Important Political News

[Rasputin]

Mohammad Bagher GHALIBAF shahr Dare Jadide TEHRAN!!!!

vaghe'an maskharas! bar che asasii iinn martike mizaranesh shahr dare TEHRAN bashe!! WTF! az ye kare dige estefa mide bad mizaranesh biat shahr dare tehran beshe nemidonam kojaye donya injor mishe be joz iran!
masalan taraf miat to entekhabat riyasat jomhoori khodesho candid mikone vali mibaze va raees jomhoore montakhab miat in ke raghibesh boode ro mizaratesh VAZIR beshe ! lol khande dare beghoran

Inha dalili nadaran barayeh entekhabe kasi va ya bar kenar kardaneh kasi ! bishtar az 70% maghamha va postha-ye mohem ya maleh familhashooneh va ya maleh kasani hastan keh beh yek nahvi zedeh mardome iran hastan.parti bazi,reshveh,dooroogh va adam koshi,ina chizai hastan keh ina khoob baladan ! Qalibaf ham joda az inha nist ! avordanesh candid besheh keh jeloyeh vote hayeh Rafsanjani va Moien ro begireh ! beh har hal az khodeshoon bood va ta'ajobi nist keh besheh shahrdare Tehran !

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Israel: Iran may be 6 months from bomb know-how

NEW YORK- Iran may be as little as six months away from completing the know-how to build a nuclear bomb, Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said on Monday.

"The question is not if they are going to hold that bomb in 2009 or 2010 or 2011, the question is when they will have the full knowledge," Shalom told a meeting of U.S. Jewish community leaders in New York.

"According to our people, security and intelligence, they are very, very close. It may be only six months before they will have that full knowledge."

The authoritative, independent International Institute for Strategic Studies said this month Tehran is at least five years away from producing enough fissile material for a single bomb, and that 15 years was a more likely time frame.

Shalom did not say when he expected Iran to have the material to make a bomb.

He was speaking as the board of the U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, was meeting in Vienna to consider whether to refer Iran to the Security Council for possible sanctions over its secretive nuclear program.

Iran insists its nuclear program is purely civilian to make electricity. The United States and Europe suspect Tehran of seeking a weapons capability.

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Bush Administration procurement chief David H. Safavian was connected to probe of lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

Bush Official Arrested in Corruption Probe
By R. Jeffrey Smith and Susan Schmidt
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, September 20, 2005

The Bush administration's top federal procurement official resigned Friday and was arrested yesterday, accused of lying and obstructing a criminal investigation into Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff's dealings with the federal government. It was the first criminal complaint filed against a government official in the ongoing corruption probe related to Abramoff's activities in Washington.

The complaint, filed by the FBI, alleges that David H. Safavian, 38, a White House procurement official involved until last week in Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, made repeated false statements to government officials and investigators about a golf trip with Abramoff to Scotland in 2002 .

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No one trusts Iran: Rice

WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stressed Iran's international isolation, saying no one trusts Tehran on nuclear issues, in an interview.

"Maybe the whole world is wrong and we should all trust them, but nobody does," Rice said in an interview published on Time Magazine's website.

She spoke mocklingly, according to Time, of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's assertion before the United Nations this week that Iran has an "inalienable right" to a nuclear energy program.

"Their problem is they can argue all they want about their rights are. The problem is they've gotten into a situation in which nobody believes it is safe for them to exercise those rights, if indeed they have those rights," she said.

With the EU's three main states pushing for Iran to be reported to the UN Security Council for "breaches" of international nuclear safeguards, Rice said the United States wants to see the largest possible consensus behind the move.

"We have the votes now, but the question is, do you have enough of a consensus to send the right kind of message," she said.

Britain, France and Germany on Tuesday distributed a draft resolution titled "Iran: Elements for an IAEA Board Resolution" to members of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) board of governors which is meeting in Vienna this week, according to a copy of the draft obtained by AFP.

The European trio and the United States are calling for Iran to be reported to the Security Council over potentially weapons-related nuclear fuel work and threatening to push for a vote if consensus at the 35-nation board can not be achieved, diplomats told AFP.

[Nushabeh]

Bush Announces Iraq Exit Strategy: 'We'll Go Through Iran'
March 9, 2005 | Issue 41•10

WASHINGTON, DC—Almost a year after the cessation of major combat and a month after the nation's first free democratic elections, President Bush unveiled the coalition forces' strategy for exiting Iraq.


