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* Iran arrests suspects over dissident murders
* Iran says will punish killers of opposition veteran
* Day of mourning for the Forouhars, Washington DC
* Khatami says freedom is vital to Islamic Iran
* Khatami orders action on dissident killings
* Murder report
* Press says Forouhar slain dissident supported Ocalan
* Sahabi found guilty of publishing lies
* Forouhar & the death penalty
* Iran vows to clear up murder of dissidents
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* Forouhar petition drive
Petition drive by the Iran National Front, USA, in coordination with
Iranian Human Rights Working Group and Democratic Network of Iran
To: The Honorable Mary Robinson
United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights
Geneva, Switzerland
We are outraged to learn of the brutal and gruesome killing of two prominent
opposition leaders in Iran, Mr. Dariush Forouhar and Mrs. Parvaneh Eskandari-Forouhar
on Sunday, November22, 1998. We are sending this fax/e-mail to you to
ask for your expression of condemnation and outrage against this extra-judicial
execution. We are also very concerned about the safety and security of
other opposition members in Iran, including Mr. Abbas Amir-Entezam who
remains in jail.... MORE
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* Iranian intellectual dies in suspicious circumstances
TEHRAN, Nov 26 (AFP) - Magid Sharif, an Iranian writer, journalist and
translator close to liberal opposition circles, has died here in suspicious
circumstances, it was learned here Thursday from associates and a newspaper.
According to the moderate newspaper Hamshahri, the official organ of Tehran
municipality, the 58-year-old Sharif "apparently died of a heart attack"
on November 19. Sharif had left his home after telling his family that
he was going to the eastern city of Mashhad to attend the funeral of an
Iranian religious figure...
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* Dissident clergyman released in Iran
London, November 26, (BBC) - A religious court in Iran has given a suspended
prison sentence to one of the country's prominent dissident clergymen,
Mohsen Saiedzadeh. He was arrested in June, but charges against him were
never made public... FULL
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* Norway to send ambassador back to Iran
OSLO, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Norway said on Friday
it would reinstate an ambassador in Tehran in the New Year after cutting
ties in 1995 over a shooting connected with the Salman Rushdie affair.
The Norwegian Foreign Ministry said Norway had decided to reestablish contacts
after assurances in September from the Iranian government it would not
assist or reward anyone carrying out the religious fatwa, or decree, permitting
the killing of Rushdie. It said there had been ``other positive developments''
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* Iran arrests suspects over dissident murders
TEHRAN, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Iran's police said on Wednesday it had arrested
a number of suspects in the killing of a veteran opposition leader and
his wife, as supporters of the dissidents called for a mass funeral. The
official Iranian news agency IRNA quoted police spokesman Colonel Ali Moqaddam
as saying ``a number of suspects have been arrested in connection with
the slaying'' of Dariush Forouhar and his wife Parvaneh... FULL
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* Iran says will punish killers of opposition veteran
TEHRAN, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Iran has said it will find and punish the
killers of a veteran opposition leader and his wife, the official Iranian
news agency IRNA reported. IRNA quoted Intelligence Minister Qorbanali
Dorri Najafabadi as saying on Tuesday that security forces and the judiciary
were investigating the weekend stabbings of Dariush Forouhar, leader of
the small opposition Iran Nation Party, and his wife Parvaneh... FULL
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* Day of mourning for the Forouhars, Washington DC
When? Saturday November 28th, 1998, at 7:30PM
Where? American University, Ward II building, Washington DC
Iran National Front, USA hereby declares November 28, 1998 (7th day
of Azar, 1377), the 7th day after the assassination of Dariush and Parvcaneh
Forouhar, as a national memorial day in their honor. In Washington DC,
we invite all Iranians to participate in a gathering at the American University,
Ward II building, on Saturday November 28th, 1998 at 7:30PM. Your presence
will show the solidarity of all Iranians around the world with the people
in Iran, in disapproving terrorism. We express support for liberty-loving
people, who are horrified by this barbaric terrorist deed. We believe this
issue will not pass easily. It is up to all of us to take all measures
necessary to uncover the true perpetrators of these assassinations.
Iran National Front, for democracy (INF)
Dept. of International Affairs
Director: Shahram Kheyltash
P.O. Box 447
Falls Church, VA 22040-0447, USA
Tel: (703) 266-4114
Fax: (703) 471-1101
//jebhe.org
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* Khatami says freedom is vital to Islamic Iran
TEHRAN, Nov 25 (Reuters) - President Mohammad Khatami on Wednesday issued
a strong plea for freedom of thought within Iran's Islamic system, warning
the country's newpaper barons that any other course would lead to social
explosion. ``Thought could be blocked for a short while, but it would only
be driven underground and eventually lead to social explosion,'' said Khatami,
a moderate Shi'ite Moslem cleric and himself a former newspaper publisher...
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* Khatami orders action on dissident killings
TEHRAN, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami on Tuesday
ordered urgent investigations into the murder of a veteran opposition leader
and his wife, saying the people had to be reassured the government could
uphold the law. ``It is necessary that a special committee be set up to
seriously follow up the case of the crime...so that God willing the perpetrators
would promptly be identified and pay for their crime,'' state television
quoted Khatami as saying in a letter to Interior Minister Abdolvahed Mousavi-Lari...
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* Murder report
Tehran, (Hamshahri) - A report on the murder of Dariush Forouhar and
his wife, with unusual details ... FULL
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* Press says Forouhar slain dissident supported Ocalan
TEHRAN, Nov 24 (Reuters) - An Iranian dissident murdered at the weekend
was rallying support for detained Kurdish separatist Abdullah Ocalan, a
government official was quoted as saying on Tuesday. The Tehran Times quoted
the Interior Ministry official as saying Dariush Forouhar, found murdered
with his wife, was organising support for Ocalan, who is under house arrest
in Italy from where Turkey has been pressing for his extradition ... FULL
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* Sahabi found guilty of publishing lies
London, Nov 23, (BBC) - An Iranian court has found the editor of an
opposition magazine guilty of insulting the armed forces and publishing
lies about a special clerical court. Iranian television did not say what
punishment, if any, was handed down to Ezzatollah Sahabi, editor of the
Iran-e-Farda magazine. It said the jury decided that he desreved leniency
and dropped all other charges against him but gave no details. Mr Sahabi
was a minister in the early days of the Islamic revolution.
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* Forouhar & the death penalty
By Hossein Baqerzadeh
November 22, 1998
Iranian Human Rights Working Group
