Iran rejects US remarks on its nuclear program
"Tehran, Apr 30 - Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi here on Wednesday rejected the recent remarks by certain US officials on Iran's nuclear activities, adding that such repetitious positions are meant to diverting the world attention from Washington's efforts to develop small nuclear weapons, IRNA reported...."

Oh, I really don't know where is the end of these kinds of titles...this remarks & that rejects, that remarks & this rejects, & it's all very confusing...sometimes I think that this might be a game just for wasting time, & the only thing I can do is trying not to think like this!!!

SARS...what a frightening word!!! ha ha ha...my portents are really frightened & it's enough just to say "SARS" in the house to make them worried & talking about it for hours...actually I was talking with my friend that she said one of her sister's friends is in hospital & doctors say that she has SARS! I think if SARS really comes to Iran, I'll be one of the first ones to have it, because I'm not that much strong against illnesses.

I don't know why but I really don't have any kind of worry about it & thinking of SARS doesn't make any senses for me, It's a while that I don't even give a damn to these kinds if fears...
You know, recently I've been having a feeling that we won't have any chance of life, & can't escape at all...with all these news about different probable dangers there is really no way; for example some days ago I read somewhere that most of people in Tehran will have cancer because of noise signals that government sends to stop people watching satellite channels, or somewhere else I read that soon there will be a very huge earth quake in Tehran that will damage everything...there are also lots about different kinds of illnesses & disasters, I'm just waiting to read somewhere:" Don't worry about anything at all, soon everything will be finished & if you want or not you'll die...bye bye"!

Referendum - or else
People of Iran might seek foreign help for freedom
......

A great thing is happening & the number of English weblogs written by Iranians is rising...some months ago there were just a few ones but now I'm glad to see that many ones have started or are starting writing in English, & for sure that is the result of hoder's posts to encourage people & fortunately that worked...actually now there are so many ones that I just can't name all of them, but soon I will change appearance of my weblog & also add links of them too...but there is a complete list of them in the right side of hoder's English weblog...I suggest you to go through them, there are lots of valuable weblog written by professional people with good English, Much better than mine.

Blair: Terror support by Syria, Iran has harmed peace process
"British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Monday that Syria and Iran have supported terror and funded attacks, which has harmed the Middle East peace process.
Despite this, Blair made clear at a press conference in London that Britain had no plans to take any military measures against the two countries, and rejected the possibility that Britain would be part of any future attack on them. Blair said that Syria and Iran need to fulfill important roles in the Middle East peace process......"

Iranian girls & their appearance in streets...
Yesterday, I read in newspaper that Iran's government has decided to do something against girls & women's way of wearing this year...
you know as summer is coming & weather is getting better, girls can wear better...Actually I think that last year a kind of revolution happened in the way of Iranian women wearing, as the fashion of Manto(The clothe that women must wear, most of the times long & loose) was some tight ones & also with shorter sleeves, colors were lighter & the models were nice & free...so in compare with a couple of years ago that all clothes were most of the time in dark colors & very loose ,this is great.
Anyways, as it is said this year government has plans for girls' clothes & things won't be that easy, there will be some actions to prevent women wear that much freely. But there is nothing to be worry about; Iranian girls are clever & wise enough to find a way & not to act as this Islamic republic wants...

 

Iran tries to avoid row with U.S.
"Iranian leaders have made a flurry of comments suggesting that they are prepared to engage more constructively with their long-time arch-enemy the United States after its swift seizure of power in neighbouring Iraq.
Senior U.S. officials have said they hoped Iraq's defeat would persuade Iran, Syria and North Korea to give up their ambitions for weapons of mass destruction. Last year Washington tagged Iran part of an "axis of evil" for allegedly aiding terrorism and pursuing nuclear arms...."

U.S. Warns Iran Against Interfering in Iraqi Politics
"WASHINGTON, April 23 The United States warned Iran today not to interfere with the development of a government in Iraq . The warning was in response to growing signs that Tehran is trying to influence Iraqis to oppose United States forces and to push for an Islamic government similar to Iran's...."

Not about Sina
The Islamic Republic is now targetting sprouting Internet writers....a note by Pedram Moallemian in Iranian site...here is also his new weblog, eyeranian...

