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Paintings by Hossein Ahmadi-Nassab
October 23, 2000
The Iranian
The main subjects in Hossein Ahmadi-Nassab's paintings are ethnic Arabs
from Iran's Persian Gulf coast. Ahmadi-Nassab, a native of Minab in Kerman
Province, is also an author, poet and dramtist. He lives in Tehran >>>
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More newspapers to be banned
BBC Persian Service
Abbas Ali Alizadeh, Chairman of Tehran Province Justice Administration
says more newspapers are to be closed down. His order comes only a few
months after a ban on the publication of dozons of reformist newspapers.
Behrouz Parsa discusses the closure with Nemat Ahmadi, a lawyer in Tehran
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Book Review
Behind the Veil
By Diane Johnson
The New York Times
October 22, 2000
Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran. By Elaine Sciolino. Illustrated.
402 pp. New York: The Free Press. $26.
In the Atlanta airport a few months ago I was startled to see a man
and his two wives encamped on the carpeted floor surrounded by their six
little sons, the women entirely shrouded in black chadors, their faces
veiled, only their eyes showing. This is a sight one often sees in England
but seldom here, a rare reminder of the existence of a culturally and geographically
distant people whose lives are intertwined with our own more than we realize
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A child of Iran's new wave
Bahman Ghobadi looks to the future
By Loren King
The Boston Glob
October 22, 2000
The steady influx of powerful, groundbreaking films from Iran has impressed
US audiences and critics for several years - Jafar Panahi's ''The White
Balloon'' in 1995; Majid Majidi's ''Children of Heaven'' in 1997. But
attention to films out of Iran has boomed this year, with Majidi's highly
acclaimed ''The Color of Paradise'' and ''The Wind Will Carry Us,'' the
new film by one of Iran's best-known directors, Abbas Kiarostami. (It opens
at the Coolidge Corner Theatre next month.) Boston's Museum of Fine Arts
will showcase 12 celebrated films from Iran starting next month, including
work by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, who is credited with cultivating many of Iran's
current crop of filmmakers, including his daughter and son >>>
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Boxing ring
Kayhan: Mohsen Kadivar's lecture prevented in Shiraz >>> FULL
PERSIAN TEXT
Iranian Revolutionary Socialists: Tabarzadi faction leads to
nowhere >>>
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Anyway
Christ converts to Islam
JERUSALEM--In a surprise announcement with far-reaching theological
implications, Jesus Christ The Nazarene, founder of Christianity and spiritual
leader of nearly two billion people, revealed Monday that He has converted
to "the one true religion" of Islam >>>
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More Letters
* Long live the shah
Lida Sheybani
writes: I read your letter titled, "Shah
should be fully blamed" with amazement and to say that it distressed
me is putting it rather mildly.To see that some people are vomiting at
the Pahlavi name disturbs me greatly, not for the fact that you feel this
way, but it simply reaffirms my concern at the level of knowledge and common
sense of a great number of my fellow countrymen and women and some of the
reasons why after so many years in exile I have had to face the fact that
I have lost the country I once loved and cherished ...
I feel like crying to see many Iranians have lost their self-esteem
and are not in touch with reality. They have lost touch with their culture,
and follow the mirage presented to them by vested interests of the Imperialistic
countries. LONG LIVE THE SHAH >>>
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* In the eyes of others
Ali Parsa writes:
Thanks for running the thought-provoking and informative article by
Elaine Sciolino ["The
twelve rules"] and her analysis of Iranian society. Like the overwhelming
majority of Iranians and Iranian-Americans, we are very conscious of how
we appear in the eyes of others because we consider this as a major means
of improving ourselves. In this case improving the cultural ties between
America and Iran...
With all due respect to Ms. Sciolino, I believe that what she puts down
as twelve rules of surviving Iran do not only apply to Iran but to every
humans society in the world. I see these as common sociological and cultural
threads that have their toots in human nature. Further, I do not agree
that these are hard and fast rules and written on stones. They could at
best be termed as general guidelines with minor modifications as they apply
to Iran. In order to be objective, I find it best to go over these rules
briefly one by one >>>
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* Taking me to my people
Fatemeh Karari writes:
I'm from Fars Province. I was born and raised among the Qashqaies. How
I ended up living in California is a long story. I just wanted to say thank
you for your beautiful story ["Soghra's
tribe"]. I really enjoyed it.
While reading your story I could see women dancing and I could hear
the sound of saaz and dohol, or as Ashayer say noghareh.
I could smell the rosewater and I felt like siting in the tent around my
relatives (although I am siting in my boring office & doing nothing).
Again thank you for making my day and taking me to my people.
Conference: Call for papers: Reza Shah's
rise to power
The Institute for Iranian Contemporary Historical Studies is organizing
an international conference on the subject of "Various Dimensions
of the 3 Esfand (21 February) Coup and Ascension of Reza Khan to the Throne."
Date: February 2001. Place: Tehran, Iran. Deadline for submission of abstracts:
Monday 6 November 2000. Deadline for submission of articles: Monday, 8
January 2001. Tel: (9821) 200-5425, 200-3490 Fax: (9821) 262096. Email:
iichs@neda.net . Web: //neda.net/iichs
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Poem
Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
Deep thoughts and sadness dim and do not last
Where wine and song and good kebab are found.
Drink the pleasure, friends, that never ends:
Drink the kiss of water's lips, like flowers do, like grass.
