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Better times
The Tehran media fair
By Siamak Namazi
July 8, 1999
The Iranian
The following report describes the media atmosphere in Iran just
a couple of months ago. Several moderate publications attracted big crowds,
a sign of a more open society. But the roller coaster seems to be heading
down again. Parliament is considering a new bill that would put new limits
on freedom of the press. Also the moderate daily Salam has been
shut down by the revolutionary court. -- Editor
Iran is a country of nuances.Untrained senses miss a lot of the finer
rapport among people. But at this year's media fair in Tehran, particularly
dull senses would have been required to not notice what was being said.
Some 400 publications had set up booths at the International Trade Center.
This while most rightist papers, such as Jomhuriy-e Eslami, Resalat,
Kayhan, etc., boycotted the event that coincided with the impeachment
hearings of Culture Minister Ataollah Mohajerani. Entekhab,
which represents the voice of the new conservatives, did take part, however
... GO
TO FEATURE
Outlook
Barak looks for detente with Iran
By Aluf Benn
Ha'aretz Diplomatic Correspondent
July 7, 1999
 Prime Minister Ehud Barak intends to try a new
approach toward Iran, long regarded as Israel's enemy number one: a detente.
Iran's military power and ballistic advances, together with her steadily
rising favor with the U.S., have convinced Barak that it may be time to
stop branding Iran an evil, terrorist nation and start falling in line
by recognizing it as an unchangeable factor that can be dealt with. ...
FULL TEXT
Who the hell ... ?
The Iranian Families Institute collects genealogical and genetic information
on Iranian families. The Institute administers some collections of family
manuscripts and photographs dating back to Ghajar times. It's setting up
a database of Iranian Iconography ... DIG
UP YOUR ROOTS
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* Most important Iranian
Massy Alamdari writes:
Shamlu is one of the most important people in Iran and The Iranian Times
never talked about him until few days ago ["Shamlu"].
Shamlu dose not need it, but we need to talk about him for the sake of
Iran's young generation...
At least five generations of Iranians were influenced by his poetry.
We all remember "Jom e haa" by Farhad. And of course we should
mention his great book "Ketab e kucheh". Let's dicover Shamlu
again ... FULL
TEXT
* Horrors for posterity
Korosh Khalili writes: In
reference to "Palm
trees survive", for a moving tribute to the defense of Khorramshahr,
I recommend reading the poem "Benevees, Benevees, Benevees"
(Record, record, record) by Simin Behbahani, in her collection of poems
titled "khattee zeh soraat va az aatash".
This should also be in the translation of Mrs. Behbahani's work "Selected
Poems" published by Syracuse University Press (Ms F. Milani and Mr.
K.Safah, translators).
The scars of war, along with those who suffered its terrors, will fade;
but Simin Behbahani's several poems on the war have recorded the horrors
for posterity.
* Art: Show in DC
Evolving Perceptions 1999 is pleased to present the works of 23 contemporary
Iranian and Iranian-American artists living in the US and Iran. (July 10-30,
Washington DC). This annual exhibition aims to provide support and an opportunity
for talented artists from Iran and America to come together to share their
visions as a community ... DETAILS
HERE
Book of the Week
During the Reign of the Queen of Persian
By Joan Chase
The novel that is sweeping the country. A beautiful story of 20th-century
womanhood, of Gram, the Queen of Persia herself, who rules a house where
five daughters and four granddaughters spin out the tragedies and triumphs
of rural life in the 1950's in the American midwest ... GO TO BOOK
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at nightfall, but seeks a living assistant to check his hand-dug grave
the following morning. If Badi is dead, the person will fill the grave
with dirt; if not, he will help Badi out of the hole. Farsi with English
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Salam daily banned as conservatives move
to curb press
TEHRAN,
July 7 (AFP) - Iran's state-run news agency announced the banning of one
of the country's leading reformist newspapers Wednesday just hours after
the country's conservative-dominated parliament approved fresh curbs on
the press. The Persian daily Salam, which is close to the reformist government
of President Mohammad Khatami, was banned on a "verbal verdict of judicial
authorities," the IRNA news agency quoted a "reliable source"
as saying ... FULL TEXT
Iranian Jew held for spying is well, mother
says
TEHRAN, July 7 (Reuters) - The mother of an Iranian Jew accused
of spying for Israel said the authorities were treating her son well and
he was receiving kosher food in detention, Tehran newspapers reported on
Wednesday. The report carried the first details released in Iran on the
arrest of 13 Iranian Jews earlier this year on spying charges ... FULL TEXT
Iran wants UAE talks, not mediation, on
island row
TEHRAN, July 7 (Reuters) - Iran on Wednesday rejected mediation
by Gulf Arab states in a dispute with the United Arab Emirates over three
Gulf islands, saying it wanted direct talks with the UAE. ``There is no
need for third country mediation over this issue and we believe that it
can be resolved in good faith,'' Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza
Asefi told a news conference ... FULL TEXT
Saudi defence minister in UAE after Iran
row
ABU DHABI, July 7 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabian Defence Minister Prince
Sultan met United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Zaid bin Sultan al-Nahayan
on Wednesday during the first visit by a top Saudi official since the two
Gulf Arab states ended a row over ties with Iran. The meeting went a long
way to ``deepen the bonds'' between the two allies, UAE Minister of State
for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zaid al-Nahayan told reporters ...
