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Concerns growing over the treatment of political prisoners
BBC Persian Service
Remarks made by Iranian jailed journalist Akbar Ganji at the Revolutionary
Court in Tehran on Thursday has increased concerns over the way defendants
in the "Berlin Conference" case are treated by Judiciary officials
and in prison. Sadeq Saba reports: >>>
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PEN letter to Khamenei on Berlin trial
As members of the international community of writers, we firmly believe
that free expression is a fundamental right. We write to you to as a matter
of utmost urgency to respect that right, to drop all the charges against
these writers, journalists, translators and intellectuals, and to allow
these respected individuals to return to their lives and professions >>>
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Iranian Expatriates Find Their Voice in Radio Broadcasts
By SORAYA SARHADDI NELSON
Los Angeles Times
November 11, 2000
In a rustic, soundproof room in Santa Monica, Alireza Meybodi fanned
the flames of wounded Iranian pride as he recounted the latest assault
upon his homeland's 2,500-year-old history.
Five ancient mummies--including one believed to be that of Mandana,
mother of the founder of the Persian Empire--have turned up in a merchant's
home in Pakistan, the talk show host said during a recent broadcast from
KSMI, or National Voice of Iran. At least one of the Persian artifacts
had been sawed in half, he added >>>
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Natural and Unnatural
A new book published in Tehran will tell you all about "Natural
and unnatural" sexual behavior
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* Trivia amid Gangi's desperate shouts
S. S. Javid writes:
Who could listen and read about Akbar
Ganji and not have the hairs stick-up on their skin. News like this
from our beloved motherland makes the squabling and bickering about "Iranian
girls" or about pop stars and all the rest that we discuss in this
cyber forum seem shamelessly trivial...
The bottom line is this: how can we in all honesty gather in this cyber-forum
and go on discussing everything under the sun but our real concern and
sympathy toward the struggle for freedom going on in Iran. Here we are
endowed with the blessing of the right to free speech and we waste it on
trivia >>>
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* Kind of irrelevant
Harf Hesab writes:
I read Mahdiyeh Javid's story "Hoosh
o zekaavat-e irooni," and I think the article, or the story, or
whatever you want to call it was kind of irrelevant.
One might find some sort of truth in the story, but within a certain
age group whose behavior is as such universally.
And why stick to the negatives, when we can emphasize a lot of positives.
I know a lot of Iranian youth who bust their backs trying to make something
of themselves with an honest day's work figuratively speaking.
I guess the verbiage reflects the writer's age and general attitude
anyway, so it was not surprising.
* Cheating not exclusive
Ali A. Parsa writes:
Regarding Mahdieh Javid's article, "Hoosh
o zekaavat-e irooni," we should test every idea in the crucible
of experience and make sure that we have considered every idea in our search
for truth and in our attempt to be fair and square.
I especially liked Mahdiyeh's writing in colloquial Farsi which is now
common among the youth of her age as I observed in Iran in my trips. Her
style of writing is admirable and the sign of time >>>
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Film: Sciolino's book reading in Washington
DC
The Iranian-American Cultural Association of Washington DC takes great
pleasure in hosting (November 18) Ms. Elaine Sciolino, senior writer for
the Washington bureau of "The New York Times". Ms. Sciolino will
discuss and sign her newly acclaimed book "Persian Mirror: The Elusive
Face of Iran" >>>
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Translation of today's poem by Zara
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If you don't heed my call and answer me
With joy, with the wine of your words, who will?
Shepherd of the world, refuge of the soul,
If you don't keep us from the wolf, who will?
