Jquery attr('href') and IE explorer

Question

I'm this code for a simple pagination but in IE the URL I'm getting is not right and it breaks my pagination I suspect something with $(this). ; but I am not sure what-

firefox url
http://mysite.com/photos/Tehrān/Tehrān
IE url 
http://mysite.com/photos/Tehran/Tehran

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this is jquery code

$('.more').live('click', function(eve){
    eve.preventDefault();    
    var link = $(this).attr('href');
    alert(link);
    $.ajax({
     url: link,
     type: "GET",
     dataType: "html",
     beforeSend: function(){
      showBusy2();
     }, 
     success: function(html) {
     //load data send to updatepage
      updatePage2(html);
     }
    });
});