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Wednesday
November 22, 2000
Russia to scrap Iran arms pact with Gore
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will consider sanctions againstRussia
if it cannot talk Moscow out of resuming conventional arms sales to Iranfrom
Dec. 1, a U.S. official said on Wednesday. He said Russia intended to scrap
a pact that Vice-President Al Gore (news - websites) sealed in 1995 to
waive U.S. sanctions against such exports if Moscowstopped the contracts
by the end of 1999 >>>
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Iran confirms Belgian arrested on spy charges: ambassador
TEHRAN, Nov 22 (AFP) - Iran's judiciary on Wednesday confirmed aBelgian
national has been arrested on charges of espionage, the Belgianambassador
to Tehran, Guillaume Metten, told AFP
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Terrorism victims shun damage limits
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawyers for American terrorism victims accused the
Clinton administration Wednesday oftrying to limit damages the victims
can collect under a law that lets the government pay part of court judgmentsthey've
won against Iran. The lawyers failed to persuade U.S. District Judge Royce
Lamberth, however, to block implementation of rulesissued by the Treasury
Department (news - web sites) this week for paying claims to terrorism
victims under a lawPresident Clinton (news - web sites) signed last month
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Iran weapons programs may be slowed
WASHINGTON (AP) - China's promise to not help other countries developballistic
missiles could slow down Iran's ambitious weapons program, U.S.officials
say. But like a similar pledge by Russia, which has not blocked all assistance
to Iran,the pledge announced in Beijing and welcomed at the State Department
is only asgood as China's willingness to implement it, the officials said
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* Russia to scrap Iran arms pact with
Gore
* Iran confirms Belgian arrested on spy charges: ambassador
* Terrorism victims shun damage limits
* Iran weapons programs may be slowed
* Iran arrests Belgian national on spy charges
* China escapes U.S. arms sanctions, Iran, Pakistan hit
* China promises not to sell missiles
* Iran giving monthly aid to 2,400 Palestinian families
* Iran delegation off for Saudi to work on security pact
* Khatami says electoral fraud an "unpardonable sin"
* Iran says visit by Britain's Cook still on cards
* Former Guards chief wants army to help wipe Israel off
map
* Cleric lashes out at OIC failure to make full break with
Israel
* Iran, UNESCO agree to establish centre for water management
* Khamenei urges fight against US influence
* Defendant facing death penalty is freed on bail
* Two dead, 15 injured in Iran clashes with MKO: press
* Iran again backs Palestinian uprising
* Hijackers wanted to undermine OIC summit: militia chief
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Tuesday
November 21, 2000
Iran arrests Belgian national on spy charges
TEHRAN, Nov 21 (AFP) - Iran has arrested an unnamed Belgian national
on charges of spying and gathering classified information, the official
IRNA news agency reported Tuesday >>>
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China escapes U.S. arms sanctions, Iran, Pakistan hit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Tuesday it was waiving
sanctions against China for past missile technology transfers to Iran and
Pakistan but imposing them on these two states for receiving the equipment.
``The U.S. side has decided to waive sanctions under U.S. law for past
Chinese assistance to missile programs in Pakistan and Iran, and to resume
certain commercial space interactions with China,'' State Department spokesman
Richard Boucher said >>>
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China promises not to sell missiles
BEIJING (AP) - China promised Tuesday not to sell missiles or components
to countries developing nuclear weapons, easing tensions with Washington
over long-suspected Chinese assistance to Pakistan, Iran and North Korea.
