Updates June 2007 >>> Updates archive >>> Current month   everything's special Zen has an expression, "nothing special." When you understand "nothing special," you realize that everything is special. Everything's special and nothing's special. Everything's spiritual and nothing's spiritual. It's how you see, it's what eyes you're looking through, that matters. ~Jon Kabat-Zinn heyf... cheghad mikhandidim Guardian: Ahmadinejad turns down chance to star in Oliver Stone film new greeting Haaletoon khoobeh?... Baaketoon poreh? incompetent and azkhodraazi AP: Iranian leaders defend fuel rationing life story Radio Zamaneh: Shahrnush Parsiupur's "Khaaleh Faarseh" [audio] [text] olaaghe cholaagh Reuters: Khamenei backs "brave" gasoline rationing move fingers crossed AP: U.N. may hold off on Iran sanctions crazy CAIS: Tomb of Firuzan (Abu-lolo) in Kashan destroyed quiz In black & white crowd pleaser Video: Ebi in concert now what do you think of her? Video: Hillary Clinton on military option against Iran learn from thy enemy Sermon (mp3): Preacher not sure if he hates or loves Bahais another "spy" Amnesty: Davoud Abdollahi Moghadam facing death penalty toons Hajiagha * Gasoline revolution * I regret ever leaving Iran * Why ruin simple Iranian way of life? * Democracy: Poison * I don't get paid for this rap MP3s Salome: "Hajve Shomaareye Yek" Changeez & Teymoor: "Padeshah" Farez: "Doroogh" Sokr: "Ghodrate Pool" Bot: "Intro" compromise? AP: British draft compromise on Iran no Economist: Diplomacy for diplomacy's sake: A yes or a no? ahmadinejad Economist: Muzzling dissent and moving to a war footing he's right NY Times: Don’t Kick the Inspectors Out of the U.N. sheytooni kardi? BBC: Israeli president Katsav resigns backlash Guardian: MPs press Ahmadinejad to end petrol rationing quiz Solar system jaw-dropping Video: Photosynth creates breathtaking multidimensional spaces sanctions AP: U.S. legislators pressure Iran with gas bill about time BBC: Egypt forbids female circumcision venting Audio: Phone calls to Radio Farda on gasoline rationing zoor BBC: Iran bans negative petrol stories AFP: Iran police on patrol after petrol rationing protests LA Times: Protesters burn at least 12 stations shitheads AP: Thai film festival drops Satrapi's "Persepolis" slowly but surely Newsweek: Iranians may have lost faith in the mullahs, but they're not about to overthrow them iranians of the day * Laleh Bakhtiar: Quran translator * Mehdi, Mahbubeh, and Alireza Shahbazi: Smartest & most polite * Leila Mahasti Jouybari: Professor of Nursing * Maggie LaVay: 40's & Fabulous * Nina Azizi: Actor * Seema Tabatabaei: Reading Persian qom Newsweek: Dusty town may hold key to Iran’s future (yawn) De-classified: CIA files on IRAN equality Flash: Dedicated to the women's movement shirinish koo? NIAC: NIAC Receives $50,000 Grant from PARSA make yourself useful Change for Equality seeking volunteer translators (Persian to English) (sheeshaki) BBC: Blair appointed Middle East envoy what a mess Reuters: Iran fuel rations spark anger, pump stations burn * Photos quiz Romeo & Juliet our pavarotti Video: Baritone Bahram Tajabadi haleh esfandiari NY Times: Our Family Hostage Crisis -- Shaul Bakhash tabreek, ghorbaan BBC: Brown takes over as UK prime minister khabare marg Amnesty: Iran continues to pass death sentences on child offenders BBC: Iran rapped over child executions sanctions Reuters: Iran oil exports at risk in UK ship sanctions plan start learning chinese CS Monitor: China takes up civic work in Africa oil rich, gas poor BBC: Protests at Iran fuel rationing IRNA: Tehran gas station rush BBC: Iran calls halt to petrol imports anything on 53 coup? BBC: CIA details Cold War skulduggery anyway * Bank Melli's ATM machine for giants * Angry Sopranos' fan * Video: Sensitivity training * Video: Oil change :o) * Authentic German beer quiz Dam beautiful pashm network Reuters: Iran to vie with West by launching news channel nuclear NY Times: U.N. Inspectors Invited to Iran for Talks hater, goner Anti-Wahabi cleric assassinated in Iran BBC -- AFP handgate Enameh: Khatami dast daad, Khatami dast nadaad! Video: Khatami shakes hands with women after speech in Italy student detainees Amnesty: Fear for safety/ Fear of torture and ill-treatment thanks for the memories Mahasti has died * Radio Zamaneh * Video * Songs quiz Parking political prisoners BBC: Ebadi criticises Iran's judiciary women in a man's world We for Change: Equal rights site blocked again toons Mahmoud * Why are you unhappy, darling? * Darling? After all these years? * Proud Persian parents yes and no Reuters: Iran invites IAEA team over contested atomic plans Reuters: Rice cool to any partial nuclear suspension by Iran beautiful omid-e-mehr.org very