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Iranian of the year
Saeed Hajjarian
Symbol of evolution
April 6, 2000
The Iranian
Saeed Hajjarian, a former intelligence chief, senior advisor to President
Khatami and publisher of the reformist Sobh-e Emrooz newspaper,
received the fifth highest number of votes (nearly 7 percent) in the Iranian
of the year survey >>>
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Iranian of the year
Ebrahim Nabavi
Nabavi for president!
April 6, 2000
The Iranian
Satirist Ebrahim Nabavi received the sixth highest number of votes
(nearly 5 percent) in the Iranian of the year survey >>>
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History
Mystery report
It could have prevented the invasion of Iran in World War
II
By Fereydoun Hoveyda
April 6, 2000
The Iranian
Anoshiravan Sepahbody was Iran's ambassador in Ankara from 1940 to 1944.
In early July 1941, Ismet Inonu, then Turkey's President had urgently called
him and divulged that the British ambassador had mentioned the question
of Iran and the indifference of Tehran concerning the Allies warnings about
the German technicians in Iran... My uncle had immediately informed Tehran
about Inonu's confidential views, but had received no answer to his report.
... Why did he not respond to the Allies or at least discuss with them
the ways to control the activities of German experts working for the Iranian
government? >>>
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Novel
Conspiracy at Desert One
A novel
By Bernace Charles
The Iranian
Chapter Fifty-Three >>>
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Outlook
Iran, US almost speaking terms again 20 years after
rupture
TEHRAN, April 6 (AFP) - Although Iran has been taking one step forward
and another back in its dance around dialogue with the United States, the
two appear to be drawing closer 20 years after they broke off diplomatic
ties.
The two sides ended their diplomatic relationship April 7, 1980, following
the seizure of the US embassy and its staff in Tehran in the wake of the
revolution that toppled the shah, and the United States was derided as
the Great Satan >>>
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BIG deal!
ABC World News Tonight
April 5, 2000, Wednesday
PETER JENNINGS, anchor: Finally this evening, change, but ever so carefully.
The Supreme Court in Iran has taken another very careful step today to
expand social freedoms in the Islamic republic. The court says it will
no longer be a crime to have immodest pictures or videos, as the court
put it, if they're for personal use >>>
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More Letters
Comments on April
Fools article
* Prozac
R. Shirazi writes:
Okay -- time out. Some of the reactions I have read regarding that
BRILLIANT piece about Albright in Iran ["Albright
in Tehran"], almost make me want to go back to being a pre-med
major so I can one day arm myself with prescriptive mood drugs.
Several of you are in SERIOUS need of PROZAC and you need to learn how
to appreciate humor better. People, it's funny! Stop taking yourselves
so seriously; you won't be as stressed out or get as many wrinkles, which
would save you some money on all that plastic surgery.
Keep all this dourness up and you'll end up looking like Madeleine Albright!
Personally, I think laugh lines are much more attractive.
* Stupid
Dr. Sikaroudi writes:
I was not very impressed with the stupid article that you put forward in
your site ["Albright
in Tehran"]. In the beginning of the article I really thought
that there had been a visit by Albright, but then realized that it was
mereley meant to be a 13th day funny joke. Perhaps in the future it would
be better to target non -political matters as a subject for our sizde-be-dar.
* Even Albright will laugh
Sepehr Sohrab writes:
I was going to complement you on your April Fools article ["Albright
in Tehran"], but did not. However, now that I have read some absurd
comments against it I will put my two cents in.
It was a very funny and creative joke. Why we Iranians are so contradictive?
the gentlemen who exercised his poetic Farsi (Antar...)
and the other who asked you not to send such
articles, where did they come from and which school of thought do they
subscribe to? It was for fun, nobody was insulted and I am sure if Secretary
Albright reads it she will laugh whole heatedly.
If we want to get mad at some one, we should get mad at those people
who have done an April Fools joke on Iran for the past .... years (pick
your number, and believe me it is not 20).
Do put out some more of this type of humor, as it's obvious it's a joke
(although I was totally fooled by the first two paragraphs).
* Beh shaqiqeh rabt daareh
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ground in front of his house very diligently as if he was searching for
something. He asked politely, "Molla! Are you looking for something?
Can I help you look for it?" Molla replied very graciously, "Yes.
