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Friday
September 15, 2000
Iran to chair group of 133 developing countries
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Iran was elected by acclamation
on Friday to the chairmanship of the influential Third World coalition
called the Group of 77, which now numbers 133 developing countries. The
election took place at the annual meeting of the group's foreign ministers,
now in New York for the U.N. General Assembly >>>
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Cleric says courts must not delay in provincial unrest
TEHRAN, Sept 15 (AFP) - Iran's judiciary should act quickly on last
month's provincial unrest to avoid a repeat of long delays in other politically
sensitive cases, a leading conservative cleric said Friday. Ayatollah Ahmad
Jannati, speaking at weekly prayers at Tehran university, made the comments
a day after a conservative-led inquiry blamed last month's unrest in the
western city of Khoramabad on leading pro-reform figures
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Britain closes Iran charity after complaints
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's charities watchdog announced Friday it
had closed down an Iranian charity called Iran Aid after investigating
allegations that it was linked to an armed group which opposes the Iranian
government. ``After two years' investigation Iran Aid has failed to give
us verifiable evidence that money donated by the British public was actually
spent on charitable work in Iran,'' Director of Operations at the Charity
Commission, Simon Gillespie said >>>
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UK's Cook presses Iran on Jewish prisoners
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 15 (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Robin
Cook raised the fate of 10 Iranian Jews jailed for alleged spying for Israel
with Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi on Friday, British officials
said. ``On the Shiraz detainees, the foreign secretary pressed for an early
and successful outcome to their appeal,'' an official said, adding that
Kharrazi had ``registered'' the message >>>
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* Iran to chair group of 133 developing
countries
* Cleric says courts must not delay in provincial unrest
* Britain closes Iran charity after complaints
* UK's Cook presses Iran on Jewish prisoners
* Dalai Lama: Help drought victims
* Cleric shot for second time in three months: paper
* U.S. judge faults feds on terror data
* Kuwait and Iran to sign accord to combat drugs
* Iran names London ambassador
* Iran names new ambassador to Saudi Arabia
* Khatami says Iran needs more than religious faith
* Renovation of former U.S. embassy in Teheran
* More than 100,000 Afghans sent home from Iran
* Turkish Muslim militant admits visiting Iran, denies aid
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Thursday
September 14, 2000
Dalai Lama: Help drought victims
September 14, (Water Aid) -- The Dalai Lama has called on the world
community to help drought vicitims in Iran. UN monitors say the country
is facing its worst drought since the mid-60's
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Cleric shot for second time in three months: paper
TEHRAN, Sept 14 (AFP) - An Iranian cleric, Mohammad-Reza Bozorgi Araqi,
was shot and wounded by two unknown motorcyclists earlier this week, just
three months after another assassination attempt against him, a newspaper
reported Thursday. According to the conservative Qods daily, Araqi was
shot at twice late Sunday by two unidentified men in Tehran. The first
bullet entered his back, close to the spinal cord, and exited from his
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U.S. judge faults feds on terror data
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge said Thursday he is ``greatly disappointed''
in the Treasury Department for destroying documents sought by victims of
a terrorist bombing. Lamberth ruled in Flatow's favor and ordered Iran
to pay $247.5 million in damages. More than two years have passed, however,
and Flatow has not collected a cent. The U.S. government has opposed his
efforts to collect the judgment by laying claim to frozen Iranian assets
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Kuwait and Iran to sign accord to combat drugs
KUWAIT CITY, Sept 14 (AFP) - Kuwait and Gulf neighbour Iran will this
month sign a security agreement to combat drug smuggling, the emirate's
interior minister announced in Thursday's newspapers. "Iranian Interior
Minister Abdolvahed Mussavi-Lari will visit Kuwait on September 30 to complete
joint security efforts to combat (drug) smuggling and infiltrations and
sign an agreement," Sheikh Mohammad Khaled al-Sabah said, quoted in
Al-Qabas >>>
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Wednesday
September 13, 2000
Iran names London ambassador
