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No more kids stuff
"The Circle" tackles women's issues without pseudo-poetic
symbolism
By Roya Hakakian
September 29, 2000
The Iranian
At long last a film we can be unequivocally proud of. No more prefacing
our apologetic reviews by, "well given the circumstances under which
the director had to work." Gone are the days of kids, vague Sufi messages
or innocuous village people. Time for some serious hardy subjects. Time
for The Circle.
The Circle is the boldest film to come out of the Iran of the
Ayatollahs. With no pretense or resort to the quintessential Iranian hide
and seek techniques, pseudo-poetic symbolism and metaphors, The Circle
really says what is on its mind >>>
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Greetings
By dAyi Hamid
September 239, 2000
The Iranian
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Iran seeks foreign investment investment
BBC Persian Service
Investment opportunities in Iran as well as obstacles involved were
discussed in a two-day international conference in London. Mohammad Matin
talks to Sir Jeremy Hanley, head of Irano-British Chamber of Commerce who
delivered a speech at the conference >>>
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Strong oil boosts Iran's economy, cheers investors
LONDON, Sep 28 (Reuters) - Strong oil prices have lifted key crude producer
Iran onto solid economic ground and built confidence in potential international
investors, a senior Iranian official said on Thursday.
``Oil revenues are more than 60 percent higher during the first quarter
of 2000 versus the same period last year,'' Iranian Central Bank Governor
Mohsen Nourbakhsh said at Iran Invest in London. He was referring to the
first three months of the Iranian year which began on March 21 >>> FULL
TEXT
Congress defends Bahai rights in Iran
Resolution 257 passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on September
19, 2000, "concerning the emancipation of the Iranian Baha'i community".
Whereas in 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, and 1996, Congress, by
concurrent resolution, declared that it holds the Government of Iran responsible
for upholding the rights of all its nationals, including members of the
Baha'i Faith, Iran's largest religious minority;...
(1) continues to hold the Government of Iran responsible for upholding
the rights of all its nationals, including members of the Baha'i community,
in a manner consistent with Iran's obligations under the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights and other international agreements guaranteeing the civil
and political rights of its citizens >>>
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Boxing ring
International Haftefi: What's to come after the Islamic Republic?
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Kayhan: Why are some trying to question the glories of the Iraqi-imposed
war? >>>
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* Truly gifted
Nezam writes: Wonderful as expected ["Gisheh-ye
shomaareh 2"]. Appreciated as usual I am sure you already know
what a great and perceptive writer you are.
If you would allow me to humbly chip in my two cents: It's sad, depressing,
and most of all as real as it gets. You have the magic of making the Iranian
being so delightful and irresistible that I actually enjoy being reminded
of it instead of continuing to fool myself and ignore it.
I have never seen anyone spell out the modern Iranian existence with
such honesty. You are truly gifted.
* Laughs and tears
Afshin writes: What a great piece ["Gisheh-ye
shomaareh 2"]. It is quite poignant and it managed to make me
laugh very hard about your friend who had to sleep "damaroo"
for two nights and also made me tearful about the lady who lost her husband
-- all in the space of 20 seconds. I really enjoyed it. By the way did
you get your visa or not?? :)
* Got a problem with LA-type women?
Reza writes: akharin kareto khoondam. jaleb bood mesle hamishe
["Penthouse
Haj Aqa"].... dar neveshtehat 1 chizi ke baram soal hast inke
hamvaerh be 1 teep zan ya dokhtar be noee tane mizani. Nazali. Negar. va
ya dokhtari ba arayaeshe anchenani. ya LA typi. lol. enteghade to az in
teep dokhtarha az koja nashi mishe?? nemikham az inha defa konam... hame
ke nabad intelectuel bashand. lol >>>
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* I am in love
Farnoosh PK writes:
I just wanted to write in and comment on Mr Nikbakht's album, "Synethesia".
I am in love with it. Mr Nikbakht is obviously a very gifted artist whose
talent should not be ignored or forgotten. I cannot wait for more music
by him.
