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Shirin Neshat's art at UC Berkeley Museum
By By Maryam Ovissi
September 28, 2000
The Iranian
The beauty of communicating a personal experience is when it crosses
a fine line, unveils the human condition and becomes universal. This is
Shirin Neshat's genius.
Many contemporary artists dream to be where Neshat is now. She is recognized
around the world as one of the most innovative, thought-provoking and exciting
contemporary artists of our time. She aggressively and poetically explores
a taboo topic -- religion, and more specifically, Islam >>>
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Two Human Rights lawyers sentenced
BBC Persian Service
Shirin Ebadi and Mohsen Rahami, two of Iran's leading human rights'
lawyers have been given suspended prison sentences and banned from working
for five years. They have been accused of producing a defamatory video
tape, alleging that prominent conservative figures supported the actitivies
of violent right-wing vigilante groups. Jim Muir, reports >>>
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The best director in the world?
The Daily Telegraph
September 21, 2000
Cinema's golden age is not quite over - thanks to the Iranian Abbas
Kiarostami. He talks to SF Said By SF Said
The cutting edge of cinema today is not in Los Angeles, Paris or even
Tokyo. Instead, a film industry that has survived revolution, war and censorship
is reinventing the movies, producing something rare and beautiful: a cinema
of life.
Surprising as it may seem, the film industry in question - the most
vibrant and exciting in the world - is in Iran. Abbas Kiarostami is its
most renowned director. "So many films today send you out empty-handed,"
he reflects. "While you are watching, you may laugh or weep - but
when they end, you are empty. I think my films leave an impression that
lasts a bit longer." >>>
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World Taekwondo Champion in Shock Defeat
By Barnaby Chesterman
SYDNEY (Reuters) - World champion Hadi Saeibonehkohal of Iran suffered
a shock defeat in the semifinals of the men's 68 kg Olympic taekwondo competiton
on Thursday.
South Korean (news - web sites) Sin Joon-sik, 20, out-pointed, outfought
and outwitted his more experienced opponent to score a 5-3 victory and
progress to the final later in the day >>>
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issue dated September 1995, came out that August). F-i-v-e years... holy
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More Letters
* Backward mentality
Mohammad Ali Yamini
writes: I think that your article is symptomatic of the backward mentality
present in the Iranian communities in many parts of the world ["Doctor...
Doctor..."]. In Los Angeles this mental backwardness seems to
be all the more accentuated...
I have seen many charlatans amongst these so-called doctors. They are
very good actors. They look at people and are eager to see how dumb people
are to squeeze them out of money. It is quite common to see that they make
patients come and go to their offices unnecessarily just to charge the
government or the insurance companies till they reach their income ceiling
>>>
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* Killer article
Alireza writes:
Awsome job at humoring the true spirit of most iranians in Los Angeles
["Doctor...
Doctor..."]. Killer article.
* Try Prozac
Daniel Zang writes:
After reading "Okay,
I'm a racist" and looking at Mr. dAyi Hamid picture for a few
minutes, I really had a hard time accepting a person with such facial characteristics
AND I tried hard to stop laughing...
The problem is, racist people, like Mr. dAyi Hamid, can not comprehend
their own history, culture, literature or country. Iranian racists attack
Kurds, and the funny thing is many German racists say that Kurds are among
the purest "Arayans" in Iran......they can't even keep their
own story straight! They want to use anything and everything to further
their racist argument! Just like what Hitler did during WW2, when he tried
to use the Bible to further his racist propaganda. The irony is, he was
a half Jew who hated Jewish people and others!
Last but not least, I would like to add that MAYBE, just may be, Prozac
can help Mr. dAyi Hamid and people like him! >>>
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Film: Iranian film in New Yor Film Festival
"SMELL OF CAMPHOR, FRAGRANCE OF JASMINE" (Iran), directed
by Bahman Farman-ara. Saturday September 30, 2000 at 3. pm and Tuesday
October 3, 2000 at 9. pm.
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Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
How long will I keep burning in your flame?
How long will I keep pulling at your skirt?
How many friends will turn from me in shame?
How long will you be distant? How long will I still hurt?
