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Iranian MPs call for severance of economic ties with Denmark - Some 232 Majlis deputies, in a letter to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on Tuesday called for breaking off economic relations with Denmark. -IRNA 10/10/06US - Venezuela Energy Ties Endure Despite Deteriorating Political Relations - The war of words between Venezuela and the United States reached new heights last month, when Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called U.S. President George Bush "the devil" and a "world dictator" in an address to the United Nations General Assembly. But, despite escalating diplomatic tensions, the United States remains Venezuela's Number-One oil customer, a commercial relationship that appears likely to endure. -VOA 10/10/06Former Iranian president Khatami denies meeting US government officials - Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami on Tuesday rejected allegations he met with certain officials of the United States Administration during a recent visit to the US. -IRNA 10/10/06San Francisco's Human Rights Commission Takes the Lead in Investigating the Denial of Entry to Iranian Visitors - The San Francisco Human Rights Commission is taking the lead on investigating the denial of entry and detention of Iranian visitors coming to the United States for Sharif University of Technology’s (SUTA) reunion. 10/9/06Hossein Nilchian's Persepolis Images - Recently we went to the Silk Road Gallery which solely promotes and exhibits photographic works. Silk Road is one of the rare galleries in Tehran which has devoted itself to such ventures. The manager, Kiarash was as always very kind and welcoming. We went there to have a look at the works of Hossein Nilchian. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran 10/9/06

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NOORSAAZ Band and Soprano Monika Jalili to Give Unique Paris Concert on 28th of October - NoorSaaz is an exciting ensemble based in New York City. These accomplished musicians are experienced in performing music from many areas of the world. Monika Jalili, singer and founder, created the ensemble to perform the music of pre-revolution Iran. -Darius KADIVAR 10/9/06Reports: Controversial Cleric Detained in Iran - Iranian police have detained a controversial Shi'ite cleric after clashing with his supporters outside his Tehran home. Security officials Sunday said the demonstration's leaders and Ayatollah Mohammad Kazemeini Boroujerdi were arrested. -VOA 10/9/063000-Year-Old Grave of Human with her Dog & its Whelp Discovered in Iran - Discovery of skeletons of a mother and her infant in a joint grave with a dog and its whelp dating back to the 1st millennium BC in the historical site of Narges Tepe, northern Iran, has astounded archeologists. -CHN 10/9/06American of Iranian Heritage Seeks Superior Court Judge Seat in Orange County California - Deputy District Attorney, wife, mother and dedicated member of her community, Sheila Hanson is a candidate for Orange County Superior Court Judge, Office No. 4. 10/9/06Iran warns of retaliation if sanctions imposed - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has vowed to impose retaliatory sanctions on world powers if the UN Security Council carries out threats to penalise Iran over its nuclear programme. -AFP 10/9/06
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Forty one Posters by Forty one International Graphic Designers - When we lost Momayez, we at the editorial board of Neshan magazine decided not to write anything about his death. Instead, we decided to work for his survival, to feast his 70th birthday and the best thing to do was to organize an art exhibition in his memory. -Neshan Magazine 10/9/06Dubai Hosting Puppet Opera of Rostam and Sohrab - Puppet Opera of Rostam and Sohrab is being played in Dubai on the occasion of World Children Day. All the benefits of this program will be allocated to the war-stricken Lebanese children. -CHN 10/9/06Iran to Negotiate with 3 US Companies if sanctions called off - An informed source said that in case sanctions are called off, Tehran will start negotiations with three airplane engine and spare parts manufacturing companies of the United States in the near future. -Fars 10/9/06President: Sanctions will be ineffective, Iran firm in its decision - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here Monday stressed that sanctions threated by European and Western states on Iran would have no impact on the country's decision to access peaceful nuclear technology. -IRNA 10/9/06Outspoken Cleric's Supporters Clash With Police - Several hundred supporters of an outspoken cleric in Tehran, Ayatollah Kazemeyni Boroujerdi, gathered today in the streets around his house to protest what they described as violation of "freedom of religion." -RFE 10/9/06
