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April 26-April 28, 1999 / Ordibehesht 6-8 1378
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* Karbaschi summoned to serve prison
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* 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 ...
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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
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