That would be very kind of you". So the passerby joined in the search
for the lost item >>>
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TEHRAN,
April 6 (Reuters) - The head of Iran's secret police urged President Mohammad
Khatami to intervene to settle a row with the judiciary over the custody
of suspects held for shooting a top reformer. Intelligence Minister Ali
Yunesi accused the judiciary of cutting short a high-profile inquiry by
his services into last month's murder attempt against Saeed Hajjarian, a
close ally of Khatami, by demanding custody of the suspects >>>
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USDA could promote sales to sanctioned
countries
WASHINGTON,
April 6 (Reuters) - The Agriculture Department could issue funds to promote
U.S. food and agricultural sales in countries, such as Iran and Cuba, which
are currently subject to U.S. sanctions, a top official said on Thursday.
`There's no real ban on that now,'' Tim Galvin, administrator of the Foreign
Agricultural Service, told reporters after a speech to a cattle industry
group.>>> FULL TEXT
European Jewish Congress announces protest
campaign for 21 suspects
PARIS,
April 6 (AFP) - The European Jewish Congress announced Wednesday a pan-European
protest campaign aimed at saving 13 Iranian Jews and eight Iranian Muslims
accused of spying in Iran and under threat of execution. Several rallies
have been slated for the next few days in a number of European capitals,
the Congress said in a statement sent to AFP >>> FULL TEXT
Iran defence minister to visit Saudi, envoy
says
DUBAI,
April 6 (Reuters) - Iran's Defence Minister Admiral Ali Shamkhani will visit
Saudi Arabia in the next few weeks as relations between the two Gulf states
improve, the Iranian ambassador in Riyadh said on Thursday. ``I can confirm
that the defence minister will visit Saudi Arabia during the current month
of Muharram,'' Ambassador Mohammad Reza Nouri said, referring to the Islamic
month which runs to early May >>> FULL TEXT
Denmark, Iran open "new chapter"
in relations
TEHRAN,
April 5 (AFP) - Denmark and Iran are opening a "new chapter" in
their relations, and those between the European Union and Iran, after two
decades of cool ties, the Danish foreign minister said Wednesday. "I
am the first Danish foreign minister to come to Iran in 25 years,"
Niels Helveg Petersen told a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart
Kamal Kharazi >>> FULL TEXT
55 tons of drugs seized in Iranian province
TEHRAN,
April 5 (AFP) - Iranian police announced on Wednesday that 55 tons of narcotics,
including five tons of morphine and heroin, had been seized in the eastern
Khorassan province bordering Afghanistan in the past year. The drugs were
seized during 272 anti-narcotic operations, provincial police chief General
Bahram Noruzi told official Iranian news agency IRNA >>> FULL TEXT
Oil price rise pushed Iran '99 exports
to EU
April
5, DUBAI -(Dow Jones)- Higher oil prices helped Iran restore its trade surplus
with the European Union last year, with exports increasing 26%, according
to figures obtained by the official Islamic Republic News Agency from Eurostat.
Iranian exports rose by EUR1 billion from 1998 to EUR4.7 billion in 1999,
with the upturn most evident in the final quarter of 1999, IRNA reported
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Veteran actor dies
Tehran
(Hamshahri) - Veteran TV and motion pictures actor Nematollah Gorji has
died >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Samira Makhmalbaf's latest film is ready
Tehran
(Hamshahri) - Samira Makhmalbaf's "Takhteh siaah" (Blackboard),
which is in Kurdish with Persian subtitles, is ready for screening >>>
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Culture ministry backs off
Tehran
(Hamshahri) - The culture ministry's hands-off policy toward the upcoming
international book fair in Tehran has encouraged publishers >>>
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Widespread reaction to Iran's defeat
Tehran
(Iran Varzeshi) - Iran's defeat against Bahrain is being treated as a national
disgrace of historic proportions. EVERYONE is up in arms >>> FULL
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Derakhshan: Bahrain was not good, we were
bad
Tehran (Iran Varzeshi) - Hamid Derakhshan, head coach of Iran's
national youth team, says the Iranian team's defeat was due to lack of coordination
and physical weakness >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Mazloomi: What happens without Daei?
Tehran (Iran Varzeshi) - Gholam-Hossein Mazloomi, one of Iran's
best all-time goal scorers, says Iran had only one tactic: sending high
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Hajjarian attackers in Judiciary custody
With
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the accused obtaining a fair trial, Mehdi Sharif talks to Shirin Ebadi,
Ahmad Salamatian and Morteza Kazemian about the significance of the attackers
being transferred into Judiciary custody >>> LISTEN HERE
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