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Elections
Clean sweep
Iran's youth poised to give reformists parliamentary victory
Photos by Siamak Namazi
February 16, 2000
The Iranian
Reformist election rally at the Shiroudi basketball arena in Tehran,
February 15, 2000. >>>
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Literature
No freedom fighters
"Yeah, in Lebanon. Ninety to Ninety-two. I've paid my
dues, helped the brothers."
February 16, 2000
The Iranian
Excerpt from chapter 1 of The Poet Game by Salar Abdoh (Picador,
2000).
Abdoh was born and raised in Iran. During the revolution his father
had to leave the country quickly, as he was on the original list of fifty
or so people who were to have been executed. He was the owner of the Persepolis
soccer team. He died a few months after moving the family to the U.S. in
1979 >>>
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Novel
Conspiracy at Desert One
A novel
By Bernace Charles
The Iranian
Chapter Nine >>>
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Outlook
Youngest woman candidate turns out to be a surprise
package
 RASHT, Iran, Feb 16 (AFP) - Thirty-year-old Roshanak Siassi,
who has burst into the limelight in the northern Iranian city of Rasht,
might have been predestined for the career she is now embarking on -- her
surname means "political" and she is taking the electors by storm.
Rasht, usually seen as a good indicator of the political mood throughout
the Islamic republic, has 97 candidates for the three seats on offer in
Friday's parliamentary elections. No fewer than 20 of the hopefuls are
women, a record for the Islamic republic >>>
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Kelardasht for sale
E-Commerce has moved to Iran in a big way. Here's a site that allows
you to buy a piece of land in Kelardasht (Mazandaran) area for $5,000.
You can even use your Visa or MasterCard and pay on-line via a secure server!
>>>
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* Saw it in Cinema Asia
Soroush Motahari
writes: Yes. Of course! "Mashine-Mashti
Mamdal" was made in 1974 directed by Agha Reza Fazeli With: Reza
Fazeli, Mansour Sepehrnia, Noush Afarin, and Mastaneh Jazayeri.
I saw this film in Cinema Asia in Tehran. We were laughing because it
had been made to be the Iranian-Version of A Crazy, Crazy, Crazy, World
(The classic American comedy, made in the early 60's)! Of course, honar
nazd Iranian ast o bas !
Reza Fazeli had a very adventurous life, moved abroad many times, played
in co-productions in Italy, Spain, Turkey, Pakistan ("Mamor e 008
dar Karachi !) made a lot of bad film and played in a very good film directed
by Kimiaie alonge with Saeed Rad, called "Safar Sang". Married
few times, among them with Nancy Kovac, American beauty of early60's. Later
he immigrated to the UK, was seen in a video with Manouchehr Vosough and
Sarkoub.Who can tell me about his whereabout today ? Will pay Yugouslavian
Dinars in cash!
Noush Afarin Khanoum is very active in California. Sepehrnia is seen
in supermarkets in Westwood ! Any more information?
* Big, big, big award
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the work that you are doing [on The Iranian]. I am proud of you.
Future will show what an amazing job you are doing. I am very impressed.
* Encouraged in ghorbat
Alireza Tavakoli
writes: I am very happy because I have seen your excellent network
of Iranians living abroad. When I read The Iranian magazine or see
an Iranian site I feel encouraged in "ghorbat". I hope you work
better and better and Iran & Iranaians will have a dialogue with the
people of the world.
Lecture: Women's Movement and the Constraints
of Reformism
KAVOSH WOMEN'S CENTER presents International Woman's Day Celebration:
"Women's Movement and the Constraints of Reformism". Lecture
by Dr. Haamed Shaheedian, Sociologist, a Researcher in Women's Studies
& a Professor in Illinois University, Springfield. PLACE: San Jose
State University, DATE: March 11, 2000, TIME: Gathering at 7 PM >>>
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President calls on Iranians to vote to
help him
TEHRAN,
Feb 16 (AFP) - Pro-reform President Mohammad Khatami called on all Iranians
to vote in parliamentary elections Friday to help him and his government
carry out their goals. In a broadcast message Wednesday, Khatami urged "men,
women and above all, young people," to vote, saying Friday is a "day
of destiny." >>> FULL TEXT
Final campaign day in Iran
Feb 16, (BBC) -- Campaigning has entered its last day in Iran ahead
of Friday's crucial legislative elections. Thousands of young people gathered
on Tuesday in central Tehran for a rally by the centrist Executives of Construction
party that was part pop concert, part political meeting >>> FULL
TEXT
Iran Holy City Doubles as Hotbed of Reform
Politics
QUM,
Iran, Feb. 15 (NY Times) -- In this most devout of Iranian cities, a battle
to emancipate the nation's rigidly controlled political life is being waged
by a stern black-turbaned cleric with impeccable Islamic credentials. Operating
from a dingy converted photography studio in the center of town, Ayatollah
Sayed Mohsen Musavi Tabrizi heads a list of reform candidates for Parliament.
