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Turkish coffee is good. But not that good
Cheated in Istanbul, snubbed by Visa
By Majid Tehranian
May 4, 1999
The Iranian
In every major tourist city around the world, there are numerous traps
waiting for the innocent tourists to fall into. That is partly the cost
of world travel. However, when major financial institutions such as Merrill
Lynch and Visa International, knowingly participate in the fraud, the issue
is a cause for alarm.
I have been a loyal customer of Merrill Lynch Cash Management Account
for the past 20 years. I have never contested a single visa charge. But
on March 1, 1999, I was defrauded of about $4000 for the price of a beer
and a cup of coffee in Istanbul. I had no choice but to contest this outrage
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Karrubi calls for rapprochement with US
TEHRAN, May 4 (AFP) - Former parliamentary speaker and longtime anti-Western
firebrand, Hojatoleslam Mehdi Karrubi, has called on the Iranian government
to adopt a policy of detente towards the United States, the Tehran press
reported Tuesday.
"The best way of re-establishing ties with the United States is
through detente," Karrubi told a student meeting.
"The question of re-establishing relations is not new, but it has
come up more and more frequently since the death of Imam Khomeini (in June
1989)," the leading radical said ... FULL
TEXT
Emailing girlfriends from Iran
hi whoever reads this i`m about to enter iran. with a friend i am cycling
from switzerland to india and we stay in contact with our (girl)friends
via email. i was wondering if there were any internet cafes or other possibilities
to get on the net in iran. maybe you can help me. we are travelling from
turkey to tabriz, then along the caspian sea cost into turkmenistan. if
you could give me any information, i`d be grateful. we`re already in erzerum
(turkey), 4 days from the iranian border. thank`s a lot.
mario müller
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* Hymen reconstruction
Hossein Samiei writes: Mr. Raafat's
obsession with female virginity ["Real
Iranian girls?"] is not only irritatingly uncool and medieval,
but is also surprisingly naive for a self-proclaimed playboy. Precisely
because of customers like him, reconstructing hymen has become a common
occurrence and a profitable business for doctors in Iran ... FULL
TEXT
* Are you out of your mind?
Yazdaneh Amiryazdani
writes: Congrats [to Mr. Raafat] for meeting 23 girls during only 35 days
in Iran ["Real
Iranian girls?"]. All they had to do to impress you was talking
to you in English and "really" wanting to know you. I wonder
if what you really need is just some attention, which you haven't gotten
from Iranian-American girls ... FULL
TEXT
* I disagree
Shahbaz Shahbazi writes: To
adopt a different style, I disagree with Mr. Banaei ["Why
so blatantly biased"] for the following reasons: Banaei levels
accusations and offers critiques of Iranian writers while failing to acknowledge
that in general viewpoints reflect a bias. His admonition of the contributors
to The Iranian is quite humorous given his "bias". Furthermore,
by criticizing the writings of Laleh Khalili and Shalizeh Nadjmi, he trivializes
the legitimate concerns and voices of Iranian women ... FULL
TEXT
* Art: Center for Iranian Modern Arts,
New York
Center for Iranian Modern Arts (CIMA) has opened in New York City with
works by Siah Armajani, Monir Farmanfarmaian and more (through May 28).
Address: CIMA, 24 East 20th Street, Fl 4, (Between Broadway and Park Ave
S), New York, NY, tel: (212) 475-1287.
Book of the Week
 The Hand of Poetry
Five Mystic Poets of Persia : Translations from the Poems of
Sanai, Attar, Rumi, Saadi and Hafiz
In 13th century Persia, spiritual teaching was given in the guise of
poetry. From this vast treasury, Coleman Barks has selected a broad assortment
of poems form the works of Sanai, Attar, Rumi, Saadi, and Hafiz. These
are combined with the lectures originally given by Inayat Khan in San Fransisco
during 1923, which discuss the signifigance of the poets for our lives.
The book is quite possibly the best anthology of Persian Sufi Poets currently
available ... GO TO BOOK
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Hard-Liners losing battle
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates. Tuesday, May 4, (AP) -- The hard-line
clergy that has wielded absolute power in Iran for 20 years is losing a
power struggle against reformists fighting for greater democracy. The hard-liners
have suffered a string of crushing defeats against supporters of moderate
President Mohammad Khatami, a middle-ranking cleric who was elected two
years ago. But nearly all their efforts to stall his reforms have backfired
... FULL TEXT
Mohajerani: Policies will not change, "Zan"
should publish
Tehran,
may 5, irna -- islamic guidance (ershad) minister ataollah mohajerani said
in a press conference: "as i said during the sessions of my impeachment
our policies will remain the same ... and we must make an effort to make
sure that the persian daily 'zan' is allowed to continue to publish..."
... FULL TEXT
Iranian president of Qwest Communications
The
Denver Post, May 4 - A two-month search for a new president of Qwest Communications
has ended. Qwest's find, an Iranian-born, California-reared, 36-year-old
telecom wunderkind, says he aims to help the Denver company revolutionize
communication. Mohebbi comes to Qwest from British Telecommunications, where
he heads the United Kingdom markets division, an $18 billion business unit
that serves 20 million residential customers ... FULL TEXT
Iran cuts funds to industry by 80 percent
TEHRAN, May 4 (Reuters) - Iran, hit by low oil income, cut state
hard currency allocations to industries by 80 percent in the year to March,
a senior official said in remarks published on Tuesday. Deputy Industry
Minister Hossein Naji said the Central Bank reduced foreign exchange allocations
to industries from an annual average of $4.5 billion to just $900 million
in the Iranian year that ended on March 20, the daily Abrar-e Eqtesadi reported
... FULL TEXT
Persepolis #1
Tehran,
(Hamshahri) -- Persepolis (aka Piruzi) has become the Azadegan League champion
... FULL IMAGE TEXT IN PERSIAN
Iran mends gulf ties but limits remain
TEHRAN, May 4 (Reuters)- A recent stream of senior Gulf Arab visitors
to Tehran has highlighted Iran's achievements in repairing ties with its
neighbours across the strategic waterway after years of suspicion and tension.
But most Iranian political analysts believe warming relations, largely the
result of a charm offensive by Iran's President Mohammad Khatami, have limits
... FULL TEXT
Irans starts producing local-design helicopters
TEHRAN, May 4 (Reuters) - Iran on Tuesday launched a production
line for locally designed helicopters for both military and civilian purposes,
the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported. It said Defence Minister
Vice-Admiral Ali Shamkhani opened the military plant which would produce
Shabaviz (Owl) 75 and Shabaviz 2061 helicopters ... FULL TEXT
Iran issues new South Pars gas field tender
DUBAI, May 4 (Reuters) - Iran on Tuesday issued a tender for foreign
energy companies to develop phases six, seven and eight of the giant South
Pars offshore gas field under one of the country's so-called buy-back investment
programmes. A copy of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) tender document
faxed to Reuters invited international oil firms with ``technical competence,
financial ability and professional skills'' interested in the project to
collect tender documents from April 24 ... FULL TEXT
$ Rate
Updated May 3
The
dollar now offered at 790-812 tomans in the U.S. and 816 tomans in Iran
Source: Sehaty Exchange (U.S.) Tel: 602-595-0777
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Quote Unquote
BA'AAAA ... RRRROAR!
The Imam [Khomeini] thought that relations between Iran and the United
States were similar to those between a sheep and a wolf. But today, although
the United States may still be a wolf, Iran has turned into a lion.
Hojatoleslam Mehdi Karrubi
"Former
anti-Western firebrand calls for Iranian rapprochement with US"
AFP
May 4, 1999
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