Wednesday January 10, 2001 / Dey 21, 1379, No. 1142
Rumi translation
Boxing ring Kayhan: Oppression under the guise of freedom >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT Ettehad-e Chap: Dialogue of civilization and the Islamic Republic's crimes >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT Anyway
Nostalgia
Satire
Poem Translation of today's poem by Zara Houshmand: Wrap my secrets within your soul, and hide, Even from myself, this state of mine. Wrap me in your soul: face to face with me, Your faith will transform my worst blasphemy. * Also see more Rumi translations Rumi book
Staff * Publisher/Editor: Jahanshah
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Court calls ex-intelligence chief over 1998 dissident murders TEHRAN, Jan 10 (AFP) - Former intelligence minister has been summoned to court as an "informed person" in the trial of 18 secret agents for the 1998 murders of several dissidents, press reports said Wednesday. Ali Fallahian, who headed the ministry from 1993 to 1997 under then-president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, has been asked to answer questions over the killings, the pro-reform Hambastigi paper said >>> FULL TEXT Iran hangs 21-year-old who murdered militiaman SHAHRE REY, Iran, Jan 10 (AFP) - A 21-year-old convicted of murdering a member of the nation's volunteer Basij Islamic militia was hanged in public just after sunrise on Wednesday. Hamid Heydari had been found guilty in the stabbing death of Teymour Hassan-Zadeh, a father of three, several months ago >>> FULL TEXT Iran hangs a murderer in public at dawn SHAHRE REY, Iran, Jan 10 (AFP) - The moon was still bright in the black sky when the police laid out their tools below an ancient willow tree -- a chair, an unsteady ladder, and a coil of rope with the hangman's noose. In three hours, just after feeling the sun come up to touch his face one final time, Hamid Heydari would be dead >>> FULL TEXT Khatami's hesitation over standing for re-election worries Iranian TEHRAN, Jan 10 (AFP) - Iran's President Mohammad Khatami's dallying over whether or not he will stand for a second term in six months' time has left many Iranians perplexed, whilst offering no solace to his conservative rivals. In the past month a member of his closest entourage, parliament speaker Mehdi Karubi, has twice beseeched him to officially register his candidacy >>> FULL TEXT EU's Moratinos calls for global cooperation toward "durable peace"\ TEHRAN, Jan 10 (AFP) - The European Union's special envoy for the Middle East, Miguel Angel Moratinos, called Wednesday in Tehran on the international community to "cooperate for the establishment of a durable peace" in the region. After talks late Tuesday with Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi, Moratinos voiced on Iranian radio his "concern" over the situation in Palestine, adding that Tehran and Brussels had also "examined how Iran can help in the reconstruction of Lebanon >>> FULL TEXT Oil buoys on fresh U.S. stocks data LONDON (Reuters) - World oil prices forged ahead on Wednesday after fresh U.S. and European stock data breathed new life into a market awaiting confirmation of an OPEC (news - web sites) producers' cartel output cut next week. U.S. benchmark light crude surged 71 cents to breach the $28 barrier, as traders raced to cover short positions, and last stood at $28.28 per barrel, 64 cents up >>> FULL TEXT Drunken horses: Best of 2000 Tehran (Hayat-e No) -- Bahman Qobadi's "Time for drunken hirses" was one of the top-ten best films of 2000 according to Film Comment magazine and the National Film Critics Society in the U.S.>>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT 135 Iranian films at international fests in a month Tehran (Hayat-e No) -- Some 135 Iranian films were entered into 55 international festivals during the last Iranian month of Mehr >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT Golha creator to be honored Tehran (Hayat-e No) -- The 100th birthday of Davood Pirnia, the founder of the Golha music program on Iranian radio will be marked in a special ceremony in Tehran >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT Don't put players in jail Tehran (Persianfootball.com press clip) -- In this article by Darioush Zahab which was published in Asre Emrooz newspaper in Farsi, you can read a protest against the incarceration of three Iranian national players after the game between Esteghlal and Persepolis >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT Croatia's Blazevic takes on top job in Iran Tehran (asia-soccer.net) -- Former Croatian national coach Miroslav Blazevic will arrive in Tehran this week to take over under-achievers Iran, whose elimination from last year's Asian cup led skipper Jalal Talebi to resign >>> FULL TEXT Ranjbar: Blazvich arrives in Tehran on Thursday Tehran, Jan 9, IRNA -- Head of Iran's National Football Teams Mohammad Ranjbar said on Monday that the new foreign coach of the Iranian National Football Team would arrive Tehran on Thursday >>> FULL TEXT BBC History of Iranian performing arts A seven-part program produced by filmmaker Shahrokh Golestan. Here's PART ONE >>> LISTEN HERE Exchange rate Updated January 8 Buying: 790 to 794 tomans per dollar Selling: 808 to 810 tomans per dollar CALL TOLL FREE: 877-SEHHATY (877-734-4289)
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