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Conspiracy at Desert One
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By Bernace Charles
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'The Color of Paradise'
By JOE MORGENSTERN WSJ
Wall Street Journal
March 31, 2000
'The Color of Paradise' : Words can't convey the beauty of Majid Majidi's
"The Color of Paradise," and not just because this Iranian film
is a captivating human drama. Words simply don't exist for some of the
hues captured by the camera -- colors off to the side of mauve or teal,
variations on the ancient Persian fondness for lavender. In one sense the
visual splendor is poignant, because the spunky eight-year-old hero, Mohammad,
is blind. He can't savor the glaucous cast of a stucco dome on a small
rural shrine, can't feast his eyes on the periwinkle expanse of alfalfa
fields. (Or "alfa alfa," as the shaky subtitles have it.) But
the movie celebrates other senses too. >>>
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April fools?
Googoosh to be interviewed on Iranian state TV... DETAILS
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More Letters
* Demonization of Iran
Masoud Neshat writes:
In response to Mr. Stewart George's letter ["Iran-U.S.
Poll"] I must say that the result of this poll is an honest reflection
of twenty years of constant, systematic, and severe demonization of Iran
as a country, and Iranians as a culture by the U.S. media. Of course this
has been backed and supported by Iran haters, bashers, and their lobbyists
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Pressure cooker
* Vicious self-loathing
By Banafsheh Zand
I'm really nauseated by the judgments that Iranian men and women pass
on each other. As I've said many times before in my never-ending rants,
the fact is that there's something predominantly negative and judgmental
about our culture. Women have attitude problems with other women, families
have inexplicably contrary dispositions toward each other, and men hold
dim views of other men and so on. Somehow we are a culture of suspicious
minds AND YET, we seem to bask in the splendor of ourselves!...
I could be wrong but it seems to me that this vicious circle of self-loathing
that we espoused generations ago, appears to be the mindset of a culture
that's been/felt conquered time and time again. The Mongols rode in and
pillaged; the Arabs attacked and imposed their dominion. The British, the
Russians, The Americans and now our own turn on us! >>>
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Music: Sima Bina in Washington DC
SIMA BINA Saturday April 8, 2000 GW Lisner Auditorium 730 21st St. NW
Washington, DC 20052
A captivating vocalist, Sima Bina is one of the leading exponents of
the traditional music of Khorasan in Eastern Iran. For two decades she
has done extensive research on Persian folk songs, collecting, recording,
writing and re-interpreting popular regional music. By traveling to many
remote areas, she has been able to gather and revive a collection of almost
forgotten songs and melodies. In 1994, she became the first female Iranian
vocalist to tour the West since the revolution.
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TEHRAN,
March 31 (AFP) - Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who
still plays an influential role in the regime, said Friday the United States
must apologize to Iran before relations can be normalized. "They absolutely
must apologize to show their good will," Rafsanjani said after US Secretary
of State Madeleine Albright's announcement last month of the lifting of
some US economic sanctions against Iran >>> FULL TEXT
Rafsanjani blasts OPEC for "cave in"
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TEHRAN, March 31 (AFP) - Influential former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi
Rafsanjani on Friday blasted Iran's OPEC colleagues for "caving in"
to US pressure after the cartel opted to boost output in a bid to slash
prices. "OPEC has unfortunately caved in to superpower pressures and
approved the pillaging of its members' resources," he said during a
sermon at weekly prayers at Tehran university >>> FULL TEXT
Buchanan: Lift Iraq, Iran sanctions
WASHINGTON (AP) - Reform Party presidential hopeful Patrick Buchanan
says the United States should stabilize oil prices in part by lifting sanctions
on Iran and Iraq, selling them oil-drilling equipment and threatening to
withhold military help from Persian Gulf allies unless crude prices fall
to $20 a barrel. ``None of these Gulf regimes is worth another war,'' Buchanan
says in prepared remarks for his speech today at Boston University. ``We
should play hardball with those who play hardball with us.'' >>>
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Art: popular but not profitable
Tehran
(Hamshahri) - Art shows in Tehran attract plenty of visitors but sales are
rare. A report on the art scene during the past year >>> FULL TEXT
IN PERSIAN
Touran Farhat's art show
Tehran
(Hamshahri) - Touran Farhat's paintings on display at Kamalolmolk Gallyer.
A review >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Three Muskateers
Tehran
(Hamshahri) - A translation of "The Three Muskateers", Alexandere
Dumas' classic adventure, has been out of print for many years. The new
edition is out in a three volume set. >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Iran thrashes Maldives 8-0
Iran Sports Press - Report with video vlips of all the goals: Maldives
resisted well against Iran in the early minutes of the match. However, Iran
created afew chances before scoring. Overall the Iranian team looked incohesive.
Sloppy passing and poor shooting allowed Maldives to escape this match conceding
only eight goals >>> FULL TEXT
Talebi: We will play better in next game
Iran Sports Press - Jalal Talebi, the head coach of the Iranian
National Team, said in an interview with IRIB following Friday's qualification
games, that he was not pleased with the overall performance of the Iranian
team but reassured that the Iranian team will play better in its upcoming
games >>> FULL TEXT
Syria in 1-0 win over Bahrain
Iran Sports Press - Following the Iran-Maldives match, Bahrain
and Syria took to the field. In preceding days to this match coaches of
both teams viewed on another as the 'team to beat', in order to keeping
hopes of qualifying alive. With a packed stadium, Syria dominated most of
the match and obtained the much needed three points >>> FULL TEXT
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