The Iranian Times

Tuesday October 26, 1999 / Aban 4, 1378, No. 834


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Conspiracy

Curzon's last laugh
There's good reason for part of our anti-British 'paranoia'

By Manoutchehr M. Eskandari-Qajar
October 26, 1999
The Iranian

One of the most interesting, bewildering, endearing, frustrating, -- choose your most appropriate descriptive term here -- characteristics of Iranians is that once they settle in for a good conversation over tea and sweets, inevitably their thoughts turn to politics, and sooner or later the topic of the British in Iranian and Persian politics takes center stage...

Yes, Persians constantly talk about the British and their meddling in the affairs of their poor country, (present writer prominently included!), but the sad part of it is that the "paranoia" is true. The British did meddle badly in Persian affairs. They overthrew governments, toppled dynasties, had prime ministers and other high officials assassinated, replaced, exiled, set up, etc ... GO TO FEATURE


Outlook

Iran's Former Hanging Judge Now Sides With Reformers

By JOHN F. BURNS
The New York Times
October 23, 1999

QUM, Iran, Oct. 18 Much about Ayatollah Sadegh Khalkhali these days his simple white smock, his bare feet, his shuffling gait, his concern for his visitors' well-being -- speaks of an almost penitential gentleness. Long gone are his days as the chief judge of Iran's revolutionary courts, when his name was enough to strike terror, his word sufficient to set execution squads to work with their gallows, their shootings and their stonings.

"Drink your tea; it will get cold; it won't be good for you," Ayatollah Khalkhali said, several times, to a visitor who dropped in unannounced at his home ... FULL TEXT


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More Letters

* No girls?

Parham Gharagozlou writes: I was pleased to see your nice photos of Iranian kids ["Moving along"]. But I had one thing on my mind: Aren't there any girls in Iran ? Why did you only take pictures of boys?

Youth make up a major percentage of our people and half of them are girls. And we should feel responsible toward their future as much as the boys. This is more important because of the way girls are treated universally and domestically.

* World citizen

Jian Khodadad writes: I had the pleasure of viewing Bahieh Khamsi' s photographs of Ecuador ["Red orange black blue"]. As a 25-year-old, I found myself excited to see that an Iranian student had spent a year to serve humanity!

Her pictures capture the spirit and the radiance of those that she encountered. Here is an example of an Iranian who has shown herself to be a world citizen.


* Literature: Parsipour's book

Doostane azizam, Salam. Shahrnoosh Parsipour has recently published a book that she had written 20 years ago but couldn't get permission to publish it then in Iran. A few closer friends of hers are trying to use the occasion of her new book to raise some funds for her. The idea is to sell the 80 books that she has received from her publisher at $100 each to those who want to support her ... DETAILS HERE

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Tehran (Hamshahri) - Iran has four players -- three men and a woman -- in the ongoing Asian chess tournamenet in Malaysia ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN


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Curse

A curse on the British and particularly on Curzon for all the misery they caused us!

-- Manoutchehr M. Eskandari-Qajar
"Curzon's last laugh"
The Iranian
October 26, 1999


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