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By Cyrus Kadivar
July 13, 2000
The Iranian
It was almost three o'clock in the afternoon on a cloudy June day when
Sir Denis Wright greeted me outside Haddenham Station in Buckinghamshire.
"I'm afraid I've grown older since we last met," he quipped,
shaking my hand. The former British ambassador to Imperial Iran was a wiry
man with a slightly hawkish face and attentive blue eyes. At eighty-nine
he appeared a fit and active man immersed in academic research. Wearing
a light jumper, khaki trousers and brown shoes, he seemed more like an
Oxford professor than a former diplomat. There was nothing pretentious
about him and he clearly enjoyed meeting with Iranians or anybody interested
in Iran >>>
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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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Victims, not criminals
Bahar
An Iranian refugee in Germany writes to Bahar newspaper complaining
about a report that misrepresented Iranians in Germany. He also gives reasons
why Iranians have taken refuge abroad >>>
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Thanks to Akbar Mahdi
Khatami calls for new East, West dialogue
By Emma Thomasson
WEIMAR, Germany, July 12 (Reuters) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami,
the target of protesters' slogans and banners, wound up a landmark visit
to Germany on Wednesday with a call for a new era of dialogue between eastern
and western culture.
As he called for talk between civilisations and cultures, groups of
protesters breached tight security to accuse the Iranian government of
stifling free speech. >>>
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Thanks to Laleh Khalili
Iran to seal eastern borders to check drugs
TEHRAN, July 12 (Reuters) - Iran has begun sealing its border with Afghanistan,
the world's largest opium producer, in an attempt to stem the flow of drugs,
the official IRNA news agency reported on Wednesday.
IRNA quoted Interior Minister Abdolvahed Mousavi-Lari as saying 100
km (62 miles) of the 725-km (453-mile) border with Afghanistan would be
fenced with barbed wire and electronic devices would be installed along
another 200-km (124-mile) stretch >>>
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Due to her busy career as a fitness instructor, Jasmine has one of the
most amazing bodies you will ever see! Her 5'7", 32D-22 -32 frame
is only one of Jasmine's many assets >>>
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* Sanctions will make things worse
Danny K writes
to U.S. Congressman Brad Sherman:
It has come to my attention through the large Iranian-American community
of Southern California that you are about to introduce a bill that reverses
the partial lifting of economic sanctions against Iran, as adopted by the
State Department in March...
The simple fact is that hardliners within Iran survive on a motto of
anti-American rhetoric and place the blame of all of the country's ills
on the United States. More importantly, they use these slogans to muffle
the voices of reform, reason, and moderation by accusing them of being
American agents and enemies of Islam.
Therefore, any reinstatement of sanctions against Iran, will not only
not make the smallest difference in the condition of the ten Iranian Jews,
but it will probably make it worse for them in addition to hurting Iran's
movement towards democracy >>>
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* Sticking together
A.B. Morawej writes:
Yourt Daryaa Kenaar
club is an applaudable task. We, the Iranians, have gone through a
lot during the past twenty years.
We have seen a lot of bad things happen to our people and we have always
stuck together because our culture taught us so.
Life here in the U.S. or for those who call Europe home has not been
easy. Minorities of all backgrounds stick together here and voice their
opinions. But what about us?!
Just look at the Ellian Gonzalez case! There are thousands of people
being deported everyday from the U.S. and nobody gives a damn.
I applaud you for taking the first step in getting our people to start
communicating together.
* Totally addicted
Samila B. writes: I am totally addicted to The Iranian Times.
It is the only thing I look forward to when I am driving to work at 6:20
in the morning. Thank you.
Film: Breaking Bread, Los Angeles
Finally! Our first documentary is done. After a year of endless effort,
we are ready to show it to you. Breaking Bread will be showing for one
night only at the prestigious Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles on 19 July
2000 at 7:30 PM.
Please join us for this special occasion. For info on the theater, call
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Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
Those who know where the path of truth leads truly
Hide from blurry eyes' near-sighted view.
So it is that those who've seen the truth
See true faith where the world sees heresy.
