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Warm as morning milk
Poems
By Kambiz Naficy
January 10, 2000
The Iranian
The title for this feature is borrowed from one of Kambiz Naficy's poems,
which are truly warm, smooth and creamy as morning milk. Enjoy... >>>
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Outlook
Mexico Tops Iran With 2 Headers
34,289 partisans at Coliseum
 BY: Dan Giesin
The San Francisco Chronicle
JANUARY 10, 2000,
Iran's first-ever soccer match in the United States was something of
a bittersweet affair: The Iranian team's gracious and warm reception by
the 34,289 ensconced at Network Associates Coliseum yesterday was tempered
by a 2-1 loss to Mexico.
"This was a great experience for us," Iran coach Mansour Pourhaidari
said through an interpreter. "We played against one of the best teams
in the world, and we will take advantage of this opportunity to improve
ourselves." >>>
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Gomsho!
It was towards the end the Iran-Mexico soccer match. The ball was kicked
out by Mexico and one of the Iranian players picked up the ball for a throw.
But a Mexican player challenged him and wanted to take the ball away. The
annoyed Iranian player's response was a classic "Gomsho jamesh kon!"
facial gesture. (Game photos here)
More Letters
* No gray area
Banafsheh Zand writes in
response to NS's
letter:
No one said that Khomeini was LOVED or reveered ["Runner
up: Iranian of the century"], although he did change history and
therefore -- and unfortunately -- he is an important personality.
The meaning of democracy IS: tolerating, accepting, respecting what
someone else is, eats, breathes, thinks, wears, reads, watches, does. The
reason why Iran is in this pathetic state is because people don't understand
how to be tolerant, accepting, respectful...
If someone IS different, Iranians either worship them or dump on them.
There's no happy medium, no grey area. Iranians will ALWAYS be damned because
of their hot heads and unwillingness to stop JUDGING. I hope this is clarified
a few things.
* Frightening remarks
Salmar writes: I
was astonished to read the comments given about Khomeini being the most
influential Iranian ["Runner
up: Iranian of the century"]. Some people went as far as saying
that the late Ayatollah gave Iran freedom, dignity, and independance. The
absurdness of this statement is indicative of what a legacy Khomeini has
actually left behind for the Iranian people. It is the apathetic complacency
of these remarks that are so frightening.
The reality is that Ruhollah Khomeini was a maniacal patriarch who politicized
women and religion. As an emigre Iranian woman who left Iran more than
twenty years ago, I can honestly say that these remarks saddened me beyond
belief. The only thing that Khomeini did to and for the Iranian people,
was to break them mentally, spiritually, physically, and economically.
I distinctly remember the day that he died. My mother and father threw
a huge dinner party that evening; we had a party in his honor. I was only
about eleven years old than, just young and naive enough to believe that
once he died, so would his policies with him. But the legacy continues
>>>
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* Brought down communism
A.B. writes: I cannot find anyone else who changed the course
of the 20th century as effectively as Ayatollah Khomeni. The West got such
a SHOCK by his rise that it took years for it to recover. Khomeini made
Zbigniew Brzezinski to conclude that a green "Islamic" belt around
the then Soviet Union would contain communism.
Khomeini had this exact picture in mind. This is clear in the letter
he wrote to Gorbachev. Only a shot time later, the 20th century, which
began its journey with the October Revolution and continued through the
Cold War, experienced the shocking collapse of the Soviet Union. This was
Khomeini's contribution to the past century.
* Shahnz Tehrani & Noushafarin
In reference to Nostalgia photos:
Simin Habibian writes:
Shahnaz
Tehrani, is living in Los Angeles and used to be very active. Lately
I have not heard or read anything about her, but she always takes part
in the Tanin TV show for Noruz. She has lost a lot of weight and looks
a little better than she used to.
Also, the singer Noushafarin
lives in Los Angeles and was married to the actor, Saeed Raad, who lately
has written a play in which he himself & Kambiz Ghorbani (Googoosh's
son) play the main characters. When Noushafarin left Iran years ago she
lived in India for some time and can speak Indian. She then lived in Canada
for a few years before moving to the U.S.
