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Akbar Ganji
Whistleblower
April 5, 2000
The Iranian
The fourth highest number of votes (11 percent) in the Iranian of
the year survey went to journalist Akbar Ganji. >>>
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Art
Cries in the dark
Paintings by Bijan N. Sharif
April 5, 2000
The Iranian
The tortured souls in Bijan Sharif's paintings are in sharp contrast
to the happy faces on his puppets. Sharif has made 46 puppets for children's
theater and TV programs in Iran. But what he has offered adults is anything
but the sweet and innocent world of children. It's more terrifying than
the opposite >>>
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Novel
Conspiracy at Desert One
A novel
By Bernace Charles
The Iranian
Chapter Fifty-Two >>>
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Outlook
Israeli minister urges shift on Iran
By Danna Harman
Jerusalem Post
JERUSALEM (April 5) - Justice Minister Yossi Beilin yesterday became
the first high-level government official to publicly advocate a change
in attitude towards Iran.
Speaking at Haifa University, Beilin said that under President Mohammad
Khatami, Iran has become "more nuanced" than in the past, and
that Israel should take its cue from the US and Europe, which have both
launched new initiatives aimed at moving closer to Teheran >>>
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Anyway
All the way from Chin
Yangyan writes:
Dear Times,
Man az Weifang, Shandong, Chin, can't read Persian, but Times-e-farsi
doost daram, free one-month subscription, please, is that okay? Khehesh
mikonam! Happy Norooz!
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Comments on April
Fools article
* Jumping with joy
Amir Nouri writes:
I had nothing better to do on April 1st so I decided to read The
Iranian Times. I was jumping with joy when I saw your article about
the U.S. Secretary of State arriving in Tehran ["Albright
in Tehran"]. My son noticed right away that it was made up for
April Fools Day! I was laughing so hard. We all needed a good laugh. But
I hope it will become a reality one day.
* What is this, a joke?
Darius Parsian
writes: What is this, a joke? I must admit, I didn't find "Albright
in Tehran" funny or informative. Please refrain from sending any
further comic articles unless clearly marked "Humor".
* U rock!
Babak Mohit writes:
Gosh. "Albright
in Tehran" was THE BEST April Fool (doroogh-e 13) I had gotten
in all my life. As soon as I got the article, I was in pure confusion searching
the net from CNN to BBC to IRNA to IRIB, and being "sar-e kaar"
for a good hour, until I read the article to the end :) Great sense of
humor :) JJ (Jahanshah) U ROCK!!! I hope I'm not breaking copyright laws
by forwarding your email to friends ;)
* ... antar-e doroogh goo!
Ehsan M. writes: If you send someting like this again ["Albright
in Tehran"] I`ll fuck you. Goh-e antar-e doroogh goo!
* Even a serious mag...
Simin Habibian writes:
I knew that we Iranians are very reserved and do not laugh so easily.
But I did not know that some of us have no sense of humor at all. This
was one of the funniest thing I'd seen and read in a long time ["Albright
in Tehran"]. I forwarded that to all my friends.
The timing was so perfect, specially that this year, April fools &
13 Bedar coincided. I think even a serious magazine needs something like
that every once in a while. I still wonder how could someone be offended
by this? Loosen up a little!
* Chill out
Lalleh Sahraie writes:
Someone complained that "Albright
in Tehran" was not funny. This person either is unfamiliar with
the culture that promotes April fools day or, does not follow international
news on a daily basis.
Keeping up with daily news would automatically tell us that Albright
going to Iran would require lots of preparation and news discussions in
the media. One who watches news on a regular basis would have never taken
it seriously and would also find humor in that picture. Chill out guys.
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