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Rights
160 degrees
A reversal of sorts in attitudes towards human rights
The pivotal themes of the ongoing debates ... are civil society and
the rule of law. Both these themes are used by their proponents as instruments
to discredit violence - the latter being a hallmark of the revolutionary
power since the foundation of the Islamic Republic. And the remarkable
thing is that they seem to be actually winning the argument. Today, even
the most hard-line elements inside the regime are trying to forward their
positions by resorting to the principle of the rule of law, and rejecting
violence in words - though not in deeds.
This in itself is a major achievement: the language of violence is being
discredited under the Islamic Republic. Today, not only the reformists,
commonly known as the "2nd of Khordad Front", condemn violence
and lawlessness but also their opponents are increasingly trying to distance
themselves from any act of violence ... GO
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Rights
Molla or not
Concern over Mohsen Kadivar's arrest, even though he's a clergyman
By Emami
Could [the] lack of sensitivity [towards Kadivar's arrest] be attributed
to the penchant for the dead and the martyrs which is so engrained in our
psyches that even after many years of living in the west one would still
react to injustice and brutality when someone is actually killed? Or is
it, perhaps, the anti-religious, modernist outlook of so many of us that
militates against defending a molla and getting unduly involved in some
"in-fighting" that is going on out there? ... GO
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Outlook
Pope meets Khatami
March 11, (BBC) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami and Pope John Paul
II have held a historic meeting at the Vatican. Mr Khatami, a moderate
Shi'a Muslim cleric, is Iran's most senior religious leader to visit the
Pontiff. He is also the first president of the Islamic Conference - a pan-Muslim
organisation uniting 55 Islamic countries - to visit the Vatican."
... FULL
TEXT
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* BBC
correspondent Fargud Nicol in Rome
* Khatami's press conference
Anyway
Chador, dull? Kee meegeh?!
Iranian magazine deplores women's "dull" Islamic
clothes
TEHRAN, Feb 6 (AFP) - An Iranian magazine described Islamic clothes
women have been forced to wear since the 1979 Islamic revolution as "dull."
"There are colourful fabrics in shops but most people wear dull-coloured
clothes on the streets," said Iran-e-Javan
(Young Iran), a weekly magazine for the young, published by the official
IRNA news agency.
"The colour black is like a dark hole swallowing all the world's
colours," it said, referring to traditional black body-length cloaks
or chadors many Iranian women wear every day.
More Letters
* Cheer up, James Bond
Ali Chaquorzahi writes:
Mr.B.Moore, in reference to your anger at
having a hard time obtaining a visa to go to Iran, we Iranians have to
pay to get a visa to England too... as for being labeled a spy, don't feel
too bad, James Bond. What about us? We get finger-printed when we arrive
in the U.S. because of the so-called [threat of] terorrism ... FULL
TEXT
* Fridays: Art and jazz at Gallery Ovissi,
Emeryville
Gallery Ovissi invites you to spend an evening with us at JAZZ GALLERY:
where art and jazz come together. Every Friday Evening we feature the sounds
of Top Bay Area Jazz Artists among Gallery Ovissi's Fine and Unique Works
of Art Showtimes: 9 p.m and 11 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. $10 donation (drinks
and hors d'ouevres included) ... DETAILS
HERE
* Fire-jumping: Chahar-Shambeh Soury
in Maryland
Tuesday, March 16, 1999 6:00 PM Oregon Ridge Park (near Baltimore),
Sequdia room. Iranian-American Cultural Society of Maryland will host a
Chahar Shambeh Soury celebration, complete with dancing, food, and fire
jumping, on Tuesday night, 6:00 PM ... DETAILS
HERE
Book of the Week
A Taste of Persia
An Introduction to Persian Cooking
By Najmieh Batmanglij
A Taste of Persia is a collection of authentic recipes from one of the
world's oldest cuisines, chosen and adapted for today's lifestyle and kitchen.
Here are light appetizers and kababs, hearty stews and rich, golden-crusted
rices, among many other dishes, all fragrant with the distinctive herbs,
spices, or fruits of Iran. Each recipe offers clear, easy-to-follow, step-by-step
instructions. Most take less than an hour to prepare; many require only
a few moments; many others can be made in advance. Besides its 100 recipes
and 60 photographs, the book includes a useful dictionary of Persian cooking
techniques and ingredients.
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Khatami ends landmark visit with papal
meeting
VATICAN
CITY, March 11 (AFP) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami held 25-minute
talks here on Thursday with Pope John Paul II on the final day of a landmark
visit to Italy. The pope called the occasion "important and promising"
while Khatami appealed for "the victory of peace and reconciliation."
The pope personally welcomed Khatami on the threshold of the Vatican's private
library. Before their talks started, Khatami joked with the pope and introduced
his delegation. In Farsi, he told Iranian photograhpers "not to upset
the pope." ... FULL TEXT
U.S. wary of Iranian president's visit
to Italy
WASHINGTON,
March 11 (AFP) - The United States expressed worry Thursday that Iran might
try to use its president's visit to Italy to promote its international trade.
"We believe Iran should not enjoy the benefits of normal international
commerical relations until it ceases activities that violate international
norms," a State Department official said ... FULL TEXT
Khatami rebukes Europe for backing Rushdie
TEHRAN, March 11 (AFP) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami broke
from his pro-Western message in Italy to deliver a stinging rebuke to European
nations which have supported author Salman Rushdie. Khatami criticised European
nations for backing "a person who has desecrated ... the feelings of
more than one billion Moslems" around the world, the official news
agency IRNA reported ... FULL TEXT
MKO charges ambush
March 11, 1999, BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- An Iranian opposition group
in exile said Thursday that armed gunmen ambushed its members traveling
in a convoy in southern Iraq, and that one assailant was killed in retaliatory
fire. The attackers, who worked for the Iranian government, fired machine
guns and rocket-propelled grenades on the vehicles Wednesday near Amara,
250 miles southeast of Baghdad, the Iraq-based Mujahedeen Khalq Organization
said in a statement ... FULL TEXT
Conservative calls for impeachment of interior
minister
TEHRAN,
March 11 (AFP) - Iranian conservatives stepped up the pressure Thursday
to overturn their defeat in last month's municipal elections as an MP called
for the impeachment of the interior minister over the handling of the polls.
Interior Minister Abdol-Vahed Mussavi-Lari "must be impeached because
he has no intention of abiding by the law," influential conservative
MP Ahmad Rasoolinejad said ... FULL TEXT
Iran stresses opposition to Turkmen pipeline
project
TEHRAN,
March 10 (AFP) - Iran's oil ministry reiterated its opposition Wednesday
to Turkmenistan's plans for a natural gas pipeline under the Caspian sea
that would bypass the Islamic republic. Iran is the "best and cheapest
route," said Deputy Oil Minister for Caspian affairs Ali Majedi before
leaving for an international oil and gas conference that began Wednesday
in the Turkmen capital of Ashgabad ... FULL TEXT
Persepolis vs. Pass
Tehran
(Iran Daily) - Two of the top teams of the Azadegan League are going to
battle at Azadi Stadium on Friday. Here's a review of both teams ... FULL
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Quote Unquote
Revolution from within
It is part of the "us" people that has now started to challenge
its own past and break with it. It is the ex-sepahis, basijis, intelligence
ministry officials, para-military groups, state functionaries, hostage-takers,
members of the infamous Cultural Revolution Council and ayatollahs with
revolutionary credentials, who are now spearheading this drive. It is a
revolution from within - and hence almost next to impossible to stop it.
Hossein Bagher Zadeh
"160
degrees"
The Iranian
March 11, 1999
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