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Dec 28-31, 1998 / Dey 7-10, 1377
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* Tehran clash between protestors, police
* Military court to probe murders of dissidents
* Iranian-American named U.S. ambassador
* More than 100,000 sign up for local councils
* Egyptian trade fair to be held in Iran
* Iran offers Iraq its help in ending crisis
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* Reformist groups join forces for polls
* Liberal dissidents to commemorate Foruhar
* IIC urges Clinton to allow food sales to Iran
* 60,000 sign up in municipal polls
* Writers association to be formed
* Painful struggle for change in Iran
* CA governor appoints Iranian-American
* Registration begins for local elections
* Opposition group blames regime
* Khamenei says U.S. world 'despot'
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Thursday
December 24, 1998
* Several injured in Tehran clash between protestors, police
TEHRAN, Dec 31 (AFP) - Several people were injured here Thursday during
a clash between police and demonstrators protesting against a recent series
of murders of Iranian dissidents and intellectuals. Witnesses said the
clashes erupted after a memorial service held to mark the 40th day since
the fatal stabbing of nationalist leader Daryush Foruhar and his wife.
Around 5,000 mourners attended the ceremony at a mosque in central Tehran
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* Military court to probe murders of dissidents
TEHRAN, Dec 31 (AFP) - An Iranian military court is to investigate the
recent killings of two writers as well as a nationalist dissident and his
wife, the official news agency IRNA reported Thursday. The agency, quoting
an unnamed spokesman for the military court, said the general court that
had originally taken up the cases sent them to the military tribunal after
deciding a special investiagtion was needed. But the spokesman stressed
that the cases "have nothing to do with the armed forces or the police."
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* Iranian-American named U.S. ambassador to Argentina
Washington, DC, December 30 (The White House) - The President today
announced his intent to nominate Hassan Nemazee to be U.S. Ambassador to
Argentina. Mr. Hassan Nemazee, of New York, New York, currently serves
as Chair and CEO of Nemazee Capital Corporation ... FULL
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* More than 100,000 sign up for local councils
Tehran, (Hamshahri) - Some 110,000 people have signed up as candidates
for local council elections, including former interior minister Abdollah
Nouri and former oil minister Mohammad Gharazi ... FULL
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* Egyptian trade fair to be held in Iran
CAIRO, Dec 30 (AFP) - An Egyptian trade fair is to be held in Iran in
June, the first in 20 years, Egyptian officials said Wednesday. A variety
of Egyptian products will be on display at the fair from June 21-26, the
MENA news agency quoted organizer Mohammad Said Saleh as saying ... FULL TEXT
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* Iran offers Iraq its help in ending crisis
TEHRAN, Dec 30 (AFP) - Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi said here Wednesday
that Iran was ready to do all it could to end the crisis between Iraq and
the international community. "Iran is ready to put forward every effort
to put an end to the crisis," Kharazi said after a meeting with visiting
Iraqi deputy speaker Ojeil Jalal Ismail ... FULL
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Wednesday
December 30, 1998
* Reformist groups join forces for polls
TEHRAN, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Iran's major reformist political groups supporting
President Mohammad Khatami have joined forces against conservative rivals
for upcoming municipal council elections, newspapers reported on Wednesday.
``All the groups and individuals who joined hands (in Khatami's presidential
campaign in 1997) will be active in this tremendous movement,'' said a
statement by 16 centrist and leftist Islamic groups, which was published
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* Liberal dissidents to commemorate Foruhar
TEHRAN, Dec 30 (AFP) - Around 300 liberal political personalities said
Wednesday they will gather at a Tehran mosque on Thursday to commemorate
the violent murder of a nationalist leader and his wife last month. The
dissidents said in a notice published in moderate Etelaat newspaper that
they will meet in Fakhr mosque in northern Tehran to mark the 40th day
after the deaths of Daryush Foruhar and his wife, Parvaneh. The couple
were stabbed to death in their Tehran home by unidentified intruders on
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* IIC urges Clinton to allow food sales to Iran
Washington DC, December 25, 1998, (IIC) - Iranians for International
Cooperation (IIC) welcomes Senator Craig's initiative to persuade the Treasury
Department to grant necessary license for the $500 million worth of farm
exports to Iran. In a letter to President Clinton, IIC's Chairman urges
the US administration to hear the request of the US lawmakers and allow
sales of food commodities to Iran ... FULL
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Tuesday
December 29, 1998
* Some 60,000 sign up to run in Iran municipal polls
TEHRAN, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Nearly 60,000 candidates have signed up in
the first two days of registration for Iran's first municipal council elections
set for February 26, the Iranian news agency IRNA reported on Tuesday.
It quoted election officials as saying 578 women were among those who had
put forward their names so far for about 200,000 seats which are at stake.
Registration closes on Sunday. A potentially debilitating row over the
naming of poll monitors for Tehran was averted when election bodies run
by rival conservatives and moderates approved a compromise list, newspapers
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* Independent writers association to be formed, daily
Tehran, dec. 29, IRNA - almost all formalities have been completed to
set up a new, but independent writers association of iran, said a prominent
writer, houshang golshiri. In an interview with the english daily 'tehran
times' published tuesday, he said, ''a new constitution of the association
is in the final stage of preparation, and it will be presented to an interim
board of directors for approval.'' ... FULL
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* Painful struggle for change in Iran
Dec 29, (BBC) - BBC Middle East Correspondent Jim Muir reviews Iran's
year: Iran is a country where the struggle between advocates of change
and the entrenched forces of the hardliners has been an almost daily feature
of life over the past year. The country's moderate president, Mohammad
Khatami, has faced numerous setbacks in his attempts to push forward with
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* California governor appoints another Iranian-American
December 24, 1998, (Iranian-American Republican Council) - Governor
Pete Wilson has announced the appointment of Dr. Badi Badiozamani, Ph.D.
to the State Joint Venture Advisory Board for a 4 year term ... FULL TEXT
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Monday
December 28, 1998
* Registration begins in Iran for local elections
TEHRAN, Dec 28 (AFP) - Hopefuls began registering on Monday for Iran's
first local elections since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, seen by Iranian
reformers as a major step towards greater democracy. The landmark vote
on February 26 will allow Iranians to elect around 200,000 councilmen and
councilwomen in thousands of rural and urban districts throughout the country.
The councillors will be responsible for the appointment of around 720 mayors
and supervising their activities as well as ensuring public participation
in local social, political, economic and cultural affairs ... FULL TEXT
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* Opposition group blames regime for Foruhar's murder
TEHRAN, Dec 28 (AFP) - An Iranian nationalist opposition movement accused
the intelligence services on Monday of a role in the murder last month
of its leader Daryush Foruhar and his wife. "I explicitly declare
that these murders could not have been committed without collaboration
from, coordination with and knowledge of a part of the intelligence services,"
said Bahram Namazi, a member of the Party of the Iranian Nation (PIN)...
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* Khamenei says U.S. world 'despot', rejects ties
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blasted
the United States Friday as a world ``despot'' bent on dominating Iran,
and he ruled out ties with Washington. ``The Americans seek domination
not relations, pillage not trade...What they want is the political and
economic domination they had for 30 years and which was ended by the (1979)
revolution,'' Khamenei said in a sermon carried by Tehran radio... FULL
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Friday
December 27, 1998
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