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Tehran's Niavaran center hosting Bismillah festival - The 3rd Festival of Bismillah (In the Name of Allah) opened on Sunday at the Niavaran Cultural Center in northern Tehran. The festival comprises calligraphy, graphic deign, and handicraft sections. -MNA 10/9/06Japan's Inpex share in Iran's Azadegan oil field drops to 10% - Inpex said it agreed in principle with NIOC to cut its concession in the $2 billion project to 10 percent from 75 percent. -IRNA 10/9/06Israelis divided on invoking Holocaust against Iran - But some Israeli historians, military experts and even a government official caution that, by invoking the Holocaust too readily regarding Iran, the country risks a credibility crisis. -Stuff, New Zealand 10/9/06Trip to Iran offers many insights - Lily Afshar was born in the country President Bush chastises as a central cog in the Axis of Evil. Lily doesn't remember it that way. For her, memories of Iran are filled with the scent of walnuts sold by street vendors and the sound of accordions playing romantic music. -Commercial Appeal 10/9/06Iranian-American indicted for attending terrorist training camp - A United States citizen was indicted Wednesday on federal charges of providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), by attending an MEK training camp in Iraq. -Renew America 10/9/06
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Iran to auction catchy mobile numbers - Ever wanted the mobile number 123456789? In Iran it can be yours, if you have tens of thousands of dollars to spare. -AFP 10/9/06Iranian Hercules Rezazadeh wins gold medal in world championships - The three-time world and twice Olympic +105kg weightlifting gold medalist Hossein Rezazadeh won all three golds in the 75th World Weightlifting Championships in Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, Saturday. 10/8/06UNICEF peace ambassador emphasizes on the role of cinema in education - The UNICEF peace ambassador to Iran, on the occasion of Children's Day, stated that cinema played an influential role in the education of children and teenagers. Mahtab Keramati went on to state that artists could do this by generating awareness and informing the public about the UNICEF. -ISNA 10/8/06Iran to manufacture China's MVM 540 automobile - Iranian car producer, Modiran Khodro Co. is to manufacture the Chinese MVM 540 model by the end of November 2006. -ISNA 10/8/06SAIPA outpaces Iran Khodro first time ever - This was the first time ever, the manufacturer of popular Pride passenger cars outran the IKCO in over a decade-long competition. Thanks to production of 195,450 Prides in the first six months which outpaced the record annual production of past-time favorite of Iran's auto market, the bygone Paykan. -MNA 10/8/06
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Experts Warn of an Accidental Atomic War - A Pentagon project to modify its deadliest nuclear missile for use as a conventional weapon against targets such as North Korea and Iran could unwittingly spark an atomic war, two weapons experts warned Thursday. -San Francisco Chronicle 10/8/06Iran: Toghrol Tower in Rey manifests architecture of Saljuq era - The beautiful 800-year Toghrol Tower, a 12th century monument, located in Shahr-e Rey to the south of capital Tehran is the burial venue of the Saljuq monarch Toghrol Beik. -IRNA 10/8/06Art News: Karimi to represent Iran in Rome filmfest "A Few Days Later" - "A Few Days Later", the second feature-length film by Iranian actress-cum-director Niki Karimi, will be screened at the Rome International Film Festival to be held from Oct. 13 to 21 in Italy. -MNA 10/8/06Security Council To Proceed with Iran Sanctions, Ministers Declare - With Iran's continuing refusal to suspend its nuclear enrichment program, the U.N. Security Council will begin discussions on imposing mandatory sanctions, according to an October 6 statement issued in London by the foreign ministers of the council's permanent members, along with Germany and the European Union representative. -Washington File 10/8/06Clashes in Iran to defend critical cleric: reports - Supporters of a senior Shi'ite Muslim cleric who has challenged Iran's system of clerical rule have clashed with police during a protest outside the cleric's house, Iranian media reported on Sunday. -Reuters 10/8/06
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Israeli Bomblets Plague Lebanon - Since the war between Israel and Hezbollah ended in August, nearly three people have been wounded or killed each day by cluster bombs Israel dropped in the waning days of the war, and officials now say it will take more than a year to clear the region of them. -New York Times 10/8/06Iran refuses to halt enrichment despite sanctions moves - Iran has flatly refused to suspend uranium enrichment despite moves at the UN Security Council to draft a sanctions resolution against it for failing to halt the sensitive nuclear work. -AFP 10/8/06Russia: Watchdogs Condemn Politkovskaya Killing - Anna Politkovskaya, a prominent Russian journalist known for her critical coverage of the war in Chechnya, was shot dead on October 6 in her apartment building in Moscow. -RFE 10/8/06Turkmenistan: Killing Of RFE/RL Journalist, Rights Abuses Threaten EU Trade Accord - The European Parliament may well vote down an EU-Turkmenistan trade agreement later this month. The parliament's international trade committee approved a draft resolution this week criticizing Turkmenistan for persistent and grave human rights abuses. -RFE 10/8/06Iran's Shadlu swims 600km, waiting for Guinness registration - Ali Shadlu, a relief worker of Iran's Red Crescent Society, set an enviable record as he swam the 600km width of the Caspian Sea in 53 days. -MNA 10/7/06
