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Friday
October 13, 2000
Iran says it is fighting "unprecedented" rise in human
smuggling
TEHRAN, Oct 13 (AFP) - Iran has arrested 21 smugglers since the beginning
of the Iranian year in March as regional trafficking in human beings has
risen sharply, the head of Iran's Interpol bureau said. "This figure
is unprecedented in the past 20 years," said Arsalan Monaem, quoted
by the state IRNA news agency late Thursday. "This has become one
of the most profitable professions." >>>
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* Iran says it is fighting "unprecedented"
rise in human smuggling
* Khatami deplores dissident cleric's indictment
* Tense calm after four days of clashes
in north-west Iran
* Teen killed as Iran town protests for third day
* Dissident student leader freed after two days in jail
* Reformers banned from attending symposium in Mashhad
* Reformist cleric tried behind closed doors
* Prosecution of independent cleric condemned
* TV signal to Iran not blocked, US-based company says
* Venezuela deports woman who threw egg
at Khatami
* New reformist daily hits Iran's newsstands
* Clashes in western Iran cause deaths: witness
* Dissident student detained
* Files on political assassinations to be reviewed
* Reformist cleric ignores summons by hardline court
* Reform lawyer warns suspension could endanger rights
* Iranian woman held in Venezuela starts hunger strike
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Thursday
October 12, 2000
Khatami deplores dissident cleric's indictment
TEHRAN, Oct 12 (AFP) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami has sharply
criticised the indictment of a pro-reform cleric, who could now be facing
the death penalty for waging war against God, newspapers said Thursday.
The Tehran Times said the president "voiced his abhorrence" over
the reported indictment of Hassan Yussefi-Eshkevari, who was tried behind
closed doors by the conservative Special Court for Clergy (SCC) >>> FULL TEXT
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Wednesday
October 11, 2000
Tense calm after four days of clashes in north-west Iran
TEHRAN, Oct 11 (AFP) - A tense calm hung over Ajabshir in northwest
Iran Wednesday, after four days of violent clashes between police and demonstrators
sparked by the official classification of the place as a village, the student
agency ISNA reported. Witnesses contacted by AFP said the clashes had left
several dead >>>
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Tuesday
October 10, 2000
Teen killed as Iran town protests for third day
TEHRAN, Oct 10 (Reuters) - One teenager has died in three days of demonstrations
in northwest Iran over demands for better public services, the Qods newspaper
said on Tuesday. The protests broke out on Saturday in the town of Ajabshir,
75 km (46 miles) south of the regional capital Tabriz, over demands for
better telephone services >>>
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Dissident student leader freed after two days in jail
October 9, 2000, TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A dissident student leader was
freed on bail Sunday after two days in police custody apparently for launching
a political party seeking wide-ranging democratic reforms, his wife said
Sunday. Heshmatollah Tabarzadi was arrested Friday by plainclothes police
immediately after the first meeting of the newly founded Iranian People's
Democratic Front, Mahbobeh Alinaqian told The Associated Press >>> FULL
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Four reformers banned from attending symposium in Mashhad
TEHRAN, Oct 10 (AFP) - Four prominent Iranian reformers have been banned
from entering the provincial city of Mashhad to attend a symposium on the
life and work of Ali Shariati, an early proponent of liberal Islam, the
conservative Kayhan newspaper reported Tuesday. The four, which the newspaper
described as "problematic people," were identified as Abdolkarim
Sorush, Mohsen Kadivar, Hashem Aqajari and Habibollah Peyman, were said
to be unwelcome in Mashhad, because it is an important Shiite Muslim holy
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Reformist cleric tried behind closed doors
TEHRAN, Oct 10 (AFP) - Reformist cleric Hassan Yussefi Eshkevari, accused
of acting againststate security after taking part in a Berlin seminar considered
to be anti-Islamic, has been tried in secret, press reports said Tuesday.
