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Salt desert tree
Artist leaves mark in Utah desert
By Fereydoun Hoveyda
September 25, 2000
The Iranian
Art work here
If you happen to drive toward Reno on U.S. Interstate Highway 80, across
western Utah's Salt Falls Desert, in the blurred horizon you will notice
a curious shivering structure . No, it is not a mirage. As you approach
, the mysterious object gains focus. With its slim and long cement base
topped with six variously sized and colored spheres, it evokes some kind
of a giant tropical plant...
The "tree" was created and donated to the State of Utah by
a well-known Swedish architect and artist of Persian origin : Karl (Karim)
Momen who was born and brought up near Mashhad . >>>
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Confusing signals for Iranian students
BBC Persian Service
As a new academic year begins President Khatami calls on students to
be calm while he describes criticisms made against his policies as a plot
against the Islamic Republic. Ebrahim Sheikh one of the leaders of the
Daftar Tahkim Vahdat, a major student group, sketches the current situation
of student movement in Iran >>>
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Visiting Iran official draws both sympathizers and
protests
By Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson
Los Angeles Times
September 24, 2000
Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi wrapped up the Southern California
portion of an unprecedented tour of the United States Saturday night, telling
a sympathetic audience of expatriates to rejoice in an independent Iran.
The highest-ranking Iranian official permitted to travel widely in the
U.S. since the overthrow of the shah more than two decades ago, Kharrazi
also urged the audience to speak for the rights of Iranians everywhere
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Now Comes the Real Revolution
By Elaine Sciolino
The New York Times
September 24, 2000
On the annual Woman's Day in Iran last week, a conservative bureaucrat
named Farah Khosravi announced that she wanted to run for president in
next year's election.
Women make up 25 percent of Iran's labor force and half of the university
population. They drive their own cars and run their own businesses, vote
in elections and hold political office. So why not a woman president?
In fact, Ms. Khosravi, who is 41 years old and is in charge of the exercise
curriculum for Iran's schools, is not the first woman to express such ambitions
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In Iran an idyllic year, and then despair
BY: Colin Walters
The Washington Times
September 24, 2000
John Buchan is a novelist, award-winning in Britain, whose sensuous
prose tumbles onto the page in great, luxuriant mouthfuls. Sometimes it
is given its cadence, and bolstered by, lines from Persian poets the writer
has read, from Sanai'I and Anvari in the 12th century to the modernist
Forugh Farrokhzad in the 20th. At other moments one hears echoes of the
dreamlike ardor, daring the reader not to believe any of it, in the pages
of "Justine," the novel with which Lawrence Durrell began his
"Alexandria Quartet" that briefly held a world in its spell 40
years ago >>>
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Isfahan's Zayandeh Rood has completely dried up. Very sad >>>
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More Letters
* XXX
S. writes: First of all., one of the front page images [in The
Iranian]was a nude
painting, a good painting. But my terminal is faced to the hallway.
I was worried that some of my co-workers would see that and would think
I am on a XXX web page...
The other thing is about the short story, "Karin".
I did not like it. My Farsi is not very good, but "Karin"
has a lot of grammatical errors and it is bad. Who cares if somebody's
friend's girlfriend spends a night with him? Who cares what happens in
the bedroom? >>>
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* Educated Haji Bakhshis
Sourena Mohammadi
writes: After reading "Ansar-e
Los Angeles," I felt how much the Iranian opposition outside Iran
is similar in its actions to people like Haji Bakhshi in Iran. I don't
understand them.
Somehow, I can understand Haji Bakhshi. There are reasons why he became
"vahshi." He is illiterate, he is not exposed to any other culture
or way of life and probably has a low IQ.
But what about "Ansar-e Los Angeles?" They are supposed to
be educated and intelligent. They are supposed to be pro-democracy. They
are supposed to be the leading Iranian intellectuals >>>
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* Gutless
Elizabeth Dourley writes:
I am extremely disappointed in the Iranian for featuring this inane
piece in the Wednesday's
Anyway section. I guess the editorial board of The Iranian has
thrown in its lot with the rest of America and determined that the only
religion unprotected by the politically-correct banner is Christianity.
The gutless thing about it is that you know your Christian readership
is nearly non-existent. I dare you to run a similar piece on the holy prophet
of Islam peace be upon him.
Seminar: Pluralism in Iranian history,
Georgetown U.
"Pluralism and Religions in Iranian History and Civilization,"
a free conference hosted by the Georgetown University Center for Muslim-Christian
Understanding, will be held from 9:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday & Friday
(Sept 27-28) at Georgetown University Intercultural Center Auditorium,
37th and O streets NW. 202-687-8375
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Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
All I've wanted from you is to want you,
To spread your love on the table of love, just so.
Last night I dreamt but now the memory's gone.
I woke up drunk: this alone I know.