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Bush announces the pullout of Iraq through Iran.
"I'm pleased to announce that the Department of Defense and I have formulated a plan for a speedy withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq," Bush announced Monday morning. "We'll just go through Iran."

Bush said the U.S. Army, which deposed Iran's longtime enemy Saddam Hussein, should be welcomed with open arms by the Islamic-fundamentalist state.

"And Iran's so nearby," Bush said. "It's only a hop, skip, and a jump to the east."

According to White House officials, coalition air units will leave forward air bases in Iraq and transport munitions to undisclosed locations in Iran. After 72 to 96 hours of aerial-bomb retreats, armored-cavalry units will retreat across the Zagros mountains in tanks, armored personnel carriers, and strike helicopters. The balance of the 120,000 troops will exit into the oil-rich borderlands around the Shatt-al-Arab region within 30 days.

Pentagon sources said U.S. Central Command has been formulating the exit plan under guidelines set by Bush.


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"The fact is, we've accomplished our goals in Iraq," said General George Casey, the commander of coalition forces in the Iraqi theater. "Now, it's time to bring our men and women home—via Iran."

Questions have been raised about the unprecedented size of the withdrawal budget.

"I'm asking Congress to approve a $187-billion budget to enable us to exit as smoothly as possible," said Casey, whose budget request includes several hundred additional M1A1 Abrams battle tanks, 72 new C-130 cargo planes, and two brigades of artillery. "We're concerned about the safety of our troops, so we need to have the capacity to deal with insurgent forces all the way from the Iraqi border through to Tehran."

Casey has requested a budget increase for the Pentagon, so that the government can reward recruits who serve in the U.S. mission to exit Iraq.


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Some of the Iranian citizens U.S. troops will meet as they pass through Iran.
"The plan also includes a minor stopover for refueling and provisional replenishment in Syria," Casey said. "But I don't expect we'll need more than 50,000 additional troops for that stretch of the Iraq pullout."

Bush's plan has met with widespread support.

"The people who said Iraq was a quagmire and that the president would never get our troops out are now eating crow," said Sean Hannity on his popular radio show Tuesday. "Of course, I don't expect anyone will have the honor to come forward and actually admit that they were wrong to question our commander-in-chief."

Sioux Falls, SD's Dianne Haverbuck, who has two sons in the military, said she was pleased to hear of the impending exit.

"Don and Kenneth have already been in Iraq an extra four months, so it's so good to hear that they'll finally be leaving that dangerous place," Haverbuck said. "I can't tell you how happy I was when the president said—what was it? I wrote it down. 'Getting our troops out of the Middle East and back home to their families is a viable long-term goal.'"

"I can't wait to see the boys," Haverbuck added.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Hoseini-Khamenei welcomed the exit plan.

"Let the Allied armies come to Iran," Khamenei said. "I believe I can assure you that, if they do withdraw here, their brothers-in-arms in the Islamic Republican Army, the Revolutionary Guards Corps, the Quds special forces units, and the Basij Popular Mobilization Army will no doubt do everything they can to make the troops' trip back home memorable."

i knwo its kinda old but is it true?

[Rasputin]

يك زن ايرانى درحال طى مسير ميان جنوب ولز به لندن با پاى پياده است، هدف اين زن براى انجام اين سفر ديدن فرزندانش در پايتخت انگليس اعلام شدهاست.

اين زن كه نام او "مهين" اعلام شده و از دو سال پيش سفر خود را آغاز كرده است، با خود مقدار زيادى اسباب و وسايل حمل ميكند و در طول يك روز بيشتر از پنج متر جلوتر نميرود.

برخى رسانههاى ولز اعلام كردند كه او دو فرزند ۲۴و ۲۷ساله در لندن دارد و به نقل از وى نوشتند كه براى فرزندانش پيغام فرستاده اما پاسخى دريافت نكرده است.

مهين ۳۰سال پيش به همراه همسرش از ايران به انگليس آمده و در جنوب ولز مستقر شده است اما اكنون نميداند همسرش كجاست.

وى گفت: " من فقط ميخواهم با دختر و پسرم حرف بزنم."
يك افسر پليس منطقه "نيوپورت" كه اين زن اكنون در آنجا راه خود را درمينوردد گفت كه پليس تا زمانى كه درخواستى از طرف او نشود نميتواند براى وى كارى بكند و او تاكنون چنين درخواستى مطرح نكرده است.

