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October 2-6, 2000 / Mehr 11-15, 1379
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October 6, 2000
Iran says 150 arrested so far over Khorramabad unrest
TEHRAN, Oct 5 (AFP) - Iranian police have arrested 150 people so far
in connection with the deadly unrest that marred a pro-reform student conference
in August, police officials were quoted as saying in Thursday's press.
Rahim Khorshidvand, head of the police in Lorestan province, said he was
still waiting for additional arrest warrants to be issued over the troubles
in the provincial capital of Khoramabad, the Jomhuri Eslami reported >>> FULL
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* Iran says 150 arrested so far over
Khorramabad unrest
* Wives of jailed journalists demand visiting, telephone
rights
* Rogue carrier blocks U.S.-based National Iranian TV transmission
* Reformist MP calls for rehabilitation of Ayatollah Montazeri
* Jailed journalists complain of prison conditions
* Human rights group condemns death sentences
* Daily paper banned for picture of nude
man
* Students protest against lack of housing
* Jews celebrate New Year while relatives languish in prison
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Thursday
October 5, 2000
Wives of jailed journalists demand visiting, telephone rights
TEHRAN, Oct 5 (AFP) - Wives of imprisoned Iranian journalists called
on MPs Wednesday to intervene on behalf of their husbands, who they say
have been deprived of visiting and telephone rights, the official IRNA
news agency reported. Speaking on behalf of the women, Fariba Abbassgholi-Zadeh
said that her husband, Mashallah Shamsolvaezin, as well as Emmadeddin Baghi,
Akbar Ganji, Latif Safari, Hassan Yussefi Ashkevari and Ahmad Zidabadi,
have been prohibited from receiving visits or making telephone calls for
the past two weeks >>>
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Rogue carrier blocks U.S.-based National Iranian TV transmission
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- GlobeCast, a French-based satellite
transmission company, confirmed today in a letter to U.S.-based National
Iranian TV (NITV) that a rogue carrier, originating from Iran or a country
close to Iran, has blocked its transmission all over Europe and the Middle
East >>>
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Wednesday
October 4, 2000
Reformist MP calls for rehabilitation of Ayatollah Montazeri
TEHRAN, Oct 3 (AFP) - A reformist Iranian legislator called Tuesday
for the rehabilitation of the liberal cleric elected to succeed the founder
of Iran's Islamic revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, but who was
forced to step down before ever taking up that mantle. In a speech to parliament
on Tuesday, MP Mostafa Taheri Najaf-Abadi asked whether it is "just
that this man (Montazeri), who fought next to the imam (Khomeini) for the
creation and defense of the Islamic republic, should be constrained in
his daily life, and theological schools deprived of his teaching."
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Jailed journalists complain of prison condition
TEHRAN, Oct 3 (Hayat-e No) - Detained reformist journalists Mashallah
Shamsolvaezin and Emadedin Baghi have written a letter to the majlis and
the judiciary complaining about the treatment of prisoners >>>
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Human rights group condemns death sentences
October 3, (Iranian Human Rights Working Group) - Iranian authorities
have announced that seven people belonging to a "terrorist netwrok"
have been arrested, tried and condemned to death. No details have been
given about their identities, alleged crimes or trial. Iranian Human Rights
Working Group condemns their illegal treatment >>>
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Tuesday
October 3, 2000
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Monday
October 2, 2000
Daily paper banned for picture of nude man
TEHRAN, Oct 1 (AFP) - A conservative Iranian daily newspaper aimed at
children and young adults was suspended by the press court for publishing
a picture of a naked man, press reports said on Sunday. Gonbade-Kaboud
was ordered closed for publishing the picture of the man in its last edition
on Saturday, the Tehran Times reported, adding that managing director Mohammad
Safizadeh would soon face trial over the photo >>>
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Students protest against lack of housing
TEHRAN, Oct 1 (AFP) - Some 100 students staged a sit-in Sunday in front
of Tehran's University of Science and Industry to protest the lack of student
accommodation, the student news agency ISSNA said. "Officials had
promised dormitory rooms, but the promise was not kept," said the
agency, close to pro-reform students >>>
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Jews celebrate New Year while relatives languish in prison
October 1, 2000, SHIRAZ, Iran (AP) - The Jews in this southern Iranian
city went to synagogue Sunday to celebrate Rosh Hashana, the New Year.
Some visited the local prison to meet relatives who have been convicted
of spying for Israel. For the first time since their loved ones were detained
more than a year ago, the Jews were allowed to take food to the inmates,
Jalal Soleimani, the head of Shiraz's Jewish community told The Associated
Press >>>
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