A statement, released by the Chinese Foreign Ministry (news - web sites),
was China's most explicit pledge to date on refraining from spreading missile
technology. It covered not only whole missile systems, which Beijing agreed
not to transfer two years ago, but also dual-use components that could
be used in other technologies >>>
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Iran giving monthly aid to 2,400 Palestinian families
TEHRAN, Nov 21 (AFP) - Iran is giving monthly financial aid to 2,400
Palestinian families, including those of 200 people killed in the recent
violence with Israel, an official said Tuesday. Ali Qanbari, director of
international affairs for the Martyr's Foundation, said the families were
getting money each month but did not specify the amount, the state IRNA
news agency reported >>>
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Iran delegation off for Saudi to work on security pact
TEHRAN, Nov 21 (AFP) - An Iranian delegation left for Saudi Arabia on
Tuesday for initial work on a planned security cooperation agreement between
the two countries, the official IRNA news agency reported. The interior
ministry team is to prepare the way for the signing of the deal during
a future visit to Tehran by Saudi Interior Minister Nayaf bin Abdel Aziz,
IRNA said without specifying the date >>>
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Monday
November 20, 2000
Khatami says electoral fraud an "unpardonable sin"
TEHRAN, Nov 19 (AFP) - President Mohammad Khatami, expected to run for
re-election next May, said Sunday that electoral fraud is an "unpardonable
sin" and called for honesty at the ballot box >>>
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Iran says visit by Britain's Cook still on cards
TEHRAN, Nov 20 (AFP) - An Iran visit by Foreign Secretary Robin Cook,
to be the first by a member of the British government since the 1979 Islamic
revolution but postponed three times, is still on the cards, the foreign
ministry said Monday >>>
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Friday
November 17, 2000
Former Guards chief wants army to help wipe Israel off map
TEHRAN, Nov 17 (AFP) - The former head of Iran's elite Revolutionary
Guards began soliciting volunteers Thursday for a new army to defend the
Palestinians, vowing to fight until Israel is eliminated from the world.
"We are not saying that we will send forces into the occupied territories,"
Mohsen Rezaie told some 1,000 people gathered for the first meeting of
the international anti-Zionist group he has been promoting >>>
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Cleric lashes out at OIC failure to make full break with Israel
TEHRAN, Nov 17 (AFP) - A conservative Iranian cleric lashed out Friday
at the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) for failing to make
a definitive break with the state of Israel at last week's summit. "The
least that could have been expected was that they cut ties with Israel,"
said Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, Iran's former top justice, during a sermon
at weekly prayers carried live on state radio >>>
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Iran, UNESCO agree to establish centre for water management
TEHRAN, Nov 17 (AFP) - UNESCO has agreed to help Iran establish a water
management centre after the Islamic republic's worst drought in decades,
the official IRNA news agency said. It cited Deputy Energy Minister Reza
Ardakanian late Thursday saying the government had signed a deal for a
"regional centre for urban water management" with the UN Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organisation >>>
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Khamenei urges fight against US influence
TEHRAN, Nov 17 (AFP) - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
on Friday urged the nation to stand strong against the political and cultural
influence of the United States, state television reported. Khamenei, speaking
to thousands of people in the central city of Taffresh, echoed his oft-stated
concern over "US-style" reforms which conservatives say are being
pushed by President Mohammad Khatami's reformist movement >>>
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Thursday
November 16, 2000
Paper criticizes move to lower voting age
TEHRAN, Nov 16 (AFP) - A pro-reform Iranian newspaper on Thursday criticized
the reformist-majority parliament's decision to lower the voting age to
15 ahead of next year's presidential elections. "Our 15-year-olds
have not had a chance to go through the process of political maturity,"
the English-language daily said in an editorial unusually critical of the
reformist legislature >>>
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Two dead, 15 injured in Iran clashes with MKO: press
TEHRAN, Nov 16 (AFP) - Two members of Iran's main armed opposition group,
the People's Mujahedeen, were killed and one security guard injured in
Wednesday's clashes near the southern Iranian city of Shiraz, press reports
said. The conservative Jomhuri-Eslami paper, citing a "reliable source",
said Thursday that the Mujahedeen also "injured 15 people," including
one security official >>>
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Iran again backs Palestinian uprising
TEHRAN, Nov 16 (AFP) - Iran on Thursday again gave its full backing
for the Palestinian uprising against Israel and called for international
intervention to stop the "crimes" of the Jewish state. "A
serious international action is needed to stop Israel's crimes against
the Palestinian people," foreign ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi
said, cited by the official IRNA news agency >>>
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Hijackers wanted to undermine OIC summit: militia chief
TEHRAN, Nov 16 (AFP) - The would-be hijackers of an Iranian domestic
flight wanted to undermine Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
efforts to support the Palestinians, a military commander said Thursday.
General Mohammad Hejazi, head of the Islamic Basiji militia, said they
wanted to "weaken the success of the meeting of OIC heads of state
(last week) during which Palestine was defended in an unprecedented way."
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