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Alborzi
Memoirs of the legendary Alborz High School principal
January 8, 2001
The Iranian
From Memoirs of M. A. Modjtahedi: Principal of Alborz
High School and Founder of Aryamehr University (2000, Iranian Oral History
Project, Harvard University), edited by Habib Ladjevardi. Also
see excerpts of Mojtahedi discussing his last days at Alborz and
his views about Mohammad Reza Shah and Reza Shah >>>
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His red-robed highness
Exposing Iran's dirty secrets
By Akbar Ganji
The Iranian
Response to critics of "His red-robed highness" >>>
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Outlook
To run or not to run?
BBC Persian Service
Speculations on whether President Khatami will stand for a second term
in office are gaining momentum. While reformist circles speak about Khatami's
running as conditional, conservatives speak of a decrease in his popularity.
Dr Alireza Nouri, MP and Ghasem Sholeh Sadi, Lawyer comment on the issue
in this report by Daryoush Homai>>>
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The Iranian Madonna breaks her silence
By Robin Denselow
The Guardian (London)
January 8, 2001
Now here's a plot for an unlikely movie. Religious fundamentalists take
over the US, and pop music is banned. Madonna retreats to her apartment
in New York and stops singing, but right across the country her devotees
defy the authorities by secretly playing bootleg tapes of Like a Virgin
and American Pie. Two decades later, she is finally allowed out of the
country to perform abroad, and is treated like a returned goddess by tens
of thousands of exiles >>>
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Out of the blue
A woman in Iran writes to The Iranian: I don't know who
you are, what you are doing or what I should talk about. Albateh I can
tell you a little bit about myself. I live in Iran. I am happily married
and a mother of two angels. I think that's about it. Okay. Hope to hear
about you soon.
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* Ban on parties may make us think
S. Mashadi writes on
the arrest of party-goers in Tehran [News,
Cartoon]:
When I saw the news of the arrests on New Years Eve I said to myself,
well maybe now people will stop and think a little. I must say as awful
as it might sound I was not altogether unhappy. There was in fact a little
inner smile that betrayed a certain meanness that I rarely see in myself.
How can you be amused at the arrest of fellow Iranians? I asked myself.
Here is what I came up with >>>
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* Fighting discrimination
Ziba Marashi writes: What
Mr. Ali Noshiravani, inadvertently or selectively, overlooked in his letter
["Time
to take responsibility"] is the fundamental reason Iranian people
have historically disliked, and even hated, American foreign policy...
As an Iranian-American and a Board of Supervisors member of the Persian Watch
Cat, I do not plan to sit back and shut up if and when I am subjected
to these discriminatory acts. Of course, I am only speaking on my behalf
and my views do not necessarily reflect those of the PWC. I will continue
to fight ignorance and injustice. In my local community, I endeavor to
educate Americans about the contributions Iranians have made and will continue
to make to all of humanity >>>
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* So naive
Nazer Nazeri
writes: It is indeed tragic that some of our people are so naive. They
allow themselves to be brainwashed by the American propaganda monster machine
["Time
to take responsibility"].
The U.S. government is by far the biggestt state-sponsor of terrorism
in the world. Of course, they don't use the "T" word for their
activities. Instead, they call it "covert operations" >>> FULL
TEXT
* African-American-Iranian?
Adnaan Sheikh
writes: Under the "Iranian of the Day" index, I noticed the
picture of T.J.
Houshmandzadeh who happens to be a wide receiver for the Oregon State
Beavers varsity football team. This guys is supposedly an African-American-Iranian,
but there is no information on his name, his family background, his ethnicity,
his parents ethnicity (his mother has an American name) and whether he
is Iranian...
Maybe one of the nurses in the hospital where he was born made a mistake
in the delivery room and sent his mother the wrong baby >>>
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Community: Iranian-American meeting
in DC
You are kindly invited to take part in the fourth Iranian American community
forum in Washington, DC, on January 11 aimed at finding tangible ways that
we, Iranian Americans in DC, can contribute to development in Iran >>>
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Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
You're the road of love, and at the end, my home,
One of the crowd, and yet I see you crowned;
I see you in stars, in the sun, in the moon,
Here in the green leaves, and high on the throne.
