1999 Iran Special Weapons News
- YEARENDER: IRAN PRESS Voice of America 23 December 1999 -- Toward the end of November, a clerical court in Iran sentenced newspaper editor Abdollah Nouri to five years in prison for publishing articles insulting to Islam and advocating improved relations with the United States.
- IRAN STUDENTS / POLICE TRIALS Voice of America 06 December 1999 -- A military tribunal in Iran says 20-policemen, including the former police chief of Tehran, are to be tried publicly for raiding a student dormitory during six-days of unrest last July.
- US Department of State Daily Press Briefing 03 December 1999 -- US aim is to have official dialogue about issues of concern, including support for terrorism. US has not received hoped-for responses, on terrorism cooperation or on visas for Iranians to come to the US.
A group of Iranian clerics, who came to the US, complained of their treatment at the airport, and left.
- IRAN PRESS CONVICTION REACT Voice of America 02 December 1999 -- Some senior Iranian religious leaders are criticizing the prison sentence of reformist politician and newspaper publisher Abdollah Nouri.
- IRAN REFORMIST PRISON Voice of America 29 November 1999 -- Iran's President Mohammed Khatami has expressed regret over the conviction of a major reformist ally by a special religious court in Tehran.
- IRAN/SENTENCE Voice of America 27 November 1999 -- A court in Iran sentenced a leading reformist to prison Saturday and ordered his newspaper closed.
- IRAN PLOT Voice of America 25 November 1999 -- Iranian officials say they have prevented an assassination attempt on the nation's president and other senior officials.
- IRAN DEATH SENTENCES Voice of America 23 November 1999 -- A senior judge in Iran has confirmed that three of four individuals sentenced to death for inciting student riots last July are to be executed.
- U-S - IRAN Voice of America 23 November 1999 -- Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, says his country has turned down a request to accept American diplomats in Tehran.
- Text: State Department Releases Foreign Relations Volume on Iran USIA 18 November 1999 -- The State Department November 18 released a volume on U.S. relations with Iran covering the years 1964-1968.
- IRAN / RECONCILIATION MEETING Voice of America 18 November 1999 -- Rival Iranian clerical factions have met in Tehran in an effort to ease tensions. Iranian leaders are calling for collaboration and participation in preparation for parliamentary elections next year.
- IRAN / PRESS FREEDOM Voice of America 16 November 1999 -- In Iran, the judge of a special religious court is preparing to deliver a verdict in the trial
of a popular politician and publisher charged with insulting Islam and other offenses.
- NOURI / IRAN Voice of America 12 November 1999 -- Conservatives in Iran have dealt another blow to the nation's reformist movement, after a special
jury paved the way for the conviction of one of Iran's leading moderates.
- EDITORIAL: IRAN A TERRORIST TARGET Voice of America 06 November 1999 -- Iran continues to provide financial and other assistance to several terrorist organizations, including Hizballah, Hamas, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Yet at the same time that it has supported or organized terrorist attacks on others, Iran itself has been a target of terrorism.
- IRAN / HOSTAGES / ANNIVERSARY Voice of America 04 November 1999 -- In Iran, the 20th anniversary of the takeover of the U-S embassy in Tehran is being marked by protests against the United States and U-S policy in the Mideast.
- IRAN HOSTAGES Voice of America 03 November 1999 --
In Iran, preparations are underway for a rally Thursday to mark the 20th anniversary of the seizure
of the U-S embassy in Tehran.
- IRAN / TRIAL Voice of America 30 October 1999 -- Iran's former interior minister, Abdullah Nouri, is accused of using his newspaper to promote ties with Iran's archenemy, the United States.
- U-S - IRAN RELATIONS Voice of America 22 October 1999 -- The United States and Iran no longer seem to
be enemies, but are not yet friends. Some key issues
keep them apart, notably the Middle East peace
process, terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.
- IRAN/U-S Voice of America 17 October 1999 -- Iranian leaders say the U-S government must restore trust before the two governments can engage in dialogue.
- IRAN -- FREE PRESS Voice of America 15 October 1999 -- According to a new report from a New York-based human rights group, press freedom is a major victim in the political struggle between reformists and conservatives in Iran.
