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Dec 11-15, 2000 / Azar 21-25, 1379

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* Lawyer for families of assassination victims freed on bail: press
* High-profile reformist journalist denies all charges
* Kurdish students beaten, arrested in "peaceful" Tehran demonstration : MP
* Journalists' guild lashes out against judiciary for press crackdown
* Lawyer in chain murders case arrested after speech
* Hamshahri banned outside Tehran

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Friday
December 15, 2000

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Thursday
December 14, 2000

Lawyer for families of assassination victims freed on bail: press

TEHRAN, Dec 14 (AFP) - A lawyer for the families of two Iranian dissidents assassinated in 1998 was released on bail three days after his arrest, a newspaper said Thursday. Nasser Zarafshan, who was arrested Sunday just days before the trial of the alleged killers begins in a Tehran military court, was freed Wednesday on 27,000 dollars bail, the Khorassan paper said >>> FULL TEXT

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Wednesday
December 13, 2000

High-profile reformist journalist denies all charges

TEHRAN, Dec 13 (AFP) - High-profile Iranian journalist Massud Behnud denied Wednesday a battery of serious charges levelled at him in Tehran's press court, including offending public morals and acting against national security. The 52-year-old Behnud, in jail since August, wrote for several of the pro-reform newspapers closed by the conservative courts since a press crackdown was launched in April >>> FULL TEXT

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Kurdish students beaten, arrested in "peaceful" Tehran demonstration : MP

TEHRAN, Dec 13 (AFP) - A number of Kurdish students were beaten and arrested during a peaceful demonstration at the University of Tehran, a Kurdish MP said Wednesday. Bahaeddine Adab, who represents the principal Kurdish area of Sanandaj and is close to the conservatives, reported the incident in parliament, where he denounced the "secret police" for not respecting the right to demonstrate >>> FULL TEXT

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Tuesday
December 12, 2000

Journalists' guild lashes out against judiciary for press crackdown

TEHRAN, Dec 12 (AFP) - Iran's pro-reform journalists' guild has vehemently denounced the arrest of journalists and the conservative-led judiciary's crackdown on the country's press since April. In an open letter Sunday to judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmud Hashemi Shahroudi, a copy of which was received by AFP, the guild criticised the way in which journalists and writers were being treated, saying the judiciary's arguments for the mass suspensions and the arrest of journalists lacked foundation >>> FULL TEXT

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Monday
December 11, 2000

Lawyer in chain murders case arrested after speech

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A lawyer for the families of two dissidents killed in 1998 was arrested after he gave a speech about the slayings, a fellow attorney said Monday. Naser Zarafshan, who represents the families of slain pro-reform writers Mohammad Jafar Pouyandeh and Mohammad Mokhtari, was detained Sunday on orders from a military court, said the lawyer, who spoke on condition of anonymity >>> FULL TEXT

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Hamshahri banned outside Tehran

TEHRAN, Dec 11 (AFP) - Iranian press court Monday banned top-selling Iranian daily Hamshahri, published by the municipality of Tehran, from being distributed outside the capital, official IRNA news agency said. Founded in 1992 by former-mayor Gholamhossain Karbastshi, Hamshahri has a 460,000 circulation and is read throughout the country >>> FULL TEXT

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Press court suspends another reform newspaper

TEHRAN, Dec 9 (AFP) - An Iranian press court suspended publication for three months of Ahrar, a reform newpaper in the northern city of Tabriz, the official news agency IRNA reported Saturday. The court found the newspaper's director, Mohammed Hossein Kuzeh-Gar, guilty of printing false information, IRNA said >>> FULL TEXT

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Montazeri's son arrested

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A son of Iran's most prominent dissident cleric has been arrested for distributing his father's memoirs, his brother said Sunday. Saeed Montazeri made 100 photocopies of the 1,600-page book, which describes the political life of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, according to Saeed's brother, Ahmad Montazeri >>> FULL TEXT

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