Seegheh: Emam Ali's cure for desire * Video: Cat mesmerized by toilet evolution in reverse BBC: Pakistan delays rape reform plans evolution in top gear BBC: Colombian women go on sex strike in bid to end gang war uncovering iran BBC Radio 4: Programmes aimed at challenging some of the perceptions about Iran nuclear Washington Post: Iran Offers Talks On Nuclear Issue AFP: World powers differing over Iran 100 years of prison art On display in San Jose, California, this weekend how dare you, mr. president? Keith Olbermann 9/11 video commentary: This hole in the ground martikeh khol BBC: Schwarzenegger refers to Hispanic Americans as "hot", with "black blood in them" rice romance NY Times: Dance of Diplomacy Is Grist for the Gossip Mill yessss BBC: Apple targets TV and film market quiz Tokhmeh three good films * The Illusionist * Conversations with a women * Little Miss Sunshine dear damascus BBC: US thanks Syria over embassy raid spacewoman anousheh ansari NY Times: She Dreamed of the Stars; Now She’ll Almost Touch Them toons Basir Enayati * "Shargh" newspaper cartoon: Luminous Donkey v. Horse Hajiagha * Western v Iranian culture * Men-Women relationships in the West * Dog food * Western excess pushes people towards Islam Wolak * Paris Hilton, three decades later Radmehrian * Jannati: Morons & sheep nuclear naaz NY Times: Rice Indicates Slight Shift in Stance on Iran Sanctions Reuters: Rice hints at talks with Iran nuclear freeze Guardian: Iran offers to freeze uranium enrichment for eight weeks president khar Iran Shuts Top Reformist Paper "Shargh", Cartoon Seen as an Insult * NY Times * LA Times * Shargh: The cartoon arrogance Enameh: Khod bozorg bini kee hosseleh daareh? C-SPAN video: Khatami's lecture at Harvard mission impossible CS Monitor : Grim Outlook in West Iraq quiz Earthplane official launch RadioZamaneh.com Amsterdam-based radio starts broadcasting to Iran auto industry Fortune: Made in Iran tajziyeh NY Times: Proposal for Autonomous States in Iraq Creates Tension blair v brown Soul Bean Café: The lowdown -- Peyvand Khorsandi anyway * Terrorist "catch & release" program * Video: Grand Prix Khar Savaari * Ansari in space: Islamic or unIslamic? * Animation: Cute, with Vigen song visitor USA Today: Getting into Iran is not half the fun hee haw BBC Persian: Shargh newspaper banned for publishing cartoon depicting Ahmadinejad as a donkey khatami AP: At Harvard, Khatami condemns bin Laden AP: Iranian Jews sue Khatami in U.S. crumbling Washington Post: Prospects for securing Iraq's western province are dim CS Monitor: Rising violence spurs talk of a divided Iraq 13.5 vancouver "13 and a Half": Documentary playfully exposes aspects of Iranian women's roles nuclear BBC: Iran 'misunderstandings' cleared zereshk LA Times: Video of Iranian Missile Test Is Fake, Pentagon Says no comment Video: Bush and Blair messages to Iran fashion sense LA Times: The Shah's New Clothes -- Jasmin Darznik persian carpet story ChicagoTribune: In Tehran market, one man's heart is captured by a carpet insulting turkishness Washington Post: Turkish Novelist Faces Trial Over Characters' Words iranians of the day * Patrick Monahan: Irish-Iranin comic * Azadeh Zoghi: "Out of Omaha" * Tamara Stronach: Dancer born in Iran * Shahin Alborz: Iranian-American quiz Favorite street driving a ghash-ghaa-ee Nissan Qashqai will they still get 72 virgins? AFP: Khatami says 9/11 attackers will not go to heaven for a better life NY Times: More Muslims Arrive in U.S., After 9/11 Dip boogh ali NY Times: Ali Khamenei: A Cleric Steeped in Ways of Power must see in san francisco Play: Darvag Presents "Suitcase" sunday in berkeley Janet Afary lecture: Crisis of Democracy in Iran and the Heritage