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What of this cocoon in 20, 30 years?
By Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh
July 11, 2000
The Iranian
Naneh Noghli and her friends put on their best costumes every day and
sit at the doorsteps of their mud houses from sunrise to sundown. They
gossip about the old man down the alley, about their children in Tehran,
about the busloads of tourists from distant lands with their Cannons and
their bewildered looks.
Naneh Noghli is 80-years old , with emerald eyes, and a frame that barely
measures one meter, and weighs, perhaps, less than three red stones in
the desert below her mountain. From behind, with her short red dress, her
long white scarf with flowers and her black tights, I thought she was 10-years
old. >>>
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Students stunned by verdict clearing police in dorm
attack case
TEHRAN, July 11 (AFP) - Stunned Students at Tehran University said Tuesday
that they will not accept a court verdict that exonerated the policemen
who violently attacked their university dormitories last July >>> FULL TEXT
Police cleared in dormitory case
BBC Persian Service
BBC Persian Service -- A few days after the first anniversary of the
attack on student dormitories by the police and vigilantes the court acquitted
General Farhad Nazeri, the former Head of the Tehran police, of all charges
>>> LISTEN HERE
Germany raises Iran's export credits
By Haig Simonian in Berlin
Financial Times
July 11, 2000
The German government announced a fivefold increase in export credit
guarantees in an attempt to boost trade with Iran
>>>
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New Parliament Readies Changes in Iran
By Howard Schneider
Washington Post
July 8, 2000
TEHRAN Clerical turbans have become scarcer beneath the gold-tiled
dome of the Iranian parliament. And discussion is freely critical of recent
moves by the country's Islamic conservatives >>>
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Boxing ring
Rah-e Kargar: Khatami & Western fovernments -- ana analysis
of his trip to Germany >>>
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Jomhouri Eslami: Students were not involved in Saturday's violent
protests. Arrests and punishment will solve the mystery >>>
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Anyway
Here we go again
Once again I will be standing as an independent candidate for the next
Iranian Presidential Election I would appreciate it if you could visit
my site, read the programme and possibly send me your comments >>>
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More Letters
* Two roads
Arya Abedin writes:
I found this literary piece a stark reminder of individuals in Iran,
who, I can say, "just don't get it" or just do not want to get
it ["Generational
gap"].
Judging by my experiences in Tehran, on vacation, I can say the "new
generation" of Iran is falling into the culturally indoctrinated spiral
of the pre-revolutionary generation. That is to say, in this glorious period
of reform in the Islamic Republic, there are over-eager youngsters who
are missing the point completely.
I am have never been to judge from clothes or musical preference, but
disrespect to a religious intermediary of any faith (regardless of the
fact that one may have a reason to or not) is unpermissable. More specifically,
I fear that Iran may go into two directions at this ideological junction
we are at >>>
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* I love the simplicity
Babak Motamedi writes: Looking through The Iranian
Arts section I saw your wonderful art work which I found unbelievably refreshing
and unique ["Solitude"].
I love the simplicity of your drawings and the nature of your designs.
They are contemporary and very pleasing to look at.
I myself am an amateur artist who works in more or less the same style,
and have been looking to decorate my home with the same kinds of designs.
Perception of an art piece is always different depending who looks at
it, and it should always be what looks good to it's creator >>>
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* Need web site on Iranian film
Dariush Kadivar
writes: I would like to draw your attention on what I believe is absolutely
important for the cultural preservation of Iranian film and television
programs especially those belonging to the pre-revolutionary era. films
like "Atash bedooneh dood" or "Deliraneh tangestaan",
"Sultaneh Saheb Garaan" or the "Cow", "Daiejan
Napoleon" and many others.
I think it is important to be able to create web pages on the filmography
of those years which could include film stills, interviews as well as the
stories that took place behind the scenes >>>
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Community: AIC job openings
AMERICAN-IRANIAN COUNCIL, July 7, 2000 -- Positions: American-Iranian
Council, Inc., a Princeton-based non-profit research and educational think
tank, is seeking two dynamic individuals to fill the full-time positions
of Executive Director and Administrative Assistant >>>
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Translation of today's poem by
Zara Houshmand:
If you feel no desire for me, then say so.
If you live without love, alone, I want to know.
If your heart holds no place for me, then say so.
Say if it's so, or say no, but tell me the truth.
