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Neighbors
Short story
By Bruce Bahmani
November 17, 2000
The Iranian
She wears no makeup, no time, and the lines in her face are more and
more visible each day. She now wears a regular scowl, eyebrows sharpened
and at the perpetual 45 degree angle of anger. She always seems annoyed,
exhausted and impatient. She almost never smiles.
As she disappears into the kitchen, an elderly gentleman in gray flannel
pants, with a frosted grey moustache and two-day beard, wearing a white
shirt and a matching gray sleeveless sweater works his way slowly out of
the garage door. He looks like a taller more slender copy of Mossadegh
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Money
Price is right
"I need to borrow your date for a few hours"
By Siamack Baniameri
November 17, 2000
The Iranian
Like many hot-blooded Iranian men out there, I don't like people who
do better than me in life. I can picture Majid in the morning, walking
around in his designer underwear, wandering if he should wear the Kenneth
Cole or the Armani suit. His biggest dilemma of the day is deciding whether
to drive the Jag or the Bimmer. What a tough ife.
I, on the other hand, go through my dirty laundry in the morning, trying
to find a T-shirt that doesn't smell like a corpse >>>
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Outlook
Iranian opposition groups back gay rights
News from HOMAN
There are still many Iranian political groups/parties, in particular
centre and conservative, who refuse to talk about gay rights in Iran. However
we have some good news and would like to share it with you.
1- Iran's Green Party has announced its support for homosexual rights.
The party has a section on its Internet page called "gay news"
where you can read some interesting news about Iranian homosexuals >>>
FULL TEXT
Iranian-American lawyer's key role in Coca-Cola case
By Sarah Schafer
The Washington Post
Friday, November 17, 2000
Coca-Cola Co. agreed yesterday to pay a record $192.5 million to settle
a racial-discrimination lawsuit ... Cyrus Mehri of Mehri, Malkin and Ross
called the agreement a "sister settlement" to the Texaco agreement--the
two share similar provisions--but one that has far more power >>> FULL
TEXT
Fate of U.S. presidency in Iranian hands
Haaj khaanoom, Ali Aqaa (Al Gore) dast-e shoomaa ro meeboosan >>> SEE
HERE
Thanks to Hamid Arjomand
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Thanks to Dana Jalali
More Letters
* Live and let live
Shirley Mirzayoff writes:
Is it my imagination or is there a major dance of anger going on between
men and women ["Happy
withoiut you", "Nothing
more than cows"]? Assuming it's not my imagination, is this anger
restricted to Iranians and Iranians living in the U.S.?
Actually, let's step back, if you will. Why are you angry? If some of
our Iranian brothers choose to marry our Iranian sisters in Iran, then
shouldn't we wish them well? If some of our Iranian sisters want to continue
focussing on their careers or enjoy certain liberties, then shouldn't we
say live and let live?
Am I missing something? Is this a zero sum game?
* Let's fix our problems
K.A. writes: In
reply to both Ms. Banafshe Piraste ["Happy
withoiut you"] and Mr. Cyrus Raafat ["Nothing
more than cows"] who have directied thier utmost anger towards
each other, I belive it is no good for either Iranian men or women to try
and ruin each other.
The fact is that if there are wrong elements in a culture (which to
some extent exist in any culture including ours), they are going to affect
men and women equally ... We should take advantage of this free society
to try fix them >>>
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* Sadness, realness
Amir writes: Your writings [Sadaf
Kiani Abbassian] have a sadness or realness about them. They remind
me of Tehran, Fall of 1999. I was there to bury my mom. It was so sad.
She also loved Hafez. From her house balcony, you can see the mountains.
When I was there 1 1/2 years ago, I made her lots of pots (with flowers
of course). She loved them. Every morning, she would drink her tea on the
balcony next to the flowers and tell me how much she enjoyed her flowers.
I also like your art-work ["Solitude"].
The lady with "blue" necklace. There is a story behind that one
too.
Rights: Sciolino's book reading in Washington
DC
On Saturday 18 November, the Iranian-American Cultural Association of
Washington DC takes great pleasure in hosting 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" >>>
DETAILS HERE
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Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
Everyone has someone, a friend to love,
And work, and skill to do it. All I have
Is a fantasy of a lover who hides
For safety in the dark of my heart's cave.
* Also see more Rumi
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Former Guards chief wants army to help
wipe Israel off map
TEHRAN, Nov 17 (AFP) - The former head of Iran's elite Revolutionary
Guards began soliciting volunteers Thursday for a new army to defend the
Palestinians, vowing to fight until Israel is eliminated from the world.
