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- Subject: soc.culture.iranian: Frequently Asked Questions [monthly posting]
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- Summary: This posting contains a list of Frequently Asked Questions
- (and their answers) about soc.culture.iranian. It should be
- read by anyone who wishes to post to the soc.culture.iranian
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- Archive-name: iranian-faq
- Last-modified: 1993/10/7
- Version: 1.3
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-
- Introduction to the
-
- Soc.Culture.Iranian Frequently Asked Questions (with answers)
-
- The charter of SOC.CULTURE.IRANIAN is to serve as a discussion group
- for issues related to Iran and Iranian things. This monthly posting of
- frequently asked questions (FAQ), with answers, is intended to prevent
- the recurrence of specific questions or types of questions that are
- either unanswerable, or are asked seemingly weekly. The information
- contained here is based on the best postings from the net on these
- subjects, and thanks are due to the netters who provided them.
- Information from international sources would be a welcome addition.
-
- As with any newsgroup, it is best to read it for a few weeks before
- posting anything, in order to see what topics are currently being
- discussed.
-
- It may be that some of the information in this file is outdated. If
- you want to add, delete or change any information in this FAQ, please
- email to:
-
- mack@isl.Stanford.EDU
-
- with "Iranian FAQ" as subject.
-
- Whenever possible, please include the entire paragraph before and
- after modification, this will help me in avoiding misunderstanding
- when applying your suggestions.
-
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Contents of this FAQ:
-
- ===================================================================
-
- 1q. Where is the anonymous FTP site for soc.culture.iranian?
- What's available there?
-
- 2q. Where is/how can I contact the closest Iranian
- consulate/embassy/interests secion?
-
- 3q. What are the Persian word processors? What are some of their
- features? Where can I get them? How much do they cost?
-
- 4q. What are the radio frequencies and broadcast times of Farsi
- speaking radio programs and/or programs originating from Iran?
-
- 5q. How do I tranfer money to/from Iran?
-
- 6q. What is the latest on military service/exemption?
-
- 7q. Where can I find/how can I contact an Iranian travel Agency?
-
- 8q. Where are the Persian/Middle Eastern stores/supermarkets in my
- area?
-
- 9q. Where can I find a Persian restaurant?
-
- 10q. What are the various Farsi magazines and newspapers, and how
- can I subscribe to them?
-
- 11q. What are the Iranian organizations around the world? How can I
- contact them?
-
- 12q. If there is not a Persian store in the area that I live, how
- can I purchase some of the items that are likely to be found
- in Persian stores? Is mail order possible?
-
- 13q. Where can I get books in Farsi?
-
- 14q. How do I watch a video cassette that was made in
- Iran/US/Europe? Where can I convert such videos from one
- system to another?
-
- 15q. If I or a friend do(es) not have access to USENET, but
- have(has) access to e-mail, how can I (s/he) read articles
- from soc.culture.iranian?
-
- 16q. How can I post to soc.culture.iranian if I don't have posting
- capability, but have e-mail access? How can I post
- anonymously?
-
- 17q: I have heard one can send/receive e-mail to/from Iran. Is this
- correct?
-
- 18q. Can people in Iran read/post to SCI?
-
- ===================================================================
-
- And here are the answers:
-
- ===================================================================
-
- 1q. Where is the Anonymous FTP site for soc.culture.iranian?
- How do I access it? What's available there?
-
- 1a. Tehran.Stanford.EDU [36.28.0.189] is the main ftp site
- for soc.culture.iranian. A lot of useful information can be
- found by browsing through it. Whenver anonymous ftp is
- mentioned in this file, it is implied anonymous ftp to
- tehran.Stanford.EDU. Please use the following guidelines when
- using the ftp service:
-
- o use login name anonymous
- o enter your e-mail address as password
- o in order not to increase the load on tehran, try to use
- this service after business hours, Pacific Standard Time
-
- If you don't have access to ftp, you can get all the above via
- e-mail. Here's how it works:
-
- o send mail to sci-ftp@tehran.stanford.edu and in the
- Subject line write: "send info" (without the quotes).
- You will receive a mail from Mr. Background (daemon) at
- tehran with all the information and list of the files.
- (but PLEASE do not reply to daemon@tehran)
- o After you choose the file you want, e.g. gerdsooz.c just
- send mail to sci-ftp with subject line: "send gerdsooz.c"
- and Tehran will send you a uuencoded file, gerdsooz.c
- All you need to do is, save your mail in a file and then
- run uudecode filename.
