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Film
Action!
Behind the camera with Samira Makhmalbaf
Photographs by Maysam Makhmalbaf
May 18, 2000
The Iranian
Samira Makhmalbaf, 20, became the youngest director to have a film in
the Cannes Film Festival's competition category with her latest, "Blackboard".
The film has received glowing reviews and she's been the talk of the town.
Here are some photos taken by her brother, Maysam, during the shooting
of "Blackboard", in Iran's Kurdistan. The film tells the story
of a group of teachers trekking up stony mountain paths in search of illiterates
to educate
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Academic
Paying our dues
Academics need to do more to respond to Iran's democratic
movement
By Mehrdad Valibeigi
April 27, 2000
The Iranian
From a presentation at the 18th annual conference of the Center for
Iranian Research and Analysys (CIRA) in Washington, DC (April 28-29). Mehrdad
Valibeigi is a professor of economics at the American University.
The dawn of the new period of democratic movement in Iran has expanded
the scope and the burden of responsibility by the expatriate Iranian scientific
community. To meet this new challenge, we social scientists have to be
critically examining our past performance, and sincerely increase our efforts
towards genuine and relevant research on all aspect of the Iranian society
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Outlook
Voters in Iran back presidential reforms
Now the challenge: to fuse democracy and theocracy
BY GENEIVE ABDO
The Guardian (London)
May 17, 2000
TEHRAN -- IN SMALL towns and Iran 's biggest cities, reformists offering
wider freedoms under an Islamic system defeated hardliners in more than
half the parliamentary seats for which election results were determined
yesterday.
The outcome promises to have a profound influence on a country struggling
to emerge from a period of theocracy while remaining true to its faith
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Left hook
Press crackdown
On the second wave of newspaper closures with the suspension of of Ham-Mihan
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* Stalinist tone
Cyrus Kadivar
writes: Dr Ali Reza Nourizadeh is probably one of the few rare journalists
to have witnessed the dramatic upheavals that shook Iran in 1978-79 from
close range. He is a hardworking man with a mature view of his country's
current political processus.
I am always appalled by the strong Stalinist tone of some of the more
radical so-called Leftist press ["Hezb-e
Kargari Iran commentary"]. They seem to indulge in a plethora
of accusations and personal mud slinging that always lowers the democratic
framework practiced in most civilised socities>>>
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* Intelligent and passionate
Jane Porter writes: Just
a note to let you know how much I appreciate and enjoy the fiction of Dr.
Ordoubadian ["The
up-star woman"]. His narratives are very interesting - intelligently
and passionately presented - and his powers of description are extremely
strong. He is able to evoke a time and place in a way that pulls the reader
into the story.
I look forward to seeing more of his work on your site.
Seminar: "Iranians Dialog"
Call for Paper: With respect to the importance of the cultural, social,
andscientific activites of the Iranians living abroad, who form part of
the Iranian society, the first seminar to study and identify problems of
Iranians living abroad, entitled "Iranians Dialog" isto be held
on July 12, 2000. Subjects and categories >>>
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Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
The memory of you makes my heart pound
And my eyes cry tears of blood,
Until, again, I am calm at the sound of your name.
From all but you I shy away; for you alone I'm tame.
-- Rumi
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Khamernei endorses poll results
May 18, (BBC) -- Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, has
ruled that the results of the February general elections for Tehran should
be largely validated. This comes despite misgivings by the Council of Guardians,
the highly conservative body constitutionally charged with approving the
results >>> FULL TEXT
Tehran election results to be announced
in next two days: Guardian Council
TEHRAN,
May 18 (AFP) - The final results of February's parliamentary elections in
Tehran will be announced Saturday at the latest, the Iranian election watchdog
body said Thursday, reported by Iranian state radio. The conservative- dominated
Council of Guardians, which has to confirm all election results, said it
was responding to an "express request" by the country's supreme
leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei >>> FULL TEXT
World Bank approves Iran loans
WASHINGTON Overriding U.S. opposition, the World Bank
today approved $232 million in loans to Iran, the first in seven years.
World Bank President James Wolfensohn and other participants at the meeting
of the bank's 24-member executive board said the United States voted against
the proposal, while France and Canada abstained >>> FULL TEXT
Iran to release more Iraqi prisoners of
war next week: radio
TEHRAN,
May 18 (AFP) - Iran will shortly release another 460 Iraqi prisoners captured
during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, state radio reported Wednesday >>>
FULL TEXT
US Jews snub Mandela over Iran support
May
18, 2000 (Daily Telegraph) -- NELSON MANDELA has been snubbed by a leading
American Jewish organisation because he expressed support for Iran's trial
of 13 Jews on spying charges >>> FULL TEXT
Mobile phone fever sweeps Iran
May
18, 2000 (Financial Times) -- Iran is in the grips of mobile fever. Thousands
of people are queueing at post offices across Tehran to make a downpayment
of IR5m (about $600) to acquire a mobile telephone connection in a year's
time. For many, a mobile is a sound investment >>> FULL TEXT
Reliance, Petronas to set up Iran LNG plant
May
18, 2000, NEW DELHI, May 18 (Reuters) - India's Reliance and Malaysia's
Petronas have signed an agreement with the National Iranian Oil Co (NIOC)
to set up a 7.5 million tonnes per year liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant
in Iran, Indian industry sources said >>> FULL TEXT
Khayyam conference in Neishapour
Tehran,
(Hamshahri) -- Omar Khayyam conference has opened in Neishapour. "Khayyam
is one one the most obvious symbols of Iranian civilization and culture,"
said Higher Education Minister Mostafa Moin in his address to the conference
>>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
New books: Dictionary and Constitutional
Revolution
Tehran,
(Hamshahri) -- "Farhang Farsi Amiyaneh" is a new two-volume Persian
dictionary by Abol-Hassan Najafi which includes common words and expressions
that have been around in the past 180 years. Plus a look at new books on
the history of the Constitutional Revolution >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Seelk objects on display
Tehran,
(Hamshahri) -- Metal and ceramic objects discovered in the Seelk (?) region
-- "The oldest human settlement" dating from the fifth to the
first millennium B.C. -- will go dipplay in Kashan. The objects are>>>
FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Why did Persepolis lose so badly?
Tehran,
(Iran Varzeshi) -- Persepolis players reflect on why they were trashed in
Abadan: Hot weather, Parvin's absence and... just not playing well >>>
FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Balancing Esteqlal need for good players
and money
Tehran,
(Iran Varzeshi) -- Esteqlal's coach Mansour Pour-Heydari wants to keep his
prized players. But the team's manager wants to sign them away to foreign
clubs to meet Esteqlal's budget needs >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Javanan getting ready
Tehran,
(Iran Varzeshi) -- The national youth soccer team has been practicing for
the past eight months. Here's what they've been learning >>> FULL
TEXT IN PERSIAN
BBC
Ham-Mihan reaction
The Second of Khordad Alliance announced it's
opposition to the closure of Ham-Mihan, the latest reformist paper to be
shut down. Behrouz Parsa spoke to Mahmoud Sadri, editor of Hamihan >>> LISTEN HERE
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