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Under layers of taarof
Tehran's museums where you find the substance of yourself
By Laleh Khalili
May 10, 2000
The Iranian
Discovering Tehran's museums accidentally is bliss. You have wandered
around the Tehran bazaar all day, your calves are bruised where the hand-trolleys
have collided with you, the back of your throat itches from the pollution,
and your arms and shoulders ache from all the times the crowd has jostled
you. You suddenly turn to the right, and right there at the end of the
square, you see the glimpse of a garden, with a reflecting pool, and you
pay the fee just to escape from outside and you discover the delightful
Golestan Palace which has been turned into a collection of museums and
galleries. You are awed by the sight of parrots squawking in the massive
trees and swans floating in the reflecting pools and by the tenderness
with which these 18th-19th century buildings have been constructed and
decorated >>>
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Iranian Jew denies spying charges
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One of the defendants in the trial of 13 Jews in Iran has denied spying
for Israel. A lawyer for Farzad Kashi said he had told the court in the
southern city of Shiraz that he was not guilty of passing material to Israeli
intelligence. He is the first of the accused to deny the charges >>>
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* Wouldn't the Shah ban 16 newspapers?
Sahar Nahrvar writes:
After reading Ms.
Farah Pahlavi's letter about the 1953 coup I would like to urge her
to explain to me one thing: She speaks of freedom -- I would like to know
what does she exactly mean by this word...
Yes it was better when the Shah was around. But still, one wonders,
would the Shah not have closed down 16 opposition publications? Were the
courts in that time any better than they are now? Would fewer student demonstrators
have died if the Shah was the one giving the orders? Let's ask questions
without any taarof. Let's find answers >>>
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* Journey to Shomal
Koorosh Khashayar writes:
I recently took my American wife to see the new Majid Majidi movie
Color of Heaven. I was in awe of the scenery and the beauty of the
northern part of Iran. I have not been back to Iran since 1985 and well,
I have to admit, I had forgotten how brilliant the scenery was.
I was very moved by the combination of the story line and the setting.
Shomal. I wanted to show some pictures of shomal to my wife, so I looked
it up in Goggle's search engine and this story came up ["Shomal: The pleasant
reality"].
I can close my eyes and actually join Mr. Shaffer in his journey through
Chalous to Ramsar. It's a great reminder of how one should always appreciate
what he has; you never know when you'll be losing it. Great story.
Panel: Impact of Albright speech, Washington
The Iranian Trade Association presents "Meeting Them in the Field":
A special ITA forum to discuss the latest developments in US-Iranian trading
relations and the practical impact of the March 17, 2000 announcement by
Secretary of State Albright and the April 28, 2000 OFAC Amendment to the
Iranian Transactions Regulations. May 24, 2000, 8:30-11:30 am, Dirksen
106 Committee Room, US Senate, Washington, DC >>>
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No way can I take back my heart from you;
better then surrender it unto
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what use is it, why even have a heart?
-- Rumi
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from Riyadh and Kuwait, a newspaper reported Thursday. Saudi authorities
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Accused Jew denies charges
In the fifth session of the trial of the Jews,
accused of spying for Israel in the Revolutionary Court in Shiraz, today,
May 10 2000, one of the accused denied charges of espionage. Although, his
brother confessed to the same charges. Five others accused of spying in
the previous sessions also accepted the charges. Pooneh Afshar spoke to
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All shall pass
The superb collection [at Iran-e Bastan Museum] dates your
ancestry and your land to some 10 millennia ago. You wander around these
objects of stone and ceramic and bronze completely alone as there are, incredibly,
no other visitors and you sense your own insignificance, and you find this
immateriality reassuring, and this feeling of peace, this sense of "all
shall pass," is a rare gift in a city beset by anxiety and fear and
insecurity about the future.
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"Under
layers of taarof"
The Iranian
May 10, 2000
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