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Spirits
The art of Aylene Fallah
September 13, 1999
The Iranian
Aylene Fallah's mix media sculptures have been exhibited in shows and
galleries in Washington DC, Virginia, Maryland, Boston as well as in California
and Canada ... GO
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Outlook
Amnesty's urgent appeal on death sentences
13 September 1999
Amnesty International
Four men arrested in the wake of student demonstrations in July 1999
are reported to have been sentenced to death.
On 12 September 1999, Gholamhossein Rahbarpur, the President of Tehran
Revolutionary Court, announced the death sentences in an interview to Jomhuri-ye
Eslami newspaper, stating that two of the death sentences have already
been approved by the Supreme Court. He did not give the names of those
sentenced or any details of the charges or trial proceedings against them...
Please send telegrams/express/airmail letters in English or your own language:
... FULL TEXT
Anyway
I know that jerk
Fifty-five percent of people polled by Iran newspaper say that they
"always" get annoying phone calls. But, get this: 43% of these
jerks are friends or relatives ... FULL
TEXT IN PERSIAN
More Letters
* Subservient and self-depricating
Arash Salardini writes: My
intention is by no means to insult Mr Alemi ["I
was once an Iranian"]. I am sure he is an intelligent man who
will appreciate honest criticism albeit criticism in a rather robust tone.
Mr Alemi has written a self-indulgent piece in the worst tradition of orientalism.
He reminds me of the line " Goftaa ze cheh naaleem keh az maast keh
bar maast!"
He wants to be American. What is that exactly? Sure, there are flowery
slogans like "the American Dream" and "the American Way
of Life", but these are merely verbose masks for a migrant country's
inability to define herself. Unless you are a WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant)
, preferably one whose ancestors arrived on the Mayflower, you can not
be "American" only. You are an Italian American, a Jewish American,
a Black American, an Irish American.... So why does one's Iranian ethnicity
in conflict with being American?...
Mr Alemi reminds me of the Indians and Pakistanis who go to GPS schools
in Sydney. They try so hard to be more British than the British. They are
all obsessed with cricket, they are staunch monarchists (Last night I was
nauseated when one toasted "Gentlemen, the Queen!"), they glorify
the Westminster system and all the while they speak of how their respective
countries were better off under British rule. The only time they acknowledge
their Indian heritage is to impress someone who is fashionably into eastern
mysticism or the like. Yet they are rediculed by all. Afforded no more
than the vilest contempt. I hate to think that our most educated will similarly
end up subservient and self-depricating ... FULL
TEXT
* Who needs Einstein?
Nader Pakdaman writes: Could you
please expand further on your research [Halloween
is Persian]? Particularly on the "tunneling technique" used
to link Anglo-Saxon traditions through the satanic/pagan undertones of
Halloween to Kadoo Halvaee? Could the candle in the pumpkin be attributed
to the Zoroastrian tradition of reverence for fire?...
Perhaps Cultural Tunneling can be classified as a subcategory to the
"Certainty Principle", the counterpart to "uncertainty principle"
- the cornerstone of modern physics explaining the tunneling of particles
through insurmountable barriers! The Certainty Principle proves that most
(if not all) scientific, cultural and folk traditions "tunnel back
to" Iran. Honar Nazdeh Iranian Hasto Bass!! Who needs Einstein? ...
FULL
TEXT
* Event: Arts and cultural event, N.
California
I am writing to invite you and your friends and families to attend our
third annual cultural festival in October. This two-day festival will take
place on October 9 at the Civic Center Auditorium in San Jose CA, and on
October 10, 1999 at the Cupertino Quinlan Community Center. in Cupertino
CA. The festival will include a wide variety of community activities, including
dance, music, poetry, Arts & crafts, Book signing, Art Gallery, face
painting, and food. More information about the program is attached ...
DETAILS HERE
Books of the Week
* Khaab-e
zemstaani (1998) (Sample
page)
From the author of the hugely successful Khaateraat-e paraakandeh
By Goli Taraghi
* Messel-e
hame-ye asr-haa (1996) (Sample
page)
Novel
By Zoya Pirzad
* Bichaareh
esfandiyaar (2nd edition, 1998) (Sample
page)
Late dissident's interpretations of the Shahnameh
By Saidi Sirjani
* Khaaneh-yeh
edrisi-haa (1998) (Sample
page)
Novel
By Ghazaleh Alizadeh
* Injaa
tehraan ast (1998) (Sample
page)
Documents about Tehran from the past century
By Mansureh Etehadiyeh
461 pages. $30.00
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Iranian books for sale
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Video of the Week
Ejaarehneshin-haa
Dariush Mehrjuie's post-revolution parody of Iranian society. A great
comedy that also makes you think.
