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November 13-17, 2000 / Aban 23-27, 1379
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* Defendant facing death penalty is
freed on bail
* Satirist apologizes in court
* Iran parliament reduces voting age to 15
* Sahabi defends Berlin seminar
* Guardian council overrules law to raise minimum marriage
age
* UN committee calls on Iran to respect due process of law
* German group calls on Berlin to support Iranian reformers
on trial
* Prison officials deny Ganji's claims of torture in jail
* New pro-reform paper hits newsstands
* Hajjarian back at work after assassination bid
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Friday
November 17, 2000
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Thursday
November 16, 2000
Defendant facing death penalty is freed on bail
TEHRAN, Nov 16 (AFP) - A former Iranian communist facing a possible
death sentence for his role in a controversial political seminar in Germany
has been released on bail, a court official told AFP on Thursday. Khalil
Rostam-Khani, who attended the April conference in Berlin which Iranian
authorities deemed anti-Islamic, paid 87,000 dollars' bail to be released,
the official said. His family confirmed the release >>>
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Wednesday
November 15, 2000
Satirist apologizes in court
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - In testimony as funny as it was serious, Iran's
leading satirist pleaded guilty Wednesday to a charge of insulting government
officials and apologized for lampooning them in his writings. Ever the
comic, Ebrahim Nabavi cracked a joke at the expense of his own lawyer that
provoked guffaws of laughter around the courtroom. When the lawyer questioned
the legality of a trial without a jury, Nabavi intervened to say he had
no objection >>>
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Iran parliament reduces voting age to 15
TEHRAN, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Iran's parliament on Wednesday agreed to
reduce the voting age to 15 from 16 and set the date for parliamentary
by-elections to coincide with presidential polls in May 2001 >>>
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Tuesday
November 14, 2000
Sahabi defends participation in "un-Islamic" Berlin seminar
TEHRAN, Nov 14 (AFP) - Iranian dissident nationalist Ezzatolah Sahabi
on Tuesday rejected charges against him for attending a controversial seminar
in Berlin, telling a court he went to the conference for the benefit of
Iran. "Participating in a conference in a country that has relations
with Iran is not a crime," he said, quoted by the state news agency
IRNA >>>
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Guardian council overrules law to raise minimum marriage age
TEHRAN, Nov 14 (AFP) - A conservative-led Iranian oversight body has
ruled that girls can still be married as young as nine with parental permission,
quashing an attempt by the reformist parliament to raise the minimum age
to 15, and 18 for boys. The Council of Guardians said the measure passed
by parliament late last month was contrary to Islamic law, which sets the
minimum marriage age at 14 for boys and nine for girls >>>
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Monday
November 13, 2000
UN committee calls on Iran to respect due process of law
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 10 (AFP) - Expressing concern about executions and
torture, the human rights committee of the UN General Assembly has called
on Iran to respect due process of law. The committee Thursday voted by
58 to 53, with 48 abstentions, for a resolution calling on the Islamic
government "to ensure that capital punishment will not be imposed
for crimes other than the most serious." >>>
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German group calls on Berlin to support Iranian reformers on trial
BERLIN, Nov 10 (AFP) - The German government was urged Friday to consider
withholding investments in Iran in response to Tehran's decision to put
on trial a group of reformers who attended a conference in Berlin earlier
this year. The conference, co-organised by reformers from Tehran and Germany's
Heinrich Boell Foundation which is closely linked to the German Greens
party, was considered "anti-Islamic" by Iran >>>
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Prison officials deny Ganji's claims of torture in jail
TEHRAN, Nov 13 (AFP) - Iranian prison officials on Monday denied claims
by a prominent pro-reform journalist that he has been tortured by guards
in Tehran's Evin prison. "The allegations by Akbar Ganji are completely
false and aimed at creating an atmosphere of blackmail," the prisons
authority said in a communique published in the conservative Ressalat newspaper
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New pro-reform paper hits newsstands
TEHRAN, Nov 13 (AFP) - A new pro-reform daily hit Iran's newsstands
on Monday, the fourth press launch in three months after a sweeping crackdown
on the nation's newspapers. Doran-e Emrouz (Today's Era) said in its inaugural
editorial that it would focus on "expanding awareness and distributing
correct information." >>>
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Hajjarian back at work after assassination bid
TEHRAN, Nov 13 (AFP) - Pro-reform Iranian politician Said Hajarian,
who barely escaped alive from an assassination attempt in March, went back
to work Monday, press reports said. "I'm sorry I haven't been able
to do anything for the people during my convalescence," the Kayhan
paper quoted him saying as he returned to Tehran City Hall in the wheelchair
he will likely be confined to for the rest of his life >>>
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