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UN committee calls on Iran to respect due
process of law
UNITED
NATIONS, Nov 10 (AFP) - Expressing concern about executions and torture,
the human rights committee of the UN General Assembly has called on Iran
to respect due process of law. The committee Thursday voted by 58 to 53,
with 48 abstentions, for a resolution calling on the Islamic government
"to ensure that capital punishment will not be imposed for crimes other
than the most serious." >>> FULL TEXT
German group calls on Berlin to support
Iranian reformers on trial
BERLIN,
Nov 10 (AFP) - The German government was urged Friday to consider withholding
investments in Iran in response to Tehran's decision to put on trial a group
of reformers who attended a conference in Berlin earlier this year >>>
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Prison officials deny Ganji's claims of
torture in jail
TEHRAN,
Nov 13 (AFP) - Iranian prison officials on Monday denied claims by a prominent
pro-reform journalist that he has been tortured by guards in Tehran's Evin
prison >>> FULL TEXT
New pro-reform paper hits newsstands
TEHRAN,
Nov 13 (AFP) - A new pro-reform daily hit Iran's newsstands on Monday, the
fourth press launch in three months after a sweeping crackdown on the nation's
newspapers >>> FULL TEXT
Hajjarian back at work after assassination
bid
TEHRAN,
Nov 13 (AFP) - Pro-reform Iranian politician Said Hajarian, who barely escaped
alive from an assassination attempt in March, went back to work Monday,
press reports said >>> FULL TEXT
Hijack attempt foiled, three arrested
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Security guards foiled an attempt to hijack
an Iranian passenger plane in southern Iran on Monday, arresting the three
would-be hijackers, the official news agency IRNA reported >>>
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Islamic summit opens in Qatar
DOHA, Qatar (AP) - Iran, Syria and Saudi Arabia opened an Islamic
conference Sunday by urging Muslim nations that have ties with Israel to
cut them, and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said his people will sacrifice
for the ``noble cause'' of rising up against the Jewish state >>>
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Israeli Tells U.S. That Mideast Violence
Could Spread
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Israeli minister warned U.S. policy-makers
on Monday that the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians could lead
to full-scale confrontation in the Middle East, dragging in Iran, Iraq and
Syria >>> FULL TEXT
Iran says 360 Afghan drug smugglers killed
in six months
TEHRAN,
Nov 13 (AFP) - Iranian security forces have killed 360 Afghan drug traffickers
and arrested another 4,000 in the last six months, Interior Minister Abdol-Vahed
Mussavi-Lari said Monday >>> FULL TEXT
OPEC: No Oil Production Increases
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - OPEC (news - web sites) appointed a hawkish
new leader Monday and dug in against further increases in oil production,
lessening chances that heating oil and other energy prices will decline
in the coming months >>> FULL TEXT
Khatami Denounces Iran Sanctions
DOHA, Qatar (AP) - U.S. sanctions against Iran will be more harmful
to America's economy in the long run than Iran's, Iranian President Mohammad
Khatami said Monday >>> FULL TEXT
Novels: Hopeful signs
Tehran (Hambastegi) -- Iranian literature is witnessing the maturity
of novel writing, says Mohammad Ali Haqshenas >>> FULL TEXT
Hamid Mossadegh: Bringing hearts closer
to gether
Tehran (Hambastegi) -- Special ceremony held at Tehran University
to mark the first anniversary of poet Hamid Mossadegh's death >>>
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Aeesh's "Last supper"
Tehran (Hambastegi) -- Hamid Aeesh's "Shaam-e aakhar"
(Last supper) is currently one of the most popular plays in Tehran >>>
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Iran defeat Thailand in Asian under 19
opener
Tehran - November 12 (Iran Sports Press) -- The Iranian Under 19
National Football Team defeated Thailand 2-1 in Shahid Shiroudi Stadium
on Sunday in the opener of the 32nd Asian Under 19 Championships. Infront
of 10,000 spectators at Iran's oldest football pitch, the Iranian team managed
to start its Asian Championship campaign with a win over Thailand >>>
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Ipswich defeat Bagheri's Charlton
London - November 11: Ipswich continued their impressive start
of the season by beating Charlton 2-0 at home. Two late goals insured all
the 3 points for a side who has beaten Leeds and drawn with Arsenal and
Man United already this season. Bagheri is set to miss games against Sunderland
and possibly Liverpool >>> FULL TEXT
BBC
Revolutionary Guards blamed for Khorramabad
riots
The parliament, now dominated by pro-reform
deputies, has produced a report which largely blames the Revolutionary Guards
for disturbances in Khorramabad in late August. Maria Sarsalary asks the
political commentator, Ahmad Salamatian about what the report says and how
it differs from previous reports on the issue >>>
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Transcending
At what point will checking news from Iran for us ex-patriates
transcend its purely therapeutic value and become a way of involving one
in the real life of a country we all hold dear? Surely this is the question
that should be raised in any Iranian's mind when listening to Akbar Gangi's
desperate shouts, punctuated by the cries of his wife.
-- S.S. Javid
"The
fourth generation"
Letter to The Iranian
November 13, 2000
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