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Friday
January 12, 2001
Moroccan prime minister to make first visit to Iran
TEHRAN, Jan 12 (AFP) - Prime Minister Abderrahmane Youssoufi will make
the first visit to Iran by a Moroccan head of government since the Islamic
revolution on Tuesday, the Iranian foreign ministry said Friday. Youssoufi,
who will be accompanied by several unidentified ministers and businessmen,
will sign a number of economic agreements between Rabat and Tehran, spokesman
Hamid-Reza Asefi said >>>
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Starving Afghan refugees receive aid from Iran
KUNDUZ REFUGEE CAMP, Afghanistan, Jan 12 (AFP) - Some 13,000 refugees,
huddled in a makeshift camp on the Afghan-Tajik border, received some relief
from misery and starvation with the Thursday shipment of humanitarian aid
from Iran. 40 tonnes of flour, butter, canned food and blankets were handed
over to the refugees, who fled the advancing Taliban army and are now suffering
from cold, diseases and hunger >>>
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* Moroccan prime minister to make first
visit to Iran
* Starving Afghan refugees receive aid from Iran
* Iran wants to be consulted on all negotiations concerning
the Caspian Sea
* Tehran police shut down 29 brothels: press
* Khatami's hesitation over standing for re-election worries
Iranians
* EU's Moratinos calls for global cooperation toward "durable
peace"
* Saudi says World Court could end Iran-UAE row
* Saudi says to sign security pact with Iran soon
* Kharrazi to make follow-up visit to Italy after security
accords
* Iran claims Iraqi base MKO is on way out
* Parliament to debate bill to fight US propaganda
* Khatami "hesitant" to seek re-election: speaker
* Iran optimistic on U.S. relations
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Thursday
January 11, 2001
Iran wants to be consulted on all negotiations concerning the Caspian
Sea
TEHRAN, Jan 11 (AFP) - Iran reminded Russia and its neighbours around
the Caspian Sea Thursday that it wants to be consulted on the sharing of
the sea's resources and stressed that the agreements drawn up between Iran
and the former Soviet Union still applied. "A new set of rules for
the Caspian must take into account the current arrangements, but for now
only the 1921 and 1940 agreements (between Iran and the Soviet Union) apply,
and no other arrangement outside those agreements is acceptable,"
said the official IRNA news agency, quoting "an informed source"
at the foreign ministry >>>
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Tehran police shut down 29 brothels: press
TEHRAN, Jan 11 (AFP) - Tehran police have shut down 29 brothels in the
well-heeled northern districts of the city and arrested more than 85 madams
and pimps, a press report said Thursday, quoting a judicial official. The
daily Jam-e-jam said those arrested, whose life style included luxury cars
and mobile telephones, had been sentenced to jail terms, fines and whippings
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Wednesday
January 3, 2001
Khatami's hesitation over standing for re-election worries Iranian
TEHRAN, Jan 10 (AFP) - Iran's President Mohammad Khatami's dallying
over whether or not he will stand for a second term in six months' time
has left many Iranians perplexed, whilst offering no solace to his conservative
rivals. In the past month a member of his closest entourage, parliament
speaker Mehdi Karubi, has twice beseeched him to officially register his
candidacy >>>
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EU's Moratinos calls for global cooperation toward "durable
peace"
TEHRAN, Jan 10 (AFP) - The European Union's special envoy for the Middle
East, Miguel Angel Moratinos, called Wednesday in Tehran on the international
community to "cooperate for the establishment of a durable peace"
in the region. After talks late Tuesday with Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi,
Moratinos voiced on Iranian radio his "concern" over the situation
in Palestine, adding that Tehran and Brussels had also "examined how
Iran can help in the reconstruction of Lebanon >>>
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Tuesday
January 9, 2001
Saudi says World Court could end Iran-UAE row
DUBAI, Jan 8 (Reuters) - A territorial row between Iran and the United
Arab Emirates could best be resolved through the International Court of
Justice as Tehran has rejected regional mediation, Saudi Arabia's foreign
minister said >>>
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Saudi says to sign security pact with Iran soon
DUBAI, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's interior minister, Prince Nayef,
was quoted on Monday as saying he expected to visit Iran soon to sign a
security pact, a fresh sign of warming ties between the regional powers
following years of mistrust >>>
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Kharrazi to make follow-up visit to Italy after security accords
TEHRAN, Jan 9 (AFP) - Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi will visit
Italy next week following key security deals signed between the two nations,
a newspaper said Tuesday. "This visit is aimed at developing cooperation
between our countries," foreign ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi
said, cited in the Khorassan daily >>>
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Iran claims Iraqi base MKO is on way out
TEHRAN, Jan 9 (AFP) - The Iraqi base MKO is on the way out, Intelligence
Minister Ali Yunessi said Tuesday, adding that their "terrorist actions"
only serve to strengthen national unity. Quoted by the state IRNA news
agency, IRNA accused the Mujahadeen of killing "dozens of clergy and
ordinary citizens" and attempting to launch "numerous terrorist
acts inside and outside the country >>>
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Parliament to debate bill to fight US propaganda
TEHRAN, Jan 9 (AFP) - Parliament is gearing up to consider spending
some 20 million dollars to fight US "propaganda" against the
Islamic republic, a parliamentary source said Tuesday. "The measure
was passed in committee and will be presented to the full parliament for
a vote in the coming days," the source said >>>
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Monday
January 8, 2001
Khatami "hesitant" to seek re-election: speaker
TEHRAN, Jan 7 (AFP) - President Mohammad Khatami is unsure about running
for a second term in June, one of his closest political allies said Sunday.
Parliamentary speaker Mehdi Karubi said the president is "hesitant
to stand again, although I am sure we will be able to convince him,"
the state IRNA news agency reported >>>
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Iran optimistic on U.S. relations
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's deputy foreign minister said Saturday his
nation is optimistic about improving relations with the United States after
President-elect Bush takes office, the official Islamic Republic News Agency
reported. Bush takes a more realistic view on Iran, Deputy Foreign Minister
Ali Ahani was quoted as saying by the state news agency >>>
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