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Casual moments
Photos from the Qajar era
May 10, 1999
The Iranian
Court photographers of the late Qajar era mainly focused their cameras
on kings and princes, or official ceremonies. But there are also many pictures
of servants, low-ranking officials and ordinary people.
In "Ganj-e Peydaa", a collection of photos from Golestan Palce
(1998, Tehran, Cultural Research Bureau & Cultural Heritage Foundation),
the photographers are unknown and most of the subjects are unrecognized,
but the photos reveal a casual side that is rare in Iranian photography...
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Outlook
Former mayor's imprisonment leads to groundswell of
support
 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Rallies in the Iranian
capital, parliamentary demands for a pardon, angry editorials saying an
honest, hardworking man is being discarded "like tissue paper."
The groundswell of support for Tehran's former mayor, who began serving
a prison sentence last week for embezzlement, comes from the many Iranians
who believe a power struggle between hard-liners and reformists, not corruption,
landed Gholamhossein Karbaschi in jail ... FULL
TEXT
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* Shomaa migin chekaar konam?
Mandana writes: Khaahesh mikonam
in darkhaaste mano tuye majaletun montasher konid, "YE FEKRI BE HAALE
JAVUNHAAYE IRAANI BEKONID", inghadr ham dar morede dokhtarhaaye khub
va khoshgele iraani ke aashpazishun khubeh va Engelisi ham khub harf mizanad
fekr nakonid! ["Real
Iranian girls?"] be man ham az in chizhaa ziaad goftand vali man
hanuz dargire moshkele maskan va ejaareh_khuneh hastam.
Beesto hasht saalameh, mohandesam, panj saale daaram kaar mikonam (dar
iraan va khaarej) va hichi nadaaram! duste pesare ghablim ham moratab az
iraan naameh miniviseh migeh davatnaame befrest! maadaram ham hamash minaaleh
migeh mano tanhaa gozaashti rafti! shomaa migin chekaar konam!? ... FULL
TEXT
* People endure
Yasmine Rafii writes: In
response to your
letter (Babak Banaei), being Iranian can mean many things, just as
being human can mean many things. Whether we identify with the Islamic
regime or not is really not the issue. Governments are not loved, it is
the land, its history and its people that matter most. Governments fall
every day, but the people endure ... I for one, would be most delighted
to read the words of real Islamic thinkers about issues that concern the
world today. But unfortunately, they seem to frighten the Islamic Republic
as much as the internet does ... FULL
TEXT
* Education: New, additional scholarship
The Iranian Professional Society of Oregon (IPSO), established in 1991,
offers a scholarship to high school graduates of Iranian heritage, based
on scholastic achievement. However, this year there is another scholarship
added for someone with financial need. It's for $4000.00 to be paid at
$1000.00/year. The application deadline is May 18,1999 and the application
can be down loaded from IPSO's web site at:
//www.teleport.com/~ipso/
Book of the Week
 The Greco-Persian Wars
By Peter Xerxes at Salamis Green
The long and bitter struggle between the great Persian empire and the
fledgling Greek states reached its high point with the extraordinary Greek
victory at Salamis in 480 B.C. The astonishing sea battle banished forever
the specter of Persian invasion and occupation. In this account, Green
brilliantly retells this historic moment, evoking the whole dramatic sweep
of events that the Persian offensive set into motion. 15 illustrations.
12 maps ... GO TO BOOK
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Demonstrators clash over jailing of liberal
cleric
TEHRAN,
May 9 (AFP) - Iranian fundamentalists disrupted a demonstration by moderate
students on Sunday over the jailing of a liberal cleric accused of spreading
propoganda hostile to the Islamic regime. Around 700 students gathered at
Tehran university to call for the release of Mohsen Kadivar, a leading light
of the reform movement in Iran who began an 18-month jail term last month
... FULL TEXT
Arab leaders conclude Jeddah meeting
JEDDAH, May 10 (Reuters) - Gulf Arab leaders held a one-day informal
gathering in Saudi Arabia on Monday at a time when non-Arab neighbour Iran
is trying to rebuild ties with them ... FULL TEXT
Ecevit says Iran pushing Islamism on Turkey
ANKARA, May 9 (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit
on Sunday accused neighbouring Iran of trying to promote radical Islam inside
Turkey, where a debate is raging over the place of the Islamic headscarf
... FULL TEXT
Iran objects to Demirel remarks in Turk
scarf row
TEHRAN, May 9 (Reuters) - Iran has objected to remarks by Turkey's
President Suleyman Demirel implicating Iran in a row over a Turkish woman
MP's insistence on wearing a Moslem scarf in parliament, newspapers reported
on Sunday ... FULL TEXT
Iran papers blast Turk charges of exporting
Islam
TEHRAN, May 10 (Reuters) - Iranian newspapers on Monday rejected
Turkish charges that Islamic Iran is trying to export its radical religious
ideology to its secularist neighbour ... FULL TEXT
Iran welcomes 'greater realism' from U.S.
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister was quoted Saturday
as welcoming ``greater realism'' from the United States toward the Islamic
republic, but said Europe was doing more to improve relations ... FULL TEXT
Iran vows to stop tax evasion by foreign
firm
TEHRAN, May 10 (Reuters) - Iran has vowed to stop alleged widespread
tax evasion by foreign companies in a move that could multiply their taxes
fivefold, newspapers said on Monday ... FULL TEXT
Esteqlal looking for foreign coach
Tehran,
(Iran daily) -- Esteqlal's management has decided to sack head coach Nasser
Hejazi and seek a foreign replacement. Here's an interview with the team's
boss, Fathollah-zadeh ... FULL IMAGE TEXT IN PERSIAN
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Updated May 10
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Like tissue paper
It would be a terrible mistake and a colossal error if (officials) think
honest, hardworking and efficient managers can be found and then discarded
like tissue paper.
Iran daily newspaper commentary on the imprisonment of former Tehran
mayor Karbaschi
May 10, 1999
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