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* New protests held in France for release of 13 Iranian
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* Khatami demands justice for the press
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Friday
July 2, 1999
* Charges against Jews rejected by State Department
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The State Department and the House International
Relations Committee criticized Iran on Friday for arresting 13 Iranian
Jews on espionage charges. "The charges are unfounded and unacceptable,"
State Department spokesman James Foley said. "The arrest of these
Iranian citizens is a specious act and an indication that Iran is going
backward," said Rep. Benjamin Gilman, R-N.Y., chairman of the House
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* French parliament head warns Iran not to hang Jews
PARIS, July 2 (Reuters) - The president of France's National Assembly,
Laurent Fabius, warned Iran on Friday that Western governments could break
diplomatic ties with Tehran if it executed 13 Jews arrested on charges
of spying for Israel. Calling on Tehran to spare the 13, Fabius, a former
prime minister, said: ``If that is not the case, they (Iran) can no longer
hope for normal relations with the international community, for whom the
rules of law, justice and freedom of conscience are inextricably linked
to democracy.'' ... FULL
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Thursday
July 1, 1999
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Wednesday
June 30, 1999
* Iran minister slams bid to curb press freedom
TEHRAN, June 30 (Reuters) - Iran's liberal Culture Minister Ataollah
Mohajerani on Wednesday slammed a bill proposed by conservative deputies
in parliament aimed at limiting the country's fledgling press freedom.
``The custodians of the press and (newspaper) editors have not been consulted
about this bill...In our view, this bill is not meant to amend the press
law, but to change its whole structure,'' state radio quoted the minister
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* French assembly speaker calls charges against Iran Jews "barbaric"
PARIS, June 30 (AFP) - The speaker of the French National Assembly,
Laurent Fabius, on Wednesday described as "barbaric" the death
sentence facing 13 Iranian Jews charged with spying for Israel. "Thirteen
people, because they are Jews, face the death penalty by hanging on unfounded
accusations," Fabius told the assembly. "I ask the Iranian authorities
to reconsider this barbaric decision otherwise they cannot aspire to normal
relations with the international community." ... FULL
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Tuesday
June 29, 1999
* New protests held in France for release of 13 Iranian Jews
PARIS, June 29 (Wire Services) - Thirteen French public figures briefly
chained themselves Tuesday near the Iranian embassy in Paris to demand
the release of 13 Iranian Jews whose arrest on charges of spying has provoked
an international outcry. Surrounded by some 100 protestors chanting "free
the innocent" and "Jews in prison, why this silence?", the
figures included Jean Kahn, head of France's Jewish consistory, Patrick
Gaubert, head of anti-racist organization LICRA, and the Paris mayor's
deputy, Jean-Pierre Pierre-Bloch ... FULL
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Monday
June 28, 1999
* Khatami demands justice for the press
TEHRAN, June 27 (Reuters) - Iranian President
Mohammad Khatami, keen to protect press freedoms he has fostered as part
of his two-year reform drive, on Sunday demanded cases involving the media
be removed from hardline Revolutionary Courts and heard before special
press juries. Khatami used a national gathering of judiciary officials,
led by arch-conservative Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, to remind them that
the constitution calls for jury trials for press violations and political
crimes. He also said defendants had a right to legal respresentation at
all times ... FULL
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* Kharrazi says arrested Jews passed on military
secrets
TEHRAN, June 28 (Reuters) - Iranian Foreign Minister
Kamal Kharrazi said the 13 Jews arrested in Iran on charges of spying for
Israel had passed on secret military information to foreigners, Iran's
state media reported on Monday ... FULL
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