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Rumi
Fiction
I ran from Eye-ran
By Pejman Mosleh
April 20, 1999
The Iranian
The Lester B. Pearson International Airport immigration officer looked
deeply into my eyes. His lips did not move but his eyes were telling. "I've
seen your type." He picked up the phone and rang out a request. The
word "translator" echoed in his pronouncement. A minute or so
later, a slouching man with a lifeless expression appeared. He cast a dead
glance at me and waited.
"Country of origin?" This time, I understood the foreign tongue
and did not wait for the defunct newcomer.
"E-run." I said gingerly.
"Where did he say?" I felt slighted ... GO
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Outlook
Iran And Future Developments In The Oil Market
By Seyyed Mehdi Hosseini
Middle East Economic Survey (MEES)
19 April 1999
There follows the text of a presentation given by Mr. Seyyed Mehdi
Hosseini, Iran's Deputy Minister of Petroleum for International Affairs,
at the Seventh Middle East Petroleum and Gas Conference in Bahrain on 12
April.
The international oil industry has faced various events in its century-old
history. I do not wish to relate them. However those events have never
matched today's pace of change. Today we witness an unprecedented momentum
for transformation in the global oil arena, to such degree and caliber
which may engender totally unique technologies, political and international
relations systems and energy interrelationships. Events in the international
oil market and the deterioration of the oil prices exhibited the vulnerabilities
of all those investors which embarked upon huge investments of hundreds
of billions of dollars developing high cost reserves ... FULL
TEXT
London calling...
Dear Sir,
We are visiting Iran for our summer holidays this year and I wonder
if it is possible to buy an Hejab for my wife in the UK before we leave.
Do you know of any stockists I could contact.
Thanking You
John Pettitt
ann_and_john_pettitt@compuserve.com
More Letters
* The heart, not skin color
Michael writes:
In response to the letter "Won't
marry down"
Dear Sara,
Thanks for your response. It is very informative but misguided. Regardless
to what you consider yourself to be the truth is, you're not white. I don't
say this as a put down just merely stating a fact. Be it White, Black,
brown, yellow, or red we are all from God and no one is superior.
Before I met my girlfriend I knew racism existed everywhere but was
under the impression that it was more toxic here in America. I have received
e-mail from all over the world most from Iranian women but some from Iranian
men. Every e-mail that I received was of support and empathy. My girlfriend
was the first Iranian women I had ever really spent time with. The fact
that she is Iranian had nothing to do with the way I feel about her. The
reason I love her is because she is a very good person whom I admire and
respect. Thanks to the Internet, I know have a lot of new Iranian friends
write me since I submitted
my letter... FULL
TEXT
* Noble... but not good
Noghrey@aol.com writes: Please
do not promote the ideas of the woman who chooses Blacks as boyfriends
["Siaah
Sookhteh"]. Although tolerance of other races and cultures is
a noble idea, it is best not to try to ask the public to accept these ideas
based on such isolated cases.
* Job: Iranian American Council Executive
Director
Position: American-Iranian Council (AIC) is seeking a dynamic full-time
Executive Director. AIC is an affirmative action employer. Applications
are accepted until the position is filled... The AIC was established for
the purpose of: 1) promoting dialogue and improved relations between the
peoples and governments of the United States and Iran; 2) supporting efforts
to construct a civil society in Iran; and 3) encouraging the participation
of the Iranian-American community in formulation of US policy toward Iran...
DETAILS HERE
Book of the Week
 Behind the Tall Walls
From Palace to Prison
An autobiography by Azar Aryanpour
Not long after Azar Aryanpour returned home to Iran in September of
1978, following a visit with two of her children in Washington, DC, a state
of martial law was declared. Her husband-the former Minister of Health
and Welfare under the Shah and an American-trained orthopaedic surgeon
who played a role in the real-life events chronicled in Ken Follett's best-selling
book On Wings of Eagles-was subsequently and wrongfully imprisoned. Now,
nearly two decades later, Azar Aryanpour speaks for the first time in Behind
the Tall Walls, an autobiographical retrospective of the tumultuous
events that resulted in the overthrow of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi ...
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U.S. condemns Iran crackdown on Bahai followers
WASHINGTON, April 20 (Reuters) - The United States, in a departure
from a recent warming of relations, on Tuesday expressed concern over Iran's
sentencing of four members of the Bahai faith and condemned persecution
of Bahai followers. ``We are deeply concerned about the recent sentencing
to prison of four Iranian citizens for the exercise of their Bahai faith,''
the White House said in a statement ... FULL TEXT
U.S.-Iran soccer match cancelled
April
20, 1999, (The Washington Post) - Plans have fallen through for the United
States and Iranian national men's soccer teams to play this summer at RFK
Stadium, a U.S. Soccer Federation official said yesterday ... FULL TEXT
Iran to invite bids for telecoms satellite
TEHRAN, April 20 (Reuters) - Iran is to invite bids for its first
telecommunications satellite, which is to be built at an estimated cost
of $300 million, Iranian state televison reported on Tuesday ... FULL TEXT
Iran eyes bonds to fund petrochemicals
TEHRAN, April 20 (Reuters) - Iran's top petrochemicals official
said on Tuesday the country would tap international bond markets to help
finance petrochemical projects, which would require $7.2 billion in investments
... FULL TEXT
Iran opens military electronics plant
TEHRAN, April 20 (Reuters) - Iran on Tuesday opened a plant to
mass produce electrical and electronic equipment for armoured personnel
carriers (APCs), the Iranian news agency IRNA reported. It said Defence
Minister Ali Shamkhani opened the factory in Tehran, which is affiliated
with the state Defence Industries Organisation ... FULL TEXT
Canada Cup: Iran, Ecuador, Guatemala, Canada
Monday,
April 19, 1999 , Edmonton (Canadian Soccer Association) The Canadian
Soccer Association announced today that the full National team of Ecuador
is replacing the Brazilian U-23 Olympic Team in the four-nation 1999 Canada
Cup of Soccer, scheduled to take place in Edmonton between June 2 and 6
... The addition of South American side Ecuador and Central America's runner-up,
Guatemala, will add a special Latin flavor to a tournament that also features
World Cup finalists and reigning Asian champions Iran ... FULL TEXT
$ Rate
Updated April 19
The
dollar now offered at 790-807 tomans in the U.S. and 812 tomans in Iran
Source: Sehaty Exchange (U.S.) Tel: 602-595-0777
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