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August 2007
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makes no sense
AFP: Iran, Iraq sign oil pipeline deal

confirmation
Amnesty: Equality activist Yaghoub-Ali released on bail

supporting excellence
IASF: Recipients of Iranian-American fund scholarships

ouf
BBC: Bomb kills southern Iraq governor and police chief

esther, the movie
Video: Shani speaks about her experience singing in Persian in One Night with The King

iranian (men) of the day
Team Iran: Math Olympiad

gher bedeh
Video: Rafsanjani, pop music star?

take a break
* Video: Begoo "Yaa Hossein" balaa!
* Ahmadinejad models for Armani
* We are the champions!
* (Lots and lots of) patience and perseverance :o)

incredible nature
* Video: Survival of the fittest
* Video: Man vs. lion

equality activists
WeChange: Amir Yaghoub-Ali and Bahareh Hedayat released on bail

democracy isn't pro-bush
NY Times : U.S. Promotes Free Elections, Only to See Allies Lose

patience, forever
Enameh: Saboori taa kay?

civil disobedience
Zamaneh: Osanloo home surrounded by security forces; Six trade unionists arrested

azad shodam!
Salam-Democrat: Comic arrest of Bina Darab Zand

my children & i
iranian.com: Once 17

bankrolling iran? mozakhraf nagoo
Washington Post: World Bank Undermining U.N. and the West

making money
CS Monitor: Afghan business thrives on Iran's border

iranians of the day
* Mohammad "Mo" Ehsani: He knows bridges
* Dalia Sofer: The Septembers of Shiraz
* Mostafa Karami: Unfortunate cameraman

quiz
Metropolis

allah o akbar
Anglican: Iran’s new bishop installed

fighting words
Washington Post: More calls for a tougher U.S. stance against Iran

party's over
BBC: Iranian police arrest partygoers

radio reject
NIAC: Khalaji highlights problems with US Persian-language broadcasts

we're taking over
Washington Post: Minorities outnumber whites in nearly one out of ten counties in U.S.

ghazzaagh
BBC: Russia's Cossacks rise again

quiz
* Navaazandeh
* Double points: Singing for a cause

heeeeeeh
The Onion: Report: Iran Less Than 10 Years Away From 2016

beautiful people
omid-e-mehr.org

khasteh nabaasheen
Video: CNN coverage of Iranian cyclists pedaling for peace

no, YOU are
CS Monitor: Is Iran meddling in Afghanistan?

yaa akhee
BBC: Iraq PM in Tehran for security talks

u.s. says a lot of things
NY Times: Iran-Supplied Bomb Is Killing More Troops in Iraq, U.S. Says

anyway
* Video: Zidane Rashti
* Man of the year
* Video: Big mouth
* Video: Math emergency

art with capital a
ArteEast.org

finished
New Yorker: The destiny of old-school journalism

cheating pays
BBC: Bonds sets new baseball record

nuclear show
AFP: Moscow puts new conditions on nuclear fuel for Iran reactor
Reuters: Iran aims to avoid sanctions with atomic openness

quiz
Tall art

toons
Hajiagha
* Muslim life in UK
* High costs in Canada (1) (2)
* My biography
* Mom in Iran, daughter in Canada
* UK spy cameras everywhere
* If U.S. takes over Iran...
* Hard work in Canada (1) (2)

armageddon
Guardian: Logic that defends past nuclear atrocities used to support strike against Iran
-- Abbas Edalat and Mehrnaz Shahabi

doorooghe gondeh
AFP: Bush levels dubious Iran nuclear arms charge

august 9
Protest: International solidarity with Osanloo and Salehi

quiz
Kheekkee

round 3
AP: U.S., Iranian Ambassadors Hold Talks

haleh esfandiari
AFP: Shirin Ebadi complains to UN over detained US-Iranian

iranians of the day
* Kayvan Novak: Fonejacker taking UK by storm
* Rosie Ravon: With best friend

anyway
* We need a good worker, not a sissy
* Laser hair removal for Persian rug
* Rubber fashion

shargh shut for millionth time
AFP: Iran bans paper for interviewing homosexual

satanist ammatooneh
Guardian: Iranian morals police arrest 230 in raid on 'satanist' rave

sports ties
USA Today: Iran's paddlers take crash course in America

new orientalist narratives
ZNET: Jasmine and Stars
-- Fatemeh Keshavarz
and Foaad Khosmood

azarakhsh=>zereshk
AFP: Iran shows off homegrown fighter jet

rock n roll into jail
AFP: Iran arrests 230 in raid on illegal rock concert

quiz
Last stand

what about building a refinery in iran?
BBC: Iran has agreed to build an oil refinery in Senegal

happy birthday
Radio Zamaneh
* Shahrnush Parsipur: Majzoobe Radio Zamaneh shodeham
* Ideas: Andisheh
* Mahmonir Rahimi: Jensiyat va jaame'eh
* Rights: Hoghoogheh ensaaniye maa

goodbye
b namus: Tehran today

show me the way
Karim Sadjadpour: The wrong way to contain Iran

quiz
Prison romance

cartoon
Mahmnoud

* Arresting thugs?!

