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Spending the Majlis elections in the United States
By Shadi Mokhtari
March 1, 2000
The Iranian
The long awaited sixth Majles elections had finally arrived. When the
polls had opened in Iran, it was probably about 9 o'clock in the evening
for me in the United States. I stayed up most of the night searching for
any picture, video clip, or article about the elections I could find on
the Internet. I had never wanted so desperately to be in Iran, to take
part in and witness the important historic transition it was undertaking
and to be surrounded by the energy of a society aware of the need for change.
In the morning I hunted for something I could wear or carry around with
me to display my invigoration and personal sense of connection to what
was taking shape thousands of miles away. I even contemplated making a
"Iran baraa-ye hame-ye Iraaniaan" sign to carry in order to make
an emphatic statement though I knew there was no one to receive it. >>>
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Iran women look to build on freedoms
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - For two decades, the billowing black chador has
symbolized the restraints imposed on Iranian women by the religious men
who rule Iran. But the truth the chador hides is that women in Iran enjoy
more freedom than many of their counterparts in the region who are not
allowed to drive, vote or work. Unlike in many other Muslim countries,
women in Iran can hold public office, preach in mosques and become lawmakers
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Beast from the East
Our own worst enemy
Why do we as a people in exile, a minority who should be it's own best
friend, always feel the need to act reprehensibly toward each other? Why
is it that most Iranians I meet, no matter how brilliant, clarify, within
the first 20 sentences of making their acquiantance: "You know I really
don't know a whole lot of Iranians and I generally prefer to stay away
from them!" >>>
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More Letters
* Knows nothing, obviously
Dennis Brandon
writes in reply to Michael
Chessman's note to The Iranian:
I must first and foremost repudiate the basic point you try to argue.
Iranians are NOT European, they NEVER have been European, and they MOST
CERTAINLY will never be European. Iranians are descendants of the nomadic
tribes of Central Asia, who migrated south and settled on the present --
day Iranian plateau 7,000-10,000 years ago. These people were known as
the Aryans.
There was another group of Aryans who split off and migrated westward
toward Europe, and so it can be argued that Iranians share common ancestors
with some modern-day Europeans.
But so what?
Frankly way too much has been made of the whole bit about Aryan ancestry.
At the end of the day, it doesn't matter. But to claim that Iranians actually
descended from some blood line originating in Europe is absolute rubbish.
It's obvious that this guy knows nothing whatsoever about history. He's
just making arguments based on racist underpinnings.
* Tears, almost
Ataollah Togha
writes: Reading Roozbeh's moving letter to Khatami ["Dialogue
among ourselves"] almost brought tears to my eyes, especially
because I find this kind of compassion towards their homeland quite rare
among second generation Iranians.
I hope our beloved president hear Roozbeh's voice and he and his parents
can visit iran soon.
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violent unrest of last July claimed Wednesday he had been tortured and ill-treated
in prison since his arrest. "I was hit with an electric cable, hung
up by a rope and violently beaten," Akbar Mohammadi said in a letter
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TEHRAN,
March 1 (AFP) - Iran's powerful Council of Guardians said Wednesday complaints
of "irregularities and errors" in the February 18 parliamentary
vote in the Tehran constituency had prompted the need for a recount, state
radio reported. "We have received many complaints of irregularities
and errors which necessitate a new recount for at least one third of the
ballot boxes in the capital," the radio quoted the council as saying
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TEHRAN,
March 1 (AFP) - Thirteen Iranian Jews and eight Muslims accused of spying
for Israel and the United States will go on trial in the southern city of
Shiraz on April 13, state radio quoted a judiciary spokesman as saying Wednesday
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dance night" were each sentenced to 35 lashes by an Iranian court,
the evening paper Kayhan reported Wednesday. Police broke up the dance event,
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despite word that Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Mexico are set to propose
more oil be released from April. U.S. NYMEX crude oil jumped a dollar to
a high of $31.80 a barrel for the first time since the Gulf War, fuelled
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don't you make films?" His answer: "Ask the authorities."
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qualifiers"
March 1, (Iran Sports Press) -- In a press conference today, Jalal
Talebi, the head coach of the Iranian National soccer team, said, "Our
first priority now are the Asian Cup qualifiers. The names of players for
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Regression
Today Iranians in Iran want to discuss individual rights, patriarchy,
environmental degradation and post-modernism. On the other hand despite
their own view of how progressive and liberated they are, members of the
Iranian diaspora are not only behind in the current social transformations
taking shape in Iran, they have regressed.
-- Shadi Mokhtari
"Misplaced"
The Iranian
March 1, 2000
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