THE IRANIAN
TIMES
Thursday, March 5, 1998
Esfand 14, 1376
No. 427
Sa'di
Index
| * Success: Shirin
Bazleh * Features: Judiciary criticized * Congress: Sanctions Reform * News: Nuclear turbines * Sports: Soccer heats up * Economy: MUST export * Dollar: Down 3-10 tomans * Noruz: Sabzi Polo * Women: Democracy * The press: Response to a judge * The Web: Naderzad's photos |
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SUCCESS
Shirin Bazleh wins award for Mother Teresa documentary
Shirin Bazleh, who works as a producer in Los Angeles, has been chosen the winner of the Gracie Award from American Women in Radio and Television in Cable Documentary catagory for her production of a documentary on Mother Teresa. Award ceremony is at New York's Lincoln Center on April 27th. See our interview with Shirin Bazleh from September 1996 when she had just come back from India, filming Mother Teresa.... click here
Shirin Bazleh's email: <shirin@lainet.com>
ADOPTION
Adopting children from Iran?
Salam,
Do you have concerns, questions, or interest regarding adopting children from Iran? A study has been initiated that will soon offer facts, prohibiting factors, official policies and guidelines.
Have you wondered what the life of an orphan or abandoned child is like in Iran? What the statistics are today?
send me a note <Foroozan.Memari@Eng.Sun.COM> if you or someone you know is considering adoption or wants to learn about options, possibilities and roadblocks.
Feel free to forward if appropriate.
Thanks,
Foroozan Memari
Bay Area, California
<Foroozan.Memari@Eng.Sun.COM>
THE WEB
Naderzad's photos
* Taghi Naderzad, photographer in Washington D.C. Check out the Galleria...
Thanks to Farhad Sepahbody <sepa@sedona.net>
FEATURES
* Interior Minister criticizes Judiciary Chief, (XINHUA) - Iranian Interior Minister Abdollah Nouri Wednesday criticized head of the Judiciary Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi for making "illogical, harsh and angry speeches" over certain issues. "I suggest Mr. Yazdi, as the highest judicial official in the country, to speak with dignity, caution and to base his speeches on laws," Nouri said at a press conference... full text ... Hamshahri report in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
* A Religious Society and a Civil Society are not at odds - Culture Minister, (Hamshahri)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
* An analysis of views for and against relations with the U.S., (Jomhuri Eslami)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
CONGRESS
Sanctions Reform Act
Support the Sanctions Reform Act by writing to Congress! (USA Engage) - Visit the USA*ENGAGE web site and send an e-mail letter to Congress <http://grassroots.usaengage.org/>. Let your Senators and Representative know that you are concerned about the growing threat posed by unilateral sanctions to American jobs and leadership in the world. Ask them to cosponsor and actively support legislation (H.R. 2708 and S.1413) to create a more careful process to weigh the costs, alternatives and effectiveness prior to the imposition of sanctions.
NEWS
* Ukraine designing turbines for Iran nuclear plant, (Reuters) - A Ukrainian state-owned factory that makes equipment for atomic power stations has begun work on designing a turbine for Iran's first nuclear plant, Interfax-Ukraine news agency said on Wednesday. The reported project appeared to fly in the face of U.S. opposition to any foreign assistance for Iran's fledgling nuclear power programme on the grounds that this could help Tehran develop atomic weapons... full text
* Sunni religious leader accused of sowing discord, (Jomhuri Eslami)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
ECONOMY
* Factories MUST export 10 percent of their output if new policy is implemented, (Hamshahri)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
* Swiss businessmen visiting Iran, (Hamshahri)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
* Hamshahri's Economy section, Thursday... index in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
DOLLAR RATE
Down 3-10 tomans
* To send money to Iran, the rate is 500-507 tomans per dollar, depending on how much you wish to send.
* To send money out of Iran, the rate is 510 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
BBC's Sabzi Polo!