- o There is another feature that may be helpful. The list
- of files are too long and annoying, so Farhad has
- created a catalog of lists, to get the catalog menu,
- you use: "send info catalog"
- then you can choose from the menu of catalogs.
- i.e. if you want a list of Noor publications then you
- use: "send list Noor"
- o remember capitalization is very important and All
- catalogs start with a capital letter (but there can be
- more than one capital letter, except pub).
- o Here is the list of catalogs:
-
- Archive Recipes Farrokhzad
- Calendar Yellow_Pages Kadkani
- Conferences Shariati Mazaheri
- Converters Biographies Moshiri
- Editors Book_Reviews Naderpoor
- Gerdsooz Hafez Sayeh
- Misc Khayyam Sepehri
- Schools Molavi Shamloo
- TEX NaserKhosrow Soltanpoor
- Fonts Qobadiani SourinShaker
- ISI GolAghA Yoshij
- Images Farshid_Far Others
- Dispiscii Hafez Pictures
- Peik Azizpour Sounds
- Noor Behbahani pub
- Poetry Etesami GIF
-
- o Currently all files greater that 150K are under
- construction and you can not retrieve them via email but
- they all are available through the normal anonymous ftp
- to Tehran.
- o Please if you find any problems or have better ideas
- then let me know (farhad@tehran.stanford.edu).
- o Also if you want to put new files into anonymous ftp
- then send mail to sci-ftp-request@tehran.stanford.edu
- and it will be put there.
-
- A partial list of what's available on Tehran follows [this
- list will continue to expand on a daily basis --mack].
-
- ===============================================================
-
- - Gerdsooz
- Path: Iran_Lib/Gerdsooz/
- Keeper/Maintainer: ali@mti.sgi.com
-
- o get and read the files sci_announce.gerdsooz and
- README.gerdsooz in the above directory.
-
- ===============================================================
-
- - dispISCII
- Path: Iran_Lib/Dispiscii/
- Keeper/Maintainer: anoosh@sgi.com
-
- o The dispISCII package provides for a methods of
- display Persian text on workstations which support
- the X11 Graphical User Interface. As stated by its
- name, dispISCII displays bilingual text encoded with
- the Iranian National Standard, ISCII.
- o get, uncompress, extract (tar) the file that suits
- your hardware from the above directory.
-
- ===============================================================
-
- - khayyam
- Path: Iran_Lib/Calendar/
- Keeper/Maintainer: ali@mti.sgi.com
-
- o The 'khayam' program allows you to convert the
- Jalaali and Gregorian calendars into each other.
- The first is official in Iran (and surrounding areas
- like Afghanistan, Central Asian Republics and
- Kurdish Mesopotamia) and the second in the west. The
- Jalaali calendar is named after Jalaal-ol-Din
- Malek-shaah-e Saljuqi by the great Iranian
- poet/mathematician Omar Khayyam who re-worked it in
- late fifth century hejri. The Gregorian calendar is
- named after Pope Gregory XIII who introduced the
- latest changes in the calendar in 1582 AD. The two
- have more or less the same year-length, but are
- based on completely different systems. They differ
- in both structures and in the way they deal with
- leap years.
- o get and read the file README.khayyam in the above
- directory.
-
- ===============================================================
-
- - LaTeX-TeX text formatting software
- Path: Iran_Lib/TEX/
- Keeper/Maintainer: mack@isl.stanford.edu
-
- o get and read Nehar-announce in the above directory.
-
- ===============================================================
-
- - persian poetry
- Path: Iran_Lib/Literature/Poetry/
- Keeper/Maintainer: bashir@cs.buffalo.edu
- mack@isl.stanford.edu
-
- o Classical poems by famous poets such as Khayyam,
- Molavi, and Qobadiani, as well as modern poems by
- poets such as Sepehri, Moshiri, and Shamloo are
- included in the above directory. In addition comic
- poems such as those by Gol-Agha and a few poems by
- unknown poets as well as some poems by SCI
- subscribers are included in this directory. Some
- poems are in Gerdsooz format.
-
- ===============================================================
-
- - book reviews
- Path: Iran_Lib/Literature/Book_Reviews/
- Keeper/Maintainer: bashir@cs.buffalo.edu
- mack@isl.stanford.edu
-
- o A brief review on the following books are available
- in the above directory:
-
- after_you_marco_polo
- dance-of-life
- foreigner
- in_xanadu
- mantle_of_the_prophet
- masquerade_an_adventure_in_iran
- noon_val_ghalam
- paintings-Katoozian
- persian_adventure
- persian_nights
- roots_of_revolution
- savushun
- the_road_to_oxiana
-
- o Also, the following files contain references to
- numerous books about Iran and/or Persia:
-
- books_about_iran
- books_about_persia
-
- ===============================================================
-
- - biographies of famous Iranians:
- Path: Iran_Lib/Literature/Biographies/
- Keeper/Maintainer: bashir@cs.buffalo.edu
- mack@isl.stanford.edu
-
- o Summaries of biographies of famous Iranians as
- published in various publications are included in
- the above directory.
