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Beyond here and now
Images of Iran beyond politics
Photographs by Babak Foroutani
September 5, 2000
The Iranian
Babak Foroutani, 31, got his BA from Tehran Azad University in 1992.
Since then he has established himself as a brilliant graphic artist and
photographer. The subjects of his photographs are often beyond the here
and now, beyond politics. They have a certain timeless quality that is
similar to films made by Abbas Kiarostami >>>
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Yazd
In good hands
Yazd has a popular governor
By Amir Salehzadeh
September 5, 2000
The Iranian
I was not sure what I was going to see this time in Yazd. The Yazd of
my childhood looked and felt dry as I stepped down the airplane. My cousin
Mohammad was there to pick me up. He apologized profusely for how bad his
car looked. His car was at least 20 years old and very dilapidated. Mohammad
started throwing nasty jokes about the government. I was not paying attention;
I was looking at his white hair and the wrinkles on his face >>>
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Outlook
Khatami speech to U.N. meeting
New York, Sept. 5, IRNA -- President Mohammad Khatami here on Tuesday
delivered a speech at the UN-sponsored Conference of Dialogue Amongst Civilizations.
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Khatami does not rule out change of Iranian constitution
September 5, Teheran (dpa) - Iran 's President Mohammad Khatami has
said for the first time since he assumed office in 1997 that he does not
rule out changes to the constitution, the official news agency IRNA reported
Tuesday.
``The constitution is a symbol of national and practical solidarity
which distinguishes the government's boundaries and the nation's rights
but it could be changed like all other humane laws,'' Khatami told Iranian
graduates in New York >>>
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Rare horses find home in L.A.
By Jane Triola
The New Orleans Times-Picayune
September 3, 2000
King Darius the Great, ruler of Persia in 522-486 B.C., thought so much
of the athletic ability of the Caspian horses he rode to fight the lions
in the coliseum that he placed their image on his royal seal.
After being considered extinct for 1,300 years, Caspians were found
in 1965, living in the Alborz mountains of Iran near the Caspian Sea. Louise
Firhouz, an American-born scholar who had married an Iranian prince, had
them officially declared a national treasure of Iran >>>
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Some mistake
Mistakes happen. News agencies frequently refer to Iran as Iraq. But
how on earth could you mistakenly put an executed former prime minister
in a car with President Khatami? >>>
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More Letters
* Googoosh, Khomeini & the moon
Guive Mirfendereski writes:
In the midst of all the hyper-adoration of the legendary Googoosh ["Baptized
in tears"], undoubtedly the most influential and mimicked Iranian
cultural icon in the past century, it may be relevant to remember that
at the time of the Iranian republican revolution she is said to have seen
the likeness of the Ayatollah Khomeini on the face of the moon and eulogized
the leader of the revolution, only to be sent packing, shut up and left
to sing in private, as she has said, for her husband. On the occasion of
her second coming, the irony should not be lost that the future that she
promoted robbed her of twenty years of artisitic life, for which we are
all the more poor.
* Tears for Googoosh, not just Iran
Fariba Behnegar
writes: In addition to the "Malaagheh"
letter, I would like to respond to "Baptized
in tears" gibberish as well, point by point, and more. I was also
at the New York concert. Yes, everyone was crying but every tear shed was
out of joy. Rozeh khooni is a melancholic event. The comparison was absolutely
irrelevant.
I have never known an artist being able to make 15,000 people cry at
the same time. All the tears were shed for Googoosh and not just Iran and
nostalgia of good old days. If Iran had never experienced a revolution
and was still under Pahlavi monarchy and Googoosh had still decided not
to sing for 21 years, the same tears and wave of emotions would have existed
in her concert >>>
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* Some have wider view
Zara Houshmand writes:
In reply to Mehdi Payravi's letter "Hope
God guides you (or destroys you)": You should not assume that
you can speak on behalf of all Iranians. Some Iranians have a wider view
that doesn't exclude any aspect of human experience from the realm of what
art can legitimately address.
Academic: New Middle East position,
University of Pennsylvania
The Associate Director for Development (ADD) for the Middle East Center
will oversee the day-to-day operations of the Center, a federally funded
(Title VI) National Resource Center, which is expanding the contemporary
world affairs components of its teaching, research, and outreach efforts.
The ADD will lead a new program design and fundraising effort in the successful
candidate's specific field of expertise >>>
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Translation of today's poem by Zara
Houshmand:
My eyes? 'I'll make a river flow there.' So she said.
My heart? 'It will bleed till it's full of blood,' she said.
And my body? 'Just wait a few days more-
I'll show the world your shame, and throw it out the door.'
