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Rumi
Poetry
By Laleh Khalili
July 15, 1999
The Iranian
we have shambled eternally
through the seven feats and defeats of Rotsam
throughout this interminable redundancy of virile destruction
and murderous patriotism
we - in idolatry of our innumerable heroes -
have slaughtered our sons on city streets
and in dark chambers of infamy,
we have gone unpunished but by memories of murder
damning our eternal existence,
and we will
will
will
be judged and decapitated through
the inevitability of fratricide ... GO
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Protests
Deja Vu
20 years after the revolution
By Arash Markazi
July 16, 1999
The Iranian
A young man holds an unconscious classmate close to his chest as he
runs with several thousand other student protesters. Young women wrapped
in linen from head to toe, attempt to run through the commotion. What was
to be a peaceful demonstration had turned into mass hysteria and total
chaos...
The current protesters, however, do not hold the same memory of what
happened twenty years ago. That's because many of them are not a day older
than twenty themselves. More than half of Iran's population was born after
the revolution, and this youthful contingent was the main reason why Mohammed
Khatami won the 1997 presidential election ... GO
TO FEATURE
Outlook
 * What happened?
Mehdi Sharif of the BBC Persian Service has spoken with Iranian experts
about the student protests in Iran. This feature looks at the issues from
various perspectives. The interviewees include: Javad Tabatabaie (political
thinker), Parviz Varjavand (National Front party), Mohammad Sadeq Javadi
Hessar (journalist in Mashhad) and Fariborz Rais-Dana (political thinker)
... LISTEN HERE
* Town Hushed by Teheran After Riot and Crackdown
Sees No Reason to Join New Strife
By ELAINE SCIOLINO, The New York Times, July 16, 1999, ISLAMSHAHR, Iran
-- For the young men on the streets of this dusty, crowded, unexceptional
town south of Teheran, the nationwide unrest of the last week is little
more than a remote spectacle on the nightly news ... FULL
TEXT
* (Iran daily) -- Views from people in Tehran ... FULL
TEXT IN PERSIAN
Royal S.O.S.
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I & my family stay in Dubai. We need your help. No money no money.
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* Disaster for IRI
Yek Irani writes: It
is obvious from the latest decree by President Khatami in Iran, that he
will crush further protests.... This of course would mean disaster for
the government officials, Khatami included, who have continuously failed
to provide the Iranian people with a satisfactory economic, social, and
political freedom that they deserve; and let us not forget, this is the
freedom that they were promised in the 1979 revolution (by Khomeini and
his clerical and intellectual supporters) and caused the uprooting of a
2500 year old monarchy in Iran.
However, from day one Khomeini and his clerical staff did their utmost
to bring about more limitations instead of freedom, and to ensure their
success created an environment of fear to rule the country, arresting those
tied to the previous government and the intellectual faction of the revolutionary
force, carrying out thousands of executions, and causing the self-imposed
exile of millions of Iranians in the past 20 years ... FULL
TEXT
* Heart of the matter
Hossein Farsi writes: I read
your excellent article "Gridlock".
Normally our political commentators and intellectuals are very good at
expressing "how" but always short on "why".
This is true across the board with a few exceptions for myriads of reasons
which is perhaps beyond the purpose of this email. One such exception is
a book by Dr Sadeq Ziba-Kalam who is a university lecturer in Iran called
How did we become us? or Reasons for Iran's backwardness.
This was a commendable attempt by a relatively young lecturer who for the
first time pointed the finger at ourselves and tried to explain why.
Your article gave me the same impression. It pointed toward the very
heart of the matter without getting bogged down with details of different
players. The late Mr Bazargan said regarding this issue that the position
of Velayet Faghih was tailor made for Ayatollah Khomeyni. These days which
are critical for our country we need to know and know and know. I look
forward to reading your next article.
* On TV: Women in Iran
On Sunday July 18, at 8:05 p.m. (Eastern U.S. Time), the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
EXPLORER program on the TBS channel includes segments about the ``Red Baron''
of World War I, Manfred von Richtofen, and about women in Iran. Host: Boyd
Matson.
Book of the Week
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the best new and classic books available. You can also ask for special
orders and we will try to find them for you. Tell us your order by email
(times@iranian.com) and we will send you payment information (check/creditcard).
NOTE: Prices include shipping and handling.
* Siaah mashq-haa (1999)
Poems by H.A. Sayeh (Hoshang Ebtehaj),
363 pages.
$20.00
* Raaport-haaye yomiyeh (1999)
By satirist Ebrahim Nabavi
382 pages.
$20.00
* Qesseh-haaye nasreddin (1999)
By satirist Ebrahim Nabavi
180 pages
$15.00
* Amineh (1998)
Historical novel by Masaoud Behnoud
382 pages.
$20.00
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Cinema
An award-wining film by Mohsen Makhmalbaf who runs an ad in Tehran newspapers
indicating that he needs a few actors for his new movie. Several days later
few thousands young Iranian boys and girls show up for auditions. This
film portrays a unique side of Iranian society and the dreams and desires
of the young generation.
