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* Death sentence against editor lifted - unconfirmed
* Iran accused of crackdown, arrests of Bahais
* U.S. urges Iran not to execute condemned Bahais
* 27 Bahais arrested in Iran
* Iran suspends pro-Khatami
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* Nearly 250 Experts candidates rejected
* Baha'i death sentences in Iran
* Mohajerani says he ''won't back down ''
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* Death sentence against editor lifted - unconfirmed
WASHINGTON, Oct 2, (THE IRANIAN) - The death sentence against newspaper
editor Morteza Firoozi has been lifted, sources in Tehran said. Judicial
authorities have made no official announcement and there has been no independent
confirmation. But sources close to Iran News, where Firoozi worked, said
they had received word from the judiciary that Firoozi is no longer facing
the death sentence. Firoozi had been condemned to death in January after
being convicted of adultery and spying.
* Iran accused of crackdown, arrests of Bahais
PARIS, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Members of the Bahai faith in France accused
the Iranian authorities on Friday of launching a major crackdown against
Bahais in 14 cities across Iran, arresting 32 people and breaking into
and looting many homes. All those arrested were professors and teachers
conducting ``open-university'' type courses for young Bahais who their
French fellow believers say are banned by authorities from attending universities
and other institutions of higher learning, a Bahai spokeswoman in France
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* U.S. urges Iran not to execute condemned Baha'is
WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday called on
Iran not to execute two condemned members of the Baha'i faith, which is
considered heresy by Islamic fundamentalists. The State Department issued
the call after Baha'is in France said on Tuesday that death sentences had
been confirmed against two of their co-religionists imprisoned in Mashhad,
northeastern Iran... FULL
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* 27 Bahais arrested in Iran
TORONTO, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Iranian authorities are reported to have arrested
at least 27 Bahais, in the latest crackdown against the largest religious
minority group in that country. Gerald Filson, a spokesman for the Bahai
Community of Canada, says word of the crackdown filtered down today to
members of the community in other parts of the Middle East ... FULL TEXT
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* Iran suspends pro-Khatami weekly newspaper
TEHRAN, Oct 1 (AFP) - Iranian authorities have
temporarily closed an Islamic leftist newspaper, accusing it of publishing
lies and acting against national security, another newspaper reported Thursday.
Navid-e-Esfahan, a weekly newspaper published in the central city of Esfahan,
was accused of "acting against the country's security, publishing
lies and disturbing public opinion as well as promoting opposition groups,"
Salam newspaper reported... FULL
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* Nearly 250 candidates rejected for Assembly of Experts election
TEHRAN, Sept 29 (AFP) - Nearly 150 candidates have been cleared to take
part in next month's elections for a new Assembly of Experts, a cleric-controlled
body which chooses Iran's supreme leader, the interior ministry announced.
It rejected 247 candidates, most of them close to moderate President Mohammad
Khatami ... FULL
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* Baha'i death sentences in Iran
Paris, Sept 29, (Reuters) - The organisation representing members of
the Baha'i faith in Britain says the Iranian Supreme Court has confirmed
death sentences on two more Baha'is in Iran. A statement released in London
says Sirius Dhabihi-Muqaddam and Hedayat Kashefi-Najafabadi had been condemned
for their involvement in religious meetings known as Family Life gatherings
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* Mohajerani says he ''won't back down ''
TEHRAN, Sept. 29, (IRNA) - minister of culture and islamic guidance
ataollah mohajerani here on tuesday said that the ministry does not intend
to alter its past policies towards the press. mohajerani was speaking to
the reporters after he had attended the behind-closed-door session of majlis,
answering deputies questions on the press. ''i said that we won't back
down from our principle of defending legitimate freedoms, and that if i
spoke of limiting the freedom, that was only an aberration and not a norm.
''the norm is granting (the press) freedoms stipulated in the article 29
of the constitution.'' ... FULL
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* AI concerned about arrest of journalists
Sept 25 (Amnesty International) - The human rights organization is alarmed
by recent reports that four employees of the Iranian daily newspaper Tous
were arrested between the 16 and 20 September 1998. Mashallah Shamsolva'ezin,
Hamid Reza Jalaipour, Mohammad Javadi Hessar and Ibrahim Nabavi were reportedly
detained following the publication of an article questioning the policies
of the Iranian government in Afghanistan and condemning the recent military
build-up on Iran's eastern borders... FULL
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* PEN asks for release of Tous reporters
Our letter to you today comes with a grave sense of urgency as we are
disturbed by reports that that the daily newspaper Tous was banned on September
16, 1998, on charges that it published articles in conflict with Iran's
national interests and security. We are further perturbed to learn of the
arrest and detention of Mahmoud Shamsolvaezin, chief editor of the newspaper,
and Hamid Reza Jalaipur, director of publishing of Tous... FULL TEXT
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