Monday February 12, 2001 / Bahman 24, 1379, No. 1164
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Books this week Poem Translation of today's poem by Zara Houshmand: There's a friend who feeds me pleasure and kindness. He's sewn me a robe of my own skin and veins: My body itself the sufi robe, my heart the very wool, This friend my lord, my cloister the whole world. * Also see more Rumi translations Rumi book
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Iran Forces Beat, Arrest Protesters in New Unrest TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian security forces beat up anti-government demonstrators and arrested more than 50 people on Monday in a second day of unrest in the capital Tehran, witnesses said. The feared Basij Islamic militiamen, part of the security forces, and riot police attacked some 100 people, mainly students, gathered at a park in central Tehran to demand greater freedom of speech, they said >>> FULL TEXT Clashes Erupt in Tehran TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Fistfights broke out between hard-liners and supporters of a leading dissident on Saturday, shortly after President Mohammad Khatami warned that extremist interpretations of Islamic law were threatening freedom and democratic rule in Iran. ``The revolution belongs to all Iranians and nobody has the right to seize it in his own name or tendency,'' Khatami said in a speech marking the 22nd anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution. ``Misrepresentation of Islam and seizing Islam in favor of narrow, dark and non-democratic tendencies is threatening the country." >>> FULL TEXT Deputy minister charged with "complicity in electoral fraud" BERLIN (AP) - TEHRAN, Feb 12 (AFP) - The Expediency Council, Iran's highest legislative oversight body, rejected all "progressive" items in the budget, the press quoted several reformist MPs as saying Monday. The Expediency Council, which arbitrates between the various branches of Iran's clerical regime, decided to follow the conservative Guardians Council instead of the Majlis, Iran's reformist-majority parliament, they said >>> FULL TEXT Pro-reform MP appears before Tehran revolutionary court TEHRAN, Feb 12 (AFP) - Pro-reform Tehran MP Elaheh Koulaii, close to moderate President Mohammad Khatami, appeared before the Iranian capital's revolutionary court Monday following a summons, sources said. She was ordered to provide the tribunal with a number of explanations, but no further information was available >>> FULL TEXT Winner at cinema festival dedicates prize to banned film TEHRAN, Feb 12 (AFP) - Majid Majidi, the top winner at an international film festival in Iran, dedicated his prize Sunday to director Ebrahim Hatamikia, whose film "The Dead Wave" has been banned in Iran. Majidi expressed his admiration for Hatamikia, whose "Dead Wave" covers the life of Mohsen Rezai, a former member of the elite Revolutionary Guards whose son eventually leaves for the United States. The Revolutionary Guards banned the film, saying it made "too many analogies >>> FULL TEXT Hard-liners Renew Death Sentence on Rushdie TEHRAN (Reuters) - Hard-line Iranian bodies Monday renewed a death sentence on Salman Rushdie ahead of the 12th anniversary of the ``fatwa'' against the British author issued by former supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. ``We ask world Muslims to carry out this divine edict and cleanse the world of such mercenary Satans,'' the Islamic Propagation Organization said in a statement quoted by the official news agency IRNA >>> FULL TEXT Italy's ENI seen winning Kashagan oil operatorshi ALMATY, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Italian energy group ENI's Agip SpA has won the operatorship of Kazakhstan's giant Kashagan oilfield, one of the world's largest untapped oil finds, an industry source said on Monday. The source was speaking on the sidelines of a meeting of the nine-member OKIOC consortium to hammer out a deal on which of the group should become operator of the field, seen as the largest oil discovery in the last 30 years >>> FULL TEXT The Web Iran Laws regarding women in the Islamic Republic. Beyond Iran Besides having a fantastic name, Gypsy Smith is a talented Flash animator with a penchant for political humor. While it's a safe bet that Mr. Smith punched his card for Dubya last November, he's an equal opportunity satirist -- check out his clever take on the election debates. Quote Unquote Should be worried We should be worried that, God forbid, one day our people will feel the authorities are not meeting their real demands and that dirty hands have succeeded in disappointing them and thus alienating them. Under such circumstances, no military, security or judicial power will be able to save the country. -- President Khatami Photo of the Day
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