Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)


1999 Iran Special Weapons News



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    December

  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 51 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 27 December 1999 -- SYRIA AND ISRAEL, LEBANON AND IRAN / IRANIANS OUT OF COLOMBIA / IRAN'S MISSILE AMBITIONS / IS AN ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY? / UNITY IN TABRIZ
  • 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.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 50 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 20 December 1999 -- DESPITE DEATH SENTENCES, STUDENTS STILL SUPPORT KHATAMI / HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRESS SLOW IN IRAN / SPECIAL COURT FOR THE CLERGY CRITICIZED / THE CLERGY, THE STATE, AND CORRUPTION / NURI APPEAL FACES PROBLEMS / RAFSANJANI REGISTERS TO RUN / PROBLEMS WITH MUNICIPAL COUNCILS / NO WAY OUT? / RUSSIAN-IRANIAN BORDER?
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 49 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 13 December 1999 -- KHATAMI SUFFERS A DIPLOMATIC ILLNESS / NEW PUBLICATIONS AMIDST CLOSURES AND TRIALS / SANEI CRITICIZED AGAIN / CLERICAL ARSONIST SENTENCED / GERMAN-IRANIAN BUSINESS CONTACTS NOT ENDANGERED / IRAN MAY ORDER MORE NUCLEAR PLANTS / OIC VISITS RUSSIA / DENY, THEN ACCUSE: IRAN AND HAMAS / BAKU UPSET BY IRANIAN SUBVERSION IN AZERBAIJAN / TEHRAN CRACKS DOWN ON AZERBAIJANIS OF IRAN
  • 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.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 48 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 6 December 1999 -- CONTINUING CRITICISM OF NURI CONVICTION / PROMISES OF JUSTICE / NORTH CAUCASUS CRISIS WORRIES IRAN / IRAN AND THE WTO / AN EMPTY GESTURE
  • 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.

    November

  • 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.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 47 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 29 November 1999 -- RI CONVICTED, KHORDAD TO BE CLOSED / MORE PRESS CONVICTIONS / MAHDAVIYAT GROUP ANOTHER SCAPEGOAT / A YEAR LATER, NO ANSWERS TO SERIAL MURDERS / JEWS WANT TO LEAVE IRAN / U.S. INTEREST IN DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE REJECTED / TEHRAN TO AID CHECHEN REFUGEES / SEEDS FROM ISRAEL, FLOUR TO PAKISTAN
  • 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.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 46 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 22 November 1999 -- ONE STUDENT LEADER RELEASED... / ...BUT MANY STUDENTS STILL IMPRISONED / IRGC SUPPORTS KHATAMI / EVEN WITHOUT IRAN, HIZBALLAH HAS ITS MARTYRS / THIRD DEVELOPMENT PLAN RUNS INTO TROUBLE / ANOTHER OIL CONTRACT
  • 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.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 45 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 15 November 1999 -- PRESS HEARINGS WITHOUT A JURY / NEW REALITIES SEEN MAKING VIOLENCE UNACCEPTABLE / JURY RECOMMENDS GUILTY VERDICT FOR NURI / IRANIAN GAS PLANS MEET SETBACKS / IRANIAN ATTITUDES TOWARDS CHECHEN CONFLICT / AMAL'S RELATIONSHIP WITH IRAN / THREE BOMBINGS BLAMED ON IRAN / CORRECTION
  • 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.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 44 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 8 November 1999 -- WHISTLING IN THE DARK / RUSSIA ADMITS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TO IRAN / PAST LIGHTS WAY TO FUTURE IN NURI TRIAL / IRANIAN STUDENTS WARNED, FOREIGN ACADEMICS FUNDED / TEHRAN EXPANDS CRACKDOWN ON MEDIA / HARDLINERS STILL FEAR MONTAZERI /
  • 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.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 43 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 1 November 1999 -- KHATAMI FINALLY GETS TO FRANCE / NEW AGREEMENTS WITH CENTRAL ASIAN STATES / GEORGIA KEEN ON RELATIONS WITH IRAN / ATTITUDES BLOCK PROGRESS IN WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT / AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT WASTED, MORE WHEAT NEEDED / IRANIAN GOVERNMENT SUBMITS TO HOSTAGE TAKERS /

