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Clinging to the past
Paintings
November 27, 2000
The Iranian
Hamed Sahihi is only 20, but he has already been featured in eight group
exhibitions and one solo exhibition in Tehran. His style very much resembles
that of his prominent tutor, Hanibal Alkhas >>>
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Opinion
Making a hero
Heroes are neither self-selected nor eternal
By Ali Akbar Mahdi
November 27, 2000
The Iranian
The trials of Akbar Ganji and Ebrahim Nabavi in the Islamic Republic
of Iran have caused many Iranians to reflect on the political and personal
characters of these two political prisoners.
Heroes are neither self-selected nor eternal. Extraordinary behavior
or posturing may bring someone quick recognition as a hero. However, such
an honor may be taken away as quickly as it was granted. Being a hero is
an ephemeral reality. It is a quality defined by and residing in the minds
of others, rather than by and with the hero himself/herself >>>
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Book
His red-robed highness
Exposing Iran's dirty secrets
November 27, 2000
The Iranian
Akbar Ganji is one Iran's leading investigative journalists. He is currently
in prison facing charges of undermining Iran's national security.
Starting today, his best-selling book, "Aalijenaab-e sorkhpoosh"
will be serialized in The Iranian >>>
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Outlook
Head of Judiciary's response to Khatami
BBC Persian Service
The Head of the Judiciary has called for setting up a constitutional
court in Iran to look into the violation of constitutional law. Dr. Mohammadi
Esfahani, a university professor in Tehran tells Maria Sarsalari that Mr
Shahroudi's remark is a response to President Khatami's statement about
his lack of authority to implement the constitution >>>
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Khatami admits 'lack of power'
By Guy Dinmore in Tehran
Financial Times (London)
November 27, 2000
President Mohammad Khatami of Iran, his pro- reform policies under severe
attack from hardline opponents, on Sunday admitted he was powerless to
prevent violations of the constitution and criticised the conservative-
controlled judiciary for its handling of political and press cases.
Addressing a special commission set up to monitor implementation of
the constitution, Mr Khatami's frank speech confirmed his public image
of a popular but at the same time relatively powerless president >>> FULL
TEXT
Ummm ...
M Romeo writes to
The Iranian:
I have kind of a weird question. I was wondering how I would go about
finding out who Iran represented in the Miss Universe pagent in the 1980's.
I guess what I am wondering if you have any way to get me a listing of
the Miss Iran winners for the year's 1980-1989. A weird question I know
but any help you can give me would be much appreciated.
More Letters
* Deny satisfaction to the Black Menace
Shahriar Zangeneh
writes: The prerequisite for gaining admission into the Iranian political
folklore, more often than not, has called for fortitude to bear physical
and/or psychological pain ["Dictators
create heroes"]. Pain inflicted at the hands of the henchmen of
various regimes struggling to elongate their master's despotic rule >>>
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Kambiz Ameli
writes: Thank you for your article, "Defiance
vs. regret". Anyone can speak or write about reform and progress.
What separates ordinary men from genuine heroes however, is the steadfast
preservation of one's convictions through the ugly and horrid flavor of
places like Evin >>>
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* Harshness repels
Mahmood Kara writes:
I feel very sorry to read your story, "Generation
gap". Recently I was in Madina, and I remember reading the Ayat
of the Quran where Allah says to our beloved Prophet that "We made
you kind and gentle, and had we made you 'harsh hearted' then you would
have repelled most of the people" >>>
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Journal: NOJUM: Write or subscribe
The monthly Iranian Journal of Astronomy (NOJUM) is in its tenth year
of publication. Professors Mansour Vesali, Reza Mansouri, and Bobak AminTafreshi
are among the Editorial Board Members of this novel periodical, read by
a large number of intellectuals and novice alike. To subscribe or submit
manuscripts to this journal email vesali@
theory.ipm.ac.ir or nojum@apadana.com
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Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
A lover's one who must drink, day and night,
To tear off reason's veil and his own shame.
Mind, body, heart, or soul cannot be part
Of one who is, with love, one and the same.
