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Like holding my pillow
Googoosh's first concert in 21 years brings back memories
By Termeh Rassi
July 31, 2000
The Iranian
I have deliberately stayed away from knowing anything about all the
raucous surrounding her. I haven't read her interviews. Was she rude or
insensitive in her comments about the LA music scene? I have no clue and
I don't care. That issue, is another article in itself. We have just gotten
back from Toronto and I know one thing for sure this is not going
to be a regular review of a concert. I have just walked away from having
one of the most emotionally intense experiences of my life and I have to
frame that around Air Canada Center in Toronto, 15,000 Iranians and Googoosh
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Standing ovation
Googoosh is a smash hit -- again
By Pedram Moallemian
July 31, 2000
The Iranian
Googoosh was doing what she does best, entertaining a near capacity
crowd at Toronto's Air Canada Center. The stage was decorated with pillars
replicated from those at Persepolis. Before she walked on stage, the entire
stage area was drowned in green, white and red lights and her entrance
will surely be remembered for a long time by all the fans. The standing
ovation went from a minute to five to ten and if she hadn't made people
stop, it may have never ended. She was back. >>>
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Outlook
Israel's new president born in Iran
By MARK LAVIE,
Associated Press Writer
JERUSALEM (AP) - In a stunning upset, a little-known opposition lawmaker
was selected by parliament Monday over ex-Prime Minister Shimon Peres to
become Israel's new president.
The victory of Iranian-born Moshe Katsav of the opposition Likud Party
spelled a humiliating end to Peres' half-century political career and dealt
another blow to beleaguered Prime Minister Ehud Barak, who was to face
a no-confidence vote in parliament later in the day >>>
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ENI signs Iran's biggest foreign energy deal
By Mehrdad Balali
TEHRAN, July 27 (Reuters) - Iran on Thursday awarded Italian energy
group ENI a majority stake in a $3.8 billion project to develop the giant
South Pars gas field in the Gulf.
The deal marks the biggest single foreign investment in Iran in the
five years since Tehran reopened its vast energy sector to foreign companies
in the wake of the 1979 Islamic revolution >>>
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Thousands Pray at Iran Church
DASHT-E-CHALRAN, Iran (AP) - Thousands of Armenian Christians from around
the world prayed at an ancient church near this remote hamlet in northwestern
Iran on Saturday in an annual pilgrimage honoring one of Jesus Christ's
Twelve Apostles.
About 10,000 Armenian Orthodox Christians, most from Iran but many from
as far away as the United States and Britain, participated in a prayer
ceremony led by Catholicos Aram Keshishian, the spiritual leader of about
2 million Armenians living in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Cyprus, Greece
and Kuwait >>>
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Yes, it breaks
You've probably never heard of a penile fracture, but it can happen
if the erect organ gets whacked too hard on purpose or by accident.
While the injury is rare in this country, there's about one case a week
in the province of Kermanshah in Iran and one clinic reports treating 172
penile fractures over the past decade, according to a report in the Journal
of Urology (August 2000) >>>
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More Letters
* Urgent: Anti-Iran amendment
Mozhgan Mojab writes:
Congressman Peter Deutsch of Florida introduced an amendment Friday to
the Treasury/Postal Appropriations Bill re-imposing the food and carpets
sanctions, so the issue is still quite alive. I understand Charles Schumer
of NY may introduce a similar amendment on the Senate side.
We were successful in postponing Sherman's proposal but they rerouted
their efforts through other states! This time it is an amendment (amendments
to the appropriations bills can easily be passed (in fact, must) before
November. It is urgent for everyone to call their offices ASAP and fax
short letters to them as well >>>
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* Sherman's disservice
M.L. Knowles writes:
As an American, I am often confused by many of the articles and/or
letters from Iranians that I see on Iran content web sites ["Dumb and
dumber"]. I fully understand the outcry that the reprehensible
comments made by California Congressman Brad Sherman has provoked; his
unconsidered condemnation of an entire country and its people is ludicrous.
His statements have inflamed the anti-western passions of fundamentalists,
as well as the terrorism-paranoia felt by many uninformed Americans. He
does a disservice to both sides, and is everything that Americans do not
wish their politicians to be >>>
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* Stop bitching
Daniel Zangeneh writes:
I keep reading about the efforts by some congressmen (Brad Sherman,
Democrat-California) and senators to reverse the lifting the partial sanction
in retaliation for 13 Jews in Iran. I can't help wondering why there is
so much bitching while it seems like there is no one who wants to do something
realistic about Iranian-Americans RIGHTS in this country?
Either "some" of you guys, just walked out of the boat!! Or
you don't understand this country's "political processes"? Or
you are in a deep sleep! Here are few blunt lessons about the political
realities in U.S that works! >>>
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Soccer: Azizi in Washington DC
House of Iran & Pejvak are proudly sponsoring "Iranian Day"
at D.C. United soccer club. The 2nd Annual Iranian Day at D.C. United will
be a game between D.C. United and San Jose, featuring Khodadad Azizi. Date:
August 19. Time: 8:00 PM. Location: R.F.K. Stadium in Washington D.C. Admission:
$18/$15 >>>
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Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
All his life, his heart went galloping after passion
Until he came softly to the inner courts of the soul.
In the end he left again. Pure soul burned out that day.
Be fair, though, he came with good intentions, just to play.
