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Rumi
Justice
He won't be missed
Judging Chief Judge Mohammad Yazdi
By Soma in Tehran
August 11, 1999
The Iranian
Peering down the staircase of the new Ershad Judiciary Complex in Bucharest
Street, ruffled and vertigo-ed, is XY, awaiting her sentence to be carried
out, as her sister and father dillydally around in utter helplessness.
***
It is one of the great feats of the judiciary to turn new buildings
with such amazing speed into impossible hell-holes. One should not be going
into them without a length size condom for protection, if nothing else
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American scientists in Iran
 
Washington Post
August 10, 1999
A U.S. scientific delegation is in Iran this month to watch the millenium's
last solar eclipse and to encourage an ongoing dialogue between the two
countries. Astronomer Alan Hale, who discovered the Hale-Bopp comet in
1995, and former Apollo astronaut Russell Schweickart are leading the expedition
of scientists and students to Isfahan, Iran, the city projected as the
best location on Earth to observe the eclipse on August 11.
Hale and Schweickart joined [the Washington Post] online on Tuesday,
Aug. 10, 1999 from Iran to discuss the cultural and scientific aspects
of their visit, including their reception in Iran and their interaction
with Iranian scientists ... FULL
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Solar eclipse or ...?
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More Letters
* Beravim aadam beshavim!
Siavash writes: Amin-e
aziz, bahaat do kalaam harf-e hesaab daaram: ... avval-e ham-e inke,
gofti khaak bar sar-e maa keh enghelaab kardim". azizjaan khodat raa
ghaati nakon! in to va maa naboodim keh enghelaab kardim. in pedaraan va
madaraan-e maa boodand keh chenin faribi khordand va az yek mamleket-e
baa aabero, baa heysiat va pishro yek chenin kharaabeh-ee saakhtand va
haalaa ham daarand beh esm-e sarzamin-e maadari beh nasl-e baad tahvil
midahand ...
amaa yek chiz raa bedaan! Iran maal-e maast! tasavvor nakon keh bist
saal-e digeh jomhuri-ye eslaami-ee vojood khaahad daasht! maa ers-e pedari
ro pas khaahim gereft. amaa na baa yek enghelaab-e shureshi balkeh baa
yek enghelaab-e darooni. yani ink-e maa baayad beravim kaari raa bekonim
keh naasl-e pedaraan-e maa nakard: beravim aadam beshavim! ... FULL
TEXT
* Very, very, very, very
Nariman Neyshapouri writes:
These clippings were very, very, very, very interesting ["Oh, the life
of a rock star"]. There are few things I enjoy more than reading
first-person accounts of foreigners' (especially Americans') experiences
in Iran. It's like the Lonely Planet series on the Discovery Channel.
* Art: Mahmoud Hamadani drawings in
New York
You are invited to the opening reception for a solo exhibition of drawings
by Mahmoud Hamadani on September 9, 1999, 6:00-9:00 p.m. Place: Karen McCready
Gallery, 425 West 13th Street, Fifth floor, NY, NY Reception Date: 9-9-99,
6:00-9:00 p.m. Exhibition Date: September 9 -October 9, 1999 Tuesday-Friday,
10 a.m.-6 p.m., saturday: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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through rapture and service to others is especially important as our troubled
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cutting edges of philosophy, psychology, social theory, and education,
and can serve as a bridge of understanding between the West and the Middle
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Iran arrests 98 policemen for student hostel
raid
TEHRAN, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Iranian security forces have arrested
98 policemen for their role in a brutal raid on a student dormitory which
led to riots in the capital last month, Iran's police chief said in remarks
published on Wednesday. Local newspapers said General Hedayat Lotfian made
his remarks on Tuesday to a closed-door session of parliament, where he
had been summoned to provide an explanation for the July 8-9 attack to suppress
a pro-democracy student demonstration ... FULL TEXT
Iran MPs back candidate vetting
Aug 11, (BBC) - Parliament in Iran has approved a measure to maintain
the system of vetting election candidates for their adherence to Islamic
principles. The vetting is carried out by the Council of Guardians, a body
dominated by conservatives who have blocked thousands of individuals from
standing in past elections ... FULL TEXT
Iran paper warns Japan ahead of FM visit
TEHRAN,
Aug 10 (AFP) - Iran confirmed Tuesday that Japan's foreign minister would
visit Tehran next week as a conservative newspaper warned Tokyo not to use
the visit as an occasion to start a row over Iran 's missile program. The
visit comes amid reports from Tokyo that Japan could resume low-interest
infrastructure loans to Iran which were frozen in 1995 in line with US accusations
that Tehran sponsors international terrorism ... FULL TEXT
Annan Recalls Killing of Iranians in Afghanistan
UNITED
NATIONS (Reuters) - Secretary-General Kofi Annan, prodded by Iran, issued
a statement Tuesday saying Afghanistan's Islamist Taleban movement had done
little to bring to justice the killers of nine Iranians exactly a year ago.
Annan said he received a letter from Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi
saying the Taleban had not made substantial progress in identifying and
punishing the perpetrators of "these outrageous killings." ...
FULL TEXT
Iran court delays verdict on German in
sex case
TEHRAN,
Aug 11 (Reuters) - An Iranian court postponed a verdict on Wednesday in
the case of a German charged with having sex wih a Moslem woman. Defence
lawyer Malek-Houshang Qahari said the court, sitting behind closed doors,
was still investigating the case against businessman Helmut Hofer ... FULL
TEXT
Iranian media say Bahrain emir welcomes
invitation
TEHRAN, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Iranian media reported on Wednesday
that Bahrain's emir had welcomed an invitation to visit Iran, a country
once accused by Bahrain of trying to fan unrest in the Gulf Arab state.
Iranian newspapers said Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa said he hoped
to accept the invitation from Iranian President Mohammad Khatami as soon
as he could ... FULL TEXT
Pipeline flap may clog expansion in Caspian
Sea
August
11, 1999 BAKU, Azerbaijan (Wall Street Journal) -- The main international
oil consortium operating offshore in the Caspian Sea is threatening to delay
the expansion of its bellwether project in Azerbaijan, angered by an argument
with the U.S., Turkey and Azerbaijan over proposed export pipeline routes
for the oil that would be produced ... FULL TEXT
Films: Rakin' it in
Tehran, (Neshat) - Films have particularly benefited from the more
open arts scene, as the big box office returns seem to indicate ... FULL
TEXT IN PERSIAN
Iranian films all over the place
Tehran,
(Neshat) - Iranian films had "65 international appearances" during
the month of Tir, according to the Farabi Film Foundation. Here's a run
down ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Clubs vs. Players
Tehran,
(Neshat) - Ahmad Momenzadeh says he's free to play for any team he wants
(read Esteqlal). Sepahan claims it still has him on contract and he can't
do anything about it. Who has the final word? ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Show me the MONEY!
Tehran, (Neshat) - Esteqlal allowed its star player Alireza Mansourian
to play for a Greek club. But the promised commission never arrived. Esteqlal
might complain to FIFA ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
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baayad beravim kaari raa bekonim keh naasl-e pedaraan-e maa nakard: beravim
aadam beshavim!
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August 11, 1999
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