بر اساس اين گزارشها، ساكنان برخى از مناطقى كه اين زن از آنها عبور ميكند به وى كمك ميكنند و براى او نگرانند.

يك خبرنگار كه با اين زن ديدار كرده است گفت كه با سرعتى كه او مسير خود را ميپيمايد سفر او به لندن ۱۵۰سال طول ميكشد.

[Cop]

in kam dare ya chie? mikhad bachehasho bebine! bayad har che zoodtar bebine ya inke dirtar! what's wrong with her!!

[Rasputin]

in kam dare ya chie? mikhad bachehasho bebine! bayad har che zoodtar bebine ya inke dirtar! what's wrong with her!!

Injoor keh man fahmidam,in khanoom salhast baro bachash ro nadideh hala chera inkar ro mikoneh va chera beh police nemige va ya salem hast ya nah,nafahmidam hanooz !

[Rasputin]

'پرونده ايران فعلا به شورای امنيت نمی رود'

گزارش شده کشورهای اروپايی تصميم گرفته اند درخواست ارجاع فوری پرونده هسته ای ايران به شورای امنيت سازمان ملل را از قطعنامه پيشنهادی خود به آژانس بين المللی انرژی اتمی حذف کنند

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Iranians mob UK embassy after IAEA nuclear vote

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Scores of protesters incensed by European Union moves to send Iran's nuclear case to the U.N. Security Council hurled stones and smoke bombs over the walls of the British embassy compound in Tehran on Wednesday.
The violence, easily contained by riot police, coincided with a vote by lawmakers to speed discussion of a bill that would force the government to scale back its cooperation with the U.N. atomic watchdog, state media reported.

The bill to limit the scope of nuclear inspections is in retaliation for a resolution approved by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board of governors last week recommending Iran's case be sent to the U.N. Security Council.

If approved, the bill would oblige the government to stop implementing the Additional Protocol of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) which allows U.N. inspectors to make short-notice visits to nuclear facilities.

About 300 protesters gathered outside the British embassy in Tehran on Wednesday to denounce the IAEA resolution submitted by Britain, France and Germany.

"Nuclear energy is our legitimate right," they chanted. "We will fight, we will die, we will never surrender."

During the protest, organized by the hardline Basij militia, British and U.S. flags were burned. Groups of protesters hurled stones, tomatoes and smoke bombs into the walled compound and some tried to push past police to reach the embassy's main gate.

There were no immediate reports of any injuries or damage to the embassy.

[Rasputin]

عمليات انتحاری زن عراقی

در نخستين مورد گزارش شده از عمليات انتحاری توسط يک زن در عراق، انفجار بمب در برابر يک مرکز استخدام ارتش اين کشور به کشته شدن دست کم شش نفر و زخمی شدن گروهی ديگر منجر شده است.
به گزارش منابع پليس در شهر تل عفر، واقع در شمال غرب عراق، بامداد روز چهارشنبه، 28 سپتامبر، يک زن که مقاديری مواد منفجره را زير لباس خود جاسازی کرده بود اين بمب را در صف داوطلبان نام نويسی برای پيوستن به ارتش عراق منفجر کرد.

تعداد زخمی های اين حادثه بيش از سی نفر گزارش شده است.

اوايل ماه جاری، تل عفر، در نزديکی مرز مشترک عراق و سوريه، صحنه درگيری های سنگين بين شورشيان مسلح و نيروهای عراقی و آمريکايی بود.

منابع نظامی آمريکا در عراق گفته اند که در عمليات تل عفر بيش از پانصد تن از کسانی که تروريست و پيکارجويان خارجی خوانده شده اند کشته يا دستگير شدند.

در پی اين عمليات اعلام شد که تل عفر، که شورشيان مسلح بر آن مسلط شده بودند، در اختيار نيروهای دولتی قرار گرفته است.

عمليات انتحاری روز چهارشنبه چهارمين حمله به نيروهای نظامی و انتظامی عراقی در خلال چهار روز اخير بوده است.

روز سه شنبه، 27 سپتامبر، ده نفر در انفجار در مرکز استخدام پليس شهر بعقوبه، در شمال عراق، جان خود را از دست دادند.

در خلال روزهای قبل نيز دست کم شانزده نفر در بمب گذاری عليه نفرات و مراکز پليس عراقی کشته شدند.