-- Rumi
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Khatami's speech attracts Albright
Sept 5, (BBC) -- nited States Secretary of State Madeline Albright
has made a surprise appearance to hear a speech by Iranian President Mohammad
Khatami, who is in New York for the United Nations Millennium Summit. Mr
Khatami said his speech was part of a campaign to promote "dialogue
amongst civilizations" >>> FULL TEXT
Khatami to expatriates: Help Iran
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami on Monday
urged hundreds of Iranian expatriates living in the United States to embrace
their native land and unite to forge a better future for Iran. With signs
of a thaw in U.S.-Iranian relations, Khatami stressed the importance of
dialogue and interaction among all Iranians, and asked those inside and
outside the country to use their energy to help Iran develop economically
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Iran considers amnesty for exiles
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A bill that would grant amnesty to Iranians
who fled the country because of anti-government activities or ties to outlawed
political parties is aimed at promoting national reconciliation and attracting
badly needed investments, a lawmaker said Monday. The bill would allow such
Iranians to return without fear of prosecution or punishment, said Elyas
Hazrati, one of 40 lawmakers who signed the bill. Only those who have used
violence against the state are excluded from the amnesty deal >>>
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Iran Freedom movement says students' restraint
avoided disaster
TEHRAN,
Sept 5 (AFP) - Iran's progressive Islamist opposition Iran Freedom Movement
(IFM) Monday praised the students caught up in last week's disturbances
in the western city of Khorramabad for keeping their cool and "saving
the country from a catastrophe." >>> FULL TEXT
Iran delays review of alleged spies
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - An Iranian appeals court is delaying for the
second time decisions on its review of the jail terms of 10 Jews convicted
of spying for Israel, state-run radio reported Sunday night, quoting a senior
judiciary official >>> FULL TEXT
Iran daily retracts report parliament speaker
to launch new newspaper
TEHRAN,
Sept 5 (AFP) - Iran's government-run daily retracted Tuesday a report that
parliament speaker Mehdi Karubi plans to launch a new reformist newspaper
in the coming days. The paper Iran said someone else was the founder of
Aftab-e-Yazd, adding that it would have no political affiliation >>>
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Four Iranians arrested near U.N.
NEW YORK (AP) - Four Iranians were arrested over the weekend for
throwing yellow paint in separate incidents near the United Nations, where
150 world leaders are gathering this week for the U.N. Millennium Summit.
One incident involved the president of Iran, police said Monday >>>
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U.S. blasts China, others for persecution
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States, invoking U.N. declarations
and its own tradition of religious freedom, on Tuesday blasted China, Sudan,
Afghanistan and others for persecuting people for their religious faith
and practices >>> FULL TEXT
Iran: US attempts to lift sanctions
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's parliament speaker said Sunday that
attempts are being made in the United States to lift trade sanctions against
Iran, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported after American
and Iranian lawmakers met for the first time since the 1979 Islamic revolution
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Parliament abolishes duty on non-oil exports
TEHRAN,
Sept 4 (AFP) - Iran's reformist-dominated parliament Sunday passed the broad
outlines of a law aimed at boosting non-oil exports which have plummeted
in the past few years >>> FULL TEXT
Iran issues tenders for new Persian Gulf
gas blocks
TEHRAN,
Sept 3 (AFP) - Iran has called for tenders to develop the latest phases
of the giant South Pars gas field in the Persian Gulf, press reports said
Sunday, quoting the National Iranian Oil Company >>> FULL TEXT
Iranian filmns win awards in Montreal
Tehran (Iran daily) -- Films by Bahman Farmanara and Maryam Shahriyar
win awards at Montreal film festival >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Concert scarpped after thugs intervene
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- Radical thugs prevent concert in Sari, even
though the event had an official approval form the Guidance Ministry >>>
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Excavations at pre-Persepolis site
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- Excavations begin at the 2700-year-old Ziwiyeh
ruins at the 45 kms southeast of Saqez >>> FULL PERSIAN TEXT
Talebi: "No changes"
TEHRAN, September 3 (Iran Sports Press) -- With video: In a telephone
interview with IRIB from China, Jalal Talebi, the head coach of the Iranian
National Team, said Iran's thrashing on Friday night at the hands of Austria
was due to the "large gap between European and Asian football."
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Iran U-17 defeat Oman
VIETNAM, September 4 (Iran Sports Press) -- The Iranian National
Under 17 Football Team defeated Oman 2-1 in their first match of the Asian
Youth Football Championships being held in Vietnam >>> FULL TEXT
Esteghlal nearly defeated by Saipa
TEHRAN, September 5 (Iran Sports Press) -- With video: Esteghlal
Tehran came back from a two goal deficit at half time to hold Saipa to a
2-2 draw on Tuesday in Azadi Stadium. Esteghlal missed two key players,
Farzad Majidi and Mehdi Hasheminasab >>> FULL TEXT
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Number of Prisoners Increases
Deputy for Organisation of State Prisons of
Iran, Morteza Alvandi, says prisons are now taking in an average of one
prisoner every 59 seconds, which represents an alarming increase >>> LISTEN HERE
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Let us hope
Let us hope that enmity and oppression should end, and
that the clamor of love for truth, justice and human dignity should prevail.
Let us hope that all human beings should sing along with Hafez of Shiraz,
this divinely inspired spirit, that: ``No ineffable clamor reverberates
in the grand heavenly dome more sweetly than the sound of love."
-- President Khatami's speech at the UN-sponsored Conference
of Dialogue Amongst Civilizations
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