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Rumi
Opinion
Iran at the cross-roads
Image, identity, tolerance and freedom
By Yahya R. Kamalipour
July 30, 1999
The Iranian
We no longer consume products, we consume images. We no longer elect
leaders, we elect images. We no longer see for ourselves, we see through
our television sets. We no longer think for ourselves, "others"
direct our thoughts. We no longer determine our identities, "others"
determine our identities. We no longer live in a "metropolis,"
we live in a "technopolis" (a wired world). We no longer belong
to just a village or community, we belong to a global community or the
global village. In short, we can no longer afford to survive in isolation,
nor can we ignore one another ... GO
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Outlook
Iranian expatriate making up for lost time on tennis
court
By Bob Foltman
Chicago Tribune
July 30, 1999
For Mansour Bahrami, the decision was easy.
Twenty years ago, the native of Iran was offered a chance to accept
political asylum in France and continue his tennis career. Bahrami refused.
That cost him the prime years of an athlete's life and lots of money.
But he has no regrets ... FULL
TEXT
Thanks to Mehran Azhar
Your name in space
NASA is trying to get over a million names to be placed on a CD that
will be put on the Mars 2001 Lander and sent to Mars. Be a part of history
and enter your name. You will get a nice Participation Certificate with
your name and certificate number ... CLICK
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Thanks to Payman Arabshahi
More Letters
* Slogans won't do it
Saghie writes: The truth is
that majority of people in Iran don't believe in those hideous words of
death to this and that, nor do they hate Americans, nor do they believe
in Islamic tyranny. But they are forced to say and do senseless acts as
I am sure many of you fellow Iranians can relate to.
It is important that we bring our voices down, structure them, organize
them and give them a perspective. Then we can forward them to the those
in power. Those who can talk for us. They can be anybody, in the media
or politicians.
Wouldn't it look better to be interviewed sitting in front of the camera
in a proper place with a proper attire, than to yell on the streets saying,
"democracy", "Iran", and ...? Wouldn't it be better
to be viewed as a civilized society? Educated? Diplomatic? ... FULL
TEXT
* On TV: The People's President
CNN, August 1, 9 pm: "The People's President" offers a rare
glimpse of life in the Islamic Republic of Iran as President Mohammad Khatami
struggles to implement urgent reforms in the face of stern opposition from
the conservative Ayatollahs... DETAILS
HERE
Books of the Week
* Zemzemeh-haaye
azali: Avesta va ketaab-e moqadas
Zoroastrian texts
By Ali Salehi
* Veys
va Ramin
A love story written in verse 1000 years ago
By Fakhreddin Asa'd-e Gorgani
* Doshmanaan-e
jaameh-ye saalem
On the civil society
By satirist Ebrahim Nabavi
* Sotun-e
panjom
The Fifth Column
By satirist Ebrahim Nabavi
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Supreme leader denies political split
TEHRAN,
July 30 (AFP) - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday dismissed
reports of a political rift with President Mohammad Khatami over the pro-democracy
protests earlier this month that ended in bloodshed. He said the reformist
president had his full support ... FULL TEXT
Students say 19 "seriously wounded"
in unrest: paper
TEHRAN,
July 29 (AFP) - Iranian students said 19 people were "seriously wounded"
in the police attack on a Tehran university dormitory that sparked six days
of bloody riots in the capital, reports said Thursday ... FULL TEXT
MPs denounce intelligence ministry
TEHRAN,
July 29 (AFP) - Iranian MPs condemned the intelligence ministry Thursday
for its "unconstitutional" treatment of those arrested over the
Tehran riots amid a tough propaganda campaign against pro-democracy activists
... FULL TEXT
Former queen says Khatami should learn
from shah's mistakes
July
30, 1999, CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Iran 's former empress has advice for the
troubled Iranian president, drawn from lessons learned after her late husband
was toppled by Islamic revolutionaries 20 years ago ... FULL TEXT
37 now dead in "flood of the millennium"
TEHRAN, July 28 (AFP) - Iranian officials on Thursday upped the
death toll to 37 with 14 still missing after catastrophic floods in northern
Iran along the Caspian Sea earlier this week, the official IRNA news agency
said ... FULL TEXT
LASMO hopeful for role in Iran projects
LONDON,
July 29 (Reuters) - British oil and gas exploration and production company
LASMO Plc said on Thursday it hoped to win a role in at least one of the
two projects it was chasing in Iran ... FULL TEXT
France pressed to finalise wheat sale to
Iran
PARIS,
July 29 (Reuters) - French grain traders and bankers have put pressure on
the French government to make available credit guarantees so they can finalise
recent contracts to sell French wheat to Iran , banking sources said on
Thursday ... FULL TEXT
Ketaab-e kucheh
Tehran,
(Neshat) - The latest volume of Ahmad Shamlu's "Ketaab-e kucheh"
has been published. And other publishing news ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Azari book show
Tehran,
(Neshat) - Old books written in the Azari language have been put on display
at the Imam Reza museum. Full report ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Swimming aint cheap
Tehran,
(Neshat) - Sports officials have announced that swimming facilities are
open to the public. Well, at a price that is ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Khasteh nabaashid!
Tehran,
(Neshat) - A group of women in the military (staff & family members)
have climbed to the top of Mount Tochal ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Skiing on grass
Tehran,
(Neshat) - Teams from Austria, Germany, Czech Republic and Japan will take
part in Iran's third internationak grass summer skiing competitions ...
FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
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I believe that under Mr. Khatami there was some relative opening, but
more in words than in deeds because either he cannot or he doesn't have
the power to do so.
-- Farah Diba Pahlavi
Associated
Press
July 30, 1999
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