    October

  • 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.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 42 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 25 October 1999 -- IRAN REACTS PREDICTABLY TO INDYK SPEECH... / ...NCR TERRORIST DESIGNATION EARNS LITTLE PRAISE IN IRAN / U.S. CLAIMS OF RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION REJECTED / HIZBALLAH GETS IRANIAN ENCOURAGEMENT -- AND POSSIBLY ARMS / IRAN ALLEGEDLY HELPS HAMAS AND PKK / .. AND CHECHNYA, TOO? / TRIALS AND CONVICTIONS OF STUDENTS
  • 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.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 41 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 18 October 1999 -- RUSSIA ANSWERS IRAN ON NORTH CAUCASUS / FRANCE PLANS TO SPEAK OUT FOR ARRESTED JEWS / IRANIAN FEARS ABOUT IMPACT OF PAKISTAN COUP / THE REAL GREEN PARTY / ARRESTS, ELECTIONS MAY DELAY MURDER TRIAL / EXPEDIENCY COUNCIL TO DECIDE ON ELECTION BILL / PRESS SEEKS PROTECTION AMIDST CLOSURES, ARRESTS / FOREIGN EXCHANGE BALANCE FOR VEHICLE INDUSTRY UNLIKELY / NO DUTCH CREDIT
  • 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.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 40 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 11 October 1999 -- NEW LAWS AND CANDIDATES AND PARLIAMENT'S FUTURE / PARLIAMENT UNHAPPY WITH KHATAMI'S DEVELOPMENT PLAN / TABRIZ PRISONERS APPEAL FOR HELP / DIALOG AMONG CIVILIZATIONS AND MESBAH-YAZDI / INDIRECT NON-PROLIFERATION DISCUSSIONS WITH ISRAEL / LITHUANIAN PARLIAMENT CONCERNED ABOUT IRANIAN OIL TALKS / CONSPIRATORIAL EXPLANATIONS FOR ANTI-SHIA VIOLENCE IN PAKISTAN
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 39 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 4 October 1999 -- NONALIGNMENT--EXCEPT IN NORTH CAUCASUS / NAVAL MANEUVERS HIGHLIGHT CONCERNS AND OPPORTUNITIES / KHAMENEI PASSES FATWA TO PROTECT PLAYWRIGHTS / FACTORY CLOSURES AND LABOR PROBLEMS / EUROPEAN OFFICIALS IN TEHRAN / KHATAMI TO VISIT FRANCE / IRAQI REFUGEES WANT TO GO HOME / RESPONDING TO VIOLENCE

    September

  • war lessons key to iran developing defense systems Sept. 29, irna iran learned from the experience of one of the longest military campaigns of this century to develop its defence system, to sharpen its diplomatic skills, to go after military procurement and to rely on its indigenous missile technology.
  • 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."
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 38 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 27 September 1999 -- SUPERVISORY POWERS OF GUARDIANS COUNCIL REINFORCED / ENTERING THE PARLIAMENTARY RACE / SUPREME LEADER'S DEPUTY CHOSEN? / 'NESHAT' TRIPS OVER 'RED LINE'... / ...AS DO STUDENT PLAYWRIGHTS / PREVENTING FUTURE UNREST IN TABRIZ / INTERNATIONAL PROTESTS AGAINST DEATH SENTENCES / HUSSEINIAN PROTECTING FALLAHIAN? / MARVI: SOME JEWISH SUSPECTS CONFESSED / DEFENSE, SECURITY, AND LOGISTICS
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 37 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 20 September 1999 -- JUDICIAL OBSCURITY THREATENS START OF ACADEMIC YEAR / COUNTRY LIFE / MEDIA GETS MORE ATTENTION / SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES / RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN IRAN / IRGC SPEECHES INDICATE FACTIONAL TENDENCIES / WHITHER HIZBALLAH? / CORN, SUGAR, WATER, AND WAR / IRANIAN LEADERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY
  • 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).
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 36 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 13 September 1999 -- 'NESHAT' CLOSURE HIGHLIGHTS RIVALRIES WITHIN REGIME / NEW SECURITY UNIT NAMED / STUDENT ORGANIZATION BANNED, MEDIA WARNED / ASSEMBLY OF EXPERTS BACKS LEADERSHIP / PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD UP TO BAT? / HAMAS LEAVING AMMAN FOR TEHRAN? / IN THE AIR AND ON THE GROUND / RUSSIA BEGINS TRAINING IRANIAN NUCLEAR SPECIALISTS
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 35 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 6 September 1999 -- U.S. SETS 'NO PRECONDITIONS' FOR TALKS WITH IRAN / FOREIGN INVESTMENT NEEDED TO CURE UNEMPLOYMENT / SS POLICIES PROMOTE PRODUCTIVITY--AND UNITY / PRESS JUDGE HAVING PROBLEMS / BUREAUCRATIC FIGHTS SLOW KIDNAPPING RESOLUTION / TRANSPARENCY, PRIVATIZATION URGED FOR FOUNDATION / TIME'S UP / IRANIAN DISASTER AID REACHES TURKEY / FOREIGN WOMEN FLOCK TO QOM

    August

  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 34 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 30 August 1999 -- U.S. UNAPPROACHABLE AND ITS GRAIN UNAFFORDABLE / ESPIONAGE TRIAL DELAYED / NEW STATISTICS ON 'MINORITIES.' / GERMANY'S DUBIOUS INVESTMENT / PAKISTAN AND IRAN SIGN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING / ADVOCATES OF VIOLENCE CONFRONTED
  • 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.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 33 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 23 August 1999 -- KHATAMI CALLS FOR BOTH DIVERSITY AND UNITY / GUARDIANS COUNCIL TO APPROVE PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES / RENTERING THE FRAY / MORE DISTURBANCES IN ISFAHAN / ISFAHAN ARSONIST APPREHENDED / IRAN DEPORTS REFUGEES / IRAN DIVIDED ON LEBANESE HIZBALLAH / TURKEY AND IRAN REACH SECURITY UNDERSTANDING / NORWAY WELCOMED BACK
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 32 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 9 August 1999 -- MANEUVERING FOR PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION BEGINS / GOVERNMENT STATEMENT ON MURDERS QUESTIONED / MEHDI HASHEMI BEHIND ANTI-CLERICAL VIOLENCE / RUSSIA, IRAN, AND ISRAEL DISCUSS WMD / IS HIZBALLAH BEING RESTRAINED?
  • 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.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 31 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 2 August 1999 -- SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY -- KHATAMI IN HAMADAN / ARRESTS, CONFESSIONS, AND PRESS REPRESSION / NO TRADE FOR ARRESTED JEWS / TURKISH SOLDIERS AMBUSH IRANIAN SHEEP / U.S. GRAIN HAS 'GENETIC PROBLEMS.' / IRAN LASHES OUT AT GERMANY OVER ARREST

    July

  • 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.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 30 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 26 July 1999 -- REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS WARN KHATAMI / TELEVISED CONFESSIONS IMPLICATE EXILES, FOREIGN STATES / CLERICAL COMMENTARY ON DISTURBANCES / IRAN ACCUSES TURKEY OF AIR ATTACK / SPIES AND ASSASSINS IN GERMANY AND PAKISTAN
  • 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.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 29 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 19 July 1999 -- 'DAYS OF RAGE' IN TEHRAN / THE USUAL SUSPECTS / DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE PROVINCES / STATE MEDIA COVERS UNREST / TEHRAN TORTURE TRIAL TERMINATED / CHANGES IN GOVERNMENTAL AND QUASI-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS / IN MILITARY AND CIVIL AVIATION
  • 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.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 28 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 12 July 1999 -- VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS IN TEHRAN / PARLIAMENT APPROVES PRESS BILL AMID NEWSPAPER CLOSURES / TEHRAN LINKS ARRESTED JEWS WITH MISSING DIPLOMATS / THE PKK AND IRAN / SMUGGLING PROBLEMS CONTINUE / IRAN SEEKING FUSION REACTOR? / COMPLAINTS ABOUT SATANIC VOICES
  • 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 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 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 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.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 27 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 7 July 1999 -- SPIES CASE BEING EXPLOITED / FALLAHIAN IN FROM THE COLD / SKEPTICISM ABOUNDS / CHANGES IN THE JUDICIARY / WAITING FOR MONTAZERI / IRAN CHANGES APPROACH TO LEBANON

    June

  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 26 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 28 June 1999 -- BEHIND THE 'ISRAELI SPIES' CASE / ANOTHER SUSPICIOUS DEATH / ITALIANS FREE BUT QUESTIONS LINGER / DIALOGUE WITH ISRAEL? / PERILS WITH PIPELINE / KOSOVA CONFUSES JANNATI / DESPITE PROBLEMS, IRANIAN AVIATION FLIES ON / CLARIFICATION
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 25 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 21 June 1999 -- ESPIONAGE, RELIGION, AND POLITICS / IRANIAN OFFICIALS TOUR MIDDLE EAST / IRANIAN SATELLITE BROADCASTS COMMENCE / RICE IMPORTS FAIL TO MEET REQUIREMENTS / IRAN BUILDING SILOS / NUCLEAR TIES EXPAND / FOUNDATION'S LEADERSHIP MAY CHANGE, ACTIVITIES WON'T
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 24 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 14 June 1999 -- TEHRAN'S NEW MAYOR OUTLINES HIS PLANS / LEGISLATION ON ELECTIONS, PRESS, LABOR DIVIDES PARLIAMENT / KHATAMI APPEALS TO CONSERVATIVE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY / FURTHER DISQUIET IN RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY / KHATAMI, REYSHAHRI CONCUR ON GUARDIANS COUNCIL / IRAN VIEWS KASHMIR CONFLICT WITH CONCERN / IRAN'S KHARRAZI VISITS GEORGIA / MYKONOS ASSASSIN TO BE RELEASED?
  • 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
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 23 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 7 June 1999 -- IRAN SEES WESTERN PLOT IN KOSOVO OUTCOME / TURKEY, OCALAN, IRAN DESCRIBE IRAN-PKK RELATIONS / NORWAY NAMES AMBASSADOR TO TEHRAN / TEHRAN'S NEW MAYOR / REACHING OUT TO THE EXILE COMMUNITY / SENIOR CLERIC DENOUNCES JUDICIARY / ANNIVERSARY OF KHOMEINI'S DEATH COMMEMORATED / BATTLE OVER THE MEDIA HEATS UP

