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Revolution: 1979-1999
The events that changed our lives forever
We have updated this special section with a news
satire
page and more photos, plus a poem about the early
days of the revolution by Hadi Khorsandi (Esm-e
Shab).
Also, you can listen to lefitist revolutionary
songs in the Times music section.
Outlook
Iran's "great day of hope"
By BBC World Affairs Editor John Simpson
Feb 1, 1999 (BBC) - It was one of the key events of the 20th century.
Ayatollah Khomeini's return to Tehran after 16 years of exile launched
an Islamic revolution that changed the balance of power in the Middle East,
humiliated America and shifted Iran back centuries in time.
But the mullahs around him were really the only ones who really knew
what they wanted. Everyone else was carried away by the desire for a new
start ... FULL TEXT
Also: Iran's
20 years of revolution
Audio/video:
- Jim
Muir: Where does the revolution go from here?
- John
Simpson: Tehran 20 years ago
Just a peek
As an Iranian official took notes at a conference on Iran in Washington
DC... CLICK HERE
More Letters
* Getting down to serious business
Nasrin Sasanpour writes: I enjoyed your article
["Laleh Khalili's "A
first concert"] as an informative report
on a special segment of Iranian youth... The present regime in Iran should
and will have to, in order to survive, concentrate its energy and effort
on the more imminently viable issues: like how to rescue the economy and
mend the ever increasing gap of the bridge between the out-of-line hard-liners
and the moderate so-called democrats. And that most definitely requires
a whole lot of effort and energy! So I really do wish they would get down
to some serious work ... FULL
TEXT
* Music: Persian music in New York
Traditional Music of Persia: Concert in New York
Maestro Mohammad Reza Lotfi: Tar, Setar, Kamancheh, Vocal
Golam Khaksari: Vocal
Fardin Bina: Tonbak, Daf
Majd Karimai: Tonbak, Daf
Sunday, February 21, 1999
7:30-9:30 p.m.
Great Neck North Middle School Auditoriun
77 Polo Road, Great Neck, Long Island, NY 11023
Information:
Before 6 p.m.: 516-981-6808
After 6 p.m.: 516-751-1609
Tickets sold at the Concert hall's entrance and Iranian stores.
Book of the Week
Daneshvar's Playhouse
A Collection of Stories
By Simin Daneshvar
In five intriguing stories, the formal detachment of Daneshvar's prose
reinforces her subtle revelation of repressive features in Iranian society.
. . . These seemingly simple stories disclose a rich culture in a time
of ferment and change, of women in chadors, held in contempt by the men
who control their lives. . . . This volume is a valuable addition to our
knowledge of Persian culture and the political complexities of modern Iran.
-- Publishers Weekly
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Revolution anniversary at Khomeini tomb
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Large crowds gathered Monday
at the mausoleum of the late Iranian spiritual leader Ayatollah Ruhollah
Khomeini at the start of celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the
Islamic revolution. Women in traditional black veils and men carrying portraits
of Khomeini packed the golden-domed mausoleum south of Tehran to mark the
day in 1979 when Khomeini flew back to Iran... FULL TEXT
MKO says it attacked secret police HQ
LONDON (Reuters) - The Iranian opposition
group Mujahideen Khalq said its members had attacked the headquarters of
the Intelligence Ministry in Tehran with mortars Sunday. A Mujahideen spokesman
said two military units of the Iraq-based group fired mortar bombs at the
main building of the ministry, which is in charge of internal security,
in Tehran's Pasdaran Avenue at 6:30 p.m. (1500 GMT) ... FULL TEXT
Press reformer resigns
Jan 30, 1999 (BBC) - A senior Iranian official who's been overseeing
reforms to extend press freedom has resigned. The Deputy Minister for the
Press, Ahmad Borghani, had been under attack from conservatives for his
liberal views about the freedom of expression. He particularly angered the
conservatives last year over his opposition to the banning of several liberal
newspapers ... FULL TEXT
Rial near free fall, drops 6.7 pct in one
day
TEHRAN, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The Iranian rial
appeared to be on a free fall on Monday, plunging 6.7 percent against the
dollar in one day during an accelerating slide, traders saaid. On Tehran's
illegal but highly active black market, dealers were trading at 8,700 rials
to the dollar on Monay, compared to about 8,120 on Sunday... FULL TEXT
Economic woes mark Iran revolution feast
TEHRAN, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Iran celebrates
the 20th anniversary of its Islamic revolution faced with an economy gutted
by low oil prices and in need of long overdue reforms. The heavily state-dominated
economy created after the 1979 revolution has sunk into recession with mounting
unemployment as oil revenues have dropped, leaving state coffers empty...
FULL TEXT
National team starts training
Tehran (Iran) - The national soccer team has started training to
prepare for international matches in Kuwait ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
$ Rate
Updated Feb 1
The
dollar now offered at up to 800-810 tomans
Source: Sehaty Exchange (U.S.) Tel: 602-595-0777
Business
news
The Web
Iran
* Bahman:
This month in hisotry
From the Iranian Institute for Contemporary Historical Studies.
Click 1357 to read about the revolution.
Also:
* Iranian
radio and TV's anniversary page (IRIB)
* IRNA's
anniversary page
Beyond Iran
Adieu à la révolution
French view of the Iranian revolution
in Courrier International magazine.
More
web sites
Quote Unquote
Just to live
They never knew the shah and have only a vague idea of Khomeini. After
20 years of the official cult of martyrdom, memories of the war against
Iraq and the exaltation of sacrifice, they just want to live and have fun.
"Dariush"
University professor commenting on Iran's youth
"To be 20 in
Tehran"
AFP
January 29, 1999
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