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One must give credit to others' work
By Guive Mirfendereski
January 4, 2001
The Iranian
Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh, is an Iranian researcher based in London... One
can only marvel at the coincidence that produced Mojtahed-Zadeh's articulation
of the same thoughts, in similar language, practically one hundred percent
verbatim, and supported by an identical research of identical sources cited
in the same manner, recapitulating basically this writer's thought processes,
research, and labor >>>
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Singles
Netmate
Looking for my soul mate on the web
By Ferial
January 4, 2001
The Iranian
I find myself maturing at the age of 39, like a good wine, or better
yet, a good champagne (Good wine should stay still and champaign is full
of bubbles waiting to burst and bring joy to any celebration). With no
help from family or friends (reasons unknown to myself), I have chosen
to put myself at the mercy of all sorts of singles sites on the web. Which
brings me to the subject at hand: Khaastegaari, Internet style >>>
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Book
His red-robed highness
Exposing Iran's dirty secrets
By Akbar Ganji
The Iranian
Playing with death >>>
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Outlook
International media watchdog concerned
BBC Persian Service
Reporters Sans Frontieres, in its annual report, has expressed its concern
over the practice of killing or arresting journalists, for their work or
their opinions. It also says that seventy-seven journalists were at present
being held in jails worldwide. The group says Iran is one of the most repressive
countries which closed down thirty media outlets in the past year. Maria
Sarsalari talks to Virginie Locussol of Reporters Sans Frontieres >>> LISTEN
Closed Trial in Iran Raises Skepticism
By Geneive Abdo
International Herald Tribune
January 3, 2000
TEHRAN A sensational trial the government vows will get to the bottom
of state-sponsored death squads is prompting skepticism among many who
say the closed hearings will protect clerics, intelligence agents and high-ranking
officials behind the killings.
Since the sessions began more than a week ago, charges from pro-reform
politicians that the wrong defendants are on trial have renewed national
tensions that the state intended to quell by bringing the case to court
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Yuk
I was telling a friend the other day not to call me while I'm working
because I become like a "rabid dog". Today I really did felt
like one. Then I realized why I was grumpier than usual. It's this vile
soup I've been eating to lose weight >>>
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* Have some ma'refat
Ataollah Togha
writes: My question concerns scanning Akbar Ganji's book ["The
red-robbed highness"], or any other book. Isn't that a violation
of copyright?
I think people can buy Ganji's book very easily through the internet,
and it would be to the benefit of this brave prisoner if you only published
some pages, or hell, some chapters of his book, rather than in its entirety.
I just think what you're doing is far from "ma'refat", for
which I know no American word.
* We are not Negroes
Bahram writes:
In reply to Dokhi Fassihian ["Thank
god for..."], ... Iranians are Caucasians, akin to the Georgians,
Armenians, Chechen, Tajik, and Arab peoples. We are an ethnic and cultural
group making up the Iranian Nation! Just like the Jews, we are a group
that can be defined as a PEOPLE and if Iranians marry non-iranians then
there will be no more Iranians.This is a simple concept, even for an idiot
like you >>>
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* Drowing in this abyss
Shervin writes:
I've just read the note from Unlimited Madness ["You
like Iran to be like America"]...
I'm Iranian, too. And I live in Iran where I know people who don't know
the difference between "F_ck you" and "God Bless You"
and they shoot each other. I know teenage girls who have sex more than
10 times a day. There are men who don't think about America when they're
having sex with a girl the same age as their daughters. I know wives in
Iran who cheat and they haven't got MTV in their houses >>>
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* No homosexuality, please
B.H. writes: I preferably do not want to see the promotion of
homosexuality in your wonderful and educational publication ["News & views"].
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Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
I'm the source of such rot, such stupidity,
That noone, because of me, lives happily.
I shout at everyone, they shout at me;
I demand justice; who gets it from me?
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Suspect in Iran serial murder case says
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TEHRAN, Jan 4 (Reuters) - A defendant in Iran's serial murder trial
has denied active participation in the murders of dissidents in 1998, newspapers
reported on Thursday. Iraj Amouzegar, the 11th of 18 defendants to stand
trial, is the only one so far to deny involvement in the string of murders
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Saudi Arabia says Iran boycott reports
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DUBAI,
Jan 4 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has dismissed newspaper reports quoting an
unnamed Saudi official as saying Gulf Arab states might boycott Iran over
its territorial dispute with the United Arab Emirates. A Saudi Foreign Ministry
statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency late on Wednesday said
the reports carried by the UAE's Gulf News and al-Ittihad dailies on Tuesday
were "baseless and categorically untrue." >>> FULL TEXT
Kuwait denies diplomat held in Iran New
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KUWAIT,
Jan 4 (Reuters) - Kuwait has denied that one of its diplomats in Tehran
was among more than 250 people arrested in a crackdown on New Year's Eve
celebrations, al-Watan newspaper reported on Thursday. "The Ministry
of Foreign Affairs denies the arrest, especially since it had not received
any information regarding the issue from Tehran," the newspaper quoted
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Suleiman Shaheen as saying >>>
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Iranian-Armenian negotiations on gas
TEHRAN,
Jan 4 (AFP) - Tehran's Oil Minister said Wednesday that renewed negotiations
were under way between Iran and Armenia for conveying Iranian natural gas
towards Armenia, official IRNA agency said. Head of the ministry's gas affairs
Hamdollah Mohammad-Nejad was quoted as saying that a "prior agreement
had been signed with Armenia in 1995" >>> FULL TEXT
Car-buyers flocking to new Peugeot 20
TEHRAN,
Jan 4 (AFP) - Nearly 100,000 Iranian car-buyers are on the waiting list
for the new Peugeot 206 and dealers are no longer accepting orders, press
reports said Thursday >>> FULL TEXT
The circle: Top ten
Tehran
(Dowran-e Emrooz) -- Jafar Panahi's "The Circle" on Time magazine's
top ten best films of 2000 >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Fajr: Foreign films
Tehran
(Dowran-e Emrooz) -- Here are some of the foreign films which will compete
in the fajr film festival >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Prison plays
Tehran (Dowran-e Emrooz) -- Prisoners will perform plays in their
own festival >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Esteghlal thrash Paykan in first 2001 match
Tehran - January 4 (Iran Sports Press) -- With video: Esteghlal
thrashed an unimpressive Paykan 4-0 on Thursday in the first Azadegan League
match of 2001. The first meeting between these two teams ended 4-1 for Esteghlal.
The win infront of 10,000 spectators in Azadi Stadium on Friday should restore
Esteghlal's confidense following the suspension of several of its key players
>>> FULL TEXT
BBC
Khatami reshuffles his cabinet
President Khatami has submitted to parliament
the names of five new ministers in the biggest reshuffle of his term, five
months before the presidential election. They have been named for the ministries
of Agriculture, Industries and Mines, Culture and Islamic Guidance, Telecommunication,
and Transport. Lara Petrossian talks to Mohammad-Sadegh Javadi-Hesar, a
journalist in Mashad, about the nominees >>>
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