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Poetry
Memory strands
Poem
By Siamak Kiarostami
May 19, 2000
The Iranian
... The Revolution was the
Adolescence of a great nation
Interrupted.
He has the memories of his uncles--
He imagines
Half-full bottles of Shams beer left
Still cold on beaches of shomal-e Iran
And an unfinished joint
Hastily stubbed out on
The Paradise that was taking shape
along the shores of the Caspian >>>
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Poetry
Never liked Persian men
Two poems
By Leyla Momeny
May 19, 2000
The Iranian
Sunday
I recall the feeling of grass
scratching my belly
while watching you kick a ball
with a dozen other beautiful men
one blissful green day
below los angeles smog >>>
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Poetry
Breadwinner
Poem
By Ali Mohajer
May 19, 2000
The Iranian
One summer day, back in 1982 or so
I remember sitting in the backseat of the family car
Watching traffic shimmer in the heat...
So tell me father,
Now that we've grown up,
When you saw the beggar
Gimping through the haze of engine fumes,
Faking palsy (so you told us),
Did you feel betrayed? >>>
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Outlook
Evin prison
Journalists complain about conditions
BBC Persian Service
Solitary confinement for many reformists in Evin Prison in Iran and
letters from two journalists complaining about food provisions and hygiene
in the jail have made the notorious Evin prison a topic of debate in Iran.
Daryoush Homai reports >>>
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Left hook
Hajjarian trial
Rah-e Kargar: With the sentencing of the alleged attackers, the
judiciary quickly put an end to the Hajjarian attempted assassination case.
But a much bigger case remains >>>
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Anyway
Evil Gates drops Windows 98 into New York water supply
NEW YORK (The Onion) --Determined to circumvent Justice Department action
forestalling the release of his powerful new operating system, Microsoft
CEO and evil genius Bill Gates dropped Windows 98, coded into liquid form,
into New York City's water supply sometime this past weekend >>>
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More Letters
* Don't know what you're talking about, sir
Yashar Mameghan writes
in letter to U.S. Senator Jesse Helms:
I am an American resident of Iranian origin. I am writing to you in
regard to your comments on the World
Bank loans to Iran. I am not completely in favor of the Iranian government.
But I think that U.S. policy and intervention in my country has been quite
hostile, leading toward a crippled economy. These policies and interventions
include the 1953 CIA backed coup, the support for the Shah's oppresive
regime, support for Iraq during an 8-year war that killed and wounded millions
of youth on both sides, and now sanctions.
Tell me sir, with all these actions, don't you think that Iran's economy
has been severly damaged as a result? And don't you think that basic health
care and sewage, which have suffered directly, is a right of the Iranian
people, not to mention everywhere in the world? Therefore I find your comments
completely insensitive, irresponsible, and ignorant, with all due respect
>>>
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* If the Shah was in power
Peyman A. writes:
This is a reply to questions raised by Sahar
Nahrvar's letter. She wrote:
"Yes it was better when the Shah was around."
In what way was it better? There was freedom on a superficial level
only and nothing like what you expect from an even slightly democratic
system.
"But still, one wonders, would the Shah not have closed down
16 opposition publications?"
Would he have closed them? The question should be, would such publications
be allowed in the first place? Would they have received permission to press
and criticise whoever they want? I think the answer is a resounding NO.
The control over all media was suffocating and the prisons were full of
those even slightly daring to criticise >>>
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Reading: Gelareh Asayesh: Immigrant
experience
Gelareh Asayesh, author of "Saffron Sky: A Life between Iran and
America", will be reading from her book 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 20,
2000 at Gallery Ovissi, 1425 Park Avenue, Emeryville, CA. (510-601-6874).
Asayesh will talk about the immigrant experience and the challenges of
reconciling disparate worlds and identities. Asayesh is a longtime journalist
whose book has received critical acclaim from The Washington Post, The
San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe, and other publications. A resident
of St. Petersburg, Fl, she writes for The Washington Post, USA Today, the
St. Petersburg Times, and other newspapers.
