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* Senior Iran cleric urges factions
to cool disputes
* Iranians want freedom, peacefully
* Tehran under tight security
* Amir-Entezam & Tabarzadi's joint statement
* Iran preparing bigger missile launch - U.S. expert
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* Three opposition leaders detained
in Iran
* Iran says unrest over; big rally backs state
* Protesters dragged away
* E.U. appeals for end to violence in Iran
* Five Iranian writers win awards
* Support the protest movement in Iran
* Khamenei tells militia to crush unrest
* Big rally backs Iran's Islamic system
* Security official says Iran could execute rioters
* Human rights group warns of excutions
* Britain urges calm in Iran
* Iran warns countries backing social unrest
* Police fire in air amid street battles
* Iran protesters defy government ban
* U.S. supports peaceful protests in Iran
* Israel says Iran protests could bring new openness
* Pressure mounts on Iran's supreme leader
* Students prepare for wider protests
* Iran sacks police officials after protests
* Iran papers to strike to protest at Salam closure
* Iran, UAE ministers in separate talks on dispute
* Saudi Arabia says Iran must resolve islands dispute
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Friday
July 16, 1999
* Senior Iran cleric urges factions to cool disputes
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's rival mainstream factions, united by their
support for the Islamic system, must agree on the limits of political debate
to avoid a repeat of this week's civil unrest, a senior cleric said Friday.
Ayatollah Hasan Taheri-Khorramabadi told a prayer gathering in Tehran
``I am asking all the prominent figures of the political factions to draw
a 'red line' so that if differences of opinions occur, the sanctities of
the system and the revolution will not be violated.'' ... FULL
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* Iranians want freedom, peacefully
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Nearly a week of student protests
in Iran has exposed the democratic aspirations of many Iranians. But the
swiftness with which they have subsided indicates that while Iranians want
freedom from religious rule, they don't want more violence. Many of those
in the chanting crowds over the last week would like to see the clergy
replaced by a more democratic government, one that would relax Islamic
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* Tehran under tight security
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Iranian police kept Tehran under
a tight leash Thursday, manning checkpoints across the Iranian capital
and demanding identity papers as they searched for the students who ignited
a week of pro-democracy protests. Several student protesters were missing,
one student told an Iranian newspaper. A news agency reported that some
people were being interrogated by the police -- and another newspaper described
scenes of hysteria when one busload of detainees was driven off to prison
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* Amir-Entezam & Tabarzadi's joint statement
From behind prison bars, we have regretfully and painfully learned about
the savage attack on students at the dormitories by Ansare-Hezbollah and
the agents of dictatorship who are clothed in security uniforms ... FULL TEXT
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* Iran preparing bigger missile launch - U.S. expert
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran is preparing to test launch later this summer
a medium-range multi-stage missile that could have a range of up to 2,650
miles (4,250 km), an independent U.S. specialist said Thursday. The missile,
code-named Kosar, would carry a version of Russia's RD-216 liquid-fuel
rocket booster, the same engine which powered the Soviet Union's SS-5 missile,
said Kenneth Timmerman, director of the Middle East Data Project ... FULL
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Thursday
July 15, 1999
* Three opposition leaders detained in Iran: opposition group
BRUSSELS, July 14 (AFP) - At least three Iranian opposition leaders
were arrested at their homes in Iran early Wednesday, a representative
of the Brussels-based opposition National Party told AFP. "Several
leaders of the opposition were arrested last night by the secret police
in their homes," Mehran Adib said. He identified them as People's
Party members Bahran Namazi, Mehran Mir Abdol Baghi and Rosrow Seyf. Adib
said police searched their homes and seized books, letters and newspapers.
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* Iran says unrest over; big rally backs state
TEHRAN, Iran (Reuters) - Iran said Wednesday its security forces had
contained in a crisis caused by some the worst unrest since the 1979 revolution,
hours after tens of thousands of people rallied in support of the Islamic
government. ``After setting up a crisis headquarters ... and following
the crisis minute by minute, and thanks to the national resolve which has
developed, the crisis has been brought under control,'' said Interior Minister
Abdolvahed Mousavi-Lari ... FULL
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* Protesters dragged away
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Pro-democracy student protesters
were tied hand-and-foot and dragged from a huge rally called by Iranian
hard-liners, the Neshat daily reported today. The newspaper quoted Ali
Afshari, a leader of weeklong pro-democracy demonstrations, as saying that
the whereabouts of several of his fellow students were not known, the newspaper
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* E.U. appeals for end to violence in Iran
July 15, Helsinki (dpa) - The European Union (E.U.) appealed on Thursday
to all groups in Iran to ``refrain from all kind of violence''. A statement
issued in Helsinki by the current Finnish presidency of the union said
the E.U. ``has followed with concern the reaction of police and security
forces to the course of events related to student demonstrations which
started on July 8 in Teheran and which have spread to other cities ...
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* Five Iranian writers win awards
New York, July 14, 1999 (Human Rights Watch) -- Of the thirty-two grant
recipients of this year's Hellman/Hammett grants, five hail from Iran.