-
- ===============================================================
-
- - speeches by famous Iranians:
- Path: Iran_Lib/Speeches/
- Keeper/Maintainer: mack@isl.stanford.edu
-
- o English translations of important speeches by famous
- Iranians are included in the above directory.
-
- ===============================================================
-
- - gif files
- Path: Iran_Lib/Images/GIF/
- Keeper/Maintainer: farhad@tehran.stanford.edu,
- anoosh@wildcat.mti.sgi.com
-
- o persian miniature drawings/paintings
- o photos
- o old/new maps of iran
- o get and read image.toc under /Iran_Lib/Images/
-
- ===============================================================
-
- - jpg files
- Path: Iran_Lib/Images/JPG/
- Keeper/Maintainer: farhad@tehran.stanford.edu
-
- o persian miniature drawings
- o get and read image.toc under /Iran_Lib/Images/
-
- ===============================================================
-
- - persian music:
- Path: Iran_Lib/Sounds/
- Keeper/Maintainer: farhad@tehran.stanford.edu
-
- o Get and read binhex-help in the above directory.
- Samples of Persian music in hqx format are available
- in the above directory.
-
- ===============================================================
-
- - Old/New issues of NOOR in postscript format
- Path: Iran_Lib/Noor/
- Keeper/Maintainer: farhad@tehran.stanford.edu
- nasser@unet.net.com
-
- o get and read README.noor in the above directory
-
- ===============================================================
-
- - ISI (Informatic Society of Iran)
- Path: Iran_Lib/ISI/
- Keeper/Maintainer: anoosh@wildcat.mti.sgi.com
- mack@isl.stanford.edu
-
- o get, uncompress and print the compressed, postscript
- file isi_intro.ps.Z in the above directory.
-
- o for membership information please contact
- anoosh@wildcat.mti.sgi.com
-
- ===============================================================
-
- - SIP (Society of Iranian Professionals)
- Path: Iran_Lib/Answers/sip
- Keeper/Maintainer: mahyar@netcom.com
- mack@isl.stanford.edu
-
- o get and read sip for more information on SIP.
-
- o for activities and membership information please
- contact lajevard@pollux.svale.hp.com
-
- ===============================================================
-
- - persian name list
- Path: Iran_Lib/baby_names
- Keeper/Maintainer: mack@isl.stanford.edu
-
- o names contains about 200 names with Persian origin,
- or commonly used names in Iran with their meaning if
- known, in alphabetical order. Especially useful for
- naming babies.
-
- ===============================================================
-
- - list of Persian bookstores:
- Path: Iran_Lib/Yellow_Pages/bookstores
- Keeper/Maintainer: nemazie@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu
- mack@isl.stanford.edu
-
- o bookstores contains name, phone number, and contact
- address of 36 Persian bookstores, book distributors,
- and publishers world-wide.
-
- ===============================================================
-
- - list of Farsi publications:
- Path: Iran_Lib/Yellow_Pages/publications
- Keeper/Maintainer: nemazie@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu
- mack@isl.stanford.edu
-
- o publications contains name, phone number, and
- contact address of nearly 100 Farsi publications
- world-wide.
-
- ===============================================================
-
- - list of persian restaurants world-wide
- Path: Iran_Lib/Yellow_Pages/persian_restaurants
- Keeper/Maintainer: bahman@mdi.com
- mack@isl.stanford.edu
-
- o persian_restaurants contains name, address, phone
- number, price range, and comment on quality of food
- on 63 Persian restaurants worldwide.
-
- ===============================================================
-
- - list of Iranian Travel Agencies world-wide
- Path: Iran_Lib/Yellow_Pages/travel_agencies
- Keeper/Maintainer: nemazie@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu
- mack@isl.stanford.edu
-
- o travel_agencies contains name, address, and phone
- number of 26 Iranian owned and/or operated travel
- agencies world-wide.
-
- ===============================================================
-
- - list of Persian stores world-wide
- Path: Iran_Lib/Yellow_Pages/stores
- Keeper/Maintainer: nemazie@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu
- mack@isl.stanford.edu
-
- o stores contains name, address, and phone number of
- 14 persian stores world-wide.
