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July 3-7, 2000 / Tir 13-17, 1379

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Friday
July 7, 2000

Iranians protest at German consulate

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Iranian opposition activists took control of part of the German consulate here for five hours Friday to protest a planned visit to Germany by Iran's president, police said. Ten unarmed Iranians moved into the consulate's visitors room and demanded that the visit by President Mohammad Khatami, scheduled for next week, be called off >>> FULL TEXT

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Students mark dormitory raid

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Students said Friday they will hand out flowers in Tehran's streets and light candles to commemorate last year's bloody raid on a university dormitory - a peaceful plan praised by a key hard-line politician. ``I appreciate that the student groups have decided to commemorate the anniversary in this way, which does not create any controversy,'' former Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani said during a Friday prayer sermon at Tehran University >>> FULL TEXT

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Opposition gears up to protest against Khatami visit

BERLIN, July 7 (AFP) - Iranian opponents of President Mohammad Khatami are gearing up to mount a protest demonstration of 25,000 participants for when he arrives in Berlin Monday, Iranian opposition leaders in exile said Friday. Although top security measures will be in force to protect the Iranian leader during his controversial three-day visit to Germany, the chancellor's office said Friday the authorities could not prevent peaceful protests >>> FULL TEXT

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German government says Khatami trip still on despite planned protests

BERLIN, July 5 (AFP) - The German government insisted Friday that Iranian President Mohammed Khatami's July 10-12 visit to Germany would go ahead, despite protests by Iranian exiles and German deputies. "We do not have any indication of a cancellation or a postponement of the visit of President Khatami," German government spokesman, Uwe-Karsten Heye, told AFP after a daily paper reported Khatami was having second thoughts >>> FULL TEXT

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Khatami: fighter for "Islamic democracy"

TEHRAN, July 7 (AFP) - Iranian President Mohammed Khatami, who begins an important visit to Germany on Monday, is apparently as popular today as he was when he was elected three years ago. But his mission to open up the Islamic republic has been set back time and again by the regime's conservatives >>> FULL TEXT

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* Iranians protest at German consulate
* Students mark dormitory raid
* Opposition gears up to protest against Khatami visit
* German government says Khatami trip
* Khatami: fighter for "Islamic democracy"
* Khatami prepares for Germany
* Germany steps up border security
* Confusion over German MP's opposition

* Clinton promises to work for release of jailed Jews
* Opposition mounts in Germany against Khatami's visit
* Iranian, Egyptian presidents to meet at UN
* Egypt, Iran have "strong desire" to improve relations
* Kuwait's FM to visit Iran soon for border talks
* Iran nixes new ties with Egypt
* Jordan's Queen Rania arrives in Tehran
* Clinton 'deeply disturbed' by Iran Jews sentences
* European Jews and Chirac call for release of jailed Jews
* Britain "concerned" over conviction of Iranian Jews
* Israel's Barak Calls for Release of Iranian Jews
* Arab papers slam foreign criticism of Iran spy trial
* Two reformists win in Tehran run-off elections
* Iran announces five new ballistic missile units

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Thursday
July 6, 2000

Khatami prepares for Germany

TEHRAN, July 6 (AFP) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami's office has confirmed that he will travel to Berlin on July 10-12, his first visit to Germany since his election in 1997, the official IRNA news agency reported. Khatami is scheduled to meet German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and President Johannes Rau, as well as several high-ranking German officials for talks on bilateral relations, IRNA said >>> FULL TEXT

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Germany steps up border security

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Germany will reimpose controls along its borders to screen out members of Iranian opposition groups who may try to disrupt next week's visit by Iranian President Mohammed Khatami, officials said Thursday. The Interior Ministry said it has received ``serious tips'' that Iranian opposition groups, including some based outside Germany, are planning disturbances during Khatami's visit on July 10-12 - the first by an Iranian leader to Germany since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution >>> FULL TEXT

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Confusion over reported protest by German MPs over Khatami visit

July 5, 2000, Berlin (dpa) - At a news briefing organised by the National Resistance Council of Iran - which is dominated by the Iraqi-based People's Mujahedin - a member of Germany's parliament, Arne Fuhrmann, said the protest had been signed by 175 members of the Bundestag, the German lower house. But the list of signatories was not presented at the news briefing. A spokeswoman for Fuhrmann - who is a member of German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats - later said the petition was being organised by the National Resistance Council >>> FULL TEXT

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Clinton promises to work for release of jailed Iranian Jews

WASHINGTON, July 6 (AFP) - President Bill Clinton told US Jewish leaders Wednesday that he would work to win the release of 10 Iranian Jews, imprisoned on charges of spying for Israel, the community leaders said after a White House meeting. Clinton said he would "try to mobilize leaders in Europe, Russia, Japan and other countries that have closer ties with Iran to work together with the United States to secure the release of these innocent people," said Malcolm Hoenlein, of the Conference of Presidents of major American Jewish organizations >>> FULL TEXT