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Parisians laud "Love Resurrection" - Iranian director Hossein Mosafer Astaneh, who staged "Love Resurrection" at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris last week, said that his play was warmly welcomed by the audience. -MNA 10/7/06Petition: No War with Iran - Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) is asking all concerned Iranians and friends of peace to sign this petition. Please take a moment to read the brief text and consider adding your signature to the nearly 10,000 who've done so in just two days. 10/7/06Has Washington found its Iranian Chalabi? - Introducing the talented Mr. Fakhravar, who is more inclined to say exactly what the hawks want to hear. He told me that Iran’s president wants to wipe Israel off the map, and that “any movement or any action whatsoever” by the United States would “help or enhance the people to rise up.” All the student movement in Iran needed to overthrow the regime, he said, was “a little bit of coordination, organization, and training.” -Mother Jones 10/7/06World Bank approves $170m loan to enhance Iran's technical, vocational training quality - The World Bank (WB) will offer around $170 million loan to boost quality and quantity of training at Iran's Technical and Vocational Training Organization, the Persian service of IRNA said here on Saturday. -MNA 10/7/06A Power Struggle in Iran - Dr. Trita Parsi, a leading expert on Iran's relations with the West, parses the current diplomatic effort to resolve the nuclear standoff -TIME 10/7/06
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Iran: Outspoken Ayatollah Alleges Official Persecution - A dissident Iranian cleric who advocates the separation of religion and politics, Ayatollah Seyyed Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi, is accusing officials of persecuting him and his followers. -RFE 10/7/06Will UN Sanctions make the nuclear impasse unsolvable? - At its core, the Iran nuclear standoff is rooted in one principal dynamic: the lack of trust and correspondingly high levels of suspicion between the United States and Iran that extends back decades. -NIAC 10/7/06Senior US Official: Sanctions Talks on Iran to Begin Next Week - A senior U.S. official says work on a United Nations Security Council resolution covering Iran's nuclear program will begin next week. -VOA 10/7/06The Right to Pass Nationality to the Children of Iranian Mothers - Recently, I accepted an invitation to be on a committee of volunteers and activists who want to try to change the particular law which specifies that Iranian nationality can only be passed to a child through his or her father. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran 10/6/06World Powers to Meet on Iran Nuclear Impasse - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her counterparts from the other permanent U.N. Security Council member countries and Germany will convene in London Friday on the Iranian nuclear program. -VOA 10/6/06
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Christian Couple Released on Bail in Iran - After nine days in secret police custody, Reza Montazami and his wife, Fereshteh Dibaj, were released on bail this morning by order of a Revolutionary Court in Mashhad, Iran. -Barbara G. Baker, Compass Direct News 10/6/06National Music Museum to be Launched in Iran - Displaying more than 410 musical instruments and all Persian folk music traditions belonging to various cultures and subcultures, Iran's National Music Museum will be launched in Tehran. -CHN 10/6/06Tehran to Host the First Conference of ECO Capital Mayors - Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) are to meet in Tehran this year, Nov. 21-23, to discuss "Good Urban Governance." -CHN 10/6/06Iran's Samand passenger car to Be Exported to East Europe - Croatian Ambassador to Tehran said that the people of East Europe are waiting for the Iranian-made passenger car 'Samand'. -Fars 10/6/06Neocons may be Down, not Out, with a Nuclear Iran - If Iran wants nukes they’ll get them, and there ain’t a damn thing the U.S. can do about it. We’ll just have to learn to live with a nuclear-armed Iran. That’s the conclusion top U.S. intelligence officials reached at a recent secret meeting, according to the Times of London. -Common Dreams 10/6/06