seeing things
Aref-Adib

* Cosmic tombak
* Moon look-alike

observation
Kasraie

* Quarreling, bickering and backstabbing
Radmehrian
* Careless smile before death

dabashi
Al-Ahram: The '300' stroke: Pride, prejudice, Persia and other empires

editorial
Financial Times: Making Iran pay the nuclear price

excessive force
LA Times: Report criticizes use of Taser on UCLA Iranian-American student
Video: Iranian taserd at UCLA library

more talks
Reuters: Iran-U.S. to hold expert level talks on Iraq: envoy

where's my husband?
AP: Wife plans Iran trip to find husband

equality
WeChange: 800 Iran equality defenders express concern on the condition of two detainees

brainy iranian of the day
* Ali Rezai: Deep brain stimulation

iranians of the day
* Ross Mirkarimi: Paper not plastic
* Joseph & Nazee Moinian: New York real estate
* Iranian flag: Night club, Mexico

shakespeare in the park
BBC: Iran hangs judge's killers in public

quiz
Zan zaleel

dear god
Video: Hanging in Tabriz

iran on capitol hill
NIAC: Iran human rights violations, US policy criticized at Washington conference

evin
Amnesty: Four students begin hunger strike to protest illegal detention

ya emam reza
BBC: Iran hangs 9 in public executions

dar band
Video: Evening stroll in Darband, north Tehran

forough on stage
Video: "The Bride of Acacias": A play about Forough Farrokhzad

quiz
Superior imagination

holy oil
BBC: Oil price rises to all-time high

do you feel safe?
Boston Globe: The $63 billion sham
Washington Post: Arms for 'Stability'

we (still) have the internet
BBC: Murdoch wins control of Wall Street Journal

no one is
Beehner: Is Washington prepared for apost-Khamenei Iran?

check it out
Site: IranianRadio.com

reporters without right to live
RWB: Two Kurdish journalists sentenced to death
BBC: Death verdicts for Iran reporters

quiz
REALLY great carpet

mordam az khandeh
* What would Jesus do?
* Video: Let me tell you, Father...
* Non-Muslim wins Islamic lottery
* Al-Fatiha: Mobile Qoran

not funny
AP: U.S. House of Reps backs Iran divestment bill

rahbar rafsanjani
Guardian: Senior cleric's death opens up power struggle in Iran
LA Times: Prominent hard-line cleric dies in Iran

crossing over
NIAC: Hollywood director changes “honor killing” scene

khosh oomadeen
BBC: UN inspectors visit key Iran site

killer plan
NY Times: U.S. Arms Plan for Mideast Aims to Counter Iranian Power
BBC: Iran 'biggest threat to Mid-East'

ey baba
AP: Dr. Hootan Roozrokh charged: death hastened for transplant

quiz
San Francisco!
(Khejaalati shodeen?)

if you say so
Chomsky: Cold War Between Iran and U.S.

iranians of the day
* Farah Pahlavi: With the Shah
* Amir Abbas Fakhravar: With George W. Bush
* Ali Esmali: Poker computer
* Metal Sanaz: Heavy Metal
* Sanaz Shirazi : Fashion designer
* Nahid Rachlin: Persian Girls
* David & Layla: Romeo & Juliet

freedom aint free
Amnesty: Fear of torture: Amir Yaghoub-Ali
Amnesty: 15 arrested on anniversary of student demonstrations

trends
Voices: One Million Signatures to end discrimination in Iran

popular destination
Reuters: U.N. inspectors revisit Iran's Arak heavy-water site

military option
Reuters: Iran attacks U.S. plans for Saudi arms deal

nuclear tour
Independent: Stage-managed nuclear tour reveals why Iran won't be the first to blink
Guardian: Inside Iran's halfway house to an atomic bomb

i'm so beautiful :o)
Video: 2003 Miss Iran contestants in Sweden

observations
Radmehrian
* Master & servant body language
* Student thugs: Future leaders
* Questions about mob rule

toons
Hajiagha
* My fate: Head to the hills
* Recruiting criminal gangs against Iran (1) (2)
* Tax for sitting on a park bench?
* Miss Iran?!
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give & take
AFP: Israeli PM announces 30 billion dollar U.S. defence aid
AFP: US tightens financial squeeze on Iran
DPA: US pressures German banks to halt business in Iran: report

joy joy joy
BBC: Iraq celebrates Asia Cup football victory

peace plan :o)
Washington Post: U.S. plans largest arms sale to Arab states
BBC: U.S. 'plans huge Saudi arms deal'

quiz
Word by word

you forgot iranian people
Reuters: Khamenei says U.S. and Israel are main foes

vahshi vs. vahshi
Washington Post: U.S. vs. Iran: Cold War, Too
-- Robin Wright

solidarity
Zamaneh: August 9 solidarity day for detained labor activists Osanloo and Salehi

pain
HRW: 19 Jailed Students Abused to Obtain Forced Confessions
Guardian: Families claim Iranian student activists were tortured in prison