Updates July 2007 >>> Updates archive >>> Current month   self-defeating AFP: Iran defends TV broadcast amid reformist criticism enghad crackdown koneen taa khasteh sheen AFP: Iran to launch new dress code crackdown yaad begeereen BBC: India elects a female president quiz Brain dead interesting Washington Post: How to Talk to Iran pedar saalaari CS Monitor: Novels feature plight of fatherless families in patriarchal Iran jaasoosi Washington Post: Has the CIA ever been good at intelligence gathering? charade BBC: Iran shows new scholars' footage fast forward 50 years Comic book: Iran in 1952 T-Man feet for hands Video: Can you do it too? fear Amnesty: Sina Paymard, fear of imminent execution Amnesty: Mohammad Kaboudvand, fear of torture quiz Dark mind sanctions Guardian: US steps up effort to stop EU firms trading with Iran cutting off oilfields Economist: Nuclear proliferation: The riddle of Iran bleak future Washington Post: Quartet, Iran See Different Futures for Middle East day at the races Times: Desert orchids: average Iranian gripped by a very British passion wow It's 4:43 am. Woke up from a strong earthquake in Albany, near San Francisco... it took a few seconds... 4.2 on richter scale. genius who will change your life * Pardis Sabeti: Evolution of human diseases * Nima Arkani-Hamed: Particle physicist iranians of the day * Amir Yaghoub-Ali: 20th birthday in Evin * Asghar Dehbozorgi: Shiraz, 1975 * Abbas Kiarostami & Juliette Binoche: Certified Copy my mother Washington Post: In an Iranian Propaganda Broadcast, the Real Guilty Party Is Clear joon Radio Zamaneh: Ayatollah Meshkini falls into a coma eeeeron... eeeeeron... doo doo doo FIFA: Iran ready to welcome Korea Taipei Times: Iran moves up in Asian Cup, Uzbeks send china home my evin NPR: Interview with Ali Afshari and Mehrangiz Kar quiz Our prophet anyway * Kashfe hejab, 2007 * Iranian flat-screen TV * Marde khodkhaahe Irani * Video: How to peel a boiled egg * Video: Poker face nonsense LA Times: Iran alleges plot to overthrow regime AFP: US-Iranians 'reveal' links to US democracy drive rumi limited Book: Limited edition replica of Rumi's Divan-e Kabir (Divan-e Shams) toon Moallemian * TINTIN: Land of the Camel Jockeys Wolak * People can't live in peace you have ten days AFP: Iran halts teenager's execution chi migan beh ham? Washingtin Post: U.S., Iran to Hold More Talks on Iraq's Future quiz Enemies of religion hostage crisis HRW: Iran should cancel televised ‘confessions’ HRW: US should end indefinite detention of five Iranians in Iraq something positive, for a change BBC: UN welcomes 'positive' Iran moves politics of fear Guardian: Flurry of Middle East activity is product of very real threat: Iran no, maybe CS Monitor: Will Iran, Korea back off nukes? london real estate Guardian: Iranian militants demand return of British diplomatic compound iranians of the day * Shirin Keyghobadi: Very definition or extraordinary * Mehrdad Sarlak: Actor, Executive Producer * Zohreh Jooya: Singer * Mehdi Palang: Fast food the other hostages Human Rights Watch: US Should End Indefinite Detention of Five Iranians round 2 BBC: US wants fresh Iran talks on Iraq quiz Sense of humor new$ BBC: Murdoch takeover of Wall Street Journal near stalin is alive and well Washington Post: Showing Jailed Americans, Iran TV Cites Confessions LA Times: Iran to televise Americans' confessions NY Times: Iran Puts Detained Scholars Before TV Cameras gaffe Video: TV anchor clearly annoyed by technical difficulties tajrish Video: Old Bazaar in Tajrish, north Tehran rahman o rahim Amnesty: Iran: Execution of child offender imminent baba joon Telegraph: A voyage to find my father in Iran ey baba Reuters: Iran police step up crackdown on unIslamic dress meeting lieberman Democracy Now: Iranian Activists Call for Peace asylum seeker BBC: 'How I escaped from torture in Iran' lie or die BBC: Iran TV shows detained Iranian Americans BBC video anyway * Special condoms for mom * Public toilets and martyrs * Young boys in a mall in Saudi Arabia * Toilet: great wall of china * Sinister cat; dumb dog * Cat-dog love * Video: Jay Leno funny interviews * Video: Professional football player teaches kids quiz Shadi o gham folks, it's serious Guardian: Cheney pushes Bush to act on Iran love hate SF Chronicle: Five extraordinary Iranian Americans love both countries but loathe their leaders' war talk unequal rights WeChange: Over 1,000 Equal Rights Defenders Protest Recent Arrest of Student Activists WeChange: Equal rights activist Amir Yaghoub-Ali Transfered to Section 209 of Evin Prison toons Hajiagha * LA Iranians playing with Iran's future * Why I'm forced to draw raunchy cartoons * Interview with myself * Have sex with me, not just foreigners * After watching Iranian girls dancing * Awakening of the Iranian people * Western decadence destroys Iranian culture * Non-sense demands for freedom * Fuck you, don't talk * Canadian democracy or capitalism? * Western democracy * Pay me and I'll lampoon anyone you want * Why Iranians are invited to Canada nuclear LA Times: Iran issues warning on U.N. sanctions quiet dirty war Telegraph: US funds