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Reformers decry secret death sentences
TEHRAN, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Pro-reform newspapers in Iran voiced
dismay on Monday that a Revolutionary Court had met in secret to sentence
four people to death for their role in July's pro-democracy unrest. Several
dailies accused the conservative court of mishandling the case for political
ends ... FULL TEXT
Reformers lash out at surprise death sentences
over July unrest
TEHRAN, Sept 13 (AFP) - Iranian reformers lashed out Monday at
the head of Tehran's revolutionary court after his shock announcement in
a newspaper interview Sunday of four death sentences handed down in connection
with July's student riots ... FULL TEXT
Iran acknowledges U.S. message, says was
routine
TEHRAN,
Sept 13 (Reuters) - Iran acknowledged on Monday receiving a message recently
from the United States, after days of media speculation on secret contacts
between the arch-foes and a letter believed to have come from President
Bill Clinton ... FULL TEXT
Head of banned Iranian paper to stand trial
next week
TEHRAN, Sept 13 (AFP) - The trial of the director of Iran's Neshat
newspaper, banned for publishing "anti-Islamic" articles, will
begin in the press court next week, justice officials said Monday. Latif
Safari will appear next Monday to answer 73 charges in a public trial in
the presence of a jury, Iran's justice department said in a statement carried
by the official IRNA news agency ... FULL TEXT
Iran Jewish MP says community worried over
arrests
TEHRAN, Sept 13 (Reuters) - The arrest of 13 Iranian Jews on charges
of spying for Israel has caused deep concern in Iran's Jewish community,
the representative of the country's Jews in parliament said in remarks published
on Monday. ``The arrest of a number of Jews has filled the Jewish community
with unease and anxiety,'' the daily Resalat quoted MP Manouchehr Eliasi
as telling a parliament session on Sunday ... FULL TEXT
Iran rejects U.S. report on religious intolerance
TEHRAN, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Iran has dismissed as biased a U.S.
human rights report which criticised Iran for religious intolerance, a newspaper
said on Sunday ... FULL TEXT
Iran says growth fell to 1.6 pct in yr
to March 99
TEHRAN, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Iran's economic growth slowed to 1.6
percent in the year to March 1999 as oil prices slumped, Central Bank Governor
Mohsen Nourbakhsh said in remarks published on Monday. The figure shows
a further fall in GDP growth from the previous year's already diminished
2.5 percent ... FULL TEXT
Elf bids for Iran's South Pars gas phases
6-8 - MEES
NICOSIA,
Sept 13 (Reuters) - Elf Aquitaine has bid on tenders to develop phases six,
seven and eight of Iran's offshore South Pars gas field, the Middle East
Economic Survey (MEES) reported on Monday ... FULL TEXT
Iran hails cooperation with Saudis on oil
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami Saturday
hailed cooperation between his country and Saudi Arabia which boosted oil
prices to their highest level in 32 months and he called for more work to
strengthen OPEC. Khatami's remarks came after he received a message from
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah delivered by a Saudi cabinet member,
Tehran radio said ... FULL TEXT
Kiarostami wins "last" prize
Tehran (Iran daily) -- Abbas Kiarostami won the Grand Jury Prize
at the Venice Film Festival but also announced he has won all the prizes
he ever wanted and will not compete at film festivals again ... FULL TEXT
IN PERSIAN
"Children of Heaven" a hit in
Hong Kong
Tehran
(Iran daily) -- Majid Majidi's "Children of Heaven" was among
the top-10 summer films in Hong Kong, earning $1 million in boxoffice sales
... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Germany loves Mahdavi-kia
Tehran (Iran daily) -- Mehdi Mahdavi-kia who has become the go-to
man in Hamburg, talks about his German team and what must be done to keep
the fans happy ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Tehranis stopped
Tehran (Iran daily) -- Tracktorsazi Tabriz and Sepahan Isfahan
taught a few lessons to Tehran's Persepolis and Pass in the latest Azadegan
League matches ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
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Condemned
With regard to the unrest in July in Tehran, so far four people have
been sentenced to death. The sentences of two of these people have been
approved by the supreme court, and the dossiers on the two others are under
review by that court.
Gholam-Hossein Rahbar-pour,
Revolutionary judge
Reuters
Sept 12, 1999
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