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Why don't women learn Karate?
Conversations with my son
By By Yasaman J.
March 16, 2000
The Iranian
My seven-year-old son, Roshan, came out of the shower wrapped in a towel.
As he was putting his clothes on, I started hanging his clean clothes on
little hangers and putting them in his closet.
He looked at the towel and said: "Do women in Iran wear a towel
on their head even when they go to bed at night?" He has been more
curious about Iran since the recent soccer games although he could not
understand why we kept screaming and calling grown men "Bacheh-haa"
as in "Bachehaa hamleh konid".>>>
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Diaspora
Can't just fake it
Violence reported by wives are more likely true
By Simin Haghighi
March 16, 2000
The Iranian
I would like to offer a few comments in response to the recent article
published in The Iranian, "She changed overnight". Other
readers have noted the many flaws in this article; most are obvious and
some subtler. For those of us who have gone through violent experiences
with a spouse it is perfectly clear that there is more to the story than
the writer is telling.
Though the law enforcers err on the side of caution with regards to
suspects of domestic violence, pressing charges, be it for a felony or
misdemeanor do not happen automatically and without solid grounds. >>>
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Novel
Conspiracy at Desert One
A novel
By Bernace Charles
The Iranian
Chapter Thirty-Five & Thirty-Six >>>
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Outlook
Men of the year
March 16, (Asr-e Azadegan) -- Abdollah Nouri was
the most "successful" man of the past year and Hashemi Rafsanjani
the least >>>
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Radio debut
Farrokh Javid writes:
KRSI, Radio Seday-e
Iran, which has an audience of nearly one million in the U.S., and Canada
alone, has started to broadcast programs in Iran. For the time being, it
is only two hours for Iran, beginning at 8 pm Tehran time. Yesterday was
its debut and I personally had at least five callers from Iran during my
half-hour show (between 9 to 9:30 am EST). The programs are broadcast via
a satellite in Europe, on short wave 25 meter band on12065 khz.
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* Final destination: Democracy!
Abdy Hashemi writes:
In an eye-scatching demonstration, on 18 February, the people of Iran
elected a new reformist parliament and set aside most of the conservative
heavy weights. More than 300 international journalists reported this event
which brought recognition from world politicians, including those at the
White House.
This fantastic transition to a near-total civilian rule is largely the
outcome of President Khatami's policies. He respects oppositions; always
reciting "long live my opponents". Unlike the Shah and his puppets
who believed in the total eradication of opponents, Khatami encourages
criticism but needs support at the same time; after all "Rome was
not built in one day". He is steering Iran, in a very charismatic
and diplomatic way, towards democracy and is pulling the support of the
masses and intellectuals...
Before his triumphant return to Iran Ayatollah Khomeini was pictured
in Paris waving to his followers. Time magazine printed this on
its front cover with the caption "The hand that shakes the throne".
Now Khatami, as a true follower of Khomeini, is leading the same people
to their final destination - DEMOCRACY! >>>
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* Cheraa roozegaar eentoree kard?
Gold Boy writes:
man yeh javoon-e Irani hastam. chand kalameh harf daashtam. meekhaam
begam keh cheraa roozegaar eentoree kard baa maa? cheraa tafreeh nadaareem?
cheraa maa hameh khasteh shodeem? cheraa hamash hamin chizaaee hast keh
too TV neshoon meedan? ["Breaking
the rules"]
aahaay kasee keh een email ro meekhooneh: een harfaa dard-e del-e tamaam-e
javoonaast. hamamoon yaad gerefteem sobh paasheem bereem sar-e kaar, berim
daaneshgaah, nemidooneem chee meekhaaeem. aslan cheh kaar baayad bekoneem?
faqat taa cheshm baaz kardeem joz badbakhtee cheez-e degehee nadeedeem.
baabaab maa ham aarezoo daareem beh khodaa. aarezoom een hast keh yeh
rooz az Iran beram valee cheh kaar konam? nemeetoonam. chon poolesh ro
nadaaram.
omidvaaram keh yeh rooz Iran az shar-e een aakhoondaa raahat sheh.
