---

---

* CONFERENCE: Iranian computer conference, New York
* THE IRANIAN: From containment to engagement
* FEATURE: Khamenei & Khatammi's views on state affairs
* NEWS: Journalists' legal defense fund being formed
* IRAN-U.S: Iran gives U.S. wrestlers entry visas
* HUMAN RIGHTS: Fear of imminent execution / Flogging
* FOREIGN EXCHANGE: Today's rates
* THE WEB: Khomeini and Shah speeches
* SPORTS: Results from Tehran's international chess games
* FILM: Miramax official in Tehran
* BOOHOOHOO: Reporter demands law and order!
* SMILE: Women's football
* LETTER: The more serious offense
* LOST & FOUND: Parham Ghassemi
* BOOKSTORE: The Arabs, Byzantium and Iran
* PHOTO OF THE DAY: Parvaneh Kindergarten
* EVENTS: Shahnameh / Film festival / Exiles / Farhad
* MUSIC: Googoosh, "Maa beh ham nemiresim"
* QUOTE UNQUOTE: The coup was far worse

CONFERENCE

Iranian computer conference, New York

Third Iranian Academic Association Annual Conference, Call for Papers: "Computers and Communications", September 19-20, 1998

General Chair: Ali Kujoory, AT&T Laboratories <kujoory@att.com>; General Vice Chair: Houtan Aghili, IBM <aghili@watson.ibm.com>; Technical Program Chair: Manuchehr Malek-Zavarei, Lucent Technologies <manumalek@attmail.com>.

An explosion of data in this information age is bringing communications and computers ever closer together. The World Wide Web and the Internet bring sources of information across the world to our finger tips. High-speed transmission and switching devices allow an immense amount of information to be transferred in a blink and to support real-time applications. How should developing countries cope with this onslaught of technology?.... for topic, deadlines and other information, click here

(Back to index)

THE IRANIAN

From containment to engagement
A far more realistic approach to world problems in the post-Cold War era

By Majid Tehranian

A policy of engagement in the Persian Gulf would call for the United States to play an entirely a different role in that region. Comparable to the role that Britain played in the 19th century world affairs, that role could be that of a "balancer of power." Instead of isolating Iran and Iraq, the two most important countries in the region, the United States should act as an honest broker.... go to article

(Back to index)

FEATURE

* Khamenei details his view on the role of velayat-e faqih, (Hamshahri) ... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.

* Khatami emphasizes the role of the constitution, (Hamshahri) ... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.

(Back to index)

NEWS

* Journalists' legal defense fund being formed, (Hamshahri) ... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.

* Cultural Revolution Council rejects possibility of Iran joining the international convention on removing all discrimination against women, (Hamshahri) ... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.

* No final death verdict in German's case, (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister said on Wednesday there was no final verdict yet in the case of a German businessman condemned to death for having sexual relations with a Moslem woman. He urged Bonn not to politicise the issue. ``A final verdict has not been issued in this case yet and, under Iran's justice system, the defendant can appeal,'' the Iranian news agency IRNA quoted Kamal Kharrazi as saying... full text

* Dallas Cowboys rape accuser fights deportation, (AP) - The woman who has admitted she lied when she said two Dallas Cowboys raped her could face death if she is deported to her native Iran, her attorney says. Nina Shahravan, 24, is fighting deportation because of her convictions for perjury and shoplifting. She pleaded guilty last year to a perjury charge in connection with her allegations that she was sexually assaulted by Cowboys players Erik Williams and Michael Irvin. She recanted the allegations and later served a jail term for the perjury conviction... full text

* Some key national projects carried out since 1979, (Hamshahri) ... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.

* Labor Ministry sets year-end bonuses for workers (and civil servants?), (Hamshahri) ... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.

* Industries minister listen to grievances from factory managers, (Hamshahri) ... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.

THE IRANIAN Iran News

(Back to index)

IRAN-U.S.

* Iran gives U.S. wrestlers entry visas, (AP) - Iran has granted American wrestlers visas for an international meet in Tehran next month, allowing U.S. athletes to compete in the country for the first time in almost two decades, a sports official said today. Coaches, officials of the U.S. wrestling federation and journalists traveling with the team also were given permission to enter Iran, Mohammad Reza Talqani, the vice president of the Iranian wrestling federation, told The Associated Press... full text

* Cracking open the door to dialogue with Iran, (Washington Post) - In introducing a discussion Monday on "The United States and Iran: A New Beginning," James A. Bill, the director of the Wendy and Emery Reves Center for International Studies at the College of William and Mary, crystallized the small opening of the door provided by conciliatory signals between the two countries and the perceived changes in Tehran and Washington. "It is difficult to slam it shut and difficult to open it wider." For his part, Ruhi K. Ramazani, one of the most eminent U.S. academics on Iran, criticized scholars and journalists for neglecting the "global context" of "the mother of all surprises," the election last May of Iranian President Mohammed Khatemi... full text

* Khamenei calls for ``high wall'' against U.S., (Reuters) - Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday rejected any talks with the United States and said Iran should raise a ``solid and high wall'' to keep out U.S. influences. Khamenei singled out the dangers of U.S. cultural and scientific influences, in sharp contrast with a recent call by President Mohammad Khatami, a relative moderate, for contacts between Iranian and American academics and artists... full text

(Back to index)

HUMAN RIGHTS

* Fear of imminent execution / Flogging, (Amnesty International) - Hossein Dowlatkhah was reportedly sentenced to death on 18 June 1997 by a revolutionary court in Tehran on charges of corruption and embezzlement. He was also accused of organizing parties with drugs, for which he was sentenced to flogging. According to information received by Amnesty International, Hossein Dowlatkhah's appeal against his conviction and sentence was recently rejected by the Supreme Court, which reportedly upheld the death sentence against him. Hossein Dowlatkhah is believed to have been officially informed that he is to be executed by firing squad. His sole chance of escaping execution now rests with the possibility of a pardon by the Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, on the recommendation of the Head of the Judiciary... full details

(Back to index)

FOREIGN EXCHANGE

Today's rate

* To send money to Iran, the rate is 485-492 tomans per dollar, depending on how much you wish to send.

