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People of Oraman
Weathered by more than the elements
Written and photographed by Rasool Nafisi
December 18, 2000
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We were at the tail end of our journey in a hundred-mile-long valley
stretched along Iran-Iraq border. We were not a very good mood. Our driver
, a crossed-eyed man, silent like the valley itself, speaking little Farsi,
preferred driving on the left side of the road, which not only faced oncoming
traffic, but also edged the abyss. Once I asked him if he had learned driving
in England. "No," he grunted, and continued to drive on the left
side.>>>
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His red-robed highness
Exposing Iran's dirty secrets
By Akbar Ganji
The Iranian
The appeal in the trial of a revisionist
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Outlook
Election date set
BBC Persian Service
Presidential elections in Iran have been set for June 8th next year.
In the last presidential elections in May 1997, President Mohammad Khatami
clinched a surprising victory on a platform of cultural and political reforms.
But as his attempts to liberalise Iran have been constantly resisted by
the country's powerful conservative establishment, it is not yet clear
whether he will stand for re-election. BBC Iranian affairs reporter Sadeq
Saba looks at Mr Khatami's options >>>
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Iran's reforms in grip of hardline foes
By Jonathan Lyons
TEHRAN, Dec 17 (Reuters) - President Mohammad Khatami has all but abandoned
his fight for free expression and the rule of law, bringing down the curtain
on the most ambitious attempt ever to reform Iran's Islamic system.
In a humiliating defeat, Khatami was forced late last week to jettison
Minister of Culture Ataollah Mohajerani, architect of his sweeping cultural
reform, effectively ceding control over the media and the arts to conservatives
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Khatami weakened ahead of polls by loss of allies
The last to go was Ataollah Mohajerani, whose resignation finally took
effect Sunday after a long battle with conservatives who reacted to the
freedom he had given the press by closing down virtually every pro-reform
daily through their control of the courts.
Before that Khatami saw Abdollah Nuri, 51, jailed for five years at
the end of November last year by the ultra-conservative Special Court for
Clergy, a tribunal he refused to recognise >>>
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All in the family
I wish I had a dozen kids and grandkids who could be on the iranian.com
team. Just like this guy >>>
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* Example for all
Parisa Sarraf
writes: You are a beautiful couple ["Maryam
& Daryl"]. Let no one ever interfer in your lives and may
you have a wonderful life together. If only more people were like you and
open-minded about the unity of mankind, there would be a lot less violence
in the world. May you be an example for all of us.
Congradulations.
* Have we become spinelss?
S Mashadi writes: "...
haghighat dar zendaan enferaadi voojood nadaarad."
This is Akbar Ganji writing about the serial murders suspects held in
solitary confinment. Did he know that he himself would be in solitary confinement
when he wrote this? Is anybody reading his book ["His
red-robed highness"]? How come no one ever comments? Are people
scared to engage in political discourse? Have we lost all our political
spine? >>>
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Farshad Zarrabian
writes: I was highly amused by your satirical depiction juxtaposing
George W.
Bush and a chimpanzee. It was creative and quite funny, albeit the
chimpanzee might not agree ...
What ill will does George Bush (the son) have toward our nation? Well,
we have at least four years to find out! >>>
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* I have an idea
Nastaran writes: My
name is Nastaran. I am 13-years old. I was born in Iran. When I was eight,
I went to Australia, and when I became 13, I came to Texas!
I really like your stories ["Sadaf
Kiani"]. I wish I could write like you. I've got an idea: make
your own site and every week add one or two new things >>>
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Drives me to anguish with her flying hair.
She made me write the words that set her free,
And wrote those words herself that enslaved me.