    May

  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 22 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 31 May 1999 -- TEHRAN HOSTS REFUGEE CONFERENCE / DROUGHT COMPOUNDS PROBLEMS / BKO REACTIVATED? / SUPPORT FOR KHATAMI NOT RECIPROCATED / STILL NO MAYOR IN TEHRAN / ISLAM ON THE INTERNET / A PLACE FOR A PARTY
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 21 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 24 May 1999 -- KHATAMI TALKS THE TALK / TEHRAN PROPOSES ISLAMIC PEACEKEEPERS FOR KOSOVA / "IRAN IS NOT IRAQ." / RUSSIA REJECTS US NUCLEAR WORRIES / TALIBAN ALLEGE IRANIAN BORDER VIOLATIONS / CHEMICAL WARFARE INJURIES COURSE IN TEHRAN / RENEWED UNHAPPINESS WITH COUNCIL OF GUARDIANS / NIYAZOV CALLS FOR TURKMEN TO RETURN / NIYAZOV CALLS FOR TURKMEN TO RETURN
  • 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.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 20 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 17 May 1999 -- TEHRAN SHOWS 'SOLIDARITY' WITH KOSOVARS / KHATAMI'S AGENDA IN DAMASCUS / NEW TENSIONS IN TURKISH-IRANIAN RELATIONS / ARGENTINE COURT HOLDS HIZBALLAH RESPONSIBLE / AZERBAIJANI JOURNALIST RELEASED / EVEN IN JAIL, EX-MAYOR OF TEHRAN ATTRACTS ATTENTION / THE MEN WHO WOULD BE MAYOR / NAQDI TRIAL POLITICIZED
  • 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.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 19 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 10 May 1999 -- IRAN FOCUSES ON KOSOVAR REFUGEES / KARBASCHI CONVICTION NOW IRRELEVANT TO KHATAMI / PROSECUTORIAL DELAYS DISTURB SOME / YAZDI DEFENDS JUDICIARY / IRAQ MISTREATS IRANIAN PILGRIMS / CABINET CHANGES / NORWEGIAN POLITICIANS PROMOTE TIES WITH IRAN / AZERBAIJANI JOURNALIST DETAINED IN IRAN / CORRECTION
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 18 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 3 May 1999 -- TEHRAN REACTS TO US SANCTIONS WAIVER WITH DISDAIN / IRAN IDENTIFIED AS STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM / IRAN LINKED WITH KLA AND WITH SERBS / COUNCIL ELECTION RESULTS AND TEHRAN MAYOR / UNHAPPINESS WITH STATE BROADCASTING / KADIVAR DEFENDS INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM
  • 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.

    April

  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 17 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 26 April 1999 -- IRAN'S MIXED REACTION TO CLINTON'S MESSAGE / CONTINUITY IN APPROACH TO KOSOVA CRISIS / PRESS REPRESSION CONTINUES / MOHAJERANI IMPEACHMENT MOTION / KADIVAR APPEALS SENTENCE / PUBLIC ANGER OVER SLOW PACE OF PROSECUTIONS
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 16 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 19 April 1999 -- IS IRAN ADVOCATING AN INDEPENDENT KOSOVO? / CREDITOR FEARS AND LOST OPPORTUNITIES / ARE THE ELECTION RESULTS REALLY GOING TO BE FINAL NOW? / KADIVAR VERDICT DUE IN A WEEK / WHEAT UNWANTED AND UNNECESSARY / AZERBAIJANI CONCERN ABOUT IRANIAN AZERIS
  • 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.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 15 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 12 April 1999 -- NEW YEAR STARTS WITH CRACKDOWN ON PUBLICATIONS / A CAMPAIGN AGAINST MOHAJERANI / KARBASCHI LOSES APPEAL, APPEALS AGAIN / COUNCIL ELECTIONS STILL DEBATED / CLERICAL CRACKDOWN CONTINUES / PAKISTAN RELEASES KILLERS OF IRANIAN DIPLOMAT / AZERBAIJAN ACCUSES IRAN OF SUBVERSION / LEBANESE LEADERS ON IRAN / TEHRAN'S APPROACH TO KOSOVO CRISIS SHIFTS
  • 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.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 14 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 5 April 1999 -- KHATAMI'S FRENCH TRIP CANCELED / IRANIAN REACTION TO KOSOVO CRISIS / CREDIT REPAYMENTS AND LOANS DELAYED / "GREEN GOLD" TARNISHES ... / ... AND TEXTILES FADE / GET YOUR STORIES STRAIGHT
  • 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."

