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Objection!
Iran should defend itself in U.S. courts
By Babak Movahedi
November 29, 2000
The Iranian
Although foreign countries are usually protected from lawsuits by U.S.
parties under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, countries such as Iran
that are deemed by the U.S. Department of State to be state sponsors of
terrorism are excepted from such immunity. As a result, there have been
a number of cases filed and judgments entered against the government of
Iran. In each case, Iran chose not to enter an appearance in court >>>
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Khatami's test
By Vahe Petrossian
24 November 2000
Middle East Economic Digest
Some three-and-a-half years after launching radical political reforms
in Iran, the presidency of Mohammad Khatami is in deep trouble. A frustrated
population is having to face the possibility of the reformist cleric leaving
office prematurely, ceding the initiative to his right-wing opponents.
Vahe Petrossian reports from Tehran >>>
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Khatami presents his budget
BBC Persian Service
President Khatami presented next years budget to the parliament today.
In the past he has described the Iranian economy as being sick. So what
remedy does he propose for the countries sick economy? Lara Petrossian
put this question to Mohammad Sadeq Janansefat, economic writer. He first
describes the main points of the new>>>
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An Iranian Traces the Path of a Woman's Life
By Joan Dupont
International Herald Tribune
November 24, 2000
THESSALONIKI, Greece Some day, the Western eye may be sated with the
sheer beauty and simplicity of Iranian cinema - messages planted like signposts
in the landscape: children racing after balloons, old men bearing blackboards
on their backs. But not yet, and not in Thessaloniki, the Greek harbor
where festival audiences applauded Marziyeh Meshkini's first film, ''Roozi
khe zan shodam'' (The Day I Became a Woman), and the jury awarded her the
prize for best director >>>
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Tabrizi Arab
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Name: Mohamed Altabrizi
City: Saudi Arabia, Riyadh
More Letters
* Unbelievable stupidity
Zara Houshmand writes:
In response to Iraani, the real
disgrace is that you have no shame in publicly expressing such a racist
opinion. You cannot claim to speak for "all of us" or "our
kind".
I for one do not share your opinion, and I have never felt so angry
at any letter yet published on iranian.com. I've long known that Maryam
and Daryl are both wonderful people [Maryam
and Daryl], but I'm only beginning to fully understand how courageous
they are in standing up against the unbelievable stupidity of people like
yourself.
* Tearing down individuals
Kyra Liston writes:
In response to Iraani, I hope she realizes that racism is exactly what her closed-minded
and judgemental message portrays.
It's clear that Iraani feels that the actions of Iranians speak for the
Iranian community. However, in making that the statement that she did,
I feel that Iraani, not Maryam [Maryam
and Daryl], is depicting a negative picture of her community >>>
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* She LOVES him
Qtipp writes: In
response to Iraani's email: it's
people like you who make Iranians look so freakin' backwards sometimes.
What is your kind, anyways? Another spoiled, rich, half/half kid who
takes pride in the fact that she has "Indo-European" blood in
her who will marry some rich, fat doctor.
I for one am glad that Maryam married a Black man, because she LOOVES
him, not because he's Black [Maryam
and Daryl].
I guess that love comes second, third, or fourth for you, however. Good
luck finding a man who will tolerate you in the future.
* No need for radicalism
Poopak Taati writes:
I read the interesting analysis of Dr. Ali Akbar Mahdi ["Making
a hero"]... The only point with which I disagree is the underlying
assumption of the article that any social change necessarily involves violence
and rejection of social institutions. In other words, a prescription is
implied that more unrest and more radicalism, or otherwise "ghahr-e
enghelabi" are essential tools for any institutional change in Iran
>>>
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Community: 2nd Iranian forum, Washington
DC
You are kindly invited to take part in the second Iranian American community
forum aimed at finding tangible ways that we, Iranian Americans in DC,
can contribute to development in Iran. The meeting will take place on THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER 30 AT 6:30 PM. Location: The 2nd floor meeting room at Tenley/Friendship
Library, 4450 Wisconsin Ave. (202-282-3090) >>>
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Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
When there's no sign of hope in the desert,
So much hope still lives inside despair.
Heart, don't kill that hope: Even willows bear
Sweet fruit in the garden of the soul.