Although it's been several days from the arrest of Sina Motallebi he is still the hottest subject of Persian bloggers notes...Hossein Derakhshan also writes: "Nothing new about Sina. After a few days of shock, many bloggers have started to post again. Although many of them were very active supporting him with wrting about him and putting up the banner that calls for his release, some well-known bloggers who use their real names are a bit frightened. Some of them have only put up the banner without anything about him and a few of them have not mentioned a sinlge word about him, fearing of risking their jobs in mainstream media...."

After some days far from this cyber world I came back again...although I have lots of works for tomorrow but I preferred to post something, I also checked my e-mails & read all of them patiently, there was only one thing; I had some mails asking me about the general strike of July 9 in Iran!!! Actually I don't know haven't heard anything about it...so what is it that people outside Iran know about it sooner that Iranians inside?

Iran: where a kiss is never 'just a kiss'
"Tehran - A prominent Iranian actress has been handed a suspended sentence of 74 lashes for publicly kissing a male film director during an awards ceremony, said a report...."
Every one was forgetting that mess that had been made because of a simple kiss of an Iranian actress to a young boy & was like his son, & that foolish demonstrations (!!!) of mullahs; anyway today I read that Gohar Kheirandish(that actress) has been handed a suspended sentence of 74 lashes for that kiss! I have nothing special to say, I'm just ashamed that I have to write about these news of my country, for people of the world...I'm ashamed of the place that I live in & this damn destiny...

For some reasons, I won't be able to update my weblog regularly for a while...actually I'll write but I can't do as much as before; I'm really sorry about this but the present situation don't allow me to spend much time in the net, And also sorry that I can't reply e-mails at the time...

At the time news of sina Motallebi arrest is really hot in Persian weblogs world...the link of petition for his freedom is also at the first place in blogdex...actually Motallebi isn't the only one that is arrested in Iran & each day many ones suffer from this government in many ways, the only difference is that Sina, because of his weblog was known for more ones...I think this arrest has changed to a symbolic act of oppression & this reaction of people is also fighting with that cruelty. But still I have doubt, about every little thing that happens, these years were enough for me to learn to think carefully & doubtful about every things, because behind every single event is a dirty trick;
Now the training of Islamic republic is completed, a doubter that doesn't believe or trust anything...that's a fact that it was a trick from the first, the whole Islam & Islamic republic!

We endorse the Free Sina Motallebi, Iranian Journalist Petition to Reporters sans frontières and other human rights organizations.
Sign the free Sina motallebi, Iranian journalist petition

Iranian exiles rally for regime change in their homeland
"WASHINGTON -- Chanting ''down with the mullahs,'' thousands of Iranian exiles demonstrated yesterday against the Islamic government in Tehran, calling attention to the regime's reported attacks against opposition fighters along the Iraq-Iran border and attempts by ruling clerics and security services to meddle in Iraq's internal affairs and foment fundamentalist religious opposition to the US military presence..."

The weather has gone crazy again, just like my life in last days; The dreadful sound of thunders doesn't make me afraid, but more confused...oh, I just wish I could write all thoughts that I have in my mind but...It's a strange night, & the sound of raining & thunders makes me unable to think...

Sina Motallebi, an Iranian journalist that also had a popular Persian weblog & was one of the first real journalists that started writing weblog with his real name is arrested...because of his notes in newspapers, some of his interviews & as he said himself in his weblog his notes in his weblog...that has made lots almost all of Iranian bloggers & readers of his weblog extremely sorry...I just hope that nothing bad happens to him.

Iraqi Muslims Protest Against Foreign Troops
"Tens of thousands of Iraqi Muslims took to the streets of Baghdad after Friday prayers today to demand the departure of U.S. and other foreign troops and the establishment of an Islamic state.
The demonstration was peaceful, news agencies reported, but it provided dramatic new evidence that the ouster of Saddam Hussein's secular government has unleashed pent-up religious sentiment, especially among the country's long-repressed Shiite Muslim majority. In the absence of strong government, Islam often provides the organizing principle, and the civic institutions, of Muslim societies....."

...you know, at first when I heard about this big demonstration, I got angry or perhaps sorry that Iraqis don't think & don't wanna improve & have a better life & though that it won't be good for their future, but when I though more I realized that it's not that much bad...actually this demonstration is the first sign of democracy in Iraq, & that would be so sweet for the people who couldn't say their opinions or protest again anything & now by the liberty that Us has brought to their country can come freely to streets & say whatever they want, although I still believe that it's not their real feeling & all these are because of Muslim leaders that excite people to demonstrate against something without thinking...that's my idea.

