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Last tear
At Ahmad Shamlou's funeral
Photographs by Nader Davoodi
September 11, 2000
The Iranian
On July 27, thousands took part in Ahmad Shamlou's funeral. It reminded
me of a line from one of his poems: "... aakharin ashk-e man, nokhostin
labkhandam boud." (My last tear was my first smile.) >>>
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Iran
Hidden beauty
I want to start my day with a small glass of tea
By Minou
September 11, 2000
The Iranian
Iran answers many things for me. It surprised me that it gave me an
almost instant sense of belonging. I feel more at home there than I do
in America. The absence of unlimited consumerism, the bowls of fruit instead
of chips, the discussions between family and friends long into the night
instead of being glued to the television remind me of the daily routines
on my family's farm in New Zealand. I find that simplicity comforting and
nourishing.
I confess to an initial apprehension. Is there a Western wife of an
Iranian man anywhere who hasn't been given dire warnings by her so-called
friends and had that awful piece of trash "Not Without My Daughter"
rammed down her throat until she can't help wondering if all the scaremongers
are right? >>>
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Outlook
The Circle
Winner of the Venice Film Festival
By Deborah Young
Daily Variety
September 11, 2000
Dramatizing the terrifying discrimination against women in Iranian society,
Jafar Panahi's "The Circle" both fascinates and horrifies with
its bold assertions about what it means to be a woman under a cruel, institutionalized
patriarchy. The pic is shot with such skillful simplicity, the hallmark
of Iran's finest cinema, that the story of seven women who have crossed
the law goes beyond its social statement to achieve a universal human vision.
With its content pushing at the outer limits of Iran censorship, "Circle"
was formally banned until recently at home, but a major prize at Venice
could help the film find a local release date and open up wider vistas
around the world for this Italian coprod >>>
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President's brother critical of political restrictions
BBC Persian Service
Mohammad Reza Khatami, the younger brother of the Iranian president,
has criticised the restrictions on the activities of political parties
in Iran. He said political organisations and the votes of people should
be taken seriously. Sadeq Saba reports >>>
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OPEC Pact Fails to Calm Oil Price Scare
VIENNA (Reuters) - Oil consumers were left fretting on Monday that worse
may still be to come for fuel bills this winter after OPEC's weekend pact
releasing more supplies failed to contain an explosive rally in world crude
prices.
Cartel ministers admitted on Monday that prices now could be running
out of control >>>
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Quake expert: Tehran at risk for major catastrophe
TEHRAN, Sept 10 (AFP) - Tehran as well as Iran's northwestern provincial
capital of Tabriz are gravely at risk for a serious earthquake, a seismological
expert said on Sunday. "There are between 400 and 500 small tremors
that register as much as 3.0 on the Richter scale in the Tehran region
every year," said Nasrallah Kamalian, head of the geophysics institute
at Tehran university >>>
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Not a good idea
Why? Because it sounds like the THE GROSS Persian cuisine >>>
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Thanks to Pedram Moallemian
More Letters
* Want to throw up
Bardia Saeedi writes:
I have an unusual habit of becoming physically affected by emotional
and intellectual confinements and restraints. Every time, I find myself
trapped in situations where everything about the situation is against my
beliefs, emotions and my whole being, I start to sweat and itch and want
to throw up. Unfortunately that's how I felt when I read "Requiem
in Cairo" >>>
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* Resisting temptation
Kamran Golbabai writes:
As much as this (transferring
googoosh.com to Googoosh) to a lot of people might seem like the right
thing to have done, I know many others would not have done it.
As a telecom marketing consultant and someone who spends a lot of time
on the Net, I know first hand the great potential this site had for making
money.
Unfortunately a lot of our fellow Iranians, if in your position, would
have seized the opportunity of Googoosh's tour to exploit the name to no
end. You resisted the temptation.
I commend you, Mr. Ardalan, and Mr. Bahmani for a wonderful job, and
a very very special encore (forgive the music pun, I could not resist!).
* Satirizing a popular president
Changiz Tavakoli writes:
Hich honarmand-e baa farhang va demokraati baa president montakhabeh
aksariat-e ghaate' mardomash kaari keh shomaa dar safheye kaartoon kardid
raa nemikonad [Saman's
cartoon].
Aid: Iran Water Aid endorsement
WATER AID, the project to raise awareness and profile of Iran's current
severe drought problem has attracted the attention of many international
personalities and more are expected soon.
Recent endorsers of the project include; Ashis Nandy, author, political
psychologist and sociologist, Noam Chomsky, author, great American thinker
and political activist, as well as two of Iran's most prominent film makers:
Abbas Kiarostami and Mohsen Makhmalbaf >>>
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Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
My moon, without you I wept like a cloud.
Without you, I'm wounded, worn out and lonely.
Banished from life, to sit here without you,
I've died of the shame of living without you.