* To send money out of Iran, the rate is 495 tomans per dollar.

Source: Sehaty Foreign Exchange, call in U.S.: 602-905-0833 or 500-288-8881. Special rate for reader of The Iranian Times. Mention this code: BAJ 07

(Back to index)

THE WEB

* Khomeini and Shah speeches

Khomeini: Speech clips at IRNA web site
Shah: Speech clips at Constitutionalist Movement of Iran web site

(Back to index)

SPORTS

* Results from Tehran's international chess games ... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.

* Iran gives U.S. wrestlers entry visas, (AP) - Iran has granted American wrestlers visas for an international meet in Tehran next month, allowing U.S. athletes to compete in the country for the first time in almost two decades, a sports official said today. Coaches, officials of the U.S. wrestling federation and journalists traveling with the team also were given permission to enter Iran, Mohammad Reza Talqani, the vice president of the Iranian wrestling federation, told The Associated Press... full text

"Dream Team" IRAN -- World Cup tickets now available!

Sportestan Publishing (USA)
ish@sportestan.com
Tel: 650-473-9792

(Back to index)

FILM

* Miramax official arrives as guest of Tehran film festival. Miramax is owned by Walt Disney, by the way, (Hamshahri) ... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.

* 16th Fajr Film Festival web site

* Iranian film festival organized by Stanford University's Persian Students Association will run through mid-March... click here for details

Thanks to Pedram Missaghi <pmissagh@sdcc13.ucsd.edu>

(Back to index)

BOOHOOHOO

Reporter demands law and order!, (Hamshahri) ... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.

(Back to index)

SMILE :-)

Women's football

Click on image to see cartoon

Got something to make us smile?
Send it to Times@iranian.com

(Back to index)

LETTERS

The more serious offense

Letter to the editor
The Washington Post
Wednesday, February 4, 1998; Page A18

In his Jan. 9 letter, "Held Hostage in Tehran," diplomat Bruce Laingen suggests that the Iranian seizure of the American Embassy in Tehran was somehow a greater offense than the CIA-engineered overthrow of a popularly elected and supported Iranian government headed by Prime Minister Mosaddeq in 1953... full text

(Back to index)

LOST & FOUND

Parham Ghassemi

Looking for my old friend Parham Ghassemi from high school days. I last heard he was in Arizona. Please let me know if you have heard of him. Thanks, Behzad Salem-Haghighi at <bbsalem@total.net>

(Back to index)

BOOKSTORE

The Arabs, Byzantium and Iran
Studies in Early Islamic History and Culture
Clifford Edmund Bosworth / Hardcover / Published 1996

This book is available through Amazon.com, the world's largest online bookstore. THE IRANIAN is an associate of Amazon.com. Click on the links for more information.

THE IRANIAN Bookstore

(Back to index)

PHOTO OF THE DAY

Parvaneh Kindergarten

Some 30 years ago in a kindergarten in Abadan ...full image

Got any interesting photos?
Send it to Times@iranian.com

(Back to index)

EVENTS

Shahnameh lessons, in Cupertino

The Persian Center, Iranian Women Federation, and Cultural School of Payvand in northern California have organized an educational course on Ferdowsi's Shahnameh. The seminar is led by Shahnameh expert, Saied Ghaem-Maghami. The class meets once every two weeks with the first session being held on Friday Feb 13, 98. The forthcoming meetings will be on: Feb 27, March 13, March 27, April 10, April 24 Tuition : $150 (the fee is used towards future literary research). Time: 5:00pm-9:00pm. Location: Cupertino Library. 10400 Torre Ave. Major Cross Street: De Anza Blvd. Between Bolinger & Stevens Creek For more information call: 408-295-1240.

* Iranian film festival organized by Stanford University's Persian Students Association will run through mid-March... click here for details

* Political prisoners

The Committee for Freedom of Thought and Expression in Iran (Northern California) presents: An Evening with ex political prisoners of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Iranian fromer political prisoners speak out about their experiences in the prisons, their fellow prisoners and what they have learned. Date: Saturday, February 7, 1998. Time: Reception @ 6:00 PM Program @ 7:00 PM. Place: Room 145 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley/ Information: 510-644-0403

* Farhad in Virginia

Farhad in Concert: In cooperation with UCLA Center for Performance Arts, Sunday, February 8th, 1998 at 7:00 pm. Address: T.C. Williams High School 3330 King St., Alexandria, VA Tickets: $25 and $30. Information: 703.255.3000

(Back to index)

MUSIC

Googoosh, "Maa beh ham nemiresim" (RealAudio)

Greatest pop CDs ON SALE!

(Back to index)

QUOTE UNQUOTE

The coup was far worse

While the embassy takeover and the hostage holding were against all international norms and constituted a great injustice... they did not make a fundamental change in the course of American history the way the 1953 intervention in Iran did for the people of that country. [Former U.S. Charge d'Affaires in Tehran] Mr. Laingen is correct to dispute any equation of these two events, but for the wrong reason: The coup was far worse.

Suzan A. Wertime
Arlington, Virginia
Letter to the editor
The Washington Post
February 4, 1998

(Back to index)

---

---

Web Site Design by Multimedia Internet Services, Inc.

Internet server by Global Publishing Group.