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Friday
January 21, 2000
* German Businessman Back From Iran
BERLIN (AP) - A German businessman freed by Iran after once being condemned
to death for a relationship with an Iranian woman returned home Friday,
ending a two-year legal odyssey that strained ties between Germany and
Iran. Helmut Hofer, who was being shielded from the media, reportedly
landed at Cologne/Bonn airport on a German government plane. Government
spokeswoman Charima Reinhardt confirmed his arrival but said his whereabouts
would not be disclosed while he was undergoing several days of medical
checks at a military hospital >>>
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Thursday
January 20, 2000
* German businessman to leave Iran soon after trial
TEHRAN, Jan 20 (Reuters) - An Iranian court on Thursday fined German
businessman Helmut Hofer, once held on death row for illicit sex with a
Moslem woman, on a minor assault charge, paving the way for his return
to Germany, his lawyer said. ``He is free as of right now. We are off to
pay his...fine,'' attorney Naser Taheri told reporters after the closed
court session. ``He may stay or leave. He may do as he likes.'' >>>
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* Iran hangs four, amputates fingers of seven
TEHRAN, Jan 20 (AFP) - Iran amputated the fingers of seven robbers simultaneously
Wednesday and hanged four other men for murder, newspapers reported Thursday.
The seven thieves aged 18 to 53 had their fingers amputated simultaneously
in the northeastern city of Mashhad, according to the daily Ghods newspaper
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Wednesday
January 19, 1999
* Khatami appeals for fair parliamentary poll
TEHRAN, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, who has
seen a number of his allies banned from running for parliament next month,
appealed on Wednesday for fair elections. ``If we have a correct and clean
election and the parliament is more representative of the people, there
will be a better relationship between the government and the people,''
the state news agnecy IRNA quoted Khatami as saying >>>
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Tuesday
January 18, 1999
* Reformist student leader disappears, association says
TEHRAN, Jan 18 (AFP) - A reformist student leader has been missing since
Sunday, after having been kidnapped and released on January 8, and threatened
twice more since, a student association said Tuesday. The Islamic Association
of Students in Semnan, east of Tehran, is "very concerned about him
and his state of health," it said of its leader Abbas Pazuki in a
statement sent to AFP >>>
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* Appeal court cuts students' jail terms for "blasphemous"
play
TEHRAN, Jan 17 (AFP) - Iran's appeal court has cut to one year jail
terms of three years handed down to two out of four students sentenced
for publishing an allegedly blasphemous play in a university magazine,
a judicial source said Monday >>>
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* Head of conservative Keyhan newspaper appears on trial
TEHRAN, Jan 17 (AFP) - The head of an Iranian conservative daily appeared
before a press court Monday to answer 27 charges facing his newspaper,
in a shift from trials that have so far involved only Iran's moderate press.
Hossein Shariatmadari, appointed head of the Kayhan publishing group by
Iran's religious leader Ali Khamenei, must answer to a series of charges
that include insulting, defaming and publishing state secrets, and lies
aimed at disturbing public opinion >>>
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* Iran dailies in court over dissident interview
TEHRAN, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Iran's conservative-led Press Court on Sunday
summoned representatives of leading reformist newspapers for questioning
after publication of remarks by dissident cleric Ayatollah Hossein Ali
Montazeri. The dailies published excerpts on Saturday of a transcript,
provided by Montazeri's office, of a joint interview the ayatollah gave
earlier to Reuters and the British newspaper The Guardian >>>
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Monday
January 17, 1999
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