Iran
May 22, 2000
President Mohammad Khatami said on Monday his government has repaid $12.3 billion of the foreign debts of $32.6 billion since taking office in 1997, r
Drought has inflicted $4.6 billions in damages to the Iranian Hamedan province, Iran News Agency (IRNA) reported Monday. The agency quoted secretary o
The Iranian foreign ministry accused Turkey Monday of rounding up hundreds of Iranians in Istanbul, Radio Tehran reported. "The recent activities of t
May 21, 2000
The commander of Iran's armed forces, General Ali Shahbazi, has presented his resignation to Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who accept
Iranian reformist journalist Akbar Ganji had "illegal links" with a US military officer in Turkey, the judiciary said in a statement Sunday explaining
Reports from Iran say the army has started two major military exercises in the south-western province of Fars, and in Khuzestan, near the border with
Four of the 13 Jews on trial in Iran on charges of spying for Israel have also been accused of spying for Iraq, two French lawyers in Tehran told AFP
May 20, 2000
Iran's Guardian Council certified final results of February's parliamentary elections for Tehran, approving 28 winners with reformers holding the top
May 19, 2000
Iranian President Mohammad Khatami condemned on Friday the recent attacks by the Israel against the Palestinian people which “claimed lives of number
US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Thursday that World Bank approval of two multi-million-dollar loans to Iran was "inappropriate" because
The final results of February's parliamentary elections in Tehran will be announced Saturday at the latest, the Iranian election watchdog body said Th
May 18, 2000
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Thursday asked the country's election watchdog body to validate the Tehran results from February's parl
Iran's elections watchdog the Council of Guardians endorsed Thursday the results of 28 of the 66 seats at stake in the second round of parliamentary e
Iran asked Wednesday the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to help run a nuclear research center, Iran News Agency IRNA reported Wednesday.
May 17, 2000
An Iranian revolutionary court handed down a 15-year jail sentence Wednesday to the man alleged to have shot leading Iranian reformer Said Hajjarian,