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Googoosh is back!
Authortities give her permission to sing, plus fan letters
By Fereshteh Hooshmand
March 6, 2000
The Iranian
Ladies and gentleman. Get ready. The looong wait is over. The Queen
of Pop, the Goddess of Music, the woman known lovingly as Shah Mahi will
sing again.
Yes, yes, yes! Googoosh WILL sing again! At least this is the latest
rumor straight out of Tehran.
I know, it's unbelievable. But this comes from a couple of sources who
have contacts with high-level officials in Tehran. This is what they've
told me:
Googoosh recently wrote a letter to the Ministry of Culture (Ershad)
asking permission to sing. The authorities have said that she can do so,
but not in Iran. She can go abroad and hold concerts. >>>
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Novel
Conspiracy at Desert One
A novel
By Bernace Charles
The Iranian
Chapter Twenty-Seven >>>
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Outlook
Return of the exiles
A new wave of Iranian film-makers is winning official suppor
By Sheila Whitaker
The Guardian (London)
March 4, 2000
Whether in obvious or less discernable ways, cinema is often a nation's
barometer. In Iran, where the national desire for reform and liberalisation
made itself resoundingly felt in the recent elections, last month's Fajr
film festival in Tehran opened its doors wide to outside influences, most
obviously in the retrospectives of two highly political filmmakers, Constantin
Costa -Gavras and Francesco Rosi, both of whom attended. >>>
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Thanks to Laleh Khalili
Beautiful
Huge ecommerce site with substantial Iranian-American investment
goes online
eRugGallery.com will increase the size and efficiency of the handmade
rug industry by providing the largest selection of rugs worldwide at the
best prices in the most convenient way. eRugGallery.com will deploy an
e-commerce platform to enable buying, selling, and auctioning of handmade
rugs >>> GO HERE
Thanks to Shadi Ziaie
Bring on the future
By Banafsheh Zand
We seem to know what we don't want...
I keep reading article after article, watching TV shows about the results
of the elections in Iran and the governing factors in our "fair"
nation, but none of them make me feel conciliated! I have to wonder, after
all is said and done: we know what we don't want but do we know what we
DO want?
Shall we say for the sake of argument that it's a matter of time before
the Islamic Republic self-destructs? Let's face it, these characters can't
stick around forever. There are rumblings and it's only a matter of time
they turn into a full fledged eruption >>>
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More Letters
* Seven sisters
Rasool Nafisi writes:
A new phase of "Dowom e khordad" is unfolding, which is a
calculated attack on the "Bonyads" or various charity fundations
supported by the state's annual budget. Recently President Khatami asked
Bonyad e Mostazafan to start a "self critique." A deputy of the
Behzisti Organization also criticized openly the Bonyad e Emdad e Emam
Khomeini >>>
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* Owe apology
Shokooh Miry writes: First off, bravo! for the excellent work!
I am a devout fan : ) However, I am writing in regards to the story "She
changed overnight." I am writing not in regards to the author
or story, despite the apparant flaws of both.
Rather, I would like to respond to the editorial comment "sadly,
it is not uncommon" which ran as a header over the story. So, this
type of thing happens all the time, does it? It is "not uncommon"
for Iranian men to travel back to the homeland and marry part time prostitutes
and drug abusers? It is "not uncommon" for Iranian women to behave
in such a depraved fashion?
I believe in freedom of speech and have no problem with the printing
of this article, despite my disgust for the author and his wife. However,
I hold your editors responsible for the offensive header. The vast majority
of Iranian women are neither drug abusers nor part time prosititutes. Frankly,
you owe us an apology.
Community: U.S. 2000 Census: Be Counted!
