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Thank you
We wanted to see Iran for ourselves - and we are glad we
did
By Janetta Davies
April 25, 2000
The Iranian
I am writing this article mostly to say thank you to all the many individual
Iranians who made our recent visit to Iran so interesting.
Everywhere we went as we toured round your country we were met with
a warm welcome. Before we had left for Iran some of our English friends
warned us against traveling to such a "dangerous place". Sadly,
many English people still have the view of Iran as a country of fanatics
and hostage takers, but this is changing. We wanted to see for ourselves
- and we are glad we did >>>
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Protests mount at closure of pro-reform press
TEHRAN, April 25 (AFP) - Anger at a crackdown on the pro-reformist press
spilled on to the streets of Tehran for the first time Tuesday as students
staged demonstrations in favour of freedom of expression.
Meanwhile the conservative-dominated courts kept up their offensive
against the allies of President Mohammad Khatami, levelling serious charges
against a cleric who attended a controversial seminar in Berlin.
Nearly 1,000 students of Khajeh Nassir Tussi University in north Tehran
burst out of the college buildings shouting in praise of freedom, saying
they had quit their classes to protest the "coup against the reformist
press." >>>
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I am Ehsan
I am Ehsan Moghaddasi (Reha).
I am come from the West Azarbaijan.
I study electronic engineer at Tabriz University.
I want to connect and talk you to understand.
I have a social personality and I have many firends in iran.
I want to have a friendlyship with you perhaps i will go there.
I am sorry becouse I can not speak Engilish very well.
Goodbye,
My e-mail address: Reha@issa2000.net
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* Too much politics
Reza M. writes: I just thought I point out to you that your content
is increasingly focused on politics ["Anger
& despair"]. I along with my wife and many others were much
more interested in the cultural notes and debates that you had going on.
We're interested more in Iranians living here, and also Iranians who
went to Iran and came back, amongst many other rhings. There are plenty
of news sites, but so few sites that offer cultural insight and discussions.
* The real deal
John D. Stich writes:
Professor Hamid, I hail you! You're an insightful satirist ["Loving an
Iranian girl"]. I'm an American guy who fell in with an Iranian
Bahai girl. Loved her to high heaven. It was a sincere and loving set up,
probably because she was twelve years older than me.
Have to say, though, that no girl I've ever known since (this was fifteen
years ago) has floored and moved me like her. Her name was Ranaa...
Basically I have to say that Ranaa was the real deal. She could have
lofty sentiments, but she was not the usual how-much-are-you-worth-Jack
kind of woman. She was a goddamn one woman slaughter house with a killer
wit and a talent with a paint brush. In other words, she was no demure
dummy bubble puppy like these chicks your're talking about >>>
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Film: Open forum with Kiarostami, Stanford
The Persian Student Association (PSA) and the Stanford Film Society
(SFS) welcomes renowned Iranian film director, Abbas Kiarostami, to Stanford
University for an open discussion with the Stanford community about his
work and Iranian cinema in general. Thursday, May 4, 2000 - 7PM-9PM, Annenburg
Auditorium, Stanford University >>>
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Books & Music from Iran
Check our fourteen new books from Iran including an authoritative history
of the Achamenid empire, writings by leading reformists, Forough Farrokhzad's
complete works, exquisite books of classical poetry with miniatures, Manichaean
psalms and more! >>>
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Translation of today's poem by Zara Houshmand:
Today I'm going for a drunken stroll
To walk the town until I find
A sane man with a rational mind
Pour him a drink from the bowl of my skull
And turn him into a crazy brother fool. -- Rumi
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Iran waives ban on daily, protests mount
TEHRAN
(Reuters) - Iran's hardline judiciary lifted a ban on a popular pro-reform
daily, allowing it to appear on newsstands Tuesday, but 13 other publications
