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Gharib-e aashenaa
Letters to Googoosh
The deep love and affection expressed in these letters to Googoosh
is truly amazing. And they come not just from Iranians. There are letters
from American, Malaysian, Indian, Arab, Turkish and Hungarian fans too.
And the near unanimous wish is: please, please sing again. As one of her
famous songs goes, "Gharib-e aashenaa, duset daaram biyaa..."
("Come back intimate stranger, I love you...").
There are more than one hundred letters here which were registered
at Googoosh.Com. Like the previous ones, they will be forwarded to Googoosh
herself ... GO
TO FEATURE
Outlook
Fresh paint, plaster greets Iran's angry students
By Jonathan Lyons
TEHRAN, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Students at Tehran University, the epicentre
of pro-democracy unrest in July, trickle back to campus this week where
fresh paint on the bloodied hostel walls may not be enough to erase their
anger or defuse reform demands ... FULL
TEXT
* Report says student unrest began spontaneously
TEHRAN, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Iran's Intelligence Ministry said on Monday
a pro-democracy student protest which escalated into major unrest in June
had started as a largely spontaneous event, state radio reported ... FULL
TEXT
Googoosh calling
Reza from
Shahr-e Rey writes:
Dear Googoosh,
Hello. I love you too much. Please send me your telephone number.
More Letters
* New Dark Ages
H. Tavakoli writes: This is
a letter in response to YekIrani's recent article "Acceptance".
Same-sex relationships are currently outlawed in 26 Islamic countries...
Of the Islamic states that ban lesbian and gay sex, Iran is the most zealously
homophobic. Since 1980, when the fundamentalists came to power under the
leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, over 4,000 lesbians and gay men have
been executed, according to estimates by the exiled Iranian homosexual
rights group, Homan.... FULL
TEXT
* Music: Mehregan party, Washington
DC
Dr. Reza Maleknia and Dr. Rasool Nafisi will play music (daf, setar
and singing) during the Mehregan festival near Washington DC, sponsored
by the Iranian American Cultural Association (IACA). It will be held at
at the McLean Hilton (7920 Jones Branch Drive, Mclean, VA, Tel: 703-847-5000).
For reservations call the IACA at: (301) 656-IACA ... DETAILS
HERE
Books of the Week
* Khaab-e
zemstaani (1998) (Sample
page)
From the author of the hugely successful Khaateraat-e paraakandeh
By Goli Taraghi
* Messel-e
hame-ye asr-haa (1996) (Sample
page)
Novel
By Zoya Pirzad
* Bichaareh
esfandiyaar (2nd edition, 1998) (Sample
page)
Late dissident's interpretations of the Shahnameh
By Saidi Sirjani
* Khaaneh-yeh
edrisi-haa (1998) (Sample
page)
Novel
By Ghazaleh Alizadeh
* Injaa
tehraan ast (1998) (Sample
page)
Documents about Tehran from the past century
By Mansureh Etehadiyeh
461 pages. $30.00
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Khatami seeks pardon for Iranians sentenced
to die
TEHRAN, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami
hoped that supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would pardon four people
sentenced to death over pro-democracy unrest, an official was quoted as
saying on Sunday ... FULL TEXT
Reformist Iranian daily answers anti-Islam
charges
TEHRAN, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Iran's leading pro-reform newspaper,
already under suspension, went on trial on Monday on charges of insulting
Islamic values and spreading propaganda against the state ... FULL TEXT
Report says student unrest began spontaneously
TEHRAN, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Iran's Intelligence Ministry said on
Monday a pro-democracy student protest which escalated into major unrest
in June had started as a largely spontaneous event, state radio reported
... FULL TEXT
Official says 13 Jews are innocent before
law
TEHRAN, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Some of the 13 Iranian Jews held in
Iran on espionage charges have confessed but all are considered innocent
until found guilty by a court of law, a top judiciary official was quoted
on Monday as saying ... FULL TEXT
Austria's Klestil calls for improved EU-Iran
ties
TEHRAN, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Visiting Austrian President Thomas
Klestil expressed hope on Monday that a dialogue between the EU and Iran
would lead to better ties and lend support to moderate Iranian President
Mohammad Khatami's reform ... FULL TEXT
Revolutionary Guards build new missile
TEHRAN, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards have developed
a new surface-to-surface missile which they will display at a military parade
in Tehran this week, a senior official of the elite force was quoted on
Sunday as saying ... FULL TEXT
Khatami reappoints liberal Iran central
bank head
TEHRAN, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami's
decision to reappoint Mohsen Nourbakhsh, a liberal economist, as central
bank governor signals his commitment to gradual market reforms, analysts
said on Monday. ... FULL TEXT
Iran says won't back down in OPEC sec-gen
race
DUBAI, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday it would not support
any candidate but its own in the race for OPEC secretary-general ... FULL
TEXT
Davoud-Nejad: Interview
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- An interview with Alireza Davoud-Nejad who
has been getting a lot of attention for his award-winning film "Masaeb-e
Shirin" ("Sweet Agony") ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Private distributors
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- Private Iranian film distributors have begun
entering top films at international film festivals. This role was previous
reserved for the state Farabi Foundation ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Iran v. Denmark
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- Denmark has invited the Iranian national
soccer team to a friendly match in Copenhagen on October 10. Here's an analysis
... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Navabi ties with Chinese
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- Shirin Navabi, the national women's champion
(under 20) has reached a tie in her first match against a Chinese master
in the world championships being held in Armenia ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
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Sept 20, 1999
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