* Community: Iranian scholarship winners
In northern California
Dear Iranian Student Lovers,
I am pleased to announce the following winners of this years Socity
of Iranian Professionals' Scholarship Award in northern California. Congratulates
to this great students, we all proud of you. And many thanks for SIPs scholarship
committee, board of directors, officers, volunteers and all SIP supporters,
who made this scholarship possible >>>
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Many Khatami allies barred from Iran polls
TEHRAN, Jan 10 (Reuters) - A conservative panel has barred prominent
reform candidates close to Iran's president, including dissident cleric
Abdollah Nouri, from next month's parliamentary polls, press reports and
individual candidates said on Monday. An official at the Islamic Iran Participation
Front, President Mohammad Khatami's political faction, told Reuters the
supervisory board had recommended the hardline Council eliminate 90 of 290
prospective contenders on its own national list >>> FULL TEXT ALSO Adr-e Azadegan report IN
PERSIAN
Kharrazi meets UK's Blair, Cook
LONDON, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi
met British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Monday on a landmark visit aimed
at strengthening a cautious rapprochement between London and Iran's reformist
President Mohammad Khatami >>> FULL TEXT
Rafsanjani says duped by secret service
TEHRAN, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Iran's former President Akbar Hashemi
Rafsanjani was quoted on Monday as saying he had been kept in the dark about
certain operations of the secret service during his tenure, including a
case of arms smuggling >>> FULL TEXT
MKO claims "dozens" of Tehran
troops killed or wounded
PARIS,
Jan 9 (AFP) - Iran's outlawed armed opposition claimed Sunday that its fighters
had killed or wounded "dozens" of Tehran's elite Revolutionary
Guards in attacks on three areas of the southwestern province of Ilam. "Dozens
of Revolutionary Guards and Intelligence Ministry officers and agents, including
several commanders, were killed or wounded in these attacks, which also
inflicted heavy damages to the command centers' buildings and facilities,"
in fighting Saturday, the Iraq-based People's Mujahedeen said in a statement
received here >>> FULL TEXT
German MPs visit Iran ahead of businessman's
new trial
TEHRAN,
Jan 10 (AFP) - A senior German MP called for the strengthening of Berlin's
ties with Tehran as he began an official visit Monday ahead of a new trial
of a German businessman jailed here for most of the past two years. The
chairman of the German parliament's foreign affairs committee, Hans Ulrich
Klose, called for the "development of the historic ties" between
the two countries after a meeting with Iran's deputy speaker Hassan Ruhani,
state radio said >>> FULL TEXT
Forough
Tehran (Asr-e Azadegan) - Why Forough Farrokhzad is so popular
among students? Fereshteh Farzad, a PhD student in London's School of Oriental
and African Studies explains (PDF format) >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Progressive
Tehran
(Asr-e Azadegan) - Progressive films will have a strong presence in the
upcoming Fajr film festival in Tehran >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Censorship
Tehran
(Hamshahri) - A good example of how the state radio station does not tolerate
controversy -- especially those generated by the moderates >>>
FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
State TV
Tehran
(Mosharekat) - Iranian state TV has a problem with showing ads for films
that have popular appeal. A commentary >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Hope
Tehran
(Iran Varzeshi) - Mexico came to Oakland with six of their fixed starters
and Iran again showed that it could do well against a world class team >>>
FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Wassupwidat?
Tehran (Iran Varzeshi) - Pour-Heydari says he did not agree with
the changes made to the Iranian team in the second half. Isn't he in charge?
>>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Azizi
Tehran (Iran Varzeshi) - Looking at the Iran-Mexico for a different
angle: Khodadad Azizi was pulled out of the game too soon >>> FULL
TEXT IN PERSIAN
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Banned
The real reason for disqualifying all these people was because the Guardians
knew they would gain votes. All of these people believe in serious political
reforms and democracy, although they were of different political backgrounds.
That is why they were rejected.
-- Banned majlis candidate
Reuters
January 10, 2000
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