-
- ===============================================================
-
- - list of Iranian mail-order services world-wide
- Path: Iran_Lib/Answers/Yellow_Pages/mail_order
- Keeper/Maintainer: nemazie@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu
- mack@isl.stanford.edu
-
- o mail_order contains address, and phone number of 14
- persian stores world-wide.
-
- ===============================================================
-
- - recipes of Persian dishes:
- Path: Iran_Lib/Recipes/
- Keeper/Maintainer: mack@isl.stanford.edu
-
- o the recipe for for the following
- dishes/appetizers/deserts/snacks are available in
- the above directory in files with the same names:
-
- abgousht
- baghali_polo
- chelo_sefeed
- fereni
- ghareghorout
- halva
- kabab_kubideh
- khoresht_bamieh
- khoresht_fesenjoon
- khoresht_ghormeh_sabzi
- khoresht_karafs
- lavashak
- nan_khamehie
- paneer
- rangeenak
- tahcheen
- zereshk_polo
-
- ===============================================================
-
- - pictures of SCI subscribers in gif format:
- Path: Iran_Lib/Images/Pictures/
- Keeper/Maintainer: farhad@tehran.stanford.edu
-
- o scanned pictures of some SCI subscribers is
- available in the above directory.
-
- ===================================================================
-
- 2q. Where is/how can I contact the closest Iranian
- consulate/embassy/interests secion?
-
- 2a. In United States:
-
- Embassy of the Republic of Pakistan
- Interests Section of the Islamic Republic of Iran
- 2209 Wisconsin Avenue NW
- Washington, DC 20007
- Tel: (202) 965-4990 to 94
-
- Here's what a netter had to say about their service:
-
- => Thanks to all those responded to my earlier request
- => with regard to passport renewal. I contacted the
- => Iranian Interest Section in D.C. (202) 965-4990 to 94
- => and was kindly connected to an automatic fax facility
- => that sent me the forms I requested (via the touch-tone
- => interface). I was both surprised and delighted with the
- => service and the speed of transmission, i.e., as soon as
- => I hang up, the forms were coming out of my fax machine!
- => This service is available even outside the regular
- => business hours of the interest section (take advantage
- => of discount long distance times!) You can also send the
- => interest section a fax with your requests, messages,
- => etc. at (202) 965-1073.
- =>
- => These are some of the three-digit codes that might be
- => of interest to this newsgroup. (use these codes to
- => punch in the form you want to order) You can get a
- => complete list of these codes by using the 700 code (is
- => 700 the lucky number? :^) )
- =>
- => 100 tamdeed, tajdeed, or tafkeek gozarnameh
- => 900 similar to option 100 for students with green card
- => 055 similar to option 100 for students with F-1
- => 427 information about military service
- => 903 approval of student visa
- => 054 approval of student documents
- => 600 buying Iran-Air tickets
- => 901 request for exit stamp for students with F-1
- => 902 " " " " " " " " " " green card
- => 300 " " " " " " for people with green card
-
- ===================================================================
-
- 3q. What are the Persian word processors? What are some of their
- features? Where can I get them? How much do they cost?
-
- 3a. We have a fairly comprehensive input from:
- Kees van 't Hoff, CWI, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
- Here goes his contribution: (many thanks Kees)
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Good idea!!!
-
- I have been away quite a while myself, but I am back again, so
- I'll post my list about word-processing which could be
- included in such a FAQ-list.
-
- Latest change: Prof. Lagally's LaTeX macro's latest release
- (2), incompatible with previous releases.
-
- The list that hopefully says it all about farsi word-processing.
-
- Please feel free to make (or mail me) any corrections and/or
- additions to the list.
-
-
- MAC:
-
- AlKaatib:
- Is a right-to-left editor and comes with an Arabic
- font, in any case bitmaps. Is supposed to run under
- MultiFinder. You type your text in AlKaatib, and then
- copy and paste it into your favorite application
- (MacWrite, MS-Word, Excel etc.)
- Personally, I've used version 1.0 from an illegal copy
- back in 1986 for a while, but did not really like the
- concept, so I never bought it.
- Price: $199.00 retail; Alkaatib
- $199.00 retail; Alkaatib Laser Font (PostScript)
- $299.00 retail; Tawfiq Laser Font Family (postScript)
- $199.00 retail; Ferdosi Laser Font (Postscript)
- Availability: Eastern Language Systems
- 39 West 330 North
- Provo, UT 84601
- 1-801-377-4558
- According to recent news, the Mac line is no longer
- supported, but just the MS-DOS line.
-
- WinText:
- Is a mixed left-to-right, right-to-left wordprocessor.