-- Rumi
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Bazaar calls on Khatami to look into economic
crisis
TEHRAN,
July 30 (AFP) - In an unprecedented open letter to moderate Iranian President
Mohammad Khatami, members of Iran's powerful bazaar association called on
the head of state Sunday to look into the country's economic "crisis."
In the letter, published Sunday in the conservative newspaper Ressalat,
the conservative 2,500-member bazaar association told Khatami that Iran's
current "economic crisis represents a threat more than ever."
>>> FULL TEXT
Former FM says no decision yet on running
against Khatami in polls
TEHRAN,
July 31 (AFP) - Former Iranian foreign minister Ali Akbar Velayati has not
yet decided whether he will run against reformist President Mohammad Khatami
in elections next year, a conservative paper reported here Monday. "I
have not made a decision on whether to stand for the presidential elections,"
the Ressalat daily quoted Velayati as saying, following reports he would
put himself in the race as the conservative faction's candidate >>>
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Iran says three judges review Jewish spy
appeal
TEHRAN,
July 29 (Reuters) - Iran has assigned a three-judge panel to review an appeal
by 10 Iranian Jews and two Moslems convicted of spying for Israel, a judiciary
official said on Saturday. A foreign ministry spokesman said Tehran would
``not accept any meddlesome statements'' from outside the country in the
high profile espionage case >>> FULL TEXT
Newspaper editor jailed
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's hard-line judiciary has sentenced the
editor of a banned reformist newspaper to a four-month jail term and an
unspecified cash fine, a newspaper reported Monday. Mohammad Reza Zohdi,
director of the Arya daily, was found guilty of a wide range of charges
that included ``insulting officials and government organizations'' and ``disturbing
public opinion'' with his publication, Iran's official daily paper reported
>>> FULL TEXT
IRNA and Keyhan newspaper end war of attrition
TEHRAN,
July 29 (AFP) - Iran's government-run official IRNA news agency and the
conservative Kayhan paper, two leading news providers in the Islamic republic,
announced the end to an escalating war of words Saturday. The news providers
had been caught up in an unprecedented dispute which pitched IRNA, close
to reformist President Mohammad Khatami, up against Kayhan, which is close
to Iran's spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei >>> FULL TEXT
Blow to US sanctions against Iran
Financial
Times, July 28, 2000 -- Iran signed its biggest deal so far with a foreign
energy group on Thursday when it concluded a $3.8bn agreement with Eni of
Italy to develop the South Pars natural gas field in the Gulf. The project
with Eni is the latest blow to US attempts to limit foreign investment in
Iran's energy sector, which provides much of the country's hard currency
earnings and the overwhelming proportion of government revenues >>>
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Australia "confident" of boosting
role in Iran energy sector
TEHRAN,
July 31 (AFP) - Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer on Monday wound
up two days of talks with Iranian officials here "confident" Australia
would play a growing role in Iran's lucrative energy sector. "I feel
confident Australian companies will have better opportunities to bid successfully
for investments in oil and gas," Downer told a press conference after
meetings with officials including President Mohammad Khatami >>>
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Iran accepts democracy as a principle:
Khatami
TEHRAN,
July 31 (AFP) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami said Monday that Iran
accepts democracy as a principle, but that it must be based on a respect
for the values and goals dictated by Islam. "We should want the essence
of democracy for all of humanity, but should not impose a single form of
it on to others," Khatami said at a meeting with visiting Australian
Foreign Minister Alexander Downer >>> FULL TEXT
Shamlou's other legacy: "Ketaab-e
Koocheh"
Tehan
(Bahar) -- Ahamd Shamlou's "Ketaab-e Koocheh" is tremendous effort
in collecting words and expressions used by commoners. The ninth volume
was published just before his death >>>FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Iran's who's who
Tehan
(Bahar) -- Yaghoub Ajand is working on Iran's who's who. Files have been
created for some 600,000 people in various fields >>>FULL PERSIAN
TEXT
Iranian cinema: 100 years
Tehan
(Bahar) -- The film industry is marking 100 years of cinema during the fourth
annual celebration of Iranian cinema >>>FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Azizi stars for West
Tehan
(Iran Varzeshi) -- Khodadad Azizi played a half in the U.S. Major League
Soccer's All Star match and made an assist in the West's crushing defeat
of the East >>>FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Parvin optimistic
Tehan
(Iran Varzeshi) -- Ali Parvin is boasting about his team's offensive line.
Persepolis could not be in a better shape to score goals, he says >>>FULL
PERSIAN TEXT
Going pro? Better not - yet
Tehan
(Iran Varzeshi) -- The head of the Iranian soccer federation is hoping that
the country would have a fully professional league as soon as possible.
But we're not ready for it >>>FULL PERSIAN TEXT
BBC
Editor awaits verdict
The trial of the publisher of the banned Azad
daily, Mohammad Reza Yazdan-Panah, has ended as he denied charges of insulting
officials. His daily was among 19 pro-reform papers closed down in recent
months. Sadeq Saba details the implications this trial has for press freedom
in Iran >>>
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Googoosh is Barbara Streisand, Elvis, Madonna and Frank
Sinatra rolled into one. She has aged gracefully, unlike many a hasbeens
desperate to reclaim their past glory. Her confidence, stage presence and
charm are truly overwhelming - I am too young to have seen her live in Iran
but only now can understand the cult like devotion she inspired.
-- Termeh Rassi
"Like
holding my pillow"
The Iranian
July 31, 2000
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