of the Constitutional Revolution a better way FORusa.org: Fellowship of Reconciliation freespeech aint free BBC: Cartoons row hits Danish exports take a break Video: Bollywood in Yazdi cartoon wars BBC: A Danish newspaper, Information, prints cartoons depicting the Holocaust commissioned by Iran reaction to subjugation Guardian: Nuclear issue is more about Iranian national pride than nuclear weapons countless lives later... BBC: 'No Saddam link to Iraq al-Qaeda' safarnaameh Amighi.com: The boys go on a trip to Isfahan and Yazd mashrootiat Report: Stockholm conference on anniversary of Constitutional Revolution anyway * President Peeff * Video: Oddest musical instrument * Video: Ouch! Referee gets hit in the head :o) * Teamwork * Video: You can change clothes real fast but... who cares? * Shomaa khoonatoon moorcheh daareh between conciliation and confrontation Washington Post: Tehran's Two Worlds jesus christ Washington Post: At Cathedral, Khatami Urges Dialogue afghanistan BBC: Kabul suicide bomb hits US convoy heeeeeeh :o) Doomdam.com: Ahmadinejad jokes henry & sadegh Aref-Adib.com: Henry Khalkhali & Sadegh Kissinger lessons from lebanon Al-Ahram: Rethinking national liberation movements -- Hamid Dabashi quiz Let's go for a walk khaarej az dastoor :o) Radio Farda: "eteraafaate" Jahanbegloo! -- Siavash Ardalan Deaddad CS Monitor: Baghdad morgue tally triples August deaths anyway * Video: Shaam e aroosi * Akhoonde Jigari * Video: U.S. military solution for broken HP printer * Video: Dumb fools * Video: Arash Kamangir couldn't do this * Video: Kiss of death iranians of the day * Valiollah Feyz Mahdavi: Died in custody * Karl Xerxes Dehghani: Filipino-Iranian * Cyrus Nowrasteh: "The path to 9/11" * Leila Sadegi: Dancer * Ali Saam: Actor nuclear BBC: Key Iran talks 'set for Saturday' no rush CS Monitor: Why Iran sees no rush for a nuclear deal khatami going to harvard Boston Globe * Harvard dean stands by Khatami invitation * Romney's foreign folly * Governor's got it wrong on Khatami questions for khatami Washington Post: Will His 'Dialogue' on Faith Mention Iran's Intolerance? grand dream NIAC: Ex-Bush advisor argues for "grand bargain" with Iran fears LA Times: Americans and Europeans share same fears about terrorism, radical Islam and Iran's nuclear aspirations of Iran hitleresque LA Times: Tired comparisons of Ahmadinejad to Hitler, lack what they advertise -- historical perspective migration Migration Info: Iran: Vast Diaspora Abroad and Millions of Refugees at Home sad afarin PersianAwards.com lookalike :o) Aref-Adib.com: Hippo-Melon baamazeh Video: Early 1970s Googooosh & Ghadakchiyan comedy bit toons Faramarz * Khatami defends policies during U.S. visit * Ahmadinejad's anti-secular push in education Hajiagha * Iraq another Vietnam * Nicknames in Iran and Canada * Doing dirty work in Canada another death Human Rights Watch: Political prisoner Valiollah Feyz Mahdavi dies in custody cool techonology Intuitive, "interface-free," touch-driven computer screen old news BBC: Bush admits to CIA secret prisons quiz Up hill fire within NY Times: Zoroastrians Keep the Faith, and Keep Dwindling bush whacked MSNBC's Keith Olbermann: Have you no sense of decency, sir? BBC: Bush likens Bin Laden to Hitler ahmaghollah Radio Zamaneh: Ahmadinjead calls for push against "secular" education and educators toon Mazloom Kofi Anan's better grasp of Iran's position poetry translation project * September 24th benefit in San Francisco * Tralier: Midnight Approaches check out the audience :o) Video: Ramesh & Nozar Azadi pre-1979 TV show from the archives Jokes: Beh yeh hamshahri meegan... israel & palestine Financial Times: Khatami says Iran 'accepts two-state answer' in