THE IRANIAN
TIMES
Monday, March 9, 1998
Esfand 18, 1376
No. 429
Sa'di
Index
| * Nuclear:
U.S. offers carrot * Iran-Arab: Friendly warship * Features: Students' story * News: Diabetics * Sports: Piroozi * Economy: Exports down * Dollar: Dollar up * Women: Afghan sisters * The press: Press challenge * Film: New policies * Noruz: Send us news |
THE WEB
Hamshahri: Many of you are familiar with Tehran municipality's Hamshahri newspaper by now. If you've been a regular reader, you may like the new look and feel. Very user-friendly. Go to: http://www.neda.net/hamshahri/contents.htm
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NUCLEAR
* U.S. offers Moscow carrot to cut Iran cooperation, (Reuters) - The United States has offered Russia the chance to expand its lucrative launches of foreign satellites if it cracks down on its sales of missile technology to Iran, U.S. officials said on Monday. One official, who asked not to be named, said the issue of Russia's missile technology exports to Iran was on the agenda at this week's Washington meetings between U.S. Vice President Al Gore and Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin... full text
IRAN-ARAB
* Iran warship makes friendly visit to Saudi Arabia, (Reuters) - An Iranian warship has docked in a Saudi Arabian port on a friendly visit for the first time since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, a newspaper said on Monday. The Khark logistics warship, carrying members of Iran 's Revolutionary Guards and students and professors from the Iranian navy, was met by Saudi military officials when it arrived in the Red Sea port of Jeddah on Saturday, the Tehran Times said... full text
* Persian Gulf Arabs laud positive trends in Iran ties, (Reuters) - Gulf Arab foreign ministers on Sunday welcomed improving ties with Iran but lamented the lack of progress in efforts to resolve a dispute with Tehran over three Gulf islands. The ministerial council of the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), at the end of a regular meeting in Riyadh, also welcomed a deal struck by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to end a crisis with Iraq and demanded that Baghdad abide by U.N. Security Council resolutions... full text
FEATURES
* Karrubi: Council of Guardians has no right to vet candidates, (Hamshahri)... full text in Persian (part1) -- (part2)... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
* Pro-Khatami students tell their side of the story on last week's clash at Tehran University, (Hamshahri)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
* What would you say if you had a minute with Khatami? (Hamshahri)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
NEWS
* Two million Iranians are diabetics, (Hamshahri)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
ECONOMY
* Exports down 3 percent, (Hamshahri)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
* Iran, Switzerland sign investment accord, (Reuters) - Iranian and Swiss trade officials signed an investment agreement in Tehran on Sunday, Iranian television reported. It gave no details of the pact. The Swiss delegation, led by government envoy Nicolas Imboden, includes executives from the Swiss machinery, watchmaking, engineering, foods, and chemicals industries, as well as from banks and trade sectors... full text
* Inflation down 6 percent to 17 percent, (Hamshahri)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
* Tehran Stock Exchange daily index
DOLLAR RATE
Dollar up about 3 tomans since Friday
* To send money to Iran, the rate is 503-510 tomans per dollar, depending on how much you wish to send.
* To send money out of Iran, the rate is 514 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
NORUZ
* Send us news/annoucements about Noruz events in your community and we will post there here. Email to Times@iranian.com
WOMEN
* Iran women say hear cries of Afghan sisters, (Reuters) - Iran 's highest ranking female official told Afghan women that Iranian women were ``listening to their suppressed cries'' under the rule of the extremist Islamic Taleban government. ``Your sisters in the Islamic Republic of Iran are attentively listening to your suppressed cries,'' said Masoumeh Ebtekar, Iran's vice-president for environmental affairs... full text
* Debate on how print images of women in the press, (Hamshahri)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand. ... full text
THE PRESS
* 194 jouranlists challenge judiciary chief, say they support a colleague who has been summoned to court because she asked a question about alleged torture of municipality officials, (Hamshahri)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand. ... full text
* Debate on how print images of women in the press, (Hamshahri)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand. ... full text
THE IRANIAN
We owe him, big time
ValdierVieira "Badu" rescused our soccer team
From Tamashagaran magazine:
* Interview with Vieira
* Editorial on how he was fired
* His resume
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SPORTS
* Piroozi brings in four players for Asia Cup match, (Hamshahri)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
* Hamshahri's Sports section, Monday... index in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
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FILM
* Iran's cinema chief spells out new policies, reassures film makers, (Hamshahri)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
* 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).
