New Zealand at peace with Iran TIM PANKHURST - The Dominion Post Saturday, 22 September 2007
Our man in Tehran has good credentials to represent us in Iran, a country that's difficult for Westerners to understand. He's finishing his second stint there and has signed up for an extra year.
I love this country, says our man in Tehran. Hamish MacMaster has been New Zealand's ambassador to Iran - the post also covers Pakistan and Afghanistan - for the past three years. His credentials are impeccable. The Cantabrian's commitment to the Middle East is there for everyone to see.
His wife, Mati, is Iranian, their son William, 9, was born in Turkey, and daughter Jane, 7, in Saudi Arabia.
He is fascinated by the culture and history of the region as well as its rich stew of politics.
This is his second stint in Tehran. He was there for three years from 1991 as second secretary.
"The Persians do relate to someone who came back and who has an obvious regard for their country," he says over lunch in the elegant residence surrounded by high walls and trees in the Jamran district on the northern slopes of Tehran.
Ayatollah Khomeini, the stern leader of the 1979 Islamic revolution that saw the overthrow of the Shah, lived nearby during the eight-year war against Iraq during the 1980s.
The curve of the lower slopes of the Alborz mountains meant this area was safe from Iraqi missiles.
The New Zealand embassy several kilometres to the south was not directly hit but a missile motor did fall into the garden.
The embassy also gained kudos by being one of the few to remain staffed and open during that turbulent post-revolution period when Iran was at war for eight years.
Mr MacMaster keeps a supportive eye on the 20 to 30 New Zealanders living in Iran, as well as building trade and political ties. .............
Our man in Tehran has good credentials to represent us in Iran, a country that's difficult for Westerners to understand. He's finishing his second stint there and has signed up for an extra year.
I love this country, says our man in Tehran. Hamish MacMaster has been New Zealand's ambassador to Iran - the post also covers Pakistan and Afghanistan - for the past three years. His credentials are impeccable. The Cantabrian's commitment to the Middle East is there for everyone to see.
His wife, Mati, is Iranian, their son William, 9, was born in Turkey, and daughter Jane, 7, in Saudi Arabia.
He is fascinated by the culture and history of the region as well as its rich stew of politics.
This is his second stint in Tehran. He was there for three years from 1991 as second secretary.
"The Persians do relate to someone who came back and who has an obvious regard for their country," he says over lunch in the elegant residence surrounded by high walls and trees in the Jamran district on the northern slopes of Tehran.
Ayatollah Khomeini, the stern leader of the 1979 Islamic revolution that saw the overthrow of the Shah, lived nearby during the eight-year war against Iraq during the 1980s.
The curve of the lower slopes of the Alborz mountains meant this area was safe from Iraqi missiles.
The New Zealand embassy several kilometres to the south was not directly hit but a missile motor did fall into the garden.
The embassy also gained kudos by being one of the few to remain staffed and open during that turbulent post-revolution period when Iran was at war for eight years.
Mr MacMaster keeps a supportive eye on the 20 to 30 New Zealanders living in Iran, as well as building trade and political ties. .............
مطلب فوق کپی قسمت اصلی نوشته ای در "دومینیون پُست" نیوزیلند است، که در آن از دوستی بین نیوزیلند و ایران با شرح عشق و علاقه سفیر این کشور به ایران صحبت شده است . بنا به این نوشته، همسر آقای - همیش ماک ماستر - سفیر نیوزیلند در ایران، ایرانی و نام وی - میتا - می باشد.
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از من به پاییز بگو
کویر تابستان را پشت سر می گذارم
تا به چشمه های لبریز برسم
تا به درختان رنگ باخته و برگ ریز برسم
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تا برای دیدن برگ ها
نگاهم را به آسمان ...نه
بلکه به زمین بریزم
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تا انتظار دیدار را
در شب زنده داری ها
به چار دیوار شب جدایی ها بیاویزم
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از من به پاییز بگو
هر ساله اشک شوق من با باران عجین می شود
برای عشق ورزیدن
برای دوست داشتن
و برای دوست داشته شدن
جاری چشمه ساران زمین می شود.
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از من به پاییز بگو
هنوز هم منتظرم تا صدای گام های زندگی را
روی پنجه های خشک برگ چنار
تا کنار ساحل دریای خیال
از پنجره ی امید تماشا کنم
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از من به پاییز بگو
دوست دارم پرواز پرستو ها را درکوچ
و ورق خوردن زندگی را
گرچه در تکرار ی پوچ
تماشا کنم
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و با غرور بخود بگویم
آری منهم زنده ام
برای رنج بردن
و برای شاید ها
آشیانی برای فردا ها ساختن
و در خاطره روز ها خاطره شدن
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فریدون
با تشکر از شما و محبت های صمیمانه شما
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