Did you know that the US government's official count of all Iranians
in US is only 200,000!! Only 200,000!! I can't believe it. They are about
90% off. Here is our chance with the 2000 Census. Every ten years US government
performs a census (people) count. In mid march, these forms will reach
our homes. These forms are available in Ten different languages, but NOT
FARSI. Since there are only 200,000 of us! >>>
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Books & Music from Iran
This week's new books from Iran include a fascinating history of the
Iranian students confederation from 1953 to 1979, Simin Behbahani collected
works,a critique of fascism in Iran by leading reform columnist Akbar Ganji
, and >>>
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barg * Eyvazi, Mohammad Reza. : Rangin
kamaan * Banan.: Shaakh-e
gol (2) * Ta'rif, Sadiq: Maah
baanoo * Lachini, Fariborz: Paaeez-e
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Italian foreign minister ends trip to Iran
TEHRAN,
March 6 (AFP) - Italian Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini finished an official
two-day visit to Iran on Monday morning after talks which both sides described
as fruitful. Dini, the first senior European minister to visit Iran since
the reformists' overwhelming victory in February's parliamentary elections,
held talks with President Mohammad Khatami and Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi
on Sunday >>> FULL TEXT
Fischer heads to Iran on first visit by
German FM since 1991
BERLIN,
March 6 (AFP) - Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer left Berlin Monday for
Iran, the first visit by the top German diplomat to Tehran since 1991. Fischer's
two-day stay was expected to focus on preparing for Iranian President Mohammad
Khatami's upcoming visit to Berlin, which both countries hope will signal
an end to cool diplomatic relations between them. Khatami visited Paris
and Rome late last year >>> FULL TEXT
Belgian government denies all involvement
in Rafsanjani case
BRUSSELS,
March 6 (AFP) - A court action against former Iranian president Ali Akbar
Hashemi Rafsanjani was not the work of the Belgian government, which is
intent on restoring healthy relations with Tehran, Belgian Foreign Minister
Louis Michel declared Monday. "The Belgian justice system is independent,
so the government has absolutely no part to play" in the criminal investigation,
Michel told Belgian radio station RTBF >>> FULL TEXT
Real culprits not on trial, Iran police
court-martial told
TEHRAN,
March 4 (AFP) - The real culprits responsible for a police attack on a student
dormitory that sparked off violent unrest in Iran last year were still at
large, defence lawyers claimed on the second day of a court martial of 20
police officers here Saturday. "The real proponents of this tragedy
continue with business as usual and have engaged in an intimidation campaign
against one of the plaintiffs, Gholamreza Mahmoodi", Mohsen Rahami,
lawyer for the students, said >>> FULL TEXT
Moderate Iranian daily suspends publication
TEHRAN,
March 6 (AFP) - The editor of the moderate daily Arya (Aryan), which the
courts forced off the news stands for two weeks last January, confirmed
Monday that the newspaper had suspended publication until further notice
>>> FULL TEXT
Outgoing conservative MPs give last knock
to Iran president's reforms
TEHRAN,
March 6 (AFP) - The outgoing conservative majority in the Iranian parliament,
which has blocked President Mohammad Khatami's reforms throughout his three
years in office, on Monday rejected a key section of his budget just a month
before it is due to stand down. After approving Khatami's budget in principle,
MPs voted down a raft of fuel price hikes intended to balance income and
expenditure over the new Iranian year which begins this month >>>
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27 years
Tehran
(Asr-e Azadehan) - Novelist Mahmoud Dolatabadi has delivered a speech at
a university for the first time in 27 years >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Poetry
Tehran
(Asr-e Azadehan) - Ahmad Reza Ahmadi has dedicated his latest book of poetry
to Manouchehr Yektaie "because he's kind." >>> FULL TEXT
IN PERSIAN
Honor
Tehran
(Hamshahri) - Thirty of the country's "top thinkers" have been
honored. Do you recognize any? >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Iran won't wrestle with Israelis
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) Iranian wrestlers twice
pulled out of bouts with Israeli opponents during weekend Olympic qualifying
matches."Every tournament with Iran and Israel is like this,"
said Mario Saletnig, the technical delegate from FILA, the international
federation that governs wrestling >>> FULL TEXT
Daei jaan
Tehran
(Iran Varzeshi) - Ali Daei has been been nominated as Asian footballer of
1999 >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Goal!
Tehran
(Iran Varzeshi) - After a long drought Mahdavi-Kia scores twice in Hamburg's
4-4 tie (after being ahead 4-1) >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Lesson
Tehran
(Iran Varzeshi) - Abu Moslem teaches Persepolis a lesson: A lot can still
be achieved with one minute left in the match >>> FULL TEXT IN
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-- President Clinton addressing Iranian Americans
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