- It uses AIS (Arabic Interface System) or PIS (Persian
- InterfaceSystem), the Apple systems for use with the
- Arabic script (see below).
- I have been playing around with a demo-version and was
- quite impressed. However, I have heard rumours that it
- does not like large documents, but never seen real
- proof of this.
- The price was too steep for my intentional use (just
- personal correspondence).
- Price: 2200 FF (french francs), approx. $350-$400.
- (Last year's price)
- Availability: WinSoft
- 34 Boulevard de l'Esplanade
- 38000 Grenoble
- FRANCE
- tel: (33) 76875601
-
- Patrick Jost's shareware Persian/Arabic text processing
- capabilities.
- I have no idea about this, but he announced his
- package on soc.culture.arabic last year.
- Price: shareware, $15 (US-price)
- Availability: Patrick Jost
- 12228 Venice Boulevard #495
- Los Angeles, CA 9006
- jost@coyote.trw.com
-
- Nisus:
- Nothing as of yet, but they have announced that they
- will have an Arabic version in october, based on Nisus
- 3.06.
- Price will probably around $350, but maybe an academic
- rebate ala normal Nisus.
- Availability: Contact Paragon (+44) 81 642 2255)
- or fax: (+44) 81 642 4621 (in Europe)
- I don't know any numbers in the US)
- I have heard it is out by now.
-
- PIS, AIS:
- The interface systems by Apple for the Arabic script,
- AIS and PIS, are as far as I know only available
- through APDA (Apple Programmers Developers
- Association). You can find them on their CD-ROM's
- (latest version: 6.0.7). Companies like WinSoft can
- give you the interface system for an additional price,
- when you buy their products.
-
-
- PC's:
- There must be quite a few of them around, but being a
- DOS-illiterate, I have no idea about them, apart from a
- shareware one (posted by Ala), and an announcement I saved
- from comp.text and soc.culture.arabic.
-
- INTEXT:
- Available through ftp: vmd.cso.uiuc.edu
- name: ipfs
- passwd: mark
- command: quote acct iran
- command: binary
- command: get INTEXT.ZIP
- and you have the unzippable (PKUNZIP) version.
-
- Multi-Lingual-Scribe:
- Wordprocessing program supporting 5 to 10 different
- languages, including arabic. Works with matrix and laser
- printers.
- Price: ?
- Availability: Gamma Productions
- 710 Willshire Blvd, suite 609
- Santa Monica CA 90401
- Tel: (310) 394-8622
- This info is two years old, so don't sue me if it does not
- proof to be correct!
-
- Nevisandeh
- System requirement: PC and compatibles with EGA or higher.
- Printer: Any 24 pin with at least 16K memory, HP Laser
- II and higher, any Laser printer emulating HP.
- File exchange: To and from Apple Macintosh, ISCII 2901
- Spell Checker: Farsi and English and capability of
- adding words to the main or user
- defined dictionary.
- Documentation: Step by Step guide and comprehensive
- online help.
- Price: $150.00 ($120 for students)
- Availability: Optimate Ltd
- 18 Edmonscote
- Cleveland Road
- London W13 0HQ
- U.K.
- Tel: (+44 81) 997 1848
- Fax: (+44 81) 998 8304
- Email: enquiry@optimate.demon.co.uk
-
- Universal Word
- This package has ability to support any dead or living
- language(depending on what options you buy), up to 16
- color for text and graphics (can import PCX,TIF
- files), pull down menu, mouse, EMS, unlimited document
- size and winodow, (you are limited only by amount of
- disk space or RAM), scaleable fonts between 2 and 100
- point,dictionary,spellcheck,mail merge support.
- System requirement: IBM PC,XT,AT,PS/2 computers or
- compatible, with at least 7 MB
- hard disk space and runs with
- (Hercules,CGA,EGA,or VGA).
- Printer: dot matrix,laser or postscript
- Price: $297.50 (US) [1992]
- Availability: 300 Corprate Pointe
- Suite 410, Culver City,CA
- USA
- Tel: (310) 215-9645
- Fax: (310) 215-9668
- E-mail: aa831@freenet.carleton.ca
-
-
- Various systems:
-
- TEX:
- There are at least three TEX packages I know of. Since
- TEX runs on different platforms, you could probably
- move it almost anywhere.
-
- NEGAR-AFZAR
- This package which will be marketed by Negar-Afzar is
- a "Complete", "Fast" and highly "Integrated"
- implementation of TeX and LaTeX in Farsi. The user
- interface is completely in Farsi; hence the user
- actually sees the Farsi text as he/she types it on
- screen. This is accomplished by an advanced bilingual
- text editor that has a complete on-line help and is
- included in the package.
