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* Death sentence against editor lifted - unconfirmed
* Afghan Taleban accuse Iran of violating air space
* Iran accused of crackdown, arrests of Bahais
* Britain making "fresh start" with Iran
* Pakistan hopes Iran diplomatic staff cut temporary

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* Iran stages war games on Afghan border
* FM spokesman: no change in iran-pakistan relations
* U.S. urges Iran not to execute condemned Baha'is
* 27 Bahais arrested in Iran
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Iran suspends pro-Khatami weekly newspaper
* Khatami inaugurates 24th Tehran trade fair
* Iran stages mock attacks near Afghan border
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"Servants" party disymayed
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Soccer fans damage/destroy 150 buses
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Afghan-Iran standoff hits border trade
* Nearly 250 Experts candidates rejected
* Baha'i death sentences in Iran
* Mohajerani says he ''won't back down ''
* Albright urges patience toward Iran
* Kharrazi calls for change in U.S. policy
* "Tous" and "Jaameh-ye Saalem" banned
* Rafsanjani's daughter on trial over press charges
* Iran signals may sweeten foreign oil terms

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Friday,
Oct 2 1998

* Death sentence against editor lifted - unconfirmed

WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (THE IRANIAN) - The death sentence against newspaper editor Mohammad 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.

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* Afghan Taleban accuse Iran of violating air space

ISLAMABAD, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taleban Islamic militia said Iranian jets and helicopters violated Afghan airspace three times on Friday, a Pakistan-based Afghan news agency reported. Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) quoted a Taleban official as saying that between 8.30 to 11 a.m. (0400-0630 GMT) Iranian jet fighters in three separate instances entered Afghan air space in Nimroz province bordering Iran... FULL TEXT

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* 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 said... FULL TEXT

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* Britain making "fresh start" with Iran

LONDON, Oct. 1, (IRNA) - foreign secretary robin cook said thursday that the deal he secured with his iranian counterpart kamal kharrazi in new york last week means britain making "a fresh start with iran and the wider islamic world." "iran is currently president of the organisation of the islamic nations, britain is currently president of the g-8 nations," he said ... FULL TEXT

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* Pakistan hopes Iran diplomatic staff cut temporary

ISLAMABAD, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Pakistan's deputy foreign minister Siddique Kanju said on Friday he believed Iran's decision to cuts its staff in Pakistan was due to financial constraints and hoped the reduction was temporary. Iran said on Thursday it had recalled some of its diplomats from Pakistan but insisted the move did not affect relations between the two countries, which are at odds over the conflict in Afghanistan... FULL TEXT

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Thursday
Oct 1, 1998

* Iran stages war games on Afghan border

October 1, (BBC) - Some 200,000 troops are expected to take part Iran has announced the start of another series of major military exercises near its border with Afghanistan. The manoeuvres are biggest Iran has ever staged - some 200,000 troops are expected to take part ... FULL TEXT

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* FM spokesman: no change in iran-pakistan relations

TEHRAN, Oct. 1, (IRNA) - following the return home of some iranian diplomats along with their families from pakistan, foreign ministry spokesman mahmoud mohammadi said here on thursday that this did not mean any change in the level of diplomatic relations between iran and pakistan. the group of iranian diplomats have returned home because of some problems, he said. sources have put the number of returnees at 60... FULL TEXT

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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 TEXT

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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 TEXT

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* Khatami inaugurates 24th Tehran trade fair

TEHRAN, oct. 1, (IRNA) - president mohammad khatami inaugurated the 24th tehran international trade fair here thursday. in his opening speech, the president underlined the fact that commercial and industrial relations were very important factors for establishment of peace and stability in today's world ... FULL TEXT

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Wednesday
Sept 30, 1998

* Iran stages mock attacks near Afghan border

TEHRAN, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Iranian forces staged mock attacks close to the border with Afghanistan on Wednesday in preparation for war games involving 200,000 troops. But there was no word on the start of the Zolfaqar-2 manoeuvres, which Iran said on Saturday would begin ``within seven days.'' ... FULL TEXT

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* "Servants" party disymayed

TEHRAN (Hamshahri) - The "Servants of Development" Party has expressed its disappointment at the Council of Guardians for rejecting 250 candidates for the Assembly of Experts, most of them Khatami supporters... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Soccer fans damage/destroy 150 buses

TEHRAN (Hamshahri) - Last week angry soccer fans in Tehran attacked public buses at Azadi Stadium damaging or destroying 150 0f them. A special report ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN

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* Afghan-Iran standoff hits border trade

QUETTA, Pakistan, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The military standoff between Iran and Afghanistan's Taleban Islamic militia has caused a suspension of border trade between the two countries for the last month and a half, trade sources said. Traders in Quetta, capital of Pakistan's Baluchistan province, said the Taleban were losing thousands of dollars each day due to lost trade at the border with Iran where Tehran has massed more than 270,000 troops for military exercises... FULL TEXT

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Tuesday
Sept 29, 1998

* 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 TEXT

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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 ... FULL TEXT

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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 TEXT

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* Albright urges patience toward Iran

WASHINGTON (AP) -- It will take time and patience to establish good relations with Iran, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Tuesday in a low-keyed response to a tough declaration by the foreign minister of the country's Islamic fundamentalist government. ``We are ready to engage in a process in which each side is able to address the other's concerns,'' Albright said at a news conference... FULL TEXT

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Monday
Sept 28, 1998

* Kharrazi calls for change in U.S. policy

NEW YORK, Sept 28 (Reuters) - The United States must change its behaviour toward Iran, including lifting sanctions that harm the country's economic development, if it wants a serious political dialogue with the government in Tehran, Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said on Monday ... FULL TEXT

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* "Tous" and "Jaameh-ye Saalem" banned

September 29, 1998 (BBC) - Iranian television says a Tehran court has banned two publications for insulting the country's late spiritual leader, Ayatollah Khomeini. The court revoked the publishing licenses of the Iranian daily "Tous" and the monthly "Jameah-e Salam"... FULL TEXT

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* Rafsanjani's daughter on trial over press charges

TEHRAN, Sept 28 (AFP) -Faezeh Hashemi, the daughter of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, appeared before a court on Monday, accused of "lies" in her newspaper, witnesses said... FULL TEXT

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* Iran signals may sweeten foreign oil terms

LONDON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Iran is signalling it may soften terms unpopular with foreign firms chasing oil and gas exploration ventures offered by the Persian Gulf giant, industry sources say... FULL TEXT

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