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Rumi
Noruz
NajvAye shAdi
Noruz music a pleasant distraction in college
By xAle
Each year near Noruz, as I get ready to send cards or clean my house,
I can't help but think of that one Noruz in Iran while I was in college.
Mashhad University's college of literature was on a tree-lined street
named KhyAbAn e AsrAr. Both sides of the street had beautiful and old AghaghiA
trees.
One afternoon I was standing in the school courtyard with a few other
friends enjoying Esfand's mid-afternoon sun when JavAd started a verse
and before we knew what was going on, we were reciting these words ...
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Noruz festival held at Persepolis
An "academic cultural, and artistic" festival has opened at
Persepolis on the occasion of Noruz - A first since 1979 ... FULL
TEXT IN PERSIAN
Puzzled Pope gets TV mini-series
VATICAN CITY, March 13, (AP) - It is not often that Pope John Paul gets
videos of a television mini-series as a gift from a visiting head of state.
That was one of the three gifts Iranian President Mohammad Khatami came
bearing Thursday when he visited the Pope at the end of his landmark visit
to Italy.
Speaking through an interpreter at a photo session after a private audience,
Khatami gave the six video cassettes to a slightly puzzled Pope ... FULL TEXT
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* Big difference
Ben Moores writes: [Response
to: Cheer up, James Bond]
Perhaps I should clarify;
Firstly, there is a big difference between paying £30 [for a UK
visa] and £200 to get a visa [to Iran].
Secondly, having your finger print taken is slightly more annoying from
being followed around by police, having a gun waved at your head and being
given racist abuse by random strangers.
But yes, I did indeed have the time of my life and it was worth spending
18 months scrimping and saving leave and money to go ["Waking the
friendly giant"].
Given the chance I would happily return tomorrow and stay!
* Zoroaster's birthplace
R. Azarmi
writes: There is no unanimous consensus among the Zartoushti community
about the birth place of Ashoo Zartousht. However, when you say [AP news:
"Iran approves
ancient fire festival for first time since revolution"] that Zartousht
was born in "where... today is Afghanistan", for many Iranians
who do not know the history of their land it can be misleading. Why? Becuase
in 555 BC, which is an incorrect date, Balkh, and the entire Afghanistan
was part of the Hakhamaneshi Empire.
* Lecture: Nader Naderpour's classes
on Sufism
Location: UCLA, Dodd Hall, Room 175
Time: Every other Sunday, 8 meetings, starting Sunday March 14, 1999,
3:00-5:00.
What is Erfan? What is Sufism? What is Mysticism? Are they associated
with any religion?
Our contemporary poet, scholar, and critic, Mr. Nader Naderpour with
his usual academic approach will be discussing and clarifying these concepts/ideologies
in his next series of classes at UCLA starting Sunday March 14th... DETAILS HERE
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Iranians celebrate ancient spring fire
festival
TEHRAN,
March 16 (AFP) - Tehran was rocked by the sound of firecrackers on Tuesday
night as Iranians celebrated the ancient spring "Festival of Fire",
which was officially authorised this year for the first time since the 1979
Islamic revolution. All over the town, and in particular in the residential
districts, groups of young people lit fires and set off highly explosive
crackers as soon as night fell ... FULL TEXT
Iran displays military power in UAE despite
row
ABU DHABI, March 16 (Reuters) - Iran, setting aside its territorial
dispute with the United Arab Emirates, put some of its military hardware
on display at the Middle East's largest arms show in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
``In order to show goodwill and after being persuaded by the UAE government,
we participated in this exhibition in order to present all our existing
production,'' said Hossein Shahbazi Jafari, a Defence Ministry consultant
at the show ... FULL TEXT
Iran and Iraq exchange POWs amid Khatami
overture to Saddam
BAGHDAD,
March 16 (AFP) - Iran and Iraq exchanged prisoners of war on Tuesday, amid
signs of warming ties between the two former foes. Iraq said Iran handed
over 450 Iraqis, held since the end of the eight year war between them,
while Iraq handed back 54 Iranians. Tehran said 56 of its citizens had been
returned. News of the release came as the official Iraqi News Agency reported
that President Saddam Hussein had received a message from his Iranian counterpart
Mohammad Khatami expressing a desire that Iran "strengthen and deepen"
its relations with Iraq ... FULL TEXT
Iran considers ending satellite TV ban
for cultural "elite"
TEHRAN,
March 16 (AFP) - Iran's cultural and political elite may soon be free to
have satellite dishes to receive foreign television, Culture Minister Ataollah
Mohajerani said in a surprise announcement Tuesday. He told reporters the
government is considering overturning its four-year ban on the devices for
"elites" such as artists, professors, journalists and high-ranking
public officials ... FULL TEXT
Argentina clears Iran in bombing; criticises
US and Israel
BUNEOS
AIRES, March 15 (AFP) - The Argentine Supreme Court plans to issue a ruling
that blames the militant Islamic Jihad movement for the 1992 car-bombing
of the Israeli embassy here, court sources said Monday. The court was also
expected to criticise the United States and Israel for failing fully to
cooperate with the investigation, court spokesmen said ... FULL TEXT
European oil companies flock to Iran
March
10, 1999, (THE WALL STREET JOURNAL) - European oil companies are flocking
back to Iran, lured by attractive deals from the Islamic government. But
U.S. firms, barred by American sanctions on Iran, remain largely sidelined
for now. With petroleum prices at their lowest level in real terms since
the Great Depression, some big oil companies bet they can make big money
in Iran, which Western petroleum majors left after the Islamic revolution
of 1979 ... FULL TEXT
Parvin: Not worried
Tehran,
(Iran daily) - Persepolis head coach Ali Parvin is not worried about his
team's chances of winning the Azadegan cup. Not too worried ... FULL PERSIAN
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Tehran to host Asian finals
Tehran,
(Iran daily) - Tehran will host the semi finals and final match of the Asian
cup winner cup. Esteqlal is one of the semi-finalists... FULL PERSIAN IMAGE
TEXT
$ Rate
Updated March 15
The
dollar now offered at 770-792 tomans in the U.S. and 805 tomans in Iran
Source: Sehaty Exchange (U.S.) Tel: 602-595-0777
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Big bucks
This is where you are going to make big bucks.
Patrick de Genevraye, vice president of the Mideast operations of
Total SA of France
"European oil companies flock to Iran"
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oil companies flock to Iran"
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March 10, 1999
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