FULL TEXT
Canada nuclear fusion reactor might go
to Iran
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's fledgling nuclear fusion reactor program
might be sold lock, stock and barrel to Iran, which U.S. officials have
often accused of seeking to acquire nuclear weapons. The director of the
program, physicist Real Decoste, said Wednesday that negotiations were advanced
with Iran on the sale of the experimental reactor and its technology, since
the federal government cut off funding in 1997 ... FULL TEXT
Iran private ``bank'' says thriving
TEHRAN, July 7 (Reuters) - Iran's first private credit institution
aims to improve banking services and help lift the country's huge property
market from stagnation, its vice-president said. ``We are after a banking
system without bureaucratic red tape,'' Shahram Salmasi of the Credit Institution
for Construction Development told Reuters in an interview late on Tuesday
... FULL TEXT
U.N. warns of new population boom in Iran
TEHRAN, July 7 (Reuters) - Iran, successful in cutting birthrates
in recent years, is facing a renewed threat as a generation of post-revolution
babyboomers is reaching reproductive age, a U.N. official said on Wednesday.
``The population growth rate is certainly alarming. The rate is expected
to rise from 1.4 percent in 1996 to 1.7 percent in 2001,'' Mohammad Mosleh-Uddin,
the United Nations Population Fund's representative in Iran, told a news
conferences ... FULL TEXT
Iran lends painting to London exhibit
Tehran,
(Iran daily) - One of Kamalolmolk's best works -- a portrait of Nasseredin
Shah -- has been lent by Iran for an exhibition of Qajar paintings in London
... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Zarrinkub's health improves dramatically
Tehran, (Iran daily) - Historian Abdol-Hossein Zarrinkub's health
has made remarkable progress after two weeks of intensive care at a hospital
in Maryland ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Archive for short film screenplay
Tehran, (Iran daily) - The Society of Iranian Young Filmmakers
has set up an archive to store screenplays of short Iranian films. The aim
is to improve cooperation between writers and filmmakers ... FULL TEXT IN
PERSIAN
Khakpur signs with New York's MetroStars
July
7, 1999 (New York Times) - The MetroStars have acquired two of the three
foreign players due them from Major League Soccer. Sasa Curcic of Yugoslavia,
a playmaking midfielder who is familiar with Coach Bora Milutinovic, and
Mohammad Khakpour, a defender who played for Iran in the 1998 World Cup,
were signed by the league Tuesday and allocated to the MetroStars ... FULL
TEXT
Sunday: Persepilis v. Esteqlal
Tehran,
(Iran daily) - The most exciting soccer final of recent years is only three
days away. Who are the main players whom the head coaches of Esteqlal and
Persepolis are counting on? ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Iran wins early gold
Tehran,
(Iran daily) - Mehdi Alijani has won an early gold medal for Iran in the
Asian youth Greco-Roman wrestling championships ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
BBC
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Quote Unquote
Invasion? Plot?
The press is a gateway for cultural invasion, so let us take measures...
Some people, under the pretext of press freedom, are plotting against the
system.
-- Majlis
Speaker Ali Akbar Nateq-Nuri
AFP
July 7, 1999
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