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Khatami complains powers are too limited
TEHRAN,
Nov 26 (AFP) - Iran's beleaguered President Mohammad Khatami complained
Sunday that his powers were too limited, and called for them to be strengthened
by changing the constitution >>> FULL TEXT
Khatami meets with reformist MPs
TEHRAN,
Nov 25 (AFP) - President Mohammad Khatami, expected to make a re-election
bid next year, met Saturday with leading MPs from his pro-reform coalition,
state radio reported >>> FULL TEXT
2,000 students rally in Tehran for Khatami's
reforms
TEHRAN,
Nov 26 (AFP) - More than 2,000 students gathered on a Tehran campus Sunday
for a rally that brought reformists and dissidents together for a heated
denunciation of the conservatives in Iran's clerical regime >>>
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Reformists call for open trial of suspected
assassins
TEHRAN,
Nov 27 (AFP) - The largest reformist party called Monday for the courts
to make public next month's long-awaited trial of the suspected assassins
of five dissidents and intellectuals in 1998 >>> FULL TEXT
18 to be tried for serial murders
TEHRAN,
Nov 24 (AFP) - Eighteen people will go on trial in Iran on December 23 for
the killing of five political dissidents in late 1998, state television
quoted the deputy head of the judiciary as saying Thursday >>>
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10,000 Iranians believed to be infected
with HIV: official
TEHRAN,
Nov 27 (AFP) - Some 10,000 Iranians are believed to be infected with the
deadly HIV virus which causes AIDS, an official from the health ministry
said Monday, cited by the official IRNA news agency >>> FULL TEXT
Popular reformist MP first in balloting
for Iran doctors' group
TEHRAN,
Nov 25 (AFP) - Popular Iranian pro-reform MP Ali-Reza Nuri has been elected
to the administrative board of Iran's politically influential College of
Physicians, the Kayhan newspaper reported Saturday >>> FULL TEXT
Russia ready to provide Iran with conventional
weapons: Russian minister
MOSCOW,
Nov 27 (AFP) - A top Russian minister announced Monday that Moscow was ready
to hold talks with Iran on the sale of conventional weapons, Interfax reported
>>> FULL TEXT
Iran says it is close to self-sufficient
in anti-ship missiles
TEHRAN,
Nov 27 (AFP) - Defence Minister Ali Shamkhani said Iran is close to being
capable of independently manufacturing anti-ship cruise-type missiles, the
official IRNA news agency reported >>> FULL TEXT
Iran experts still awaiting Pakistan's
OK to examine mummy: official
TEHRAN,
Nov 27 (AFP) - Iran is waiting for Pakistan to allow a visit by team of
experts to identify an ancient mummy recently discovered in the Pakistani
border province of Baluchistan, officials said Monday >>> FULL
TEXT
Iran sets 20 dollar crude price for next
budget
TEHRAN,
Nov 27 (AFP) - The government of reformist President Khatami is basing next
year's budget on an oil price of 20 dollars per barrel, parliamentary officials
said in Monday's press >>> FULL TEXT
Iranian conservatives see election gambit
in government's monetary policy
TEHRAN,
Nov 26 (AFP) - Iranian conservatives, influential in traditional economic
and trade circles, are accusing President Mohammad Khatami's government
of flooding the market with dollars to manipulate next year's presidential
election >>> FULL TEXT
New proposal breathes fresh life into Indo-Iran
gas pipeline
NEW
DELHI, Nov 24 (AFP) - A long delayed gas pipeline between India and Iran
may finally be near fruition after a suggestion from Tehran that an international
consortium take over the project >>> FULL TEXT\
Feminism & film
Tehran, (Hamshahri) -- Report on discussions about feminisim in
Iranian cinema, attended by Tahmineh Milani, the director of "Do zan"
(Two women) >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Puppet shows for today's audiences
Tehran (Hambastegi) -- Theater director Koroush Nariman has attempted
to modernize traditional Iranian puppet shows >>> FULL PERSIAN
TEXT
Iranian poet buried in Baku
Tehran
(Hambastegi) -- Poet Hakimeh Bolouri, who left Iran for then Soviet Azerbaijan
in 1946, has been buried in Baku >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Iran set new World Cup qualification record
Tabriz - November 24 (Iran Sports Press) -- The Iranian National
Football Team demolished minnows Guam 19-0 on Friday in their first match
of the World Cup 2002 qualifiers in Tabriz, breaking the scording record
in World Cup qualifiers >>> FULL TEXT
Iran U-19 lose to Iraq
Tehran - November 24 (Iran Sports Press) -- The Iranian National
Under 19 Team fell short of reaching the final of the Asian Under 19 Championship
after losing to Iraq in penalty shoot out. Despite dominating the match
throughout, the Iranian team failed to finish off the numerous chances that
were created in the game >>> FULL TEXT
Need for change?
Tehran - November 24 (Iran Sports Press) -- The failure of the
Iranian National Under 19 Football Team at the 32nd Asian U-19 Championships
in Iran brings to a close an unsuccessful year for the Iranian Football
Federation (IFF). It will not come as a surprise to anyone that this year
the IFF's report card will include quite a few 'F's for the failures of
Iranian football in year 2000 >>> FULL TEXT
BBC
Challenges facing Khatami
President Khatami's remarks on the lack of
authority to carry out his reforms during his term in the office is widely
reflected in Iran's political and press circles. Deputy Majlis Speaker Behzad
Nabavi has also mentioned restrictions the parliament and the administration
face. In an interview with a reformist journalist Fatemeh Govaraaie, Maria
Sarsalari asks why Mr Khatami's remarks came so late? >>>
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