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* Russian atomic energy minister to visit Iran
* Political courage needed to break u.s. iran deadlock,
says sick
* Iran resumes Shi'ite Moslem pilgrim trips to Iraq
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* Iran rebuked on executions, religious intolerance
* Iran condemns UN rights resolution
for "ignoring reality"
* Egypt will improve ties with Iran - FM
* U.S. oil firms again frozen out of big Iran business
* New military service buy-out plan
* Lari: Government determined to hold council elections
* Six villages ruined in Iran quake - radio
* Iran facing difficulty in repaying foreign debt
* Commander says Persian Gulf-bound
ships must report
* Iran says weighing U.S. soccer invitation
* Iran welcomes "change" in U.S. oil policy
* Iran's hardliners disrupt student gathering-papers
* Iran pledges no chemical weapons production
* Strikers lock out management at troubled textile mill
* Bahais warn of fresh persecution
* Khatami srongly condemns terrorism
* Iran says no Afghan Taleban talks without apology
* Khatami says Palestinian rights must be recognised
* Top body moves to guarantee investments
* Khatami urges more transparent state media
* Tehran, Helsinki to review human rights issues
* Iran, Oman agree to swap military experts-IRNA
* Former ambassador to France appointed spokesman
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Friday
Nov 20, 1998
* Russian atomic energy minister to visit Iran
MOSCOW, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Russia's Atomic Energy Minister Yevgeni Adamov
will go to Iran on Saturday for a visit certain to be viewed askance by
the United States which believes Tehran is trying to acquire nuclear weapons.
A ministry spokesman said Adamov would visit Iran from November 21-24.
He gave no further details but Russia's RIA news agency said he was expected
to visit a nuclear power plant being built with Russian aid at Bushehr
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* Political courage needed to break u.s. iran deadlock, says sick
London, Nov. 19, IRNA - former u.s. president jimmy carter's principal
aide for iran, gary sick, believes that the prospects exist for a rapprochement
between the u.s. and iran, but suggests that it will need political courage
to overcome 20 years of deadlock. "one side or the other is going
to have to take a political risk and make a gesture," he said in
an interview with irna, but added that he could not make a prediction when
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* Iran resumes Shi'ite Moslem pilgrim trips to Iraq
TEHRAN, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Predominantly Shi'ite Moslem Iran has given
its nationals the all-clear to visit sacred shrines in neighbouring Iraq
after a cooling-off in the Iraqi crisis, the official news agency IRNA
reported on Friday. It quoted Behrouz Karami, governor of the Iranian
border town of Qasr-e Shirin, as saying trips resumed on Thursday after
a one-week suspension due to safety concerns over Iraq's standoff with
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Thursday
Nov 19, 1998
* Iran rebuked on executions, religious intolerance
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. panel adopted a resolution Wednesday
rebuking Iran for executions without due process of law and for discrimination
against women and religious minorities such as the Baha'is. The resolution
was approved by the General Assembly's social, humanitarian and cultural
committee by a vote of 63 to 35 with 60 abstentions. A vote by the committee,
which includes all U.N. members, is tantamount to formal adoption by the
General Assembly, which last year adopted a similar resolution by 74 to
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* Iran condemns UN rights resolution for "ignoring
reality"
TEHRAN, Nov 19 (AFP)-Iran on Thursday denounced
a UN resolution welcoming moves towards openness by the Islamic republic's
government but expressed concern about continuing threats against Salman
Rushdie. "The resolution is a political move targeting political interests
above human rights considerations," said Mostafa Alai, Iran's ambassador
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* Egypt will improve ties with Iran - FM|
Tehran, (HAMSHAHRI) - Egypt will continue to normalize relations with
Iran despite U.S. objections, said the Egyptian foreign minister to a group
of visiting Iranian journalists ... FULL
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* U.S. oil firms again frozen out of big Iran business
WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - American oil companies will again have
to sit on the sidelines while foreign competitors bid for Iranian business
this month, locked out by unilateral sanctions imposed by the U.S. government.
