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By Laleh Khalili
A woman - no matter how worldly, sophisticated, accomplished and educated
- is considered incomplete if she is unmarried and has no children. Divorce
is so shameful that many women tolerate physically abusive or unfaithful
husbands in order not to bring shame upon their families (this pressure
is even felt by Iranian women abroad whose families are still in Iran).
Though some friends joke that you cannot find a virgin girl in Tehran anymore,
and though anecdotal statistics of abortions by unwed women shows the prevalence
of premarital sex in at least Tehran, the lucrative business of hymen reconstruction
surgery attests to the actual value still placed on virginity
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Iranian of the Year
 Heroes
Reformist newspapers are making a difference, collectively
The following are comments in favor of editors and journalists of
the reformist press as the Iranians of the year. Collectively they received
the fourth largest share of the people's vote (6 percent) in The Iranian
survey ... GO
TO FEATURE
 Pioneer
First to be nominated for an Oscar
The following are comments in favor of Majid Majidi as the Iranian
of the year. He received the fourth largest share of the people's vote
(4 percent) in The Iranian survey ... GO
TO FEATURE
Outlook
Noruz on BBC
The BBC Persian Service Noruz program features singers, artists, musicians
and reports about the celebrations all over the world. .. LISTEN
HERE
Yenman at your service
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am running an Internet service where I tell traders, brokers, investors,
and other interested parties how to trade the Japanese Yen. Since I launched
my website on Nov. 9, 1998, I have accumulated a net profit of $ 160,532.80
on an initial investment of $ 80,000 .
As opposed to other currency forecasters, I provide a detailed trading
plan every day that tells you at what price to get in and out of the market.
Each of these trades has been documented on the website, which is updated
daily with a new plan.
This service will be very rewarding to you, your investors, and your
organization. To prove it I am offering my plan for free at www.yenman.com.
Thank you for your time, and best regards.
Cordially,
Najib Taybi
Japanese Yen Specialist
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* Becoming familiar
Farzaneh Stone writes:
I would like to express my gratitude for your interesting articles and
also to let you know how much I have enjoyed reading the book "To See
and See Again". My husband is not Iranian. He has never been to
Iran and I have a nine-year old daughter Ariana who has seen Iran twice.I
let her read this interesting book. It makes her familiar with my culture
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TEXT
* Women: The Iranian Woman at the Threshold
of the Year 2000
The Tenth International Conference of the Iranian Women's Studies Foundation
presents: The Iranian Woman at the Threshold of the Year 2000 - July 2-5,
1999 Montreal, Canada Concordia University... DETAILS
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Book of the Week
Ancient Persia
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By Josef Wiesehofer
Josef Wiesehofer, one of the most respected scholars of the ancient
world, provides here a comprehensive survey of the Persian Empire under
the Achaemenids, the Parthians and the Sasanians. By focusing on the indigenous
sources - written, archaeological and numismatic evidence from Persia -
he avoids the traditional Western approach which has tended to rely so
heavily on foreign and sometimes prejudiced Greek or Roman sources. Part
of the freshness of this book comes from its presentation of a historical
discussion of pre-Islamic Persia from a Near Eastern perspective.
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Iran deplores NATO attacks against Yougoslavia
Tehran,
march 25, irna -- spokesman of iran's foreign ministry hamidreza assefi
here thursday deplored nato's wednesday attacks against yougoslavia and
said, "any form of conflict, tension or military operation is not only
likely to deteriorate the situation in the region but also help complicate
situation in the balkans." ... FULL TEXT
Niki confident US will approve ag sales
to Iran
WASHINGTON,
March 25 (Reuters) - The president of a start-up company seeking a special
export license to sell $500 million of U.S. farm goods to Iran said on Thursday
he was ``very confident'' of getting Clinton administration approval. ``I'm
very confident that this will be approved, but don't want to speculate on
the date,'' Richard Bliss, president of the Niki Trading Co., told Reuters.
``There has been steady progress and we think things are moving in the right
direction.'' ... FULL TEXT
U.S. decision on farm sales to Iran may
be near
WASHINGTON,
March 25 (Reuters) - A proposal to allow up to $500 million in U.S. farm
exports to Iran was at the White House awaiting a decision, Senator Byron
Dorgan said on Thursday ... FULL TEXT
Wheat, soybeans rise
March
25, 1999 (AP) - Wheat and soybean futures rose sharply Thursday on the Chicago
Board of Trade amid hopes the Clinton administration will approve exports
to Iran, Libya and North Korea. On other markets, energy and coffee futures
also advanced strongly. Grain and soybeans jumped in late trading on talk
that the Clinton administration once again is considering at least granting
a one-time exemption to a ban on agricultural exports to countries that
have been accused of sponsoring terrorism ... FULL TEXT
Pilgrims start first day of trouble-free
haj
MECCA, Saudi Arabia, March 25 (Reuters) - Two million Moslems performing
the annual haj pilgrimage began their journey on foot and aboard buses and
cars on Thursday to a vast tent city in Saudi Arabia on the first day of
a so-far trouble-free rite. Wrapped in seamless white sheets and carrying
umbrellas against 36 Celsius (97 Fahrenheit) temperatures, pilgrims from
around 100 countries began leaving Islam's holy city of Mecca after dawn
prayers at the Grand Mosque where they circled the Kaaba seven times, the
first haj ritual ... FULL TEXT
Iranian free style wrestling team leaves
for U.S.
Tehran,
march 25, irna -- iranian free style wrestling team left tehran for washington
thursday morning to participate in the u.s. world cup wrestling champion-
ships. the u.s. world cup wrestling championships will be held in spokane,
washington state on april 3 and 4 and teams from iran, russia, the u.s.,
canada, germany and cuba will be participating in the tournament ... FULL
TEXT
Par Online
Foruhar had recalled...
Slain political leader Dariyush Foruhar had recalled an effort by U.S.
military officers to mediate between revolutionaries and the Iranian army
during the revolution ... FULL
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Forces of change
The real support and pressure within Iran comes from the efforts and
the courage of the journalists that are supporting change. If anything changes,
it will be from within the country and the press right now is the backbone
of that change alongside with students.
Comment in favor of the reformist editors and journalists as the Iranians
of the year
"Heroes"
The Iranian
March 25, 1999
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