interesting NY Times: Hard Realities of Soft Power -- Negar Azimi quiz Sofreh aghd ejdehaa Casper Shilling: Huge reptillian fossil found near bam? maybe LA Times: 2002 story contributed to Iran's detention of four Americans as spies? business as usual NY Times: Crackdown on Dissent Under Way in Iran president dick Washington Post: Cheney's Unprecedented Power Is Exerted Quietly you mean persian Washington Post: Nap Time and Playtime And Time to Learn Farsi hmm Reuters: IAEA and Iran agree to draw up action plan BBC: EU's Solana optimistic about atom talks with Iran detained students HRW: Prolonged Solitary Confinement on Spurious Charges Coincides With Student Elections AP: Iranian dissidents face broad crackdown hee hee * Strange names recorded throughout Iran * Virgin Kerman awaiting for you * Video: Those sneaky animnals rap Prynce P * "They'll Know" * More * pohecticlife.com euro pop Arsi * Heaven Knows [Video] [MP3] * Man o To [MP3] * Myspace zere ziaadi AFP: Iran denies minister's comments on 'uranium stockpile' BBC: Iran envoy to hold nuclear talks ali shakeri LA Times: Iranian American is twice victimized focus on 1953 Washington Post: CIA to Air Decades of Its Dirty Laundry iranians of the day * Layla and Iman Niakan: Light of my eyes * Nassir Ebrahimian: Super lawyer * Atossa Leoni: Actor champions of censorship launch network AFP: Iran 24-hour TV seeks break Western media "stranglehold" clash of fashions NY Times: Muslims’ Veils Test Limits of Britain’s Tolerance complete bull Washinton Post: U.S. Refuses to Free 5 Captured Iranians Until at Least October quiz Man of action opening in france Trailer: Satrapi's "Persepolis" Photo: "Persepolis" in Paris american observer Newsweek: Michael Hirsh's Tehran diary (1) (2) (3) seyed faraamooshkaar AP: Iran's ex-president Khatami denies touching women Video: Khatami shakes hands with women after speech in Italy seyed alavi Spark: "Art to me is the process of refinement." Watch video surrealist Koorosh Angali: BeinArt International Surreal Art Collective honar nazde iraniaan ast o bas HRW: Iran Leads the World in Executing Children toons Bahmani * Iran evolution Moe * No.... Yes... Hajiagha * Why do Muslims kill each other? * Ahmadinejad (1) (2) * Ayatollahs frequent Lebanese harems * Iraqi securtity under Saddam and Americans * Crime & filth worse in Western countries * Why do I curse Canadians? * Why do I focus on women? * Rise in prostitution under Ahmadinejad * Financial aid for Iraq and Afghanistan any 2-year-old knows that AFP: Iran poses no missile threat, Russia tells US what's wrong with people? BBC: U.S. crowd beats passenger to death CANCELLED Stoning in Ghazvin stopped * Meydaan * Fars News tehran's extreme sport Video: Crossing the street quiz Peech-gooshtee good news M & G: Unesco adds Shahnameh to world cultural heritage list i want to shoot myself Abused boys: Baghdad no kidding AP: Detentions have Iranian-Americans afraid of travel to Tehran sheesh o hasht 6o8radio.com more talks Reuters: Larijani to meet IAEA chief Friday: envoy daste aghayoon dard nakoneh BBC: Six years after the fall of Taleban, Afghan women go on suffering URGENT Meydaan: Man and woman scheduled to be stoned in Ghazvin Thursday Meydaan: Stoning cancelled hypernova NPR: Illegal Indie-Rock from Iran MP3s: No One -- Consequence quiz Throwing flower in the water anyway * Video: Automatic cash machine in Iran * Hi-tech condom sold in Iran * Video: Cat plays with printer * Video: Monkey playing with tigers * Fire truck put to good use * Doner kebab -- inside a passenger plane? makes sense to me Video: Selig Harrison on his first trip to Iran since 1979 under the carpet BBC: 'Failings' over captured sailors Guardian: 'No individual to blame' for seizure of sailors real threats AP: Iran protests Israel's threats have mercy HRW: Iran: Halt Mass Deportation of Afghans 10,000 miles away Music video: Word & music by Peyman Salimi quiz No and Yes 22 khordad Statement from equal rights defenders [English] [Persian] chi bood chi shod Christiane Amanpour: Commander of the British Empire iranians of the day * Forough Salami: French Socialist * Arash Derambarsh: French Conservative * Shaheen Townsend: My first Father's Day * Badri Granfar: In loving memory of Mother heritage University of Chicago: Old Persian text in the Persepolis Fortification Archive castrate, please BBC: Global paedophile ring smashed by police thanks to george & co CS Monitor: US role in Mideast travails and extremists' rise gordafarid JadidMedia: First woman naghal abu ghraib New Yorker: The general's report -- Seymour M. Hersh paranoia Guardian: Iranian- Americans held for plotting revolution in Tehran cheshme khomeini koor BBC: Iran condemns Rushdie knighthood love & lust</