Iran

June 14, 2000

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The homes of three reformist journalists, including the imprisoned Akbar Ganji, were searched under orders of a revolutionary tribunal, the pro-reform

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France has recalled a consular official working at its embassy in Tehran over what the ambassador described as the irregular issuing of visas, reporte

June 13, 2000

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Iran's foreign minister Kamal Kharazi will arrive in the Swiss capital Bern Wednesday for a one-day working visit designed to "deepen bilateral relati

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Several of the 13 Iranian Jews accused of spying for Israel recanted Tuesday on their public confessions during their trial in the southern city of Sh

June 12, 2000

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The Iranian authorities have foiled a plot by the exiled armed opposition to kill a prominent adviser to the country's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali

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The CIA and FBI have reportedly concluded that an Iranian defector who claims to be the terrorist mastermind behind the Lockerbie bomb is an impostor,

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Dozens of Iranian students from the central city of Arak demonstrated in front of Parliament Sunday to protest the annulment of a reformist candidate'

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Pakistan's military ruler General Pervez Musharraf announced that his government endorsed a plan for constructing a major gas line connecting India and Iran via Pakistan.  Musharraf conveyed during a

June 10, 2000

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Iranian President Mohammad Khatami told a summit of regional leaders Saturday that Tehran was prepared to share the natural and energy resources of th

June 8, 2000

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Two members of Iran's exiled armed opposition, the People's Mujahedeen, were arrested by intelligence agents in the western town of Salehabad, in Ilam

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The absence of Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer is expected to weigh on proceedings at a summit of the regional Economic Cooperation Organization

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Iran attaches priority to expansion of cooperation with regional states, reported Iran News Agency (IRNA), quoting foreign minister Kamal Kharrazi as

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Spokesman of Iran's Permanent Envoy to the UN refuted Wednesday a "false" report published Tuesday by the UPI news agency, which quoted an American of

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Of 14 million people that currently work in Iran, 1.764 million are women, an Iranian Labor Ministry Official disclosed. The figure constitutes approximately 12 percent of the labor force in the Repub

June 7, 2000

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Iran's Council of Guardians, the conservative body which oversees elections, Wednesday validated a further nine seats from May's second round of parli