Conference: 2nd Iranian-American conference,
Washington DC
The Iranian American Cultural Association (IACA) of the Washington,
D.C. area will sponsor its second conference entitled "Iranian-Americans:
Passages to the Public Persona" at Georgetown University, Intercultural
Center, Room 115, on Saturday, 8 April 2000, 2:00-6:00 p.m. >>>
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Albright readies Iran announcement
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Clinton administration is setting the stage
for a major policy announcement designed to encourage reformists in Iran.
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will make a major speech here Friday
to the American-Iranian Council, a private group based in Princeton, N.J.,
that seeks better relations with Tehran, State Department spokesman James
P. Rubin said today >>> FULL TEXT
Iran says U.S. export cover could help
food trade
TEHRAN,
March 15 (Reuters) - Iran said on Wednesday it was ready to buy farm goods
and medicine from the United States, but indicated that purchases were hampered
by a lack of U.S. export guarantees. ``The Americans have allowed the sale
of grain and medicine to Iran to break into a new market. In any case, we
are ready to buy at competitive prices,'' Iranian Commerce Minister Mohammad
Shariatmadari said >>> FULL TEXT
Doctors more upbeat on condition of shot
Hajjarian
TEHRAN,
March 15 (AFP) - Doctors treating shot Iranian reformist politician Said
Hajarian were more upbeat on his condition Wednesday, saying there was growing
hope he would pull through. Dr Mohammad Ghodsi, spokesman for Hajarian's
medical team, told journalists Hajarian's blood circulation was under full
control and the assistance to his breathing from a ventilator would be reduced
over the next few days >>> FULL TEXT
Author of death threat against Hajjarian
arrested: press
TEHRAN,
March 16 (AFP) - The alleged author of a death threat against leading Iranian
reformist Said Hajarian before Sunday's attempt on his life has been arrested,
a press report said Thursday, quoting a government official. The daily Kar-o
Karegar, quoting an official of the intelligence ministry, said the man
was named Ahmadi, but gave no further information >>> FULL TEXT
Author of death threat against Hajjarian
arrested: press
March
16 (Fath daily) - Ansar Hezbollah hardliners have issued what amounts to
a death threat against reformists >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Iran bows to complaints over Afghan refugee
deportations
TEHRAN,
March 16 (AFP) - Iran told representatives of refugee organisations Thursday
it would concentrate on voluntary repatriation of Afghans living in the
country, implying that a wave of deportations is over, a source with one
of the organisations told AFP. "Iran considers it a priority to implement
the agreement concluded in February" with the United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees, the source said >>> FULL TEXT
Iran refuses accused Jews to choose lawyers
NEW
YORK, March 16 (AFP) - A judge in the Iranian city of Shiraz, who will preside
over the trial of 13 Jews on espionage charges, has refused to let them
choose their own lawyers, according to a Jewish advocacy group based here.
In a statement released Wednesday, the Conference of Presidents of Major
American Jewish Organizations (CPMAJO) said "the judge is insisting
on court appointed attorneys. >>> FULL TEXT
Turkmens may boost gas supply to Iran to
13 bcm/yr
ASHGABAT,
March 16 (Reuters) - Turkmenistan may ship rising volumes of natural gas
to southern neighbour Iran in coming years by boosting the annual capacity
of an existing pipeline to 13 billion cubic metres, Turkmen officials said
on Thursday. Foreign Minister Boris Shikhmuradov told reporters on the fringes
of an oil and gas conference that Turkmenistan could send up to 13 bcm of
natural gas through the Turkmen-Iran pipeline by the end of 2000 >>>
FULL TEXT
Film reviews
Tehran
(Hamshahri) - A review of Iranian films screened in the past three months
and persisting problems >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Year book
Tehran
(Hamshahri) - Film magazine has published its year book on Iranian cinema
>>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Spring
Tehran
(Asr-e Azadegan) - A short story about Noruz during the Iran-Iraq war >>>
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Best
Tehran
(Iran daily) - Sports writers select the year's best athletes >>>
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Arrival
Tehran
(Hamshahri) - The national soccer team has arrived in Cyprus >>>
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Highlights
Tehran
(Hamshahri) - Sports highlights of the past year >>> FULL TEXT
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