-- Rumi
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Three political dissidents released
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Three political dissidents belonging to a small
opposition group have had their sentences commuted and are out of jail,
a party official confirmed Thursday. The three members of the Iran Nation
Party - Khosrow Seif, Behzad Namazi and Farzin Mokhber - were released Tuesday
after serving one year, the official told The Associated Press on condition
of anonymity >>> FULL TEXT
Leniency possible in Jewish spy case appeal-Khatami
BERLIN,
July 12 (Reuters) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami on Wednesday defended
Iran's conviction of 10 Jews for spying for Israel and suggested leniency
might be shown when the case goes to appeal. The 10 Iranian Jews were sentenced
this month to between four and 13 years in prison after being convicted
of providing secret information to Israel. Two Moslems -- a military officer
and a defence contractor -- were jailed for two years each >>>
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Lawyer for Iran Jews raises torture allegations
TEHRAN,
July 13 (Reuters) - Iranian prosecutors resorted to unlawful methods, which
could be defined as torture under Islamic law, to extract confessions from
Iranian Jews convicted of espionage, a lawyer for the convicted men said
on Thursday >>> FULL TEXT
Germany and Iran starting "new era"
in their relations: Khatami
TEHRAN,
July 13 (AFP) - Berlin and Tehran have begun "a new era" in their
bilateral relations, Iranian President Mohammad Khatami said early Thursday
at the end of a three-day trip to Germany >>> FULL TEXT
Khatami reforms a hope for regional stability,
German minister says
BERLIN,
July 13 (AFP) - German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer says the democratic
reforms under Iranian President Mohammad Khatami must be supported as they
represent an opportunity for peace and regional stability >>> FULL
TEXT
British construction minister due to arrive
in Tehran Friday
TEHRAN,
July 13 (AFP) - British Minister for Construction Nicholas Raynsford will
arrive in Tehran Friday for a six-day visit aimed at exploring opportunities
for cooperation between the two countries, said a press release by the British
embassy in Tehran >>> FULL TEXT
Cleric shot on student unrest anniversary
TEHRAN,
July 13 (AFP) - An Iranian cleric, Mohammad-Reza Bozorgi Araqi was shot
and injured by two unknown men in the early hours of Sunday morning, following
commemorations of the first anniversary of a bloody police attack against
a Tehran university dormitory >>> FULL TEXT
Iran sees U.S. oil firms stepping up moves
to invest
LONDON,
July 13 (Reuters) - U.S. oil companies are stepping up their contact with
oil and gas rich Iran in a bid to bolster their upstream investment prospects
once Washington lifts its unilateral trade sanctions, a senior Iranian official
said on Thursday >>> FULL TEXT
Political tensions holding back foreign
investment: Canadian analyst
TEHRAN,
July 13 (AFP) - Iran's ongoing political tensions and the uncertain outcome
of next year's presidential elections are holding back foreign investments
and the opening up of political life, a Canadian economist told AFP Thursday
>>> FULL TEXT
Iran is bullish on planned eurobond
Financial
Times, July 13, 2000, Tehran -- Iran expects a good reception for its planned
eurobond issue, its first foray into international capital markets since
the 1979 Islamic revolution, Mohsen Nourbaksh, governor of the Central Bank
of Iran (CBI), said yesterday >>> FULL TEXT
"Romeo and Juliet" in Tehran
Tehran
(Goonagoon) -- The director of "Romeo and Juliet" Ali Rafii talks
about the various aspects of staging the play in Tehran >>> FULL
TEXT IN PERSIAN
"Life in Fog" keeps on winning
Tehran
(Hamshahri) -- Bahman Qobadi's "Zendegi dar meh" (Life in Fog)
has won its 14th international award -- this time in Texas >>>
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Exporting books?
Tehran
(Hamshahri) -- Iranian book publishers are trying to set up booths at the
Frankfurt international book fair. But is there a market for books in Persian?
>>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Professional soccer in three years?
Tehran
(Hamshahri) -- Iran has until 2003 to formally institute professional soccer,
says the secretary general of the Asian soccer federation during a visit
to Tehran >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Vierra on the list
Tehran
(Hamshahri) -- Paykan soccer club is considering hiring the former Brazilian
coach of the national soccer team, Valdir Vierra >>> FULL TEXT
IN PERSIAN
American basketball coach sees talent
Tehran
(Hamshahri) -- Iranian players have great talent, the just need more practice
and skills, says the American coach of the Iranian national basketball team
>>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
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Iran & Germany
A discussion on Iran-Germany relations in
the wake of President Khatami's visit to Germany. Participants: A Zaidabadi,
C Pahlavan, M Sultanifari >>>
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Now the only thing we have to wait for is for them to be
promoted and given free housing.
-- Abbas Abdi, reformist critic on the acquittal of
police officers in the dormitory case
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