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The Iranian religious police frown on couples mingling in public.Stefania has more pictures from this “love arrest” at Publius Pundit.While the regime in Tehran denounced the taser incident at UCLA, an Iranian student in Sabzevar was murdered for talking to his wife at a public bus stop.Via Azarmehr and Middle East Times:An Iranian university student talking with his wife at a bus stop was murdered by another student upset over a public conversation between the sexes, the ISNA student news agency reported Sunday.

Representatives from the two latest world nuclear players are meeting in Tehran this past week.Iranian President Ahmadinejad and North Korean Assembly Chairman Choe Thae Bok are meeting in Iran this weekend.

More:Are Iranian regime sympathizers influencing the Iraq Study Group?

(This post has been updated)A noted Iranian activist sent in this information:I send out your posts sometimes; today, I sent out your post about the Baker Iraq group being penetrated by the Mullah agents.

This is just too strange…After threatening to “Wipe Israel off the map” weekly for over a year, Iran is now complaining to the United Nations that Israel must cease and desist its threats against the Iranian state.The Iranian regime is fed up with Israel’s bombing threats!Terrorism Research Center and Reuters reports:Iran, whose president has vowed to wipe Israel off the map, complained to the United Nations on Wednesday that the Jewish state was repeatedly threatening to bomb it.The threats were “matters of extreme gravity” and the U.N.

Daniel Pipes raises the question again about Iranian President Mahmood Ahmadinejad’s role in the hostage-taking crisis of 1979 with the discovery of another dated photo from that era.The Russian Daily News Kommersant posted the latest photo to this controversy earlier this week.Here are a few other early photos of Ahmadinejad for comparison:Iran ReviewIran ReviewIran.orgFrom AKhoondak (in Persian)So is the above photo the Thug in Chief or just a thug lackey?…

The centrifuges could make more than 44 pounds of weapons grade uranium each month.Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad greets the Iranian media before starting a news conference in Tehran.

These photos are from the Al-Alam Iranian website.Iran spy drone footage of an American Aircraft Carrier aired on Al-Alam TV today.Iran released footage taken from a spy plane of a US Carrier in the Gulf today on Al-Alam television.Drudge and Breitbart reported:The brief minute-long film, which was shown on Al-Alam television’s evening news bulletin, showed wobbly aerial footage of an aircraft carrier stacked with war planes as it sailed.

No news on the status of anti-Iranian Regime Ayatollah Kazemeini-Boroujerdi.It is feared he is dead!Outside the cleric’s home in October before his arrest his followers kept police a away for hours, Via The Spirit of Man, ADVAR and ISNAIran Press is reporting on the deaths during the arrest of Ayatollah Kazemeini-Boroujerdi, an anti-Iranian regime cleric:Kazemeini-Boroujerdi who had been arrested and imprisoned in 1995 and 2000 for his vehement opposition to the Islamic regime was re-arrested on October 8th after a 24 hour stand-off and clashes between his supporters and regime’s guards.

Noted activist Kiaoosh Sanjari was re-arrested in early October with supporters of the senior Shi’ite Muslim cleric, Ayatollah Boroujerdi, who has challenging Iran’s system of clerical rule.

The Iranian regime today announced that with the democratic wins yesterday, they look forward to the American exit from Iraq.(So does John Murtha!)Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves bye.

Hmm…

Hat Tip to Serendip!

“Women are speaking highly of themselves and that causes men who sacrifice their lives in this sport disappointment.

The Spirit of Man reported on several protests this morning in Iran.Students at Amir-Kabir University protested for the release of activist Keyvan Ansari who was arrested three weeks ago and is being held in Evin prison.(News.Gooya.com)(News.Gooya.com)Students at Iran’s Amir-Kabir University protested on campus yesterday against the repression at the school.Iran Focus reported:Some 500 students in Tehran’s Amir-Kabir University held a protest on Monday against the takeover of universities by Islamist groups affiliated to the Revolutionary Guards.

Iranian Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei clutches his Kalashnikov on Friday as the regime outlined dangerous new threats this weekend.Serendip points out this sermon shot that was posted at DEBKA Files this weekend:This shot, suppressed in Iran’s media coverage, shows Khamenei speaking at Tehran University on Oct.