remained closed. Sobh-e Emrouz newspaper, whose publisher Saeed Hajjarian
was gravely wounded in an assassination bid last month, was ordered closed
late Monday afternoon, journalists told Reuters >>> FULL TEXT
Hard-liners boost Khatami pressure
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's hard-liners have stepped up pressure
on President Mohammad Khatami, annulling another election result in a legislative
district won by a moderate Khatami ally. Alarmed by the sound beating they
took from reformists in February's legislative elections, hard-liners are
trying to roll back Khatami's reforms in a bid to protect their own rule
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Arrest warrant issued for Eshkevari
TEHRAN,
April 25 (Reuters) - Iran's hardline clerical court has issued an arrest
warrant for an outspoken cleric who took part in a seminar in Berlin on
the reform movement, the official IRNA news agency said on Tuesday >>>
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Trial of Hajarian attack suspects open
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April 25 (AFP) - The trial of 10 defendants accused of planning the assassination
of leading Iranian reformist Said Hajarian last month opened here Tuesday
amid extreme political tension in the country >>> FULL TEXT
Iran's reforms "will continue":
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OSLO,
April 25 (AFP) - Reform in Iran will continue despite the suspension of
13 pro-reform publications, the country's deputy foreign minister for Europe
and America, Morteza Sarmadi, said Tuesday during a visit to Oslo >>>
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Iran seeks to expand improved ties with
Saudi to all Persian Gulf states
JEDDAH,
Saudi Arabia, April 25 (AFP) - Iranian Defence Minister Ali Shamkhani, in
Saudi Arabia on a groundbreaking visit, said Tuesday that Iran wants good
ties with all Persian Gulf states, including the United Arab Emirates with
which it has an islands dispute >>> FULL TEXT
Iran offers to build plants for Jordan
water project: paper
AMMAN,
April 25 (AFP) - Iran has offered Jordan technical assistance it says will
lower the cost of the planned Disi project to pump water from southern Jordan
to the capital, a newspaper reported on Tuesday >>> FULL TEXT
Three Iranian films get French distributors
Tehran
(Ham-Mihan) - French companies get distribution rights for Samira Makhmalbaf's
"Takhteh Siaah" (Blackboard), Mohammad Hassan Yekta-Panah's "Jomeh"
(Friday) and Bahman Qobadi's "Zamaani baraay-e masti-ye asb -haa"
(A time for drunken horses) >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Poet: Praise for Abdolrezaie
Tehran
(Mosharekat) - Ali Abdolrezaie is a young poet whose whork has been praised
by critics. Here's a review of (PDF file) >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Censors should use more common sense
Tehran
(Mosharekat) - President Khatami and Guidance Minister Ataollah Mohajerani
deserve praise for the wider of variety of books made available to the public
during the past year. But there's one "small problem": The censors
should be reasonable in their reviews >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Iran 3 - Australia 3
Iran Sports Press - The Iranian Under 17 national soccer
team drew with Australian under 17 team 3-3 in a friendly match in Italy.
On April 23 the promising Iranian team thrashed the US Under 17 team 8-1.
Al-Nasr wants long-term contract with Karimi
Iran Sports Press - According to sources at Al-Nasr Club, Amir
Abedini, the director of Persepolis Club, is currently in Dubai along with
Ali Karimi to negotiate long term contracts with Al-Nasr >>> FULL
TEXT
Khakpour on trading block
Iran Sports Press - New York/New Jersey head coach Octavio Zambrano
has decided to put Mohammad Khakpour on the trading block. After a 3-2 NY/NJ
victory over D.C. United in extra-time, Coach Zambrano told Iran Sports
Press that he has been "very disappointed with Khakpour's performance"
and "he has not been playing to his potential." >>> FULL
TEXT
BBC
Arrest warrant for Eshkevari
Today, April 25 2000, the Special Court for Clerics in Tehran
served a subpoena on Hojatoleslam Hassan Mousavi Eshkevari accusing him
of acting against state security and insulting Islam. Mr. Eshkevari was
one of the participants on the three day Iran after the Election conference
held in Berlin, Germany. Saeed Yekta finds out Mr. Eshkevari's reactions
to the subpoena.>>>
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