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A visit to Bam: Reconstruction continues - I recently visited the world famous Ark-e Bam which was heavily hit by the earthquake on 26th December 2003, when centuries of glory were turned into rubble. Still this remains one of the most interesting sites in Iran. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran 10/5/06JUST SAY NO TO WAR IN IRAN - A new U.S. intelligence report, representing the consensus of all 16 intelligence agencies, comes to the same conclusion many have known for a long time: The Iraq War isn’t making us safer. It’s putting us all at greater risk. It's making another terrorist attack more likely. The report is another piece of evidence that the Bush administration is lying about the war. -Phyllis Bennis 10/5/06Iran: Article 19, Freedom House Spotlight Censorship - With much of the world's attention on Iran, ARTICLE 19 and Freedom House have launched new publications aimed at shedding light on the state of free expression in the country and the challenges faced by artists, writers, journalists and dissidents. -IFEX 10/5/06US announces readiness to repair Iranian Airbus planes - US Foreign Ministry issued a communique on Tuesday night, US eastern time, that the United States has agreed to provide spare parts and maintenance services for Iranian Airbus passenger planes. 10/5/06British Find No Evidence Of Arms Traffic From Iran - Since late August, British commandos in the deserts of far southeastern Iraq have been testing one of the most serious charges leveled by the United States against Iran: that Iran is secretly supplying weapons, parts, funding and training for attacks on U.S.-led forces in Iraq. -Washington Post 10/5/06
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The `defenseless Hercules' - All visitors to the Zagros mountains have seen the historical `Hercules statue' and have written materials to describe this ancient artwork, said an article in Iran Daily on Thursday. -IRNA 10/5/06Iran: Detained Christian Couple's Family Seeks Answers - There is growing concern over the fate of an Iranian Christian couple arrested in eastern Iran last week. -RFE 10/5/06Iranian actor Entezami presents UNESCO award to youth - Iranian actor Ezzatollah Entezami dedicated the UNESCO award to the young generation upon his arrival at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport Tuesday night. -MNA 10/5/06War or Rumors of War? - Given the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the sheer cost of existing military commitments, it would seem that the last thing the United States can afford right now is another war. But as retired Air Force Colonel Sam Gardiner observes, the Bush administration didn't apply the “making sense” filter over the past four years in Iraq. It is therefore unlikely to use common sense in evaluating whether to attack Iran. -FPIF 10/5/06Iran's Policies on MKO terrorist group Studied by Parliament - Rapporteur of the Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Kazem Jalali said that his commission has studied policies of the Islamic Republic in the face of the terrorist group Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO). -Fars 10/5/06Rice: It's Time for Sanctions Against Iran - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday Iran will not suspend uranium enrichment and it is time for the U.N. Security Council to move on sanctions against Tehran. Rice is expected to meet with fellow foreign ministers from the other permanent Security Council member countries and Germany on the issue as early as this week. -VOA 10/5/06
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Ancient religions clash in modern Iran - It's one of the world's oldest religions, but Zoroastrianism is treated with suspicion by Iran's Islamic state, writes Robert Tait -Guardian 10/5/06Iran: Brothers Change The Face Of HIV, Drug-Addiction Treatment - Two Iranian siblings have revolutionized the way drug addicts and HIV/AIDS-infected people are treated in their country. Doctors Arash and Kamiar Alaei were raised in a wealthy family but now devote their lives to helping the less fortunate on the streets, treating them, and counseling them on how to rejoin society and even find a spouse. -RFE 10/4/06Poet and satirist Salahi dies at 60 'without informing us' - Iranian poet and satirist Omran Salahi died of heart failure at Tehran's Tus Hospital early this morning. Due to his biting satire, renowned Iranian blank verse poet Ahmad Shamlu once wisecracked, "His name is Omran (which means flourishing and construction), but he caused destruction from the beginning!" -MNA 10/4/06Iranian American Brings Love of Nature to Portland's Parks - The forests of Iran’s Alborz Mountains are half a world away from the forests of America’s Cascade Mountains. Yet for Iranian-born Zari Khodaparast Santner, the seeds of her love of nature, planted in her childhood home near the Alborz, have come to fruition at the foot of the Cascades in Portland, Oregon, where she works as director of one of America’s leading city park systems. -Washington File 10/4/06Iran's Nuclear Threat - On September 28, 2006, the House of Representatives passed the ‘Iran Sanctions Bill’ HR6198. Representative Tom Lantos, the top Democrat on the House International Affairs Committee, said: "If we fail to use the economic and diplomatic tools available to us, the world will face a nightmare that knows no end... -Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich 10/2/06Amnesty International: Iranian women at risk of execution by stoning - Parisa Akbari was arrested in April 2004, while working as a prostitute in the city of Shiraz in southern Iran. She confessed to the charge of adultery during the preliminary investigations, claiming that she had been forced into prostitution by her husband due to the family’s poverty. 9/28/06