- Text: Indyk Remarks to the Asia Society on US-Iran Relations USIA 14 October 1999 -- "The United States has an interest in better relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran, but for this to happen we must find a waytogether to address the respective concerns on each side," says Assistant Secretary of State Martin S. Indyk.
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- White House Report, Wednesday, September 29, 1999 USIA 29 September 1999 -- White House Press Secretary Joe Lockhart acknowledged at his daily briefing September 29 that President Clinton had sent a letter to Iran's President Mohammad Khatami. But Lockhart would "not get into the details of the letter" saying "it's a private, diplomatic correspondence."
- CONGRESS-IRAN-RUSSIA
Voice of America 14 September 1999 -- For the second year in a row, the U-S House of Representatives has passed a bill calling for sanctions on foreign entities that help Iran's missile program. President Clinton vetoed similar legislation last year. The White House is promising more of the same (another veto).
- EDITORIAL:IRAN'S REPRESSION OF BAHA'IS Voice of America 25 August 1999 -- A recent report documents twenty years of unrelenting persecution of Iranian Baha'is by the government of Iran.
- IRAN - NEWSPAPER BAN Voice of America 05 August 1999 -- Iran's official news agency reports that
a court has ordered a leading newspaper of Iranian reformists banned for five years. The newspaper's publisher has been barred from working in the media for three years.
- KHATAMI ANNIVERSARY Voice of America 03 August 1999 -- The closing days of President Khatami's second
year in office saw the worst social unrest in Iran
since the aftermath of the 1979 Islamic revolution.
- Transcript: Laingen Discusses Iranian Demonstrations on WorldNet USIA 28 July 1999 -- Bruce Laingen, the former charge d'affaires at the U.S. embassy in Iran who was held hostage there during the revolution that overthrew the Shah, appeared on WorldNet television's Global Exchange July 28 to discuss the implications of the recent student-led demonstrations in Iran.
- WHAT NEXT IN IRAN? Voice of America 24 July 1999 -- THERE ARE ALWAYS PEOPLE FEELING THAT THERE IS
SOMEWHERE, SOMEHOW, A REAL ISLAM, A GOOD ISLAM,
A NICE ISLAM, OUR ISLAM, NOT THE BAD ISLAM THAT
IS BEING SHOWN TO US, NOT THE CORRUPT ISLAM, THE
DISTORTED ISLAM THAT IS BEING EXERCISED HERE BY
A RULING CLASS, CLERICS IN THIS CASE.
- IRAN-STUDENTS Voice of America 21 July 1999 --
THE PRO-REFORM GOVERNMENT OF IRANIAN PRESIDENT MOHAMMED KHATAMI WARNED THREE CONSERVATIVE NEWSPAPERS WEDNESDAY THAT THEY HAD VIOLATED THE COUNTRY'S PRESS LAW ON PUBLISHING CLASSIFIED MATERIAL.
- IRANIAN DEMONSTRATION Voice of America 20 July 1999 -- MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE GATHERED NEAR UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK IN SUPPORT OF THE RECENT STUDENT PROTESTS IN IRAN.
- IRAN/STUDENT DEMOS Voice of America 15 July 1999 -- THE HUMAN-RIGHTS GROUP AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SAYS IT HAS EVIDENCE THAT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN IRAN DURING THE PAST WEEK.
- IRAN PROTESTS Voice of America 15 July 1999 -- IRAN'S INTERIOR MINISTER SAYS THE NATION'S SECURITY FORCES HAVE SUCCEEDED IN ENDING WHAT HE CALLS A NATIONAL CRISIS. THE OFFICIAL ALSO THANKED POLICE FOR PUTTING DOWN THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SOCIAL UNREST IRAN HAS SEEN IN 20 YEARS.
- TURMOIL IN IRAN Voice of America 15 July 1999 -- FOR ALMOST A WEEK, PRO-REFORM DEMONSTRATORS OF MOSTLY
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS HAVE PARADED THROUGH THE STREETS
OF TEHRAN AND SEVERAL OTHER IRANIAN CITIES, DEMANDING MORE FREEDOM.
