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September 13-17, 1999 / Shahrivar 22-26, 1378

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* Poetry: A song for the old country
* Poetry: Orlando

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* Tolerance: Acceptance
* People: A ramble from Chile
* Rights: Eliminate violence
* Rights: False accusations
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Friday
September 17, 1999

Poetry

A song for the old country
Poem

By Soma
September 17, 1999
The Iranian

Came upon this poem yesterday. It was written, in fact, in a night-club off Esteqlal Street, downtown Istanbul in 1997 Don't know what to think of it now. Once finished, you can only read your work from the outside. Such is the case with this one. Nothing to write home about, but I remember being emotionally struck at the time of its composition. And, to my surprise, it does have bearing upon the current predicament.

Violence abound
Life in difficult lanes
The tumult of the hour
What is happening
to my country? ... GO TO FEATURE

Poetry

Orlando
Poem

By Jamshid Bastani
September 17, 1999
The Iranian

Brooding boredom brews in the balmy batter of the big blue bay.
Soothing sobs that seldom seek their seats in eyes seared with sorrow,
Sneak their way in but seldom stay.
Green grows over groves of grass, ... GO TO FEATURE

     

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Thursday
September 16, 1999

Tolerance

Acceptance
Iranian homosexuals are excluded, even abroad

By Yek Irani
September 16, 1999
The Iranian

The irony is that the world is gazing on the struggle of Iranians for democracy, human rights and freedom. But this struggle excludes the rights of homosexuals as they are not seen as part of the human race.

It is often pointed out by experts in the field of Iranian studies that various regimes have suppressed minorities. One can hardly disagree with that. But between these lines there hides a bitter reality that must be mentioned.

The Iranian community of Montreal is homophobic not because of any tyrannical regime but on its own free will ... GO TO FEATURE

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Wednesday
September 15, 1999

People

A ramble from Chile
You think of one million things and nothing at all

By Rouzbeh Shirazi
September 14, 1999
The Iranian

Elisa,

This started out as a letter to you, but it blew up. Inspirado por ti.

Imagine -- or perhaps you might understand this all too well -- feeling the entire range of human emotion in one day. You wake up sobbing, sad for something inexplicable and incomprehensible, and with a cup of coffee and a cigarette regain sanity long enough to eat breakfast and ride the two buses you have to ride everday to get to school ... GO TO FEATURE

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Tuesday
September 14, 1999

Rights

Eliminate violence
... in all its forms, including the death penalty

By Hossein Bagher Zadeh
September 14, 1999
The Iranian

The following is a translation of an article published in the Persian daily Nesaht in Tehran on Tuesday 24h August 1999. The article, along with another on the topic of execution by Emadedin Baqi, led to a huge outcry by certain politico-religious groups in Iran, culmination in a statement by Iran's Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on September 1, denouncing those 'who oppose the religious law of vengeance' and declaring them being liable to death sentence. Neshat was shut down three days later. Hossein Baqer Zader is a founding member and chairperson of the Iranian Human Rights Working Group ... GO TO FEATURE

Rights

False accusations
Reply to extremists

By Hossein Bagher Zadeh
September 14, 1999
The Iranian

Slanderous accusations against me are being repeated in parts of the Iranian press and now a bounty has been put on my head by Jebheh, the mouthpiece of the Ansar Hizbollah extremists. Here is a resposnse I sent to the Tehran Times which printed some of these alleagtions on September 2. My response was published in its Septemer 7 issue ... GO TO FEATURE

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Monday
September 13, 1999

Cover story

Spirits
The art of Aylene Fallah

September 13, 1999
The Iranian

Aylene Fallah's mix media sculptures have been exhibited in shows and galleries in Washington DC, Virginia, Maryland, Boston as well as in California and Canada ... GO TO FEATURE

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