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Not about Khatami
All about the younger citizens who are prepared to take a
stand
By Mehrdad Emadi-Moghadam
June 29, 1999
The Iranian
I think as Iranians, we owe this to ourselves to raise the profile of
what is happening in Iran. We do not need to be in agreement with President
Khatami and his government. This is not about him! The appeal is on behalf
of many Iranians who during my nine days in Iran kept asking me, "Why
is it that nobody in the West takes our struggle seriously and help us?"
Help for them did not mean sending troops. Or intervening in their struggle
against the so-called conservatives. I think it was more like why there
is so little said about what we have achieved and trying to?
I believe that Iran today is similar to Spain in the last few years
of Franco and Greece under the colonels. The outcome is not certain but
there are many encouraging signs that after all these years, we may earn
the right to live in a democratic society ... GO TO FEATURE
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Political "crimes"
June 29, (Hamshahri) - The Islamic Human Rights Commission in Iran has
published the draft of a bill, apparently prepared by Justice Ministry
officials, which criminalizes a wide range of non-violent political acts
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From Mars with love
This valentine from Mars is actually a pit formed by collapse within
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* Common root
Arman Sepehri writes:
I enjoyed the great humor and true points of view in the article "Khiyaar
Chambar".
Just to help the writer find the rest of the 100 words, here are some
other examples like "bad" for 'bad", "no" for
"new", "nah" for "no" and "behtar"
for "better" and what about "abroo" for "eyebrow"?
However, the reality is, most of these similarities are due to a common
root rather than words being adopted from this to that language. A good
example is the verb "ast" (or hast) in Farsi which is "ist"
in German, "est" in French, "es" in Spanish and "is"
in English.
Indeed from linguistic point of view, there are seven or eight main
branches of Indo-European languages where Persian is one of the main branches
and English is a sub-branch of German.
* Az cheh guri... ?
B. Mortazavi writes: Regarding
your article "I
must be a Jew" ... What a bunch of nonsense! az cheh guri did
you guys crawl out of? The title of your article should have been "I
MUST BE AN IDIOT".
* Conference: Iranian Americans as minorities
This is to inform you that on Thursday, July 1st, there will be a hearing
before the Small Business Economic Vitality and Consumer Services Committee
regarding the ordinance to provide inclusion of Iranian Americans as recognized
minorities.
It is required that some 30 people show up in this hearing. Not everyone
will need to speak, but we need to present about six cases of discrimination
against Iranians, preferably related to work or getting contracts ... DETAILS
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Book of the Week
The Legend of the Persian Carpet
By Tomie De Paola
Children who've been told of the diamond's legendary hardness may question
the ease with which this one is shattered. A king, accustomed to dwelling
in a light-filled room where a large diamond creates a million rainbows,
is bereft when it's stolen and smashed, and thereafter takes his only pleasure
in staring at the fragments, away from the subjects who need him. An apprentice
weaver comes up with the idea of making a magnificent carpet that will
lure the king back to his duties. It works. But, unfortunately, neither
the words nor the art here convincingly suggests the lure of the diamond's
prismatic play or the carpet's intricate patterns. Readers will have to
take these on faith. Still, Ewart's illustrations are prettily evocative
of old Persia, and perhaps the tale will pique interest in this ancient
art form ... GO TO BOOK
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is a pure joy with laughter as well as tears, flawless (Los Angeles Times)".
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close to the currency's black market value, newspapers reported on Tuesday.
The decision is the latest move by the government to ease strict foreign
exchange controls which have been widely blamed for stagnating non-oil exports
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of 13 Iranian Jews
PARIS,
June 29 (Wire Services) - Thirteen French public figures briefly chained
themselves Tuesday near the Iranian embassy in Paris to demand the release
of 13 Iranian Jews whose arrest on charges of spying has provoked an international
outcry. Surrounded by some 100 protestors chanting "free the innocent"
and "Jews in prison, why this silence?", the figures included
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anti-racist organization LICRA, and the Paris mayor's deputy, Jean-Pierre
Pierre-Bloch ... FULL TEXT
Italian bank agrees to extend billion dollar
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TEHRAN,
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The Mediocredito Centrale, which specialises in export credits, initialled
the preliminary agreement here Tuesday. The final accord is to be signed
shortly in Italy, the sources said ... FULL TEXT
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Colonel-General Vladimir Rushailo and his Iranian colleague Abdolvahed Moussavi-Lari
took place in Moscow on Tuesday to discuss the bilateral interaction and
to sign a memorandum on joint measures against the illicit trafficking of
narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances ... FULL TEXT
Iran, Greece see defence cooperation deal
soon
TEHRAN, June 29 (Reuters) - Iran and Greece, which border Turkey,
said they would sign an agreement on defence cooperation soon, but they
added that the move was not aimed at any country, the Iranian news agency
IRNA reported on Tuesday. It quoted visiting Greek Defence Minister Akis
Tsohatzopoulos as telling a news conference late on Monday that ``Tehran
and Athens will promote their defence cooperation through signing a letter
of understanding.'' ... FULL TEXT
275 books published in one week!
Tehran, (Neshat) - In the last week of Khordad, 275 books with
a circulation of 1.3 million copies were published in Iran ... FULL TEXT
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Commemorating Dr. Mojtahedi
Tehran, (Hamshahri) - A feature on the life and achievements of
Dr. Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi, the late headmaster of Alborz High School ...
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Match of the Century?
Tehran,
(Iran daily) - There are only four teams left in the elimination cup. Will
Persepolis and Esteqlal make it to the finals. That could be the Match of
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Sanat Naft looking for new coach
Tehran,
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So little said
I think as Iranians, we owe this to ourselves to raise the profile of
what is happening in Iran. We do not need to be in agreement with President
Khatami and his government. This is not about him! The appeal is on behalf
of many Iranians who during my nine days in Iran kept asking me, "Why
is it that nobody in the West takes our struggle seriously and help us?"
Help for them did not mean sending troops. Or intervening in their struggle
against the so-called conservatives. I think it was more like why there
is so little said about what we have achieved and trying to?
Mehrdad Emadi-Moghadam
"Not
about Khatami"
The Iranian
June 29, 1999
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