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15 ex-agents plead guilty
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Fifteen former Iranian Intelligence Ministry
agents on trial for the murders of four government critics have pleaded
guilty, a newspaper reported Monday. The two other defendants denied direct
involvement in the killings after nine sessions of the closed-door trial,
the reformist daily Hambastegi said >>> FULL TEXT
No verdict yet in trial of reformists over
"un-Islamic" meeting
TEHRAN,
Jan 8 (AFP) - Defence lawyers said Monday the verdict from a Tehran revolutionary
court on Iranian reformists who attended a controversial "un-Islamic"
conference in Germany has been postponed >>> FULL TEXT
Supporters of dissident Iran cleric aiming
to form political party
TEHRAN,
Jan 7 (AFP) - Supporters of dissident Iranian cleric Ayatollah Hossein-Ali
Montazeri, who is under house arrest, are working to create their own political
party, press reports said Sunday >>> FULL TEXT
Arrest figure tops 300 for "depraved"
Iran parties: press
TEHRAN,
Jan 7 (AFP) - More than 300 people, including Europeans and other foreigners,
were arrested in a crackdown on "depraved" New Year's parties
in Tehran, according to the latest figures in Sunday's press. >>>
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Amputations should halt until economy is
fixed: Iran paper
TEHRAN,
Jan 6 (AFP) - A conservative Iranian daily urged Saturday that amputating
the fingers of thieves, as called for under Iran's Islamic law, be called
off until the nation's struggling economy is repaired >>> FULL
TEXT
Murderer hanged in public
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A man who killed his wife and daughter to elope
with his lover was hanged in Iran Sunday in front of thousands of people
>>> FULL TEXT
Human smugglers trying to "exploit"
Iranian market: Aussie minister
TEHRAN,
Jan 8 (AFP) - Human smugglers trying to "exploit" the Iranian
market have led to a sharp rise in the number of Iranians caught trying
to enter Australia illegally, Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock said Monday
>>> FULL TEXT
Khatami "hesitant" to seek re-election:
speaker
TEHRAN,
Jan 7 (AFP) - President Mohammad Khatami is unsure about running for a second
term in June, one of his closest political allies said Sunday >>>
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Iran optimistic on U.S. relations
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's deputy foreign minister said Saturday
his nation is optimistic about improving relations with the United States
after President-elect Bush takes office, the official Islamic Republic News
Agency reported >>> FULL TEXT
Iran reportedly sees OPEC output cut
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has said the OPEC (news - web sites) oil
producers' cartel would decide to cut production by 1.5 million barrels
a day (bpd) at its next meeting in Vienna this month, the Aftab-e Yazd newspaper
said on Saturday >>> FULL TEXT
Panahi pulls "The Circle"
Tehran (Dowran-e Emrooz) -- Jafar Panahi has pulled "The Circle"
out of the Fajr film festival. He says authorities should first allow the
film to be screened for the public >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Fajr music fest
Tehran
(Dowran-e Emrooz) -- This year's Fajr music festival will include performances
by women and pop singers >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
War films head quits
Tehran (Dowran-e Emrooz) -- Abdol-Hassan Barzideh, the head of
the war films association, has resigned without giving a reason. A couple
of weeks ago he had said he wanted to make films unrelated to the Iran-Iraq
war >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Saipa hold Persepolis to a draw
Tehran - January 5 (Iran Sports Press) -- With video: Saipa held
Persepolis to a thrilling 2-2 draw on Friday in a match which included some
of the most spectacular goals of the Azadegan League season thus far. Persepolis
were forced to do without several of their key players >>> FULL
TEXT
Players invited to camp for Civilization
Cup
Tehran - January 7: The Iranian Football Federation announced the
names of 26 players that will represent Iran in at the upcoming Civilizations
Cup to be held in Iran from January 17 to 19. According to the IFF, Ademar
Da Silva Braga will guide the Iranian team >>> FULL TEXT
BBC
Parliament allows single women to study
abroad
Iranian parliament has passed a bill allowing single women
to travel abroad to further their studies. Over 70 conservative MPs voted
against the bill allowing single women to study abroad. The bill now needs
the approval of the conservative Guardian Council to come into effect >>> LISTEN
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I have nothing to do with the Iranian government. So why
should I, as a taxpaying American citizen, be deprived of the rights guaranteed
to me under the U.S. Constitution?... I could envisage being detained at
an airport if I were a member of the Iranian government, but detaining all
Iranians is a petty act on the part of the U.S. and other Western governments.
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January 8, 2001
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