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Senior Iran cleric urges factions to cool
disputes
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's rival mainstream factions, united by
their support for the Islamic system, must agree on the limits of political
debate to avoid a repeat of this week's civil unrest, a senior cleric said
Friday. Ayatollah Hasan Taheri-Khorramabadi told a prayer gathering in Tehran
``I am asking all the prominent figures of the political factions to draw
a 'red line' so that if differences of opinions occur, the sanctities of
the system and the revolution will not be violated.'' ... FULL TEXT
Iranians want freedom, peacefully
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Nearly a week of student protests
in Iran has exposed the democratic aspirations of many Iranians. But the
swiftness with which they have subsided indicates that while Iranians want
freedom from religious rule, they don't want more violence. Many of those
in the chanting crowds over the last week would like to see the clergy replaced
by a more democratic government, one that would relax Islamic restrictions
over nearly all aspects of life ... FULL TEXT
Tehran under tight security
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Iranian police kept Tehran
under a tight leash Thursday, manning checkpoints across the Iranian capital
and demanding identity papers as they searched for the students who ignited
a week of pro-democracy protests. Several student protesters were missing,
one student told an Iranian newspaper. A news agency reported that some
people were being interrogated by the police -- and another newspaper described
scenes of hysteria when one busload of detainees was driven off to prison
... FULL TEXT
CPJ protests campaign against media
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a non-governmental
organization of journalists devoted to upholding press freedom worldwide,
is writing to express its deep concern about the ongoing campaign to stifle
the independent Iranian press. Since January 1998, twelve newspapers have
been closed for printing material that members of the ruling elite deemed
unacceptable, and many journalists have been arrested and prosecuted for
their reporting on a variety of sensitive political topics. ... FULL TEXT
Amir-Entezam & Tabarzadi's joint statement
From
behind prison bars, we have regretfully and painfully learned about the
savage attack on students at the dormitories by Ansare-Hezbollah and the
agents of dictatorship who are clothed in security uniforms ... FULL TEXT
Call for Solidarity With the Student Movement
in Iran
We, exiled and immigrant Iranians, are witnessing your battle for
establishing freedom in our dear homeland. We sense how your day of sacrifice
on July 8th, 1999, [referring to the beginning of the recent demonstrations
in Iran] has now bridged your struggle with that of your parents' on that
landmark day of December 7, 1953 [referring to the student movement under
the Shah's regime]. Although the two struggles are separated by decades,
are they united on the same path [for freedom] ... FULL TEXT
Iran preparing bigger missile launch -
U.S. expert
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran is preparing to test launch later this
summer a medium-range multi-stage missile that could have a range of up
to 2,650 miles (4,250 km), an independent U.S. specialist said Thursday.
The missile, code-named Kosar, would carry a version of Russia's RD-216
liquid-fuel rocket booster, the same engine which powered the Soviet Union's
SS-5 missile, said Kenneth Timmerman, director of the Middle East Data Project
... FULL TEXT
France acts fast to meet Iran wheat needs
PARIS, July 15 (Reuters) - French exporters acted fast to meet
Iran's expected bigger appetite this year for grain, taking advantage of
timing, low wheat prices and a rally in oil to sell Iran 300,000 tonnes
of wheat, trade sources said on Thursday. Traders reported that drought-stricken
Iran had agreed to buy 300,000 tonnes of wheat, although Paris-based banking
sources said finalisation of contracts depended on the ability to obtain
credit lines for Iran ... FULL TEXT
Araynpour on language & culture
Tehran,
(Hamshahri) - If you are looking for an English-Persian or Persian-English
dictionary, nine out of ten you will end up with one compiled by Manouchehr
Aryanpour Kashani. Aryanpour, who is also an authority on translation, speaks
to Hamshahri about language & culture ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Rival film festival?
Tehran,
(Hamshahri) - The Third Great Iranian Film Festival is currently screening
Iranian films produced in the past year. Various prizes will be handed out
by the jury soon. Is there a rivalry with the Fajr Film Festival or ...
FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Publish at home / new books
Tehran,
(Hamshahri) - Slow business forced some publishers to set up shot at home,
illegally. Now the publishers guild has made it official: a pubisher can
be based at home. Also news about new and notable books ... FULL TEXT IN
PERSIAN
More on the 17 million toman man
Tehran,
(Iran daily) - More details on Ahamd Momen-Zadeh's transfer from Sepahan
to Persepolis: Amir Abedini, Persepolis general manager, says some of the
rumors about the financial agreement are not true. But one of the conditions
is that Sepahan will get half of any trasfer fee if Momen-Zadeh signs with
a foreign team ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Permanent salary for olympic champs?
Tehran,
(Iran daily) - The Iranian National Olympic Committee is considering a proposal
to pay a permanent salary to those athletes who become "champions"
at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Does that include only gold medalists,
or also silver and bronze medalists? ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
BBC
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-- Laleh Khalili
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