THE IRANIAN
TIMES
Friday, April 10, 1998
Farvardin 21, 1377
No. 454
Abu Saeed
Headlines
* Karbaschi: Support grows
* Iran-U.S.: Congratulating the wrestling team
* Passed away: Captain Siroos Qayeqran
* Ancestors: Oh Nellie!
* The Web: Seda-ye Iran
* No joke: Look like the stars!
* Question: Golgolab?
Index
| * Karbaschi:
Suppoort * Iran-U.S.: Proclamation * Features: Shamloo * News: Smugglers * Economy: Petrochemical * Dollar: Unchanged * Sports: Qayeqran * Arts: Too clever * The Web: Seday-e Iran * Academic: CIRA |
THE WEB
* Radio Seda-ye Iran: The 24-hour radio station in Los Angeles, the biggest independent operation abroad, used to charge for listening to its programs online. Now it's free. Lots of interesting stuff.
* Bijan Mofid: Tribute to the late great playright, creator of "Shahr-e Qesseh". Still not completed by Yari Ostovany, but well on its way.
* Cupertino Iranian Community Site: Dedicated to the commitment of introducing the Iranian culture to the community and passing our cultural treasures to the next generation... Fariba Nejat <Payvand95@aol.com>
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KARBASCHI
* Tehran mayor gains high-level support, (BBC) - Almost 700 Iranian mayors have expressed support for the moderate mayor of Tehran, Gholam-Hossein Karbaschi, who was arrested last week on corruption charges. The mayors say the charges are baseless and have urged President Mohammed Khatami to investigate the issue... full text... audio report
* Mayors countrywide ask Khatami to look into Karbaschi's detention, (IRNA) - in a letter to president mohammad khatami, 687 mayors called on the president to investigate into the detention of tehran mayor, gholam-hussein karbaschi. expressing surprise and sorrow over karbaschi's detention, the letter said under the present sensitive conditions when the country is facing economic bottlenecks and innovative and brave managers need to intensify their efforts, such factional confrontations will result in nothing but the satisfaction of the staunch enemies of the islamic revolution as well as discouragement of committed managers and revolutionary forces... full text
* Governors write in support of Karbaschi, (Hamshahri) ... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
* Ultimate objective: "Overthrow of Khatami government", (Hamshahri)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
* Editorial on Karbaschi's arrest and the need for separation of powers, (Jame'eh)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
IRAN-U.S.
* Proclamation congratulating the Iranian wrestling team, (Congressional Record: April 2, 1998) - Robert W. Ney of Ohio in the House of Representatives Wednesday, April 1, 1998: Mr. Speaker, I commend the following article to my colleagues: Whereas, Iran has announced its twenty-one member delegation, which includes eleven wrestlers that will compete at the 1998 World Cup of Freestyle Wrestling on the Campus of Oklahoma State University in Stillwater on April 4-5, 1998; and, Whereas, this annual freestyle dual meet championships is behind only the World Championships and Olympics in importance; and, Whereas, the Iranian lineup includes Gholam Reza Mohammadi, Bahman Tayebi-Kermani, Ali Reza Dabier, Abbas Haji Kenari, Massoud jamshidi, Majied Khodaee, P. Dorostkar, Ali Reza Heydari, Davoud Ghanbari, Abbas Jadidi, and Ali Reza Rezaie; and, Whereas, the tournament marks Iran's first competition in the United States since the 1996 Olympic Games; and, Whereas, in February, the United States participated in the Takhti Cup wrestling tournament in Iran, the first U.S. team of any sport to compete in Iran in almost twenty years; and, Whereas, I join the citizens of Southeastern Ohio, with distinct please, in honoring the Iranian wrestling team for their participation in the 1998 World Cup of Freestyle Wrestling in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Forwarded by Goli Ameri <ameri@pop.mindspring.com>
* Never the twain shall meet, (The Economist) - Despite the stubbornness of official attitudes, ordinary Iranians have generally fond memories of the time, before 1979, when America was deeply involved in their affairs. Many believe that renewed ties with America would lessen their economic hardship. Given this, the Iranian government may find it hard to continue to refuse to talk. Reformists hope that America will take "courageous" action to break the ice. By this, they mean an end to sanctions, approval for Iran's civilian nuclear programme and the unfreezing of billions of dollars in assets. If such steps began to be taken, the government might be able to justify the resumption of official contacts to its hardliners... full text
FEATURES
* Shamloo's health improving - doctor, (Jame'eh)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
* Possible financial fraud under former culture minister being investigated, (Jame'eh)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
* Major feature on issues related to marriage in Iran, (Hamshahri)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
NEWS
* Russia arrests suspected smugglers , (AP) - Russia's security service has detained three foreign citizens suspected of trying to smuggle dual-use technology to Iran, the government said Thursday. The three individuals tried to ship to Iran nearly 22 tons of alloyed steel under the guise of galvanized steel sheets, according to the Federal Security Service, which made the arrests... full text
ECONOMY
* French oil company is to expand investment in iran's oil sector, (IRNA) - director of the middle east department of th french total christophe de margueri said in paris thursday that iran has 100 new projects for prospecting oil, and observed that total was considering involvement in a number of those projects... full text
* Petrochemical officials call on more private sector cooperation, (Hamshahri) ... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
DOLLAR RATE
Unchanged
* To send money to Iran, the rate is 510-520 tomans per dollar, depending on how much you wish to send.
* To send money out of Iran, the rate is 525 tomans per dollar.
Source: Sehaty Foreign Exchange, call in U.S.: 602-595-0777 or 500-288-8881. Preferntial rates for readers of The Iranian Times. Mention this code: BAJ 07
SPORTS
* Former national soccer team captain Siroos Qayeqran dies in accident, (Hamshahri) ... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
* National soccer coach explains his team stategy for World Cup 98, (Hamshahri) ... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
* Iran settles for 4th place in Thailand international boxing matches, (Hamshahri) ... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
* Wrestling on Aftab TV: A 30 minute report, including matches, interviews with Iranian wrestlers Taleqani, Khadem, Jamshidi, Dabir, Heydari, as well as Los Angeles Times reporter Robin Wright and Conoco Oil officials and many of the Iranians who had come to cheer the team will air on Aftab cable TV in the U.S. this weekend in southern California, New York, Long Island, and on the International Channel. It is narrated by veteran Iranian sports writer and wrestling historian, Hossein Hesari. Aftab will carry more reports on the wrestling in the coming weeks.
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SATIRE
Look like the stars!
* No joke: Weight loss ad in Zanan, an Islamic "feminist" magazine ... click here
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POETRY
*
Parastoohaa-ye
bahaari... a poem by Haydeh Razaghi
*
Fereydoun Moshiri on CD
Fereydoun Moshiri's poetry reading last October in Berkeley, California, is now available on CD. For more information and orders, contact Radio Havaye Tazeh at: 415-673-4726.
Listen to Moshiri's reading of "Kucheh"... here's the poem's text
* Contest
Omar Khayyam Poetry Society invites you to enter our poetry contest. Prizes: First place $100, Second $75, Third $50. Winners will be announced and printed in THE IRANIAN in June 1998.
Subject: Longing places, memories, love
Format: Poems must be in English and emailed to <matteof@msn.com>. Include your name, address and phone number.
Deadline: May 10, 1998
Entry fee: $5 for up to three poems. You may send cash or check payable to R. Macroberts. Send to 1045 Walnut Grove, Rochester Hills, MI 48306, USA.