* Also see more Rumi
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Rumi book
Rumi:
The Life Teachings and Poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi
By Frankin D. Lewis
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Judiciary confirms that dissident cleric
charged with apostasy
TEHRAN,
Oct 22 (AFP) - Iran's judiciary confirmed Sunday that jailed dissident cleric
Hassan Yusefi Eshkevari has been formally accused of apostasy, a charge
that could carry the death penalty. The state IRNA news agency cited a prosecutor
from the conservative Special Court for Clergy (SCC) saying that Eshkevari
had also been charged with hostility to God, corruption on Earth, and other
serious offences >>> FULL TEXT
Court reduces jail term of pro-reform journalist
TEHRAN,
Oct 23 (AFP) - Iran's appeals court has cut the five-and-a-half-year jail
term of pro-reform journalist Emadeddin Baghi to three years, Culture Minister
Ataollah Mohajerani told AFP on Monday >>> FULL TEXT
Report: Another paper closed
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's hard-line judiciary has ordered a small
weekly newspaper to stop publishing and has warned more closures are to
come, according to media reports Monday >>> FULL TEXT
MP appears in court over new pro-reform
newspaper
TEHRAN,
Oct 22 (AFP) - An Iranian MP appeared in court Sunday after an inquiry was
launched into his new pro-reform newspaper which hit the news-stands only
two weeks ago, the official IRNA news agency said >>> FULL TEXT
Under-fire culture minister says he is
ready to stay on
TEHRAN,
Oct 23 (AFP) - Embattled Iranian Culture Minister Ataollah Mohajerani said
Monday he is prepared to stay in office at the request of President Mohammad
Khatami, who is running for re-election next year >>> FULL TEXT
Explosions hit Tehran for second day
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Several explosions believed to be from mortar
rounds rocked Tehran on Sunday for the second time in two days, Iranian
state television reported >>> FULL TEXT
Iran, pressured over Israeli captives denies
influence on Hezbollah
TEHRAN,
Oct 22 (AFP) - President Mohammad Khatami said Sunday that Iran had no influence
on Hezbollah, implying that it would not try to coax the Lebanese militant
group to release four Israeli captives >>> FULL TEXT
Iran criticises Arab summit
TEHRAN,
Oct 23 (AFP) - Iran's foreign ministry late Sunday criticised the results
of the just-completed Arab summit in Cairo, saying it had failed to respond
to the wishes of the Palestinians and other Muslims >>> FULL TEXT
Spain extends 600 mln dollar credit line
to Iran: Aznar
TEHRAN,
Oct 22 (AFP) - Spain will provide Iran with a credit line of 600 million
dollars as the two nations move to boost commercial ties, visiting Spanish
Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar said Sunday >>> FULL TEXT
Iran, Germany's Krupp sign in polyethylene
plant deal
TEHRAN,
Oct 23 (Reuters) - Iran signed a deal with German engineering contractor
Krupp Uhde Monday to build a polyethylene plant with an annual production
capacity of 300,000 tonnes, the official news agency IRNA reported >>>
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Surging oil prices give Iran an extra six
billion dollars
TEHRAN,
Oct 23 (AFP) - Surging oil prices have given Iran around six billion dollars
in extra revenues for the first half of the current Iranian year, a member
of parliament's budget committee announced on Monday >>> FULL TEXT
Winners at Isfahan film fest
Tehran, (Aftab-e Yazd) -- Bahman Qobadi's "A time for drunken
horses" won the best feature film award at the the international children's
film festival in Isfahan. Here are the other winners >>> FULL PERSIAN
TEXT
Big names absent in Isfahan
Tehran, (Aftab-e Yazd) -- Film actor Mohammad Kasebi has been a
jury member at Isfahan's international children's film festival for the
past six years. This year, he says, quality suffered because of the absence
of many prominant filmmakers >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Film couple mistreated, angry reaction
Tehran, (Aftab-e Yazd) -- Security forces at the Isfahan film festival
mistreat a film director and his wife, drawing angry reactions from other
filmmakers and the audience >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Iran knocked out of Asian Cup by South
Korea
Tripoli (Lebanon), Oct. 23 (Iran Sports Press) -- He came on as
a sub 14 minutes from time, provided the equalizer for a team mate in the
dying minute of normal time, snatched the winner 10 minutes into extra-time
as South Korea knocked out Iran from the quarter-finals stage of the Asian
Cup, the game being played today in the northern city of Tripoli. South
Korea, the first qualifiers to the last four stage, are due to measure themselves
next Thursday against the winners of tomorrow's other quarter-finals tie
between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait >>> FULL TEX
China murders Qatar
Sidon (Lebanon), Oct. 23 (Iran Sports Press) -- China raised their
game to perfection before dispatching spiritless Qatar today in the quarter-finals
round of the Asian Cup, setting up what could prove an explosive titanic
clash with Japan in next Thursday's last four stage. Japan, tipped by many
observers to land the coveted prize for the second time in the last three
editions, are due to face Iraq tomorrow in another quarter-finals tie >>>
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Shalhoub takess Saudi Arabia to quarter
finals
Sidon (Lebanon), Oct. 20 (Iran Sports Press) -- A dazzling performance
by 20-year old promising striker Mohamed Al-Shalhoub was enough for Saudi
Arabia to thrash Uzbekistan 5-0, moving ahead to the quarter-finals stages
of the Asian Cup. The hero of the game, a long-standing outfit at the bench
during Milan Macala reign, was a starter for the first time as he inspired
his side to a much-needed victory, claiming a hat-trick, and leaving the
other two goals to fellow mates Marzouq Al-Otaybi and Nawwaf Al-Temiat >>>
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BBC
Eshkevari's charges of apostasy questioned
again
The prosecutor for the Special Court for Clergies,
Gholam Hussein Mohseni Ejeie questioned the validity of charges of apostasy
brought against Hassan Yusefi Eshkevari. Mr Ejeie says the supreme leader's
opinion also differs with the charges brought against the cleric by the
judge. Pedram Farzad looks at the issue >>>
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