A different day, a good girl...
Today, I was totally another person...although it was Friday & was holiday I woke up soon in the morning & started studying all my lessons for hours, after dinner sleeper for an hours & after that again studied...I connected to Internet just for some minutes & tried to help my mother like a good girl, didn't watch TV or satellite & got prepared for the Sunday physic exam. And now I'm just gonna go to bed soon to be able to wake up early in the morning.....wow, I think I'm going too far & if things go on like this I should get worried about myself...I had never been such a good girl!!!

US turns its gunsights on Iran and Syria
"The "greater jihad" is an Islamic term. It signifies that the period that follows a war is usually immeasurably more difficult than the war (jihad) itself.
With the collapse of the Baathist regime, Iraq is now on the verge of just such a greater jihad. And this jihad will be exclusively America's responsibility......."

U.S. Bombed Iran Militant Bases Inside Iraq-Report
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. forces have attacked the Iraqi bases of Iran's main opposition group, the Mujahideen i-Khalq, The New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed U.S. government officials.
The newspaper quoted the officials saying the group, also known as the People's Mujahideen Organisation of Iran, had supported Saddam Hussein, making it a legitimate military target.
With tanks and artillery as well as armed fighters based the border with Iran, the Mujahideen has sought to overthrow Iran's Islamic government for more than a decade.
The U.S. government estimated recently that the group had "several thousand fighters," most of whom are based in Iraq."
Mujehedeen, that means fighters...a group that never had power, although they are against Islamic republic but people don't want them, because they are something worse...but I've heard some stories about its members that are like poor captives for the leaders of group & have really no way... many ones had predicted that this war in Iraq won't bring a nice future for them.

Yahoo News:"In a rainy weather, Iranian President Mohammad Khatami speaks with journalists as he leaves a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April. 16, 2003. Khatami said Wednesday his country will not recognize a U.S.-installed interim administration in Iraq and will support Syria if it is attacked."

 

 

It's more than one day & night that it's raining with no stop...although my window is closed but I can hear its voice; you know, it rains in such a special & nice way that you think it will continue for ever, so gently...
I also heard that there have been some problems in Karaj's(small city in north of Tehran) dikes...most of people wanted to put up coolers but unfortunately weather got cold again, that's spring & we should tolerant this unsteady whether & unexpected rains...I hope, at least this raining helps the lack of water that we sometimes face in summers....
Anyways, I'm feeling good because of weekend...it had some busy days & the coming week will be worse because of midterm exams. But today I'm not gonna study at all, I just want to sleep & enjoy my time.

Iran tells U.S. to stop threatening Syria
"TEHRAN, April 16 (Reuters) - Iran's President Mohammad Khatami called on the United States on Wednesday to stop threatening Syria but said a U.S. military attack on Iraq's western neighbour was unlikely.
"Our advice to the Americans is to abandon such threats," Khatami told reporters after a cabinet meeting. "We reject U.S. threats and allegations about ourselves, and I think the same goes with Syria".
Toning down Washington's sharp rhetoric of late toward Syria, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Tuesday there was "no war plan" to attack Syria or Iran despite the belief both countries are pursuing weapons of mass destruction.
Khatami argued that "Syria is different from Iraq," which U.S.-led forces invaded on March 20 in a war that has ended President Saddam Hussein's rule....."

Who's Next?...these days there are lots of notes in newspapers with this title or something like this; actually I think that at the time the most important thing that people care about it even more than changes in Iraq is the next target, & the beginning of the next world game of liberty. Ok, so who's really next? Iran? Oh, that makes me exited & also a bit worried...

No SARS yet reported in Iran
"An official at Iran's Ministry of Health has said that no case of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic has been reported in the Islamic Republic yet, IRNA reported from Tehran...."
...Oh, that's good; in this situation that everything's a mess, the only thing we don't have is that terrible illness...

..Actually I had read before in some Persian weblogs that recently some ISPs don't allow users to visit some sites, even ones like Nedstat; tonight when I wanted to check my Nedstat page & the number of visitors, with this new Internet card, I saw a sentence that seemed a bit funny :"The request was denied, as specified in the SmartFilter Content Filter configuration. The content category reported is sex"!!!!
It seems that they have started controling Internet a bit, & use filters but not all ISPs. Fortunately we have more chances in using Internet with no control than some other Asian countries, perhaps that's because of our stupid leaders that don't know much about Information technology...Although, some times they wanted to do something but that didn't work...

