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Bayzaie in Berkeley
A short but sweet visit to northern California
By Nersi Ramazan-nia
June 1, 1999
The Iranian
"Bahram Bayzaie is in L.A., he can come up for the day to Berkeley.
How about Sunday?"
Who could believe it, Bahram Bayzaie in Berkeley? It was to be a twelve-hour
visit; arriving in the morning and back to Los Angeles at night...
Bayzaie was met at San Francisco airport by a small group of Iranian
Berkeleyites. He was first taken to visit the Darvag Theater where members
of the Darvag group have been preparing to stage "The 8th Voyage of
Sinbad" in English. Bayzaie wrote "Hashtomin Safare Sandbad"
in his twenties -- more than thirty years ago ... GO
TO FEATURE
Outlook
Morteza Alviri, former radical turned liberal technocrat
TEHRAN, June 1 (AFP) - Tehran's new mayor, Morteza Alviri, is a former
radical revolutionary who now advocates a liberal course for the Islamic
Republic, particularly in the economic sector.
Alviri, a 51-year-old electrical engineer and economist, was an active
opponent of the imperial regime of the Shah overthrown in the 1979 Islamic
Revolution ... FULL
TEXT
He's here
Zafar Husky
writes:
Riaz Ahmed Gohar-Shahi of Kotri, in Sindh province of Pakistan is said
to be the awaited Imam Mahdi.
More Letters
* We are one
M.L.T writes: I am a young Jewish
Iranian woman who read the "I
must be a Jew" piece as well as all of the controversial follow
ups. As a Los Angeles resident for fourteen years I am well aware of the
tension between Iranian Jews and Iranian Muslims...
Whether Jewish or Muslim, Bahai or Christian, we are one. We should
hold each other up instead of continuously trying to put the other down.
We came from the same history, and we speak the same language both in words
and in feelings. Only an Iranian understands what love went into a pot
of steaming kalleh-paacheh. Only we can appreciate all the dimensions of,
JOON... FULL
TEXT
* Iran belongs to all Iranians
Siamak Namazi writes:
I very quickly got over the fact that A. Gheytanch
is a racist zionist, for the author is very amusing ["I
must be a Jew"].
Gheytanch asserts: "For the rest of us living outside of Iran ,
we shoud forget about Iran and hang on to our glorious Jewish identity
and culture, and above all the love and support for the state of Israel,
our REAL homeland." Well, then what the hell are you doing reading
The Iranian? Is The Jerusalem Post web site down? LOL!
Iran belongs to all Iranians. No matter what your enthic or religious
background, this is your land. Even if you are a self-hating Iranian.
* No wonder
Asghar Tahdighi writes: No wonder Jewish people are not treated
with the respect they claim to deserve. Mr.
A. Gheytanch has said it all. You do not deserve to call yourself Iranian
["I
must be a Jew"].
* Arts: Bookreading & jazz in Bay
Area
Jazz & Gallery Ovissi is pleased to announce: A Bay Area reading
of A WORLD BETWEEN Poems, Short Stories, and Essays by Iranian-Americans
AND jazz music by Hafez Modirzadeh. Saturday, June 5, 7-9 PM (doors open
at 6 PM) at Gallery Ovissi, 1425 Park Ave. Emeryville, CA, Tel: (510) 601-6874...
DETAILS HERE
Book of the Week
Lonely Planet Travel Guide: Iran (2nd Ed)
Best-selling travel guide to Iran
By Paul Greenway
"This detailed guide finally updates the old guidebook with new
information. A must for travelers to Iran. Paul Greenway's narrative and
explanations are also more interesting (and quite funny in some cases)
than David St. Vincent's older edition." -- A reader ...
... GO TO BOOK
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itself
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah defended
Iran's right to arm itself for self protection and said progress in relations
between his country and the Islamic republic was for the benefit the Gulf
region... In a rare such defense of Iran, the crown prince said: ''Iran
has every right to develop its defense capabilities for its security without
harming others, We also do the same.'' ... FULL TEXT
Iran speaker says may change street name
for Egypt
TEHRAN, June 1 (Reuters) - Iran's parliament speaker said on Tuesday
that Iranian deputies were ready to consider renaming a Tehran street called
after the assassin of an Egyptian president, if the move helped improve
ties with Egypt. ``Changing the name, in principle, could be considered,''
Ali Akbar Nateq-Nouri said when asked if Iran would change the name of the
road called Khaled Islambouli, an Islamist who assassinated Egyptian President
Anwar Sadat in 1981 ... FULL TEXT
Iran, Norway to swap ambassadors
TEHRAN, June 1 (Reuters) - Iran and Norway have upgraded their
diplomatic ties to ambassadorial level after years of tension over the Salman
Rushdie affair, a source at the Norwegian embassy said on Tuesday. The source
told Reuters that Svein Aass, currently number two at the Norwegian mission
at the United Nations, would take up the post in Tehran at the end of summer
... FULL TEXT
Iranian activists detained in Iraqi Kurds
New
York, June 1, 1999 (International Federation of Iranian Refugees) - On May
30, 1999 Habibollah Abdullahi, the International Federation of Iranian Refugees
(IFIR) Erbil branch representative, and Abdullah Veissi, a member of that
branch's Executive Committee, were arrested by the Kurdish Democratic Party
(KDP) of Iraq ... FULL TEXT
Turkish action against Iranians condemned
June
1, (Iranians for International cooperation) - ... I write this letter to
register my disgust over a recent border incident where Turkish military
authorities have killed nine innocent Iranian civilians when crossing the
border from Iran and Iraq onto Turkey to register with UNHCR ... FULL TEXT
Mahdavi-kia joins Hamburg SV
BONN, June 1 (Reuters) - Iranian international midfielder
Mehdi Mahdavi-kia is joining Hamburg SV from relegated VfL Bochum, a Hamburg
spokesman said on Tuesday. He said Mahdavi-kia, 21, will sign a two-year
contract with the German first division club for an undisclosed fee.
Iranians arrive in Canada with offense
June
1, 1999 (Edmonton Journal) - The street urchins would dribble the ball with
a flair unique to the province of Khuzestan -- the Brazil of Iran and the
province where British oilworkers first introduced soccer to the country.
It was there, in Khuzestan, in the city of Khoramshahr, where Ali Mousavi
first toddled after a soccer ball... The national sides from Canada, Iran,
Guatemala and Ecuador are here to contest the Canada Cup of Soccer ... FULL
TEXT
Soccer teams go after new coaches
Tehran
(Hamshahri) -- The Azadegan League will start its new season in less than
three months. Teams are already trying to shake up their organization and
hire new coaches ... FULL IMAGE TEXT IN PERSIAN
BBC
Persian
Service
$ Rate
Updated May 31
The
dollar now offered at 825-855 tomans in the U.S. and 875 tomans in Iran
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Quote Unquote
Why then?
Those who have lived in Iran may say I don't know what it means to be
Iranian. But why then, when I read the words of Rumi or Hafez do I feel
a connection that could never come from Shakespeare?
M.L.T.
Letter
to The Iranian
June 1, 1999
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