- CLASH IN IRAN Voice of America 14 July 1999 -- COUNTER DEMONSTRATORS HAVE POURED INTO THE STREETS OF TEHRAN IN RESPONSE TO STUDENT PROTESTS.
- IRAN DEMONSTRATIONS Voice of America 14 July 1999 -- SUPPORTERS OF THE IRAN'S CONSERVATIVE RELIGIOUS
GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATED (WEDNESDAY) TO COUNTER PRO-REFORM RALLIES
HELD DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS.
- IRAN/PRO-GOVERNMENT RALLY Voice of America 14 July 1999 -- HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DEMONSTRATING SUPPORT FOR IRAN'S CONSERVATIVE ISLAMIC LEADERSHIP RALLIED IN TEHRAN WEDNESDAY.
- IRAN UNREST Voice of America 13 July 1999 -- CLASHES BETWEEN PRO-REFORM PROTESTERS AND SECURITY POLICE ERUPTED IN IRAN FOR A SIXTH DAY TUESDAY, DESPITE A BAN ON PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS.
- IRAN STUDENTS Voice of America 13 July 1999 -- FOR THE SIXTH DAY TUESDAY, IRAN'S CAPITAL HAS BEEN THE SCENE OF ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATIONS BY THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS DEMANDING REFORM.
- IRAN / STUDENT UNREST Voice of America 13 July 1999 -- : POLICE IN IRAN CRACKED DOWN ON PROTESTERS (TUESDAY) IN TEHRAN DURING THE SIXTH DAY OF PRO-REFORM DEMONSTRATIONS. SOME PROTESTERS TURNED VIOLENT, SMASHING WINDOWS AND SETTING FIRES.
- IRAN-STUDENT UNREST Voice of America 11 July 1999 -- STUDENTS IN IRAN HAVE HELD PRO-DEMOCRACY DEMONSTRATIONS
FOR THE FOURTH DAY. ANALYSTS SAY THE PROTESTS ARE THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT EXPRESSION OF POPULAR DISCONTENT IN IRAN FOR DECADES.
- IRAN STUDENTS Voice of America 12 July 1999 --
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE STAGED ANOTHER ROUND OF PRO-REFORM
DEMONSTRATIONS (MONDAY) IN TEHRAN.
- IRAN STUDENT UNREST Voice of America 10 July 1999 -- IN IRAN, THE HIGHER EDUCATION MINISTER MOSTAFA MOIN HAS
RESIGNED OVER A POLICE CRACKDOWN ON PRO-DEMOCRACY STUDENTS UPSET
OVER THE SHUTTING-DOWN OF A REFORMIST NEWSPAPER.
- Iraqi Spokesman Warns Iran Over 'Stupid' Acts 11 June 1999 (INA -Iraqi News Agency) At 2046
[1646 GMT] yesterday the Iranian regime fired three long-range
surface-to-surface missiles at a Mojahedin-e Khalq [MKO] camp inside
Iraqi territory.
- IRAN PRESIDENT / SAUDI Voice of America 19 May 1999 --
IRANIAN PRESIDENT MOHAMMED KHATAMI HAS FLOWN TO QATAR,
THE LAST STOP OF HIS THREE-NATION TRIP TO THE MIDDLE EAST. BEFORE LEAVING FOR QATAR WEDNESDAY THE IRANIAN PRESIDENT HELD A LAST
MEETING WITH SAUDI CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH IN JEDDAH.
- IRANIAN PRESIDENT / SAUDI Voice of America 16 May 1999 -- IRANIAN PRESIDENT MOHAMMED KHATAMI HAS HELD ANOTHER ROUND
OF TALKS WITH SAUDI LEADERS ON THE SECOND DAY OF HIS TRIP TO
SAUDI ARABIA. OFFICIALS ON BOTH SIDES SAY THE VISIT WILL GO A
LONG WAY TOWARD IMPROVING TIES WHICH HAVE BEEN STRAINED FOR
DECADES.