Many of his competitors are his fellow Qum clerics, who are campaigning
for the Feb. 18 elections on a platform of calling for purging the country
of "deviant thoughts" and Western influence >>> FULL
TEXT
Albright says Iranian reformers gaining
popularity
WASHINGTON,
Feb 16 (AFP) - US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Wednesday she
believed moderate Iranian reformers were enjoying an upsurge in popularity
ahead of the Islamic republic's parliamentary elections this week >>>
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Jewish parliamentary candidate expresses
hopes for 13 Iranian Jews
TEHRAN,
Feb 16 (AFP) - Hilda Rabi-Zadeh, a Jewish candidate in Iran's upcoming legislative
elections and a teacher from Shiraz, told AFP Wednesday she hoped to see
the early release of 13 Jews, shortly to go on trial in the southern city
for spying. "We have complete confidence in the Iranian courts, because
we are sure that justice is the same for all," she said on a short
visit to Tehran. "The courts are not interested in knowing from which
minority the accused come. We are full of hope," she said >>>
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Reporters Without Borders calls for Iran
to stop jamming broadcasts
NICOSIA,
Feb 16 (AFP) - The press freedom group Reporters Without Borders protested
Wednesday against Iran's jamming of Western radio stations' Persian-language
programs ahead of Iranian legislative elections >>> FULL TEXT
Iran to boost cooperation with France in
natural gas sector
TEHRAN,
Feb 16 (AFP) - Iran wants more French aid to develop its domestic gas sector
and export its gas, in particular to India and Pakistan, French Deputy Industry
Minister Christian Pierret said in Tehran Wednesday. France, whose oil companies
Elf amnd Total are operating in Iran, is to train young Iranians at its
prestigious Ecole des Mines, Pierret said during a press conference before
his departure for Isfahan and then Paris >>> FULL TEXT
Iran doing "nothing" for the
lads in Haqqi Alley
TEHRAN,
Feb 16 (AFP) - He has ambition, he has intelligence, and at 24 years old
he even has a girlfriend he's in love with. But the one thing Jaman Valilou
has never had is a job. "Around here" is Khazaneh in south Tehran,
a tumble-down neighbourhood of grafitti-littered alleys and dusty shops
without customers that you could just about call working-class -- that is,
if anybody had a job >>> FULL TEXT
Roya
Tehran
(Iran daily) - Roya Nonahali's few but memorable scenes in Bahman Farmanara's
"The Smell of Camphor, The Fragrance of Jasmine" landed her an
award at the Fajr festival >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Talked about
Tehran (Ettelaat) - Reviews of the most talked about films at the
Fajr festival >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Documents
Tehran
(Hamshahri) - Twelve historic documents will be on display at the Sheikh
Safieddin Ardebili museum >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
FIFA ranking
Tehran
(Iran Varzeshi) - The Iranian national soccer team is ranked 2nd in Asia
and 48th in the world >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Goalies
Tehran (Iran Varzeshi) - The battle between Persepolis and Esteqlal
on Sunday will also be a contest between goalies Abedzadeh and Tabatabaie
>>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Problems
Tehran (Iran Varzeshi) - Esteqlal's coaches are trying to get rid
of the team's weaknesses prior to the Persepolis match >>> FULL
TEXT IN PERSIAN
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Quote Unquote
Babbling
The government talks and talks. They keep on babbling but they don't
understand the unemployment is killing us ... Ninety percent of the guys
don't have a job around here.
-- Jaman Valilou, 24-year-old resident of Khazaneh in south Tehran
AFP
February 16, 2000
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