Mideast tony blair on the run BBC: UK Minister joins Blair exit demands anyway * Nuclear power boy :o) * Haji & Abjee * Where is the Third World? * Ahmadinejad on cover of Gay City * Boing Boing: How to hypnotize a man * Video: Wedding bliss * Video: Condom for a rainy day war all over the place CS Monitor: Israel 'making plans for possible war' with Syria and Iran purging profs AP: Ahmadinejad wants to purge "liberal and secular" university professors toons Faramarz * Staligmites and staligtites: Assembly of Experts * Kofi Anan: Iran playing with fire Mazloom * Nuclear fuel cycle * Ramin Jahanbegloo: Qom inquisition MM * Bolton: Woolly Ambassador * Bush in a hole: Chaaareh.... nah zoor Hajiagha * Praying Musllim: terrorist * Emigrant dreams gone wrong * What is going on in Canada khatami in u.s. USA Today: U.S., Iran share interests in Iraq, Khatami says Washington Post: Khatami Arrives As U.S. Weighs Sanctions on Iran under the cloud TIME: As Iran's leaders raise the stakes, many people are already feeling the pain -- Azadeh Moaveni nuke Q & A BBC: Iran nuclear stand-off speeding towards bankruptcy? BBC: How 9/11 changed America: In statistics zidane's sister BBC: Materazzi breaks Zidane silence quiz Kop-shen toons Saman * Khatami gets U.S. visa * Democratic strategy to impeach Bush * "Islam" & "anti-Semitism" * Support Our Sadism mortazavi beesavaad Enameh: Remail?! thanks for all the wonderful years BBC: Legend Agassi makes tearful exit BBC: Agassi in pictures no BBC: No UN advance on Iran nuclear row republicans in retreat Washington Post: Democrats' prospects are brighter than most ever imagined imagine bill clinton going over to iran and bashing khamenei BBC: Ex-Iranian President scathing criticism of US foreign policy... in US two more weeks Reuters: EU gives Iran two more weeks in atomic standoff nuclear dilemma Guardian: Defiance, divisions and dilemmas ‘kalimi’ or ‘johoud’? NY Times: Reading the Holocaust Cartoons in Tehran -- Roya Hakakian quiz He heard their call freedoms Boston Globe: Iranians taste freedoms on own terms roxanne varzi StopSmiling: To be young, gifted and (half-) Iranian gee dubya Google "failure" and see what comes up different face of iran Washington Post: American Finds Hope in a Forbidden Land nuclear scientists Video: Ahmadinejad Awards Medals to Iranian Nuclear Scientists tomorrowland NewsInitiative: Walt Disney World beginning to fingerprint visitors quiz Geometric grace among believers Washington Post: In Tehran, This Guys' Night Out Is About Getting Down to the Hard Line iranians of the day * Pershia & Parsa Norouzian: Making mom and dad proud * Andre Aghassi: Thriller * Kamal Farahani: Toronto * Firoozeh Banisadr: AIDS expert * Amanda Hooshmand: No more Katrinas * Dan Ahdoot: Stan-up comedian * Eric Etebari: Actor * Hossein Hajiagha: Cartoonist anyway * Video: Sweet music in Afghanistan toons Faramarz * First Bush-Ahmadinejad debate * Iran displays galactic destructive power * Iran sea-land military maneuvers Mazloom * Bush-Ahmadinejad debate open mic Hajiagha * Why do Canadian women love Blacks, but ignore me? * Strange creature called "women" * White masters, emigrahnt slaves * Welcome to Vancouver one calamity after another BBC: Scores killed in Iran plane blaze FarsNews: Photos powerful women (no different than powerful men) BBC: Merkel trumps Rice on power list fascinating philosophy Nilgoon: Abdee Kalantari's interview with Aramesh Dustadar (Part 1) (Part 2) nukes Washingpon Post Blog: Iran Won't Stop Enrichment Without Security Guarantees -- Hossein Derakhshan important Macworld: Apple Google alliance threatens Microsoft historic BBC: California set to cap emissions >>> Updates archive >>> This month