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DATE=7/2/2000
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=IRAN-JEWS REACT (L-O)
NUMBER=2-263994
BYLINE=LARRY FREUND
DATELINE=NEW YORK
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  American Jewish leaders are reacting angrily 
to the conviction and sentencing of 10 Jews in Iran 
for spying for Israel.  Correspondent Larry Freund 
reports from New York. 
TEXT:  The coordinating organization for American 
Jewish groups says it is outraged at what it calls the 
injustice of the verdicts announced in Iran Saturday.
A court in Shiraz sentenced 10 of the 13 Jewish 
defendants in the month-long trial to prison terms of 
up to 13 years.  Two Muslims accused of being 
accomplices were given two-year sentences while three 
Jewish defendants and two Muslims were acquitted.  
President Clinton said he was deeply disturbed by the 
verdicts.
At a news conference on the street near Iran's mission 
to the United Nations, the executive vice president of 
the Jewish leadership group, Malcolm Hoenlein, said it 
was Iran that was found guilty of, what he termed - 
gross violations of human rights and rejecting the 
rule of law.
Mr. Hoenlein said the verdicts put the lie to what he 
described as the mythology of moderation in Iran.
            /// HOENLEIN ACT ///
      Iran, we declare to you today that the world is 
      watching.  You have seen the statements of world 
      leaders.  They have declared that future 
      relations with Iran will be dependent upon the 
      outcome of this trial.  And we assure you we 
      will re-double our efforts and pursue every 
      avenue to help bring an end to this injustice.
            /// END ACT ///
Several members of the U-S congress appeared at the 
news conference, including Congressman Anthony Weiner, 
who said they were introducing legislation to prevent 
the relaxation of economic measures against Iran.
            /// WEINER ACT ///
      If there is one last chance for Iran in terms of 
      its moderation, in terms of its relations with 
      this country, it is that the appeals court, to 
      show that it is not a sham like the lower court 
      was, to allow these Shiraz 10, now, to go free.
            /// END ACT ///
Iran has accused foreign critics of the verdicts of 
unacceptable interference in its internal affairs.   
(SIGNED)
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