terror groups to sow chaos in Iran holy perverts BBC: LA Church 'in record abuse deal' singles king Personals Watch: Saïd Amin, CEO World Singles everything else is banned. eenam roosh. Guardian: Iran bans political campaigning kaar o kaaregar AFP: Iran's Ebadi group worried by labour crackdown harfe hesaab AFP: Iran economists warn Ahmadinejad in person dancing the class away Video: Iranian girls dancing in class (1) (2) bechaap bechaap Video: Iraq for sale Reuters: Thieves steal nearly $300 million from Baghdad bank plutonium BBC: Iran agrees to reactor inspection man iraniam Guardian: Iran's Jews reject cash offer to move to Israel crackers CS Monitor: Under fire from US, Iran reacts by cracking down at home depressing tv LA Times: Iran's Press TV to give alternative view true friends BBC: Child wedding 'stopped by pupils' quiz Who doesn't know him? children Video: Child flower sellers in Terhan hmm... Sky News: Police in Iran arrest 14 squirrels near border suspected of spying BBC: British blamed for Basra badgers bezaneem beh takhteh Reuters: Iran, IAEA see progress in atomic transparency talks iranians of the day * Ershaghi, Fassihian, Maleknia, Molavi: New NIAC board members * Mehdi Ghomeshi: Florida banker * Iranians people: After all the crap they have gone through * Erwin Paydar: Gold in Tae Kwon Do * Suree Towfighnia: Filmmaker * Nader H. Moniri: Pharmaceutical Sciences * Milad: Great athlete; architect * Kayvon Zand: Keep an eye out for this one artists rule Washington Post: Iranian Artists Bridge Cultures voice of slander NIAC: NIAC takes legal action against Voice of America another one bites the dust AFP: Iran bans moderate news agency begeer o beband AP: Union wants release of Iranian activist BBC: Iranian union leader 'abducted' nuclear Reuters: Iran, U.N. team hold further talks on nuclear issues need a miracle HRW: Prevent Stoning of Condemned Mother AFP: Iran probes judge behind stoning execution when will we join the rest of the human race? Guardian: Iran to hang 20 criminals in defiance of human rights criticism nobody listens Washington Post: CIA Said Instability in Iraq Seemed 'Irreversible' al-jawad al-hillarious Video: Sayed Jawad Qazwini sermonizes in English breakdancing Video: Youth in Qom show their moves mohaasereh NY Times: A Ring Around Iran LA Times: The stakes are big and the waterway is small mozaakereh BBC: UN delegation in Tehran for talks mobaarakeh Times: Briton marries bin Laden’s son young iranian of the day Parsa Raissi: "Youngest official ball person" (10 pix) never too late AP: Iranian automaker pushes dual-fuel cars who's not worried? AFP: Iran conservatives worried over Ahmadinejad policies: reformist quiz Dreams bloody islam Meydaan: Jafar Kiani stoned in village near Ghazvin Amnesty: Save Iranian woman from execution by stoning BBC: Iran 'adulterer' stoned to death anyway * Video: Stoned cop & wife call 911: "I think we're dead" * Video: Fire fighter inhales marijuana smoke * Video: Office stress (1) (2) * Video: Detergent commercial in two parts (1) (2) * America socks parvandehsaazi AP: Iran says has new evidence against US-Iranians lowest priority AP: Poll: Iranians support nuclear weapons islamnabad BBC: Pakistani soldiers storm mosque, 50 Islamic militants killed sunshine state BBC: Money pours into California's flourishing green energy industry esteghlaal, chomaagh, jomhouriye eslaami Statement: Rights activists condemn student arrests AP: Iranian police raid pro-democracy group shootali Norooz: Ahmadinejad aide says Sepetmber 11 attacks a "lie" the god vote Washington Post/Newsweek: The Religion-Industrial Complex -- Jacques Berlinerblau beautiful iranian of the day * Nazanin Afshin-Jam: Miss Canada in Chicago (15 pix) khafehkhoon AFP: Iran president's adviser defends restraint on press freedom Guardian: Iran media accused of trying to oust president summer break BBC: Iran slowing down uranium enrichment: ElBaradei god bless america BBC: US Iraq chief warns fighting insurgency could take decades car museum Video: National Car Museum of Iran near Karaj camp ayandeh Washington Post * Iranian American Youths Gather for Fellowship, Sharing -- and Politeness * Slide show>>> quiz Toolehsag 10 SF Chronicle: Kiarostami's work in Berkeley retrospective music with a passion From Berkeley: Interview with Hamed Nikpay * HamedNikpay.com threats AP: Iraq al-Qaida group threatens Iran paranoid pricks Reuters: Iran sees "creeping coup" in the press: report paranoid period Washington Post: Tunneling Near Iranian Nuclear Site Stirs Worry hostages BBC: Iranians visit captives in Iraq AFP: Iran calls for Iraq detainees' release alain delon :o) Video: Films dubbed into Persian in the 70's that'll be the day Truthdig: A Declaration of Independence From Israel -- Chris Hedges memory lane Video: Trip to Iran (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) -- Eslam Anthony Shams iranians of the day * Nima Daneshvar: True Persian * Katayoun Hashemi: Iranian American Medical Association (3 pix) khodkoshi Video: Suicide in Tehran metro bebeeneem o tareef koneem BBC: Iran ends petrol-only car making correspondent BBC: