THE IRANIAN
TIMES
Tuesday, April 21, 1998
Ordibehesht 1, 1377
No. 461
Abu Saeed
Headlines
* Iranian-Americans: U.N. chief awarded
* Students: Protest over mps' behavior
* Terrorism: Iran slams U.S. over charges
* Filmfest: Iranian films in Washington
* The Web: New Baazaar & Saddam
* Photo: Perian Kat
* Nostalgia: Parisa, pre-1979
Index
| * THE
IRANIAN: UN/Cyrus * Iran-U.S.: U.S. slammed * Features: Passionate * News: Students protest * Economy: Loan cancelled * Dollar: Unchanged * Sports: Soccer * Arts: DC Filmfest * Academic: SIS |
THE WEB
* Baazaar-- A new Iranian online shopping mall. (Not to be confused with bazar.net).
* More Iraqi-related sites: Saddam.com and Ask Saddam. Forwarded by Payman Arabshahi
* Iraq -- Now that we're "brothers" again, take a look at one of the largest Iraqi web sites.
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IRAN-U.S.
* Iran slams U.S. over terrorism charges, (Reuters) - Iran on Tuesday accused the United States of adopting Cold War mentality with Tehran and strongly denied U.S. allegations that it backed terrorism. ``Despite the developments in the international community, the U.S. looks at Iran with a mentality belonging to the Cold War era,'' said Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mahmoud Mohammadi, quoted by Iran's official news agency IRNA... full text
* U.S. to go ahead with radio station, (AP) - Although the Clinton administration continues to condemn Tehran for terrorism and is planning to broadcast Farsi language radio programs into Iran, U.S. officials say they're still looking for ``positive change'' that could improve relations. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty will broadcast two hours of mostly local news daily into Iran beginning in September and go to six hours next year despite Tehran's objections, U.S. officials said Monday... full text
FEATURES
* Passionate politics, (TIME) - Moderates and hard-liners square off in a power struggle for Iran's youthful hearts and minds: Washington may wonder if Iran's President Mohammed Khatami is really a reformer, but the country's mullahs have no such doubts. In the 11 months since Khatami's upset election victory, the conservative clerics who have long monopolized power have done all they can to prevent the more moderate Khatami from easing their doctrinaire, anti-Western rule... full text
NEWS
* Students protest mps' behavior towards university professor, (IRNA) - The students of amir-kabir technology university in tehran staged a two-hour gathering titled '' the free tribune''on tuesday. the gathering is said to have been held in protest at an argument erupted between a university instructor and a university guard on the one side and the members of parliament (mps) who were invited to attend a seminar... full text
* U.S. officials keep up pressure on Russia over Iran, (Reuters) - Three top U.S. officials have beaten a path to Moscow this week, bringing concerns that Russian assistance could help Iran develop nuclear missiles. While the U.S. embassy on Tuesday denied any concerted pressure campaign, two of the American visitors are specifically assigned to deal with the problem... full text
ECONOMY
* German WestLB bank says $90 mln Iran loan cancelled, (Reuters) - A controversial loan arranged by German bank WestLB for the development of Iran's Soroush oilfield has been cancelled, the vice chairman of WestLB's managing board said on Monday. ``The loan did not come into effect. Finally the parties didn't want to make use of the facilities and we cancelled,'' Hans-Henning Offen told Reuters in an interview... full text
* New gas field discovered in fars province, (IRNA) - Deputy oil minister ali hashemi said on tuesday a new gas-field has been discovered at gordan, fars province with 2.1 trillion cubic feet gas reserve and 10.5 million barrels of liquid gas... full text
* Wheat production to reach 11 m ton this year , (IRNA) - According to estimates by the agriculture ministry the domestic production of wheat (started march, 21) will reach 10.5 to 11 million tons this year, seven million tons of which will be purchased from farmers as their surplus products, said the deputy head of grain organization masoud kouchak-mohseni here tuesday... full text
DOLLAR RATE
Unchanged
* To send money to Iran, the rate is 525-545 tomans per dollar, depending on how much you wish to send.
