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Intellectuals
The fourth generation
... of Iranian intellectuals
By Ramin Jahanbegloo
November 9, 2000
The Iranian
The Iranian intelligentsia is torn between the aspiration to universal
values and the particularist attitudes of the national situation; between
attachment to democratic ideas and a taste for enlightened tyrants ...
The Fourth Generation of Iranian intellectuals have turned a critical eye
toward their intellectual heritage, provoking a wave of analytical and
critical research on the lives and works of some of its most representative
figures like Jalal Al-Ahmad, Ali Shariati, Ahmad Fardid or EhsanTabari.
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Religion
Religion & freedom
Separation of church and state does not eliminate religion's
impact
By Yahya Kamalipour
November 9, 2000
The Iranian
In general, the values and strength of a country's dominant religion
often determine the type of government or legal structure a country has.
Even in nations where there is a separation of church and state, the dominant
religion of the society impacts on the system of governance. For example,
the United States, which espouses the separation of church and state, based
its Constitution and republican system of government on the organizational
structure of the Presbyterian Church. There were more Presbyterians in
the Continental Congress than men of any other religion >>>
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Outlook
Ganji's defense in court
Court proceedings against reformist journalist Akbar Ganji including
statements by him and the prosecutor. This report was published in Kayhan,
a pro-conservative paper >>>
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Berlin conference trial continues
BBC Persian Service
Akbar Ganji, a leading Iranian journalist and Khalil Rostamkhani, an
interpreter, have gone on trial in Teheran accused of taking part in a
controversial conference in Berlin earlier this year on Iran's political
future. They are among seventeen reformist figures who are charged with
undermining Iranian national security. Akbar Ganji, disrupted the start
of his trial by protesting that he'd been beaten up in jail by warders.
Behrouz Parsa reports >>>
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Iran's Secular Revolution
By Assad Homayoun
The Current
(Journal of the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs) Volume 5
Year 2000
The political forces in Iran are now divided into three distinct groups.
Two of these are established political camps within the framework of the
Islamic government, and one is an emerging political force outside of the
government but with enormous potential. All three have been facing off
and competing fiercely in the political arena in the past few years >>>
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Banking on Imam Mahdi
Imam Mahdi is becoming commercialized just like Jesus has in the West
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Thanks to Sourena Mohammadi
More Letters
* Trivial squabbling
Ramin Tabib writes:
Regarding Banafsheh Pirasteh's "Happy
without you", if I am ever the king the first people against the
wall would be those who can NEVER stop themselves from using words such
"you all" and "generally" without understanding the
meaning behind those words...
Ms. Pirasteh has reduced the level of her discourse to that of trivial
squabbling. By reducing women to either Madonnas or Whores and reducing
Men to either Abusive Machos or Pious Geeks all that is achieved is a banal
stereotyping, that's all >>>
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* Not my intention
Banafsheh Pirasteh
writes: In reply to Ramin Tabib's letter, "Trivial
squabbling ", I wanted to apologize if I have offended you in
any way for that was not my intention for writing my piece ["Happy
without you"]. I was simply voicing my opinion on Cyrus Raafat's
"Real
Iranian girls?" >>>
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* Will you marry me?
Asghar Jaragheh writes:
Banafsheh joon ["Happy
withoiut you"], don't put your hand on my stomach. I understand
your pain. Will you marry me? I am looking for a soul mate. I do not need
her to need me. And she does not have to cook. I can cook. I need to be
challenged >>>
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* What about U.S. divorces?
A single Iranian-American woman writes: Regarding Banafsheh Pirasteh's
"Happy
without you", I am certain that you are intelligent, sophisticated,
classy, independent, deep and open-minded.
My only concern is your need to bash Iranian men who choose to go to
Iran to get married. Even if these marriages don't work, can't we classify
them among all the other marriages in the US that end in divorce?
Film: Documentary filmmaker on Shamloo,
Berkeley
Havaye Tazeh Persian Radio in collaboration with Iranian Students Cultural
Organization of U.C. Berkeley Presents: Moslem Mansouri, a documentary
film maker and the director of Ahmad Shamloo, Master Poet of Liberty, in
person to speak about the challenges of making Documentary Films in Iran.
This program includes first time screenings of two of Mansouri's documentaries.
WHEN: Saturday November 11, at 6:30 p.m. WHERE: Valley Life Science Building,
room 2040, UC Berkeley.
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Poem
Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
I would shake the dust from my coat, and rise
If I realized my own perfection.
I would rush to the sky, empty and light;
My head would be high as the ninth heaven.
