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Powerless
But still popular
By Mehdi Ardalan
December 6, 2000
The Iranian
It's no secret that Iran's Constitution is riddled with ambiguities.
It's also no secret that often one of the two factions is tempted to solve
these ambiguities to their own political benefit. Against this backdrop,
President Khatami came out with the public announcement that certain articles
of the constitution have been violated but that he does not have enough
authority to stop the violations >>>
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Palestine
Crossfire
A Palestinian tragedy
By Edna Yaghi
December 6, 2000
The Iranian
When 12-year-old Palestinian Mohammed spoke of how he wanted to be a
soccer champion, his black eyes flashed and he would kick an imaginary
ball off to a successful goal. His mother, busy with her six other children
would nod her head and say, "Yes, perhaps one day when you are big
and stronger, you will go off to the Olympics and win a gold medal."
>>>
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Book
His red-robed highness
Exposing Iran's dirty secrets
By Akbar Ganji
The Iranian
Raising the fortress of freedom
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Outlook
Khatami speaks to students
BBC Persian Service
Mohammad Khatami, has been addressing students at a college in Tehran.
He told the students not to lose hope and to stand firm against those who
advocated violence. A report by Jim Muir in Tehran is followed by Daryoush
Homai's talk with Hoda Saberi, journalist >>>
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Slam-Dunk Diplomacy
By John Ward Anderson
Washington Post
December 6, 2000
ISFAHAN, Iran After 21 years of rancor and distrust, Iran
and the United States have found something they can agree on: Nobody plays
basketball like the Americans.
That may not be much, but for Gary LeMoine, an American who is coaching
Iran's national basketball team, it's a beginning >>>
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A glimpse into the world of Iranian cinema
By Noel Vera
BusinessWorld
December 5, 2000
Iranian cinema may be the newest old thing in the world at the moment
- "old" in the sense that the country has been making cinema
for almost as long as cinema has been around, "new" in the sense
that only as recently as the '90s has it gained worldwide attention >>>
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Back in business
"SaVaK is named after the secret police that ran the hidden torture
and killing of disident rebels during the Shah's reign of Iran in the 70s
and early 80s. Influenced by this mysterious organization and it's happenings,
Beebe has set out to convey his viewsand opinions of this regime through
his music. " >>>
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More Letters
* Bunch of hypocrites
Mrs Ynaky writes:
Thank God we have people like Mr/Mrs Iranni ["Married
a Black man?!!"] who still care!
All these people who wrote letters against her, are a bunch of hyporcrates!
But then again that's the nature of liberal phonies. If their son, daughter,
mother, father, or reletive dates a Black person or, much worse, decided
to marry one, they would go nuts!
It is amazing how low some Iranians have sunk in the past twenty years.
You have all my support Irani. I wish we had more people like you.
* Mixed bunch
Asghar Massombagi writes:
Good point ["Unbelievable
stupidity"]! Actually if I had seen the picutre out of this context
[Maryam
and Daryl], I would have thought that they were both African-American
(It wouldn't have made a difference to me otherwise, but it shows the stupifity
of the writer).
I think people forget that there is no such thing as "Iranian kind".
A relatively recent sense of nationality and common history and language
doesn't make a race. Iranians, come to think of it, are quite a mixed bunch
and I think it is high time that they acknowledge their African and Indian
connections along with the much-balyhooed Aryan roots.
* Shooting from the hip
HH writes: In response
to the letter "Adam
& Eve, not Adam & Adam", nobody is trying to infringe
upon your "religious freedom." Nor are same-sex unions about
the choice to be gay. You either are gay or you're not. That takes acceptance,
not choice. Making a choice to be open about our sexual orientation is
a separate, social and cultural matter.
But, same-sex unions are about gay people's freedom to enjoy the same
economic and legal rights and benefits that are constitutionally given
to every individual in this country >>>
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* Letter that was never sent
Shaya Golbabaei
writes: I don't know if this is going to have a place in iranian.com,
but it has some meanings for me every time I look at it. It's a letter
that was never sent to my parents >>>
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Politics: Write a letter to Khatami
Lawyer and freelance writer Anthony Dennis is serving as editor of a
collection of letters to President Mohammad Khatami to be published in
2001 by Wyndham Hall Press. You are invited to submit their own letters
to Pres. Khatami for consideration >>>
DETAILS HERE
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Poem
Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
I'm a slave to her, and fear of her delights me.
My better half, who stands alone, delights me.
They ask me, 'Do you enjoy her loyalty?'
