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On the ball
Comparing the Iranian and U.S. soccer teams
By Amir Aras
June 30, 1999
The Iranian
Will the U.S., currently ranked 24th, continue its path to success and
become one of the top 10 teams in the world? After completing three successful
professional soccer seasons and attracting foreign players and, more importantly,
sponsors, the U.S. is making all the right moves to get to the top. Soccer
is now the most popular sport among American kids. It's only a matter of
time...
Now my question is, will MY team, the Iranian national team, find a
steady path to success even in Asia? Like most of you, I love our team.
But watching a few players who want to save their legs for foreign clubs
does not give much pleasure anymore. And what about the team's managers?
Do they know what they are doing? ... GO TO FEATURE
Outlook
Prayers for Jewish Iranians
Chicago Tribune
June 26, 1999
Just when Iran seemed to be building new bridges to the West and slowly
emerging from behind its radical Islamic veil, the country's conservative
clerics have shown their intolerant, unforgiving faces again.
This time Iran has arrested at least 13 Iranian Jews--Hebrew teachers,
religious activists, a rabbi, a kosher butcher, a shoe store owner--and
accused them of spying for Israel and the United States. They face trial
soon; the penalty could be death. ... FULL
TEXT IN PERSIAN
Meet Iraj
Iraj Broomand is a City Council member in Los Angeles. He has answered
some questions about who he is and what he believes in ... GO
THERE
Thanks to Reza
More Letters
* Funny!
Reza Ordoubadian, professor of English,
writes: Funny, funny! I loved it, especially the psychology behind the
repartee. Ethymologically! I don't know -- has the daughter heard of the
Indo-European theory of languages? Even better, coincidence? I love your
style of writing and your humor.
* Good vs. Evil
Sia M. writes: Understandably, we
cannot expect Mr. Khatami to talk the talk and walk the walk for us. We
are going to have to find a way to emphasize personal responsibility for
all our people to contribute to a better tomorrow for our beloved country.
We must take a stand and voice our opinion as loudly as we can, chanting
for a free society. Only then, the Good shall triumph over Evil and the
serenity of freedom and liberty will cover us ... FULL
TEXT
* Music: Kamkars in Chicago
Iranian & Kurdish music performed by the Kamkar Musical Group at
Chicago's Rosemont Conference Center, Donald E. Stephen Ballroom, 1st Floor,
Room 1. TIME: FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1999, 9 PM. PRESENTED BY: Iranian House
of Greater Chicago. Ticket Price: $25. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Tel: (847)
673-0614 Fax: (847) 673-0617. Email: iranhouse@worldnet.att.net
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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Mohajerani slams bid to curb press freedom
TEHRAN, June 30 (Reuters) - Iran's liberal Culture Minister Ataollah
Mohajerani on Wednesday slammed a bill proposed by conservative deputies
in parliament aimed at limiting the country's fledgling press freedom.
``The custodians of the press and (newspaper) editors have not been consulted
about this bill...In our view, this bill is not meant to amend the press
law, but to change its whole structure,'' state radio quoted the minister
as saying ... FULL TEXT
New British ambassador presents credentials
to Iranian FM
TEHRAN,
May 26 (Wire Services) - Britain's new ambassador to Iran presented his
credentials Wednesday to Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi, after 10
years of strained relations. The two countries agreed in September to normalise
relations after the Iranian government said it would not seek to apply the
1989 religious decree, or fatwa, in which the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
called for British writer Salman Rushdie to be killed ... FULL TEXT
French assembly speaker calls charges against
Iran Jews "barbaric"
PARIS,
June 30 (AFP) - The speaker of the French National Assembly, Laurent Fabius,
on Wednesday described as "barbaric" the death sentence facing
13 Iranian Jews charged with spying for Israel. "Thirteen people, because
they are Jews, face the death penalty by hanging on unfounded accusations,"
Fabius told the assembly. "I ask the Iranian authorities to reconsider
this barbaric decision otherwise they cannot aspire to normal relations
with the international community." ... FULL TEXT
Iran plans aid to drought-stricken farmers
TEHRAN, June 29 (Reuters) - Iran's parliament is to consider emergency
legislation to allocate aid to farmers hit by the country's worst drought
in 30 years, a senior deputy said on Tuesday. Mohammad Baqer Nobakht, a
leading member of the parliament's budget committee, told state television
that the assembly would on Wednesday discuss the aid allocations which would
go beyond more than 600 billion rials already earmarked by the government
... FULL TEXT
Iran '99 Wheat Buying Hits 3.0MMT To Date;
Sugar 800,000MT
June
29, TEHRAN (Dow Jones)-- Iran has imported around 3.0 million metric tons
of wheat and 800,000 tons of sugar this year, an Iranian Commerce Ministry
official said Tuesday. The Iranian year started March 21. Iran 's government
has allocated $1.5 billion to buy essential food commodities for the country
this year because a drought has reduced domestic food production, Houshang
Dehqan, head of the Commerce Ministry's distribution network supervisory
office, told the Iranian state news agency IRNA ... FULL TEXT
EU expects us to honour iran sanctions
waivers
London,
june 30, irna - the european union expects the us to honour its commitment
guaranteeing waivers to sanctions threats against the latest iranian oil
contracts awarded to elf of france and italy's eni. michael pulch of the
european commission said wednesday that us secretary of state madeleine
albright "reaffirmed" its pledge as required in each case at the
recent eu-us summit in bonn ... FULL TEXT
Weekly book review
Tehran,
(Hamshahri) - Reviews on volume III of the Daaneshnaameh-ye Adab-e Faarsi
(Encyclopaedia of Persian Literature), Mohammad Ali Sepanlu's collection
of modern poetry titled "1001 poems", and other books on German
philosophers traslated into Persian ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Happy Birthday Ms. Hayward!
Tehran,
(Neshat) - The daiy Neshat has a feature on the life of the late Hollywood
star, Susan Hayward ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Abedzadeh will undergo surgery
Tehran,
(Neshat) - Goalie Ahmadreza Abedzadeh will soon go to Germany for his long-awaited
knee operation ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Shahrudi back in Turkey
Tehran,
(Neshat) - Reza Shahrudi has ended his contract with China'a Daliyan club
and is planning to head back to Turkey to play in a first division team
... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
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Thirteen people, because they are Jews, face the death penalty by hanging
on unfounded accusations... I ask the Iranian authorities to reconsider
this barbaric decision otherwise they cannot aspire to normal relations
with the international community.
Laurent Fabius, French National Assembly Speaker
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