- SAUDI / KHATAMI Voice of America 15 May 1999 -- IRAN'S PRESIDENT MOHAMMED KHATAMI ARRIVED IN SAUDI ARABIA
FOR THE FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT BY AN IRANIAN
LEADER IN TWO DECADES. THE
LANDMARK VISIT IS PART OF A REGIONAL TOUR AIMED AT BOOSTING
RELATIONS BETWEEN IRAN AND ITS ARAB NEIGHBORS.
- IRAN TORTURE TRIAL Voice of America 3 May 1999 --
IRAN'S SECURITY POLICE CHIEF HAS GONE ON TRIAL ON CHARGES
OF TORTURING CONFESSIONS FROM CITY OFFICIALS AS PART OF A
CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION OF THE FORMER MAYOR OF TEHRAN. THE TRIAL IS SEEN AS
YET ANOTHER CONFRONTATION BETWEEN REFORMIST AND CONSERVATIVE
FACTIONS IN THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT.
- IRAN / OIL SANCTIONS Voice of America 16 April 1999 -- AMERICAN OIL COMPANIES ARE STEPPING UP THEIR CALL FOR AN
END TO THE U-S EMBARGO AGAINST IRAN, SAYING THAT IT HURTS U-S
INTERESTS AND GIVES AN ADVANTAGE TO FOREIGN OIL COMPANIES.
- IRAN HAS FOUR NUCLEAR BOMBS ICEJ NEWS SERVICE April 9, 1998 -- Iran received several nuclear warheads from a former Soviet republic in the early 1990s and Russian experts maintained them. In 1992 the nuclear warheads were being stored in the Lavizan military camp in the Teheran area.
- Iran has up to 4 nuclear bombs By STEVE RODAN Jerusalem Post 09 April 1999 -- Iranian Revolutionary Guards official quotes an engineer identified as Turkan as saying that the nuclear warheads are being stored in the Lavizan military camp in the Teheran area.
- U-N RIGHTS IRAN Voice of America 02 April 1999 -- A UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR SAYS THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT IS MAKING PROGRESS TOWARD BUILDING WHAT HE CALLS A "MORE TOLERANT SOCIETY."
- FRANCE IRAN Voice of America 29 March 1999 --IRAN ON MONDAY (TODAY) POSTPONED A PLANNED TRIP TO FRANCE BY PRESIDENT MOHAMMAD KHATAMI, SAYING FRANCE WAS NOT WILLING TO RESPECT ISLAMIC CUSTOMS DURING HIS STAY.
- IRANIAN LEADER VISITS THE WEST Voice of America 18 March 1999 -- REFORM-MINDED PRESIDENT MOHAMMED KHATAMI RECENTLY FINISHED A THREE-DAY VISIT TO ITALY. THE VISIT IS REMARKABLE BECAUSE IT IS THE FIRST BY AN IRANIAN LEADER TO A WESTERN STATE IN 20 YEARS, SINCE THE 1979 REVOLUTION.
- IRAN / EUROPE Voice of America 10 March 1999 -- IRANIAN PRESIDENT MOHAMAD KHATAMI'S VISIT TO EUROPE THIS WEEK MARKS ANOTHER STEP IN MR. KHATAMI'S EFFORTS TO END IRAN'S DIPLOMATIC ISOLATION AND RESTORE ITS CREDIBILITY IN THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ARENA.
- CONTINUATION OF IRAN EMERGENCY THE WHITE HOUSE March 10, 1999 -- On March 15, 1995, by Executive Order 12957, I declared a national
emergency with respect to Iran pursuant to the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal with the threat to the
national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States
constituted by the actions and policies of the Government of Iran,
including its support for international terrorism, efforts to undermine the
Middle East peace process, and acquisition of weapons of mass destruction
and the means to deliver them.
- THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION: TWENTY YEARS LATER Voice of America 24 Feburary 1999 -- IN 1997, THE PEOPLE OF IRAN SHOWED
THEIR DESIRE FOR CHANGE BY ELECTING MOHAMMED KHATAMI AS PRESIDENT. HOWEVER, IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER ANY SIGNIFICANT LIBERALIZATION WILL BE ALLOWED BY THE CLERICAL REGIME.
