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Dumb and dumber
New sanctions will achieve nothing, but...
July 18, 2000
The Iranian
News that Congressman Brad Sherman of California is proposing new sanctions
against Iran comes as no surprise. He's a politician. He listens to his
ouraged Jewish constituents and powerful pro-Israeli lobbyists who are
furious about the conviction of 13 Iranian Jews as Israeli spies.
Sherman will have the support of dozens of other lawmakers. In fact
it is almost certain that on voting day, not a single member of the House
of Representatives or the Senate will oppose reversing President Clinton's
decision to lift the ban on the sale of caviar, pistachios and carpets
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Marking first anniversary of student uprising
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July 18, 2000
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Photos taken near Revolution Square in Tehran on July 8, on the first
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Opinon
Naa neveshteh-haaye kou-ye daaneshgaah
Points about the dormitory attack case
By Reza Mirkhani
July 18, 2000
The Iranian >>>
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Outlook
Romeo, Juliet back in Tehran. But no kisses
By Scott Peterson
The Christian Science Monitor
July 18, 2000
TEHRAN, IRAN -- The way Shakespeare wrote it, Romeo and Juliet seal
their amorous intentions with a kiss. But when that magic moment comes
in Iran's latest production, no one expects such close adherence to the
script. The Islamic republic, after all, forbids any public physical contact
between men and women >>>
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Iran Jews "calm" after spy case
By Tom Hundley
Chicago Tribune
July 16, 2000
The Jews of Tehran live on Palestine Street. That twist only begins
to suggest the complexities faced by Iran's durable Jewish community, the
largest in the Middle East outside of Israel.
Some 30,000 Jews still live in Iran. Before the 1979 Islamic Revolution--before
fundamentalist zealots insisted on changing the name of Palace Street to
Palestine Street--the number was 80,000 >>>
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Separating the killers from the heroes
By Guy Dinmore
Financial Times
July 15, 2000
Perched on a rocky pinnacle deep in the Alborz mountains of northern
Iran, all that remains of the famed castle of Alamut are the ruined outlines
of walls and the deep cisterns that sustained its inhabitants.
But at the foot of the cliff, around the village of Qasir Khan, orchards
of cherry and plum still flourish today, fed by elaborate irrigation channels
where, according to Marco Polo, milk, honey and wine flowed >>>
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Boxing ring
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Anyway
More peeshraft :-)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iranian girls can swap their dark school uniforms
for pinks, bright greens or light blues, the official news agency reported
Tuesday in another sign the nation is shedding its revolutionary shades
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More Letters
* Reality of life
H.H. writes: Dear
compatriot, By shutting your eyes and ears
to the reality
of life, you only cheat yourself. As a Persian, I want to see, hear
& know what is going on with our people. Even prostitution is a fact
of life.
Has prostitution ever left humanity entirely? Which religion or ism
is able to stop it? So be fair and accept the reality. Above all do not
impose your personal views on others.
* Tears & joy
Zohreh Zarnegar
writes: I have had the privilege of traveling across my homeland during
my years there. These pictures ["Envy"]
brought tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat. It also brought joy that
someone has captured such moments I have imagined in my heart and mind.
* Get a grip
I'm sorry , but you are one ugly man and perhaps that is the reason
why they make up other excuses to not want to be with you ["Loving an Iranian
girl"]! And who the hell would want to go with a guy that is already
married or engaged or even ugly! Get a grip on yourself and wake up to
the way you really are!
Student,
Central Queensland University,
Australia
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Welcoming Remarks: Congressman Jim Leach, R-Iowa, Chairman of the House
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If you want to give your love pleasure,
My heart, then do and say as she orders.
If she says you are cruel, don't ask why.
Don't say 'maybe' when she asks you to die.
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parliament, and Mohsen Mirdamadi, head of parliament's national security
and foreign policy council, must appear at Tehran's central court on Wednesday,
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daily Arya guilty, after only his second appearance before the press court,
according to a statement released by Tehran's Palace of Justice. "The
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July 18 (AFP) - China on Tuesday denied it helped Iran develop missile technology,
dismissing reports on the issue as "baseless." A foreign ministry
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Pari Saberi's play in Rome
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Iran's responsibility
Congressman Sherman's ideas for punishing Iran are absurd.
They won't hurt Iran one bit. It's political opportunism. But if the 13
Iranian Jews had been tried fairly, if the prosecutor was not also acting
as the judge in the case, if international observers had been allowed to
monitor the proceedings, if the sentencing had been just, then Sherman and
others like him would not have had a chance to make a fuss.
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