THE IRANIAN
TIMES
Thursday, March 19, 1998
Esfand 28, 1376
No. 438
Noruz time - Sal -e Tahveel 1377
March 20, 1998
Greenwich: 19 hr 54 min 46 sec p.m.
North America - Eastern: 14 hr 54 min 54 sec p.m.
North America - Pacific: 11 hr 54 min 31
sec a.m.
Abu Saeed
Index
| * Iran-U.S.:
U.S. ships damages * Features: Nuri's defense * News: Israeli rabbi * Community: Do something * Economy: Agip eyes onshore * Dollar: Unchanged (503) * Human Rights: Writers protest * Women: Students killed * The press: Sarkuhi * Sports: Practice in France * Noruz: Noruz cards * Noruz math: Shifting day * Darvag Theater: Noruz show * Help: Videographer needed |
* THE IRANIAN:
4shanbeh soori |
THE WEB
* Yek-o-Yek: 1&1 is the name which Dashte Morghab Group , a leading agro-industrial firm, has chosen for its processed food products. Among dozens of major food industry firms in Iran, Dashte Morghab (Morghab plains) is undoubtedly the foremost, biggest, and most recognized concern. The establishment of this company, in Iran in 1967 was in fact a turning point for the country's modern processed food industry: http://www.neda.net/one-one/
* Noruz cards... here, there and everywhere!... IRNA has 180 Noruz cards which you can send electronically to anyone with an email address.... also you can find Noruz cards at Myiran.com site.
Any interesting web sites you would like to suggest?
Email us at Times@iranian.com
IRAN-U.S.
* UN court admits U.S. ships damages claim vs Iran, (Reuters) - The International Court of Justice in The Hague ruled on Thursday that a claim by the U.S. against Iran for damages to U.S. warships and U.S.-flagged vessels during the Iran-Iraq war was admissible. The U.S. claim was filed last June in response to related Iranian claims against Washington for damages for the destruction of three of its oil platforms by U.S. warships 10 years ago... full text.
* Wise partnership with Russia, (Editorial: Boston Globe) - By its painstaking efforts to end the transfer of Russian missile technology to Tehran, the Clinton administration is sagely seeking to solidify US-Russian relations and preserve security in the Persian Gulf region. One carrot extended to Moscow is an offer to expand the number of foreign satellites that can be launched by Russian rockets. But far more important than any particular commercial incentive for Moscow's cooperation in stopping the transfer of missile technology to Iran is Russia's long-term interest in maintaining a fruitful bilateral relationship with the United States... full text
FEATURES
* Interior Minister's defense in the Majlis and more details on Wedneday's brawl, (Hamshahri)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
* Majlis passes law to eliminate run-off elections, (Hamshahri)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
* Sociological analysis of the nation-wide expression of joy when Iran qualified for the World Cup (interesting), (Hamshahri)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
NEWS
* Israeli rabbi to visit Iran, (BBC) - An Israeli rabbi, Menachem Froman, says he has been granted a visa to visit Iran within the next month as part of his mission to try promote understanding between Jews and Muslims... full text
* 16 women medical students killed in bus crash, (Hamshahri)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
COMMUNITY
* Do something: Each year, the BRICK Award in the U.S. honors ten outstanding leaders under the age of 30 who use their talents to take action that measurably strengthens their local communities. Each of the ten winners is awarded a grant to support his/her community work: the national grand prize winnder receives a grant of $100,000 and the nine other winners each receive a grant of $10,000. Applications are due May 1, 1998. For more information: see Do Something's website at http://www.dosomething.org or call 212-523-1175 or email brick@dosomething.org
Thanks to Sussan Tahmasebi < stahmase@acog.org>
ECONOMY
* Agip revs up for Iranian onshore oilfield contract, (Reuters) - Italy's Agip SpA is pushing for pole position as perhaps the first foreign oil firm to get access to Iran's prized onshore oilfields. The Iranian onshore fields are attracting the interest of foreign oil firms eager to get access to reserves shut off since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution... full text
* Customs officials bringing red tape to Kish free trade zone?, (Hamshahri)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
DOLLAR RATE
Unchanged until next Tuesday
* 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
* Noruz cards... here, there and everywhere!... IRNA has 180 Noruz cards which you can send electronically to anyone with an email address.... also you can find Noruz cards at Myiran.com site.
* Noruz traditions, in detail, (Hamshahri)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
* Noruz in Bay Area: The Persian Center in northern California invites families and friends of all generations to gather around our Haft-Sin table and begin our countdown to Persian New Year at 11:54:31 a.m.The celebration will last from 11-3 p.m. at the Cubberly Community Center 4000 Middlefield Road Palo Alto, CA. For information please call 408-260-2838 or send an email to Persian@CCnet.com.
