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By Sadaf Kiani Abbassian
June 21, 2000
The Iranian
Trying to make an "Iranian Sunday" in Berkeley >>>
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Feminist women free on bail
TEHRAN, June 21 (AFP) - Two Iranian feminists arrested and detained
for having attended an "anti-Islamic" seminar in Berlin in April
were freed on bail pending trial, the state news agency IRNA reported.
Lawyer Mehranghiz Kar and publisher Shahla Lahiji, known for their campaign
for women's rights in Iran, had been held in Evin prison since April 29
for their presence at the seminar earlier in the month >>>
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Akbar Ganji's third letter
Tehran (Bahar) -- Political columnist Akbar Ganji, detained for his
"anti-Islamic" comments at the Berlin conference, has written
yet another letter to the judiciary chief >>>
FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Soroush addresses Shariati seminar
Tehran (Bahar) -- "Those who sell religion are the biggest threat
against a religious society," said Islamic thinker Abdolkarim Soroush
at a seminar on Ali Shariati at Hosseiniyeh Ershad FULL
TEXT IN PERSIAN
Left hook
New direction
Kargar Emrooz: Iraj Azin's critique of the new direction chosen
by the Iranian Communist Workers Party >>>
FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Anyway
Bamshad says hi (wink)
Hi evrybody !
My name is Bamshad and I am 23 year old boy. I am studynig to get my
M.S. in hydraulic engineering [in Iran]. I would be so glad to have some
nice friends (females first!!!!). And these are my characteristics : 184
cm height , 65 kg weight , black soft hair and eyes (not heeezz!!). >>> GO HERE
More Letters
* Childish
T. Zolfaghari writes: May I suggest that you create a "children's section"
and post Ms. Najmeh Fakhraie's articles there. You must be very desperate
for articles, if you are letting them appear on your front page. I am mostly
referring to "Tehran's
good side" which lacks good taste and judgement.
I lived in Tehran for 27 years and it has never reminded me of drug
addicts, homeless children and rude people. What exactly is Ms. Fakhraie
comparing Tehran to? Could it be the United States in 1855?!
* Deport ALL Iranians too?
Mohsen Kashani writes:
Comments by some of the readers about
the necessity of deporting Afghan refugees are very disturbing, to say
the least... With the influx of Iranian refugees in the U.S. during the
past decade, I have had the opportunity to read about their involvement
in criminal activities, from petty drug dealing, to major drug trafficking,
to heinous murders.
I guess this gives the native people of America the right to demand
the repatriation of ALL Iranians who "are responsible for the eventual
political turmoil within" Iran "by neglecting to remove the backward
and savage Taliban." Well, our version of Taliban, that is >>>
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* Por kardan-e jib
Ahmad Osgouee writes:
Googoosh aamad nah baraaye khaandan balkeh baraaye por kardan-e jib-e
khod va Kambiz joonesh. Googoosh 20 saal nakhaandeh ast. 20 saal peesh
cheh meekhaand, haalaa cheh bekhaanad? Shaah Maahi-e Iran noon-e qiyaafash
raa meekhorad va ella naneh-ye bandeh behtar az Googoosh meekhaanad. man
ki bilmiram!
* Best news ever
Mohammadreza Akbarbaygi
writes: Thank you very much for this news about Googoosh ["Khosh
oomadi"]. I live in Tehran and I told this to about 100 people
and forwarded your news to 48 friends. Everyone said it was the best news
they have ever heard! Thank you very much much again.
Art: Call for Iranian artists: July
18
Dear Artists and Friends: Evolving Perceptions, the annual exhibition
for Iranian and Iranian American artists, is holding its 4th annual exhibition
in Washington DC at 505 Gallery in the DC Gallery District. Please read
below for information regarding EP and the Call for Artists. Please encourage
all the artists you know you participate! >>>
DETAIILS HERE
Book
Comprehensive
History of the Jews of Iran :
The Outset of the Diaspora
By Habib Levy
1999, Mazda Publishers
A reader writes: This is a fascinating history of the oldest
Jewish community in the Diaspora. In an initial chapter,the author makes
a credible case that the ten lost tribes of Israel are really the Jews
of Kurdistan and other northern provinces of ancient Persia. Since Babylon
was a Persian province for a thousamd years, the Babylonia talmud was really
a product of Persia's Jewish community and Persia was the center of Jewish
thought for a thousand years >>>
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Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
I drank wine from the soul's own bowl;
I'm so drunk that my mind is insane.
