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Sea of opportunities
... if large and small states cooperate over the Caspian
By Hooshang Amirahmadi
August 15, 2000
The Iranian
History suggests the wisdom of stronger states bearing responsibility,
when possible, to secure against the perils faced by weaker states in the
region. States could gain from respecting and assisting each other in developing
their comparative advantages. In a region where the advantages of interdependence
are prominent, focusing primarily on competitive advantage is inappropriate.
The approach should be to gauge the competitive advantage of the region
as a whole, and within that, to address the comparative advantage of its
parts. The interdependent destinies of the Caspian Region and the oil industry
means that both will suffer if problems are addressed unilaterally. Regional
co-operation is necessary not only for environmental management, but also
for the installation of pipelines, among other development projects >>>
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War
Lingering pain
Victims of war laid to rest, but not the memories
Photos by Ali Khaligh
August 15, 2000
The Iranian
Thousands of mourners gathered before parliament Monday to bid farewell
to 300 soldiers killed during the eight-year war initiated by Iraq 20 years
ago. The coffins, many of whose remains have only recently been recovered,
were draped in the Iranian flag as young and old paid their respects >>>
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Outlook
Shah Khamenei
By Thomas Friedman
The New York Times
August 15, 2000
Right now, the struggle between the reformers and conservatives there
is still just the political equivalent of a tropical storm, with the occasional
bursts of student rioting and mysterious murders. But if you look at the
trends closely, and if temperatures in Iran keep rising, this low-grade
struggle could turn into an Iranian version of the perfect storm.
What's driving this storm is the behavior of Iran's top leader, Ayatollah
Ali Khamenei, who is increasingly behaving as if he were "Shah Khamenei."
He and his conservative allies have been mounting a creeping coup against
the democratic process in Iran. If it continues, Iran could feature the
first big civil clash of the globalization era >>>
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Majlis deputies question the legality of banning newspapers
BBC Persian Service
A number of Majlis deputies say judiciary may have inappropriately used
clauses of the constitutional law to ban reformist newspapers. The deputies
want the case discussed in the parliament. In an interview with Dr Ghasem
Sholeh Sa'di, lawyer and ex-MP Daryoush Homai asks him to explain the MPs'
demand >>>
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Iran returns to Persian carpet gulf
By Tom Hundley
Chicago Tribune
August 3, 2000
On a recent afternoon, when the outside temperature was pushing 100
degrees, the elders of the rug bazaar began and concluded their monthly
board meeting with a heartfelt entreaty to Allah. In between, it was all
sweet tea and business.
These days the main concern of Tehran's rug merchants is recapturing
their share of the American market. In April, two months after pro-West
reformers swept Iran's parliamentary elections, the Clinton administration
nodded its approval by lifting the 1987 import ban on Iranian carpets,
caviar and pistachios >>>
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Conservative cleric blasts moral "corruption"
in provincial Iran
TEHRAN, Aug 15 (AFP) - Iran's provinces are under siege from alcohol,
drugs and pornography, a leading conservative cleric charged in Tuesday's
press.
Ayatollah Mohammad Musavi Jazayeri, the personal representative of supreme
leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the southwestern province of Khuzistan,
said authorities had to act soon to address the crisis >>>
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More Letters
* No documents, no history
Parviz Ghavamian
writes: I just read Khodadad Rezakhani's article "Not
too deep", and would like to add a few of my own thoughts on why
there seems to be no in-depth study of Iranian history in today's academia.
One very important fact to remember is that in order to get a detailed
insight and understanding into the hearts and minds of Iranians in the
past, you need to have access to the written records of the period. I've
only recently begun to study Iranian history on my own, but I quickly learned
that in some cases Iranians may have been their own worst enemies in preserving
a written record for posterity >>>
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* Googoosh's teacher
Gitty Shahidi writes: Dear Googoosh, Welcome to America! I am
so proud that an Iranian has brought her talent to this height and that
everyone knows her. I hope to be at your concert in Washington D.C. and
that there would be an opportunity for me to hug and kiss you.
Your middle school teacher.
* Wonderful message
Russell Burgess
writes: I just read "Vacationing
American style" by Bahar M. Jaberi . I found her story by accident
but am glad I did. I enjoyed reading it and the wonderful message it contained.
* Behkhodaa we're Italian
Sheri Zandi writes:
This is in reference to the emails that my family has been receiving
from you. I have no idea who you are or what you are. I am offeneded that
you assume that we are Iranian because of our last name. We are Italian
and have no Iranian relatives whatsoever.
