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Beshno az ney...
Badri Tarvij's cries of love, loneliness and life in
exile
There's an abundance of pain and sorrow in most of Badri Tarvij's poems
which leave the reader quite distressed. But what makes them bearable,
and often deeply satisfying, is her incredibly skillful but modest delivery
of simple truths in beautiful verse.... GO TO FEATURE
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dAyi Doomaad!
I guess he wasn't kidding when he said he was madly in love. dAyi Hamid
-- the self-proclaimed male chauvinist -- is now a married male chauvinist.
He and his significant other (a woman, if you must know) tied the knot
two weeks ago.
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* Film: Dariush Mehrjui in Columbus,
Ohio
Dariush Mehrjui introduces THE PEAR TREE (1998)
Wexner Center for the Arts
Ohio State University
Sunday, Nov 15 / 2 pm
Special Admission Price: $7; $5 Wexner members, students, etc.
Immediately following his retrospective at the Film Society of Lincoln
Center in New York, Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui comes to the Wexner
Center in Columbus, Ohio, to present his most recent film THE PEAR TREE,
which Variety described as "a lush, golden evocation of first
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U.S. doubts Iran will cross Afghan border
WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - The United States
said on Thursday it doubted the shooting on the border between Iran and
Afghanistan would lead to an Iranian incursion. Karl Inderfurth, Assistant
Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs, told a Senate subcommittee he
could not immediately confirm an Iranian report of border clashes. Inderfurth
said: ``Our assessment at this point ... is that no Iranian military attack
is imminent. Indeed it may be unlikely to take place. We believe that the
exercises that have been taking place are over for time being.'' ... FULL
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Iran reports border clash with Taleban
Iranian troops on exercise near the Afghan
border Iran says its armed forces have clashed with the Afghan Taleban
movement on the border between the two countries. A Taleban spokesman in
Kandahar said the Iranian statement was a lie, and there had been no firing
from the Afghan side of the border... FULL TEXT
Iran mediates for Turkey and Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - The problems between
Turkey and Syria can be solved without violence, Iran's foreign minister
said today after meeting with Syrian President Hafez Assad. Turkish leaders
accuse Syria of sheltering Kurdish rebels, who carry out cross-border attacks
into Turkey. Syria denies the accusation, and Turkey's harsh rhetoric has
raised fears of a regional conflict... FULL TEXT
IHRWG Condemns Crackdown on the freedom
of expression
Iranian Human Rights Working Group (IHRWG) - "We remind the
authorities of the Islamic Republic that it is the basic right of all Iranians
to criticize and question both their leaders and their government and to
freely express their opinion on both matters. The freedom of expression
becomes meaningful only when it is accorded to one's opponents as well as
one's supporters..."... FULL TEXT
"Paykan" wins Basketball tournament
TEHRAN, (Hamshahri) - Tehran's "Paykan"
defeated "Raah Aahan" 88-72 in the finals of a basketball tournament.
Forty teams had taken part in the tournament ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
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Inevitable
Favvaareh chon boland shavad sarnegoon shavad.
(What goes up must come down.)
From Simin Habibian's "1001 Persian-English
Proverbs"
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