A fire was kindled in me by a candle;
The sun itself is a moth beside that flame.
-- Rumi
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Sheikh Ali Tehrani attempted suicide
Tehran
(Bahar) -- Sheikh Ali Tehrani, the dissident brother-in-law of Leader Ayatollah
Khamenei, attempted suicide several days ago, Bahar newspaper reported >>>
FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Former Tehran riot squad chief faces arrest
over student unrest
TEHRAN,
June 21 (AFP) - Iran's military justice department ordered Wednesday the
arrest of a former head of a Tehran riot squad in connection with investigations
into last July's assault on students which triggered mass unrest, state
radio reported >>> FULL TEXT
Hajjarian ready to appear in court
Tehran
(Bahar) -- Saeed Hajjarian, leading reformist whose newspaper was shut down
for alleged press violations, has told his lawyer that he is prepared to
appear in court despite not having fully recovered following last february's
assassination attempt >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Iran's Jews saddened by image built by
espionage trial
SHIRAZ,
Iran, June 21 (AFP) - In a city where Jews and Muslims have long lived side
by side, Shiraz's Jewish community is optimistic about the coming verdicts
of 13 Jews accused of espionage but is saddened by the incorrect image of
Iranian Jews the trial has created >>> FULL TEXT
Festival omits Beethoven because of female
voices
TEHRAN,
June 21 (AFP) - Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" was barred from a music
festival being staged here Wednesday because it uses the female voice, the
organizer of the event said >>> FULL TEXT
Khatami to visit troubled Xinjiang region
on China trip
BEIJING,
June 21 (AFP) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami is to visit Xinjiang
during this week's visit to China despite Beijing's nervousness over armed
separatism in the western Moslem-majority region >>> FULL TEXT
Deutsche Bank lends $550 million to Iran
TEHRAN,
June 21 (AFP) - A consortium of European banks, led by Deutsche Bank, has
provided a 550-million-dollar loan to finance various petrochemical projects
in Iran, the press reported Wednesday >>> FULL TEXT
OPEC nears deal to raise oil exports
VIENNA (Reuters) - OPEC on Wednesday neared an agreement to raise
crude supplies in a cautious effort at taming runaway oil prices that have
pushed up energy bills in the West >>> FULL TEXT
Iran and Oman talking about joint offshore
gas field
TEHRAN,
June 21 (AFP) - Iran and Oman are negotiating to drill wells together in
a gasfield straddling their maritime border in the Gulf, Iran's oil ministry
said Wednesday >>> FULL TEXT
Best films nominated in Yazd fest
Tehran
(Iran daily) -- The nominees for Best Picture in the Yaz film fest have
been announced. Majid Majidi's "Rang-e Khodaa" (Color of Paradise)
is among them >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Golshiri Foundation: Independent
Tehran
(Bahar) -- Farzaneh Taheri, the wife of the late writer Houshang Golshiri,
explains that the literary foundation annouced in his name will be completely
independent and >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Swiss Cultural Week in Tehran
Tehran
(Bahar) -- The first ever "Swiss Cultural Week" began in a ceremony
at Tehran's Museum of Contemporary Arts, attended by the Swiss ambassador
(he spoke in Persian) and Iranian officials >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Esteqlalis crying over Hashemi-Nasb bonus
Tehran
(Iran Varzeshi) -- Get this! Now Esteqlal players are grumbling about the
50 million tomans paid out to Mehdi Hashemi-Nasb joinging the club from
Persepolis. They should make a movie out of this mess >>> FULL
TEXT IN PERSIAN
U-17 preparing "without support"
Tehran
(Iran Varzeshi) -- The under-17 national soccer team is preparing itself
for regional matches. But team members say warm up matches with foreign
teams have not materialized and they have not received support from the
soccer federation >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Faraki gets top coaching job at Pass
Tehran
(Iran Varzeshi) -- Hossein Faraki has become the new head coach of Pass.
Plus several other news briefs from the club >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
BBC
Early cinema
Shahrokh Golestan's story of cinema in Iran:
Part 4-6 >>>
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Sad, but...
Our community is very sad. It's affected by this affair,
because people are poorly informed or spread rumors... We, however, we feel
Iranian. We have been here for 3,500 years!
-- Samir, 70-year-old Shirazi Jew
AFP
June 21, 2000
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