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Hand me a pillow
Sensual paintings by Victoria Amini
February 28, 2000
The Iranian
"In an idiom of our times, caught up in a pictorial whirl, Victoria
Amini transports us through a world of intimacy and unveiling mystery.
As the dream leaves the universe of man it soars away into the world of
Nature, to an Eden sparkling with color and light, fantasy and chimera."
That's how Giorgio Zambelli has described Amini's work.
Although I must admit that the first thing that attracted me to Amini's
paintings was the fact that she's Iranian. Indeed I was thrilled to see
that an Iranian artist has so sensuously celebrated the human form, something
our artists have shied away from. >>>
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Conspiracy at Desert One
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By Bernace Charles
The Iranian
Twenty-One & Twenty-Two >>>
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Outlook
The Iranian opportunity
America should seize the chance of Iran's election to improve
its sour relations
The Economist
February 26, 2000 , U.S. Edition
"AN EVENT of historic proportions," was the Clinton administration's
judgment on the reformists' victory in Iran's parliamentary election last
Sunday (see ). Can the United States now build on this historic, but still
fragile, event by improving its own bad relations with the Islamic republic?
It would be the waste of a chance if it failed to do so >>>
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Lessons in history
February 28, (Asr-e Azadegan) -- Majlis Speaker Ali Akbar Nateq Nouri
has made some wild claims and accusations following the loss of the conservatives
in the elections. Here's a reply from columnist Masoud behnoud >>> FULL
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More Letters
* Political maturity
In reply to
Jafar D.'s letter:
Your point is well taken. I agree full-heartedly that Iranians should
always strive for improvement and should never settle for anything but
the highest standard of governance. But, the fact is that there is no perfection
in democracy. Democracy is an ideal and a philosophy toward which we strive.
We all know that there are different forms and different degrees of democracy
around the world--all with room for improvement.
That said, my reference to "democracy arriving" was regarding
the level of political maturity among Iranians here, which is absolutely
astounding ["The
ballot box"]. I was not referring here to the system or the current
political process, which continues to have deep and fundamental flaws >>>
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* Milking the masses
J. Entesari
writes: As an ever cynical Iranian I always wonder how did Mohammad
Khatami ever receive the blessing from those who decide who can be a candidate
for elections. Same goes for all those 6000 or so candidates who ran for
the sixth Majlis. To me they all belong to the same family and the fact
they have been vetted by the Council of Guardians clearly indicates that
even the so-called reformists are nothing but a farce ["The
ballot box"] ...
How can [Khomeini's] successors be pardoned and forgiven for all the
cruelties they committed over the past 21 years? Why are the Iranian people
happy with superficial "freedoms"? Who is Mohammad Reza Khatami
and who is Ali Reza Nouri [who were elected to the Majlis from Tehran]?
Are they of a different fabric than their brothers? Are they really Iranian?
I suppose some may say , Who cares what happened in the past? It seems
to me that Iranians as a nation always forget the fact that the past provides
guidance for the future... [The clergy] have been milking the nation for
over 20 years and keep milking it. Rafsanjani's family has become pretty
fat and now it's Khatami's family's turn. Is this what the masses of Iran
want or it is what the elite of Iran, those who have always been reaping
the benefits by milking the masses, want? >>>
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Poetry: Houshang Ebtehaj in Berkeley
Iranian Studies Group at UC Berkeley presents: Poetry reading by prominent
Iranian poet Houshang Ebtehaj (Heh-Alef_Sayeh). Date: Saturday March 4.
Time: 6:30 P.M. Place: 2040 Valley Life Science Building, University of
California, Berkeley.
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500 workers demonstrate outside parliament
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TEHRAN,
Feb 28 (AFP) - Some 500 Iranian workers rallied outside the parliament Monday
to protest at a new law passed at the weekend enabling employers with fewer
than five staff to strip them of social security. Reformists meanwhile slammed
the legislation as a gesture of spite by the outgoing conservative-dominated
parliament following the landslide victory of the reformists in this month's
election >>> FULL TEXT
Rafsanjani not out of woods yet in Iran
vote as loser files complaint
TEHRAN,
Feb 27 (AFP) - Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who narrowly
won a parliamentary seat after a controversial vote recount, may still not
have secured his place in the assembly, the interior ministry said Sunday.
Deputy Interior Minister Mostafa Tajzadeh told a press conference that Mohammad
Ali Rahmani, who lost the 30th and last seat from Tehran to Rafsanjani,
has asked for a recount because of "irregularities" at 35 polling
stations >>> FULL TEXT
Some reformers may back Rafsanjani
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - In a sign of an emerging rift in the reformist
coalition that won Iran's elections, a major faction said it will back a
former president for the key post of parliament speaker even though he has
been increasingly considered a conservative. The Executives of Construction
Party will talk Monday with other factions to lobby in favor of former President
Hashemi Rafsanjani, said Mohammed Atrianfar, a top policy-maker of the party.
The party supported Rafsanjani in the Feb. 18 elections >>> FULL
TEXT
Newcomers keen for reform to pack new Iranian
parliament
TEHRAN,
Feb 27 (AFP) - Political novices avid for change in Iranian society will
comprise the majority of members in Iran's new parliament, with fewer women
and fewer clerics but solidly behind President Mohammad Khatami. "It
will be a dream parliament" for Khatami, said political analyst Darysh
Abdali following Saturday's declaration of the final results of the first
round of voting on February 18 which decided 226 of the 290 seats in the
new parliament >>> FULL TEXT
European ministers to visit Iran
TEHRAN, Iran The German and Italian foreign ministers
are to visit Iran next month, as the European Union tries to reach out to
the reformists who recently swept the country's legislative elections >>>
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Iran gives green light to locomotive deal
with France
TEHRAN,
Feb 28 (AFP) - Iran's government has endorsed a contract with France to
buy 100 diesel-electric locomotives from builders Alstom for 192 million
euros (dollars) to boost the country's railway services, officials said
Monday >>> FULL TEXT
Iran seeks expansion of gas sales, oil
production
TEHRAN,
Feb 28 (AFP) - Iran is seeking expansion of its gas sales and oil production
through foreign contracts and investment which could in the long run include
the United States, Deputy Oil Minister Mehdi Hosseini said Monday. Quoted
by the official news agency IRNA. Hosseini said that despite possessing
the world's second largest gas reserves Iran's share of the world market
was minimal >>> FULL TEXT
Abduction
Tehran (Asr-e Azadegan) - The abduction of movie director Ahmad
Reza Darvish has been condemned. "How can artists work in an atmosphere
of fear?" >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Documentary
Tehran
(Asr-e Azadegan) - The first documentary film festival in Kish Island will
begin next week >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Kamkars
Tehran (Asr-e Azadegan) - And in the music scene: A new production
by Kamkars and latested performances by women singers (for women only) >>>
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Suprise, surprise
Tehran
(Iran Varzeshi) - Persepolis defeated Esteqlal 2-0. Some things never change
in Iran >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Payan
Tehran (Iran Varzeshi) - Probably the best man for Persepolis was
Payat Rafat. He did it all >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Rating
Tehran (Iran Varzeshi) - Rating the best players in the Esteqlal-Persepolis
match >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
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Punishment
The massive vote in favour of Kadivar and Nuri shows how much the people
wanted to punish the conservatives.
-- Darysh Abdali, political analyst
AFP
February 28, 2000
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