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Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
You can't get drunk on the wine of her eyes,
You can't bury your hands in her hair.
Your enemies taunt you, night and day:
"You waste away, and still she doesn't care."
-- Rumi
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Reformers seek to protect free press
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - In a daring move after an order from Iran's
supreme leader to drop a debate on press freedoms, reformist lawmakers presented
a bill Tuesday that aims to block the hard-line judiciary from closing reformist
newspapers. Legislators submitted an ``extremely urgent'' motion to the
parliament, or Majlis, seeking a debate on whether it was legal to close
newspapers under the Security Measures Law, the official Islamic Republic
News Agency (IRNA) quoted a lawmaker as saying >>> FULL TEXT
Press courts carry on press crackdown
TEHRAN,
Aug 15 (Reuters) - Iran's hardline Press Court opened a new case against
a convicted publisher on Tuesday, one day after a top judiciary official
suggested the crackdown on the pro-reform press could be winding down >>>
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Journalist group criticizes Iran press
clampdown
PARIS
(Reuters) - International media watchdog Reporters without Borders (RsF)
Monday accused Iran's supreme leader of turning his country into a huge
jail for journalists and published an Internet petition seeking the release
of those held >>> FULL TEXT
Relatives of jailed journalists working
for release
TEHRAN,
Aug 15 (AFP) - Relatives of Iran's jailed journalists have banded together
to form a new association to work for their release, the group said in a
statement Tuesday >>> FULL TEXT
Leading reformist cleric appointed to head
reformist majority in parliament
TEHRAN,
Aug 15 (AFP) - Leading reformist cleric and presidential advisor Ali Akbar
Mohtashami has been elected to head the reformist majority in parliament,
the official IRNA news agency reported Tuesday >>> FULL TEXT
Algerian and Iranian presidents to meet
in New York
ALGIERS,
Aug 15 (AFP) - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika said Tuesday in Algiers
that he would meet his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Khatami in September
in New York at the United Nations >>> FULL TEXT
Reformist MP points the finger at conservatives
over economy
TEHRAN,
Aug 15 (AFP) - A reformist Iranian MP and close ally of President Mohammad
Khatami said Tuesday that conservatives were hampering the government's
efforts to address the nation's economic crisis >>> FULL TEXT
Iran threatens to cut electrical flow to
Azerbaijan over non-payment
TEHRAN,
Aug 15 (AFP) - Iran on Tuesday threatened to cut off electricity to the
autonomous Azerbaijani republic of Nakhichevan over non-payment of bills,
the official IRNA news agency reported >>> FULL TEXT
Movie award nominees
Tehran (Jam-e Jam) -- The House of Cinema has annouced its nominees
for best actors, directors, and ... during the past year>>> FULL
PERSIAN TEXT
Pop music: Not a threat
Tehran
(Hamshahri) -- I am a fan of traditional Iranian music but I do not blame
the growing popularity of Pop music as a threat, says a reader in a letter
published in Hamshahri >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Yaghoubi: Hardwork for the theater
Tehran (Iran daily) -- Mohammad Yaghoubi is a former (?) law student
who has just brought his fourth and fifth play on to the stage. An interview
>>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
"Baggy" to debut against Manchester
City
LONDON, August 15 (Iran Sports Press) -- Rumors around Charlton
Athletic Football Club indicate that Karim Bagheri, who is nicknamed "baggy"
by Charlton fans, is poised to make his debut against Manchester's blue
half on Saturday >>> FULL TEXT
Iran v. Georgia
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- The national soccer teams of Iran and Georgia
will play a friendly match at Azadi Stadium Friday. Eigteen Iranian players
have been called for the match -- none from abroad -- giving younger players
a chance to prove themselves >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Esteqlal fans: Move back, or else!
Tehran
(Hamshahri) -- A group of "pseudo-fans" (tamaashaagar- namaa)
showed up at Azadi stadium's practice field Monday, threatening that if
the team does not resume training in its old dield... >>> FULL
PERSIAN TEXT
BBC
Jailed journalists protest
Three jailed journalists, Ezzatollah Sahabi,
Mashaollah Shamsalvaezin and Emadaddin Baghi have called on judiciary to
investigate 'Bulletin producers'. They say that misrepresented remarks attributed
to them in these bulletins have been used as the basis for their arrests.
Daryoush Homai discusses this with Taghi Rahmani, political activist in
Iran >>>
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The perfect storm
Beware: hurricane forming in Iran.
-- Thomas Friedman
The New
York Times
August 15, 2000
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