* Just A Taste - Iran, (BBC World Service) - Happy New Year! Sale Nou Mobarak! The 21st March is the start of a new year in Iran. It's a date marked according to a calendar that goes way back to the pre-Islam era when the Persian Empire followed the Zoroastrian religion. The moment of the new year marks the very start of spring and new beginnings. This meal is a family meal that's traditionally eaten throughout the country at the New Year holiday... Fragrant Herb Rice - SABZI POLO
Thanks to Reza Farahani <davood@ix.netcom.com>
WOMEN
Democracy and Iranian Woman
Society of Iranian Professionals (SIP) in northern California in recognition of International Women's Day presents the March program this Friday, March 6, in the following two parts:
1. "A Woman's Guide to Prudent Investing: Preparing for Financial Independence" by Nancy Belza, VP, InterCapital Div., Dean Witter
2. "Democracy and Iranian Woman" by Homa Sarshar, Writer and Researcher
SPEAKER Ms. Homa Sarshar started her professional work in media in 1955 with "Zan Rooz" magazine followed by "Keyhan" newspaper, and Radio-TV in Iran. Since immigrating to U.S. in 1979 she started her activities in human rights and Iranian women's issues through authoring, lectures, talks, and conducting international seminars. She's members of AMEWA (Middle-Eastern Women's Association), MESA (Middle-Eastern Studies Association), and SIS (Society of Iranian Studies).
LOCATION Faz Silicon Valley Ballroom, in Faz Restaurant, next to Sheraton, Sunnyvale. 1108 N. Mathilda Ave. Sunnyvale, CA. 408-752-8000
DATE/TIME Fri, March 6, 1998 Women's Investment Seminar -- 6:30 PM Democracy & Iranian Woman -- 7:30 PM
ALSO Ms. Sarshar will be doing a radio interview with the San Francisco Bay Area's "Radio Havayeh Tazeh" on Friday morning around 9 and with "Radio 24 Sa'ateh" on Saturday afternoon.
THE PRESS
* "Journalists have the right to ask questions," Culture Minister says in response to a judge who has summoned a reporter for asking a tough question from the Judiciary Chief, (Hamshahri)... full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
THE IRANIAN
Cyrus the (not so) Great
Did he start imposing the hijab?
By Sandra Mackey
In the endless debate on the origin and practice of veiling in the Islamic world, which many see as symbolic of woman's inferior status to man, some historians argue that it was Cyrus the Great who, ten centuries before Islam, established the custom of covering women to protect their chastity. According to their theory, the veil passed from the Achaemenians to the Seleucids. They, in turn, handed it to the Byzantines, from whom the Arab conquerors inherited it, transmitting it over the vast reaches of the Arab world..... go to feature
SPORTS
* Azadegan soccer league matches heat up, (Hamshahri)...full text in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
* Hamshahri's Sports section, Wednesday... index in Persian... Get Persian fonts from Hamshahri or Payvand.
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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>
* "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
* The poor, poor civil servant
Thanks to Bella Ramazan-nia <Ramazannia@earthlink.net>
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LETTERS
* Wonderful experience
I must say I enjoyed your witty comments on each of the pages [The Iranian Music section]. Your description of each of the singers is done with taste and thought. you make your reader feel like they've participated in each of your encounters with the singers.
Even though I am not Iranian and of no Iranian origin except for the 2500-year-old common ancestry (I am of slavic/polish origin) I enjoyed reading your site and listening to the music. Truly a wonderful experience. Aleksandra Jachtholtz, Waterloo, Canada.
* Islam in America
Please pass my compliments to Nasser Sagheb. He has done a fine job of research on his documentary "Islam in America". I hope he will continue trying to get it produced. Robert D. Burgener <INTERNECT@classic.msn.com>
LOST & FOUND
Mehdi Amin
I am looking for Mehdi Amin. I lost contact about three years ago when he was in Holand. I think he might be in Canada now but I'm not sure. Please, if you know him or know how to get in touch with him, it will be a great relief for me. He is my best friend and best friends are hard to find. My phone number is (Barcelona, Spain) 34 3 417 71 44 . Email Shahin Eshghi <cctaxonera@server2.redestb.es>
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EVENTS
* Globalization, Political Islam, and Urban Social Movements: March 6-8, 1998, Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley, Townsend Center Conference Room, 210 Stephens Hall. To see the schedule of speakers and topics ... click here
* 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
Boys, boys, boys
* Jolly teenage boys at the Bahman Cultural Center in Tehran ... full image
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MUSIC
Aqassi: "Botparast"(RealAudio)
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QUOTE UNQUOTE
Intelligent explanation
Following our news on this page [on Tuesday, March 3, 1998] about the student gathering and clashes at Tehran University's entrance, it is necessary to explain that the Intelligence Ministry forces had no role during the clashes.
Hamshahri newspaper
Political section
"An explanation about yesterday's news" (in Persian)
March 4, 1998
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