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Khatami warns students against extremism
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami on Monday
pleaded for patience from students increasingly dissatisfied with the sluggish
pace of reform and urged the clerical leadership to move with the times
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Reformists call for 'quiet' struggle on
campus
TEHRAN,
Sept 24 (AFP) - Iranian reformists repeated their appeal for calm as university
students prepare for the new academic year Monday after deadly unrest marred
a meeting of pro-reform students last month >>> FULL TEXT
Iran was seen freeing some jailed Jews-U.S.
sources
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Instead of just reducing sentences on 10
Iranian Jews convicted of spying for Israel, Iran privately signaled it
would free several of them during negotiations with Western diplomats, U.S.-based
Jewish sources said Friday >>> FULL TEXT
Defence for Iran Jews in spy case says
any appeal delayed
TEHRAN,
Sept 24 (AFP) - Defence lawyers for the 10 Iranian Jews convicted of spying
for Israel said Sunday they cannot work on filing another appeal until last
week's ruling is formally delivere >>> FULL TEXT
Wife of Iran journalist says she was blocked
from prison visit: report
TEHRAN,
Sept 25 (AFP) - The wife of a leading pro-reform journalist imprisoned in
Iran said she was blocked from visiting her husband for the first time since
his arrest five months ago, according to a report Sunday >>> FULL
TEXT
Paper publishes appeal from child of imprisoned
journalist
TEHRAN,
Sept 24 (AFP) - Calls to release Iran's imprisoned journalists took an emotional
turn Sunday when a paper published an open letter to President Mohammad
Khatami from the young child of one of its writers >>> FULL TEXT
Majlis ousts Hardliner
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's reformist-dominated parliament ousted
a hard-line lawmaker Sunday, the third since the new parliament convened
in May. Hasan Moradi, a lawmaker from Arak, central Iran, was ousted through
a secret ballot in the 290-seat parliament, or Majlis, lawmaker Hasan Ramezanianpour
told The Associated Press >>> FULL TEXT
Khatami's office denies culture minister
resigned
TEHRAN,
Sept 25 (AFP) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami's office on Monday denied
reports that Culture Minister Ataollah Mohajerani, a regular target of conservatives
over his handling of the press, had resigned >>> FULL TEXT
Armed man attempts to hijack Iranian passenger
plane
TEHRAN,
Sept 25 (AFP) - An Iranian airplane flying from the southern city of Shiraz
to Tehran carrying both Iranian and foreign nationals landed safely after
an armed man tried to hijack the aircaft, the official IRNA news agency
reported Monday >>> FULL TEXT
Iran gives first-ever house arrest instead
of prison for juvenile
TEHRAN,
Sept 24 (AFP) - Iran has for the first time sentenced a teenager to house
arrest rather than jail, as the prisons system tries to cope with rapidly
swelling numbers, press reports said Sunday >>> FULL TEXT
OPEC strikes feisty stance ahead of oil
summit
CARACAS (Reuters) - Oil cartel OPEC (news - web sites) struck a
hawkish stance Monday ahead of a summit of its political masters, suggesting
the time was right to correct an economic balance of power they see as skewed
in favor of consuming countries d >>> FULL TEXT
Iran to quicken Bangestan oil field negotiations-MEES
NICOSIA,
Sept 25 (Reuters) - Iran has informed foreign oil companies competing for
its lucrative Bangestan oil fields development deal that it wants to accelerate
the project, the Middle East Economic Survey (MEES) said on Monday >>>
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Parliament speaker says bill ends worry
over foreign investments
TEHRAN,
Sept 25 (AFP) - Foreign investors in Iran will face no more worry about
the safety of their capital after final passage of legislation to protect
investments, parliamentary speaker Mehdi Karubi vowed Monday >>>
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Mamet's play in Tehran
Tehran (Aftab-e Yazd) -- David Mamet's "A Life in the Theatre"
will soon be performed in Tehran. The American playwright's play has been
translated by Daryoush Moadabiyan who will direct it. Ali Nassirian will
will play the leading role >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Jalal Al-e Ahmad
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- Thirty-one years ago writer and critic Jalal
Al-e Ahmad passed away. A biography >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Bistoun rennovation
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- The historiacal sites near the Bistoun are
undergoing rennovation >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Tavakoli wins gold for Iran
SYDNEY, September 25 (Iran Sports Press) -- With video: Iran's
long wait for a medal in the Sydney 2000 Olympics ended on Monday when Hossein
Tavakoli won Gold in Men's 105kg Weightlifting Competition. Twenty three
year old Tavakoli 190kg in the snatch and 235kg in the clean and jerk >>>
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Daei only player from Europe in match against
Qatar
TEHRAN, September 24 (Iran Sports Press) -- With video: Jalal Talebi
said on Sunday Iran will miss the experiences of a number of its European
based players in its friendly match against Qatar on Wednesday. "Daei
will be the only European player that will join us for the game >>>
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Iran to play Bochum and Hamburg
TEHRAN, September 24 (Iran Sports Press) -- The Iranian National
Team will play three friendly matches prior to its participation in the
Asian Cup finals in Lebanon. According to the Iranian Football Federation
(IFF), Iran will play the following friendly matches in coming weeks >>>
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BBC
Students call for calm as new academic
year begins
Students have appealed for calm as a new academic
year began today. But the largest pro-reform student group has said it will
press on with its strategy of non-violent protest known as active calm for
speeding up the reforms. BBC Iranian affairs analyst Sadeq Saba considers
the tense situation in the Iranian universities >>>
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The extreme religious side which believes religion and
freedom cannot coexist is a danger...The danger on the other side is the
extremists who say that because freedom and religion cannot co-exist, then
we should chose freedom at the expense of religion.
-- President Khatami, speech at Tehran University
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Sept 25, 2000
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