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Prejudice
Never to repeat
Hopefully. Art inspired by prejudice
By Zara Houshmand
December 12, 2000
The Iranian
This is all that remains of the Manzanar internment camp, where thousands
of Japanese-American families were forcibly "relocated" during
World War II-- the drab outlines of an archeological site that isn't even
old, odd chunks of concrete slab, rusting bits of steel rod. The rows of
barracks that housed the prisonners are long gone, dismantled for scrap
at the end of the war >>>
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Debate
Drawing the line
.. in journalism. How far can you go?
By Termeh Rassi and Jahanshah Javid
December 12, 2000
The Iranian
There are three reasons I can think of why a picture of Maryam and Daryl
would be featured in iranian.com. One is that Maryam, by virtue of her
work and her lineage, would be considered a "public figure."
The second is that the picture is simply of two friends (that is how the
picture was taken). The last reason is that the staff at iranian.com had
a feeling that this issue would be controversial and needed to be raised
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Book
His red-robed highness
Exposing Iran's dirty secrets
By Akbar Ganji
The Iranian
Abdollah Nouri, revisionism and pluralism >>>
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Outlook
Possibility of Khatami's impeachment denied
BBC Persian Service
In Tehran, Shoma, a conservative weekly has questioned President Khatami's
competency, prompting Mohammad Salamati, the leader of the Islamic Revolution's
Crusaders Organization to conclude that the conservatives are planning
a concerted attempt to disqualify Mr. Khatami as president. Taghi Rahmani,
a political analyst tells Behrouz Parsa why the conservatives gave rise
to this seemingly untimely dispute >>>
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Mole reveals Saddam plots against Iran
By Marie Colvin
The Sunday Times
December 10, 2000
A RECENT defector from the Iraqi intelligence service has revealed that
Saddam Hussein has stepped up operations against Iran, despite public diplomatic
overtures.
The defector, who worked in the Iranian office of the mukhabarat (intelligence)
headquarters in Baghdad, portrayed a Saddam unchastened by his 1991 defeat
in the Gulf war, still plotting against his neighbours and able to import
substantial weaponry despite an international embargo >>>
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Kayhan: Mohammad Salamati is the real incompetent politician
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International Haftegi: Khatami says criticize but don't overthrow
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Darwin was right
Man -- this one at least -- has evolved from monkeys >>>
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Thanks to Ali Kasai
More Letters
* Guess who's coming for dinner
Max R. writes:
In response to a letter by Mrs. Ynaky,"Bunch
of hypocrites". Back in the 60's there was a famous and controversial
movie called "Guess who's coming to dinner?" In that movie a
White girl from an upper class family falls in love and decides to marry
a highly-educated Black surgeon from a hard working Black family.
Both the parents of the boy and the girl had concerns about their marriage.
Their concern was not because the parents were racist but because the young
couple had to face all the ignorance and hostility of the society they
had to live in >>>
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* Homosexuality & Islam
Laith Al-Doory writes: I don't know where you get your concept
with regard to Islam's position on homosexuality ["Adam
& Eve, not Adam & Adam"].
Homosexuality is not mentioned in the Sharia as transcribed by Mohammed
(there are many modified versions) and during the whole of period of the
Khalifate Empire, when Arab Islamic culture was at its height, homosexuality
was quite tolerated, and there is much great Arab literature describing
love between men that is testament to this >>>
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* Iran-Iraq similarity irritating
Siyamak T. writes:
The fact that Iran's name is very similar to that of Iraq is really
irritating to me. As long as you live in Iran you may not have any problem
with it but once you go abroad you will find out that we Iranians are considered
Arab just like Iraqis...
I think it is high time Iran changed her name to Persia and let the
world know that Persia is not a name of a country in myths. It is a second
name for Iran and we Iranians are not Arabs and do not speak Arabic. This
is a matter of natinal identity and it should be given due consideration
>>>
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Events: Shab-e Yalda in Bay Area
No year is complete without a cultural gathering on the longest night
of the year! Poetry and Dance, Ajeel, Anar, va Avaz Ingredients for: "Shaabeh
Yalda" Wednesday, December 20th at 7:00 pm at the Cubberly Community
Center 4000 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto.For tickets or more info, please
call (510)848-0264.
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Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
The messenger brings sad news,
But words cannot obscure the truth:
Write 'prison' on the garden gate;
That word does not a prison make.
