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Friday
June 23, 2000
Sheikh Ali Tehrani's "second" attempted suicide
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- Dissident cleric Sheikh Ali Tehrani has made a
second suicide attempt, the daily Bahar reported. The first attempt was
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Judge said to issue verdict in spy case
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A judge doubling as prosecutor in a spy trial whose
fairness has been questioned will issue a verdict in the case next week,
a court official said Friday. Judge Sateq Nourani will issue a verdict
in the trial of 13 Iranian Jews accused of spying for Israel on July 1,
the official, Hossein Ali Amiri, told Iranian television Friday night >>>
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Jailed professor given leave to prepare exams
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A prominent journalist and university professor
jailed on charges of insulting Islam and inciting dissent has been allowed
a short leave to prepare exams, his family said Wednesday. Latif Safari,
a Tehran University professor and director of the now-banned Neshat daily,
was given six days leave after university officials appealed to the judiciary
for his temporary release, his son Amir-Hossein told The Associated Press
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INDEX
* Sheikh Tehrani's "second"
attempted suicide
* Judge said to issue verdict in spy case
* Jailed professor given leave to prepare
exams
* Son denies Tehrani's suicide attempt
* No death penalty for accused spies
* Khatami protested against silencing papers:
report
* Reformists See Room for a Better Iran
* Sheikh Ali Tehrani attempted suicide
* Feminist women free on bail
* Former Tehran riot squad chief faces arrest over student
unrest
* Akbar Ganji's third letter to judiciary chief
* Hajjarian ready to appear in court
* Iran's Jews saddened by image built by espionage trial
* Soroush addresses Shariati seminar
* Festival omits Beethoven because of female voices
* Lawyers for Iranian Jews worry over trial delay
* Reformers urge rights respect
* Publisher imprisoned
* Docs remove Hajjarian's bullet
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Thursday
June 22, 2000
Son denies Tehrani's suicide attempt
The son of Sheikh Ali Tehrani has issued a statement denying a report
that his father had committed suicide. Bahar newspaper in Iran reported
that the dissident cleric had tried to kill himself by swallowing dozens
of pills. Mahmoud Tehrani, who lives in Paris, described the report as
a "lie." - >>>
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No death penalty for accused spies
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - None of the 13 Iranian Jews accused of spying for
Israel will be sentenced to death, a judiciary official said Thursday.
The defense had said previously the charges do not carry the death penalty,
but it was the first time an Iranian official representing the prosecution
has ruled out death sentences for the accused >>>
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Khatami protested against silencing papers: report
TEHRAN, June 22 (AFP) - President Mohammad Khatami protested to the
chief of the conservative-dominated judicial system last month against
the wave of closures of pro-reform newspapers, the Iranian press reported
Thursday. Khatami "supported the newspapers" and "sent a
message in the form of a constitutional warning" to Ayatollah Mahmud
Hashemi Shahrudi, said new pro-reform newspaper Hayat-e-no, which is run
by Hadi Khamenei, brother of the Islamic republic's supreme leader, Ayatollah
Ali Khamenei >>>
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Reformists See Room for a Better Iran
By ROBIN WRIGHT
Los Angeles Times
June 21, 2000
TEHRAN--The once-bustling offices at 15 Taheri St. are eerily silent,
the corridors empty of life, the computers shut down, the lights off. Gone
are the young reporters who defiantly worked here for two years--through
constant criticism by conservatives, frequent charges by the judiciary,
occasional jailings of the editor and publisher and, finally, five renamed
versions of the same paper banned over and over again. One version lasted
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Wednesday
June 21, 2000
Sheikh Ali Tehrani attempted suicide
Tehran (Bahar) -- Sheikh Ali Tehrani, the dissident brother-in-law of
Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, attempted suicide several days ago, Bahar newspaper
reported >>>
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Feminist women free on bail
TEHRAN, June 21 (AFP) - Two Iranian feminists arrested and detained
for having attended an "anti-Islamic" seminar in Berlin in April
were freed on bail pending trial, the state news agency IRNA reported.