The reformist daily Aftab-e-Yazd said the ultra-conservative Special Court
for Clergy religious court tried him Saturday but had no information on
any verdict >>>
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Prosecution of independent cleric condemned
New York, October 10, 2000 (HRW)--Human Rights Watch today condemned
the Iranian government's prosecution of a leading independent writer and
religious scholar, Hojatoleslam Hassan Youssefi Eshkevari. Eshkevari, who
has been held in solitary confinement and denied legal counsel since August
5, was tried behind closed doors on October 7, on a variety of charges,
including "being corrupt on earth" and apostasy, which carry
the death penalt >>>
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TV signal to Iran not blocked, US-based company says
LOS ANGELES, Oct 10 (AFP) - The signal into Iran of a US-based Iranian
television station is not being blocked, contrary to the station's statements,
the carrier said Monday. Eutelsat, one of Europe's leading satellite operators,
said the signal had been interrupted only for a few minutes for "technical
reasons." Last Thursday, Los Angeles-based National Iranian TV said
its signal had been blocked since September 30 >>>
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Venezuela deports woman who threw egg at Khatami
CARACAS, Oct 10 (AFP) - A woman arrested after attempting to throw an
egg at Iranian President Mohammad Khatami during last month's OPEC summit
has been deported to the Netherlands, according to press reports Tuesday.
Laila Jazayeri, a British national of Iranian origin, was deported from
Venezuela together with a Dutch woman, Nayere Lesari, who was with her
September 27 when she succeeded in infiltrating a gala dinner attended
by Khatami and other members of the Iranian delegation to the summit >>> FULL
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Monday
October 9, 2000
New reformist daily hits Iran's newsstands
TEHRAN, Oct 7 (AFP) - A new reformist daily close to Iran's moderate
President Mohammad Khatami hit the country's newsstands Saturday, the second
newspaper launch in a month since a crackdown on the pro-reform press.
The Hambastigi (Solidarity) paper, founded by MP Qolamheydar Ibrahimbai-Salami,
said in its inaugural editorial it was for "reflecting the people's
voice and defending the people's rights."
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Clashes in western Iran cause deaths: witness
TEHRAN, Oct 9 (AFP) - Clashes between police and residents in the western
Iranian town of Ajabshir have caused several deaths, a local resident told
AFP Monday. "A protest demonstration was held Saturday evening because
the telephone company classed Ajabshir as a village and not as a town,"
the resident said. "The police intervened and there was more trouble
on Sunday >>>
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Dissident student detained
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A dissident student leader was detained by police
over the weekend, apparently for launching a political party seeking wide-ranging
democratic reforms, his wife said Sunday after his release on bail. Heshmatollah
Tabarzadi was arrested Friday by plainclothes police immediately after
the first meeting of the newly founded Iranian People's Democratic Front,
Mahbobeh Alinaqian told The Associated Press >>>
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Files on political assassinations to be reviewed
TEHRAN, Oct 9 (AFP) - Iran's second-highest ranking judge said Sunday
that files on the 1998 assassinations of several leading intellectuals
and dissidents would be reviewed because they have "deficiencies,"
state television reported. "The judges and attorneys attending to
this file will once again hand it over to representatives of the executive
and judicial bodies due to existing deficiencies," Hadi Marvi said,
as cited by Iranian television >>>
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Leading reformist cleric ignores summons by hardline court
TEHRAN, Oct 9 (AFP) - Leading reformist Iranian cleric and the editor-in-chief
of a banned reformist daily Ali Akbar Mohtashami ignored a call to appear
before a conservative clerical court in connection with his suspended paper,
the official IRNA news agency reported Sunday. Mohtashami was summoned
to appear at the Special Court for Clergy (SCC), a court that handles cases
involving religious figures, in connection with his now banned pro-reform
Bayan daily >>>
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Reform lawyer warns suspension could endanger student rights
TEHRAN, Oct 7 (AFP) - A pro-reform lawyer who defended students charged
over last year's deadly riots said his five-year suspension from the bar
will obliterate students' rights, press reports said Saturday. "If
this trend continues, cases of national importance will be deprived of
legal support and the rights of students will be trampled," said Mohsen
Rahami, quoted in the Iran Daily paper >>>
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Iranian woman held in Venezuela starts hunger strike
CARACAS, Oct 7 (Reuters) - An Iranian protester detained in Venezuela
said Saturday she had began a hunger strike to call for her immediate release
10 days after pelting a senior Iranian official with eggs during the Caracas
OPEC summit. Laila Jazayeri, 39-year-old British citizen, said she began
her fast at midnight Saturday after being held by Venezuelan authorities
since Sept. 27 without charge >>>
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