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June 8, 2001 set for presidential election
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's constitutional watchdog, the Guardian
Council, Sunday set June 8, 2001 as the date for presidential elections,
the official IRNA news agency said. With just under six months left before
the polls, it is not yet clear whether incumbent President Mohammad Khatami
will stand for re-election. He had announced he would run for a second term
in office, but later said he was still considering whether to do so >>>
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Reformist in court over impeachment allegations
TEHRAN,
Dec 16 (AFP) - A reformist who claimed conservatives were trying to impeach
President Mohammad Khatami was in court briefly Saturday to answer questions
over the allegation. Mohammad Salamati, after a brief interview with the
judge, was told a formal hearing would be held within the next three weeks
so that he would have time to prepare his defence >>> FULL TEXT
Two dissidents arrested
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Two leading Iranian dissidents were arrested
Sunday on charges of insulting Iran's supreme leader. Ezatollah Sahabi,
a member of the dissident Freedom Movement that opposes Iran's clerical
rule, was interrogated and arrested on the orders of the hard-line Tehran
Revolutionary Court, said Reza Alijani, an editor of the now banned Iran-e-Farda
magazine >>> FULL TEXT
Reformist student leader arrested
TEHRAN,
Dec 17 (AFP) - The reformist student leader Ali Afshari was arrested Sunday
by order of a revolutionary court, a judicial source said >>> FULL
TEXT
Pro-reform journalist freed on bail
TEHRAN,
Dec 16 (AFP) - Veteran pro-reform Iranian journalist Massud Behnud, facing
a battery of serious charges including harming national security, was freed
on bail Saturday, his lawyer said. Behnud was released after putting up
his house as collateral, lawyer Amir Hossein Abadi told the state IRNA news
agency >>> FULL TEXT
Japan trading houses to join Iran oil deal-MITI
TOKYO,
Dec 18 (Reuters) - Major Japanese trading houses will lend $3 billion to
Iran to secure rights to explore and develop a portion of the giant Azadegan
oil field, capable of producing an estimated 400,000 barrels of crude oil
per day. That is more than 80 percent of the amount of crude that Japan
now imports from Iran, its third-largest oil supplier >>> FULL
TEXT
Iran says OPEC must cut output
DUBAI (Reuters) - OPEC (news - web sites) must cut output by at
least one million barrels per day when it meets in January in order to rectify
a growing global supply/demand imbalance, Iran's OPEC governor Hossein Kazempour
Ardebili said on Monday >>> FULL TEXT
New managers appointed for free-trade zones
TEHRAN,
Dec 18 (AFP) - The Iranian government appointed three new managers for the
country's free-trade zones, replacing the reformist director of the Persian
Gulf's Kish zone, the official IRNA news agency said Monday >>>
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Reformist film official ready to quit
Tehran
(Dowran-e No) -- Following the resignation of Ataollah Mohajerani as culture
minister, his deputy, Seyfollah Dad, who is in charge of the film industry,
is also ready to call it quits >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Writers in Paris
Tehran
(Dowran-e No) -- Iranian writers and poets recently took part in an international
cultural festival in Paris. One of them, Bijan Rohani, talks about the experience
>>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Writers: Gathering place
Tehran (Dowran-e No) -- Writers need a gathering place. There is
one. But no one uses it -- yet >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Bagheri makes Charlton's squad
London - December 15 (Iran Sports Press) -- The Iranian International
midfielder, Karim Bagheri, has managed to force his way into the 19 man
squad who traveled to Leicester today, for their premiership game on Saturday.
Karim who has been disappointedly left out of the Charlton squad since Iran's
World cup qualifiers in Tehran a few weeks ago, has got a chance to show
manager Alan Curbishley why who should become a regular in the Charlton's
team >>> FULL TEXT
BBC
Reformists arrested
The revolutionary court in Tehran has ordered
the arrest of two leading pro-reform figures: a leading dissident, Ezatollah
Sahabi, and a student leader, Ali Afshari. Both face charges of insulting
the Islamic system at a student meeting in Tehran last month. At the meeting,
Mr Sahabi said that a system based on repression couldn't last for long.
Mehdi Sharif asked Reza Alijani, a journalist in Tehran, about the details
of Mr. Sahabi's arrest >>>
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