Iran

June 8, 2000

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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

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Iranian President Mohammed Khatami will travel to Malaysia soon on a state visit, Malaysian Foreign Minister Hamid Albar was quoted as saing Wednesday

June 6, 2000

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In their final defense, lawyers for 13 Iranian Jews accused of spying for Israel called on the state Tuesday either to provide evidence for its claims

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Seven Iranian delegates to a women's conference at the United Nations complained Tuesday they were treated like criminals by US immigration officials

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A prominent Iranian novelist and writer, Hushang Golshiri, has died in hospital in Tehran at the age of 63, reported BBC.online Monday.  Golshiri, who

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The Iranian ministry of intelligence and security rejected Tuesday any link with Ahmad Behbahani, a defector who accused Iran of being behind the 1988

June 5, 2000

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Turkish intelligence services announced Monday that an Iranian ex-intelligence agent had sought asylum in Turkey and asked to be allowed to go to the

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Pakistan and Iran are expected to reach an agreement regarding the proposed 1,500 kilometer-long India-Iran gas pipeline project during the upcoming visit of Pakistani Military leader Pervez Musharra

June 4, 2000

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Iran -- not Libya -- was behind the 1988 Pan Am bombing over Lockerbie, according to an Iranian defector interviewed in a US television broadcast to a

June 3, 2000

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Iran's supreme leader Saturday called on Palestinians to continue their struggle against Israel, saying the recent liberation of south Lebanon from Is

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Iran appears poised to re-test a missile that may have the range to strike Israel, Turkey and parts of Russia, the commander of US forces in the Arab

June 2, 2000

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A raging fire erupted Friday on a stretch of oil pipeline in southwest Iran, killing five people in a car who were trapped by the flames driving throu

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Russian security forces Friday arrested six Iranians at the far-eastern port of Nakhodka for trying to enter Japan illegally, local authorities said.