-
- The implementation is "complete" in the sense that all
- standard LaTeX style files which are
- a) book
- b) report
- c) article
- d) letter
- have been converted to Farsi. "Any" LaTeX command
- that can be used in English version in these different
- styles can also be used in the Farsi version. This
- means that the handling of footnotes, equations,
- section titles, table of contents, captions, automatic
- numbering, and anything else available in English
- LaTex is now available in the Farsi version. The math
- mode handles Farsi digits and automatic size changing
- for these digits when they appear in sub or
- superscripts. You can also include any bitmap (.pcx
- format) picture (or EPS graphic file if using a
- postscript printer) in your document or use the
- LaTeX's picture environment for producing simple graphics.
- You can even type the LaTeX commands in Farsi. The
- implementation is extremely fast since the optimal
- line breaking is determined by TeX. The implementation
- has a simple Farsi GUI (graphical user interface) that
- leads the user through the 4 steps of preparing a
- LaTeX document There is also a complete on-line help
- that can be called in case of having a question.
-
- The package comes with Farsi Naskh font, Farsi Slanted
- Naskh font, and Farsi Bold Naskh font at point sizes
- from 5pt to 25pt at LaTeX standard size increments.
-
- System requirements:
- IBM PC-XT/AT, 386 and 486 (and compatibles)
- DOS 3.0 or above
- EGA (or VGA or higher) graphic cards
- Color Monitor
- HP-LaserJet+ or higher printers (all models) and
- compatibles
- Nearly all dot matrix and ink jet printers
- All postscript printers
-
- For more information and Negar-Afzar's address, read
- the announcement file available from this ftp site.
- For ftp instructions see earlier sections of this
- file. The path to the file is:
- Iran_Lib/TEX/Negar-announce.
-
- ARABTEX:
- This is Prof. Klaus Lagally's LaTeX extension for Arabic
- writing. It consists of three packages: the actual Arabtex
- package, the MetaFont package (for those interested), and
- the style files used by Arabtex. Most recent version: 2
- (spring 1992). The latest version has better support for
- Farsi. It worked wonderfully for me, both on my
- Sparcstation and on my Mac (with OzTeX, also a free
- package).
- Price: free
- Availability:
- anonymous ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23) (USA)
- tex.babel.arabic.macros-lagally and
- tex.babel.arabic.fonts-lagally
- or
- ifi.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (129.69.211.11) (Europe)
- pub/arabtex
- or
- nuri.inria.fr (128.93.1.26) (Europe)
- /TeX/tools/arabic
- or
- mail to FILESERV@SHSU.BITNET
- and include the lines:
- SENDME ArabTex.TEX
- SENDME ArabTex_MF
- SENDME ArabTex_STYLE
- in your mail to get the complete package.
-
- PARTEX:
- A package also known as ATEX, as far as I know by Terry
- Regier (regier@cogsci.berkeley.edu). The drawback is that
- it needs a filter before you call LaTeX, but the filter is
- relatively simple and easily adjustable. Also it uses
- Yannis Haralambous (France) fonts, and I don't know
- whether these are still available in the public domain. He
- used to mail them to interested people, and I have a copy,
- but I don't know whether I have any rights to distribute
- them (see below).
- It worked fine for me however.
- Price: free
- Availability:
- anonymous ftp: ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23)
- tex.babel.arabic.atex
- or
- icsi-ftp.berkeley.edu
- pub/ai/atex/atex.tar.Z
-
- SCHOLARTEX:
- A package by Yannis Haralambous ( yannis@FRCITL81.BITNET)
- for Mac and MS-DOS, supposedly handling almost any language.
- Price: approx. $200 (institutes pay a higher price)
- Availability:
- Yannis Haralambous
- 101/11, rue Breughel
- 59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq
- France
- Tel. (33) 20.05.28.80
- Fax (33) 20.91.05.64
- Bitnet: yannis@frcitl81
-
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------
-
- ===================================================================
-
- 4q. What are the radio frequencies and broadcast times of Farsi
- speaking radio programs and/or programs originating from Iran?
-
- 4a. Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
-
- Frequencies below 3000 kHz are medium wave broadcasts and
- can only be heard in areas in the immediate vicinity of
- Iran (unless you have an exceptional receiver and a
- special type of antenna). Receiving FM broadcasts abroad,
- on the other hand, is virtually impossible.