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Lawyers disbarred, militant given two years
TEHRAN,
Sept 28 (AFP) - A suspected Iranian militant was given two years in prison
in a controversial case over a videotape in which he claimed dissent among
Iran's leadership, a government-run paper said Thursday. Meanwhile, two
leading pro-reform lawyers who had been suspected of helping make and distribute
the tape were given suspended sentences but each slapped with a five-year
ban from the bar >>> FULL TEXT
Conviction of Iranian lawyers condemned
September 28, 2000, New York (HRW)--Human Rights Watch today condemned
the conviction by a court in Tehran of two Iranian human rights lawyers
on charges of defamation and disseminating false information. Mohsen Rahami
and Shirin Ebadi were both given suspended prison sentences of fifteen months
and banned from practicing law for five years by Court Branch 16 >>>
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Reformist-run Iran body blames hardliners
for riot
TEHRAN, Sept 27 (Reuters) - A reformist-run Iranian state security
body on Wednesday blamed Revolutionary Guards and other hardliners for the
bulk of last month's bloody unrest in the western city of Khorramabad, Iran's
news agency IRNA reported. The National Security Council, headed by moderate
Interior Minister Abdolvahed Mousavi-Lari, also said in a report that more
than 60 police and security force members were injured, several by gunshots,
in the city's riots, IRNA said. It did not refer to injuries among civilians
Egyptian minister visits Iran
TEHRAN, Sept 27 (AFP) - The Iranian parliament on Wednesday warned
students not to let hardliners draw them into more violence that could harm
President Mohammad Khatami's reform movement. The reform-majority legislature,
in a statement carried by the state news agency IRNA, said the current situation
was "extremely sensitive" after days of riots marred a pro-reform
student meeting last month >>> FULL TEXT
Iran records first surplus with Western
banks in three years
London,
Sept. 28, IRNA -- During the first three months of 2000, Iran's external
position with western banks moved into surplus for the first time in over
three years. According to the latest quarterly review from the Bank of International
Settlement, Iran's deposits in all sectors rose to Dlrs 9.3 billion at the
end of March, up from Dlrs 8.1 bn at the end of 1999 and from Dlrs 6.3 billion
at the end of 1998 >>> FULL TEXT
Too much oil on the market: Oil minister
CARACAS,
Sept 28 (AFP) - As OPEC held a historic gathering in Caracas amid international
concern over oil prices, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zangeneh said
Wednesday there was too much oil on the market. "We have excess supply
on the market," he told journalists a few hours before the scheduled
start of a summit of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
>>> FULL TEXT
Iran MP blasts US reserve release as political
ploy for Gore
TEHRAN,
Sept 28 (AFP) - A conservative MP in OPEC giant Iran on Wednesday blasted
the US decision to open the taps of its strategic oil reserve as a political
move to boost the White House chances of US Vice President Al Gore. "This
decision by the American government is aimed at helping the Democratic candidate
in the presidential elections," said Ali Hashemi-Behramani from parliament's
energy committee, cited by the state news agency IRNA >>> FULL
TEXT
New bio on Seyed Zia
Tehran
(Hamshahri) -- A new biography on Seyed Zia Tabatabaie, a key figure in
the rise of Reza Shah, has been published in two volumes by Jafar Mehdinia.
See other new books >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Bani-etemad's latest
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- Rakhshan Bani-etemad's latest film, "Zir-e
poost-e shahr" (Under the city's skin), received great attention during
a screening at the "Dialogue of Civilizations and Cinema" seminar
>>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Tourism up
Tehran
(Hamshahri) -- Some 700,000 tourists have visited Iran in the first six
months of this year, according to an official. The total for the year is
expected to be 1.3 million tourists, up from 1.1 million last year >>>
FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Saee takes bronze in Sydney
SYDNEY, September 28 (Iran Sports Press) -- With video: Iran's
gold medal hopeful Hadi Saee was forced to settle for bronze medal in the
men's under 68kg Taekwondo on Thursday after his hopes for a gold medal
were shattered following a loss at the hands of Joon Sik Sin of Korea >>>
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Saipa on top
Tehran (Iran Varzeshi) -- Latest Azadegan League standings. Saipa
and Zobahan are first and second. But Esteqlal and Persepolois have played
fewer matches. Reza Sahebi and Reza Ostovari, both from Zobahan, have scored
the most goals so far >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Minavand's Sturm thrashed by Monaco
VIENNA, September 28: SK Sturm Graz lost 5:0 in Monaco on Wednesday
evening. Mehrdad Minavand played the entire 90 minutes and was the best
player in an otherwise weak Sturm-team. Best player on the pitch was Monaco's
forward Marco Simone, who gave Monaco the win with his three goals in the
first half >>> FULL TEXT
BBC
State Security Council reports on Kharramabad
riot
The State Security Council has published its
report on the recent unrest in the western city of Khorramabad. For the
first time, members of the Revolutionary Guards, Baseej and representatives
of the Supreme Leader in Khorramabad have been accused for inciting the
clashes >>>
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