Though American companies need not apply, Iran has set a Nov. 30 deadline
for the rest of the world to bid on 29 oil and natural gas projects worth
several billion dollars... FULL
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* New military service buy-out plan
Tehran, (HAMSHAHRI) - New regulations allowing young adults to buy out
their military service requirements have gone into effect ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
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* Lari: Government determined to hold council elections
Tehran, Nov. 19, IRNA - interior minister, hojatoleslam abdolvahed mousavi
lari, wednesday evening underlined importance of the elections for city
and village councils and described it a key social issue... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
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Wednesday
Nov 19, 1998
* Six villages ruined in Iran quake - radio
TEHRAN, Nov 18 (Reuters) - A strong earthquake which hit southern Iran
on Wednesday caused landslides in a mountainous area and heavily damaged
six villages, Tehran radio reported. It said the quake, measuring 5.6 on
the Richter scale, ``caused destruction of 80 to 100 percent'' in the villages
in Kerman province... FULL
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* Cash-strapped Iran facing difficulty in repaying foreign debt
TEHRAN, Nov 18 (AFP) - The severe recession in Iran, which has been
exacerbated by rock-bottom oil prices, has left both the public and private
sectors struggling to pay off some 11 billion dollars in foreign debt.
Bankers are seeing a sharp rise in debt defaults and foreign firms in Tehran
have been deluged with requests for delays in loan repayments... FULL TEXT
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* Commander says Persian Gulf-bound ships must
report
TEHRAN, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The head of Iran's
Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday ships entering the Persian Gulf
must identify themselves to Iranian forces, Iranian state televison reported.
It was not immediately clear if the remarks by Major-General Yahya Rahim
Safavi amounted to a new demand by Iran, which often objects to the presence
of United States forces in the Gulf... FULL
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* Iran says weighing U.S. soccer invitation
TEHRAN, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Iran's soccer federation is weighing an invitation
to play friendly matches in the United States, a federation official said
in remarks published on Wednesday. ``This proposal has been sent to us
but we have to study it first...We have not replied yet,'' the daily Zan
quoted Nasser Noamouz, manager of Iran's national soccer team, as saying
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* Iran welcomes "change" in U.S. oil policy
London, Nov. 19, IRNA - iran's deputy oil minister for international
affairs mehdi husseini wednesday welcomed u.s energy secretary bill richrdson's
commitment for the free flow of oil across international borders as a positive
signal. "if true, it represents a change in policy," he said.
iran is "happy" to hear that the u.s. supports the non-interruption
of oil supplies, devoid from all political impediments, he told an international
oil confrence in london... FULL
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* Iran's hardliners disrupt student gathering-papers
TEHRAN, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Hardliners disrupted a student gathering
and prevented a speech by a prominent leftist cleric in the city of Mashad,
1,000 km (600 miles) northeast of Tehran, Iranian newspapers reported on
Wednesday. On Tuesday about 30 intruders attacked the Ferdowsi hotel in
Mashad, where a gathering of university students was expected to be opened
by Ali-Akbar Mohtashami, a member of the League of Militant Clerics which
backs moderate President Mohammad Khatami, the daily newspaper Jahan-e
Eslam said... FULL
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Tuesday
Nov 17, 1998
* Iran pledges no chemical weapons production
THE HAGUE, Nov 17 (AFP) -Iran told the Organisation for the Prohibition
of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Tuesday that it had not produced any type of
chemical weapons since the end of its eight-year war with Iraq. Speaking
during the OPCW's Conference of the States Parties of the Chemical Weapons
Convention in The Hague, Mohammad Alborzi, admitted that Iran had sought
to develop the deadly weapons during the Iran-Iraq conflict after Baghdad
launched several chemical weapons attacks ... FULL
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* Strikers lock out management at troubled textile mill
TEHRAN, Nov 16 (AFP) -Workers at a troubled textile mill in northern
Iran locked out the firm's director and other managers after roughing them
up on Monday, strikers told AFP. Some 2,500 staff are on strike at the
mill in Qaem Shahar (formerly known as Shahi), in the Caspian Sea province
of Mazandaran. The strike was called on Sunday to protest against nonpayment
of wages and alleged mismanagement of the mill ... FULL
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* Bahais warn of fresh persecution
PARIS, Nov 17 (Reuters) - French members of the Bahai faith said on
Tuesday that fellow believers in Iran were the target of a new wave of
persecution, caught in a power struggle between reformists and Islamic
fundamentalists. ``When there is a struggle for power, it is always the
minorities who are caught in between and become scapegoats,'' Foad Saberan,
a Frenchman of Iranian origin, told a news conference marking the 100th
anniversary of an organised French Bahai community... FULL
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* Khatami srongly condemns terrorism
TEHRAN, Nov 17 (AFP) -Iranian President Mohammad Khatami strongly condemned
terrorism, which he said had "blackened the face of the 20th century",
in a meeting Monday with Finland's Foreign Minister Tarja Halonen. The
official news agency IRNA quoted Khatami, whose country is accused by the
United States of sponsoring terrorism, as telling Halonen that the world,
including Iran, had suffered greatly as a result of terrorist acts ...
