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Sa'di
World Cup 98
So lucky
... to have seen Our Boys play in World Cup 98
By xAle
I can hardly contain my joy! It has been a few months since I returned
home from a trip to France to see Our Boys play. My pictures have been
developed, thank-you letters have been posted and I have shared the details
of my trip with friends many times.Yet, each time as I talk about my experiences,
my feeling of pride and joy brings tears of happiness to my eyes. (Read
about FIFA award)
So lucky to have had a chance to see Our Boys play a friendly match
with a local team in Yssingeaux. To be so close as to hear them call out
their next move, to see their faces light up to find a group of Iranian
fans calling out their names.
So lucky to be able to ask them for pictures and to see them come over
with smiles and appreciation. To answer questions warmly and oblige requests
for signatures so graciously.
So lucky to have had a chance to get so close and to talk to so many
of them individually and to hear their plans for the World Cup games. To
see their handsome faces full of smiles when I told them how cute they
are! ... GO TO FEATURE
Outlook
Tehran police use force to disperse opposition rally
TEHRAN, Jan 21 (AFP) - Tehran police forcibly dispersed thousands of
people commemorating the anniversary Thursday of the death of former prime
minister and Islamic liberal opposition leader Mehdi Bazargan.
Police intervened at the end of a ceremony at Hosseinieh-Ershad mosque
in northern Tehran after 10,000 people poured into the streets and shouted
slogans in support of President Mohammad Khatami and against his conservative
opponents.
"Death to despotism ... freedom, security, these are our slogans
... Khatami, we support you," shouted the crowd, made up mostly of
young people ... FULL TEXT
Also see... Bazargan's autobiography
When they were shiny & new
Here are some pictures: The F-5F is a Northrop two-seat trainer version of the
F-5E. The F-14a Tomcat is made by Grumman and we did have around 80
of them in Iran. The name you see on the aircraft are IIAF (Imperial Iranian
Air Force). The Bell helicopter is an AH-J Cobra with TOW missiles. The IIAA is Imperial
Iranian Army Aviation.
I would be grateful if anyone had any pictures of Chinook helicopters
(we have them too, made by Augusta/Italy), Lockheed C-130Cs or F-4 II Phantoms
which are in the service of the Iranian air force.
P.D.
pejvak@home.se
History
Revolution: 1979-1999
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* Royal fake
S. Zahedi writes: The travel diary excerpts posted on your web site
courtesy of Par magazine is a fake ["Qebleye Alam"]! I believe both The Iranian
and Par owe it to their readers to separate fiction from non-fiction,
specially when it comes to historical events.
I have to give it to Par though, for the piece seemed quite authentic.
But anybody with a slight knowledge of that era would immediately discern
its ficticious nature.
NOTE: Since publishing this piece last week, we have learend through
the editor of Par that indeed the true author is Mr. Jalaleldin
Khaleqi and not his Royal Highness. Mr. Khaleqi's name was noted as the
author in Par's index, but not above the article itself.
* Film: "Children of Heaven"
in U.S.
Majid Majidi's "Children of Heaven" opens January 22 in select
theatres across the U.S. A video clip in Quicktime or AVI is available
for download at the Miramax site: //www.miramax.com
Thanks to Payman Arabshahi
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TEHRAN, Jan 21 (AFP) - The murderers of Iranian dissident Daryush
Foruhar and his wife killed the couple after entering their home on the
pretext of making a film, a judicial official was quoted as saying on Thursday.
Mohammad Niazi, a prosecutor with a military court investigating the case,
also said that someone close to Foruhar, probably a member of his secular
nationalist party, accompanied the killers ... FULL TEXT
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Tehran (Iran) - Military prosecutor Hojatoleslam Mohammad Niazi
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U.S. moving toward looser sanctions on
Iran
Prague, 20 January 1999 (RFE/RL) -- The following
is an RFE/RL interview with Ambassador Robert H. Pelletreau, former U.S.
assistant secretary of state for Near-Eastern Affairs under President Bill
Clinton and now a lawyer and an advocate for improving U.S.-Iran relations.
Our correspondent asked Ambassador Pelletreau to speculate on the likely
direction U.S. trade sanctions on Iran will take in the months ahead ...
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Iran blasts US sanctions on Russia
TEHRAN, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Iran slammed as
``gross interference'' sanctions imposed by the United States against three
Russian institutes over their ties with Tehran, newspapers reported on Thursday.
``The ... propaganda campaign launched by the United States is aimed at
damaging relations between Iran and Russia,'' said Foreign Ministry spokesman
Hamid Reza Asefi, quoted by the daily Iran News ... FULL TEXT
FIFA fair play award to Iran, the US, and
Northern Ireland
Zurich, 20 January 1999, (FIFA) - The FIFA Fair Play Prize for
1998 has been awarded jointly to the national associations of Iran, the
United States and Northern Ireland. FIFA President Sepp Blatter said the
joint award was proof of football's role as a mediating force. "In
the middle of the World Cup, the Iranians and Americans provided a powerful
demonstration of the effects of fair play when they not only joined in the
spirit of FIFA's Fair Play Day on 21 June by posing together for the photographers
before their match in Lyon, but also exchanged flowers and gifts among the
players," said Blatter ... FULL TEXT... FULL
TEXT IN PERSIAN
Mahdavi-Kia signs 2 million mark deal with
German team
Tehran (Iran) - National soccer star Mehdi Mahdavi-Kia has signed
a deal worth 2 million marks to play for a German team ... FULL TEXT IN
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