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Press court bans leading youth magazine
TEHRAN,
Nov 29 (AFP) - Iran's conservative-run press court on Tuesday banned the
nation's largest-circulation youth magazine, Iran-e Javan, its director
Behrouz Behzadi told AFP >>> FULL TEXT
Press board approves 17 new publications
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anger over its handling of the press, has given the green light to more
than a dozen new publications, the official IRNA news agency said Tuesday
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Parliament asked to recognize Armenian
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TEHRAN,
Nov 29 (AFP) - Armenian members of the Iranian parliament are to ask the
assembly to recognise Turkey's 1915-17 "genocide" of Armenians,
the centrist daily Entekhab reported Wednesday >>> FULL TEXT
Khatami speaks out vs. hard-liners
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - With barely six months to go
before a showdown at the polls, Iran's reformist and immensely popular President
Mohammad Khatami has threatened to expose the illegal deeds of hard-liners
trying to derail him >>> FULL TEXT
Khatami presents last budget, vows economy
is "running well"
TEHRAN,
Nov 29 (AFP) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami on Wednesday presented
the final budget of his four-year term amid strong conservative criticism
over his handling of the economy as he readies for a possible re-election
run next year >>> FULL TEXT
UNHCR says more than 165,000 Afghans returned
from Iran since April
TEHRAN,
Nov 29 (AFP) - More than 165,000 Afghan refugees in Iran have returned home
since the April launch of a joint repatriation programme with the UN High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), officials said Wednesday >>>
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First Iran-made airliner to fly in February
TEHRAN,
Nov 29 (AFP) - The prototype of the first airliner to be built in Iran will
fly on February 11 next year, anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution,
Defence Minister Ali Shamkhani was quoted as saying Wednesday >>>
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Iran expects record oil revenues thanks
to higher prices
TEHRAN,
Nov 28 (AFP) - Iran expects to generate record revenues of 21.5 billion
dollars from oil sales in the year to March 2001 thanks to higher prices,
the governor of the central bank, Mohsen Nourbakhsh, said Tuesday. "We
earned 15.6 billion dollars in oil sales between March 2000 and the end
of October and, if the current trend in prices continues, our revenues will
reach 21.5 billion dollars" at the end of the fiscal year, Nourbakhsh
told a press conference >>> FULL TEXT
Turkmenistan and Iran discuss Caspian Sea
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Turkmen
President Saparmurat Niyazov and Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Ahani
have discussed proposals on the status of the disputed resource-rich Caspian
Sea, official reports said Tuesday. Ahani, Iran's special representative
on Caspian issues, and Niyazov "confirmed the closeness of the positions"
of the two countries on the issue of resolving the status of the inland
sea, the Neutraly Turkmenistan reported >>> FULL TEXT
Success for "drunken horses"
in U.S...
Tehran (Hambastegi) -- Bahman Qobadi's "Time for drunken horses"
-- Iran's Oscar entry -- has not only received great press in the U.S.,
it has done very well at the box office >>> FULL TEXT
... but a flop in Iran
Tehran
(Hambastegi) -- In Iran, "Time for drunlen horses" has made 25
million tomans in the two months since its general release -- about one
tenth the revenue generated by Rakhshan Banietemad's "Zir-e poost-e
shahr" (Under the city's skin) in the past month >>> FULL
TEXT
Farhat completes "Damavand"
Tehran (Aftab-e Yazd) -- Shahin Farhat has completed the composition
of his sixth symphony, "Damavand", which will be performed by
the Tehran Symphony Orchestra before March >>> FULL TEXT
First step towards World Cup
Tehran
(Iran Varzeshi) -- By defeating Tajikistan, Iran cleared the first hurdle
towards qualifying for the World Cup >>> FULL TEXT
Mohajerani: National team only
Tehran
(Iran Varzeshi) -- Heshmat Mohajerani says he would accept nothing less
than the head coaching job of the national soccer team. If that isn't offered,
he plans to open a soccer school >>> FULL TEXT
Abedini of foreign trade deals
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BBC
Row over President's power continues
President Khatami today questioned whether
the judiciary was capable of preventing violations of the constitution through
a proposed constitutional court. He was responding to Head of Judiciary's
proposal for creation of constitutional court. Lara Petrosian asks Ahmad
Salamatian, political commentator where this confrontation is leading to>>> LISTEN
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