A report of present situation of Iran in CBSnews, with some parts of Kamal Kharazzi & Geoffrey Kemp's speeches....I found it interesting, there were some facts that was said in the best way but also there were some kinds of exaggerations...

Iran: The Country Next Door
"(CBS) When most Americans think of Iran, they remember those 1979 pictures of Ayatollah Khomeini's Islamic revolution and the seizure of 52 American hostages at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.

Even today, for Iran, America is still officially the Great Satan. And to the United States, Iran is officially in the Axis of Evil....Kemp believes that Iran will feel dangerously isolated after the U.S. war with Iraq is over.
"We will be not only a major presence in Iraq," he says. "We will be in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Oman. We're all around them, and we're encircling them with the most extraordinary military power the world has ever seen assembled. They are very nervous about this." ......

One reality that is seared into the Iranian psyche is the brutal eight-year war with Iraq in the 1980s. Reminders are everywhere in Tehran. In the city's hospitals, the realities of Saddam Hussein's chemical attacks are everywhere in the men who returned home blinded, lungs burned, tethered for life to respirators....

For that to happen, the social revolution that is taking place here must succeed. Sixty percent of Iran's people are under 25, an exploding population connecting itself with the wider world.
Women are beginning to defiantly let the veils slip from their heads. And youth must be served with American style burgers and fries.
Time and time again, students have taken to the streets demanding freedom of the press, academic freedom and jobs....."

Today was the first day of new term of my English class...after that long break I really didn't feel like going to class, but I had to...Anyways, that was good, our new teacher is really nice, a young girl that has a great accent & is also very kind & beautiful. That's so good because I was getting really tired by our last teacher that was with us for several terms & was a strict old man that I had a boring class. So now I have great motivations to work harder & study better, actually I'm somehow happy that my class started, going to class in these intolerable evenings makes me good...

Iran may consider resuming ties with U.S.
"TEHRAN, Iran, April 12 (UPI) -- Iran on Saturday hinted at ways the Shiite Muslim country could resume ties with the United States, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported....Rafsanjani's comments, particularly his references to the role of the Expediency Council, suggested Iran's leadership may be ready to crack open the door to relations with the United States....
U.S. President George W. Bush dubbed the Islamic republic, and pointedly "its unelected few," as part of an "axis of evil" that tries to develop weapons of mass destruction. Tehran has repeatedly denied the accusation....."

Shreds...about Kave Golestan's life, in Tehranavenue site:
"...All these images are dark or white. Photographs throw rocks, demolish ruins, and kill death. Images bring presence to the past, soften a hard part of history: part of the revolution, part of Kurdistan, part of death. The result is unimportant. But it is essential to record. Recording Reality...."Nothing scares me. Nothing surprises me. I have little sense left. I have seen it all,"...Kaveh knew isolation and the nightmare of the dead. He died under the sky, on the ground, both of which he knew well...."

...& my city; Tehran!

Iran welcomes Saddam's downfall
"TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iran's supreme leader has said his country is delighted Saddam Hussein has been removed from power in Iraq, but condemned the coalition attack as military aggression with imperialist designs.
Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei also described the United States as "the great Satan" in an axis of evil....."

...Oh, It's an easy & funny game; you just have to call the ones you don't like "axis of evil"!!! That's all...

I'm not having a nice time...actually I hate this part of year, about two last months of spring that life seems more disgusting than ever for me...every thing is awful & every single thing can be a good reason to go crazy or sad & every events remind me all bad memories of my life... in these meaningless & dark days, I find life emptier than ever...
These days everyone thinks about future that looks so much vague & foggy of country...& I optimistically think about a same thing that happened to Iraq, I find that somehow the only way to the end of all confusions & problems that I have now, perhaps I'm wrong & no one can really bring me the things I have in mind; Perhaps I'm going too far & like a child I have foolish wishes...

Britain Seeks to Engage Iran and Syria Over Iraq
"LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday it was continuing to engage with Iraq's neighbors Syria and Iran, a message that cut across hard-line warnings to both states from hawks in Washington.
"It is important to maintain the dialogue with both these countries," Foreign Secretary Jack Straw told parliament. "Syria and Iran now have the chance to play their part in building a better future for Iraq."...."

