The Iranian Times

Thursday July 29, 1999 / Mordad 7, 1378, No. 779


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Film

How lucky I am
A boy's thoughts on "Children of Heaven"

By Somm Tabrizi
July 29, 1999
The Iranian

Somm Tabrizi is a 10-year-old Iranian in Toronto, Canada. He entered this article for his school literature contest:

Movies are supposed to be for entertainment as well as for fun. However many movies are meant to teach us lessons about life and pass on some very important messages. In all my lifetime, whenever I went to a movie I always thought I was going to be entertained. That's exactly what I thought was going to happen when I went to see "Children of Heaven", a movie written in Persian, the official language of the country of Iran and also the language I speak at home ... GO TO FEATURE


Outlook

Khatami's speech in Hamadan

Full text translated by FBIS
July 27, 1999

... I was aware that a hefty price would have to be paid for the task of uncovering and confronting this current [the recent serial assassination of writers and intellectuals]and destroying its root causes. I have been, and still am, anticipating attempts to create crises. However, I have made a promise to my God -- and I hereby make a promise to you as well -- that we will, with God's assistance, continue our efforts until the root cause of that corrupt trend has been identified and repelled. I want to assure you that the calamity that at one stage threatened the Islamic republic was big enough to justify the hefty price that has had to be paid. [Crowd whistle and chant indistinct slogans in support] ... FULL TEXT


    Anyway

Moseer

I have not been able to find out much about "moseer", the bulb which is part of Iranian cuisine in the form of "moseer torshi." It is sold in the U.S., dried and sliced, as "shallots," and people tell me it is harvested wild in the mountains near Tabriz.

Real shallots, though, closely resemble onions, because they have the same layers of underground leaves that onions do, and the same high water content which makes a lot of juice. The moseer bulb, howver, looks chunky and solid, much like tulip bulb, and probably has a lot less juice than onions & shallots when fresh.

That being said, do you know 1), the correct English botanical name for it, and 2) if anyone grows or supplies it fresh here in the United States?

Thank you,

Ted Gruen


More Letters

* Thanks for Samad

Sudabeh writes: I just finished two translated stories from Samad Behrangi ["Talkhun", "In search of fate"]. Both of them were beautiful and I enjoyed them in English .

I am originally Iranian, and so proud of the Iranian writers and translators. The job done was great to my taste. Thanks to The Iranian Times and all the friends involved. Looking forward to see more.

* CIA couldn't do it better

M. Mobini writes: This is in response to the gentleman who wrote "Worse than a dog":

You are absolutely right. The revolution has taken so many young, innocent lives (the revolution itself, the Iran-Iraq war, MKO executions and so on), brought our economy to its worst level, destroyed our international image, paralyzed and rendered useless 50% of our country's workforce (women) and many other horrible things. I don't think even the CIA could have done a better job.

Long live the Islamic Revolution!


* Protest: Weekly vigil

The Iranian Human Rights Working Group (IHRWG) is calling on all concerned groups and individuals to participate in a weekly vigil in support of the fundamental human rights of the Iranian people. Human Rights violations in Iran have intensified following the peaceful demonstration of students demanding freedom of press among other things ... The IHRWG calls for the weekly vigils to be held in front of the IRI Mission to the UN (622 Third Ave. between 40th and 41st streets) from 4:00 to 7:00 PM every Wednesday, until the following demands have been met by the Iranian government ... DETAILS HERE


Books of the Week

From Aristotle to Zoroaster
An A-To-Z Companion to the Classical World

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A groundbreaking and authoritative reference tool, From Aristotle to Zoroaster provides the first comprehensive guide to the classical world as a whole. Never before have the key peoples, places, institutions, and events of Greece, Rome, Persia, India, and China been encompassed in a single volume, highlighting the fascinating similarities and differences, tensions and compound effects that laid the foundations of presentday Europe and Asia. Students, experts, and classical history buffs alike will discover a wealth of information in this easy-to-use volume ... GO TO BOOK

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Ban on import of instruments lifted

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Turkey denies it will pay Iran for raid

ANKARA, July 29 (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit on Thursday denied Iranian reports that Turkey would pay compensation to Iran over an alleged cross-border air raid. Iran, for its part, insisted the raid sites were on its territory and said it was likely that two Turkish soldiers detained for allegedly crossing the border would be prosecuted ... FULL TEXT

Biggest Iran state group to reform to boost profit

TEHRAN, July 29 (Reuters) - The new head of Iran's largest state-affilated conglomerate pledged to introduce sweeping changes to the multi-billion-dollar group that has been beset by charges of inefficiency and allegations of corruption ... FULL TEXT

Russia, Iran consider $8 bn of new contracts

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Mir Moezi had served as NIOC undersecretary of engineering

TEHRAN, July 29 (Reuters) - Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh has appointed Said Mehdi Mir Moezi as deputy managing director of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and ministry undersecretary of oil in charge of production, Iranian sources said on Thursday... FULL TEXT

Milani on men & women

Tehran, (Neshat) - Tahmineh Milani talks about her much-talked about "feminist" film, "Do zan" (Two women), and expresses her views on men and women's issues in Iran today ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

Bebakhshid,nazar-e shomaa chiyeh?

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Tehran, (Iran daily) - When the qualifying rounds of the Asian cup begin in the not-too-distant future, will the Iranian national soccer team be ready? ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

Popular Russian

Tehran, (Iran daily) - Is Esteqlal's Russian coach also joing the coaching staff of the national team? ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN


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