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* Interior ministry vows to back Tehran reformers
* MKO accuses Iran of killing opponents
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* Election body disqualifies reformists
* Khatami aide Iran's cultural thaw irreversible
* Religious militant held after Iran murder bid
* Fallahian free and giving lectures
* U.N. rights forum encourages Iran
* Iran slams U.N. human rights body
* Amnesty: Convicted cleric must be released
* Iran bans skull-carving in mourning ritual
* Fallahian "arrested"
* Khatami defends aide against impeachment bid
* Culture minister's impeachment next week
* Conservatives step up attacks on reformers
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Wednesday
April 28, 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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* 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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Monday
April 26, 1999
* Khatami aide Iran's 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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* Amnesty: Convicted cleric must be released
22 April 1999, (Amnesty International) - Amnesty International is today
expressing concern for the sentencing of a Shi'a cleric and religious scholar
to 18 months' imprisonment, reportedly on charges related to his conscientiously
held beliefs and academic research ... FULL
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* Iran bans skull-carving in mourning ritual
TEHRAN, April 25 (AFP) - Iran said Sunday it has banned worshippers
from carving open their skulls with swords as part of ancient self-flagellation
ritual in this week's traditional ceremonies of mourning. "According
to the fatwa (religious decree) by Shiite dignitaries, self-flagellation
is prohibited during the mourning ceremonies," Iranian police said
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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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* Culture minister's impeachment debate next week
TEHRAN, April 22 (AFP) - The Iranian parliament said Thursday it would
hear an impeachment motion against moderate Culture Minister Ataollah Mohajerani
next week as the minister lashed out at the move as "totally political."
Mohajerani will be called before all 270 deputies next Wednesday to defend
himself against a censure motion launched by 31 conservative MPs ... FULL TEXT
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* Conservatives step up attacks on reformers
TEHRAN, April 22 (AFP) - An impeachment bill against a key minister,
pressure on the press, the jailing of a liberal cleric -- these are just
the latest attacks on Iran's reform movement by the conservative regime.
Political tensions, already high for several weeks, reached a new crescendo
Wednesday with the submission to parliament of a censure motion against
Culture Minister Ataollah Mohajerani ... FULL
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