* All you need to know about Noruz: Persian Outpost has a special page on Noruz. It has a link to detailed information on Noruz traditions. Good read... Click here
* Noruz in Seattle: The association of Iranians in Washington state will host a celebration of Noruz, the Persian new year at the Seattle University's Campion Tower ballroom on March 22 at 6:00 PM. An unlimited buffet of delicious Persian foods and desserts will be served. Amoo Noruz will come and bring gifts for children. A fabulous Haft Seen will be on display. Also, there will be dancing, Persian music and a dance performance as well. This is a very successful annual event and tickets go fast! Tickets are on sale at most Persian stores and restaurants. Bijan Elahi <BElahi@InControl.com>
NORUZ MATH
Math Chat: That shifting first day of spring
By Frank Morgan
The Christian Science Monitor
March 19, 1998
Old spring challenge (Ilan Vardi) Why is the first day of spring in London sometimes on March 20 and sometimes on March 21? Spring arrives when the earth is tilted at a right angle to the sun, not toward the sun as in the summer or away from the sun as in the winter. Consequently night has the same length as day; hence the term spring equinox meaning "equal night."... full text
ARTS
* Kambiz Derambaksh's caricature wins award from international conference on Aids, (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>
* Iranian film festival organized by Stanford University's Persian Students Association will run through mid-March... click here for details
HELP
Videographer needed in Bay Area
Videographer and photographer needed for Shahrzad Dance Academy's Noruz dance concert on March 28, 1998. Must have experience in creative arts (not just commercial work), and good equipment (or access to it). If interested contact Shahrzad Dance Academy at shahrzad@pacbell.net or call at (510)724-2425 ASAP! Thank you.
DARVAG THEATER
Darvag's Noruz fundraiser in Berkeley
Saturday March 21, 1998 at 7pm at The UC Berkeley International House. Corner of Piedmont and Bancroft Way, Berkeley. Reservation/Information: (510) 466-5299. Traditional dinner catered by The Vault Restaurant (7:15-9 pm). Menu includes Sabzi-polo & Mahi (YEAH!!!!), Vegeterian dish, salad, tea & desert Traditional (upbeat!) music by Barbod Traditional dance by Shahrzad Dance Academy, including a rare dance performance by the memebers of Darvag theatre group!!!!! Dance until midnight to the sound of Bay Area's most popular DJ, H.K.!!!! Tickets: $30 adults, pre-show purchase $15 children (5-12) $35 purchased at the door. Children and families are welcome!
HUMAN RIGHTS
* Writers protest at travel curbs on Sarkuhi, (Reuters) - A group of Iranian writers urged President Mohammad Khatami's government to allow a dissident journalist recently released from jail to travel abroad to visit his family, a newspaper said on Thursday. The daily Jameah said the 50, including some of Iran's most prominent writers and poets, called for a passport to be issued to Faraj Sarkuhi, who was freed in January after serving a one-year term for ``spreading propaganda'' against the government. ... full text
* Faraj Sarkuhi: No passport-yet, (Jameah)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
WOMEN
* 16 women medical students killed in bus crash, (Hamshahri)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
* Steps to the moon: I would like to inform you of a website, steps to the moon, that was created in November 1997. It is an example of how the web can be used as a creative medium. Steps to the moon documents the on-going effort by two iranian women, one in isolation in iran and the other in exile, to re-build their connection over the internet and through many years and thousands of miles of forced separation. parallel to this, the sitemaker turns her gaze inside to document her own thoughts as they surface in the process of her work on this project. Combining the personal, the political and the poetic, Steps to the moon is about two women, three collaborators and four presences in a single document. Mina Haque <metalibra@hotmail.com>
THE PRESS
* Faraj Sarkuhi: No passport-yet, (Jameah)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
* Writers protest at travel curbs on Sarkuhi, (Reuters) - A group of Iranian writers urged President Mohammad Khatami's government to allow a dissident journalist recently released from jail to travel abroad to visit his family, a newspaper said on Thursday. The daily Jameah said the 50, including some of Iran's most prominent writers and poets, called for a passport to be issued to Faraj Sarkuhi, who was freed in January after serving a one-year term for ``spreading propaganda'' against the government. ... full text
THE IRANIAN
Yellow out, red in
Photos by J. Javid
Chahaarshanbeh soori in the back of a friend's apartment in Palo Alto, California... Go to feature
NOSTALGIA
* Jean-Paul Belmundo Imanverdi!
