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Rumi
Poetry
Reborn
A poem
By Leyla Momeny
April 2, 1999
The Iranian
In high school
I nailed a picture of Gloria Steinem
above my bed post
She looked funny
flying above
jars of lip gloss,
banana boat potpourri and
a dilapidated copy
of Catcher in the Rye ... GO TO POEM
Story
Parts IV & V (last)
By Bruce Bahmani
April 2, 1999
The Iranian
The door opened and in walked a molla. He was young and as
he moved quickly into the room Babak caught a glimpse of the hand gun
tucked into his sash under the light brown abaa. As he wheeled around
the other side of the table and sat down, they both looked up and
froze, eyes wide open. It was [my childhood pal] Malek! ... GO
TO PART FOUR - PART
FIVE
Outlook
Former Iranian law student sues school
after she flunks out
ABC News, Los Angeles, April 2, 1999 - A student who lasted
just two semesters at Western State University College of Law has sued
the school for not warning her that she may flunk out.
Zari Zafarani, 45, of Redondo Beach claims school officials
assured her that she would succeed in law school even though she had
voiced concerns about her limited English skills and low Law School
Admissions Test score ... FULL TEXT
Say hi to Haleh
What is
Haleh Javanshir doing here, all alone in cyberspace? Drop her a line
and say hi.
Thanks to Ali Nikseresht
More Letters
* Important points
Shahin Shahin writes:
What a truly awful April fool's joke ["Iran
is a great country"]. Still, some important points regarding the
senators' political interests were made. Those two nitwits could never
be accused of not knowing which side their bread is buttered.
* I called Senator Feinstein's office
S. Yadegar writes: It
was such a disappointment when I called Senator Feinstein's office to
find out that your story ["Iran
is a great country"] was completely false with no foundation
whatsoever. It seems that your writers imaginative mind is in a high
gear, writing such a scenario, placing it on the "biggest TV station in
history in Los Angeles ever." Please give a little bit of consideration
for the intelligence of your news recipients next time. Report the
truth please.
* I am disgusted
Ali Hashemi-Nejad
writes: The Iranian times makes a mockery of Persian culture
and heritage as witnessed through the type of articles posted to the
site in question ["Iran
is a great country"]. The collective intellerctual acumen of those
in charge of producing such worthless information accurately portrays
the class of Iranian people living in the cultural wasteland known as
Los Angeles. All of you are peasnts enemberated daily by images of
"gendehs" like Leyla Foruhar and dillusions of grandeur while all along
you are low class "bazaaris" selling the collective Iranian soul to
make a dollar. Please don't send e-mails to those such as I who are
culturally your superior and reside in a class level exponentially
higher than yours. You should be ashamed as much as I am disgusted!!!
* Loved it
Alireza Torkzadeh
writes: I loved the piece on Senators Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein
["Iran
is a great country"]. Sounds just like a goof any typical and
ignorant American could easily make.
* Laughed so hard
A. Hadj writes:
Thank you for your enlightening "interview" with Feinstein and Boxer ["Iran
is a great country"]. I laughed so hard, that I got dizzy! It was
great.
* Booksigning: A World
Between, Los Angeles
There will be a booksigning at the Ketab Boostore located at
1419 Westwood Blvd. in Los Angeles on April 25 at 6 pm with the authors
and editors of "A World Between". For more information, you can check
our website at www.ketab.com, and
click the blue banner stating next bok signing. If you have any
questions, please email back or contact Mr. Bijan Khalili at (310)
477-7477 at the bookstore, or (818) 908-0808 at Ketab main office.
Book of the Week
Ancient Persia
From 550 Bc to 650 Ad
By Josef Wiesehofer
Josef Wiesehofer, one of the most respected scholars of the
ancient world, provides here a comprehensive survey of the Persian
Empire under the Achaemenids, the Parthians and the Sasanians. By
focusing on the indigenous sources - written, archaeological and
numismatic evidence from Persia - he avoids the traditional Western
approach which has tended to rely so heavily on foreign and sometimes
prejudiced Greek or Roman sources. Part of the freshness of this book
comes from its presentation of a historical discussion of pre-Islamic
Persia from a Near Eastern perspective.
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TEHRAN, April 2 (AFP) -Former Iranian foreign
minister Ali Akbar Velayati said he hoped to see Iranian-Saudi ties
grow
as the two countries share strategic objectives, the official IRNA news
agency reported Friday. "If the two countries' relations improve in
future it would be likely that the two would follow common strategic
goals,"
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TEHRAN, April 2 (AFP) -Iranian Foreign
Minister
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counterpart
Robin Cook and foreign ministers from several other Moslem countries,
the
official news agency IRNA reported Friday.
Kosovo crisis stemmed from
"arrogance:"
Iran
TEHRAN, April 2 (AFP) -Former Iranian
president
Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani blamed Friday the Kosovo crisis on "the
arrogance," a code word for the United States, which he said acted
on "the pretext" of helping the "oppressed."
Iran making human rights
progress
April
1, 1999, GENEVA (AP) -- The Iranian government is making progress
towardbuilding
a more ``tolerant society'' that recognizes human rights, a U.N.expert
said
today. However, the Islamic nation should remain under special scrutiny
at the U.N.Human Rights Commission for at least another year because
improvementsare
not extensive enough, said Maurice Danby Copithorne, the U.N.
specialinvestigator
on Iran ... FULL TEXT
284,000 apply for cellular
phones
Kish,
Hormuzgan, April 2, IRNA -- 284,000 people in 320 cities applied for
cellular
telephones in the iranian month of 'bahman' (january 21-february 19),
director
of mobile communications affairs department at iran's
telecommunications
company mohsen khansari told irna here on friday.
Wrestling tournament
schedule changed
Spokane,
Washington, april 2, IRNA -- the spokane 99 world cup free-style
wrestling
tournament's program has changed in iran's favor on the country's
request
in view of russia's absence in the contest. under the new schedule iran
would face canada instead of cuba on the first day of the competitions
on
friday ... FULL TEXT
On TV
Iran in ABC's "The Century"
ABC television has put a new/documentary series together
called 'The
Century', highlighting the key events of the 20th century (from an
American
perspective). The 12 hr series will be aired three days a week in six
parts.
The 6th episode (to be aired on April 10) covers the Iranian
Revolution.
Other episodes cover the following topics: Hitler, The Bomb, Charles
Lindbergh,
The moon, W.W.I, Vietnam, Dr. King, FDR, Elvis, Cold war in Hollywood
(i.e.,
Joe McCarthy). Each episode, except the sixth, covers two of the above.
The sixth is exclusively about Iran. Please share this with your
friends
and family ... MORE
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