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June 12-16, 2000 / Khordad 23-27, 1379
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Friday
June 16, 2000
Qajar fashion show
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- Vossouqodeleh's residence was the perfect setting
for a fashion show of Qajar costumes. Versace and Chanel will be back too.
You just wait :-) >>>
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Following French footsteps
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- Siamak Derambaksh has made a documentary -- Safar
beb Iran --> Travel to Iran -- based on the travels of a 19th century
French painter >>>
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Bazargan to Boushehr
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- Thirty historic guesthouses will be repaired from
Bazargan all the way to Boushehr to boost tourism >>>
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Index
* Qajar fashion show
* Following French footsteps
* Bazargan to Boushehr
* Reza Badiyi: An Iranian in Hollywood
* Rahmanian: Stage more plays abroad
* Ahmadi on poetry
* Golshiri foundation for writers
* Religious film festival in Yazd
* Shortage of good screenplays
* Kiarostami: Films not for entertainment
* Film: "No turning back"
* Writers set up private classes
* Iran moves to ease book, theatre censorship
* Garcia Marquez visiting Iran?
* Former MKO member publishes book
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Thursday
June 15, 2000
Reza Badiyi: An Iranian in Hollywood
(Iranian Heritage) -- An interview with Reza Badiyi, who has directed
400 TV shows in the U.S., including "Mission Impossible", "NYPD",
"Buffy the vampire slayer", "La Femme Nikita" and >>>
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Rahmanian: Stage more plays abroad
Tehran (Bahar) -- Mohammad Rahmanian, the director of the critically-acclaimed
"Majles Naameh" has returned from the Ukraine where the play
was performed at a theater festival. He talks about how he hopes more Iranian
plays will be staged abroad >>>
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Ahmadi on poetry
Tehran (Bahar) -- Ahmad Reza Ahmadi's has been writing poetry for forty
years. Fellow poets will honor him in a special meeting which will also
include a debate about Ahmadi's work. Ahmadi also tells Bahar what he thinks
about post-revolutionary poetry >>>
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Wednesday
June 14, 2000
Golshiri foundation for writers
Tehran (Bahar) -- The wife of the late author Houshang Golshiri plans
to form a cultural foundation in his name to provide financial support
for writers >>>>
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Religious film festival in Yazd
Tehran (Bahar) -- Eighteen films have been selected in the competition
category of the Yazd film festival which is dedicated to religious films.
Abbas Kiarostami's "Taste of Cherry" is one of them >>>> FULL
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Shortage of good screenplays
Tehran (Bahar) -- Yugoslav critics discuss Iranian movies in Belgrade.
Iranian actor Parviz Parastooie, who was also in the meeting, said there
are many good Iranian directors but not enough good screenplays >>>> FULL
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Tuesday
June 13, 2000
Kiarostami: Films not for entertainment
Tehran (Bahar) -- Abbas Kiarostami spoke to an audience in New York
after showing his latest film, "The wind will take us there".
He said he is not interested in the wide release of his films and does
not feel obligated to entertain >>>>
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Film: "No turning back"
Tehran (Bahar) -- There's no use thinking about reviving pre-revolutionary
film styles or actors, says deputy culture minister in charge the film
industry, Seyfollah Dad >>>>
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Writers set up private classes
Tehran (Bahar) -- Poet Manouchehr Atashi will soon start poetry classes.
Seems to be a trend. Other writers have done the same >>>>
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Monday
June 12, 2000
Iran moves to ease book, theatre censorship
TEHRAN, June 10 (Reuters) - The Iranian government is preparing to ease
censorship of books and theatre, in line with recent changes in the flourishing
film industry. Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ataollah Mohajerani
was quoted on Saturday in the daily Bahar as saying a new bill to lift
prior restraint in the book trade has been sent to the cabinet before consideration
by parliament >>>
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Garcia Marquez visiting Iran?
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez has been invited to visit
Iran in late summer >>>
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Former MKO member publishes book
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- Lotfollah Meysami, one of the early members of
the Mojahedin Khalq who later broke with the organization, has published
his recent speeches >>>
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