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* Iran says no Afghan Taleban talks without apology
TEHRAN, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday it would not hold any
talks with the Afghan Taleban unless the killers of Iranian diplomats were
punished and the militia apologised for the slayings. ``Iran does not think
conditions are suitable for any political talks with the Taleban before
the arrest and punishment of the Iranian diplomats' killers ... and a formal
apology by the Taleban,'' state-run Tehran radio quoted a Foreign Ministry
official as saying... FULL
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* Khatami says Palestinian rights must be recognised
TEHRAN, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Iran's President Mohammad Khatami said on
Monday detente was a cornerstone of Tehran's foreign policy and that peace
in the Middle East was dependent on Palestinian rights being recognised.
``Detente is among the most fundamental axes of...Iran's foreign policy,
and we do not welcome any tension-causing element,'' Iranian state television
quoted Khatami as telling visiting Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri...
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Monday
November 16, 1998
* Top body moves to guarantee investments
TEHRAN, Nov 15 (Reuters) - A powerful Iranian state body which advises
the supreme leader has adopted measures to guarantee investments in the
country, Iranian newspapers reported on Sunday. The Expediency Council,
chaired by former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, considered the the
requirements of economic sectors and ways to deal with risks to capital
and property, Iran Daily newspaper said ... FULL
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* Khatami urges more transparent state media
TEHRAN, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami called
in remarks broadcast on Monday for more transparency in state media, suggesting
Iranians would turn to foreign media out of distrust of Iranian reports.
``We are only fooling ourselves if we cover up realities in our society
or the world. People will eventually find out somehow what is happening,''
Khatami said in remarks carried by state television ... FULL
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* Tehran, Helsinki to review human rights issues
Tehran, nov. 16, IRNA - Finland and iran will explore security related
issues, human rights and refugee problems in a joint gathering to be held
in helsinki, it was announced here monday. visiting finnish foreign minister,
ms. tajra halonen, told reporters, without elaborating on the date of the
gathering, that a group of academics, diplomats and politicians from both
countries would participate in the gathering ... FULL
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* Iran, Oman agree to swap military experts-IRNA
TEHRAN, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Iran and Oman, neighbours across the mouth
of the Gulf, agreed on Monday to exchange military experts and develop
military cooperation, the Iranian news agency IRNA reported. It said Iran's
Defence Minister Ali Shamkhani and Oman's visiting Defence Affairs Minister
Badr bin Saud bin Hareb al-Bousaidi reached an agreement on ``military
and logistical'' cooperation ... FULL
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* Former ambassador to France appointed spokesman
Tehran, nov. 16, IRNA - In a special ceremony held here monday hamid
reza asefi was officially appointed as foreign ministry's new spokesman.
Asefi has served in the capacity of iran's ambassador to paris ... FULL TEXT
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* Mohammad-taqi Ja'fari dies
Tehran, nov. 15, IRNA -Renowned iranian muslim scholar and philosopher
allameh mohammad-taqi ja'fari died of cancer at a london hospital on monday.
he was 73. ja'fari, who had travelled to london last week to undergo chemotherapy,
also had a brain stroke on saturday while being treated for his lung cancer
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