Lawyer Mehranghiz Kar and publisher Shahla Lahiji, known for their campaign
for women's rights in Iran, had been held in Evin prison since April 29
for their presence at the seminar earlier in the month >>>
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Former Tehran riot squad chief faces arrest over student unrest
TEHRAN, June 21 (AFP) - Iran's military justice department ordered Wednesday
the arrest of a former head of a Tehran riot squad in connection with investigations
into last July's assault on students which triggered mass unrest, state
radio reported. The department issued arrest warrants for Farhad Arjomandi
and another officer of lower rank after they failed to appear before a
military court, the radio said >>>
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Akbar Ganji's third letter to judiciary chief
Tehran (Bahar) -- Political columnist Akbar Ganji, detained for his
"anti-Islamic" comments at the Berlin conference, has written
yet another letter to the judiciary chie >>>
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Hajjarian ready to appear in court
Tehran (Bahar) -- Saeed Hajjarian, leading reformist whose newspaper
was shut down for alleged press violations, has told his lawyer that he
is prepared to appear in court despite not having fully recovered following
last february's assassination attempt >>>
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Iran's Jews saddened by image built by espionage trial
SHIRAZ, Iran, June 21 (AFP) - In a city where Jews and Muslims have
long lived side by side, Shiraz's Jewish community is optimistic about
the coming verdicts of 13 Jews accused of espionage but is saddened by
the incorrect image of Iranian Jews the trial has created. "For a
year, I've cried every night," said Golda Nic-Nam, a housewife who
lives in Mahaleh, Shiraz's old Jewish quarter, a few streets away from
the small Saati synagogue >>>
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Soroush addresses Shariati seminar
Tehran (Bahar) -- "Those who sell religion are the biggest threats
against a religious society," said Islamic thinker Abdolkarim Soroush
at a seminar on Ali Shariati at Hosseiniyeh Ershad FULL
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Festival omits Beethoven because of female voices
TEHRAN, June 21 (AFP) - Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" was barred
from a music festival being staged here Wednesday because it uses the female
voice, the organizer of the event said. "We will not play the Ninth
Symphony, because it includes the voices of women, which are forbidden
according to the Islamic law in force in our country," said Fereydun
Nasseri, head of the Tehran Philharmonic Orchestra >>>
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Tuesday
June 20, 2000
Lawyers for Iranian Jews worry over trial delay
SHIRAZ, Iran, June 20 (AFP) - Lawyers defending Iranian Jews accused
of spying for Israel are worried by the delay in winding up the trial and
announcing a verdict in the southern city of Shiraz, their spokesman told
AFP. They also maintain that no proof has emerged to corroborate the "confessions"
of the accused, and contest their validity, said Ismael Nasseri, 40 >>> FULL
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Monday
June 12, 2000
Reformers urge rights respect
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's new reformist legislature warned the hard-line
judiciary Sunday that its ``illegal behavior'' toward the press has damaged
the country's international image, the Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
A letter signed by 151 lawmakers called on the head of the judiciary, Ayatollah
Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, to ``put an end to illegal and politically motivated
closure of newspapers.'' >>>
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Publisher imprisoned
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - An Iranian publisher has been imprisoned for insulting
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during the February election
campaign, newspapers reported Saturday. Alireza Khoshandam, who runs a
small book-publishing house called Creative Dialogue Publications, was
prosecuted for remarks made during his unsuccessful bid to gain election
to parliament >>>
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Docs remove Hajjarian's bullet
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Doctors have removed a bullet from the neck of a
leading reformer who was shot and critically wounded last March in an assassination
attempt, a close aide said Sunday. Saeed Hajjarian was discharged from
the hospital after the surgery Saturday and has returned home, said the
aide, who identified himself only as Tajik >>>
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