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Why Kosovo?
Possibility of peaceful resolution tragically being lost
By Majid Tehranian
April 6, 1999
The Iranian
The NATO attack on Yugoslavia has lent itself to many conflicting interpretations.
Which of these interpretations is closest to the mark? Is the war essentially
a humanitarian operation, as NATO claims, to save Kosovo from ethnic cleansing
by the Serbs?
If yes, why doesn't NATO act to deter its own member, Turkey, from its
systematic oppression of its Kurdish population? Why were the genocides
in Cambodia, Ethiopia, and Rwanda-Burundi ignored?... GO
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Hosain Massiha writes: In "15 Bedar"Bedar"
you wrote: "Year by year our Persian festivities will become less
and less Persian. But we'll always have each other." That is understandable.
It happened to the British, Irish, Orientals, Indians, Africans, and now
Iranians. This situation is also true for Iranians who live in Europe or
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Shahram Mostarshed writes:
The Iranian Times is a news organization, not Comedy Central.
I am of course referring to your April Fool's prank "Iran
is a great country". Also, what is interesting is the notion put
forward by at least one of your readers that
irresponsible journalism is somehow covered by the First Amendment (you
know, freedom of the press). Freedom of speech is a right guaranteed for
those with opposing points of view. Your credibility as a reliable source
of news has in my view suffered a lot.
* Sense of humor
Babak Yektafar writes: Dear Ali
Hashemi-Nejad, Every one tries to make a dollar at the expense of something
or someone, it is what makes the world go around. I believe that it will
be a more tolerant and peaceful world if we all had a sense of humor and
did not take ourselves so seriously ["Iran
is a great country"] ... FULL
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* Language: Persian courses at University
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Persianists and Students of Persian,
This is a second announcement for University of Texas at Austin's Summer
1999 Second-Year Persian Course, which runs from June 21 to August 13,
1999, with 95 contact hours of class sessions. Offering six university
credits, the course has a tuition charge of $1.050, while textbook materials
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in newspapers, films, television, and radio. By exploring media descriptions
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TEHRAN, April 6 (Reuters) - A court in Iran on Tuesday ordered
the closure of a moderate newspaper which recently quoted the widow of the
late shah, a staff member at the daily said. The moderate newspaper Zan
(Woman), run by Faezeh Hashemi, daughter of former President Akbar Hashemi
Rafsanjani, aroused intense conservative anger at the weekend when it printed
parts of a message by Farah Diba, widow of the late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
who was toppled by the 1979 Islamic revolution ... FULL TEXT
Moderate mayor denied appeal, faces jail
THERAN, April 6 (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Court rejected an appeal
by Tehran's suspended moderate mayor Gholamhossein Karbaschi, paving the
way for his possible imprisonment on graft charges this week, the judiciary
announced on Tuesday. Karbaschi, 45, a reformer close to President Mohammad
Khatami, has been sentenced to two years in jail, banned from executive
office for 10 years and ordered to pay 1.6 billion rials ($533,000) in fines
and restitution ... FULL TEXT
Reformers brace for fresh attacks in new
year
TEHRAN, April 6 (Reuters) - The threatened imprisonment of a chief
ally to President Mohammad Khatami has thrown Iran's reformists on the defensive
as the artificial truce over the long Iranian New Year holiday screeched
to a halt on Tuesday. The daily Iran said former Tehran mayor Gholamhossein
Karbaschi, instrumental in Khatami's 1997 landslide victory, had exhausted
his appeals and faced detention for two years on charges of graft, possibly
as soon as this week ... FULL TEXT
Kadivar trial set for April 14
Tehran, (Hamshahri) -- The special court for clerics has annouced
that Hojatoleslam Mohsen Kadivar's trial will begin on April 14 and be open
to the public ... FULL PERSIAN IMAGE TEXT
French members of parliament arrive in
Tehran
TEHRAN,
April 4 (afp) - A member of the French parliament expressed his confidence
Sunday that Iranian President Mohammad Khatami would visit France "during
the current year." ... FULL TEXT
Iran sends relief to Kosovo refugees
TEHRAN,
Iran, April 6 (UPI) -- Iran says it has started channeling relief aid to
the Muslim Kosovars, who sought refuge in Albania and Macedonia, with the
aim of encouraging other countries to help alleviate their sufferings ...
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novelist who writes about nomadic tribe life, has just been published ...
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Tehran,
(Hamshahri) - Twenty-three players have been invited to the under-21 "Omid"
national soccer team's training camp ... FULL PERSIAN IMAGE TEXT
Five teams reach quarter finals
Tehran,
(Hamshahri) - Five soccer teams have reached the quarter finals of the elmination
cup .... FULL PERSIAN IMAGE TEXT
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Century', highlighting the key events of the 20th century (from an American
perspective). Each episode, except the sixth, covers two of the above. The
sixth is exclusively about Iran. Please share this with your friends and
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The alternative
Instead of Anglo-American bombing of Iraq or NATO attack on Yugoslavia,
the world could have by now established a credible United Nations peacekeeping
force to intervene in cases of outright state aggression or genocide. That
course would have been far less costly and far more legitimate and humane.
Majid Tehranian
"Why
Kosovo?"
The Iranian
April 6, 1999
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