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Hiroshima Mayor Praises Iranian Peace Statue

Tehran, 26 September 2005 (CHN) -- In a letter to Tehran’s municipality, Hiroshima mayor has suggested the distribution of the design of the statue of peace by Hossien Fakhimi around the world.

Fakhimi, who has received the letter in the final days of summer, told CHN, “Tadotoshi Akiba, Hiroshima Mayor and director of Mayors for Peace Organization, in a letter to Tehran’s Mayor, has asked for the distribution of the design of the statue throughout the world.”

The Mayors for Peace organization, recognized by the UN as an official NGO, is now supported by 554 cities in 107 countries and regions. “Mayors for Peace” aims to build solidarity and facilitate coordination among the cities that support the Programme to Promote the Solidarity of Cities toward the Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons.

Fakhimi created the statue in 1985, but since Iran was at war with Iraq at that time, he couldn’t introduce it to the world, until 11 June 2003 when UNESCO introduced it as a world symbol of peace and proposed a citation to its creator.

Fakhimi explained that previous to Hiroshima mayor’s suggestion, several foreign jewelry designers had asked permission to use the design in men and women ornaments, adding that he believed the recent suggestion by Mr. Akiba, is culturally valuable and indicates that the world has a special tendency toward that kind of art which is trying to distribute love and peace in the world.

He described his symbol as such, “There are two swans which have been mounted on each other in a way that we can see different designs from each dimension: from one side we can see the word “peace” in three languages of Persian, Arabic, and Hebrew; from the other side, we can see the name of Imam Ali [the first Imam of Shiite Muslims]; and from the third side we can see the word “love”. In other words, the work is a symbol of peace, unity, justice, and peaceful coexistence.”

Hossein Fakhimi, born in 1945, has a PhD from Madrid University of Fine Arts in sculpting, and certification of sculpting from Don Juan de Avalos, famous sculptor of Spain.

He received a certificate for national pioneer figure in 2000 from the then President Seyed Mohammad Khatami.

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Ancient language comes alive
for Iranian Jews in today’s L.A.

NEW YORK, Sept. 21 (JTA) — It took Iranian Jews in the United States nearly three decades in exile from the land their ancestors called home for 2,700 years to appreciate the rich history and culture preserved in their literature.
Considered one of the oldest but least studied Jewish writings in the world, Judeo-Persian writings consist of the Persian language written in Hebrew characters by Jews living in what today are Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and some parts of India during the last 1,000 years.

“In Iran the Jewish community was not aware of the value of Judeo-Persian writings, but now that they are away from their home they feel more attached to their heritage and want to preserve...

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NEW YORK, September 20th, 2005 – As New York's most exciting runway week comes to an end, what could be more exhilarating than a look at our very own Behnaz Sarafpour. Unveiling her Spring 2006 collection at the famous Fashion Week, Behnaz focused on a collection that combines the old style of Hollywood with a modern twist.

As in previous collections, the Iranian designer used meticulous and refined that she is slowly becoming famous for. This included the use of lace in everything from swimwear to evening wear. Lace was found as trimming on an orange cloque sheath, as a hand-tatted neckline on a silk shell, and for added glamour, as a collar that dressed up model Lisa Cant's ribbed tank s***t.

Following the tradition of something old and something new, Behnaz peppered the collection with polka-dots, animal prints, and textured chiffon, which brought life into a mostly black and white collection. She also boldly accessorized with chokers, bracelets, and rings from the Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry collection. . Other unique pieces in this collection included tattoo embroidery on a simple silk tweed dressed, double-face wool jackets, and perhaps the most elegant of shorts Fashion week has seen, which were in knee-grazing silk. Sarafpour's evening collection featured some vibrant colors, remaining mostly floor-length and narrow dresses.

Last September Behnaz held her fashion show at Tiffany. The Iranian-born Sarafpour started her career with Anne Klein, before she even graduated from Parsons School of Design. She has worked with the likes of Narciso Rodriguez, Louis Dell'Olio, and Richard Tyler before switching to design for Isaac Mizrah. The delicate Sarafpour also designed for Barney's private label, an industry privilege, before finally launching her own line in 2001.











For more Behnaz, go to www.behnazsarafpour.com.

[Dariush]

yeahhhhhhhhhhhh we used to date
but she talks too much
so i had to cut her off
heheh