During his first arrest at age 17 Sanjari was kept in isolation for several months for his activism.During the violent clashes this weekend between supporters of the senior Shi’ite Muslim cleric who has challenged Iran’s system of clerical rule and the regime, student activist Kianoosh Sanjari went missing.The Student committee of human right reporters in Iran reported today that noted Iranian student activist Kianoosh Sanjari was arrested yesterday along with supporters of Ayatollah Boroojerdi: After almost 12 hours, there is no news about Kianoosh Sanjari , political activist and a member of Allied student front arresting yesterday with supporters of Ayatollah Boroojerdi when he reported that event !As most of arrested protesters were sent to section 209 of Ewin prison, it is guessed that he is in 209 !According to what witnesses said , injured protesters were transferred to Imam Khomeini Hospital and some near hospitals.

** The Cinnamon Bun Scandal **Didn’t the Iranians change the name “Danish” to “Roses of the Prophet Mohammad”?Then why is there a big “cinnamon bun” plastered on the official Islamic Republic News Agency’s report about the latest Denmark protests?

** Massive Unrest in Tehran!

After the massive cocaine bust in late August at the Tehran airport it looks like the crack supply and demand situation has settled back down in Iran.

The Iranian Fars News Agency is suggesting that after the US pulled Saddam from his spider hole, George Bush is meeting the Butcher to plan violence against the Iraqis!Talk about projection!Winston points out this outrageous news item published in the Iranian media, Fars News Agency, on September 2, 2006:Saddam Visited by Bush Informed sources said that US President George W.

The Iranian leaders play good cop, bad cop with Pope.Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his buddy Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (L) make a clenched-fist salute during a travel to the Orinoco River basin in southeastern Venezuela.

This is disgusting but not surprising!Not missing a beat, the American Leftist group, Council on Foreign Relations, plans on meeting with Iranian President Ahmadinejad when he is in New York this week!One Jerusalem has this:One Jerusalem has confirmed that the President of the Council on Foreign Relations, a Left-leaning establishment organization in New York, is inviting major civic, business, and political leaders to meet Iran’s tyrannical President Ahmadinejad this week, when he is in New York.

On Wednesday September 6, 2006, the Iranian National News Service announced that the mullacracy had discovered the herbal and chemical cure for the treatment of AIDS.

Ungrateful D*ck!Giving up on America’s close ally, the Shah of Iran, was no walk in the park, you know!Doesn’t he appreciate all the sacrifices Jimmy Carter made for him and his ilk?Is there no sense of loyalty, anymore?What has this world come to?

Update: Too much!

Are Muslims the New Jews…

Jimmy Carter gets rain on his parade of thugs…A travel ban may be in the works (?) (AFP)Jimmy Carter is taking heat this time for propping up another regime head in his long history of flirting with the world’s worst dictators:Iranian journalist and analyst Amir Taheri said that a Carter-Khatami meeting would not be a bad thing.”By begging to meet the head of one of the most repressive regimes in the world, Carter would simply show whose side he is on,” he said.”Having refused to meet Iranian dissidents and rejected repeated calls for statements in support of Iranian trade unionists, student leaders, persecuted minorities and political prisoners, Carter is precisely the person who should hang around with people like Khatami.” Allen Roth at One Jerusalem writes that at least one good US senator is calling for the State Department to revoke the US visa for former Iranian President Khatami, one of the terror regime’s strongmen:In an open letter to Secretary of State Condelleza Rice, Virginia Senator George Allen courageously challenges the State Department to rescind the visa it has granted to former Iranian President Khatami.Allen makes many important points.

If Iran is the “Central Banker of Terror” then the former Bank Manager is coming to the US!Allen Roth is reporting that the Bush Administration will will issue a visa to former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami.

Supporters of the Iranian Regime prevent Jews from demonstrating today.Members of the Iranian community (L and 2nd L, in white) argue with a member of the Jewish community (far R) who was planning a protest against Iran, near the Iranian embassy in Buenos Aires August 23, 2006.