- NO CHANGE IN US POLICY TOWARDS IRAN; LIMBERT'S COMMENTS ARE HIS OWN USIA STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT 17 February 1999 As quoted in the February 17 Washington Post ("Diplomatic Dispatches"
column by Nora Boustany entitled, "A Rogue State No More"), Limbert
told a conference at Georgetown University commemorating the 20th
anniversary of the Iranian revolution that "The use of the term 'rogue
state' may make for a good sound bite, but it doesn't make for good policy."
- IRAN'S INTERNAL STRUGGLE Voice of America 12 Feburary 1999 -- SINCE MOHAMMED KHATAMI WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT IN 1997 WITH A LARGE POPULAR VOTE, IRAN HAS BEEN MOVING IN A DEMOCRATIC DIRECTION. BUT IN ITS OWN IRANIAN WAY.
- IRANIAN ANNIVERSARY / RELIGIOUS DIMENSION Voice of America 11 Feburary 1999 -- TODAY IN IRAN THERE ARE TWO MAIN THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT: TRADITIONAL, WHICH DOES NOT BELIEVE IN ANY CHANGES, AND "INQUISITIVE" OR "PROBING" -- FIQH-I PUYA -- THEOLOGY WHICH WANTS TO RECONCILE MODERN ISSUES WITH RELIGION.
- IRANIAN REVOLUTION AT 20: THE ECONOMY Voice of America 09 Feburary 1999 -- THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF IRAN'S ISLAMIC REVOLUTION
COMES AS THE COUNTRY IS SUFFERING WIDESPREAD ECONOMIC WOES.
- IRAN REVOLUTION ANNIVERSARY Voice of America 09 Feburary 1999 -- IRAN IS MARKING THE BEGINNING OF THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION 20
YEARS AGO, WHICH STARTED WITH THE FALL OF THE LAST GOVERNMENT OF
SHAH REZA PAHLAVI.
- IRANIAN REVOLUTION AT 20: RELATIONS WITH U-S Voice of America 08 Feburary 1999 -- EVIDENCE OF CONTINUING IRANIAN INVOLVEMENT IN TERRORISM AND NEW EXPRESSION OF ANIMOSITY TOWARD ISRAEL AND THE (MIDDLE EAST) PEACE PROCESS, CONTINUING INTEREST IN NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY, PERHAPS NUCLEAR WEAPONS, SHOWED THAT THE MOMENTUM TOWARD BETTER RELATIONS WAS NOT FULLY SHARED.
- IRANIAN REVOLUTION AT 20: STRUGGLE FOR CHANGE Voice of America 05 Feburary 1999 -- THE POLICIES ADOPTED BY THE IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARIES CLASHED WITH DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL REALITIES.
- IRAN'S 20-YEAR JOURNEY: 'FROM REVOLUTION TO EVOLUTION'?
USIA Foreign Media Reaction Report February 4, 1999 -- Most judge Iran to be "at a turning point" and "a crossroads" in its attempts at democracy-building and saw its celebration as being "overshadowed" by a struggle between conservatives and President Khatami's reformers. The latest U.S.-British air strikes against Iraq have now also brought Iran into the forefront of U.S. policy formulation in the Middle East, some writers suggested. But even "recognizing that its containment policy has failed," the U.S. "is waiting to see how things evolve in Iran before committing itself further."
- REVOLUTION AND REFORM IN IRAN Voice of America 03 Feburary 1999 -- MODERATE POLITICAL FORCES UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT MOHAMMED KHATAMI CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE FOR INFLUENCE AGAINST CONSERVATIVE MUSLIM CLERICS, WHO REMAIN FIRMLY IN POWER.
- U-S-IRAN RELATIONS/ VANCE Voice of America 14 January 1999 -- FORMER U-S SECRETARY OF STATE CYRUS VANCE SAYS IT IS TIME FOR THE UNITED STATES TO RE-ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH IRAN.
- DIVIDED IRAN Voice of America 14 January 1999 -- AS THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION
APPROACHES IN FEBRUARY, IRAN'S FATE IS UNDECIDED. IT IS PRESENTLY TORN BETWEEN A CLERICAL FACTION LOYAL TO THAT REVOLUTION AND REFORMERS TRYING TO PURSUE MORE MODERATE POLICIES.
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