-- Rumi
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Reformist MPs decry acquittal of police
for attack on university
TEHRAN,
July 12 (AFP) - MPs and other politicians close to reformist President Mohammad
Khatami Wednesday decried a court verdict in which the former police chief
of Tehran and 17 other police were acquitted for a bloody assault on Tehran
University last year. On Tuesday, a military court acquitted the former
Tehran police chief, Farhad Nazari, and his men of all charges against them
arising from the attack he led on university dormitories last July, which
sparked several days of riots that led to deaths and injuries >>>
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Khatami ending Germany trip
WEIMAR, Germany (AP) - At the end of a visit to Germany dominated
by talk of human rights, Iranian President Mohammed Khatami denied Wednesday
that religion was behind the convictions of 10 Iranian Jews found guilty
of spying for Israel. Asked at a forum with German President Johannes Rau
about whether the trial was a sign of prejudice against Iran's Jewish minority,
Khatami said his government had no control over the judiciary in Iran >>>
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Khatami's German visit exposed his unpopularity,
opposition insists
BERLIN,
July 12 (AFP) - The visit to Germany by Iranian President Mohammad Khatami
showed he is not popular, a spokesman for the opposition National Council
of Resistance of Iran insisted Wednesday. Behzad Naziri said that despite
the efforts of the German authorities to prevent Iranians living in Germany
and elsewhere from attending protests, 20,000 had demonstrated against him
in Berlin Monday >>> FULL TEXT
Iran rejects U.S. terror verdict
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran on Wednesday rejected a U.S. court verdict
that held it responsible for a terrorist bombing in Israel that killed two
Americans. ``This court, from an international legal point of view, is not
qualified to study this kind of case and the verdict is completely political.
The charges against Iran are sheer lies,'' the official Islamic Republic
News Agency quoted Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi as
saying >>> FULL TEXT
Plan for private television at advanced
stage: paper
TEHRAN,
July 12 (AFP) - Plans to establish a private television station or an independent
state channel in Iran are at an advanced stage, a reformist paper reported
Wednesday. The plan, drawn up by reformist MPs, aims to "break the
monopoly of state television," currently headed by Ali Larijani, regarded
as a "bete noire" by the reformers, the daily Bahar said >>>
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Chevron urges U.S. to end Iran sanctions
LONDON,
July 12 (Reuters) - A senior U.S. oil executive urged Washington on Wednesday
to remove sanctions against Iran to allow U.S. companies to join their competitors
in tapping into the Gulf state's huge oil and gas potential. ``Unilateral
sanctions are generally ineffective in accomplishing their stated goals,''
Richard Matzke, vice-chairman and director of Chevron (NYSE:CHV - news),
told a conference in London on Iran's oil, gas and petrochemical sectors
>>> FULL TEXT
Comedies sell more
Tehran
(Bahar) -- Ticket sales show that among plays currently on stafe, comedies
are more popular, including one directed by Farhad Aeesh, which has earned
twp million tomans from 33 shows >>> FULL TEXT
Actor plays ex-security chief
Tehran
(Jam-e Jam) -- The role of ex-SAVAK chief Pakravan will be played by Akbar
Qadami in a TV series called "Shab-e Cheraaq" >>> FULL
TEXT
Fazlollahi: No good roles for older women
actors
Tehran
(Jam-e Jam) -- In an interview with Jam-e Jam. veteran actor Shamsi Fazlollahi
talks about her latest roles on TV and on stage. She says she has not been
acting in films lately because there are "no interesting roles for
people of my age." >>> FULL TEXT
Iranian U17 defeat Syrian U20
(Iran Sports Press -- TEHRAN, July 12: The Iranian U-17 National
Team defeated the Syrian U-20 National team 4-2 in Shahid Shiroudi Stadium
on Wednesday in a friendly match >>> FULL TEXT
AFC delegation to assess facilities in
Esfahan
(Iran Sports Press -- TEHRAN, July 12: The Asian Football Confederation
told the Iranian Football Federation (IFF) that a delegation will arrive
in Iran to inspect the facilities in Esfahan to determine if it can host
the 2004 Asian Cup >>> FULL TEXT
Esteghlal prepares for new season
(Iran Sports Press -- With video: Esteghlal Football Team, the
runners up in the 1999-2000 Azadegan League Season, have begun preparations
for the start of the new League season on August 3. Mansour Pourhaydari,
the head coach of Esteghlal, said on Wednesday during the team's training
in the outskirts of Tehran, that Esteghlal will travel to Yugoslavia for
a 10 day training camp >>> FULL TEXT
BBC
Police acquitted
A few days after the first anniversary of
the attack on student dormitories by the police and vigilantes the court
acquitted General Farhad Nazeri, the former Head of the Tehran police, of
all charges >>>
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Unbelievable
This is unbelievable, unimaginable. Those who attacked
us have been acquitted, while my friend, who brandished the bloodstained
shirt of a student, is in prison.
-- Ali-Reza, 22-year old English student
AFP
July 11, 2000
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