September 9, 2000, TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- The leader of a pro-democracy
student group jailed for his outspoken criticism of government hard-liners
was released this week but said Saturday he would keep fighting for political
freedoms >>>
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Iran names new ambassador to Saudi Arabia
TEHRAN, Sept 13 (AFP) - Iran on Wednesday named Ali-Asqar Khaji, an
advisor to the country's foreign minister, as Tehran's new ambassador to
Riyadh, the official IRNA news agency reported. Khaji, who is also the
head of the foreign ministry's Persian Gulf department, replaces Mohammad
Nuri-Shahroudi >>>
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Tuesday
September 12, 2000
Khatami says Iran needs more than religious faith
TEHRAN, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Reformist President Mohammad Khatami told
the powerful Islamic establishment on Tuesday that Iran needed more than
strong religious faith in order to keep pace with the West. Khatami, a
moderate Shi'ite Moslem cleric who advocates greater understanding of other
cultures, told a large audience of mainly senior clerics that Iran should
make greater scientific and industrial progress >>>
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Renovation of former U.S. embassy in Teheran
September 12, Teheran (dpa) - The former embassy of the United States
in Teheran is being renovated, according to eye-witnesses Tuesday. Several
workers were seen cleaning the walls of the embassy which are covered with
anti-U.S. slogans and there were also some renovation activities inside
the embassy, the eye-witnesses said >>>
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More than 100,000 Afghans sent home from Iran
TEHRAN, Sept 12 (Reuters) - More than 100,000 Afghan refugees have been
sent home from Iran since April, a statement issued by the United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Tuesday. The returnees have
received help from the UNHCR and other international organisations under
a joint programme with the Iranian government since April 8, the UNHCR
statement said >>>
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Turkish Muslim militant admits visiting Iran, denies receiving aid
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Sept 11 (AFP) - A suspected Turkish Muslim militant
told a court here Monday that he had visited Iran, a country Turkey accuses
of aiding extreme Islamist groups, but denied receiving any support there.
"I went to Iran three times out of personal curiosity. I did not receive
any political or military training there and did not meet with any (Iranian)
officials," Edip Gumus, a suspected commander of the Turkish Hizbullah,
told a state security court in this southeastern city >>>
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Monday
September 11, 2000
Khatami to U.S.: Change behavior
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, returning from
the U.N. Millennium Summit in New York, said Saturday that the United States
should recognize Iran's new words and change its behavior toward this Gulf
country. ``Now that the world has accepted that Iran has something new,
fresh and logical to say, the U.S. should recognize it, too,'' Khatami
said of efforts he has made since being elected in 1997 to open Iran to
Western nations. He spoke to reporters upon his arrival at Tehran airport
from a weeklong trip to the United States >>>
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Paper says Khatami should win Nobel peace prize
TEHRAN, Sept 11 (AFP) - A pro-reform Iranian newspaper said Monday that
President Mohammad Khatami should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize
in 2001 for his efforts to create a "dialogue among civilisations."
The Iran Daily, which is published by the state news agency IRNA, said
"Khatami's message has been well received in the international arena,"
citing the Islamic republic's improving ties with the rest of the world
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Official calls for AIDS education in schools
TEHRAN (Reuters) - A senior Iranian official has called for the inclusion
of AIDS education in school textbooks, the official IRNA news agency reported
on Monday. Gholamreza Sahraian, a reformist ally of President Mohammad
Khatami and governor of Fars province in southern Iran, also said that
teachers should be educated on the consequences of the spread of AIDS,
IRNA said >>>
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Militia forces discover huge booze-manufacturing center
TEHRAN, Sept 10 (AFP) - Iran's Islamic Basij militia forces have discovered
and shut down a huge centre manufacturing illicit alcohol, the Kayhan paper
reported Sunday. Two 1,000-liter (260 gallon) tanks, and more than seven
20-liter (five gallon) canisters of alcoholic drinks were discovered in
a house located in the southwest of Tehran, and later destroyed by the
Basij forces >>>
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