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...PUBLISHED A LETTER ((NOV. 7)) from Mahin Yazdani responding to your report on "Sex in America" that said, "The world is struggling with war and starvation, and America is preoccupied with sex." But a quick glance at the article suggests that America is preoccupied with talk of sex. The other half of the world -- struggling with starvation, war and overpopulation -- is preoccupied with actually having...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Differing Preoccupations | 12/5/1994 | See Source »

Each participant undergoes "psycho-correctional therapy," which includes lectures and discussions on fighting criminal behavior. Inmates listen to motivational tapes with titles like "Think Positive" and "Improving Relationships." Psychologist Nanolla Yazdani leads spirited talks on psychology and decision making. "You have the guts to break the law," he admonishes. "I want you to have the guts to break your bad habits too." Says he: "The closest thing to what we do is a brain transplant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Inmate and a Gentleman | 8/11/1986 | See Source »

Some 6,350 miles away in Tehran, the Americans were enduring a final episode of psychological abuse. Most, if not all, had been assembled by Iranian revolutionary guards at an undisclosed site in northern Tehran, probably the opulent mansion once owned by Hojabr Yazdani, a wealthy cattle breeder and industrialist who is now a fugitive from Khomeini's regime. They had been examined by the Algerian doctors, but the hostages had not been told that they were to be released. Ahmad Azizi, the Iranian government's second-ranking spokesman on the hostages, claimed later: "It would have been too painful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran Hostages: An End to the Long Ordeal | 2/2/1981 | See Source »

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