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Khayyam
Opinion
Keep it simple
Free thoughts on Iran-U.S. normalization
By Guive Mirfendereski
December 9, 1999
The Iranian
There is no cogent structure to this essay. It is a boundless running
of the consciousness and unconsciousness, rambling on and muddling through
one of the greatest mysteries of our times: When should dialogue culminate
in intercourse and what does the case of Iranians accused of spying for
Israel have to do with Hillary Clinton seeking the senate seat from New
York, or a bunch of American scholars getting pulled out of Tehran last
summer, or Iranian and American governments constantly threatening one
another on how they will not go ahead with a nonexisting relationship!
... GO
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Poetry
Sweet surrender
By Guive Mirfendereski with Shahrzad Irani
December 9, 1999
The Iranian
In the beloved's sea, fear not the waves,
No matter, if your vessel strays,
Toss, it may, side to side, to and fro,
In search of beloved's pearl you must go ... GO
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Outlook
Fighting addiction bares emotion in reserved Iran
Group therapy takes hold in a country waging an escalating
war against drugs.
By Scott Peterson
Christian Science Monitor
December 7, 1999
TEHRAN, IRAN -- There was backslapping and hand-holding as the former
junkies applauded the numbers of days that each one kept off drugs. "I
never thought I would stay alive one day without a heroin injection,"
Kianouche, who has been off drugs for 14 months, told his comrades.
This Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meeting might be unremarkable in a self-confessional
society like America. But the fact that this bare-your-soul experience
is taking place in Iran, where public displays of emotion are rare - except
regarding religion - surprises even some Iranians ... FULL
TEXT
Writers
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More Letters
* Hope in future
Minou Aghamiri writes: The
Iranian has an interesting collection of letters on its homepage right
now - but one I keep coming back to is the passionate letter by 14-year-old
Rahill Jamalifard called "Long
Live Iran". I remember being 14, I remember the hope that springs
at that age for the future and for full involvement in that future. It
is like waking up from the dream of childhood and becoming aware of one's
surroundings as if for the first time. It is hopefully also a protected
awakening. For the future of Iran - it is that fresh, proud hope that we
must all protect.
I have sympathy for the views expressed by Mr. Shahri in his letter
"Kiss
ass" - it is hard to live in a country that is so wealthy and
so oblivious to the deprivation suffered in the developing world and at
the same time to feel truly thankful for partaking in that wealth. We enjoy
our wealth made in America from a system that rests on the backs of millions
who will never share even a measure of our good fortune. Iran is a country
filled with those people and most of them are young and still hopeful like
Rahill Jamalifard ... FULL
TEXT
* Discrimination not limited
Max Rofougar writes: I am
sure you are aware that the
discrimination mentioned is not limited to Lufthansa or at San Francisco
Airport. Every time I travel to Iran from Washington-Dulles Airport, I
get the same bad treatment.
On September 10, 1999, I traveled from Washingtoin to Tehran with British
Airways and my luggage and an older lady's traveling with me were seached.
They said they had to do this because we were traveling to Iran and it
was for our own safety. I was carrying both Iranian and American passport.
The lady traveling with me had a green card. Singling out only Iranians
is absolutely discriminatory and must be stopped.
* Lecture: Empowering Iranian youth,
lecture
"Information Technology and the Internet for Education in Iran"
is the topic of a lecture by Abbas Edalat Professor of Computer Science
and Mathematics Imperial College, London. The lecture will be held on Sunday,
December 12, 1999 at 2:00-3:00 p.m. in Los Angeles at the University of
Southern California, Stauffer Lecture Hall, Room 200 (SLH 200) ... DETAILS HERE
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* Barandeh-haa
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* Jazireh
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By Simin Daneshvar
* Mumia
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* Mehr-e
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Former president Rafsanjani to run for
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TEHRAN,
Dec 9 (AFP) - Former Iranian president Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
said Thursday he intended to run for parliament as an independent in the
February elections. In an exclusive interview published in the centrist
daily Entekhob, Rafsanjani, 65, said he had yielded to pressure from clerics,
ministers, members of parliament, aides and ordinary people to make a political
comeback ... FULL TEXT
Relatives of bombing victims demonstrate
in Tehran
TEHRAN,
Dec 9 (AFP) - Some 40 relatives of victims of a recent bomb attack in southwest
Iran blamed on the outlawed opposition People's Mujahedeen staged a protest
demonstration in Tehran Thursday. The protestors gathered before the German
embassy, calling on German officials to prevent the Mujahedeen from further
activities and demanded their expulsion from that country ... FULL TEXT
Pakistani military ruler meets Iran's Khatami
TEHRAN, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Visiting Pakistani military leader General
Pervez Musharraf met Iran's President Mohammad Khatami on Wednesday for
talks on relations soured over rivalries in neighbouring Afghanistan. Musharraf
said on arrival that Afghanistan, where Tehran and Islamabad back opposing
sides, would be the ``main issue'' in his talks with Iranian officials,
Iran's news agency IRNA said. ... FULL TEXT
Iran & Pakistan to "coordinate"
their policies towards Afghanistan
TEHRAN,
Dec 9 (AFP) - Iran and Pakistan will "coordinate" their policies
on Afghanistan, where they support opposing sides, to establish peace in
their joint neighbour, Pakistani military ruler General Pervez Musharraf
said here Thursday. "On Afghanistan, we agreed to coordinate the policies
of our two countries for encouraging the peace process through reconciliation
and dialogue among the Afghan parties," Musharraf said in a statement
faxed to the AFP bureau in Tehran ... FULL TEXT
Iran to cut Caspian oil swap rates by 30
percent
TEHRAN,
Dec 9 (AFP) - Iran's oil ministry will provide Central Asian oil swap partners
a special new year's bonus consisting of a 30 percent cut in oil swap rates,
the English-language Iran Daily reported Thursday. "Iranian oil swap
deals will be pursued with a 30 percent discount from January 1, 2000,"
Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh told the daily in an exclusive interview
... FULL TEXT
Iran cancels nuclear cooperation project
with China: press
TEHRAN,
Dec 9 (AFP) - Iran has cancelled a nuclear cooperation project with China
for technical and political reasons, an Iranian nuclear official was quoted
by the press as saying on Thursday. The project involved the second phase
of construction of a nuclear power plant in the southern city of Bushehr,
the reports said quoting Asadollah Saburi, deputy chief of the Iranian Atomic
Energy Agency ... FULL TEXT
Challenge accepted
Tehran (Hamshahri) - Arch conservative Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi has
accepted Culture Minister Ataollah Mohajerani's challenge for a televised
debate on cultural issues ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Courage
Tehran (Hamshahri) - The first thing one notices about the film
"Siavash" is the courage displayed by the director in his critical
portrayal of the police, says this reviewer ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Rumi; student uprising
Tehran
(Hamshahri) - New books: Abdolkarim Soroush has edited a new collection
of Rumi's poetry ... The student uprising last july has been discussed in
a number of new books, including one that has interviews with prominent
moderates ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Baqeri coming back
Tehran (Iran daily) - Karim Baqeri will "definitely"
rejoin Persepolis after his contract with his German club ends at the of
the year (March 2000?) ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Egypt friendly
Tehran
(Hamshahri) - Pass soccer club will travel to Egypt for a friendly match
... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
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The mind
The essence of virulent anti-Americanism in Iran is in Iranian nationalism,
which was there before the rise of Khomeini and will remain long after the
Iranian parliament is filled with moderates and cream puffs longing for
relations with the United States.
-- Guive Mirfendereski
"Keep
it simple"
The Iranian
December 8, 1999
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