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Wednesday
July 5, 2000

Opposition mounts in Germany against president Khatami's visit

BERLIN, July 5 (AFP) - Opposition mounted sharply Wednesday to a visit to Germany by Iranian President Mohammed Khatami set for next week, when national and regional parliamentary members called for its cancellation >>> FULL TEXT

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Iranian, Egyptian presidents to meet at UN in New York: press

TEHRAN, July 4 (AFP) - The Iranian and Egyptian presidents agreed to meet in September during the UN General Assembly in New York, in a further sign of improving relations, an Iranian newspaper report said Tuesday >>> FULL TEXT

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Egypt, Iran have "strong desire" to improve relations: MP

CAIRO, July 5 (AFP) - Egypt and Iran have a "strong desire" to improve their relations and there are no big hurdles to clear, a senior Iranian parliament official said Wednesday on a visit to Cairo >>> FULL TEXT

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Kuwait's FM to visit Iran soon for border talks

KUWAIT CITY, July 4 (AFP) - Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah said Tuesday he will visit Tehran soon for talks on demarcating the sea border after the kingdom sealed a maritime border agreement with Saudi Arabia >>> FULL TEXT

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Monday
July 3, 2000

Iran nixes new ties with Egypt

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iranian-Egyptian communications have improved considerably, but formal restoration of diplomatic ties is not imminent, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman said Sunday. ``Relations are very different from what they were in the past. However, reports appearing in the media that the two countries will establish diplomatic relations soon are not accurate,'' state-run Tehran radio quoted Hamid-Reza Asefi as saying >>> FULL TEXT

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Jordan's Queen Rania arrives in Tehran

TEHRAN, July 3 (AFP) - Jordan's Queen Rania arrived in Tehran Monday for an official two-day visit at the invitation of Iran's first lady, President Mohammad Khatami's wife Zohreh Sadeghi. On arrival, the Jordanian queen was welcomed at the presidential pavilion by Sadeghi and other officials >>> FULL TEXT

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Clinton 'deeply disturbed' by Iran Jews sentences

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Clinton said on Saturday he was ``deeply disturbed'' by an Iranian court's decision to sentence 10 Iranian Jews to prison terms on charges of spying for Israel. Clinton, in a written statement, said it was clear the Jews were not accorded due process of law and that the judicial proceedings by an Iranian Revolutionary Court were ``seriously flawed.'' >>> FULL TEXT

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European Jews and Chirac call for release of jailed Iranian Jews

PARIS, July 2 (AFP) - The European Jewish Congress (EJC) Sunday requested a meeting with French President Jacques Chirac to lobby European Union (EU) support for the release of 10 Iranian Jews by Iran for alleged spying. EJC president Henri Hajdenberg also intends handing a petition to Chirac, whose country currently holds the EU presidency, signed by "tens of thousands" of people demanding the release of the prisoners, said a statement by the Congress released Sunday >>> FULL TEXT

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Britain "concerned" over conviction of Iranian Jews

LONDON, July 1 (AFP) - Britain reacted with concern to the controversial conviction Saturday of 10 Iranian Jews on spying charges, and said it would raise its unhappiness via its ambassador in Tehran. A Foreign Office spokesman said the government was "deeply concerned" at the sentences >>> FULL TEXT

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Israel's Barak Calls for Release of Iranian Jews

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said Sunday it would spare no effort to bring about the release of 10 Iranian Jews sentenced to prison for their part in an alleged Israeli spy ring in Iran. Prime Minister Ehud Barak told Israel's cabinet that he would ask the international community to lobby Tehran to free the Jews, who were sentenced to between four and 13 years in prison on charges of spying for Israel >>> FULL TEXT

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Arab papers slam foreign criticism of Iran spy trial

DUBAI, July 3 (Reuters) - Newspapers in two Gulf Arab states have slammed Western criticism of the verdicts in the Jewish spy trial in Iran and lauded what they said was a fair judicial process. Editorials in newspapers in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) since Saturday's verdict voiced rare support for Iran by its Gulf Arab neighbours, who are key Western allies in the oil-rich region >>> FULL TEXT

Two reformists win in Tehran run-off elections

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Two reformists who narrowly missed winning seats in Iran's legislative elections in February have won run-off elections in Tehran, state-run Iranian radio reported Saturday. The election of Elias Hazrati and Ali Akbar Mohtashami-Pour slightly boosts the pro-reform majority in the 290-seat parliament, or Majlis. Mohtashami-Pour is the publisher of the reformist newspaper Bayan, one of 19 pro-reform newspapers shut down by hard-liners in the past three months >>> FULL TEXT

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Iran announces formation of five new ballistic missile units

TEHRAN, July 2 (AFP) - The head of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards announced Sunday the formation of five ballistic missile units that will help keep Iran "among the region's military powers." >>> FULL TEXT

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