* To send money out of Iran, the rate is 550 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
* Detailed report on the Iran-Hungary soccer match and more, (Hamshahri) ... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
SATIRE
* Presidential campaigning and the people (in Persian)... click here
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POETRY
* 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
ARTS
* Filmfest DC 1997: A number of new Iranian films will be shown in the Washington DC film festival at the American Film Institute from April-May 3... full text
* Interview with Abbas Kiarostami, (NPR) -- Pat Dowell of the U.S. National Public radio reports on "Taste of Cherry", a film by Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami. The movie shared the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997. It's now opening in theaters around the country (April 7, 1998) ... click here (in RealAudio format)... forwarded by nima@artnet.net
* 'Gabbeh' weaves a mysterious tale (Dallas Morning News) - Here on the balding North Texas prairie, the soul cries out for color. So a breathtakingly beautiful film such as Mohsen Makhmalbaf's Gabbeh is a gratifying banquet for the eyes. Set on the remote steppes of southeastern Iran, this lyrical ode to a disappearing way of life from that country's most popular (and controversial) director shouts out "love is color" in sun-washed vibrant hues... The energetic Mr. Makhmalbaf, spellbound by the exotic landscape and fascinated by the stories woven into the gabbehs, turned it into a mysterious tale with a caravan of nonactors, donkeys, sheep and goats on a staged migration... full text
* Monday, Apr 20, 7:30 pm, UC Berkeley Lecture and films "Oak" and "The Flaming Poppy" Iranian professor Mohammad Farhad Atai presents two ethnographic films about Bakhitiari nomads--> 155 Kroeber Hall, UC Berkeley in Berkeley, CA (Accessible)[UC Center for Middle Eastern Studies (510) 642-8208].
* 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.
* "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
U.N. chief awarded Cyrus cylinder
Northern California Iranians honor human rights declaration
To mark the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Anan was awarded a copy of Cyrus the Great's edict Monday by the Iranian community leaders of northern California... go to feature
PHOTO OF THE DAY
* %100 Persian Kat: A lisence plate in California... full image
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PUBLICATION
The Literariness of Persian Texts
The world literature annual called 'Literature East & West' hereby announces that its volume 30, scheduled for publication at the end of 1999, will honor Heshmat Moayyad with articles on any subject dealing with 'The Literariness of Persian Texts.' Because 'Literature East & West' appears only in a soft cover format,it is negotiating with publishers for the similtaneous appearance of a hard cover edition.
LE&W welcomes papers of any length and on any religious, historical, political, literary or other text.
As the volume's compiler, I'll be happy to discuss questions and ideas with interested Persianists.
Michael Craig Hillmann
Persian Studies
Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712, U.S.A.
512-475-6785 (tel)
512-471-4197 (fax)
mhill@MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU
LETTERS
Not all conspiracies
I thank you for taking the time to put up what must be a rare and full analysis of the Persian mind and how it views politics ["Conspiracy Theories and the Persian mind"]. I have single mindedly , in my college, attempted to educate my countrymen that not everything in our history, and also our present, can be explained via conspiracy theories. This is a tough task and one that I eventually abandoned. I hope that more Persians find your page and enjoy a rare and insightful analysis of the Persian mind.
Library patron
University of California, San Diego
BOOKSTORE
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Hafez Poems of Gertrude Bell
With the Original Persian on the Facing Page
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ACADEMIC
* The Society for Iranian Studies is hosting its Second Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies May 22-24 in Bethesda, Md. The Society is eager for a good attendance, and anyone who can make it is very welcome. Conference details at: http://www.iranian-studies.org/confProg.html ... forwarded by Mahvash Shahegh <mshahegh@skipjack.soc.lib.md.us>
* The Faculty of Oriental Studies at Cambridge wish to make an appointment to a temporary, unestablished fixed-term post which carries responsibility for Persian language teaching from elementary to advanced undergraduate level, and involves a contribution to the teaching of Persian literature, particularly poetry. The person appointed will also be expected to contribute to the graduate teaching and research programme in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. Further particulars and an application form may be obtained from the Secretary of the Faculty of Oriental Studies (Mrs D.M. Bennett), Faculty of Oriental Studies, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA, to whom applications (six copies, including a curriculum vitae, list of publications, and names and addresses of two referees) should be sent to arrive by 25 May 1998.
* 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
* Googoosh, "Baavar kon"
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QUOTE UNQUOTE
Pray what you want
Babylonians' respectful manner and their places of worship touched me deeeply and I ordered that all should be free to worship their god without harm... I ordered all closed places of worship, from Babylonia to Assyria, Susa, Akkad and the lands beyond the Tigris, which were built in ancient times, to be reopened...
Cyrus
539 B.C.
"U.N.
chief awarded Cyrus cylinder"
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