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April 26-April 28, 1999 / Ordibehesht 6-8 1378

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* Karbaschi summoned to serve prison term
* Interior ministry vows to back Tehran reformers
* U.S. grain shipments seen heading to Iran by midsummer
* MKO accuses Iran of killing opponents

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* Election body disqualifies reformists in Tehran vote
* Saudi Prince Sultan off to Tunisia, Iran, Pakistan
* Qatari foreign minister in Iran for two-day visit
* IIC welcomes President Clinton's apology to the Iranian nation
* Khatami aide: cultural thaw irreversible
* Religious militant held after Iran murder bid
* Fallahian free and giving lectures
* U.N. rights forum encourages Iran, still critical
* Iran slams U.N. human rights body's resolution
* Russia, Iran in new energy initiative
* Conservatives want Mohajerani impeached
* Kadivar sentenced to 18 months in prison
* Karbaschi appeals again for retrial
* Fallahian "arrested" and accused of plotting
* Khatami defends aide against impeachment bid
* Iraq accuses Iran of attack plan
* Germany, Iran look to improve relations
* Iran wants more than a "diplomatic smile"
* U.S. school shooting top news on Iran TV

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Wednesday
April 21, 1999

* Karbaschi summoned to serve prison term

tehran, april 29, irna - a reliable source said wednesday that the arrest warrant has been issued for the former tehran mayor gholam hussein karbaschi. the source added that according to the summon delivered in person, karbaschi has to present himself to the special judiciary complex within seven days ... FULL TEXT

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* Interior ministry vows to back Tehran reformers

TEHRAN, April 28 (AFP) - The tug-of-war between Iran's rival factions reached a new peak Wednesday as the reformist-led interior ministry vowed to ignore a move by parliamentary conservatives to disqualify five leading moderates in the capital ... FULL TEXT

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* U.S. grain shipments seen heading to Iran by midsummer

WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) - Niki Trading Co. said Wednesday it expected to have the first in a series of U.S. grain shipments sailing to Tehran within 30 to 60 days after the Clinton Administration formally eases sanctions against Iran, Libya and Sudan ... FULL TEXT

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* MKO accuses Iran of killing opponents

BAGHDAD, April 28 (Reuters) - An Iranian armed exile group based in Iraq on Wednesday accused the Tehran government of killing a father and son who were linked to the Iranian opposition ... FULL TEXT

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Tuesday
April 27, 1999

* Election body disqualifies reformists in Tehran vote

TEHRAN, April 27 (AFP) - Iran's conservative electoral supervisory committee has confirmed the disqualification of five leading reformists elected to the Tehran municipal council in February. Among those disqualified was former interior minister Abdollah Nuri, the leading vote-getter in the capital in February's election, the official IRNA news agency reported Tuesday ... FULL TEXT

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* Saudi Prince Sultan off to Tunisia, Iran, Pakistan

RIYADH, April 27 (Reuters) - Saudi Defence Minister Prince Sultan left for Tunisia on Tuesday on the first leg of a three-nation tour that will include Iran and Pakistan, Saudi media reported ... FULL TEXT

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* Qatari foreign minister in Iran for two-day visit

TEHRAN, April 25 (Reuters) - Qatar's foreign minister arrived in Tehran on Sunday for two days of talks with President Mohammad Khatami and other Iranian officials ... FULL TEXT

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* IIC welcomes President Clinton's apology to the Iranian nation

Washington DC, April 19, 1999 (IIC) - The President's admission of the past wrongful policies towards Iran from some Western countries goes a long way in breaking the wall of mistrust between the two nations of the US and Iran ... FULL TEXT

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Monday
April 26, 1999

* Khatami aide: cultural thaw irreversible

TEHRAN, April 24 (Reuters) Iran's minister of culture, threatened with impeachment by hardline rivals, said on Saturday the liberal policies he and President Mohammad Khatami had set in motion would prove irreversible even if he were hounded from office. Attaollah Mohajerani, poised and confident despite months of personal attacks by the conservative-led parliament that culminates in a no-confidence vote on May 1, also vowed his critics would pay a heavy political price for his ousting ... FULL TEXT

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* Religious militant held after Iran murder bid

TEHRAN, April 24 (Reuters) - The grandson of a prominent ayatollah and several of his followers have been arrested for trying to kill Tehran's judiciary chief, a senior official said on Saturday. The commander of the Revolutionary Guards ground forces, Brigadier General Mohammad Ali Jafari, identified the main suspect as Hassan Milani, describing him as the grandson of Ayatollah Mohammad-Hadi Milani, a Shi'te Moslem leader who died before the 1979 Islamic revolution ... FULL TEXT

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* Fallahian free and giving lectures

25 April 99, (Tehran Times) - [Former Intelligence Minister] Fallahian is delivering speeches on Moharram at Zarabkhaneh Mosque every day. On the reasons for rumours [about his arrest], he said the enemy is out to increase the gulf between various factions in Iran. In today's Iran the society has opened up and differences that have surfaced are quite natural ... FULL TEXT

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* U.N. rights forum encourages Iran, still critical

GENEVA, April 23 (Reuters) - The United Nations main human rights body on Friday passed a Western resolution welcoming some developments in Iran but also expressing concern at ``continuing violations'' including executions in the Islamic state. The 53-member U.N. Commission on Human Rights, holding its annual session in Geneva, approved the text by 23 votes to 16 with 14 abstentions ... FULL TEXT

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* Iran slams U.N. human rights body's resolution

TEHRAN, April 24 (Reuters) - Iran on Saturday described a Western resolution on human rights abuses in the Islamic republic as ``illegitimate and politically motivated.'' ``The Friday resolution of the European Union on Iran's human rights record is another proof that the examination process of the human rights situation in different countries is a political move,'' foreign ministry spokesman Hamidreza Asefi said in remarks carried by the official IRNA news agency ... FULL TEXT

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* Russia, Iran in new energy initiative

MOSCOW, April 23 (Reuters) - Russian Fuel and Energy Minister Sergei Generalov effectively launched a new initiative this week for Russia and Iran to cooperate on a series of energy projects in the Caspian basin. But analysts doubted many of the grandiose projects he talked about following a recent vist to Tehran would come to fruition and said his comments were aimed at securing contracts for Russian firms and countering U.S. influence in the Caspian ... FULL TEXT

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Friday
April 23, 1999

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Thursday
April 22, 1999

* Fallahian "arrested" and accused of plotting murders, coup

Former intelligence minister Ali Fallahian has been arrested on charges of plotting political murders and organizing a coup against President Khatami, according to a flier distributed in Tehran and published by an opposition group in Europe ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN (See English excerpts)

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* Khatami defends aide against impeachment bid

TEHRAN, April 22 (Reuters) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami defended his moderate culture minister against impeachment proceedings launched by hardline parliamentary deputies and expressed hope he would survive the motion, newspapers said on Thursday ... FULL TEXT

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* Iraq accuses Iran of attack plan

Thursday, April 22, 1999, BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Iraq has accused Iran of using the violent actions of an Iranian opposition group to justify a possible attack against Iraq. The accusation came in a letter from Iraq's foreign minister that was delivered to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday. Iraq's official news agency issued a copy of the letter ... FULL TEXT

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* Germany, Iran look to improve relations

BONN, April 22 (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer may visit Iran in the second half of this year as part of efforts to improve relations, his ministry said on Thursday after he met Iranian counterpart Kamal Kharazzi ... FULL TEXT

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