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I thought I won’t have a chance to see the new bank note before I go to Iran. But finally I found a picture of it on the net.

The English side of the note features a symbol representing electrons circling a nucleus superimposed over the map of Iran.

I really liked the note, it seems to be an effective innovative patriotic move in 3 aspects. First: if you see the below picture, you could see the nuclear sign. Second: the Persian text which is somehow climbing up is a quote from the Prophet Mohammad (SA) which runs, “if science exists in the constellation, men from the Persian land will reach it.”

And third: PERSIAN GULF, not the fake term of Arabian Gulf.

See how American troops are having fun in Iraq:

They’re actually shooting a Mosque …

When the English settlers landed in Australia, they noticed a strange animal that jumped extremely high and far. They asked the aboriginal people using body language and signs trying to ask them about this animal. They responded with ‘’Kan Ghu Ru'’ the English then adopted the word kangaroo. What the aboriginal people were really trying to say was
‘’we don’t understand you'’, ‘’ Kan Ghu Ru'’.

A statue in a park with a soldier on a horse with it’s 2 feet in the air means the soldier died in combat.
If the horse has only 1 foot in the air, the soldier died of injuries from combat.
If the horse has all 4 feet on the ground, the soldier died of natural causes.

During historic civil wars, when troops returned without any casualties, a writing was put up so all can see, which read “0 Killed”.
From here we get the expression “O.K.” which means all is good.

Multiplying 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

Butterflies taste with their feet .

Mosquitoes have teeth .

Starfish have no brains (so far).

A duck’s quack has no echo, and nobody knows why

Eventually, after 27 years, Iran and USA officially met face to face, but only on Iraqi issues and nothing else.

It’s expected to have the negotiations continued in near future.

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei visited Abdel Aziz Hakim at a hospital in Tehran.

So, did you notice CNN’s mistake? (I already gave you the hint). It seems after all these years they still don’t know the persons’ differences in Iran. You should definitely trust their news and analysis. well, bush is!
It reminded me of the following carton:

I guess now I know what Bush usually means by God …

People, it’s not Marjaneh Satrapi, but Marjan Satrapi. I wonder why everybody is typing and pronouncing her name incorrectly, especially Iranians.

The reason she has an “e” at the end of her first name is that because she lives in France, and in French last letters usually get ignored if there is not an “e” after it. For example, Peugeot which is pronounced Peugo, or Renault: Reno, Paris: Paghi, etc. So Marjan Satrapi has added that “e” to the end of her name so French people will pronounce her name correctly MarjaN, not Marja! OK?

Your research isn’t complete until you can answer these questions before you buy a stock. Otherwise, you may leave yourself open for some nasty surprises…

- What does the company do?

- How many products do they sell?

- How profitable are they?

- Is cash flowing in or out?

- Is the company in debt?

- Any bad news latley?

- which way are the forecasts going?

Further to the pictures I showed you in my post Iran’s Police using Comic Strip posters; I just found 2 more posters, and here they are:

:: click on any picture to enlarge ::

One of the posters says the dress code shows your personality, and the other poster says that we ourselves may cause the inconvenience and inhumane behaviour by others …

To see the previous posters, go to here.

Update: To see three more samples see here.

Khorramshahr was returned to where it belonged at 24th May 1982, during Iran-Iraq war. The city was captured by Iraqi forces at 26th October 1980 and after 578 days Iranian’s succeeded on taking it back by the 25 day “Beit-ul-Mogaddas” operation. This was a huge event and a true symbol of victory, as Iran was not only facing Iraq but a world of enemies who were continuously feeding and supporting Iraq (USA, USSR, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Czech, Denmark, Canada, Brazil, Saudi, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, UAE, etc and etc).

I wish I had time to write more about Khorramshahr, but it’s 3:37am and I really need to go to bed! So, I’ll just give you a very brief history of Khorramshahr according to Lexicorient and then a link to an article on Tehran Times, which I found very interesting, hopefully you will too.

Khorramshahr’s History:

331 BCE: Reports of a port on the premises of the future Khorramshahr.
Around 750 CE: The town is named Mohammerah.
1837: Attacked and demolished by the Ottomans.
1847: Mohammerah comes under Persian control, even if it had autonomy under a local shaykh.
1908: Oil is discovered in the region of Mohammerah and Abadan, bringing swift growth and prosperity to the two cities.
1924: Reza Pahlavi takes the control of Mohammerah out of the hands of the local shaykh, and puts it under full Persian control, and renames it Khorramshahr.
1940’s: Khorramshahr is connected with the Trans-Iranian Railway by a branch line to Ahvaz.
1980: Is captured by Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War. Almost all of the population flees. In 1976 the number of inhabitants had been 140,000.
1982 May: Recaptured by Iran.
1990’s: The port, and large parts of the centre is rebuilt. Many of the former inhabitants return.

Article: Khorramshahr, symbol of resistance and victory

Hossein, a worker at the Khorramshahr Port and Shipping Organization, and his wife Zahra were preparing their children Ali and Ahmad for school. It was the first day of school. Overwhelmed with joy, the brothers were walking to their school in the city center … read more (the complete article)

I read in news that a BBC interviewer’s questions has driven Bolton mad. I just found the clip and here it is (If you’re a bit hasty, go to 7′ 30″, but it really worths listeting to all of it):

As EU Referendum says, no wonder they hated Bolton at the UN.

The highlight is:

The controversial ex-diplomat, who left the UN post in January, made the comments after fiercely defending the United States’ role in Iraq and saying that force should be used against Iran if necessary.

BBC presenter John Humphrys, the main anchor on the broadcaster’s flagship Today radio programme, raised Bolton’s hackles by asking if the US administration was not a “busted flush” after Iraq.

“You’re absolutely wrong … The people who express the point of view that you just expressed I think were largely anti-American beforehand anyway,” said the ex-ambassador.

When Humphrys suggested that billionaire philanthropist George Soros might take that view, Bolton shot back: “Are you kidding me? This is a man of the extreme left.”

“I’m sure you would find a great deal in common with him as would many others on the continent,” he added, referring to widespread anti-American sentiment in Europe.

The BBC man defended himself, saying he was impartial but just asking questions as a devil’s advocate and adding: “Maybe they don’t do it like that in the United States.”

Bolton: “I know, you’re a superior Brit, aren’t you?”

Moving on, Humphrys asked Bolton if World Bank chief Paul Wolfowitz, under fierce pressure to resign amid a scandal over his girlfriend’s pay package, was “about to go.”

“I see you’re a gravedigger as well,” retorted Bolton. “I’m not at all sure I see that demise happening.”

Bolton and Wolfowitz were both widely seen as part of a neo-conservative group which pushed for the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. But Bolton denied he was a neo-con Thursday, although he said the movement was still alive.

“I’m not a neocon, number one, but number two, I don’t think the neocon adventure is over,” he said.