They are Hamid-Reza Jalei-Pour, Masahallah Shamss-Ol-Vaezin, Seyeed Ebrahim
Nabvi, Akbar Ganji and Hojatolesam Mohssen Saeidzadeh. The grant program
began in 1989 when the estates of American authors Lillian Hellman and
Dashiel Hammett asked Human Rights Watch to design a program for writers
in financial need as a result of expressing their views ... FULL TEXT
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*Support the protest movement in Iran
15 July (Co-ordinating Committee of workers Left Unity) - The students
protests of the last few days are undoubtedly the most significant demonstrations
against Iran's Islamic Republic in the last eighteen years. They are the
manifestation of a continued dissatisfaction with the rule of a corrupt
clergy , a rejection of the interference of religion in very aspect of
private and public life , a rejection of dictatorship ... FULL
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Wednesday
July 14, 1999
* Khamenei tells militia to crush unrest
TEHRAN, Iran (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader has given free reign
to the Islamic youth militia Basij to crush the violent rioting which followed
a week of pro-democracy student unrest. ``My Basij children must reserve
the necessary readiness and be present at any scene they are needed to
intimidate and crush the base enemies,'' Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in
a message to the nation late Tuesday ... FULL
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* Big rally backs Iran's Islamic system
TEHRAN, Iran (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Iranians, many clutching
portraits of the late revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini,
marched through Tehran Wednesday in support of Islamic rule after six days
of growing unrest. The unity rally, called by the clerical establishment
and backed by most moderate groups, ended peacefully about two hours after
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* Security official says Iran could execute rioters
TEHRAN, July 14 (Reuters) - A senior Iranian official cautioned on Wednesday
that some of those behind the recent violent disturbances in Tehran could
be executed. ``Those involved in the last days' riots, destruction of public
property and attacks against the system will be tried and punished as moharaeb
(those fighting God) and mofsed (those spreading corruption),'' said Hassan
Rowhani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Iran's top
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* Human rights group warns of excutions
July 14, (Iranian Human Rights Working Group) - Supreme Leader of the
Islamic Republic of Iran, in a statement issued at early hours of Wednesday
14th July (local time), threatened all those who take part in these demonstrations
to the death penalty on charges of "fighting God" and "corruption
on earth". This means that all those who have already been arrested
are in danger of losing their lives on these bogus charges. We appeal to
all human rights groups and international bodies to help prevent perpetration
of this human tragedy ... FULL
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* Britain urges calm in Iran
LONDON, July 14 (Reuters) - Britain on Wednesday expressed concern about
the situation in Iran and urged security forces and demonstrators in Tehran
to avoid further violence. ``It is primarily a matter for the Iranian people
to resolve within Iran, but clearly we would urge all groups in Iran to
refrain from violence,'' Foreign Office junior minister Geoff Hoon told
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* Iran warns countries backing social unrest
TEHRAN, July 14 (Reuters) - A top Iranian security official on Wednesday
warned foreign countries voicing support for Iran's current social unrest
that Tehran would retaliate. ``Speeches made by certain countries about
the events of the past several days will be recorded in our files,'' said
Hassan Rouhani, the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council,
Iran's highest body dealing with internal and external security ... FULL
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Tuesday
July 13, 1999
* 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
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* Iran 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
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* U.S. supports peaceful protests in Iran
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
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* 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
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Monday
July 12, 1999
* Pressure mounts on Iran's supreme leader
TEHRAN, July 11 (Reuters) - Pressure mounted on Sunday on Iran's supreme
leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to step in and end four days of protest
rallies touched off by an attack on pro-democracy students by police and
hardline vigilantes. Thousands of angry students at Tehran University's
main dormitory complex called on Khamenei -- who under Iran's Islamic system
has final say in all matters of state -- to guarantee personally the arrest
and prosecution of those responsible for the assault, abetted by elements
of the police, on Thursday night and early Friday morning ... FULL
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* Students prepare for wider protests
TEHRAN, July 11 (Reuters) - Thousands of angry Iranian students prepared
on Sunday to take their protest to the streets of Tehran, turning up the
heat on political and religious leaders. ``Either Islam and the law, or
another revolution,'' chanted the students. Their demands included the
execution of the police chief, who reports to Iran's dominant clergy ...
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* Iran sacks police officials after protests
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said Sunday it had sacked two senior police
officers for ordering a bloody crackdown against pro-democracy students
which sparked widespread protests against political and religious leaders.
In a statement read on state media, the Supreme National Security Council
said the sacked officers, a brigadier general and his aide, would also
be prosecuted over raids on student dormitories late Thursday ... FULL
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* Iran papers to strike to protest at Salam closure
TEHRAN, July 11 (Reuters) - Iranian journalists plan to stage a one-day
strike on Tuesday to protest against the closure of the pro-reform Salam
newspaper, newspapers reported on Sunday. ``We will lay down our pens on
Tuesday...and invite our colleagues throughout the country to do likewise,''
said the statement signed by 583 journalists and carried by leading reformist
newspapers ... FULL
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* Iran, UAE ministers in separate talks on dispute
DUBAI, July 11 (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of Iran and the United
Arab Emirates (UAE) are to hold separate talks on Sunday with officials
from a regional committee trying to end a territorial row between the two
states. Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr al-Thani
said Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi would meet Saudi Foreign Minister
Prince Saud al-Faisal in the kingdom ... FULL
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* Saudi Arabia says Iran must resolve islands dispute
KUWAIT, July 10 (Reuters) - Saudi Defence Minister Prince Sultan said
on Saturday that improved Gulf Arab ties with Iran hinged on Tehran resolving
a territorial dispute with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Gulf news agencies
reported. Iran should consider settling the long-standing dispute over
three strategic Gulf islands as ``the basis for improved cooperation with
the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC),'' the agencies quoted the prince as
saying, after he arrived in Kuwait for an official visit ... FULL
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