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Love
Shokooh
My valentine
By Esmail Nooriala
February 13, 2001
The Iranian
My dearest friend, wife and co-traveler, Shokooh Mirzadegi,
These are translations of a few poems I wrote for you 11 years ago.
On this Valentine's Day I decided to renew my vows and love for you by
publishing them >>>
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Poetry
Why does the cloud rain?
By Roya Hakakian
February 13, 2001
The Iranian
Why does the cloud rain?
Possibility one:
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Poetry
By Forough Farrokhzad
February 13, 2001
The Iranian
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Book
His red-robed highness
Exposing Iran's dirty secrets
By Akbar Ganji
The Iranian
Democracy's main highway (By Hamid-Reza Jalaie-Pour) >>>
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Outlook
Iran's Clergymen Find Themselves the Target of Wrath
By Hugh Pope
The Wall Street Journal
February 13, 2001
TEHRAN, Iran -- In the tense run-up to Iran's presidential elections
in June, the struggle isn't just between reformists and conservatives.
A sluggish economy and strict social controls are also causing popular
frustration with the most visible symbol of the 22-year-old Islamic republican
regime: the clerical classes >>>
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This Couple Sacrifices Much To Build Successful Tech
Firm
By Carol Hymowitz
The Wall Street Journal
February 13, 2001
EIGHT YEARS AGO, Anousheh Ansari convinced her husband, Hamid, to cash
in their stock savings of $50,000 to launch Telecom Technologies, a telecommunications
software company... Today, the couple's $50,000 investment is valued at
more than $600 million >>>
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Our man
A reader of The Iranian writes: Faryar Shirzad has been named
as the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for export administration.
Shirzad used to serve as international trade counsel for the Senate Finance
Committee.
# 1
Forbes magazine has chosen yack.com
has the #1 multimedia website. Yak had its major initial start-up funding
provided by Iranian financier, Hamid Boroumand >>>
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THEY ARE NOT SELECTED
* Inspiring revolution
Setareh Sabety writes:
The chronology of the early events that shaped the revolution ["Memory
lane"] ... reminded of why I first supported the revolution...
The memory of the Iranian revolution should be an inspiration for the continued
struggle for freedom and justice in our country, like the French Revolution
in Europe many years, and indeed decades, after the Reign of Terror >>>
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* It is time
Fariba Amini writes:
On the eve of the 22nd anniversary of the Iranian revolution of 1979,
the Islamic regime is celebrating its victory while dozens of individuals-intellectuals,
journalists,writers, activists, men and women are incarcerated in Evin
and other prisons ["Happy
anniversary"]... It is time for Iranians to hold hands and shout
to the world that enough is enough. The time has come for Iran to be free
of hatred, extremism, and violence >>>
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* Why should we believe Pahlavi?
Mashaiee writes:
I think that it is very sad that after twenty-something years of struggle
for independence and freedom, the events that happened in Iran have not
touched some of us at all... When Khomeini came to power he did not say
that he would lead the country toward another dictatorship, but in reality
he did... Now , why should we believe Reza Pahlavi? >>>
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* Compare now and then
Dario writes: "Thy
father's sins" lists a series of "errors" and mistakes
by the monarchy as reasons why Iranians are facing the present Islamic
Republic. But just go down that list. Compare any item on that list with
what has happened during the Islamic Republic. It has all been hunderds
of times worst during the rule of the mollas >>>
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* Culture clash
Yasmine writes: You know, I can't help but think much of the
antipathy towards Mr. Mirfendereski stems from a basic culture clash. His
thought processes and use of language are very Western... Because his use
of language is superior, it is easy to feel he is being condescending...
especially if you are insecure >>>
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* Just like Judas
Masoud Neshat writes:
Mr. Mirfendereski ["Power
of one"] is free to exercise his First Amendment rights in the
United States. However, thankfully, his opinion does not mirror that of
the majority of Iranian-Americans. He also does not reflect their interests.
Unfortunately, he appears more like Judas >>>
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Poll: U.S.
sanctions
Poem
Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
It's a waste to play music to the deaf,
Or closet Joseph's beauty with the blind,
To lay candy on sick lips, or couple
Angel and man, if he's less than his kind.
* Also see more Rumi
translations
Rumi book
Rumi:
The Life Teachings and Poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi
By Frankin D. Lewis
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Khamenei Attacks Reformists
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A day after Iran's president criticized
hard-liners in government, the nation's supreme leader took reformists to
task Tuesday, accusing them of ``weakening the judiciary.'' ``What is the
motive behind attacks against the judiciary?'' Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said
in a speech to security officials, according to the official Islamic Republic
News Agency >>>
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The Web
Iran
Sanjesh
I could not read the Persian font on this
site. But it seems like a cool site... :-)
Beyond Iran
100 Lives Past
Local girls and boys make good! A certain
county paper decided toround up a 100 potted biographies of deceased local
folks "who havemade a difference."
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web sites
Quote Unquote
Holding breath
"The world is going one way, and we are getting lost
in petty things," sighs Parviz Khaefi, a 60-year-old poet and scholar
who watches over a study center attached to the Hafez complex. "The
main reason why people backed Khatami is because they hoped that, through
him, they could reach a democratic republic. Now the government is at a
dead end, and, any time the clerics feel threatened, they unite . . . the
conservatives know that if Khatami goes, they all go. Our society is holding
its breath, waiting for something to happen."
-- Wall
Street Journal
February 13, 2001
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