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First local council elections in photographs
People went to the polls to elect 200,000 city and village council
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Election test for reformists
Turnout was reported to be high
Tehran, Fbe 26, (BBC) - Iranians have finished voting in their first
local elections since the Islamic revolution 20 years ago, to choose the
powerful councils that run towns and cities.
Turnout in Tehran was reported to be large, particularly among young
people, and authorities extended polling by two hours both in the capital
and many other parts of Iran.
Nearly 200,000 seats were at stake - in Tehran, some 4,200 candidates
competed for just 15 seats. There were about 330,000 candidates, including
5,000 women.
It has been a key battle between supporters of the reformist President
Mohammed Khatami and his conservative opponents ... FULL
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Voting picks up in landmark Iranian poll
TEHRAN, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Iranians voted on Friday in the country's
first local elections, part of ambitious political reforms fostered by President
Mohammad Khatami to challenge the centralised grip of the conservative clerical
establishment. Voter turnout, light in the morning of the Moslem sabbath,
picked up later in the day. Election officials said they expected the trend
to continue into the early evening ... FULL TEXT
Key facts about Iran's first local council
polls
TEHRAN, Feb 26 (Reuters) - These are the key facts about elections
on Friday for city, town and village ``Islamic councils,'' the first such
polls in Iranian history. All figures are from reports by state media: ...
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U.N. investigator urges Iran to continue
reforms
GENEVA, Feb 26 (Reuters) - A United Nations human rights investigator
has urged Iran's government to continue on the path to reform but warned
that opposition to change may be getting increasingly violent. Maurice Copithorne,
the U.N. Human Rights Commission's special representative on Iran, said
President Mohammad Khatami's reformist agenda had made progress since his
last report, published in October ... FULL TEXT
Human rights improve in parts of Mideast
- U.S.
WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Human rights improved last year
in parts of the Middle East, including Syria, Iran and the Palestinian territories,
the U.S. State Department said on Friday. The report also saw ``some improvements
in a few areas'' in Iran, even though that country's overall human rights
performance was rated ``poor.'' The Iranian government eased the licensing
for new publications, sparking an increase in reported circulation of print
media, according to the report. However, the report said, ``There was an
increase in the disappearances of prominent writers and dissident figures
during the latter part of the year, many of whom were found dead.'' ...
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U.S. State Department's 1998 human rights
report
Washingon DC, Feb 26, 1999 - Iran Country Report on Human Rights
Practices released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor,
... FULL TEXT
Majority of Italian deputies oppose Iranian
presidential visit
ROME,
Feb 25 (AFP) - A majority of Italian deputies have called for the cancellation
of Iranian President Mohammad Khatami's planned visit to Italy next month
because he leads "a medieval dictatorship of mullahs." A letter
signed by 320 of the parliament's 630 deputies has been sent to Italian
Prime Minister Massimo d'Alema, said Forza Italia deputy Marco Taradash
... FULL TEXT
India, Iran studying Indian Ocean gas pipeline
TEHRAN,
Feb 25 (AFP) - An Indian delegation is to visit Iran to discuss the possibility
of building an Indian Ocean pipeline to ship Iranian liquified natural gas
to the subcontinent, Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi said Thursday. Kharazi,
in an interview with the official IRNA news agency in New Delhi, where the
foreign minister is on a visit, said discussions were held with Indian officials
on LNG purchases and the possibility of building a pipeline ... FULL TEXT
Iranian wrestling team in U.S.
Tehran,
(Iran daily) - The Iranian wrestling team will be competing in the World
Wrestling Chapionships in Spokane, Washington State, on April 2 and 3 ...
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Shaping destiny
The elections are the greatest symbol of participation and political
reform... They are to ensure people know their rights in shaping their destiny.
It is also a giant step towards decentralisation, which is a goal of the
new government.
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"Election
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