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Immigration
Come on down
Easing restrictions on U.S. visas for Iranians
By Frederick R. Troncone
June 24, 1999
The Iranian
On April 26, 1999, U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset
Control issued a new regulation which clears the path for U.S. employers
to sponsor Iranians resident in Iran for employment-based immigrant and
non-immigrant visas. This is welcome news to both U.S. sponsors and to
targeted Iranian beneficiaries living in Iran who have been unable to process
for U.S. visas since July 29, 1997 ... GO TO FEATURE
Outlook
Human Rights Court?
Neshat
June 23, 1999
To avoid political decision in the judiciary Iran should set up an independent
court specifically for human rights cases, writes Mohammad Quchani... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Hello,
Please tell me where I may purchase a gas kabab grill.
Thank You,
Bruce
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* You belong in hell
Sholom Din writes: I cannot believe
how you Iranians can be such a barbaric, anti-Semitic, hate-mongering,
blood-loving people. To take 13 innocent Jews and cook up a false story
of espionage, and then have thousands of people demonstrating and shouting
"Hang the Jews!", just goes to show that the place where you
Iranians belong is to rot in hell forever and ever.
* Khatami's political priority
Piroz Mohseni writes: I read
your article with interest on the Iranian economy ["Sleep-walking
economy"]. You make good observations and make some very valid
points. I was in Iran just a few weeks ago (after 13 years). The economic
situation is not very good and people don't have the feeling that the government
is doing much to fix anything. These are general observations from talking
to various people.
It also seems to me that Mr. Khatami's theory is that before the economy
can be fixed, political and social freedom must be expanded. While some
may disagree, my observance of his presidency leads me to believe that
this is exactly where he is placing his bets ... FULL
TEXT
* Music: Kamkars in Portland
Kamkars in a live concert in Portland. TIME: 8:00 PM Thursday August
26th. PLACE: Portland Center for Performing Arts, SW Broadway, Portland,
Oregon. Co-sponsored by Regional Arts and Culture Council of Oregon (RACC)...
MUSIC
SAMPLES
Book of the Week
Iranian Nationality and the Persian Language
By Shahrokh Meskoo
Foreword by Ali Banuazizi
Translated by Michael Hillmann
In this insightful study of Iranian cultural history and national identity,
Shahrokh Meskoob, one of Iran's leading intellectuals, reviews the roles
of three social classes in the development and refinement of the Persian
language during the past one thousand years and gives the reader a fresh
perspective on Iranian cultural heritage and the struggle to forge a distinct
national identity ... GO TO BOOK
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June
22, (Amnesty International) - Amnesty International is concerned for the
safety of Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, editor-in-chief of the weekly newsletter
Hoveyat-e-Khish (Our Identity), and Hossein Kashani, its director, who have
been arrested after questioning about publishing information contrary to
"public order and the public interest" ... FULL TEXT
Coroner says jailed suspected killer died
of arsenic poisoning
June
23, (BBC Monitoring - Iranian TV) - As you have heard in the news, one of
the agents of the recent suspicious killings, named Sa'id Emami, has committed
suicide. In order to clarify the matter and provide you with more information,
the correspondents from the Central News Unit talked to the coroner and
the doctor who, with his colleagues, made an extensive effort to save Sa'id
Emami's life ... FULL TEXT
Iran Denies U.S. Charges of Military Buildup
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran Wednesday angrily denied charges by a U.S.
official that it was trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction, and
accused Washington of trying to mislead regional opinion in an effort to
sell more arms. ... FULL TEXT
Loans to Iran Stall After Arrest of Jews
June
23, 1999 (Washington Post) - A quiet undertaking at the World Bank over
the past 15 months to rehabilitate Iran for assistance has suffered a setback.
Industrious and delicate efforts to revive Iran's eligibility for soft loans
in social development sectors have been stymied by the Tehran government's
arrest of 13 Jewish Iranians on unproved charges of espionage, according
to a number of World Bank officials and diplomats ... FULL TEXT
Iran Says to Compensate Industrialists
for Seizures
TEHRAN, June 23 (Reuters) - Iran's government, trying to woo investors
including Iranian exiles, said on Wednesday it would pay compensation for
some of the factories seized after the 1979 Islamic revolution ... FULL
TEXT
Iran Air to Resume Flights to Beirut
TEHRAN (June 23) XINHUA - Iran Air, the Iranian national carrier,
announced on Wednesday that it would resume flights to Beirut, capital of
Lebanon after two decades of break. The airlines has scheduled two flights
a week to Beirut as of Sunday, the Islamic Republic News Agency reported
... FULL TEXT
American film gets two thumbs up from Iranian
critics
TEHRAN,
June 22 (AFP) - Iran said Tuesday it was prepared to accept US participation
in economic projects related to the exploitation of the Caspian Sea, while
voicing strong opposition to any Israeli role in the region.... FULL TEXT
Films will face censorship board AFTER
completion
Tehran,
(Neshat) - An American film recently secreened in Iran for the general public
has received the highest rating from Iranian critics, who liked more than
Kiarostami's "A Taste of Cherry" ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
"Two women", "Takhti"
and "Love + 2"
Tehran,
(Neshat) - Three new films have opened in theaters in Iran, including the
late Hatami-Kia's "Jahaan Pahlavaan Takhti" ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Daei signs joins Berlin
Tehran,
(Neshat) - Ali Daei has a sign a contract with a new German first division
club: Berlin. And his three-year contract includes an annual salary of 2.5
million marks ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Pocket money for Hashemian
Tehran, (Iran daily) - Vahid Hashemian has received about 300,000
marks as a signing bonus for joinging the German first division club, Hamburg
... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Azizi setting conditions
Tehran,
(Neshat) - Khodadad Azizi is setting conditions for renewing his contract
with the German second division club, Cologne: He wants to be a fixed starter
or else ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
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Updated June 23
The
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