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Parvin Etesami
Politics
 Cyrus meets Lincoln
Iranian-American runs for U.S. Senate
By S. Rob Sobhani
November 5, 1999
The Iranian
Twelve years ago on a crisp fall morning I entered the campaign offices
of Connie Morella to volunteer my services. Connie, as she was called by
everyone, was a Republican running for the U.S. Congress from heavily Democratic
Montgomery County, Maryland ... Here I was, a descendant of Cyrus the Great
in the land of Washington and Lincoln, making a difference. This experience
got me interested in politics and the rest, as they say, is history.
Today I am campaigning to become the first U.S. Senator of Iranian descent
(I was born in Kansas) because I truly believe that we, the descendants
of Cyrus the Great, must join the children of Washington, Jefferson and
Lincoln, to make a more perfect union. A union in which we care of those
left behind, educate the uneducated, end prejudice and racism and protect
our natural beauties ... GO
TO FEATURE
Outlook
Iranian teens just wanna have their fun
By JOYCE M. DAVIS
Miamai Herald
 TEHRAN, Iran -- Increasingly, even young
Iranians who care little about politics are rebelling against a society
whose architect, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, once proclaimed, ``There
is no fun in Islam.''
Instead, many Iranian youth are intent these days on having fun, and
their increasing defiance may represent the most potent challenge to one
of the world's strictest Islamic societies ... FULL
TEXT
Thanks to Pedram Missaghi
Sohrab?
"An Illustration to Sohrab" is a painting by Thomas Stothard
(1755-1834). Would love to know who THIS Sohrab was ... SEE
PAINTING
More Letters
* Haaloo
Maryam Kazemi
writes: Vaghti in haaloo-haaye iraani ["Halloween
1999"] baraay-e jashn-e haaloohaa intor khod-baakhteh dar moghaabel-e
doorbin-e to zhest gereftand, aayaa delet nagereft beh khaater-e iraan
va farhang-e iraani?
* Frustration
Moftaki Majjani writes:
This is in response to Isa Tanha. I am
wondering where and in which era does Mr. Tanha thinks he is living. Young
people in America have traditionally used Halloween ["Halloween
1999"] to make fun of older generations. Most masks and costumes
depict politicians and figures who have gained prominance in the preceding
year ...
Look my dear friend, I really do share your frustration with the speed
our cultural values are being diluted in this day and age. But you can
not blame Iranian youth. I would rather criticize The Iranian for
glorifying it by posting the pictures in its site ... FULL
TEXT
* Literature: Iranian authors in DC
Iranian authors Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Shahriyar Mandanipour, Shahla Lahijie
and Mohammad Ali Sepanlou will be on a panel on Iranian literature. TIME:
Saturday November 6, 3:00 p.m. PLACE: Alice Deal, Jr. High School, 3815
Fort Drive N.W, Washington D.C 20016 (between Connecticut and Wisconsin
avenues off Nebraska).
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Books of the Week
* Ruzegaran
(1999)
History of Iran up to the Pahlavi dynasty
By Abdol-Hossein Zarrinkoub
* Zanaan
haramsaraa-ye Nasserdin Shah (1998)
Pictorial history
By Khosro Motazed and Abolghasem Tafazoli
* Baagh
(1998)
Short stories
By Parviz Davaie
* Qand
va namak (1998)
Tehrani proverbs
By Jafar Shahri
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Iranian television shows coffins of slain
drug-fighting policemen
TEHRAN,
Nov 5 (AFP) - Iranian state television showed the coffins Friday of about
30 policemen slain in a clash with drug smugglers near the border with Pakistan.
The television showed the images, filmed in the southeastern city of Zahedan
near where the fighting occurred, without saying how many coffins there
were ... FULL TEXT
In Iran, "Great Satan" means
great pizza
TEHRAN, Nov 3 (AFP) - The United States may officially remain the
"Great Satan," but there's no denying that a breezy US lifestyle
-- fast food, baseball hats -- has captured the imagination of Iranians.
With more than half the population under 30, Iran finds itself faced with
a kind of "cultural invasion" from the United States despite a
20-year freeze in diplomatic relations ... FULL TEXT
Iranian hunger striker in Pakistan gets
heard
November 3, (CHAIR) -- Ali Bordbar (Case I. 16264), a 54
year old Iranian refugee claimant who had been on hunger strike for 50 days
in protest to the UNHCR's outright indifference to his fate was granted
an interview two days after IFIR's press release and urgent action on his
fate. Fore more information, contact IFIR, GPO, POB 7051, NYC 10116. Tel:
212-747-1046. Fax: 212-425-7260. E-mail: chairngo@aol.com
NYMEX crude up on Norway, eases on OPEC
compliance
NEW YORK,
Nov 5 (Reuters) - Crude oil futures and products moved sharply up early
Friday, helped by news that Norway may consider extending supply cuts beyond
March next year but then moved lower mid-morning as profit-takers took down
the front month from its high perch, traders said. Traders said the trek
downwards followed news of a Reuters survey showing that compliance to output
cuts by 10 OPEC members slipped to 80 percent in October from 86 percent
in September ... FULL TEXT\
Jungle book sells 88,000 copies!
Tehran (Iran-e Javan) - Fahimeh Rahimi's "Banu-ye jangal"
(Lady of the Jungle) has sold 88,000 copies since last March, making it
Iran's top selling book ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Books: Old and new generation
Tehran (Iran-e Javan) - New briefs about Mahmoud Dowlatabadi's
new book (third volume), Ali Salehi's 137th book and short stories by a
newcomer, Hojat Bedaghi ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Iran v. U.S.
Tehran
(Iran Sports) - The American soccer federation has asked that Ali Daei,
Mehdi Mahdavi-Kia and other key Iranian players be among the Iranian squad
when they meet for a historic match in Los Angeles in January ... FULL TEXT
IN PERSIAN
130,000 fans?
Tehran (Iran Sports) - The Iranian national team will play four
matches in the U.S. in January. One of them will be against Mexico in Los
Angeles. It is expected that 100,000 Mexicans and 30,000 Iranian fans will
be packed inside the stadium ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
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