    March

  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 13 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 29 March 1999 -- NO RUZ IN MASHHAD, TEHRAN, AND WASHINGTON / BASIJ AND IRGC LEADERS DISCUSS OBJECTIVES AND LOYALTIES / IRANIANS WITHOUT FRONTIERS (II) / RELATIONS WITH AZERBAIJAN SCHIZOPHRENIC / KHATAMI'S SAUDI VISIT REVIVED / DEMONSTRATIONS AND CALLS FOR UNITY AT PILGRIMAGE
  • 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.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 12 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 22 March 1999 -- IRANIAN EMBASSY CLOSURES / IRIB CRITICIZED FOR ANTI-KHATAMI BIAS / KHATAMI'S FOREIGN TRIPS TO CONTINUE IN FRANCE / KHATAMI TOUR FALTERS -- SAUDI ARABIA / FOREIGNERS BLAMED FOR RECENT MURDERS -- AND NOT SO RECENT ONES, TOO / NET SPREAD FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH PARTNERS / NET SPREAD FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH PARTNERS / NET SPREAD FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH PARTNERS
  • 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.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 11 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 15 March 1999 -- WHY WAS ITALY FIRST? / FINAL RESULTS OF COUNCIL ELECTIONS / COUNCIL WILL PICK TEHRAN'S NEW MAYOR / IN ALBANIA AND BOSNIA / BAN ON QUOTING RFE/RL, UNLESS IT CORROBORATES OFFICIAL VIEWS / TRIAL OF SECURITY OFFICIAL / AYATOLLAH EMAMI-KASHANI HOSPITALIZED
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 10 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 8 March 1999 -- IN COUNCIL ELECTIONS, PUBLIC GAINS SOME CONTROL / KHATAMI GOVERNMENT TESTED / WITH OIL CONTRACT SIGNED, WILL ILSA SURVIVE? / EUROPEAN WHEAT PURCHASED / IRANIAN ARMY GETS NEW CHIEF OF JOINT STAFF / AUSTRALIAN TRADE WITH IRAN / BROADCAST NEWS
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 9 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 1 March 1999 -- COUNCIL ELECTIONS PROCEED SMOOTHLY / KHAMENEI DENOUNCES IRAQI MURDERS... / ...AS DOES IRAQI OPPOSITION IN IRAN / RELIGIOUS SUCCESSION IN IRAQ / IRANIAN ANGER OVER TURKMEN PIPELINE DEAL / GAS EXTRACTION AND WELL-DRILLING CONTRACTS AWARDED / TENSIONS WITH AZERBAIJAN. / ASSEMBLY OF EXPERTS INAUGURAL MEETING

