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Googoosh live!
Washington DC
Photographs by Jahanshah Javid
September 18, 2000
The Iranian
Googoosh in concert in front of 14,000 fans at the MCI Center in Washington,
DC, Saturday September 16, 2000: >>>
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Student movement's dilemma
BBC World Service
Days before universities start, several student movements are giving
confusing signals, some inviting them to remain peaceful, and some are
encouraging them to actively protest. Meanwhile, the Chief of Revolutionary
Guards says his forces are prepared to confront any unrest if necessary.
Saeed Yekta talks to Ahmad Salamatian, political analyst in Paris >> FULL TEXT
Cleric Uses Weapon of Religion Against Iran's Rulers
By Elaine Sciolino
The New York Times
September 18, 2000
Despite his turban and cloak, or perhaps because of it, Mohsen Kadivar
is a very dangerous man for the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The 41-year-old cleric and confidant of President Mohammad Khatami trained
at the best theological seminary and taught at some of the best universities
in the country. He was active in the revolution that toppled the monarchy
21 years ago and has written heavy tomes on Islamic philosophy and law.
But that was before he was banned from teaching, before he was tried
and sentenced to prison for disseminating lies, defaming Islam and disturbing
public opinion with his newspaper commentaries suggesting that the rule
of the clerics had become as tyrannical as the rule of the kings >>>
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Agush Over Googoosh; Iranian Diva's Fans Rewarded for
Long Wait
By David Segal
The Washington Post
September 18, 2000
In pop, the larger your legend, the less you're expected to move onstage.
The legend of Googoosh--an Iranian diva touring for the first time in 21
years--is vast, and at MCI Center on Saturday night, she brought thousands
of fans to tears and their feet with tiny, graceful gestures and an alto
that proved undiminished by time >>>
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Let Googoosh sing
By Hadani Ditmars
Salaon
Sepetmber 18, 2000
LOS ANGELES -- Googoosh, the stage name of the pre-revolutionary Persian
pop diva Faegheh Atashin, is as famous in her homeland of Iran as Elvis
is here. But trying to relate the importance of the singer to an American
audience feels like one of those desperate Hollywood movie pitches: It's
"The Bodyguard" meets "Not Without My Daughter," or
maybe "A Star is Born" meets "The King and I." >>>
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"Hello and welcome to my Konkoor countdown & calendar! This
is where I write down my daily notes about my pre-university life, and
how I pass these days in the path for Konkoor." >>>
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* Most undeserving monarch
Kambiz Ameli
writes: I happen to be a strong opponent of the evil regime which is
now ruling our land. However I fervently believe that the Pahlavis are
the main cause of the calamities which has gripped Iran today ["Requiem
in Cairo"].
The late shah was the most undeserving monarch to ever sit on the Peacock
Throne. Underneath his public grandeur he was a frightened and weak individual
who on several occasions packed his bags and abandoned his land at the
first sign of a storm. Indeed he should have never been allowed to return
the first time he fled in 1953...
Do they really believe that Farah would dare return to a public life
in Iran? Can Reza ever dare to believe that the young generation would
allow an uneducated, inexperienced son on Mohammad Reza to ever call himself
monarch? >>>
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* Many still care
Lida writes: I read your article ["Requiem
in Cairo"] with a lot of enthusiasm and have since sent it to
anyone I thought would have an interest. It brought a few tears to my eyes
and to many others who have since read it.
It is refreshing to know there are still a lot of people out there who
truly care about Iran as a country and believe in the traditional values
we once had and try to preserve.
My father especially wanted to congradulate you on your efforts to bring
to the masses an experience many of us would have liked to have had. We
wish you great success in your endeavours.
* Not ONE clear photo?
Negar Tehrani
writes: I was there at the Googoosh concert in Washington DC and I'm
glad your site is the first one to put any pictures from that night on
the web ["Googoosh
live!"].
But weren't there any better, clearer pictures? I mean these are nice
too but how about at least ONE good, focused, clear picture of her?
A devoted fan of The Iranian web site who's kind of disappointed,
let's say!
Event: Mehregan in Washington DC
PLAN AHEAD! MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THE IACA'S MEHREGAN FESTIVITIES!
The Iranian American Cultural Association invites you to celebrate the
bounty of Autumn during its Mehregan pgarty on Saturday evening, 7 October
2000.
* At the elegant, historic Crowne Plaza in the heart of downtown Washington,
D.C. at 14th and K Streets, N.W.
* 8:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m., in the Hamilton Ballroom >>>
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harm the reform movement, press reports said Monday >>> FULL TEXT
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Khamenei pardons women, children in prison
TEHRAN,
Sept 18 (AFP) - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday approved
a judiciary proposal to pardon a number of female and underage prisoners,
the official IRNA news agency said >>> FULL TEXT
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prosecution for killing an unborn child, the Aftab-e Yazd newspaper said
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UNHCR chief arrives in Iran
DOQAROUN,
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days to examine the situation of Afghan refugees her >>> FULL TEXT
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on Monday >>> FULL TEXT
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relic proving the existence of palaces that belonged to the Achamenean kings
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Transportation ban of fever animals
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Panahi warns he won't come to U.S. if fingerprinted
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by prominent friends and relatives of Forough Farrokhzad, along with never-before
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100 years of literature
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controversial figure and an ardent opponent of the reform policy introduced
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I believe that democracy and Islam are compatible. But
a religious state is possible only when it is elected and governed by the
people. And the governing of the country should not be necessarily in the
hands of the clergy. So what I support is the healthy state the reformers
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