ARTS
* "Taste of Cherry": Too clever by half, (New Yorker, March 30, 1998) -Abbas Kiarostami's new film follows a prosperous man, Mr. Badii (Homayoun Ershadi, heading up a casat of nonprofessional actors), as he drives through the parched hills around Teheran begging strangers to help bury him once he commits suicide. The result is a fascinating neorealist excursion. Mr. Badii meets a shy Kurdish soldier, an Afghani seminarian, and a gregarious museum taxidermist; Kiarostami unfolds each new character with a humanistic patience that's rare in moview these days. The director also draws on his art-school training to show us a Teheran that is a horifying sprawl of concrete and exquisitely beautiful at the same time. The film isn't quite the masterpiece some critics are hailing it as: it sometimes ponderous existentialism seems too closely modelled on Europeean masterpieces of a generation ago, and its ending is too clever by half. But it is a collection of small, scattered miracles. - Sarah Kerr
* The 41st San Francisco International Film Festival is scheduled from April 23 to May 7. There are two Iranian films; "Leila" by Dariush Mehrjui and "Season Five" a coproduction of Iran & France directed by Rafi Pitts. The full film guides is on line at: www.sfiff.org/fest98... For festival information, call 415-931-film.
* Iranian films in Washington DC: A festival of some recent Iranian films is planned in Washington, DC, during March/April 1998. The films are shown at the 300-seat Meyer Auditorium of the Freer Gallery. Tickets are free and can be obtained (up to two per person) on a first-come-first-served basis one hour prior to the program. Films being shown: March 8/13: Leila (Dariush Mehrjui), March 20/22: Det Means Girl (Abolfazl Jalili), March 27/29: Gabbeh (Mohsen Makhmalbaf), April 3: Beyond Fire (Kianoush Ayyari), April 5: A True Story (Jalili), April 17: The Abadanis (Kiarostami), April 26: Taste of Cherries (Kiarostami).
* "Taste of Cherry" U.S. screen schedules from the official Zeitgeist Film site... click here...Thanks to Payman Arabshahi <payman@fermi.jpl.nasa.gov>
THE IRANIAN
Oh Nellie!
By White Cloud
Nellie was at home on 819 South Holt Ave., in Los Angeles, in the kitchen. She would fry the bacon and save the grease. She would cook peaches for winter and put them in jars like her mother Ruth had done in Idaho. We came to live with her when we came from Tehran in 1940. It was strange for both of us. At first it was the language barrier and then it was either too late to talk or we had all stopped talking. There was no chatter in the house or laughter either. Helen was out working and going to school. Aunt Mary worked at Sears. Papa was in the yard or garage or his war den. Every wall covered with pictures of the war: The Spanish American War, World War I and probably a few Indian wars for which we had no pictures. In a big rectangular photograph, Papa in his army captain's uniform was sitting on a horse, smiling.... full text
PHOTO OF THE DAY
Say paneer
* Taking a picture on a street in Khorramabad... full image
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LETTERS
Ostad Golgolab?
If you have available any information on the biography of Ostad Golgolab, who composed the poem of "ay Iran". Ostad Golgolab was acctually a Botanist who I believe introduced many persian botanical xpressions such as golbarg, kasbarg, parcham, etc. my email is fjahromi@csu.edu.au. Peter Vanderaa
BOOKSTORE
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Khaterat-e Amirteymur Kalali
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1997, Iranian Oral History Project
Harvard University's Center for Middle Eastern Studies
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ACADEMIC
* Iran and the Region: Past, Present and Future Relations with Its Neighbors April 24-25, 1998 Portland, Oregon, USA The Center for Iranian Research and Analysis (CIRA) will hold its 16th annual conference in association with Portland State University's Middle East Center. For more information visit the CIRA website <http://www-adm.pdx.edu/user/mesc/cira/>.
NOSTALGIA
MUSIC
* Pooran, "Vah cheh balaee ey del"
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QUOTE UNQUOTE
Too clever?
["Taste of Cherry"] isn't quite the masterpiece some critics
are hailing it as: it sometimes ponderous existentialism seems too closely
modelled on Europeean masterpieces of a generation ago, and its ending
is too clever by half. But it is a collection of small, scattered miracles.
The New Yorker
"Taste of Cherry"
March 30, 1998
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