    February

  • THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION: TWENTY YEARS LATER Voice of America 24 February 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.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 8 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 22 February 1999 -- IRANIANS CONDEMN VIOLENCE AT HOME. / MOHAJERANI RENOUNCES RUSHDIE FATWA / CAMPAIGNING FOR COUNCIL ELECTIONS STARTS / "IT'S THE ECONOMY, ..." / MISSILES, PERISCOPES, AND HELICOPTERS / MONTAZERI RESTRICTIONS LIKELY TO CONTINUE / IRANIANS WITHOUT FRONTIERS
  • 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."
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 7 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 15 February 1999 -- INTELLIGENCE MINISTER'S RESIGNATION A VICTORY FOR CONSERVATIVES / REACTIONS TO DORI-NAJAFABADI'S RESIGNATION / 1979 REVOLUTION'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED / MONTAZERI SAYS TIES WITH UNITED STATES PERMISSIBLE / NEW IRANIAN POLITICAL PARTY ANNOUNCES FORMATION / BORROWING TO MEET BUDGET / CLERIC QUESTIONS THEOCRACY'S COMPATIBILITY WITH 21ST CENTURY / AYATOLLAH AZARI-QOMI DIES / CORRECTION
  • IRAN'S INTERNAL STRUGGLE Voice of America 12 February 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 February 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 February 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 February 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 February 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.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 6 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 8 February 1999 -- MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: A SUCCESS ONLY OUTSIDE TEHRAN? / SUPPORTER OF PRESS FREEDOM RESIGNS. / PUBLICATIONS COME AND GO. / PARLIAMENT ADOPTS BUDGET AMID DEBT PROBLEMS. / WHEAT OR MISSILES? / INTERSTATE TRUCKING WITH AZERBAIJAN / BAKU SEEKS EXTRADITION OF AZERI REVOLUTIONARY / RISE AND FALL OF REGIME STALWART
  • IRANIAN REVOLUTION AT 20: STRUGGLE FOR CHANGE Voice of America 05 February 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 February 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.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 5 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 1 February 1999 -- COMPENSATION FOR U.S. MISSILE STRIKE DEMANDED / NEITHER EAST NOR WEST -- BUT WEST IS WORSE / BP AMOCO ACTS QUICKLY, BUT CAUTIOUSLY / REYSHAHRI: MEHDI HASHEMI GANG BEHIND ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT / OIL SMUGGLING UNNECESSARY / RAFSANJANI STILL LOOKING OUT FOR KARBASCHI / THE BASIJ IS POLITICAL / FALSE REPORTS ON MONTAZERI'S FREEDOM / MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS DETERIORATE INTO FACTIONALISM

    January

  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 4 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 25 January 1999 -- FACTIONALISM MAY LEAD TO PRIVATE BROADCASTING / GOVERNMENT REACTS TO ULTRACONSERVATIVES -- BY ARRESTING THEIR OPPONENTS / MONTAZERI FALLOUT / HIZBULLAH THREATENED AGAIN / IRANIAN MILITARY PERCEPTIONS / WHO WILL BE THE NEXT INTELLIGENCE MINISTER? / IRAN STILL ACTIVE IN BOSNIA, BUT OBJECTIVES UNCLEAR
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 3 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 18 January 1999 -- INTELLIGENCE MINISTER'S RESIGNATION DEMANDED / WHO IS TO BLAME FOR IRAN'S RECENT PROBLEMS? / MONTAZERI AGAIN CRITICIZES INTELLIGENCE MINISTER / TRADE SITUATION THREATENS ECONOMY / AZERI SEPARATIST SEEKS ASYLUM IN BAKU / FOUNDATION'S FACTORIES MAY CLOSE / LOW INTEREST IN COUNCIL ELECTIONS / RULES FOR FLAG-BURNING?
  • 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.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 2 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 11 January 1999 -- IRANIANS DIVIDED ON PROPOSED GAS PRICE HIKE / RUSHDIE'S PROBLEMS CONTINUE / IRAN SEEKS EXTRADITION OF AZERI SEPARATISTS / ARRESTS IN IRAN FAVOR HARDLINERS OR MODERATES? / IRAN CONDEMNS SHIA MURDERS IN PAKISTAN / CHANGES IN THE JUDICIARY? / IRANIAN PAPERS CITE RFE/RL -- BUT NOT ALWAYS ACCURATELY.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 2, Number 1 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 5 January 1999 -- IRAN HIT BY WORK STOPPAGES. / WOMEN WILL WIN IN FEBRUARY. / ULTRA-CONSERVATIVES THREATEN AND ARE THREATENED. / IRANIAN NEWSPAPERS USE RFE/RL AS A SOURCE. / L’AFFAIRE KARBASCHI: / ...WHAT THE TRIAL REVEALED… / ...PARTY DEVELOPMENTS... / ... IMPACT ON MUNICIPAL POLITICS / "SWIM IN THE SEA OF DEATH SO THAT YOU MAY ARRIVE AT THE SHORE OF SALVATION." / AGRICULTURE WEEK CELEBRATED WITH CHEAP CREDIT.