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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
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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
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 ...
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as Ansar Hezbollah (followers of the party of God) were arrested in Teheran,
the governmental daily Iran reported Thursday. Massoud Dehnamaki, known
as the leader of the Ansar Hezbollah, and his close aide, Soheyl Karimi,
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carry out aggression against those who don't agree with us? Should we beat
people up brutally because they don't see things our way?" Khatami
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press has become wider and more intense in recent days. On July 25, the
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musical instruments which has been in place for more than two decades, the
daily Economic Abrar reported Wednesday. In an official circular to the
customs office, the Ministry of Islamic Culture and Guidance declared the
import of instruments, including those from the West, as free, the daily
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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
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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
July 28, 1999, MOSCOW (AP)--Russia and Iran are considering new
economic cooperation contracts worth up to $8 billion, Russian Deputy Prime
Minister Nikolai Aksyonenko said Wednesday ... FULL TEXT
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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
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women's issues in Iran today ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
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zan" (Two women) ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
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not-too-distant future, will the Iranian national soccer team be ready?
... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
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