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February 28-March 3, 2000 / Esfand 9-13, 1378
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* Rights:
Solidarity with students
* Novel: Conspiracy at Desert One - Chapter 26
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* Reform:
High hopes
* Novel:
Conspiracy at Desert One - Chapter
25
* Diaspora:
Misplaced
* Novel: Conspiracy at Desert One - Chapter 24
* Software:
The next India?
* Novel: Conspiracy at Desert One - Chapter 23
* Cover
story: Hand me a pillow
* Novel:
Conspiracy at Desert One - Chapter
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Friday
March 3, 2000
Solidarity with students
American academics write to President Khatami
Interview by Jahanshah Javid
March 3, 2000
The Iranian
More than one hundred prominent academics in the United States, including
the heads of more than ten universities, have written a letter to President
Khatami expressing concern over the fate of hundreds of students arrested
following last July's protests. Here's a an interview (in Persian / RealAudio)
with Amir Soltani, the director of the Blue Initiative, the original author
of the letter, followed by the letter itself. >>>
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Novel
Conspiracy at Desert One
A novel
By Bernace Charles
The Iranian
Chapter Twenty-Six >>>
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Thursday
March 2, 2000
High hopes
Am I dreaming, or is this the new Iran?
Written and photographed by Siamak Namazi
March 2, 2000
The Iranian
I've made it a habit not to comment on the photographs that I submit
to The Iranian. But today's event at Tehran's Hosseiniyeh Ershad,
the famous setting where Dr. Ali Shariati once delivered his lectures,
were too moving not to write something about the photographs.The gathering
was one of the now regular meetings organized by teh reform movement. This
particular one was supposed to discuss the role of the press in the recent
Majles elections...
Try to take in the wide shot: a group of reform-minded figures in Iranian
politics, with varying ideologies, are talking completely candidly with
thousands of people. Nothing is off limits. NOTHING >>>
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Novel
Conspiracy at Desert One
A novel
By Bernace Charles
The Iranian
Chapter Twenty-Five >>>
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Wednesday
March 1, 2000
Misplaced
Spending the Majlis elections in the United States
By Shadi Mokhtari
March 1, 2000
The Iranian
The long awaited sixth Majles elections had finally arrived. When the
polls had opened in Iran, it was probably about 9 o'clock in the evening
for me in the United States. I stayed up most of the night searching for
any picture, video clip, or article about the elections I could find on
the Internet. I had never wanted so desperately to be in Iran, to take
part in and witness the important historic transition it was undertaking
and to be surrounded by the energy of a society aware of the need for change.
In the morning I hunted for something I could wear or carry around with
me to display my invigoration and personal sense of connection to what
was taking shape thousands of miles away. I even contemplated making a
"Iran baraa-ye hame-ye Iraaniaan" sign to carry in order to make
an emphatic statement though I knew there was no one to receive it. >>>
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Novel
Conspiracy at Desert One
A novel
By Bernace Charles
The Iranian
Twenty-One & Twenty-Four >>>
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Tuesday
February 22, 2000
The next India?
Iranian software industry
February 29, 2000
The Iranian
As Iran seeks ways to diversify its export base and move away from
over-reliance on oil exports, both the government and private sector seek
high-value added industries where Iran could have a competitive advantage.
In the following interview Ahmad Kiarostami, managing director of Negah,
one of Iran's leading software companies, discussed Iran's potentials and
shortcomings in this area. The interview also reveals the potential of
a dangerous new development affecting Iranian Internet service providers.
>>>
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Novel
Conspiracy at Desert One
A novel
By Bernace Charles
The Iranian
Twenty-One & Twenty-Three >>>
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Monday
February 28, 2000
Hand me a pillow
Sensual paintings by Victoria Amini
February 28, 2000
The Iranian
"In an idiom of our times, caught up in a pictorial whirl, Victoria
Amini transports us through a world of intimacy and unveiling mystery.
As the dream leaves the universe of man it soars away into the world of
Nature, to an Eden sparkling with color and light, fantasy and chimera."
That's how Giorgio Zambelli has described Amini's work.
Although I must admit that the first thing that attracted me to Amini's
paintings was the fact that she's Iranian. Indeed I was thrilled to see
that an Iranian artist has so sensuously celebrated the human form, something
our artists have shied away from. >>>
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Novel
Conspiracy at Desert One
A novel
By Bernace Charles
The Iranian
Twenty-One & Twenty-Two >>>
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