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Protests
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Eyewitness accounts of tension in Tehran
July 13, 1999
The Iranian
Eyewitness reports by of recent student protests. The first two are
from today's events near Tehran University, written by S.M.A. The other
is from a few nights ago originally posted on the Iran News alias, forwarded
by Payman Arabshahi. Also
see photos from various news agencies.
Report 1
Near the University of Tehran. Noon.
Two major prongs on the east and west side of the university making
evasive moves. Just two hours ago there was nothing to report. Now, burning
tires and newspapers, refuge from tear gas ... GO
TO FEATURE
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Student demands
DEMANDS OF THE UNITED STUDENT FRONT, IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE SPONTANEOUS
POLITICAL MOVEMENT OF TEHRAN UNIVERSTIY STUDENTS
... Our demands include:
1. Freedom of all political prisoners, and especially those students
who have been arrested by the special University security forces at the
dormitories. The freedom of Tabarzadi [one of the student leaders], Kadivar
[a religious cleric, critical of regime's policies] and Abbas Amir Entezam
[the longest held political prisoner since 1979] ... FULL
TEXT
Kafkaesque exile cleared for take-off
BY ADAM SAGE IN PARIS
The Times of London
July 13, 1999
AN IRANIAN exile who claims to be the son of a Scottish nurse may be
nearing the end of his 11-year wait for a flight out of Paris. Merhan Karimi
Nasseri, 54, known at Charles de Gaulle airport as Sir Alfred, has been
granted refugee status by the Belgian authorities, bringing to an end a
tale that makes Kafka seem simple ... FULL
TEXT
Thanks to Laleh Khalili
More Letters
* Aafarin to the Iranian students
Mehrdad writes: I have nothing
but admiration for the students in Iran ["The
spark"]. They stood up to the authorities and showed that whatever
the regime does, it can not violate the sanctity of university facilities.
Students are a very powerful sector of any society, specially in countries
where campuses are not the place for big drinking parties and scenes of
sexual escapades.
Universities in such countries are places for fervors of intellect and
political idealism to bloom. Students are generally hot headed, emotional
and idealist. They are at an age that because of their proven intellects,
they feel they have the power to do anything and stop any violation of
their beliefs ... FULL
TEXT
* Time for a change
Ara writes: I think its horrible
what these students are going through ["The
spark"]. I don't understand how a government can be so stupid
as to ban rallies that they don't "approve of."
I think living in a democracy we take for granted our rights to peacefully
protest that which we seek to change or simply as a means of expressing
ourselves.
I hope more protests sprout in the near future around Iran to show the
dimwit government that others too hold a similar belief on the issue of
the free press and freedom to protest.
I know I will do my part by joining demonstrations here [in the U.S.].
I hope you will do the same because I know it is time for a change
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Concert)
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Police fire in air amid street battles
July 13, TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian plain-clothes security forces
shot into the air Tuesday to disperse angry pro-democracy protesters in
central Tehran as running street battles spread. Hundreds of protesters
tried to storm the heavy iron gates of the interior ministry, which controls
the police, as the riots moved away from Tehran University, scene of six
days of protests by students against a police and Islamic vigilante attack
during a peaceful rally last week ... FULL TEXT
Protesters defy government ban
DUBAI,
United Arab Emirates (AP) -- In a flashback to the revolution that installed
Iran's Islamic government 20 years ago, baton-wielding police fired tear
gas to disperse 10,000 protesters on the streets of Tehran today, the sixth
day of protests against hard-liners who have thwarted reform efforts. Demonstrators
quickly regrouped in nearby streets where they burned buses and hurled abuse
at hard-line clerics ... FULL TEXT
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WASHINGTON, July 12 (Reuters) - The United States on Monday took
sides with peaceful Iranian student demonstrators against what it called
repression by police and hardline vigilante groups. The U.S. State Department
also urged the Iranian government to protect the demonstrators and to respect
international human rights standards, including the rights to freedom of
expression, association and assembly ... FULL TEXT
Israel says Iran protests could bring new
openness
JERUSALEM, July 12 (Reuters) - Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy
said on Monday student protests in Iran could signal an era of new openness
in the Islamic Republic. ``The day will come -- and it is not far off --
that we will see a different atmosphere emerging from Iran,'' Levy told
reporters when asked about five days of pro-democracy student protests in
Tehran and other Iranian cities ... FULL TEXT
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NICOSIA,
July 12 (Reuters) - Iran has sweetened terms for international oil companies
seeking oil exploration deals in the country, the Middle East Economic Survey
(MEES) reported on Monday. The newsletter said the National Iranian Oil
Company (NIOC) made the move in response to foreign oil company criticism
of its exploration terms. NIOC has approved a mechanism ``whereby explorers
will automatically be able to participate in development contracts secured
by third parties.''... FULL TEXT
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Tehran,
(Neshat) - The student protests have had a noticeable effect on the performing
arts. Ticket sales for various shows have been quite low ... FULL TEXT IN
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... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
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Can't mess with these guys
I am sure this new movement has caused many of the conservative and even
semi-conservative leaders of Iran to have cold sweaty backs and foreheads.
They are thinking for the first time that hey we can't mess with these guys
(students). They are not afraid of our jails and clubs and bullets.
-- Mehrdad
Letter
to The Iranian
July 13, 1999
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