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Poem by Reza Amirkhani
July 12, 2000
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Peace
Walls of woes
Divided Cyprus has a become a world center for dialogue
By Majid Tehranian
July 12, 2000
The Iranian
Divided Cyprus is a telling metaphor for the world's current human rights
and wrongs. Walls of visible and invisible discrimination are built around
us everywhere. Ever since 1963, a shabby wall has divided Nicosia, the
capital of Cyprus, to separate the Greek and Turkish Cypriots. Following
the war of 1974, a Green Line partitioned Cyprus. Like the Berlin Wall
during the Cold War years, that partition is a testament to human folly.
A UN peacekeeping soldier stands guard at the wall. To the question
whether we can photograph the ruins of the Turkish side, he forlornly nods
yes. There is nothing to photograph >>>
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Outlook
Khatami Seeks More Than Words
By William Drozdiak
Washington Post
July 12, 2000
BERLIN - The Iranian president, Mohammed Khatami, said Tuesday he recognized
that a ''new turn'' had taken place in his country's relations with the
United States, but he urged the Clinton administration to take more ambitious
initiatives in pursuing a reconciliation with Tehran.
Making the first visit to Germany since Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution,
Mr. Khatami used the occasion to implore the United States to follow up
its recent acknowledgment about mistaken policies in the past with a bolder
shift toward practical steps that could improve relations in the future
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F.M. Esfandiary; Futurist Predicted Immortality
By Myrna Oliver
Los Angeles Times
July 12, 2000
 F.M. Esfandiary, who legally changed his name to FM2030 because
of his confidence that he would live to 100 and beyond, has died at 69.
The "chronic optimist," who believed age was irrelevant because
a person might have artificial body parts of many different ages--he had
a hip that was only 2 years old--died Saturday in New York City. Esfandiary,
who said immortality could be achieved by replacing worn-out organs with
synthetic substitutes, died of cancer of the pancreas--one body part for
which no substitute has been created and which he recently denounced as
"a stupid, dumb, wretched organ.">>>
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Thanks to Taraneh Amin
Breaking the silence
By Scheherezade Faramarzi
The Globe and Mail
July 11, 2000
For 20 years, Googoosh hummed her songs in private for fear of being
heard.
"It's been years since I've heard my [singing] voice," the
former Queen of Persian pop said in an interview. "I always hummed
in a low voice. I used to sing so quietly that my voice developed a ceiling.
I was always trying to shut down my voice, bring down its volume. That
is why I never really heard my voice properly." >>>
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Thanks to Pedram Moallemian
Tehran has high hopes for airport
By Guy Dinmore
Financial Times
July 12, 2000
Once a caravanserai on the ancient Silk Road, the airport Iran started
before the Islamic revolution will, it hopes, become the biggest in the
region, restoring Tehran's status as the main hub between east and west.
On the edge of the Dasht-e-Kavir desert, 35km south- west of Tehran,
the Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKIA), named after the revolutionary
leader who died in 1989, is finally taking shape. Just when it will be
ready has been the subject of much speculation, but Mohammad Moslehi, the
project's director, says the new target date, delayed because of lack of
finance, is set for March 2002. The recent surge in world oil prices, he
hopes, will see it on its way >>>
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Thanks to Laleh Khalili
Barf...
Barf, Barf, Barf and Barf >>>
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More Letters
* Obsession with greatness
Tirdad Zolghadri
writes: What is this Iranian obsession with Great Males, Great Leaders,
your Favorite Fantastic Person of the Milllenium and all that ["Iranian
of the Century"]. Not only is it worrying and slightly infantile,
historically. It's done much more harm than good.
* Feeling Googoosh
Charles Roberson
writes: I have spent the day listening to Googoosh's
music while writing. Not knowing Persian or Farsi it is amazing how
a person can feel the emotion expressed in her voice. This has all been
a good learning experience for me.
* Know what you're talking about
Don Hashari writes:
I just thought I would send you an email and compliment you for your funny
article ["Those
(pesky) Persian women"]. I know exactly what you're talking about.
I live in San Jose, California. There is a very big Persian community here
and it's even worse because everyone knows each other.I wish there was
an article talking about attitudes of younger Persian women like yourself.
That would be very interesting.
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:
God forbid I'd compare the moon to your face
Or the tall cypress to your stature and grace.
Where in the moon are ruby sweet lips to be found?
What cypress sways with the luminous grace of your ways?
-- 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
Dorm attack anniversary
Interviews discussing the implications of
the attack on students by security forces a year ago. How have the Iranian
authorities dealt with those responsible for the attack and the victims?
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Laa mazhab
Az chehreh-ye hamisheh beh sojdeh-ye to kofri bepaast keh
booseedam dast-e sharaab-khaareh-ye laa mazhab.
-- Reza Amirkhani
"Lelhaq"
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