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Dethroning Akbar Shah
The genie is out of the bottle -- almost
By Mehdi Ardalan
January 26, 2000
The Iranian
All eyes are now set on the parliamentary election due to be held on
February 20 considered to be the most significant turning point for Iran
defining her place in the world and setting her agenda for many decades
to come.
Meanwhile, Rafsanjani has quickly found that, by Western standards,
a mildly questioning public opinion is making Iran's political scene a
non-friendly place to be even for crafty political survivors like himself.
This time around Rafsanjani's prospects for a sweeping victory is not
a foregone conclusion as the hitherto silenced questions of his pro-reform
critics are coming back to haunt him; questions ranging from his role in
the mysterious string murders of over 80 dissidents and intellectuals during
his two terms of presidency (1988-1996) to the shortcomings of his economic
liberalization policies in that same period >>>
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What Montazeri said
Mideast Mirror
January 20, 2000
 Iran 's leading dissident cleric -- and one-time heir
apparent to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeiny -- believes the supreme leader
should be accountable to the people, the Guardian Council should not vet
out election candidates, and the president should have powers commensurate
with his responsibilities
Mideast Mirror has obtained a transcript of the remarks made by Iran
's leading dissident cleric, Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri, which
caused a sensation when they were first reported by Western news media
on January 13, during the buildup to next month's crucial parliamentary
elections (see Mideast Mirror, January 13). >>>
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Exam night in Iran... yikes!
Vahid Oskooie
writes to The Iranian:
salam talaa, chetory balaa?
man Vahid hastam. daneshjoo hastam va fardaa ham emtehaan daaram va
hanooz darsaamo nakhoondam!!! komakkkkkkkkkam kon ...
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* Selectively polite
NN writes:
Since when has it been recorded in the short history of Iranians in
America where a guy goes up to an Iranian woman to introduce himself, and
gets anything other than a rude, arrogant response? ["Most
polite people in the world"]
I should qualify this: since when has it been recorded where a man,
NOT driving a BMW or other expensive car, goes up to a good-looking Iranian
woman and gets anything other than a rude, arrogant response?
This I want to know. Or MAYBE beautiful Iranian women reserve their
haughtiness, arrogance, and complexities only for Iranian men. It's a different
story for those fortunate khaareji men who have a decent look about them.
As for Mr. Guillen, all I have to say is that yes, Iranians are very
polite people, but only to non-Iranians.
My friend, if you knew Iranian culture any better you'd realize how
some Iranians treat their fellow countrymen/women, and it is anything but
'polite' and 'classy'.
* Sad joke
Raha Zand writes:
I read that article on discrimination against Iranians in U.S. border posts,
fingerprinting and stuff like that.
Now, this is a new discovery, they would not only make Iranian citizens
miserable to get all kinds of U.S. visas but they would also keep a spouse
from coming to U.S. to gurantee that his wife would go HOME after graduation.
And this rule does not apply if the husband is the student. YES.. Only
WOMEN have to CONVINCE the consular officer that they need to share their
moments with their husband. Because it's set by DEFAULT that men do...
No questions asked. Equal opportunities...Just another SAD joke.
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production at its largest steelworks with an Italian consortium of three
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Reza Abbasi Museum
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in Tehran, has been closed for some 18 months for rennovations. It will
open soon >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
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Vaa! Khodaa margam bedeh
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No Baqeri
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Maryam in goal
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