Iranian youths throw a rave party!You really must play this New Nami single “Faryaad” while checking out these Iranian party pictures just to get a feel for things, HERE(Man, I hope he’s not singing about some jihad crap cuz it’s a really good song!)Via StefaniaPictures from a Chaharshanbeh-Souri Celebration in Iran.The women defied the mullahs and even let their hair down for a spell.What?…

Finally, the mullacracy is doing something to fight the staggering unemployment numbers.This week the Iranian regime announced that it was about to launch a crackdown against “decadent” satellite television dishes….It didn’t take them long to get cracking!

Iranian President Ahmadinejad started a blog.Isreali bloggers hacked it.Via Stefania

Or, is it just neo-chickenhawk-conservative-fear-mongering?Indonesians carry placard with pictures of leaders who are against Israeli action in Lebanon during an anti-Israel rally outside the U.S.

It looks like Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the United Nations Human Rights Council are on the same page.Ahmadinejad made a call of support and congratulations to the Lebanese President Emile Lahoud today.

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad finally spoke out to congratulate Hezbollah today, a group he was proud to support:”I say to all those who accuse Syria of taking the side of the resistance that this is, for the Syrian people, an honour,” he said in a wide-ranging speech that also took aim at Washington and anti-Damascus figures in Lebanon.Assad, whose government the United States accuses of sponsoring Hezbollah, paid tribute to the “men of the resistance” in a reference to the Shiite guerrillas who fought Israeli soldiers on the ground in Lebanon and fired daily barrages of rocket fire over the border during the conflict.”This resistance is a medal to pin on the chest of every Arab citizen, not only Syria,” he said, adding that the Lebanese guerrillas had “shattered the myth of an invincible army.”A total of 160 Israelis have been killed since July 12, most of them soldiers who lost their lives in combat with Hezbollah.

Ahmad Batebi, one of Iran’s most famous political activists was re-arrested in Tehran late last month.

The details of the brutal death of activist Akbar Mohammadi were released.

It must have been another good sermon.Iranian protestors holding Hizbollah and Palestine flags protest in front of the British embassy in Tehran August 4, 2006.

Imprisoned since 1999 for a student uprising, Akbar Mohammadi died on Sunday at Evin Political Prison north of Tehran.Stefania has reports that Mohammadi was buried without the presence of any family member.When Mohammadi’s parents reached Iran on Monday night on the news of their son’s death, they were arrested by the regime:The parents of Akbar Mohammadi, an imprisoned activist who died due to hunger strike at the infamous Evin Political jail, were arrested, this evening, at Tehran Airport.

Ahmad Batebi, one of Iran’s most famous political activists was re-arrested in Tehran this weekend.

** Well, Iran did say this was going to happen!

Look who showed up at the Anti-Israeli rallies…Ahmadinejad in TorontoKhomeini in Argentina- Masked activists shout during a protest rally in the Argentina’s city of Cordoba against the Israeli attacks on Lebanon that have killed scores of “civilians” July 20, 2006.

Iranian President Ahmadinejad warned that Israel triggered their own extinction by attacking Lebanon.Ahmadinejad warned Israel to pack up its belongings and leave the Middle East before being caught up in the storm they created:Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday told arch-foe Israel to “pack up” and move somewhere outside the Middle East, the state news agency IRNA reported.”I advise them to pack up and move out of the region before being caught in the fire they have started in Lebanon,” said Ahmadinejad, who has repeatedly called for the Jewish state to be relocated elsewhere on the planet.Iran refuses to recognise Israel and opposes any two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Earlier this year under a banner showing coffins draped with U.S., British and Israeli flags, more than 100 Iranian men and women pledged Thursday to become suicide bombers.It looks like they may be soon asked to test their skills.Iran announced today that it is ready to unleash its “recent graduates” on the US and Israel:”We have 2,000 volunteers who have registered since last year,” said Iranian Hizbollah’s spokesman Mojtaba Bigdeli, speaking by telephone from the central seminary city of Qom.”They have been trained and they can become fully armed.

“All the conditions for the removal of the Zionist regime are at hand,” Ahmadinejad told an Arab Conference of Iraqi Neighbors meeting Saturday.Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) speaks during the opening ceremony for the Ministerial summit of Iraq’s neighbouring countries conference in Tehran July 8, 2006.

It was a sad time for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad this past month as he witnessed the passing of his father:Tehran, May 30, 2006 IRNA:The father of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad passed away Tuesday morning at the age of 82, it was announced here Tuesday.