Community: Successful Iranians honored
in Orange County
Iranian American Professionals of Orange Country (NIPOC)
will be holding their annual "Successful Iranians Night" on Thursday,
October 5th. This year's guests are from the high tech industry and include
such well-known individuals as: Kamran Elahian, CEO/Centillium Behzad Kashani,
VP/Cisco Massih Tayebi, CEO/Wireless Facilities Vahid Manian, VP/Broadcom
Don't miss this momentus event. For more information, please visit the
NIPOC web site at: //www.nipoc.org/
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Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
Where kindness is, who cares for peace or war?
Where goodness acts, who hears prayer or quarrel?
When a man's accepted, who cares where he's from?
Surrender, yield; if not, your pride's a stone.
* Also see more Rumi
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The Life Teachings and Poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi
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Iran sentences seven Iraqi pro-Baath terrorists
to death - Yunesi
TEHRAN,
Sept 29 (AFP) - Seven members of a "terrorist network" in Iran
"sponsored by the Iraqi Baath party" have been sentenced to death,
Intelligence Minister Ali Yunesi said, cited by the official IRNA news agency
late Thursday. "Twelve people belonging to a vast terrorist group were
arrested recently, and seven of them have been sentenced to death. Strong
documents and proof exist in this relation," IRNA reported Yunesi as
saying Thursday >>> FULL TEXT
Iran says progress made in talks with Iraq
CARACAS (Reuters) - Iran and Iraq held their highest level talks
in nine years on Friday and a senior Iranian official said afterwards they
had made good progress on settling their differences. ``We discussed every
bilateral affair,'' Mohammad Ali Abtahi, chief of staff for President Mohammad
Khatami, told reporters after the meeting in the Venezuelan capital between
Khatami and Iraqi Vice-President Taha Yassin Ramadan >>> FULL TEXT
OPEC pledges kinder, gentler cartel
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - OPEC (news - web sites) is pledging to
create a kinder, gentler oil cartel that would fight to protect the environment
and the rights of developing nations, but made no specific promise to boost
production to temper soaring crude prices. Nonetheless, Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez said Friday the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
is willing to put more oil on the market if necessary >>> FULL
TEXT
Kalari-Kiarostami collaboration
Tehran (Aftab-e Yazd) -- Mahmoud Kalari is making a film with a
$625,000 production award he received in 1998 from an Argentinian film festival.
The film, "Raqs baa roya" is based on a screenplay Kalari co-wrote
with Abbas Kiarostami >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Afkhami: I ain't cheap
Tehran (Aftab-e Yazd) -- Behrouz Afkhami says he wants to make
a film about the Iran-Iraq war. "But I'm an obsessive director who
makes expensive films." >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Nouri's birthday gift
Tehran (Aftab-e Yazd) -- Artists will celebrate Mohammad Nouri's
contribution to music in the past four decades on his birthday on December
21 >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Haydari's hopes for a medal dashed
SYDNEY, September 29: The Freestyle Wrestling Competitions of the
Sydney Olympics continued on Friday with a major fall out by Alireza Haydari
in the 97kg. Haydari lost to Eldar Kurtanidze of Georgia 1-0, in a match
where the Georgian scored one point and ran around the mat for the rest
of the match in hopes of retaining his one point lead >>> FULL
TEXT
Olympic medal winners
Iranian Sports Press -- Iranian medal winners in past and present
Olympics >>> FULL TEXT
Bagheri out of Charlton squad, again
LONDON, September 29 (Iran Sports Press) -- Iranian star mid fielder,
Karim Bagheri, has failed to make it to the Charlton squad who play Coventry
at home tomorrow. The Addicks who have had two excellent results in their
last two premiership games, beating spurs and newcastle by a goal margin,
have amazed most football fans and pundits by their achievement so far >>>
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BBC
Human rights groups criticise lawyers conviction
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch
have criticised the conviction of Shirin Ebadi and Mohsen Rahami, two leading
lawyers on charges of defamation. Shirin Ebadi and Mohsen Rahami, were given
suspended prison sentences of fifteen months each and banned from practising
law for five years. Mohammad Matin report >>>
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betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I have the guts to
betray my country.
-- E.M. Forster
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