After a while I posted a note in windsofchange; here it is :
Iranian Media & News of War...
"In this situation that world is talking about happiness of Iraqis & reports from Iraq, the reaction of Iran mass media to the fall of Saddam is interesting, Iran TV channels that used to follow news of War how they wanted & also were proud that at least for the first time some other medias in the world are against US, now are in a hard situation & try to do anything to don't show the happiness of Iraqis & celebrations in Baghdad...
It is really funny for me, switching to News channel of Iran just after watching BBC & hearing other news; they just mention the celebrations as they are American soldiers who are happy not Iraqis & Iraqis are really angry with US; & when they don’t find any better subject to lie about, they start to talk about US crimes or try to prove that this war was just a collusion...
Anyways, no matter what they do, all of us know that their time is over too & they can not fool people with wrong news & reports any more."

The tyrant, is finished
_ Baghdad's Saddam City cheers end of 'tyrant'
_ Most Iraqi troops in Baghdad giving up
_....
Good bye to cruel Saddam & his disgusting government!!!
I think at the time, we Iranians can understand the great feeling of Iraqis more than others in the world; there is something in this victory that belongs to us too...

Waiting for a brighter future...

 

 

 

 

Here is the interview with creator of Blogshares, market of weblogs:
Interview with Seyed Pouya Razavi, creator of BlogShares
"When I saw his name I thought he might be Iranian. I sent him an email and he confirmed it. Pouya Razavi is the creator of BlogShares, fantasy stock market of weblogs.....BlogShares came from some analysis I was doing on the nature of attention on the Web based on power law distributions. In the course, of doing the experiment I needed an algorithm to define the value of links and I borrowed my knowledge from how Google does it's PageRank. It wasn't an exact copy but used the same principal of determining authority of the linker based on the authority of people which link to him/her.
From there came the idea of a virtual stock market where players could invest in the popularity of weblogs or rather speculate on the shifts of attention within the network...."

I'm still sick & don't feel good, that's all because of my allergy to spring time that has been always with me, & never let me enjoy this season...I feel like I have cold & have a terrible eye sore; That's really bad but it seems' that there is no cure & I should always spend spring with this awful feeling.
Besides that, we have some repair works in our house, so everything is in a mess & I think I won't have any chance to study for Saturday’s Math exam; so I decided to stay some hours more in school tomorrow, but I don't think that I can stand & won't die of tiredness.
..& also add this situation some new problems & confusions & imagine how I am feeling now! That is a real mess :(

Next: North Korea or Iran?:
"As the battle for Baghdad enters its final stages, President Bush's focus is shifting to other serious concerns in the war against terrorism: Iran and North Korea....

Iran is the subject of the hottest disagreements among Bush's advisers, the Times says, noting that Bush has asserted the right to preventive strikes against terrorist nations that would harm the United States. "Responding to such enemies only after they have struck first is not self-defense," the president has said. "It is suicide."

At issue are Iran's harboring of top-level al-Qaeda members, its bankrolling of the Hezbollah terrorist group and the International Atomic Energy Agency's recent inspection that confirmed what Washington has long asserted: that Iran is much closer than anyone had thought to developing a nuclear bomb......"

I didn't go to school; this morning when I woke up, I was feeling really bad & even couldn't stand up, so decided to go a bit later but I didn't get better & preferred to stay at home.
Now I am better, & really proud that at the time instead of being in Math class, I'm web-surfing & blogging...Actually I think reading the news of war did me good; you know, many ones predict that when the army seize the control of Iraq & Saddam completely, Iranians will com to street celebrating to show their happiness of the end of Saddam's government & somehow say that they hate dictators in anyway....that would be nice, actually a welcome to changes in our own country...

U.S. forces enter presidential palace
"...It can't be anything but alarming to see a [coalition] brigade commander standing in the compound of a presidential palace in Baghdad...This sends a powerful message to the remnants of the regime that we can go where we want, when we want..."
That sounds great!

The Wall ( by Forough Farokhzad)

"With the cold moments of the past fleeting by,
Your wild eyes contained in your silent demeanor
build a wall around me
And I flee from you to a pathless path.

Until I see valleys on the moons dirt
Until I wash my body in the water fountains of light
In a colorful fog of a warm summer morning
I'll fill my skirt with lilies from the fields
And hear the roar of roosters from the village rooftops
..........

