Updates August 2007 Previous months >>> Updates archive Continued from front page   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?! >>> More 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 bebin peyvand Bebin TV: Interview with comedian Peyvand Khorsandi in southern California toons Aref-Adib * The (Petrol) Rationing Mahmoud * Bastani gheefee-ye 6 tabagheh! * Ghahveh khaaneh ghanbar * Vaaledeh Agha Mostafa! a few good men OC Register: Iranian-Americans tackle domestic-violence secret good business Wall Street Journal: China-Iran Trade Surge Vexes U.S. rahim mashaie SavePasargad: Lawyer fighting legal battle for preservation of historic sites, slapped with hefty taxes rapture ready Huffington Post: Unauthorized Christians United for Israel Tour anyway * Farhange Javaati * Video: What bears can do for food * Dog at man's service * Video: Cat with table manners * Mona Lisa visiting Iran living in the past LA Times: Shah's mourners in Cairo recall a golden era innocent Shahrzad: Meysam Lotfi: "thug" or a little too political? shelling London Times: US pension funds ask Shell to scrap £5bn Iran project iranian of the day Video: Iranian TV anchor grills police chief on mistreatmnent of "bad hejabs" now they can't stop talking AP: Iran wants higher-level talks with U.S. quiz Trader Joe's sad rahmat beh shahe makhloo' AP: Iran announces more arrests made bastards :o))) Reuters: Russia delays Bushehr nuclear plant to 2008 shift? US, Iran, and Iraq agree to form security committee -- Boston Globe -- Washington Post -- CS Monitor economic pressure NY Times: U.S. funds pressure oil companies on Iran links boyaade shaheed U.S. moves against Iran-based Martyrdom Foundation * Daily Star * Zamaneh masters of mardomaazaari LA Times: Tehran fashion police tighten up so far CS Monitor: Turkey is proving that Islam and democracy can coexist iranians of the day * Sarah Doraghi: Télé Matin * Jody Kamali: Standup comedian * Kasra Raoofi: My very dear son * Soraya Mohazab: Happy birtrhday * Farhad Mirfakhraie: Bone marrow transplant quiz Road map chaldoran AFP: Christian pilgrimage holds strong in Islamic Iran where is my romeo? Video: Abbas Kiarostami's latest film eerooni baazi MyPersianBuddies.com ahmadinejobless Financial Times: Only one man can save Ahmadinejad: George W. Bush transparency Reuters: IAEA to revisit Iran atom site in transparency push agreement AP: U.S., Iraq, Iran plan security committee accusation BBC: US accuses Iran of increased support for Iraq militia groups Guardian: US 'confronts' Iran as Iraq talks resume rabid dogs AFP: On patrol with Iran's fashion police context with complexity Nieman Reports: A Master Narrative About Iran Emerges -- Ali M. Ansari losers NAM: Republican Candidates Rattle Nuclear Tails Against Iran to be fair, how should a wife kick her husband's ass? Video: How to beat your wife ramsar grand hotel Video: On a hillside overlooking Ramsar and the Caspian Sea quiz Yummy rights? hah... Amnesty: Iranian Kurdish human rights activist arrested beesheen sare jaat baba Reuters: UK's Brown won't rule out military action in Iran BBC: Envoy Blair arrives in Mid-East toons Mahmoud * $50 million for Bin Laden's head Hajiagha * Punish Iranian-American spies * Burned my bridge to Iran * Give me an Iranian passport to go back * Wish I could run back to Iran * Can't find anyone for marriage no bon voyage LA Times: Iranian American's chilling return to homeland blah blah blah BBC: US and Iran to hold second talks and last time Guardian: Father-to-be allowed into delivery room for first time in Iran lost tabriz Zamaneh: Documentary on Tabriz through the eyes of photographer Vartan Vahramian holocaust-obsessed, militaristic, xenophobic (not ahmadinejad) New Yorker: A Zionist politician loses faith in the future engelisi balad neestam Zamaneh: Ebrahim Nabavi interviews Manouchehr Mohammadi (sigh) Asia Cup: Iran pay penalty as Korea progress to final wish i was a turk BBC: Turkey's governing party 'near win' wish i was an arab BBC: Dubai skyscraper world's tallest wish i was dead Zamaneh: 16 "thugs" executed in Iran so talkative, suddenly Reuters: U.S. and Iran to meet on Iraq again on Tuesday >>> More in July All previous >>> Updates archive