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January 5, 2001
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His red-robed highness
Exposing Iran's dirty secrets
By Akbar Ganji
The Iranian
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Break up in the rightist camp?
BBC Persian Service
A leading conservative figure, Mohammadreza Bahonar, says a powerful
neo-religious trend is taking momentum among the right faction. Earlier
in the week, Taha Hashemi, managing director of the rightist Entekhab daily,
also said that some factions within the conservative camp were distancing
from the more traditionalist ones like Jamiat-e Motalefeh. Masoumeh Torfeh
asks Mohammad Mehdi Khalaji, an analyst, about the significance of these
remarks >>>
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Montazeri.com shut down for copyright violation
4 January 2001, (International Systems Consultancy) -- In late December
International Systems Consultancy (I.S.C.), the makers of ParsNegar, took
legal action against the operators of the montazeri.com web site for distributing
copyrighted material, which subsequently resulted in the web site being
shut down. The web site was distributing a Persian font copyrighted by
I.S.C. The operators of the web site were given sufficient warning to cooperate
and remove the font from their web site. Their failure to comply with the
request resulted in an immediate shut down of the web site until further
notice >>>
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"Persian Watch Cat" Seeks Leadership Participation
in the US"
By David Rahni,
New York, January 2001
After the advent of acquiring US citizenship by large numbers of Iranian
Americans through the 90s, many recognized the need and merit to have "come
out of the closet" so as to fully realize their dreams by exerting
their presence felt. Persian Watch Cat (PWC): The Iranian American Anti-Discrimination
Council, also known as Persian Watch Center (PWC), is one of the many natural
outcomes of such foresight. PWC has now successfully completed the first
period of the development of its mission statement, by-laws, and committees
and regional chapters structures >>>
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National Machete Association Speaks Out
WASHINGTON, DC--Vowing to "vigilantly defend the Second Amendment
and preserve our most basic civil liberties," the National Machete
Association denounced congressional efforts to enact machete-control legislation
Monday >>>
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* Time to take responsibility
Ali Noshirvani writes:
The other day, as I sat at my computer reading my emails, I came across
one forwarded by an Iranian friend to everyone in his address book. In
short the mail explained that a new Iranian-American organization ["Persian Watch
Cat"] had been formed in order to lobby against the so called
"discrimination" Iranians are subject to, specifically when traveling.
"It's barbaric that we must have our bags searched and our private
property scrutinized and fingerprints taken...why must they ask the occupation
of our parents?" The article read.
As I continued to read, I recalled a recent trip trip the UK where I
was taken aside and questioned for 20 minutes. And as I came upon the web
link where I too could vent my anger at the discrimination directed to
me.
Then it dawned on me. I suddenly realized that we have no one to blame
but ourselves. It was not a Farangi who held Americans hostage for 444
days. It was not an American who sponsored terrorism and may have been
responsible for the murder of innocent people >>>
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deprived areas
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is non-profit independent organisation. Its general policy is to select
model state schools in deprived areas of Iran and provide them with modern
computer sites and Internet access. In its first year of activities in
Iran, SAF completed this project for 19 schools in Tehran, Shahre-Ray and
Varamin. SAF needs your support >>>
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Houshmand:
Show your face -- we long to paint your image.
If you won't come, then let us please come there.
Send a kiss, one by one, for every one.
If you won't, then just send one and we can share.
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Chinese vice president arrives in Iran
TEHRAN,
Jan 5 (AFP) - Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao arived in Iran Friday on
the first stage of a five-country tour that will also take him to Syria,
Jordan, Cyprus and Uganda, state television reported. Greeted at Tehran
airport by his Iranian counterpart Hassan Habibi and other officials, Hu
told journalists his visit concerned bilateral relations and regional and
international matters >>> FULL TEXT
Authorities amputate man's fingers
TEHRAN,
Jan 4 (AFP) - Four fingers were cut off a man's right hand after he was
found guilty of stealing, the daily Kahyan reported Thursday. Mohammad-Ali
Eyvazkhani was punished in accordance with Islamic Sharia law in the Shiite
holy city of Qom, south of Tehran, after he was found to be a repeat offender
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UN worried about refugees
The United Nations has sent a team of experts
to Herat to assess the needs of thousands of people displaced by drought.
The UN sources said the displaced people had arrived in Herat from Ghor
and Badghis provinces, a region badly hit by the drought. Ali Sina reports
from Peshawar >>>
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Little dignity
No matter how angry or violated we may feel when our bags
are opened or when we are escorted to the back room for fingerprints, for
once we should sit back, shut-up and smile. Maybe then we can save what
little dignity the Iranian government has left us.
-- Ali Noshirvani
Letter to The Iranian
January 5, 2001
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