It is there where I am happy and free
And I weave memories of this world
Because your bewitching eyes
Find my eyes
And blur my vision
Like your dark secrets
That build a wall around me....."

BBC cameraman's last moments
"Kaveh is now at peace, and life will of course go on, but ours will not be the same without him. He was unique and irreplaceable....."

...& photos of his funeral are available, in Tehran24 site...

No U.S. plan to hit Syria, Iran:
"British Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday said the United States had absolutely no plans to attack Syria and Iran, who have been warned by Washington over their alleged involvement in Iraq..."There is no question of 'who next?' We are in Iraq for a particular reason," Blair said. "This is not a war against Iraq, it is a war against Saddam...."

...So, today after two weeks holiday I went to school; & also the last day was spent all in doing homework & studying lessons for Norooz holidays; anyway now I'm really tired, I had got used of sleeping that much, so now I can't stand going to classes from 8 in the morning to 3 in the noon & also after that studying for the next day...But there is no other way & I have to try my best for the mid-term exams that are beginning & these last months that are really important....

Yahoo News:"British Broadcasting Corporation cameraman Kaveh Golestan, seen filming fighters of the Islamic group Ansar al-Islam in Sargat, Iraq, in this Saturday Feb. 8, 2003 file photo, was killed by a mine at Kifrey, Iraq, Wednesday April 2, 2003. Golestan, 52, an Iranian freelancer, was killed and another of his crew injured in the explosion..."

More about him here in Iranian site: Sunset in Golestan...& two series of his photos: Those days( photos of revolution days in Iran) & Mental institution.

 

 

Winds of Change: "It's hard to adequately explain the role or importance of Ali. The Prophet Mohammed's first and best follower, a peerless warrior whose integrity in public office was unimpeachable, a man who often endured injustice rather than fight for his due if his actions might weaken the faith entire...."
That was interesting, & I though this note about Ali might be interesting too, I take your notice of this article (English, but some refers to books are in Farsi):Ali and his atrocities against Iranian

Iran braces itself for new wave of refugees
"In a border region littered with the debris of past conflicts, poles to carry electricity rise above gravel fields flattened by Iranian bulldozers in preparation for the possible arrival of Iraqi refugees.
Although no Iraqi refugees have so far crossed the border, plastic water pipes have been laid in trenches and work on a system of latrines is progressing. The Iranian government, assisted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other UN agencies, began discussing preparations months ago in case the feared flood of refugees from the war in Iraq materialises....."

last night the electricity of whole Tehran & other cities of North to South of Iran was off for hours...that was really strange but we didn't understand what was the reason...Anyway, I was lied down in my bed reading a boring book that everywhere became dark & when I looked through the window understood that the area is more than our street & It was a deep darkness in the city; everyone was somehow worried...my father that is always giving wrong predictions said certainly that it was a state-stroke & my mom was sure that US is gonna start bombing to Iran!!! & I was enjoying the nostalgic scene of black city & bright starts that were shining in that darkness...
Anyway, it continues for more than three hours, but after that everything changed to the normal way & nothing special happened, so no one understood the reason of strange problem of electricity in all the country!!!

Where is Raed?!!!!
Where is Salam Pax?!!!
The weblog of Salam without any new posts is worrying his visitors...I just wish that he comes soon & writes about changes & situation in Iraq.

Bush to keep eye on Iran, official says
"AMMAN, Jordan - Washington When war ends in Iraq, the Bush administration will give "extremely high priority" to halting an alleged secret nuclear weapons program in neighboring Iran, a senior administration official said Monday.
John Bolton, the undersecretary for arms control, joined national security adviser Condoleezza Rice in warning the White House sees nuclear weapons programs in Iran and North Korea as imminent threats.
"The estimate we have of how close the Iranians are to production of nuclear weapons grows closer each day," Bolton said."

Tehran, preparing for the crowd in the new year...
It was raining all night & now the weather is fresh & nice; near to the end of holidays people are coming back from trips to other cities & Tehran seems to be getting ready for the beginning of crowd in the new year…
Tomorrow is also the 13th of Farvardin (the first month of year) & there is tradition that because of misfortune of 13, people spend this day that is also the end of holidays in parks or green places & try to be happy together...
But I always don’t feel happy at the end of holidays & every little thing gives me a nostalgic feeling, just like now this nice weather & thinking about Tehran that is still calm but won't be much longer, make me sad...