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Andre the great
Andre Agassi makes history with his French Open victory
By Jahanshah Javid
June 7, 1999
The Iranian
Andre Agassi, who won Wimbledon in 1992, the U.S. Open in 1994 and the
Australian in 1995, joins Fred Perry, Don Budge, Roy Emerson and Rod Laver
as the only men to have won all Grand Slam titles.
Pete Sampras hasn't done it, neither have such legends as Bjorn Borg,
Ivan Lendl, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Guillermo Vilas, Arthur Ashe,
Mats Wilander, John Newcombe or Ken Rosewall. Now that's special. ... GO TO FEATURE
Outlook
New U.S.-Iran Dialogue: Psst. Mumble. Huh?
By DOUGLAS JEHL
The New York Times
June 6, 1999, Sunday
TEHERAN is abuzz again, divided now over whether America really is still
the Great Satan. And as usual, the ferocity of Iran's internal power struggles
make it hard to know just what is going on.
This time, though, the confusion seems to run two ways. This Iranian
row seems to have been prompted by American mixed signals -- tantalizing
but ambiguous all the same -- about whether the United States is ready
to go easier on Iran ... FULL
TEXT
Time to get a life
Siamak Sarmady is looking for "a female for serious relationship
/marriage." He says: "I am an electronics engineer, internet
site administrator and programmer and I think it's the time for me to get
a life..." ... GO
TO HIS WEB SITE
More Letters
* No man can understand
Nancy Elami writes: I read today's
cover story, "The
woman we wanted to be" with interest. Laleh Khalili is a thoughtful,
thought-provoking writer whose imagery is lovely and easily grasped. As
a regular reader of your magazine, who just happens to be a zan-e aamrikaie
married to one of your countrymen, what I can say is that the angst expressed
by Ms. Khalili's essay is more the angst of Woman -- not just the Iranian
woman.
Her longings are the longings of women in general -- just the names
are changed. Only a woman can understand the tides that rush in and cover
the shore and then draw the sand back out into deep ocean as they go diving
back to sea; these are the desires of Woman. No man can understand what
it is to be a woman and sacrifice self to the extent that a woman does
(particularly if she is a mother). No man can understand -- completely
-- the war of desires within a woman ... FULL
TEXT
* Best of all things
Bear Rowell writes: Like many other
Americans, I've had a lengthy love affair with Persian art & culture,
Persian history , and... if it's Persian, I'm reading about it. I also
had Persian friends I treasured for years, and your ezine is something
of the best of all these things. Thanks for doing it, it's appreciated.
* Hearing: Congress review agriculture
sanctions
On June 9, 1999, at 10:00 am EST, Iranian Trade Association (ITA) will
broadcast a live audio feed of the US House of Representatives' Agriculture
Committee hearing: "A Review of economic sanctions and the effect
on U.S. agriculture," directly from the ITA web site. Join us on Wednesday
morning and listen live as members of Congress discuss US sanctions policies
and Iran ... DETAILS
HERE
Book of the Week
Qajar Iran and the Rise of Reza Khan 1796-1925
By Nikki R. Keddie
"Qajar Iran is a must read for anyone interested in contemporary
Iranian history." -- Fathali Qahremani Qajar ... GO TO BOOK
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Low oil price hit Iran growth to March
99
BASLE, Switzerland, June 5 (Reuters) - Iran's economic growth slowed
to between 1.7 and two percent in the year to March 1999 as oil prices slumped,
Iran's central bank governor said on Saturday. This reflected an ``illness''
in the oil-dependent economy, Governor Mohsen Nourbakhsh told Reuters in
an interview ... FULL TEXT
Row deepens between Saudi Arabia,UAE over
Iran ties
DUBAI, June 6 (Reuters) - Gulf Arab regional allies, Saudi Arabia
and the United Arab Emirates, on Sunday exchanged heated words in what appeared
to be a simmering row over closer relations with former foe Iran. Not long
after UAE officials openly criticised some unamed Gulf Arab states over
rapprochement with Iran, Saudi Defence Minister Prince Sultan lashed back
... FULL TEXT
Iran says ready to improve ties with UAE
TEHRAN, June 7 (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi
said on Monday his country was ready to improve ties with the United Arab
Emirates but made no mention of their territorial dispute. ``We are ready
to expand ties with all Arab and Islamic states and the UAE is no exception,''
Kharazi told the official IRNA news agency
Release sought for jailed Tehran mayor's
farewell
TEHRAN,
June 6 (Reuters) - Tehran city council has asked the judiciary to let reformer
Gholamhossein Karbaschi out of prison to attend the inauguration of his
successor as mayor, a member of the council said on Sunday ... FULL TEXT
Iran exile group says Iran attacks Iraq
office
June 4 (MENA) - On Egyptian- Iranian ties, President Mubarak said:
"As far as we are concerned, there are no problems in Egyptian- Iranian
ties, but there are certain outstanding issues that are known to the Iranians.
I wish to have very good ties with Iran , but at the proper time, for I
have my own calculations in this respect." ... FULL TEXT
Iran says two-month non-oil exports up
47.7 pct
TEHRAN, June 5 (Reuters) - The value of Iran's non-oil exports
rose by 47.7 percent in the first two months of the Iranian year to $526
million, the official news agency IRNA reported. ``Export of non-oil commodities
shows an increase of 86.16 percent growth weight wise and 47.7 percent value
wise,'' it said, quoting a report on Friday by Iran's customs department
on non-oil exports from March 21 to May 21 ... FULL TEXT
Drought to hit barley output
TEHRAN, June 6 (Reuters) - Iran produced 3.3 million tonnes of
barley in the Iranian year to March, but production in the current year
is severely threatened by drought, a newspaper quoted an official as saying
on Sunday. ``Last year, 3.3 million tonnes of barley were produced from
1.8 million hectars of land under cultivation. But this year, because of
drought, we expect Iran will face a major reduction in production,'' Abrar-e
Eqtesadi daily quoted Kamal Zabihi, the head of the agriculture ministry's
fodder branch, as saying ... FULL TEXT
Agassi picks up key to exclusive club
PARIS
(Reuters) - After a small handshake and a big hug from Rod Laver, Andre
Agassi was handed the key to the most exclusive club in tennis Sunday, lifting
the Coupe des Mousquetaires high into the blue Parisian sky. With his gritty
1-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 comeback victory over a determined Andrei Medvedev,
Agassi won the French Open, completing his collection of Grand Slam titles
and achieving one of the toughest feats in sport ... FULL TEXT
Iran 2 - Guatemala 2
June 7, (Edmunton Sun) - Iran's fans weren't the only ones shocked
yesterday with the 2-2 outcome of a game versus Guatemala, a team that had
been outscored 5-1 in its first two Canada Cup II losses ... FULL TEXT
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Oil reliance
This (GDP decline) is again another sign of the illness in our economy,
that the price of oil is going to determine our growth.
Mohsen Nourbakhsh, Central Bank Governor
"Low
oil price hit Iran growth to March 99"
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