SPORTS
* Soccer: Reports from Iran's practice games and training in France, (Hamshahri)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
* Sociological analysis of the nation-wide expression of joy when Iran qualified for the World Cup (interesting), (Hamshahri)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
* Hamshahri's Sports section, Thursday... index in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
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SATIRE
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* Showing off the things you DON'T have this Noruz... click here
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POETRY
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.
CLASSIFIEDS
Seeking artist to draw for Sportestan site
We are looking for an artist who can draw sketches for Sportestan in color. The person we are looking for is a freelance artist who can take our old pictures and make a water-based drawing in color. There is some superposition work involved. The artwork will be the drawing of two people standing next to each other. We are looking for a talented person and we will pay him/her based on a modest budget we have. Perhaps a college artist who is about to graduate and would want to do this as an internship yet we will pay.
Email ish@sportestan.com
Tel (U.S.): 650-327-1919
LETTERS
From Iran, with love
Dooste hamvatene besiar aziz, az iran barayat minevisam. Safehate zibaye to dar internet , teye sale gozashteh labkhandha va ashk haye ziadi ra be soorate man va doostanam avard. Khasteh nabashi ! norouz 1377 ra be to va hamkaranat tabrik migooyam, hamishe porbar bashi, site zibayat ham hamishe mesle bahar por shokoofeh bashad ! ino bedoon ke www.iranian.com faghat male hamvatanhaye door az vatan nist ! Shad bashi ! Doost darat. Behrad Gilani <behradg@rhc.ac.ir>
LOST & FOUND
Eva Zahedi
Would anyone know of Eva Zahedi? Eva would be about 53-54 years old ,and most likley under a married name now.Evas father in 1960 was the Iranian ambassador to the U.N.,they moved from Tehran to Los Angeles, California in 1960. Please contact Dave Daniska at koko1@idirect.com if you know eva.
BOOKSTORE
Book of the week
Zanaan Saraayandeh-ye Mo'aaser -- Biography and review of the poetry of 15 women poets in 871 pagesby Parvin Shakiba. See feature in THE IRANIAN. Click here
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EVENTS
* Symposium on Iran, in Houston: The James III Baker Institute of Rice University, Houston, Texas, is organizing a symposium on Iran, April 2, 1998. The speakers include Congressman Lee Hamilton, Hooshang Amirahmadi of Rutgers University, and Bruce Ridel, Special Advisor to President Clinton.
* From Nezami to Puccini: The Foundation for Iranian Studies (FIS) Announcement of the 1998 Noruz lecture by a distinguished scholar of Iranian studies: The FIS 1998 distinguished lecturer is Professor Peter Chelkowski, Hagop Kevorkian center, New York University. The topic is "Seraching for Turandokht: From Nezami to Puccini." Time and Place: Monday, March 23, 1998, 7pm - 8:30pm Ballroom, Marvin Center The George Washington University 800 21st Street, N.W., Washington, DC. All welcome, attendance is free. G. R. Afkhami <gafkhami@pipeline.com>
* Iranian film festival organized by Stanford University's Persian Students Association will run through mid-March... click here for details
PHOTO OF THE DAY
Technological cut-through
* At last... circumcision without pain. And no bloody mess... full image
In private: Women musicians (Repeat; had wrong link yesterday)
* Women musicians, probably at a private party, in early 20th century... full image
Got any interesting photos?
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MUSIC
Lily Afshar
Guitarist Lily Afshar, hailed by the Washington Post as "remarkable, impecable," is head of the guitar program at the University of Memphis. Chosen to play for Segovia in his 1986 master classes at the University of Southern California, Afshar also won top prize in the 1988 Guitar Foundation of America competition, grand prize in the 1986 Aspen Music Festival, and first prize in both the 1984 MTNA and the 1983 ASTA competitions.
The clips that will be featured here this week are from her CD, "24 Caprichos de Goya." Composed in 1961 and published in 1970, the 24 Caprichos de Goya is one of the most original and monumental works for solo guitar. The pieces are inspired by Los Caprichos (1799), a series of 80 satirical prints in etching and acquatint by Francisco Goya, one of the great figures in Spanish painting.
In today's selection, "Si sabra mas el discipulo?", Castelnuovo-Tedesco draws a parallel to Goya's satirical portrayal of charlatans and questionable experts through this comical tonal harmonization of a 12-tone piece.
* Go to Lily Afshar's web site
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QUOTE UNQUOTE
Mayaazaar...
You have a soul yourself - how can you say
That you will take another's soul away?
Pity the ants that toil beneath your feet;
They have their souls - to them their souls are sweet.
Ferdowsi
Shahnameh
"The
Lion and the Throne: Stories from the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi" Vol.
1
Translated by Dick Davis
Mage Publishers
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