* "Gabbeh", "A Taste of Cherry" in Michigan: Wed. March 11th, Gabbeh, 7:00pm; Mon. April 6th, A taste of cherry, 7:00pm; at the Michigan Theater: 603 E. Liberty, Ann Arbor, MI.
* "Taste of Cherry" U.S. screen schedules from the official Zeitgeist Film site... click here...Thanks to Payman Arabshahi <payman@fermi.jpl.nasa.gov>
* "Taste of Cherry" in Victoria: WED & THURS, MARCH 4 & 5 (7:15 & 9:10) Cinecenta, UVic. With discounts for the club & community members. UVic Persian Club : <wr855@victoria.tc.ca> : 250-472-8699
* Iranian film festival organized by Stanford University's Persian Students Association will run through mid-March... click here for details
SATIRE
* Has heart, but no brain
WANTED: People with no brains to work at Sports Organization... click here
From Tamashagaran soccer magazine
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LETTERS
* Chalous
Thankyou for the beautiful pictures ["Shomal: The pleasant reality"]. My family is from chalous and we really enjoyed reliving some old memories. Troy Alton <talton@berbee.com>
* J. Towfighi?
I am trying to find information concerning an artist that I was told is currently living in Iran. the artist's signature on the paining I have is "J. Towfighi". It's a lovely oil painting...a desert scene. I appreciate any information you might be able to give. If you can possibly tell me anything or direct me to someone that might be able to give information. Charlene <CharleyCDH@aol.com>
LOST & FOUND
Jahan Koodak...
Shadi Ziaei here. Looking for friends I went to school with in Tehran. Started with Mehrshad elementary on Vozara... Marjan and Jahan Koodak junior highs on Vanak and Gandhi... and Bentol-hoda high school on Arjantin square. I left Iran after finishing my 3rd year of high school and graduated in 1986 here in the U.S. Some classmates... Ladan Javedan, Anita Safavizadeh, Elham Yazdi, Shiva Shahla, Saghar Ala Nazari, Shahrzad Toosi and many more. Email me, Shadi Ziaei <shadi@netvista.net>
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EVENTS
* Central Asia and the Caucasus: Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS) in Tehran will hold the sixth annual seminar on Central Asia and the Caucasus on April 27- 28, 1998. The theme of this year's seminar is "Central Asia and the Caucasus: The Role of Regional Powers in Conflict Resolution and Economic Development." In this seminar, a variety of related subjects including the important issue of the Caspian Sea basin with regards to viewpoints of Iran, Russia, China, and Turkey should be discussed and explored. The Purpose of this seminar is to deepen understanding and to foster an exchange of views among specialists and scholars who are mainly interested in the appraisal of events in the region. It should be added that IPIS would arrange local hospitality for e would be any questions, please contact by fax no.: 0098-21 2710964 or by email: ipis@www.dci.co.ir
* Khuzestani Noruz in LA: This year's Khuzestani Noruz party will be on March 14 at the LAX Marriott Hotel. For more information contact Hassan Alesafar <NAKHLAK@aol.com>
* Farhad's last concert: Farhad, the legendary singer, is currently in the U.S. and will perform his last U.S. concert on Sunday, March 8, 1998 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles. Farhad will return to Iran after this concert. This is the last chance his fans will have tio see him in their lifetime. For information and reservation those interested can contact: 310-704-5700.
* Iranian film festival organized by Stanford University's Persian Students Association will run through mid-March... click here for details
PHOTO OF THE DAY
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* What would you expect on a bumper sticker in Tehran?... full image
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MUSIC
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QUOTE UNQUOTE
THIS neighbor's grass ain't greener
Your sisters in the Islamic republic are taking measures to establish Islamic human rights of women in the world which will contribute to the improvement of the status of women and provide progress in all the areas for the Moslem communities around the world.
Masoumeh Ebtekar
Vice-president for environmental affairs
On suppression of women's rights in Afghanistan
"Iran
women say hear cries of Afghan sisters"
Reuters
March, 8, 1998
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