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* Iranians want release of scholar
* Senior police chief charged with torture
* Amir Entezam's open letter
* Growing opposition to Kadivar's arrest
* Reformers trouncing conservatives in elections
* Latest result of council elections in Tehran
* ''Star Chamber'' arrest hits Iran reformers
* Hard-liner threatens to nullify votes
* Latest vote count in Tehran
* Liberal cleric in Iran thrown into jail
* Students protest against liberal cleric's arrest
* Khatami supporters said taking Iran polls lead
* Latest election results in tehran
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Friday
March 5, 1999
* Judiciary chief warns against politicising election
TEHRAN, March 5 (AFP) - The hardline chief of Iran's judiciary warned
Friday aganist politicising the results of last week's first-ever municipal
elections, a runaway victory for reformers in the Islamic republic. "You
were elected as local officials and should concern yourselves with local
problems, and keep out of factional and partisan disputes," said Ayatollah
Mohammad Yazdi during weekly prayers at Tehran university ... FULL TEXT
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Thursday
March 4, 1999
* Writers meet under police protection following killings
March 4, 1999, (BBC) - The Iranian Writers' Association has met for
the first time since two prominent members of the group were killed in
December by members of the security forces. The killings prompted nationwide
condemnation and today's meeting in Teheran -- attended by about seventy
members -- was held under the protection of the police. It was the first
officially approved gathering of the Writers' Association since the early
years of the Islamic Republic.
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* Religious court bans mention of Montazeri
TEHRAN, March 4 (AFP) - Iran's Islamic hardliners launched a fresh crackdown
on a prominent liberal dissident as pressure mounted Thursday for the release
of one of his jailed associates. A special religious court barred Iran's
newspapers from citing Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri, a leading dissident
who has regularly denounced the conservatives' stranglehold over the Iranian
regime, press reports said. The court, in an offical ruling submitted to
the ministry of culture and Islamic guidance, warned that any paper which
even mentions Montazeri will be prosecuted ... FULL
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* Iranians want release of scholar
March 3, 1999, TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranian journalists and students
urged President Mohammad Khatami to press for the release of a reformist
religious scholar, saying Wednesday that his detention was a blow to freedom
of expression. The Association of Islamic Students demanded that Khatami
abolish the Special Clerical Court that detained Mohsen Kadivar on Saturday
for questioning. The court, a conservative-led body that reports only to
supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, operates independently from Iran's
judicial system ... FULL
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Wednesday
March 3, 1999
* Senior police chief charged with torture
March 3, (BBC) -The head of Iranian police intelligence, and ten of
his men, are to be tried on charges of torture ... FULL
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* Amir Entezam's open letter
"About Iran"
has translated the following text which is an open letter by Mr. Abbas
Amir-Entezam, the longest held prisoner of conscience under the Islamic
Republic. The Farsi version of this letter was given to "About
Iran" by the Committee in Defense of Abbas Amir-Entezam in New
York.... FULL
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* Growing opposition to Kadivar's arrest
In Persian:
- Ten
newspaper publishers call for investigation
- Ayatollah
Saneie: Can Evin stop thought?
- Hadi Khamenei:
You cannot criminalize thought
- Kargozaran
party condemns arrest
- Students:
People still being jailed for their beliefs
- Ayatollah Yazdi's press conference: Part (1)
(2) (3) (4)
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* Reformers trouncing conservatives in landmark Iranian elections
TEHRAN, March 3 (AFP) - Reformists close to moderate Iranian President
Mohammad Khatami were trouncing their conservative competitors, who have
long held the reins of power, according to nationwide municipal election
results published Wednesday. In Tehran, a city of 10 million people, the
reform list headed by former interior minister Abdollah Nuri took 13 of
the 15 municipal council seats in Friday's first-ever municipal elections
in Iran ... FULL
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* Latest result of council elections in Tehran
Tehran, march 3, irna -- a total of 522,540 votes have been counted
in tehran by 19:00 hours local time wednesday. according to reports from
the main elections headquarters in tehran, the names of 21 candidates who
have the majority of votes at councils elections are as follows ... FULL TEXT
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Tuesday
March 2, 1999
* ''Star Chamber'' arrest hits Iran reformers
TEHRAN, March 2 (Reuters) - Just as Iran's first nationwide local polls
appeared to cement the power of President Mohammad Khatami and his reformist
allies, hardliners have struck back by jailing one of the country's leading
liberal Islamic thinkers. The detention at the weekend of Mohsen Kadivar
by the Special Court for the Clergy, which meets behind closed doors and
without due process, has touched off a storm of criticism and demands for
the abolition of the court as an undemocratic holdover of a bygone era
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* Hard-liner threatens to nullify votes in Iran's local elections
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Allies of Iran's moderate president triumphed in
local elections in the capital and prevented hard-liners winning a single
race, according to preliminary results Monday. The tally from Friday's
voting for thousands of municipal council seats elsewhere in Iran may not
be counted for several days. The hard-line chairman of the electoral supervision
board vowed to challenge the results from Tehran ... FULL
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* Latest vote count in Tehran
Tehran, March 2, (IRNA) - Reformist candidates are still leading in
the latest vote count in Tehran. The final results are not due until Friday.
Here's a list of the top 21 vote getters ... FULL
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Monday
March 1, 1999
* Liberal cleric in Iran thrown into jail
TEHRAN, Feb 28 (AFP) - A liberal cleric close to Iranian President Mohammad
Khatami, was arrested late Saturday and jailed at Evin prison in Tehran,
the official IRNA news agency reported Sunday. Hojatoleslam Mohsen Kadivar,
is also close to liberal circles and to dissident Ayatollah Hossein-Ali
Montazeri, who was once tipped to become the nation's spiritual "guide"
but who fell into disgrace in 1989 ... FULL
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* Iranian students protest against liberal cleric's arrest
TEHRAN, Mar 1 (AFP) - Iranian students staged a rally in the southern
town of Shiraz to protest the arrest of a leading liberal cleric close
to President Mohammad Khatami, sources close to prominent reformers said
Monday. About 100 university students gathered Sunday night in Shiraz outside
the family home of Hojatoleslam Mohsen Kadivar to show their "support
and solidarity" for the detained cleric, they said ... FULL TEXT
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* Reformers set to capture control of Tehran in landmark election
TEHRAN, March 1 (AFP) - Reformers close to moderate President Mohammad
Khatami are set to capture control of Tehran city council in the key contest
in Iran's first ever municipal elections, the interior ministry indicated
Monday. Reformers are set to win at least 12 out of the capital's 15 seats,
giving Khatami's supporters a decisive victory in the key battleground
with his conservative opponents, according to the latest results published
by the ministry ... FULL
TEXT
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* Latest election results in tehran
Tehran, march 2, irna -- election headquarters announced on monday that
150,000 ballots had been counted for the islamic council elections in tehran.
here are the names of the top 21 vote getters: ... FULL
TEXT
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