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Hidden treasure
Discovering South Tehran
By Saba Ghadrboland
December 8, 2000
The Iranian
Let's face it. South Tehran has a reputation which is about as good
as Southeast DC, South Central LA, or the Parisian banlieues. These are
not the places you take visiting relatives. However, if you are in Tehran
and looking to get away from the trendy, Westernized feeling of the uptown
areas without leaving the city, hop a cab and head toward the south of
the city >>>
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Poetry
Witness
By Roya Hakakian
December 8, 2000
The Iranian
Thank heavens you were here
When the fire used to burn
When the flames
.................hidden hands of an unknown
goddess
brought everyone near >>>
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Book
His red-robed highness
Exposing Iran's dirty secrets
By Akbar Ganji
The Iranian
Abdollah Nouri, Hashemi Rafsanjani & Kargozaran Party >>>
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Outlook
Iran's killing machine
Ganji speaks out against his tormentors
The Economist
December 7, 2000
IN A bid to salvage his reformist reputation, and prepare himself for
next spring's presidential election, President Muhammad Khatami has admitted
that he lacks the powers to implement Iran's surprisingly democratic constitution
-but blames this failure on the punishing strength of the conservative
forces ranged against him >>>
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Thanks to Laleh Khalili
Islamic Shrine Included In Holiday Display
KCBS
Los Angeles
December 8, 2000
The Islamic community in Mission Viejo, Calif., is joining in on the
neighborhood holiday makeover. The Islamic holiday display, a first for
the state, according to the national Council on American-Islamic Relations,
has been meshed with the plethora of holiday images at La Paz Road and
Chrisanta Drive, on the gateways of Mission Viejo >>>
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Thanks to Ramin Tabib
Anyway
Arabian marriage
Several people eamiled this cartoon. You've probably seen it too. In
any case, here it is. Let's end the week with a big laugh >>>
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More Letters
* African man yes. Iranian, no
Sahar Nahrvar writes:
In response to Iraani's letter about an interracial marriage ["Married
a Black man?!!"], what do you care who she married? I have been
working in Africa, not in Egypt or Marocco where the people look like us,
but in Kenya , Ghana and South Africa. As a woman in this day and age,
I would rather invite an African man in my life than an Iranian any day
>>>
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* Compromised values
Cyrus Kadivar
writes: A few days ago, seven Tehran men convicted of committing a
series of drunken thefts and brawls were returned to the scene of their
crimes and forced to ride backwards on donkeys in public.
Maybe I'm wrong but I feel we've compromised our values: our Persian
sense of honour once practiced by our ancestors and what is considered
universal beliefs >>>
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* Beautiful words
Arian writes: I read "Harir-e-aabi".
Mnay thanks for the new work. Your style of reporting your daily life through
such beautiful words is visible through all your works (as far as a spiritless
engineer like me could understand!!).
I wish you a very happy birthday and loads of years to come and I hope
you never get to the point where you have to count the black threads of
you hair:))
* I've wondered about it too
Raman Yousefi writes:
As my family has gradually moved to the Bay Area from Chicago over the
years, I have taken the westward drive on I-80 from the south suburbs of
Chicago to Sacramento three times.
I noticed both of these landmarks (Persia,
Iowa, and Elburz, Nevada) on two of the trips and had the same reaction,
especially to the one in Iowa >>>
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Seminar: Trading with Iran, Long Beach
The Iranian Trade Association & the World Trade Center Association
Los Angeles-Long Beach Present "Trading With Iran: A New Beginning"
January 10, 2001 8:30 10:30 a.m. Long Beach, CA World Trade Center
Long Beach Conference Theatre, One World Trade Center Long Beach, CA 90831
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Poem
Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
If you want victory, eternity,
Then burn in the fire of love, don't sleep.
You slept a hundred nights, what did you gain?
For God's sake, tonight don't sleep till dawn.
* 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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Russia Informs U.S. on arms control
MOSCOW (AP) - Seeking to ease concerns about Russian arms sales
to Iran, Russia informed a high-ranking U.S. delegation in Moscow this week
about a new policy aimed at increasing control over weapons sales, officials
said Friday. A committee will oversee the sale of military supplies to foreign
countries, and the government will make annual reports on arms sales, according
to a government decree published on the Foreign Ministry's Web site >>>
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Wounded Palestinians arrive in Tehran for
treatment
TEHRAN,
Dec 8 (AFP) - Fourteen Palestinians wounded in clashes with Israeli security
forces arrived in Tehran Friday for medical treatment, the official IRNA
news agency reported. The wounded, between 12 and 20 years old, were received
by a number of senior officials, including General Rahim Safavi, chief of
the elite Revolutionary Guards >>> FULL TEXT
Man accused of bilking hotel claims to
be shah's nephew
December 8, (Denver Rocky Mountain News) -- The man told everyone
he was a nephew of the late Shah of Iran and came to Denver to open a big
motel and market his patented disposable toothbrush. Whoever he really is,
he's in the Denver jail now, accused of failing to pay a $21,000 hotel bill
at the tiny, luxurious LoDo Inn on Wazee Street, owned by former FBI agent
Tom Broemmel and his wife, Lani Lee >>> FULL TEXT
Forough's sister talks about NY opera
Tehran, (Hambastegi) -- Forough Farrokhzad's sister, Pouran, talks
about the upcoming opera at New York's Carnegie Hall based on one of Forough's
poems >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Concern over piracy
Tehran, (Hayat-e No) -- Iranian musicians are loosing millions
of tomans due to piracy >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Tonbak master dies
Tehran,
(Hayat-e No) -- Houshang Mehrvarzan, a master of the tonbak for , has passed
away >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Esteghlal defeat Fajr Sepasi
Tehran - December 8 (Iran Sports Press) -- With video: Esteghlal
defeated Fajr Sepasi of Shiraz 2-1 on Friday, in a match that was postponed
from week 9 of the Azadegan League. At Azadi Stadium, Esteghlal managed
to overcome a goal deficit to defeat visiting Fajr Sepasi. Fajr Sepasi took
the lead in minute 4 when Faraz Fatemi managed to beat the off side trap
and chip into goal a pass from the right side >>> FULL TEXT
Who's on top, who's not
Tehran - December 8 (Iran Sports Press) -- Latest Azadegan League
standings >>> FULL TEXT
Schedule of games for next four months
Tehran - December 8 (Iran Sports Press) -- The Azadegan League
will continue until December 29, when arch rivals Esteghlal and Persepolis
will meet in Azadi Stadium in what is expected to be a powerful match between
Iran's top two clubs >>> FULL TEXT
BBC
Ayatollah Montazeri's son arrested
The publication of Ayatollah Montazeri's memoirs
in a very limited circulation has been followed by the arrest of his son,
Saeed, and a number of the staff in his office. The Ayatollah's elder son
, Ahmad, talks to Behrouz Parsa >>>
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