-
- Radio Tehran External Service Schedule:
-
- Broadcasting Schedule: No. Nov. 91 - Feb. 92 (D91-92)
-
- Program UTC/GMT Target Areas Frequency (kHz)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- English 1130-1230** East Asia 11790, 11930, 9685
- Middle East 9525, 7215, 1224, 702
- 1400-1500 West Asia 702
- 1930-2030* Europe 9022, 15260, 6030
- 0030-0130** America 9022, 15260, 9720
- French 0630-0730* Europe 9022, 9720, 15260
- 1830-1930* Europe 9022, 15260, 6030
- German 1730-1830* Europe 9022, 15260, 6030
- Russian 1530-1630 West Asia 9022, 11790, 1404, 1449
- 1930-2030 West Asia 1404
- Spanish 2030-2130* Europe 9022, 15260
- 0130-0230** America 9022, 9720, 15260
- 0530-0630* Europe 9022, 9720, 15260
-
- * For Tehran on FM (100.7 MHz)
- * For Tehran on FM (97.7 MHz)
-
-
- Correspondence can be addressed to
-
- IRIB
- External Service
- P.O. Box 3333
- Tehran 19395
- Iran
-
- *******************************************************************
-
- Voice of America
-
- The following are times and frequencies of the Persian
- language programs of the Voice of America and the BBC.
- The information presented is at least six months old, so
- there could have been some changes since then.
-
- Time (UTC) Frequency (kHz)
- -------------------------------------------------
- 0300-0430 7651 *, 9635, 9700, 11805, 15105
- 1700-1900 6160, 7280, 9680, 11835
-
- * This frequency is used for the broadcast in Single
- Sideband mode (Lower). It is the frequency of the
- station in the US that relays the program to Greece.
- Your receiver needs to be equipped with a certain type
- of circuitry in order to demodulate this broadcast. All
- other frequencies originate in Greece and are in normal
- AM.
-
- *******************************************************************
-
- British Broadcasting Company
-
- BBC:
-
- Time (Tehran) Frequency (kHz)
- ------------------------------------------------
- 0600-0630 720, 1413, 9590, 11740, 15575
- 1945-2030 1413, 7160, 11720, 15575
- 2200-2230 720, 1413, 7160, 11720
-
- Note: UTC = Tehran Time - 3.5
-
- *******************************************************************
-
- ===================================================================
-
- 5q. How do I tranfer money to/from Iran?
-
- 5a. The easiest way to transfer money from US to Iran is through
- Bank Melli Iran. They have a branch in New York. You can wire
- the funds from any bank in the US to Bank Melli in New York
- along with the receiving party's name and address (or account
- number) in Iran. For a nominal fee, Bank Melli will transfer
- the funds to Iran within a few days.
-
- Bank Melli Iran
- New York Branch
- 628 Madison Avenue,
- New York, N.Y. 10022
- (212) 759-4700
-
- They have a post office box too:
-
- Post Office Box 1420
- F.D.R. Station
- New York, N.Y. 10150
-
- Bank Melli also has a branch in Los Angeles:
-
- Bank Melli Iran
- Los Angeles Branch
- 818 Wilshire Boulevard
- Los Angeles, Ca 90017
-
- There are contact numbers for Bank Saderat both in New York
- and in Los Angeles:
-
- Bank Saderat Iran
- New York Branch
- (212) 753-6400
-
- Bank Saderat Iran
- Los Angeles Branch
- (213) 489-2900
-
- ===================================================================
-
- 6q. What is the latest on military service/exemption?
-
- 6a. From: bamini@athena.mit.edu
-
- I have some info on one of the unanswered questions in the FAQ,
- namely "What's the latest on millitary exemption/service?'
-
- From what I've been told by relatives in Iran, for a nominal
- fee of 8 to 10 *thousand* dollars, one can 'purchase' their
- exemption from millitary service.
-
- Also note that millitary service is mandatory for all Iranian
- men above a certian age (17?), and that the government has
- a rather loose interpretation of the definition of Iranian
- citizenship. If your parents are Iranian, you are considered
- an Iranian citizen and eligible for service ***even if you were
- born in some other contry*** Even if you've lived in that other
- country all your life.
-
- Bob Amini
- bamini@athena.mit.edu
-
- [more info would be appreciated --mack]
-
- ===================================================================
-
- 7q. Where can I find/how can I contact an Iranian travel Agency?
-
- 7a. Available via anonymous ftp (see 1a for more info):
-
- -list of Iranian Travel Agencies world-wide
- Path: Iran_Lub/Yellow_Pages/travel_agencies
-
- o travel_agencies contains address, and phone number
- of 26 Iranian owned and/or operated travel agencies
- world-wide.