-- Rumi
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New reformist daily hits newsstands
TEHRAN,
Sept 9 (AFP) - A new reformist daily, close to Iran's moderate President
Mohammad Khatami, hit the country's newsstands Saturday following the judiciary's
recent massive crackdown on the pro-reform press. The Aftab-e-Yazd paper,
founded by Mansour Mozafari, was previously only published and sold in the
central province of Yazd, the birth place of Khatami >>> FULL TEXT
Khamenei's brother summoned to court
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - The younger brother of Iran's supreme leader
has been summoned to court on charges related to the reformist newspaper
he launched in June, his aide said Monday. The summons order for Hadi Khamenei
was the third issued by the Special Clergy Court since the Hayat-e-Nou newspaper
debuted, the aide, Abbas Safaifar, told The Associated Press. He did not
say when the order was issued or provide details of the charges >>>
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Suspects in murders of dissidents informed
of charges, trial soon
TEHRAN,
Sept 11 (AFP) - The suspects in the 1998 assassinations of several Iranian
dissidents and intellectuals have 10 days to find lawyers after being told
of the charges against them, state radio said Monday. The report, quoting
judicial officials, said 18 suspects have now been informed of specific
charges they will face when they appear in Tehran's military court and said
the trial will begin "soon." >>> FULL TEXT
Iran sends 24 to prison over post-election
riots
TEHRAN,
Sept 11 (AFP) - An Iranian court sentenced 24 people to prison terms of
up to five years for their role in post-election riots that erupted earlier
this year, the official IRNA news agency said Monday >>> FULL TEXT
Reformist sentenced to prison, whipping
TEHRAN,
Sept 11 (AFP) - A local official from Iran's top pro-reform party was sentenced
to 20 lashes and four months in prison for defaming a conservative candidate
for parliament, press reports said Monday >>> FULL TEXT
Khatami to U.S.: Change behavior
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, returning
from the U.N. Millennium Summit in New York, said Saturday that the United
States should recognize Iran's new words and change its behavior toward
this Gulf country >>> FULL TEXT
Paper says Khatami should win Nobel peace
prize
TEHRAN,
Sept 11 (AFP) - A pro-reform Iranian newspaper said Monday that President
Mohammad Khatami should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001 for
his efforts to create a "dialogue among civilisations." >>>
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Official calls for AIDS education in schools
TEHRAN (Reuters) - A senior Iranian official has called for the
inclusion of AIDS education in school textbooks, the official IRNA news
agency reported on Monday >>> FULL TEXT
Militia forces discover huge booze-manufacturing
center
TEHRAN,
Sept 10 (AFP) - Iran's Islamic Basij militia forces have discovered and
shut down a huge centre manufacturing illicit alcohol, the Kayhan paper
reported Sunday >>> FULL TEXT
Oil prices surge on skepticism
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Oil futures surged to a new 10-year high
Monday amid widespread skepticism about OPEC's plan to reduce prices by
pumping an additional 800,000 barrels of crude daily >>> FULL TEXT
Iran sees key oil buyback deals signed
in October
VIENNA,
Sept 10 (Reuters) - Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said on Sunday that
buyback deals for the Darkhovin and Chesmeh Kosh oilfields were likely to
be signed next month. >>> FULL TEXT
Power station closed down by drought
TEHRAN,
Sept 10 (AFP) - A major power station has been forced to close down because
the river that feeds it has dried up due to the severe drought nationwide,
the state IRNA news agency said Sunday >>> FULL TEXT
Future of Iranian cinema
Tehran
(Aftab-e Yazd) -- In recent years Iranian cinema's international achievements
are comprable to what other branches of Iranian art and literature have
done in a 1000 years. What abut the future? >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Ancient Persian instruments
Tehran (Aftab-e Yazd) -- Mohammad Reza Darvish has put together
an orchestra with ancient Persian instruments. An inteview >>>
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Armenian cemetery
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- The Armenian cemetery in Tehran's Pirouzi
Avenue has been registered as a national historic site >>> FULL
PERSIAN TEXT
U-17 defeat Bangladesh too
VIETNAM, September 10 (Iran Sports Press) -- The Iranian Under
17 National Football Team defeated Bangladesh 4-0 on Sunday to win its group
in the 9th Asian Youth Championships being held in Vietnam >>>
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Daei and Mahdavikia Sscore in Bundesliga
BERLIN, September 9 (Iran Sports Press) -- Iranian star striker
Ali Daei was off the bench today as he gave his club side Hertha Berlin
a consolation goal in a 2-1 loss to Wolfsburg. Meanwhile, Mehdi Mahdavikia
took part in Hamburg's 4-0 drubbing of his former club side Vfl Bochum >>>
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Iran in Sydney Olympics
September 8 (Iran Sports Press) -- Who's who in Iran's Olympic
squad >>> FULL TEXT
BBC
Governor general of Fars Province
Governor general of Fars Province has said
that the threat of Aids should not be ignored and school children must be
educated on the matter. Pooneh Afshar explores the severity of this disease
in Iran, and what is being done about it >>>
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Gutenberg, a collaborative effort to distribute world literature in electronic
format. Now, e-books, e-ink, e-publishing, and e-reading devices are part
of the daily buzz. The newly launched Electronic Literature Organization
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I hate and I love: why I do so you may well ask. I do not
know, but I feel it happen and am in agony.
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