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Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
Without your love, anyone with even the smallest heart
Would live a life of full and heavy hardship.
A lock of your hair is an infinite tangled chain:
The man wise enough to untie that knot is insane.
-- Rumi
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Khamenei steps in to defuse elections crisis
TEHRAN,
May 19 (AFP) - Iranians breathed a sigh of relief Friday after supreme leader
Ayatollah Al Khamenei stepped in to cool political tension by ordering a
conservative election watchdog to endorse the results of voting in Tehran
despite reported irregularities. The move opened the way for almost all
290 members of the new parliament, dominated by reformists close to President
Mohammad Khatami, to take their seats for the opening session in some 10
days time >>> FULL TEXT
Allies leave U.S. in Iran deal
WASHINGTON (AP) - Some of America's best friends split away to
approve $232 million in World Bank loans to Iran, despite intensive lobbying
by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. She made three arguments against
the loans: That Iran sponsors terrorism, has not adopted sound economic
principles and should not be rewarded while it conducts a ``show trial''
of 13 Jews on charges of spying for Israel >>> FULL TEXT
Albright says World Bank approval of Iran
loans 'inappropriate'
WASHINGTON,
May 19 (AFP) - US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Thursday that
World Bank approval of two multi-million-dollar loans to Iran was "inappropriate"
given the Islamic Republic's support for terrorism, and the controversial
ongoing trial of 13 Jews on espionage charges. Iran "is a country that
has been designated a state sponsor of terrorism and also we consider the
vote today inappropriate given the current political situation in Iran and
the government show trial," Albright told reporters >>> FULL
TEXT
U.S. to maintain policy against Iranian
oil swaps
WASHINGTON,
May 19 (Reuters) - Despite an improvement in Iran's world standing, the
Clinton administration will not lift its ban on U.S. energy companies entering
into crude oil swaps with Iran, a top U.S. official said on Friday. ``We
do not encourage...that kind of cooperation,'' said John Wolf, the Clinton
administration's special advisor on Caspian energy issues. ``That's our
position, and I don't see it changing anytime soon.'' >>> FULL
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Zendehroudi in Tehran
Tehran,
(Bahar) -- Painter Hossein Zendehroudi, who lives in France, attended a
gathering of friends and fans at Tehran's Contemporary Arts Museum. Special
report (PDF file) >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Abedzadeh on the silver screen
Tehran,
(Cinema) -- Former national goalie Ahmadreza Abedzadeh is starring in a
film. "Everyone is surprised by his natural acting ability," says
the producer >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Karimi and Milani team up again
Tehran,
(Cinema) -- After the success of "Do zan", Niki Karimi is starring
in a new film directed by Tahmineh Milani >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Persepolis lifts cup on Sunday
Tehran, (Iran Sports Press) -- Persepolis will lift the Azadegan
League Cup on Sunday following their game against Foulad Khuzestan in Azadi
Stadium. Persepolis, who just recently suffered their only loss in the 1999-2000
season to Sanat Naft of Abadan, will be crowned the League champions for
the second consecutive time >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
National team players in Hussein Cup
Tehran, (Iran Sports Press) -- The Iranian Football Federation
announced the names of 20 players that will travel on Monday to Amman, Jordan,
to take part in the 'Hussein' Cup >>> FULL TEXT
Basketball: Empty-handed
Tehran,
(Iran Sports Press) -- Iran's Zobahan Basketball Team suffered their third
and final loss in the 11th Asian Basketball Championships after being defeated
by Syria's Al-Vahdeh 68-51 in Beirut >>> FULL TEXT
BBC
Evin prison
Solitary confinement for many reformists in
Evin Prison in Iran and letters from two journalists complaining about food
provisions and hygiene in the jail have made the notorious Evin prison a
topic of debate in Iran. Daryoush Homai reports >>>
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Beginning of Time
Twenty years is all we've had to absorb
Entire histories, for us
Twenty years is how long it has been
Since Time began.
-- Siamak Kiarostami
"Memory
starnds"
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