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* Rights group condemns attack
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* French concern at arrests of Jews
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* Extremists attack participants in memorial for Mossadegh
* Iran invited to Frankfurt book fair after 10-year exclusion
* Opposition leader's driver not abducted - paper
* Iran leader opposes easing ban on satellite TV
* Open Letter from Iranian activists in Iran
* Majlis speaker calls for exporting Islam via internet
* Personal driver of opposition leader kidnapped
* Court rejects mayor's appeal of graft ruling
* Iranian opposition meets in Iraq
* Editor of communist newsletter quits
* Opposition figures pledge to expose murderers
* Two political prisoners executed - group
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Friday
May 21, 1999
* Rights group condemns attack
Press release, (The Alliance for Defense of Human Rights in Iran) -
On Wednesday, May 19, 1999, following a peaceful gathering held by students
commemorating the birthday of Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh in Ahmadabad, Iran,
his hometown located about 60 miles west of Tehran, the participants were
attacked by members of the Hezbollah group, supported by the government,
leaving many injured and hospitalized as a result ... FULL
TEXT
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Thursday
May 20, 1999
* French concern at arrests of Jews in Iran
PARIS, May 19 (AFP) - A French Jewish leader Wednesday called on foreign
minister Hubert Vedrine urgently to intervene over the reported arrest
of 22 Jews in Iran some weeks ago, about whom nothing has been heard since
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* Extremists attack participants in memorial for Mossadegh
TEHRAN, May 20 (AFP) - Several people were slightly injured when extremists
attacked a gathering to commemorate the birthday of deceased prime minister
Mohammad Mossadegh, the father of secular nationalism in Iran, newspapers
said Thursday ... FULL
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* Iran invited to Frankfurt book fair after 10-year exclusion
BONN, May 20 (AFP) -Iran is invited to attend the Frankfurt book fair
in October, 10 years after it was banned from the publishing event for
issuing a death decree against British writer Salman Rushdie, the fair's
management said Thursday ... FULL
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Wednesday
May 19, 1999
* Opposition leader's driver not abducted - paper
Tehran, (Neshat) -- The personal driver of Ebrahim Yazdi, leader of
the opposition Freedom Movement of Iran, has not been abducted, as reported
earlier. He was called to appear in court ... FULL
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* Iran leader opposes easing ban on satellite TV
TEHRAN, May 19 (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
has opposed easing a ban on satellite television which clerical leaders
blame for spreading ``corrupt'' Western culture, newspapers reported on
Wednesday ... FULL
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Tuesday
May 18, 1999
* Open Letter from Iranian activists in Iran
May 10, 1999, (Anout Iran) - Dear Compatriots: One hundred seventy bitter
days have passed since the silencing of two shining stars of freedom and
liberty of the Iranian nation. In the meantime, the culprits are still
free, the wheels of justice are still immobile, and the nation is still
waiting [for answers]! ... FULL
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* Iranian parliamentary speaker calls for exporting Islam via internet
TEHRAN, May 18 (AFP) -Iran's conservative speaker of parliament has
proposed enlisting the internet as a tool to propagate "pure Islam."
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Monday
May 17, 1999
* Personal driver of a liberal Iranian opposition leader kidnapped
TEHRAN, May 17 (AFP) -The personal driver of the head of an Iranian
opposition party has been kidnapped from in front of his house in Tehran,
the party said Monday ... FULL
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* Court rejects mayor's appeal of graft ruling
TEHRAN, May 16 (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Court rejected an appeal by
Tehran's former mayor against his conviction on graft charges, leaving
little legal recourse for the jailed moderate politician, the Iranian news
agency IRNA reported on Sunday ... FULL
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* Iranian opposition meets in Iraq
BAGHDAD, May 17 (AFP) -Thousands of Iranian opposition figures wound
up a two-day meeting in Iraq on Monday, setting a target of May 2001 for
the overthrow of the Tehran government, the opposition People's Mujahedeen
said ... FULL
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