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Winter greetings
Yasmine Rafii's exquisite cards
December 2, 1999
The Iranian
Just today I was accused of having a personal agenda in the way I run
The Iranian. Well, it's not an accusation at all. I admit it. Here's
further proof.
Yasmine Rafii advertises her greeting cards here in iranian.com. But
they are so gorgeous that I'm featuring them as works of art. Any complaints?
... GO
TO FEATURE
Outlook
Persian exports in a nutshell
Iran's prized, and political, nuts --It's harvesttime, and
farmers hope to export more pistachios as they compete against the US.
 By Scott Peterson
Christian Science Monitor
December 2, 1999
On a visit to the United States in the early 1980s, Iranian farmer Falli
Karbassian remembers seeing a billboard on Santa Monica Boulevard in California.
It read: " 'Would you rather buy pistachios from this?' and there
was a picture of a little man leading a camel through the desert."
she says. " 'Or from this?' and there was a picture of a California
beauty."
There are only two places in the world where large commercial orchards
of pistachio nuts are grown: Iran's humidity-free southeast and in the
US, primarily in California. This fact has added another ingredient to
troubled relations between the two countries, as farmers battle to capture
the growing market for the green nuts ... FULL
IMAGE
Anyway
Microsoft does it again!
Thanks to the leaders in computer innovation, the PC keyboard has been
perfected .... FULL
IMAGE
Thanks to Elham Vahabi
More Letters
* Iranians in the U.S.: political power
Ben Bagheri writes:
As Iranian-Americans - according to US government there are more than
a million of us - we have to begin concentrating on our identity and status
here, in our new home! On the eve of the 2000 US presidential elections
and the upcoming Census 2000,
we have to make a concerted and aggressive effort to declare our significant
existence to the political establishment.
We must begin developing our political power base in whatever party
we happen to lean towards. We should also prepare for Census 2000 and plan
to provide the type of racial information that will put Iranians on the
map as a legitimate and significant minority. This census will be our best
chance for being counted (for more information search for Census
2000 on the Web) ... FULL
TEXT
* Personal agenda
Sina Dadfarmay writes: You know, Jahanshah, if you weren't such
a fucking asshole who puts his own personal agenda and views ahead of journalistic
integrity and impartiality, I (and I'm sure others as well) would actually
feel comfortable writing a letter or two to your magazine in response to
something, knowing that you'd post it. But NO, instead we must resort to
writing individual letters to people, which is fine. But I (as an ex-journalist
myself) just wanted to tell you what I think of you.
Jahanshah Javid replies: I can and will have a personal agenda. I
think my track record proves I'm fair towards everybody. I LIKE being fair.
You don't think I'm fair enough, don't read it.
* Lecture: Soroush lecture in London
Islamic Association of Students and Researchers in London present a
Persian lecture by Dr Abdol-karim Soroush titled "Mahdaviyat va Ehyayi
Din" on Friday 3th December at Westminster University 309 Regent Street
London W1 (nearest tube: Oxford Circus) at 7.00 p.m.
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Books of the Week
* Saaniyeh-yeh
aakhar (1999)
Y2K issues in Iran
By Dr. Ali Parandeh
* Barandeh-haa
ham baazandeh-and (1999)
A memoir by a former mayor of Tehran, with photos
By Ahmad Nafisi
* Jazireh
sargardaani (2nd edition, 1998)
Novel
By Simin Daneshvar
* Mumia
va assal (1996)
Novel
By Shahriar Mandanipour
* Mehr-e
giaah (1998)
Novel
ByAmir Hassan Cheheltan
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anthropologist and writer, based in London, whose specialty is women's
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Iran clergy challenge supreme leader on
Nouri
TEHRAN, Dec 2 (Reuters) - A group of reform-minded Iranian clergy
challenged the country's supreme ruler regarding the recent jailing of a
leading reformist politician, in a statement published on Thursday. ``The
sentence of (reformist cleric Abdollah) Nouri was issued by a court which...everybody
knows to be in open legal conflict with the constitution,'' said a statement
issued by the League of Teachers at the religious Qom Seminaries and which
was published in newspapers ... FULL TEXT
Rights group urges release of Iranian reformer
DUBAI, Dec 2 (Reuters) - A U.S.-based human rights group urged
Iran's spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to quash the conviction of
a leading reformist politician, jailed for five years on charges of dissidence
... FULL TEXT
Amir-Entezas returned to prison
TEHRAN,
Dec 2 (AFP) - A liberal Iranian opposition figure, Abbas Amir-Entezam, who
was released in October after spending most of the past two decades in jail,
has been returned to prison, opposition sources said Thursday ... FULL TEXT
Stop deportation from Germany
December 2, (The International Federation of Iranian Refugees)
-- Bahram Jalali, a political activist, is at imminent risk of being deported
to Iran from Germany ... FULL TEXT
Iran-Contra files seized in Israel
JERUSALEM (AP) - Documents and tapes linked to the Iran-Contra
affair have been seized from the office of an Israeli newspaper publisher
and one-time arms dealer, a lawyer in the case said Thursday ... FULL TEXT
Chechen war could undermine Russia's position
in Islamic world: OIC
TEHRAN,
Dec 2 (AFP) - Russian relations with Islamic countries could be undermined
by the continuing war in Chechnya, the head of the Organisation of the Islamic
Conference (OIC) warned here Thursday ... FULL TEXT
Iran says it is ready for talks on joining
WTO
TEHRAN,
Dec 2 (AFP) - Iran is ready to start negotiations on joining the World Trade
Organisation (WTO), press reports Thursday quoted Deputy Trade Minister
Mohammad Nahavandian as saying ... FULL TEXT
Iran warns public about possible Y2K disruptions
TEHRAN (Reuters) - A senior official warned Iranians on Thursday
about possible disruptions in oil, power, telecommunications and other public
services due to the millennium computer bug, state television reported ...
FULL TEXT
Another one for "Color of paradise"
Tehran (Hamshahri) - Majid Majidi's "Color of paradise"
has won another international film award. This time in Spain ... FULL TEXT
IN PERSIAN
Not religious
Tehran (Asr-e Azadegan) - The title of Majidi's latest film suggests
that it is religious or at least has a religious message. But this reviewer
believes "Color of paradise" does not fall into that category
... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Saudi's Italian hope
Tehran (Asr-e Azadegan) - Saudi Arabia's al-Ittihad has named it's
star Italian player as team captain, hoping to boost its chances in Friday's
key match against Esteqlal in Tehran ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
B team
Tehran
(Hamshahri) - Three Iranian soccer players who are active in Greek and German
clubs have been invited to join the Iranian national team's B squad ...
FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
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Inhuman
In an act in conflict with public opinion, the Special Court for Clergy
has imprisoned a figure-head of the revolution based on a politically motivated
and non-legal indictment ... How long will the judicial authorities want
to remain witness to...such inhuman behaviour?
-- Statement by the League of Teachers at the religious Qom Seminaries
Reuters
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2, 1999
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