-
- ===================================================================
-
- 8q. Where are the Persian/Middle Eastern stores/supermarkets in my
- area?
-
- 8a. Available via anonymous ftp (see 1a for more info):
-
- -list of Persian stores world-wide
- Path: Iran_Lib/Yellow_Pages/stores
-
- o stores contains address, and phone number of 14
- persian stores world-wide.
-
- ===================================================================
-
- 9q. Where can I find a Persian restaurant?
-
- 9a. Available via anonymous ftp (see 1a for more info):
-
- - list of persian restaurants world-wide
- Path: Iran_Lib/Yellow_Pages/persian_restaurants
- Keeper/Maintainer: bahman@mdi.com
- mack@isl.stanford.edu
-
- o persian_restaurants contains address, phone number,
- price range, and comment on quality of food on 63
- Persian restaurants worldwide.
-
- ===================================================================
-
- 10q. What are the various Farsi magazines and newspapers, and how
- can I subscribe to them?
-
- 10a. Available via anonymous ftp (see 1a for more info):
-
- - list of Farsi publications:
- Path: Iran_Lib/Yellow_Pages/publications
- Keeper/Maintainer: nemazie@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu
- mack@isl.stanford.edu
-
- o publications contains name, phone number, and
- contact address of nearly 100 Farsi publications
- world-wide.
-
- ===================================================================
-
- 11q. What are the Iranian organizations around the world? How can I
- contact them?
-
- 11a. Available via anonymous ftp (see 1a for more info):
-
- - list of Iranian organizations:
- Path: Iran_Lib/Yellow_Pages/organizations
- Keeper/Maintainer: nemazie@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu
- mack@isl.stanford.edu
-
- o organizations contains name, phone number, and
- contact address of 34 Iranian organizations
- world-wide.
-
- ===================================================================
-
- 12q. If there is not a Persian store in the area that I live, how
- can I purchase some of the items that are likely to be found
- in Persian stores? Is mail order possible?
-
- 12a. Available via anonymous ftp (see 1a for more info):
-
- -list of Iranian mail-order services world-wide
- Path: Iran_Lib/Yellow_Pages/mail_order
- Keeper/Maintainer: nemazie@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu
- mack@isl.stanford.edu
-
- o mail_order contains address, and phone number of 14
- persian stores world-wide.
-
- ===================================================================
-
- 13q. Where can I get books in Farsi?
-
- 13a. Available via anonymous ftp (see 1a for more info):
-
- - list of Persian bookstores:
- Path: Iran_Lib/Yellow_Pages/bookstores
- Keeper/Maintainer: nemazie@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu
- mack@isl.stanford.edu
-
- o bookstores contains name, phone number, and contact
- address of 36 Persian bookstores, book distributors,
- and publishers world-wide.
-
- ===================================================================
-
- 14q. How do I watch a video cassette that was made in
- Iran/US/Europe? Where can I convert such videos from one
- system to another?
-
- 14a. [someone help me with this --mack]
-
- ===================================================================
-
- 15q. If I or a friend do(es) not have access to USENET, but
- have(has) access to e-mail, how can I (s/he) read articles
- from soc.culture.iranian?
-
- 15a. You can send mail to smortaz@handel.sun.com and be put on a
- mailing list which automatically sends you sci articles via
- e-mail.
-
- ===================================================================
-
- 16q. How can I post to soc.culture.iranian if I don't have posting
- capability, but have e-mail access? How can I post
- anonymously?
-
- 16a. Mr. Shahrokh Mortazavi has been kind enough to set up a
- posting service that can be used via e-mail. Here's what you
- need to do:
-
- E-mail regular posts to : sci-poster@handel.sun.com
- E-mail problems to : smortaz@handel.sun.com
-
- The features described in 15a and 16a will provide anyone with
- access to e-mail read/post access to sci.
-
- ===================================================================
-
- 17q: I have heard one can send/receive e-mail to/from Iran. Is this
- correct?
-
- 17a. Yes, it is correct that one can send/receive e-mail to/from
- Iran. The connection is made possible through a bitnet site in
- Europe. However due to very limited resources, few people
- (mostly universities and research institutions) get the
- priviledge of having e-mail access in Iran. Therefore,
- ordinary people can not get accounts on the machines that are
- connected to the network.
-
- ===================================================================
-
- 18q. Can people in Iran read/post to SCI?
-
- 18a. Yes! Currently SCI articles are being forwarded to a few
- individuals in iran via the SCI-by-email facility outlined in
- 16a, and sometimes one can see articles posted by an
- individuals from Iran.
-
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
- End FAQ
-