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Friday
January 19, 2001
Tehran rejects US "interference" in domestic affairs
TEHRAN, Jan 19 (AFP) - Iran rejects American interference in its domestic
affairs, including human rights issues, and asks the new US administration
to drop such practises, the official IRNA agency quoted Foreign Ministry
spokesman Hamid-Reza Assefi as saying Friday. "In Iran, the judiciary
is totally independent, and the words of some US officials who are interfering
in our domestic affairs are unacceptable", Assefi said >>>
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Italian president, other top officials to visit Iran
TEHRAN, Jan 19 (AFP) - Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Prime
Minister Giuliano Amato and Industry Minister Enrico Letta are expected
to make separate visits to Iran soon, Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi said
Friday. It will be the third time since the 1979 Islamic Revolution that
a European head of state visits Iran, after Austria's Thomas Klestil and
Greece's Costis Stephanopoulos, both in 1999 >>>
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* Tehran rejects US "interference"
in domestic affairs
* Italian president, other top officials to visit Iran
* Jordan's King Abdullah expected to visit Iran soon
* Iran regrets Persian Gulf defence pact
* Iran ready to talk with UAE on Persian Gulf islands row
* Moroccan PM says politics at heart of historic Iran visit
* Parliament speaker to visit Jordan
* Khatami says democracy essential to survival of Islamic
republic
* Khatami says Persepolis recalls ancient "power"
of Iranians
* Moroccan prime minister arrives in Tehran
* State TV "punished" in budget for airing Berlin
conference: MP
* Iran police seize 700 satellite decoders
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Thursday
January 18, 2001
Jordan's King Abdullah expected to visit Iran soon
AMMAN, Jan 18 (AFP) - Jordan's King Abdullah II is expected to visit
Iran soon and discussions are underway between the two countries to set
a date, a royal court official said on Thursday. "His majesty will
be going to Tehran at the invitation of President Mohammad Khatami but
we are still discussing the exact date of this visit", which could
take place soon, the official told AFP >>>
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Iran regrets Persian Gulf defence pact
DUBAI, Jan 18 (AFP) - Iran voiced regret Thursday that it had not been
included in a joint defence pact signed by Persian Gulf Arab countries.
"If this pact reflects the will of countries in this volatile region
to strengthen peace and security, it should include a power such as Iran
for it to be welcomed", Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi told the London-based
Al-Hayat newspaper >>>
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Iran ready to talk with UAE on Persian Gulf islands row
DUBAI, Jan 18 (AFP) - Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi said Thursday he
was ready to "talk" with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) about
one of three Persian Gulf islands controlled by Tehran but claimed by Abu
Dhabi. "We consider these islands Iranian territory, but there is
a 1971 agreement between Iran and the emirate of Sharjah allowing talks
on Abu Mussa island, and we are ready to start discussions with the UAE
under this accord," Kharazi told the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper
in an interview >>>
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Wednesday
January 17, 2001
Moroccan PM says politics at heart of historic Iran visit
TEHRAN, Jan 17 (AFP) - Moroccan Prime Minister Abderrahmane Youssoufi
said here Wednesday his historic visit to Iran was aimed at strengthening
ties between the two nations. "This is the first visit to Iran by
a top official from my country since the 1979 Islamic revolution and the
chief goal is political," he told reporters after meeting with Iranian
Vice President Hassan Habibi >>>
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Parliament speaker to visit Jordan
AMMAN, Jan 17 (AFP) - Parliament Speaker Mehdi Karubi will visit Jordan
on Sunday at the invitation of his Jordanian counterpart, official Petra
news agency reported Wednesday. Karubi will be accompanied by several parliamentary
and government officials, including the minister of trade and the assistant
foreign minister, Petra said quoting the Iranian ambassador in Amman Nasratollah
Tajik >>>
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Tuesday
January 16, 2001
Khatami says democracy essential to survival of Islamic republic
SHIRAZ, Iran, Jan 15 (AFP) - President Mohammad Khatami Monday called
on the people to defend democratic freedoms, which he described as essential
for the survival of the Islamic republic >>>
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Khatami says Persepolis recalls ancient "power" of Iranians
PERSEPOLIS, Iran, Jan 16 (AFP) - President Mohammad Khatami has called
for the restoration of Persepolis, capital of ancient Persia's Achaemenian
dynasty >>>
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Moroccan prime minister arrives in Tehran
TEHRAN, Jan 16 (AFP) - Moroccan Prime Minister Abderrahmane Youssoufi
arrived Tuesday in Tehran on the start of a five-day official visit to
Iran, state television here said >>>
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State TV "punished" in budget for airing Berlin conference:
MP
TEHRAN, Jan 16 (AFP) - Reformist-led parliament will cut 28 million
dollars from state television and radio's budget because they covered a
controversial Berlin conference that led to jail terms for a number of
liberals, an MP has charged >>>
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Iran police seize 700 satellite decoders
TEHRAN, Jan 15 (AFP) - Police have confiscated 700 satellite decoders
as well as 10,000 "perverse" films on video compact discs in
the southern Bushehr province, the Abrar-e Eqtessad paper reported Monday
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