The Iranian Features
March 29-April 2, 1999 / Farvardin 9-13, 1378
Today
* Poetry: Reborn
* Story:
- Andakhtani (Part IV &
V)
- Andakhtani (Part III)
- Andakhtani (Part II)
- Andakhtani
Recent
* April Fools:
Iran is a great country
* Flashback:
From Sydney to Shahroud
* Cover story: In every
direction
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Friday,
April 2, 1999
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
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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
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FIVE
Thursday
April 1, 1999
April Fools
 
Iran is a great country
U.S. senators say they made secret visit to Iran
April 1, 1999
The Iranian
Senators Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer (both Democrats from California)
appeared on a local Iranian TV station in Los Angeles yesterday and spoke
about their secret visit to Iran during Noruz. The following is a transcript
of their TV interview: ... GO
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Story
Part III
By Bruce Bahmani
April 1, 1999
The Iranian
Babak had quickly grown another year older when he found one in the
tappehs one day.Nightly you could watch the Tehran skies light up with
red and green tracers flying from one side of the sky to the other. These
shells were about 6 inches long and the tips a good 3 inches beyond. These
tips when fired could easily cut through a crowd of about 30 or 40 bodies
before they stopped. Effective one would think, except for the fact that
when used by an Iranian on an Iranian had a consequence that no military
manual has yet to point out. The revolution had begun ... GO
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Wednesday
March 31, 1999
Flashback
From Sydney to Shahroud
Day drifting for a few seconds
By Yassaman Motaghipour
March 31, 1999
The Iranian
During the months of spring -- although it is technically autumn here
in Australia -- Sydney has these beautiful Jacaranda trees that turn entirely
purple. All you see from a distance is this painting of greens with purple
spots. In the mornings, sitting in the train on the way to work, I look
out the window and I see snap shots of Shahroud ... GO
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Story
Part II
By Bruce Bahmani
March 31, 1999
The Iranian
Life for Babak became one big social engagement calendar. The American
kids [in Tehran] and their wild sense of freedom seemed to owe nothing
to anyone. They were arrogant and exciting. They were hilarious and he
enjoyed their company even though they never really let him in their inner
circle. He floated in and out of their "scene" at will and although
he enjoyed this immensely, the pace was often exhausting. American kids
smoked, did drugs, drank like fish, had constant sex and always, always
flew at full speed, completely out of control ... GO
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Tuesday
March 30, 1999
Story
March 30, 1999
The Iranian
Foreword
Many of us have memories of Iran still trapped like wounded animals
in our heads. I find myself frequently looking back on my childhood in
the 70's and sense the bittersweet pleasure-pain of a love lost. This five-part
"short" is neither completely fictional nor exactly true. The
names are inaccurate and the locales are based on my increasingly failing
memory of Tehran in the old days. It is a story. Nothing more. Nothing
less. Take from it what you want ... GO
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Monday
March 29, 1999
Cover story
In every direction
Images of a society that is far from uniform
Photos by Nader Davoodi
March 29, 1999
The Iranian
The list of Nader Davoodi's international and Iranian photo awards is
a long one. Take a look at the photos from his third feature in The
Iranian and you'll see why: ... GO
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