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Tehran Times
Generational gap
When I see young people talk about "those religious
bums" it's scary
By Najmeh Fakhraie
May 25, 2000
The Iranian
... Once we reach the "third stop" in Kolakchal, my eyes practically
fall to the ground. I see a clergyman standing right in front of me. He
has two bodyguards and just a few feet away from them another group of
boys are busy dancing to techno music. My curiosity wins over my fright
so I go over to where he is standing. A number of boys are standing around
him and he's telling them that "they shouldn't spend all their time
with 'those girls'." He is being hit with pistachios but he doesn't
seem to mind. But once the pistachios turn into apples he starts to look
around >>>
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Outlook
Resignation
May 5, 2000 (IRNA) -- Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's letter annoucing
his resignation from the Majlis >>>
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Left hook
Tehran U protests
Rah-e Kargar: Thousands of people have been holding protests
in and around Tehran University for the past three days ... >>>
FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Anyway
Desperate vegetarians declare cows plants
LAS VEGAS (The Onion) -- At its annual national conference Saturday,
the American Association of Vegans and Vegetarians released the results
of a detailed in-house study determining that the common beef cow is actually
a plant, 100 percent fit for vegetarian consumption >>>
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More Letters
* Candle in the wind
Amin writes: For
the majority of our planet's freedom-loving people a sad but hopeful fact
is that democracy is not an eternal flame, but a candle in the wind. Thanks
to a few "special" people, some of these candles resemble the
comical birthday candles which are blown out but then suddenly ignite as
if by magic.
That "magic" is the ideas, emotions, words and deeds of the
likes of Dr. Mossadegh ["Iranian
of the century"]. It lies in the hearts and minds of people, often
dormant for years, as it waits for the winds of oppression to calm and
give it at least a fighting chance for survival. But it never dies >>> FULL
TEXT
* Chee, deevounam?
Behrooz Tavakkol writes:
As an Iranian who came to the U.S. at the age of 1 1/2, I don't remember
much of Iran. I'm 17 years old, and haven't been back, and at the rate
of things, I don't think I'll be going back unless I want to be in the
sarbaazi. Chee, deevounam?
Either way, I have managed to maintain some sense of Iranian culture,
even in the U.S., and I find your mini-stories ["dAyi
Hamid index"] to be quite interesting and comical, and I can still
relate to them. Well, that's pretty much it, so thank you for your time,
and your stories.
Conference: Iranian women's conference
in Berkeley
As you might already know, we are hosting Iranian Women's Studies Foundation
(IWSF), 11th annual conference, on June 15th - June 18th, at the University
of California, Berkeley >>>
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Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
Last night I spent with a goddess who dabbles with slaves like me;
Again and again I begged; her answer still: "We'll see"
The night was gone, and left our story hanging.
The night was not to blame, no: our story has no ending.
-- Rumi
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Rafsanjani withdraws
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Former Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani
resigned Thursday from the incoming parliament, state radio announced, depriving
hard-liners of a leading figure in the power struggle between conservatives
and reformists. His decision came a day after reformists - who have aligned
themselves behind President Mohammad Khatami - shouted slogans against him
at a Tehran University demonstration >>> FULL TEXT
Reformists prepare to take legislative
control
TEHRAN,
May 25 (AFP) - Iran's new reformist-dominated parliament is to hold its
first session Saturday, amid fears that former president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani
will prove a fly in the ointment. The influential Rafsanjani, 66, who chairs
the arbitration body, the Expediency Council, and headed the conservative-backed
ticket in the elections to the new assembly, is expected to bid for the
post of speaker which he held for most of the 1980s >>> FULL TEXT
Turkish business delegation to visit Iran
ANKARA,
May 25 (AFP) - A major delegation of Turkish businessmen will leave this
weekend for Iran, seeking to expand trade ties between the two countries,
a Turkish trade organisation said on Thursday. The business visit comes
as diplomatic relations between the two countries are under severe strain
>>> FULL TEXT
Iran in $83 mln steel deal with Japan-led
group
TEHRAN,
May 24 (Reuters) - Iran signed an $83 million deal with a Japanese-led consortium
on Wednesday to build the country's first pelletising plant. Japan's Kobe
Steel Ltd is to build the plant with an annual capacity of 3.4 million tonnes.
Kobe Steel representative Fumio Yamashita signed the deal in Tehran with
the head of the state National Iranian Steel Company, Mostafa Moazenzadeh
>>> FULL TEX
Pop music or pure music?
Tehran
(Hamshahri) -- There's a debate going on about which music is better, Pop
music or pure music. But why should one choose one over the other? And do
we have a clear understanding about what each one is? >>> FULL
TEXT IN PERSIAN
Three books
Tehran
(Hamshahri) -- Three books on Iranian current affairs: a chronology of events
leading to President Khatami's election in 1997, a discussion on civilizational
dialogue between Islam and Christianity by Mohammad Masjed Jamehie, and
Ramin Jahanbaglou's collected artricles about Iran and modernity >>>
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Try-outs for Dutch film fest
Tehran
(Hamshahri) -- Dutch film festival officials will review Iranian documentary
films in Tehran for possible entry >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Iran thrash Kazakhstan 3-0 in Jordan
(Iran Sports Press) -- Wirth video: Itan came into this match with
a new formation (4-4-2), the four players at the back were Minavand, Rahbarifard,
Bakhtiarizaedh, and Seyyed-Abbasi. Minavand and Seyyed Abbasi were the left
and right pistons respectively >>> FULL TEXT
Persepolis exhibition match against Galaxy
postponed
May
24, 2000, PASADENA, California (AP) - Monday's exhibition between the Los
Angeles Galaxy of U.S. Major League Soccer and the Iranian club Persepolis
was postponed because of a dispute over photographing and fingerprinting
the Iranian players >>> FULL TEX
Zobahan defeat Persepolis 2-0 in finale
(Iran Sports Press) -- With video: The 1999-2000 Azadegan League
officially came to a close on Wednesday following the defeat of league champions
Persepolis at the hands of Zobahan. While the game was nothing more than
a formality for Persepolis, Zobahan needed the win to secure fifth place
position >>> FULL TEXT
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BBC
Khamenei's endorsement
Iran's leader endorses poll results The result
of the February elections in Tehran is finally going to be validated after
the intervention of Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader. Listen to
an assessment of the performance of the Council of Guardians and the role
played by Iran's leadership to solve the crisis >>>
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Pete Townshend's "Lifehouse Elements"
This is pretty straightforward. Eric Leuliette's
mother started keeping a list of books read by her son when he was in the
first grade. Eric took control of the project in the fifth grade.
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