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August 2001 - Iran Special Weapons News

  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 32 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 27 August 2001 -- PARLIAMENT APPROVES KHATAMI'S CABINET / IRANIAN DEMOCRACY IMPRESSES UN / SERIAL MURDERS -- THE COVER-UP CONTINUES / MAHDAVIYAT MEMBERS APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCES / MASHHAD CAN BE A TOUGH VENUE / QOM GETS SERIOUS / OFFICIALS, MEDIA DEFEND BASIJ / RUSSIAN, DOMESTIC FIRMS MEET AIRCRAFT REQUIREMENTS / STEEL: EXPORTS, IMPORTS, AND UNDER-INVESTMENT / UN AND TEHRAN DIFFER ON POPULATION STATISTICS
  • IRAN/POLITICS VOA 24 Aug 2001-- Iran's parliament or Majlis (pron: MAHJ-leess) as it is called -- has approved President Mohammad Khatami's Cabinet, giving him an early vote of confidence for his second term. But President Khatami will still face resistance to his reform efforts from conservative factions outside the parliament
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 31 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 20 August 2001 -- TEHRAN REACTS TO U.S. COURT JUDGEMENTS / PARLIAMENT BEGINS DELIBERATIONS ON NEW CABINET / TEHRAN SAYS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DOWN... / ...UNEMPLOYMENT LEADS TO IRAQIS' REPATRIATION / PUBLIC REVULSION WITH FLOGGINGS AND HANGINGS / PARLIAMENT CRITICIZES PRISON CONDITIONS / IRAN POPULAR WITH TOURISTS
  • ON THE LINE: IS IRANIAN REFORM FINISHED VOA 17 Aug 2001-- Iran's president, Mohammad Khatami, won a second term as president in an election closely regulated by Iran's religious authorities. Mr. Khatami won by an even greater margin than in 1997. Mr. Khatami had limited success in his first term, describing it as a "tunnel of crisis." Hard-line Muslim clerics in control of the judiciary, military, and the media blocked most of his and the parliament's efforts to liberalize Iran's fundamentalist Islamic regime. At his inauguration, President Khatami promised to push forward with reforms, but many doubt his chances for further success.
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 30 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 13 August 2001 -- KHATAMI INAUGURATION EXPOSES REFORMISTS' WEAKNESSES / INAUGURAL 'GIFTS' FROM THE JUDICIARY / PETROLEUM MINISTRY ADMITS THAT ILSA HURTS / 'ANTI-ZIONIST' RALLIES ACROSS IRAN / TEHRAN UNHAPPY WITH U.S. COUNTER-NARCOTICS AID / IRAN PART OF AFGHAN SANCTIONS PLAN / CASPIAN DISCUSSIONS IN MOSCOW AND ASHGABAT / IRANIAN DELEGATION VISITS U.A.E / IRGC STAGES NAVAL EXERCISES IN PERSIAN GULF
  • IRAN / PRESIDENT VOA 08 Aug 2001-- Iranian president Mohammad Khatami has been sworn in for a second four-year term, but not before a political fight held up his inauguration for three days
  • IRAN / POLITICS VOA 08 Aug 2001-- After much behind-the-scenes political maneuvering, Iran's moderate president has been sworn in for a second term
  • IRAN / POLITICS VOA 07 Aug 2001-- A dispute has been settled between Iran's conservatives and reformers for control of the nation's powerful Guardian Council -- a powerful non-elected body that approves laws passed by parliament
  • IRAN / POLITICS VOA 07 Aug 2001-- Iran's supreme leader has endorsed a proposed compromise to resolve a constitutional dispute between the parliament and judiciary
  • IRAN / POL VOA 06 Aug 2001-- The supreme leader of Iran has called on the country's main arbitration body the Expediency Council -- to resolve a dispute between the parliament and the judiciary. The dispute has a forced a delay in the swearing in of Mohamad Khatami for a second term as president
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 4, Number 29 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 6 August 2001 -- IRANIAN BIOTECHNOLOGY GETS FOREIGN ASSISTANCE / TEHRAN MAINTAINS PRESSURE ON BAKU / KHATAMI'S SECOND TERM ENDORSED... / ...BUT HE IS NOT SWORN IN / A CAPTAIN WITHOUT A CREW / OFFICIAL INVOLVEMENT IN SMUGGLING ALLEGED / TEHRAN FOCUSES ON ARMORED WARFARE
  • IRAN/PRESIDENT VOA 05 Aug 2001-- The official swearing-in of Iranian President Mohammad Khatami to a second four-year term of office has been postponed
  • IRAN / PRESIDENT VOA 03 Aug 2001-- Iranian President Mohammed Khatami will be sworn in Sunday (8/5) for a second four-year term in office. The moderate cleric won a landslide victory in national elections in June
  • IRAN / KHATAMI VOA 02 Aug 2001-- Iran's supreme spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has formally confirmed President Mohammed Khatami for a second four-year term of office. The ceremony (Thursday) was part of the process that began with national elections in June and will culminate on Sunday, when President Khatami is officially sworn in before the Iranian parliament



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