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February 1999 - Iran Special Weapons News

  • 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



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