It's the story of a young couple, played by Ebadia himself and Mahin Deyham, who get separated after a tragic event in their life. See a RealAudio clip on Pedram Missaghi's Iran Media site . Mr. Khatami's govenment has many opposing factions and groups to contend with . The series offers three powerful feature films from the quality cinema made by veteran directors Mehrjui and Panahi and by newcomer Parviz Shahbazi. The significance of Parsipur's work transcends the realm of literary activities.
Pardons marking religious and national events are common in Muslim countries.
In Iran, they generally are given to prisoners convicted of minor offenses. Giant murals of murdered religious leaders and fallen war heroes festoon the walls. Blood red is the dominant colour on the 20th anniversary of Iran's Islamic revolution. At the start of the Islamic Revolution, Iran's ruling clerics methodically set about destroying the capitalist economy of the Shah to build a paternalistic welfare state free of ties to the West. But two decades later, revolutionary central planning is giving way increasingly to free market mechanisms in the face of growing economic difficulties.