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* Tehran's former mayor jailed on corruption
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* Slain reporters' names memorialized
* Moderates launch last-minute bid to pardon
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* Hard-Liners losing battle
* Mohajeran: Policies will not change
* Torture trial begins for Iran security chief
* Reformers triumphant after Majlis vote
* Tehran's mayor reports to prison May 6 - lawyer
* Mohajerani defeats impeachment motion
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Friday
May 7, 1999
* Judiciary chief calls for stricter controls on the press
TEHRAN, May 7 (AFP) - Iran's judiciary chief Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi
called Friday for stricter controls on the press and literary works in
the Islamic republic, saying they must abide by "moral values."
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Thursday
May 6, 1999
* Tehran's former mayor jailed on corruption charges
TEHRAN, May 6 (AFP) - Tehran's popular former mayor Gholamhossein Karbaschi
began serving a two-year sentence for corruption on Thursday despite last-ditch
efforts by his moderate supporters to stop him going to jail. Karbaschi
had given himself up to a Tehran court following a warrant issued against
him last week, more than a year after he was first arrested on charges
he denounced as a purely political smear campaign by his hardline detractors
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Wednesday
May 5, 1999
* Slain reporters' names memorialized
Wednesday, May 5, ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) -- The names of 29 journalists
[including Mohammad Mokhtari and Mahmoud Saremi] ]were added Wednesday
to a memorial honoring members of the media killed while covering world
events. In a ceremony that mixed honors for slain journalists with warnings
for an increasingly dangerous profession, the Freedom Forum rededicated
a shimmering glass and aluminum monument that already contains more than
1,000 names. They date back to 1812 ... FULL
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* Moderates launch last-minute bid to pardon Karbaschi
TEHRAN, May 5 (AFP) -More than 70 moderate Iranian MPs and government
officials called Wednesday for the pardon of former Tehran mayor Gholamhossein
Karbaschi, due to begin serving a two-year jail term on Thursday ... FULL TEXT
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Tuesday
May 4, 1999
* Hard-Liners losing battle
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates. Tuesday, May 4, (AP) -- The hard-line clergy
that has wielded absolute power in Iran for 20 years is losing a power
struggle against reformists fighting for greater democracy. The hard-liners
have suffered a string of crushing defeats against supporters of moderate
President Mohammad Khatami, a middle-ranking cleric who was elected two
years ago. But nearly all their efforts to stall his reforms have backfired
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* Mohajeran: Policies will not change, "Zan" should publish
Tehran, may 5, irna -- islamic guidance (ershad) minister ataollah mohajerani
said in a press conference: "as i said during the sessions of my impeachment
our policies will remain the same ... and we must make an effort to make
sure that the persian daily 'zan' is allowed to continue to publish..."
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Monday
May 3, 1999
* Torture trial begins for Iran security chief
TEHRAN, May 3 (AFP) - The closed-door trial of the Iranian chief of
security police charged with torturing officials from the Tehran municipality
opened at a military court here Monday ... FULL
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* Reformers triumphant after Majlis vote
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's reformist newspapers Sunday hailed a vote
of confidence in the liberal culture minister, describing it as an endorsement
of President Mohammad Khatami's democratic policies ... FULL
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* Tehran's mayor reports to prison May 6 - lawyer
TEHRAN, May 1 (Reuters) - The mayor of Tehran, who was suspended from
office following an embezzlement conviction, could begin his two-year prison
sentence next week, his lawyer said on Saturday ... FULL
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* Mohajerani defeats impeachment motion
Tehran, May 2 (Hamshahri) -- Culture Minister Ataollah Mohajerani survived
an impeachment motion in the Majlis Saturday. Here are major excerpts from
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