Letters
January 4-7, 2000 / Dey 14-17, 1378
Today
* Iranian of the
century:
- Really really mad
- Meaningless
- Not 2000 yet
Previous
* Iranian of the
century:
- Reza Shah robbed
- Never progress if...
- Respect for other's opinions
- Human rights violators
- Mossadegh? Why?
- Communist
* Nostalgia:
- Earlier beauties
* Music:
- No relation
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Friday,
January 7, 2000
* Really really mad
I just read that Iranians have chosen Khomeini for the second Iranian
of the century. I cannot believe it... I am really really upset right
now. I am mad at those Iranians who are living abroad and having the best
fun and do everything they want to do and then they claim that they love
Khomeini. Why do they live abroad if they love Khomeini? They have to go
back to Iran and live in that country that he has made for Persia ...
People of Iran deserve what they get. They do not deserve a leader who
does everything for his country. They do not deserve a leader who is proud
of being an Iranian. They deserve poverty, high prices, boring lives, many
mollas, no joy, tears, and graves. They deserve to sit there and whatch
the development in the Arab countries. They deserve to move to other countries
and be called primitive, fundamentalist and terrorist >>>
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NS
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* Meaningless
Regardng your survey of the iranian of the century, you note that the
survey was mailed to 16,600 people, of which 363 replied. Please note that
your response rate is so low (about 2 percent) that your results are quite
likely statistically meaningless and hence of little interest.
Since your surveying technique as I understand it does not make a random
sample anyway, you are better off simply making an editorial decision as
to the "person of the ...." in your future issues, and then invite
people to send in their reactions and their own choices. Major publications
like Time magazine have obviously already tuned in to this idea.
Peyman Milanfar
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* Not 2000 yet
Saeid Mahmoudi writes
in response to the Iranian of the century >>>
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Thursday
January 6, 2000
* Reza Shah robbed
The
Iranian of the century is for sure Reza Shah Kabir. Without him there
would have not been country named Iran as we know it.
I highly suggest most Iranians on this site take time and read Iranian
history. Prior to the arrival of Reza Shah on the political scene, Iran
was a country of eight to 10 million people with a negative population
growth due to all sort of diseases, malaise, hunger, etc. Each region had
feudal warlords who were running the show for themselves and their foreign
masters.
It was Reza Shah who united Iran, restored peace, laid a foundation
for modern Iran. Despite his lack of education he emphasized the importance
of education, freedom for women, building of infrastructure and so on.
It is sad to see Iranians choosing Mossadegh as the Iranian of the century.
While no one can deny Mossadegh's contribution to the country and his effort
to nationalize oil, fact of the matter is that he was a second-rate, thick-headed
politician who's actions alienated all his supporters in the end, and created
an environment of social instability which would have sooner or later thrown
the country to the arms of the communists, or would have caused the disintegration
of country all together.
Yek Irani Fahmideh
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* Never progress if...
In response to Behrouz Sadigh's letter: Iran will
never face true democracy, will never progress and will never attain a
civil society unless people can learn to respect and tolerate other's opinions
and beliefs.
Glayol Banaie
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* Earlier beauties
Before Zan-e-Rooz picked up the idea of launching the Iran
Miss Pageant, another leading women's magazine, named Ettela'at-e-Banovan,
carried that idea out successfully in the summer of 1962.
In the beautiful slopes and beaches of the Caspian Sea, Ettela'at selected
an 18-year-old beauty named Homa Kafai of Mashad among many contestants.
The girls aspiring to the title had to be beautiful, poised, intelligent,
academically bright, and had to represent the ideals and values of the
the traditional Iranian society.
Do you have a copy of that particular issue? Or can you gain access
to it? It would be worthwhile if you could advertise the need. someone
may come up with that beautiful page in Iran's recent past.
Amin Fekrat, Ph.D.
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Wednesday
January 5, 2000
* Respect for other's opinions
In response to Behrouz Sadigh who wrote: "Please remove
my name from your mailing and subscription list. I can and will not support
a publication who lists a communist ["Mohammad
Mossadegh"] as its man of the century. I believe the Shah of Iran
was deserving of that title, but since you own the publication and not
I, it would be better if I were removed from your listing. "
I would have been happy if our friend presented some evidence as proof
of his claim rather than cancelling his subscription just because The
Iranian reported a piece of news. It did not appear to me that this
was the Times' decision at all.
The first lesson we should learn in this free society is respect for
other people's opinion and tolerance for opposing points of view. This
intolerance of others is unfornunately the sign of our time. I constantly
notice that more and more American readers of newspapers and journals cancel
their subscription because they see something in those publications they
do not like! >>>
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Ali Parsa
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* Human rights violators
One thing that was not mentioned about these "Men
of the Century" and all their accomplices is that they took Iran
to a much higher plateau that deserves the highest recognition in the field
of Human Rights Violation. But who is interested in that?!
History will tell in time what these people did . To expose a blinded
folded nation to light after being in such absolute darkness is bound to
lead to mass blindness. Their motto has been, "If we can't see them,
they can't see us".
Sohrab Sepehr
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* No relation
Nematollah Aghasi is not Andy
Madadian's father. A lot of people make that mistake. Andy is Armenian
and has become very well known specially in the Spanish community. The
Los Angeles Times and People Magazine had articles about him a couple of
times. Because of the rumor, the two met for the first time last year and
are planning to have a concert together this year.
Simin Habibian
Editor: The mistake has been corrected. Thanks.
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Tuesday
January 4, 2000
* Mossadegh? Why?
I was truly amazed or, for the lack of better word, disappointed in
the selection of the majority of the respondents to the Iranian
of the century survey. I would have expected by now most but not all
would have figured out what has happened to them in the world of geopolitics
since the last world war. Looking back at the real history, as Mr. Mossadegh
himself commented to his trusted circle, how easily he was fooled to ally
himself with the so-called religious sect (Mr./Ayatollah Kashani, Majles
speaker post 1952).
Mr. Mossadegh was the one who made the choice of calling/arranging for
the late Shah to get back his throne. At his death bed as he confessed
to his mistakes of fighting against the Pahlavi regime, he should have
found a way to work with them and defeat the US/UK/France in their own
divide and conquer game >>>
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Parviz Zavareh
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* Communist
Please remove my name from your mailing and subscription list. I can
and will not support a publication who lists a communist as its man of
the century. I believe the Shah of Iran was deserving of that title, but
since you own the publication and not I, it would be better if I were removed
from your listing.
Behrouz Sadigh
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Monday
January 3, 2000
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