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Rumours of Khatami impeachment bring Iran
politics to fever pitch
TEHRAN,
Dec 12 (AFP) - The bitter political struggle in Iran took a surprising twist
Tuesday as rumours emerged that conservatives had filed a motion to impeach
embattled reformist President Mohammad Khatami. A top judicial official
quickly denied the allegation and announced an investigation had been launched
into the origin of the claim, which said conservatives were looking to oust
Khatami because he was unfit for office >>> FULL TEXT
Journalists' guild lashes out against judiciary
for press crackdown
TEHRAN,
Dec 12 (AFP) - Iran's pro-reform journalists' guild has vehemently denounced
the arrest of journalists and the conservative-led judiciary's crackdown
on the country's press since April. In an open letter Sunday to judiciary
chief Ayatollah Mahmud Hashemi Shahroudi, a copy of which was received by
AFP, the guild criticised the way in which journalists and writers were
being treated, saying the judiciary's arguments for the mass suspensions
and the arrest of journalists lacked foundation >>> FULL TEXT
Iran's commitment to follow road of reform
is irreversible: Khatami ally
TEHRAN,
Dec 12 (AFP) - A reformist Iranian MP and ally of moderate President Mohammad
Khatami said Tuesday the people's decision to follow the road of reforms
in Iran was "irreversible," state radio reported. "Our people
have chosen the road of reforms, which is, from now on, an irreversible
path, and no one can stop it," said Ahmad Bourqani-Farahani, an MP
from Tehran and a former employee of the state news agency IRNA >>>
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Missile plan won't halt Iran program
WASHINGTON (AP) - Iran, a major recipient of missile technology
from North Korea and China, will be only marginally affected if Pyongyang
and Beijing follow through on their stated intention to halt exports of
missile materials, a top State Department official said Tuesday. Richard
Roth, the No. 2 official in the department's Middle East bureau, said Iran
has been relying mostly on Russian cooperation for its missile development
>>> FULL TEXT
Government bans smoking on state carrier
Iran Air
TEHRAN,
Dec 12 (AFP) - Iran's health ministry announced Tuesday that, effective
immediately, smoking is banned on all flights of state carrier Iran Air,
the official IRNA news agency reported. Smoking had already been forbidden
on domestic routes and was allowed only on international Iran Air flights
lasting longer than four-and-a-half hours >>> FULL TEXT
Tehran to have a new airport in February
December 10, Teheran (dpa) - Teheran will have a new international
airport in February next year, the daily Abrar reported Sunday. Iran's ministry
of road and transportation announced that the International Imam Khomeini
Airport, named after the late revolutionary leader, will be ready in February
2001 after more than 20 years and inaugurated by Iranian pilgrims going
to Mecca, Saudi Arabia >>> FULL TEXT
ThyssenKrupp in shake-up
Financial Times, December 12, 2000 -- Several large shareholders
of ThyssenKrupp seem close to achieving a sweeping management reshuffle,
in an attempt to break the impasse created by the joint management structure
of the merged German engineering and steel group. The two big shareholders
controlling ThyssenKrupp are the Krupp Foundation, with 16.75 per cent,
and Iran, with a 7.51 per cent stake >>> FULL TEXT
Films: Top to bottom
Tehran (Dowran-e No) -- No one expected Farhad Mehran-Far's new
film would be pulled so soon. It didn't even make 10 million tomans at the
box office. By contrast, Rakhshan Bani-Etemad's "Zir-e poost-e shahr"
is still on top with more than 250 million tomans in ticket sales >>>
FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Novels by foreigners preferred
Tehran (Dowran-e No) -- Why do Iranians prefer to read traslation
of foregin novels? Nargess Zohreh-Nasab explains >>> FULL PERSIAN
TEXT
Modernity debate
Tehran (Dowran-e No) -- Nameh-ye Farhang magazine has published
a special issue on modernity >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Poll: Who will be the new head coach?
Tehran - December 11 (Iran Sports Press) -- The Iranian Football
Federation is currently negotiating or is in the process of negotiating
with several foreign coaches for the Iranian National Team. Who do you think
will be selected? Daum, Ivic or Blazevic? Take part in an online poll>>>
FULL TEXT
Persepolis looking to postpone matches?
Tehran (Iran daily) -- There are rumors that the Persepolis management
is trying to convince other teams to postpone Azadegan Leaguge matches.
Why? Persepolis has many injured players and it may be in a weak position
going into Asian Cup matches >>> FULL TEXT
Momen-Zadeh eyeing UAE
Tehran (Iran Varzeshi) -- Esteqlal's Ahmad-Reza Momen-Zadeh was
not able to get a contract to play in Germany. Now he may be looking to
the UAE >>> FULL TEXT
BBC
Montazeri's memoirs published online
The full text of memoirs by dissident cleric,
Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, have been published on the internet. The
1,600-page book includes the Ayatollah's memories during his days in the
leadership to the time he challenged Ayatollah Khomeini and turned into
a major political dissident. Behrouz Parsa, spoke to the political analyst,
Ahmad Salamatian in Paris and asks him about the book >>>
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Responsibility
Without condoning censorship, I think I can make the case
that a community without some order will turn into a blur of insults - a
room full of noise and little substance. By not offering a more substantive
point of view, the responsibility of publishing that point of view is off
of the shoulders of Iranian.com....and by publishing it, this magazine chose
to play along with sensational journalism....and by choosing not to frame
the discussion - it shirked its editorial responsibility.
-- Termeh Rassi
"Drawing
the line"
The Iranian
December 12, 2000
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