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Afghan survey: No to war
Iran should not take military action against Afghanistan's Taleban forces,
the majority of those who responded to a survey on the current conflict
between Iran and Afghanistan said.
Initial results from the majority of respondents so far show 62 percent
of believe Iran should not go to war to revenge the killing of its diplomats
by the Taleban forces, rather it should "begin diplomatic initiatives
to ensure the killers are punished and gain the release of Iranians held
prisoner."
But nearly 26 percent said Iran should carry out limited miliatry action.
Less than 9 percent said Iran should go to war.
Also nearly 60 percent of the respondents believe Iran should increase
its support to Afghan forces opposing the Taleban and 52 percent believe
Iran should "intervene to protect Afghan civilians belonging to the
Shi'ite minority in Afghanistan if the Taleban forces carry out further
massacres."
The survey was sent to more than 8,900 members of The Iranian Times
mailing list. These results are based on 151 responses... SEE STAT DETAILS
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Juergen Schimmelpfennig of the Hamburg Women Waterpolo team writes:
We're looking for interested women waterpolo teams which would like
to come to our international waterpolo tournament organized on short-notice
on the weekend of 24./25 October 1998 in Hamburg, Grmany.
Our team is playing in Germany's first devision. If there is an equivalent
team in Iran, and it is possible for them to come to Hamburg on such short
notice, we would be very glad to welcome them as our guests on this weekend.
If you send "YES" to the invitation, we will send you more
details about the tournament.
Best regards
Juergen Schimmelpfennig
ETV Hamburg Women Waterpolo
Email: schimmel@uke.uni-hamburg.de
Telephone Germany 1724550577 or 406523871
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Reza Mirkhani writes:Galina Minou Aghamiri writes:
I would like to thank Laleh Khalili for a beautifully written diatribe
against war ["We don't need this"]. However,
I take exception as a citizen of the world when she says that we should
not speak out against the brand of "Islam" as practiced by the
Taleban. I don't like hypocrisy and I trust others to see it when I do,
but I see irony as a lesson, and when the Iranian government speaks out
against the Taleban I believe there are many lessons in the making.
The people of Iran have a tremendous gift to share
with the outside world. They have been through revolution and war while
in the West we have, for the most part, experienced peace and prosperity.
We have become soft to the notion of war, and cynical enough to suggest
it as an economic solution. But true pacifism is a hatred of war. I would
relish the irony of a country thought to only solve its problems through
violence, finding a solution to the current crisis through firm diplomatic
dialogue and a sense of compassion. While others use more conventional
weapons, we need to remember that an eye for an eye still makes the whole
world blind.... FULL
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TEHRAN, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Iran stepped up
pressure on Afghanistan's Taleban militia on Friday with Revolutionary Guards
vowing to avenge the killing of Iranian diplomats if those responsible were
not brought to justice. The threat came as Shi'ite Moslems in the opposition-held
central Afghan city of Bamiyan prepared to fight approaching forces of the
purist Islamic Taleban rather than face what they say would be ethnic slaughter...
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept 10 (AFP) - The UN Security Council on Thursday
condemned the killing in Afghanistan of nine Iranian diplomats, and called
for an urgent investigation. Responding swiftly to a telephone call from
Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi to council president Hans Dahlgren
and a letter from the Iranian ambassador, the council members also urged
"maximum restraint" by all parties. In a statement read to reporters
after a closed-door briefing on the latest developments by a senior UN official,
Dahlgren said the council members "condemn these heinous acts and violations
of international law ... FULL TEXT
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Sept 11, 1998 - Iran won first place in world free-style wrestling
championships in Tehran with 3 gold, 2 silver and one bronze medals and
63 total pionts ... FULL TEXT
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Sept 6, 1998 (Community of Iranian Soccer Fans website) - As you
know, there was an Iranian Coach Poll being held at the Community of Iranian
Soccer Fans website in the past two weeks. 520 people from around the world
participated in this poll which was on the world wide web for exactly 2
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No glory
We must build our country period. We have nothing to spare, and to go
to war against bandits will bring no glory to us.
Comment from a respondent to The Iranian Times survey on Afghanistan
Sept 11, 1998
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