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The Iranian Features
July 17-21, 2000 / Tir 27-31, 1379

Today

* Diaspora: Come back (and be quiet)

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* Opinion: Due process
* Opinion: Just think about it
* Art: Wholesome
* Editorial: Dumb and dumber
* Protest: Unforgettable
* Opinion: Naa neveshteh-haaye kou-ye daaneshgaah
* Cover story: Qesmat


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Friday
July 21, 2000

Diaspora

Come back (and be quiet)
Iran's conditions for returing expatriates

By Khordad
July 21, 2000
The Iranian

It is absurd to imagine that Iranians living abroad would come back to Iran to work toward economic and technical development, based simply on good will and nationalistic sentiment, without being overwhelming tempted to address issues of political instability and freedom. In fact, open and upfront discussions about political and personal freedoms, the rule of law, individual protection under the law and pluralism need to be precursors to any attempts at regaining the trust, the cooperation and the eventual return of Iran's expatriate community. Economic and technical development issues then can follow suit >>> GO TO FEATURE

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Thursday
July 20, 2000

Opinion

Due process
The Sherman proposal is anemic

By Guive Mirfendereski
July 20, 2000
The Iranian

During the "trial" of the "Shiraz 13," the rule of law, or its misrule, was evident in a variety of ways, but nothing was as ludicrous as the charge against a few of the accused for travelling to Israel. The Iranian Constitution guarantees freedom of worship to the Jew, and Jews are allowed to elect their own representative to the Iranian parliament. The Constitution also permits freedom of travel, but unless prohibited by law. A Jew therefore is brought up on charges of treason if he or she travels to the holy sites presently located in Israel. Does not a Jew have the same right to travel to places of pilgrimage as does a Moslem yearning to travel to Mecca or Medina in Saudi Arabia, or Najaf or Karbala in Iraq? >>> GO TO FEATURE

Opinion

Just think about it
Iran's irrational judicial system

By Babak Yektafar
July 20, 2000
The Iranian

"I wouldn't want to belong to a club that would have me as a member," the Groucho Marx once said. This type of self-mockery along with playing multiple personalities was the hallmark of the Marx Brothers comedy team. The Marx Brothers are long gone, but I am glad to see that their comic spirit is alive and well in the city of Shiraz, in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

This spirit manifested itself recently in the controversial trial of 13 Jewish Iranians, accused of spying for the state of Israel, where the prosecutor of the case was also the Judge. True, I am not an expert in Islamic law. But I do consider myself a rational man and as such felt comfortable with the idea that the whole point of a justice system was to allow an impartial arbitrator with no connections to either side of a dispute to sit in judgement of the opposing views in a given case >>> GO TO FEATURE

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Wednesday
July 19, 2000

Art

Wholesome
Paintings by Simin Meykadeh

July 19, 2000
The Iranian

Warm and wholesome are two words that immediately come to mind looking at Simin Mykadeh's paintings. Lovely is another.

Mykadeh is an accomplished artist who lives in San Francisco's Bay Area. Her work has been exhibited in more than twentry solo and group exhibitions. She won this years top award for designing greeting cards for Papyrus, a U.S. company >>> GO TO FEATURE

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Tuesday
July 11, 2000

Editorial

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 >>> GO TO FEATURE

Protest

Unforgettable
Marking first anniversary of student uprising

Photos by Ali Khaliq
July 18, 2000
The Iranian

Photos taken near Revolution Square in Tehran on July 8, on the first anniversary of the student uprising >>> GO TO FEATURE

Opinon

Naa neveshteh-haaye kou-ye daaneshgaah
Points about the dormitory attack case

By Reza Mirkhani
July 18, 2000
The Iranian >>> GO TO FEATURE

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Monday
July 17, 2000

Cover story

Qesmat
Paintings by Asiyeh Esfandiari

July 17, 2000
The Iranian

I found Asiyeh Esfandiari's paintings by chance as I was surfing the Persian Art web site.

People in her paintings do not have a strong presence. They seem to be defined only as outlines or strong colors representing unpredictable outside forces. They are a reminder of the Iranian belief in fate or qesmat. >>> GO TO FEATURE

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