"We are not saying that we will send forces into the occupied territories,"
Mohsen Rezaie told some 1,000 people gathered for the first meeting of the
international anti-Zionist group he has been promoting >>> FULL
TEXT
Cleric lashes out at OIC failure to make
full break with Israel
TEHRAN,
Nov 17 (AFP) - A conservative Iranian cleric lashed out Friday at the Organisation
of the Islamic Conference (OIC) for failing to make a definitive break with
the state of Israel at last week's summit. "The least that could have
been expected was that they cut ties with Israel," said Ayatollah Mohammad
Yazdi, Iran's former top justice, during a sermon at weekly prayers carried
live on state radio >>> FULL TEXT
Iran, UNESCO agree to establish centre
for water management
TEHRAN, Nov 17 (AFP) - UNESCO has agreed to help Iran establish
a water management centre after the Islamic republic's worst drought in
decades, the official IRNA news agency said. It cited Deputy Energy Minister
Reza Ardakanian late Thursday saying the government had signed a deal for
a "regional centre for urban water management" with the UN Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organisation >>> FULL TEXT
Khamenei urges fight against US influence
TEHRAN,
Nov 17 (AFP) - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday urged
the nation to stand strong against the political and cultural influence
of the United States, state television reported. Khamenei, speaking to thousands
of people in the central city of Taffresh, echoed his oft-stated concern
over "US-style" reforms which conservatives say are being pushed
by President Mohammad Khatami's reformist movement >>> FULL TEXT
Iranians flee poverty
By
Guy Dinmore, Financial Times (London), Friday, November 16, 2000 -- Hijackers
who fought a mid-air gunbattle with security guards over southern Iran this
week were among more than 20 members of four families who had chartered
a domestic airliner in a desperate bid to flee the country. The attempt
failed when the pilot of the Ariatours Yak-40 anded in the Iranian city
of Bandar Abbas and jumped out >>> FULL TEXT
South Pars looks for drilling company for
buy-back tender
MEED,
17 November 2000 -- State-owned Pars Oil & Gas Company is about to select
a rig company to drill two delineation wells at the South Pars offshore
oil field in preparation for a buy-back tender scheduled for spring 2001
for the long-delayed South Pars Oil project. Bidders for the drilling rig
are the European arm of Schlumberger, the state National Iranian Drilling
Company (NIDC) and Naftkav Engineering Services Company, an affiliate of
the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC). Naftkav has submitted the lowest
bid, Pars Oil sources say >>> FULL TEXT
Poem on Nabavi
Tehran
(Hambastegi) -- "Az dast-e een Nabavi-haa" -- a poem about satirist
Ebrahim Navavi >>> FULL TEXT
Sepanlou: "Reactionary" literary
policies
Tehran (Hambastegi) -- Poet Mohammad Ali Sepanlou's criticism of
the education system, especially its tendency not to introduce contemporary
literary works to students >>> FULL TEXT
Theater & classical poetry
Tehran (Hambastegi) -- Report on an international theater festival
focused on the works of classical Persian poets >>> FULL TEXT
Esteghlal edge Al-Sadd
Tehran - November 17 (Iran Sports Press) -- With video: Iran's
Esteghlal defeated Qatari side Al-Sadd 2-1 in Azadi Stadium on Friday to
qualify to the next round of the Asian Club Winner's Cup. In the first leg
match between the two sides, Ali Samere's goal gave Esteghlal a 1-0 win
in Doha. Infront of 60,000 spectators on a chilly afternoon in Azadi Stadium,
Esteghlal scored twice in the first half to send Al-Sadd out of the Championships
>>> FULL TEXT
Persepolis come back to knock out Al-Ain
Al-Ain - November 16: Persepolis managed a shocking come back from
a two goal deficit in the final ten minutes of play to qualify to the quarter
finals of the Asian Club Championships. The two sides met in Al-Ain, a city
close to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, in the 2nd leg match. Persepolis
had managed a 2-0 victory against the same side in Tehran two weeks prior
>>> FULL TEXT
Braga will remain in charge while 26 players
Tehran - November 17: The Iranian Football Federation announced
on Friday the names of 26 players that will represent Iran in the upcoming
first stage of the World Cup 2002 Qualifying matches which will be held
in Tabriz later this month >>> FULL TEXT
BBC
President Clinton in Vietnam
President Clinton in Vietnam President Clinton
who is in Hanoi has paid tribute to those soldiers on both sides of the
conflict who died in the Vietnam War. He said that Vietnam and the United
States should work closely to heal the wounds of the conflict. Here is a
report >>>
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