I don't know; even so, her cruelty delights me.
* Also see more Rumi
translations
Rumi book
Rumi:
The Life Teachings and Poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi
By Frankin D. Lewis
Copyright © Abadan Publishing Co. All Rights Reserved.
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Cartoonist regrets "extremism"
Tehran
(Hambastegi) -- "We went too fast," says cartoonist Nikahang Kosar,
whose cartoons critical of the conservatives have caused him legal troubles.
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Khatami tells kids: Keep hope
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's moderate President Mohammad Khatami
on Wednesday urged thousands of students not to lose hope in the reform
movement he launched when he took power in 1997. Khatami, who was addressing
an estimated 10,000 students at Tehran's Tarbiat-e-Modarres University on
Iran's annual student day, said the reforms were a new experience for Iran
and that the country was still in the process of learning to respect opposing
viewpoints and experiencing democracy within an Islamic framework >>>
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Khatami says culture minister's resignation
is "under review"
TEHRAN, Dec 6 (AFP) - Iranian President Mohammed Khatami affirmed
Wednesday that he had not yet accepted the resignation of one of the country's
leading reformers, Minister of Culture Ataollah Mohajerani. "Mohajerani
is a very dear colleague," Khatami told several thousand students at
Tarbiat-e-Modaress, a university facility, in northeast Tehran >>>
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U.S. officials grill Russia over arms sales
plans
MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. and Russian officials began talks Wednesday
on arms sales, with the American side concerned over Moscow's plans to restart
weapons sales to Iran. ``The talks have started, they will be sitting all
day today,'' an official from the U.S. embassy in Moscow said >>>
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Kazakhs in talks to develop oil pipeline
to Iran
ASTANA (Reuters) - Kazakhstan said on Wednesday it was in talks
with international oil firms to create a consortium for a multi-billion
dollar pipeline through Iran, a plan which could scupper the U.S-backed
Baku-Ceyhan project to Turkey. A Foreign Ministry statement said Kazakhstan
was holding discussions with TotalFina, BG plc and Agip to conduct a feasibility
study for the Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran pipeline, which energy analysts
say could be the cheapest evacuation route for Kazakh crude >>>
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Iran backs off free trade zones
December 6 2000 (Financial Times) -- Iran's experiment with off-shore
free trade zones (FTZs) has long been beset by controversy, from accusations
of immoral behaviour to disputes over neckties and smuggling and factional
fighting over business control. Now, 10 years after their inception, officials
say the pro-reform government of President Mohammad Khatami is wrestling
with a big policy change, recognising that the three zones have failed to
achieve their goals of attracting foreign investment and boosting non-oil
exports >>> FULL TEXT
Iranian literature's limited international
appeal
Tehran (Dowran Emrooz) -- Poet and author Massoud Ahmadi talks
about why he thinks Iranian literature has not made an impact internationally
>>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Two decades of poetry
Tehran (Hambastegi) -- Iraj Ziaie will publish a collection of
works by poets who have been active in the past 20 years >>> FULL
PERSIAN TEXT
Novel: Turning 40
Tehran
(Dowran Emrooz) -- Nahid Tabatabaie has a new novel: "Chehel saalegi"
(Turning 40) >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Persepolis shake-up?
Tehran
(Dowran Emrooz) -- A major managerial shake-up is expected at Persepolis
and the future does not look good for Amir Abedini >>> FULL PERSIAN
TEXT
Samereh: Mr. Goal
Tehran (Iran Varzeshi) -- Esteqlal's Ali Samereh shares the top
goal scoring title after his hat-trick against Foulad Ahvaz >>>
FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Provincial teams at disadvantage
Tehran
(Iran daily) -- Khuzestan used to have some of the most talented soccer
players in the country. But lure of big clubs in Tehran has put provincial
teams at a serious disadvantage >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
BBC
Judiciary denies parliament a newspaper
Tehran's Justice Department has rejected applications
of 132 public figures for directorship of newspapers. Among them an application
for a newspaper for the parliament. Daryoush Homai talks to Ebrahim Bai
Salami, member of parliament >>>
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Van Gogh Light Exhibition
The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and the Carnegie
Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have collaborated on this luminous
bilingual look at the evolution of lighting during the Industrial Age, from
1750-1900.
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Change
I really believe that the policy will change in the next
12 months ... I'm optimistic, regardless of whether it's a Bush administration
or a Gore administration, that we're going to have a change in our unilateral
sanctions policy.
-- Archie Dunham, Conoco CEO
Reuters
December 5, 2000
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Khatami
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