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November 2002 - Iran Special Weapons News

  • IRAN / DEMOS VOA 29 Nov 2002 -- Tens-of-thousands of Iranian hard-liners rallied in Tehran Friday to mark the country's annual Jerusalem Day -- a day set aside to protest Israel's control of Jerusalem
  • US / IRAN PROTESTS VOA 27 Nov 2002 -- The United States is expressing concern about the arrest of four Iranian student activists who had helped organize pro-reform demonstrations in Tehran. The Iranian government this week banned further protests, which have been staged in support of a reformist scholar who is facing a death sentence
  • IRAN DISSIDENTS VOA 26 Nov 2002 -- At least four student leaders have been arrested in Tehran the day after Iran's government ordered a halt to all student protests. Also on Tuesday, Iran's chief prosecutor said the death sentence against a history teacher, which triggered the protests, will stand unless the teacher agrees to appeal his case. The political tension comes as reformist Iranian President Mohammad Khatami is trying to curb the influence of conservatives who control the judiciary, and many other aspects of life in Iran
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 43 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 25 November 2002 -- IRAN TENSE AS 'QODS DAY' APPROACHES / JAZAYERI VERDICT TOUCHES ON EXTENT OF CORRUPTION... / ...BUT THERE IS SKEPTICISM ABOUT TRIALS' EFFECTIVENESS / CHANTING GANG AT AIRPORT ATTACKS PARLIAMENTARIAN / DEBATE OVER COUNTERNARCOTICS STRATEGY... / ...AND A DISPUTE OVER THE CAUSE OF HIV/AIDS / CONFUSION OVER DISRUPTION OF AFGHAN RIVER FLOW / NORWEGIANS AND IRANIANS EXCHANGE HOSPITALITY / IRAN PURCHASES DANISH ARMS / TEHRAN'S TAKE ON NATO EXPANSION / AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES HINDER QUALITY, COMPETITIVENESS / AGRICULTURAL SECTOR USES EQUIPMENT, CREATES JOBS / SAFFRON CULTIVATION INCREASES BUT EXPORTS DROP / ANOTHER STEP IN IRAN-PAKISTAN-INDIA GAS PIPELINE / ECONOMIC FREEDOM IN IRAN IMPROVES
  • IRAN / PROTESTS VOA 25 Nov 2002 -- Iran's judiciary says it will review the case of a prominent academic who has been condemned to die for blasphemy. A senior government official has also announced an outright ban on student protests
  • IRAN/PROTESTS VOA 24 Nov 2002 -- Thousands of hard-line Iranian militiamen rallied Sunday in Tehran, protesting against the United States, Israel and the increasing voice of pro-reform students in the country
  • U-S / IRAN / PROTESTS VOA 19 Nov 2002 -- The United States, Tuesday, renewed its concern over the death sentence against reformist Iranian university professor Hashem Aghajari. It urged authorities in Tehran to "start listening" to the Iranian students and others who have been protesting against the sentence
  • IRAN / DEMOS VOA 19 Nov 2002 -- Hardliners in Iran held counter-demonstrations for the second consecutive day (Tuesday), against pro-reform students who have been protesting for more than a week. At issue is a death sentence handed down against a history teacher accused of blasphemy
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 42 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 18 November 2002 -- JUDICIARY PLAYS INTO KHATAMI'S HANDS / FACTIONALIZATION OF FRIDAY PRAYERS EVALUATED / KHATAMI DISCUSSES WOMEN'S ACHIEVEMENTS... / ...BUT WOMEN SEEM UNIMPRESSED / SOME SIGNIFICANT FIRSTS FOR IRANIAN WOMEN
  • IRAN / PROTESTS VOA 18 Nov 2002 -- Tehran, thousands of reform-minded students clashed with a few hundred Islamic conservatives Monday, as protests over a professor sentenced to death for blasphemy turned violent
  • IRAN/ PROTESTS VOA 18 Nov 2002 -- Thousands of reform-minded Iranian students clashed with hard-liners Monday over a death sentence imposed for blasphemy on a university professor. After 10 days of protests in Tehran, fighting broke out for the first time Monday
  • IRAN/DEATH SENTENCE VOA 17 Nov 2002 -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ordered the country's hard-line judiciary to review the death sentence of a prominent pro-reform academic, who was found guilty of blasphemy
  • IRAN / DEMOS VOA 13 Nov 2002-- An Iranian reformist and close ally of President Mohammad Khatami says he will not appeal his death sentence even though the president says the sentence should never have been issued
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 41 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 11 November 2002 -- DEATH SENTENCE FOR THE MIRO / STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST AGHAJARI SENTENCE... / ...AND TWO PARLIAMENTARIANS RESIGN / WHAT FUTURE FOR ABDULLAH NURI? / HEALTH MINISTER SUMMONED FOR CONFIDENCE VOTE / PARLIAMENT POSTPONES PLAN TO DIVIDE KHORASAN PROVINCE / KHATAMI'S LEGISLATION CLEARS ANOTHER HURDLE / PROFESSORS WANT OUT / TEACHERS COMPLAIN OF INATTENTION / IRAN TRIES TO REVERSE ITS BRAIN DRAIN / IRAN'S WATER CRISIS PERSISTS / KURDISH LEADER DISSIMULATES ABOUT TRIP TO IRAN / IRANIAN INTERIOR MINISTER VISITS ITALY / ITALIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS VISIT IRAN / ITALIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS VISIT IRAN / TEHRAN AND MANAMA PURSUE ECONOMIC LINKS
  • ISRAEL-IRAN VOA 05 Nov 2002-- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says when the international community finishes dealing with Iraq, it should turn its attention to Iran. Mr. Sharon made the comments in an interview with the Times newspaper of London
  • RFE/RL Iran Report, Volume 5, Number 40 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 4 November 2002 -- KHATAMI'S LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS GAIN INITIAL APPROVAL / CENTRALIZATION OF PENAL SYSTEM TO RESOLVE SHORTCOMINGS / IMPRISONED IRANIAN JEWS GET FURLOUGHS AND EARLY RELEASE / STUDENT PRISONERS MAY BE RELEASED SOON / TEHRAN ONLY WILLING TO TALK ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS / SWISS MAKE DEALS IN TEHRAN / IRAN-EU TRADE TALKS POSTPONED / IRANIAN OFFICIALS SIGN BUSINESS AGREEMENTS IN SPAIN / IRANIAN AND WESTERN NAVIES COOPERATE IN PERSIAN GULF / DUELING DEFENSE CHIEFS / TEHRAN TO MARK OPPOSITION TO 'GLOBAL ARROGANCE.' / FECKLESS FUNDAMENTALIST FULMINATES IN VAIN / QUESTIONS RAISED ABOUT IRAN-U.S. TRADE / TEHRAN DENIES PURCHASING AMERICAN RICE / OFFICIALS DISCUSS IRANIAN SEAFOOD EXPORTS / WATER FROM AFGHANISTAN REACHES IRAN / TEHRAN'S TAKE ON THE MOSCOW HOSTAGE CRISIS / HARD-LINE MEDIA BLAME CONSPIRACY FOR MOSCOW SIEGE / KYIV AND TEHRAN MAKE DEAL AT AIR SHOW / NORWAY'S STATOIL VIOLATES ILSA



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