* 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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Akbar Ganji says he was tortured in prison
TEHRAN,
Nov 9 (AFP) - Prominent pro-reform Iranian journalist Akbar Ganji told reporters
Thursday he had been tortured in prison when he arrived at Tehran's revolutionary
court for trial in connection with an "anti-Islamic" political
conference in Berlin earlier this year. The outspoken journalist and ally
of reformist President Mohammad Khatami was hauled into court by prison
guards, where he told reporters that he had been "beaten and tortured
by four people" while in prison >>> FULL TEXT
Prosecutor demands death penalty in Berlin
seminar trial
TEHRAN,
Nov 9 (AFP) - The prosecution in Tehran's revolutionary court asked Thursday
for a death sentence against a former communist, Khalil Rostam-Khani, 47,
who is alleged to have organised an "anti-Islamic" conference
in Berlin in April. Prosecutor Abdollah Sharifi said Rostam-Khani should
be sentenced under article 186 of Iran's penal code which prescribes the
death penalty for "waging war on God." >>> FULL TEXT
Khatami to attend Doha summit: official
TEHRAN,
Nov 9 (AFP) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami will take part in the upcoming
Islamic summit in Doha following Qatar's decision to break ties with Israel,
his office said Thursday. "Qatar has announced that it is severing
its relations with Israel and closing the Zionist regime's office in Doha.
Iran is pleased that Qatar has taken into account the wish of Muslim countries
and Muslims all over the world, and therefore President Khatami, chairman
of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, will go to the summit,"
an official statement said >>> FULL TEXT
Police in Persian Gulf island to set up
coastal unit against refugees
TEHRAN,
Nov 9 (AFP) - Police in Iran's free-trade zone Persian Gulf island of Kish
are planning to deploy coastal forces to stop Afghan refugees landing on
the island, the official IRIB broadcasting agency said in a web-report Thursday.
According to an official from Kish island's police, cited by the agency,
some 2,470 Afghan refugees had already been expelled from the island, and
the fate of another 300 is expected to be decided on within the next month
>>> FULL TEXT
Iranian companies happily testing Iraqi
waters
BAGHDAD,
Nov 9 (AFP) - As further proof that former foes Iran and Iraq are improving
relations, around 50 Iranian companies are taking part in the Baghdad International
Trade Fair with a view to getting a hold in the Iraqi market. "We are
in Baghdad to test out the Iraq market," said Ali Hatami, export manager
for Govah, which supplies spare parts for Mercedes >>> FULL TEXT
American films on Iranian TV
Tehran
(Cinema) -- For the first time since the revolution, Iranian state television
will broadcast recent American films on a regular basis. Films currently
being dubbed include Stanley Kubrik's "Full Metal Jacket" and
Rob Reiner's "Misery" >>> FULL TEXT
"Blackboard" box office record
Tehran (Cinema) -- Samira Makhmalbaf's "Blackbroad" has
sold more tickets in a few days in Paris than any other Iranian film. The
previous record for most tickets sold by an Iranian film was Kiarostami's
"Taste of Cherry" >>> FULL TEXT
Baizaie's latest nearly ready
Tehran (Cinema) -- Bahram Baizaie's "Sag koshi" (Dog
killing) is in post production >>> FULL TEXT
Mahdavikia's Hamburg miss second round
Hamburg - November 8 (Iran Sports Press) -- Mehdi Mahdavikia's
HSV missed the second round of the Champions League, because Panathinaikos
Athens beat Juventus 3:1 at home, but the hanseatic team plays in the UEFA-Cup
and starts in it´s 3rd round. The only chance for Hamburg was, that
neither Athens nor Torino win the match >>> FULL TEXT
Iranian hearing-impaired win Asian title
Taiwan - November 8 (Iran Sports Press) -- The Iranian
National Hearing Impaired Football Team defeated Saudi Arabia in a penalty
shoot out to win the football component 6th Asian Hearing Impaired Games.
Iran managed to defeat Saudi Arabia in a penalty shoot out.
BBC
Rahmanov's visit to Iran described successful
Presidents of Iran and Tajikistan expressed
satisfaction with the results of their meeting in Teheran. They signed a
series of economic agreements whereby Iran will give a credit of twenty
five million dollars to Tajikistan for specific projects. Both Presidents
also called for an end to the continuing war in Afghanistan. Sohrab Zia
reports from Dushanbe >>>
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Fourth generation
The point is that the new Iranian intellectual is no longer
entitled to play the role of a prophet or a hero. He/she is in the Iranian
public space to demystify ideological fanaticisms and not to preach them.
In short what all this means is that the new Iranian intellectual has finally
returned to earth, to here and now, after decades of ideological temptations
looking for salvation in eschatological constructions.
-- Ramin Jahanbegloo
"The
fourth generation"
The Iranian
November 9, 2000
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