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Reza Pahlavi: A New/Old Approach to Iran
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Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
Reza Pahlavi no longer uses "Shah" as his title.
Regarding his future, the
son of the late shah of Iran told an audience of retired foreign service
officers on Feb. 20 that he would leave that up to the people of Iran.
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US test ban threat provokes China and Iran
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The Guardian
China and Iran have restricted their contribution to monitoring nuclear tests, apparently in protest at Washington's hostility towards the comprehensive test ban treaty, raising the fear that the treaty may collapse before it has come into operation.
Iran has stopped sending seismic data to the nascent treaty's office in Vienna, and China has replaced its direct flow of data with diskettes send in the diplomatic pouch.
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Iran: Government Moves Against Smugglers
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RFE/RL
Recent reports indicate that smuggling -- in all its forms -- continues to be a serious problem in Iran and it could be getting worse.
The Ministry of Intelligence and Security prepared a report stating that "the phenomenon of smuggling has greatly expanded, and thus requires serious confrontation, because the country's economy will face dangerous threats in the future."
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Iran's Armament - A Central Element in Establishing Itself as a Regional Superpower
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MEMRI
Background: Iran's Strategic Considerations
Since the days of Muhammad Reza Shah, Iran has perceived itself as a regional superpower.
In accordance with this view, it aspires to arm itself with both conventional and non-conventional weapons (long-range ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons), even though publicly Iran disavows its intention to acquire nuclear weapons.
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Lawyer of murdered writers sentenced: 5 years 70 lashes
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IranMania
TEHRAN, March 26 (AFP) - The lawyer for the families of two Iranian writers murdered in the late 1990s by rogue intelligence agents has been sentenced to five years in prison and 70 lashes for divulging state secrets and weapons and alcohol offences, a report said Tuesday.
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UAE isles issue to be in final communique
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Gulf-News
Arab foreign ministers approved in their meeting here on Monday night the issue of UAE islands of Abu Mousa, Greater and Lesser Tunbs which are occupied by Iran to be added in the final communique of the summit.
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Iran's president expresses sympathy about Afghan earthquake
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BBC Monitoring Service
At a farewell meeting with the Afghan ambassador, the president expressed about the earthquake in Afghanistan and the resulting losses and casualties.
He also conveyed the sympathies of the government and people of Iran with the government and people of Afghanistan.
Mr Khatami I said: Serving the people of Afghanistan cannot be accomplished except through striving to rebuild that country.
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Terrorism
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Iran va Jahan
By Shahla Samii
More than six months have passed since the horrendous attacks on the United
States, and ever since the world is engulfed in the "war on terrorism."
With the focus on ridding one country, Afghanistan, of its fanatical
Islamic government
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Ministers in Iran face trial for corruption, Anti-Graft Drive Blow To Reformists
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Financial Times
Iran's judiciary revealed yesterday that it intended to go ahead with the trials of the oil minister, the governor of the central bank and other senior politicians as part of an anti-corruption drive launched by the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Analysts said the trials would deal another serious blow to Mohammad Khatami, the moderate president whose attempts at political and economic reforms have been repeatedly stymied by hardline rivals in control of the judiciary.
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Without a trace
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The Jerusalem Post
At least eleven Iranian Jews have gone missing in the last decade after being arrested by Teheran's Islamic regime. Melissa Radler reports on a new campaign by their families to break the veil of silence over their disappearance - and if possible, win their freedom
Nikkhoo was 20 years old when he fled Iran to join his brother Ramin in America.
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Bahrain set to reopen Iraq, Iran sea links
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Gulf News
Bahrain plans to reopen commercial sea links with Iran and Iraq for the first time in years, local media reported yesterday, as it seeks to promote itself as the region's financial and baking hub.
They quoted Sheikh Rashid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, Interior Ministry undersecretary for immigration and passports, as saying the shipping lines would "soon be reopened" and "easy" entry visa regulations would be introduced for Iranian and Iraqi traders and businessmen.
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Helping Iraqis-Without Iran
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National Review
An enemy of our enemy need not be our friend.
There is a popular joke in Baghdad about a man who buys a black-and-white television set. He takes the set home, plugs it in, but it doesn't work.
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PKK transfers money from Syria to Iran
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Turkish Daily News
The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has begun transferring the $20 million that it stashed away in Syrian banks after the capture of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan to banks in Iran.
It has been stated that Cemil Bayik, a member of the PKK's leadership Council, brought $1.4 million in cash to Iran via Northern Iraq on March 21.
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Iran briefs Security Council on Afghan developments
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IranMania
United Nations - Iran's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Hadi Nejad-Hosseinian said here Tuesday that Tehran has informed UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan of identity details of foreign nationals arrested while illegally entering Iran through eastern borders.
Nejad-Hosseinian told the Security Council meeting on Afghanistan that Iran has handed certain number of those arrested to their countries, and remarked that the rest are still in detention pending legal measures by their countries for their delivery.
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Ex-Afghan King's Return Is Delayed
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Afghanistan News Network
(Reuters)
ROME -- President Bush telephoned Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi to warn of threats against the exiled Afghan king, triggering a last-minute decision to delay the monarch's return his homeland, a top Italian official said Tuesday.
Italy also had ``alarming reports'' from its military intelligence about plans to assassinate the king upon his return, Margherita Boniver, a foreign ministry undersecretary for Afghan affairs, said in an interview.
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Karzai Relies on Charisma, Cash
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The Moscow Times
NEW YORK TIMES SERVICE KABUL, Afghanistan -- For a man occupying a post that has led almost inevitably in recent years to exile or execution, Hamid Karzai exudes a surprising confidence.
Karzai, the chairman of the caretaker government installed after the Taliban's collapse, blithely tosses out the gruesome anecdotes of presidential succession: Najibullah, disemboweled and hanged from a street pole.
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Arafat Aide, Hezbollah Leader Meet
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The Washington Post
BEIRUT, Lebanon –– An aide to Yasser Arafat held talks Tuesday with the leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrilla group, which has been accused of fanning Palestinian violence and branded terrorist by the United States.
Farouk Kaddoumi, the PLO foreign minister, said Hezbollah's successful guerrilla war in southern Lebanon was a model for other Arabs seeking to end Israeli occupation.
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Unhelpful Amnesia
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The Washington Post
The war on terrorism is suddenly going terribly wrong.
Suicide bombers serving Yasser Arafat, the world's senior and most successful terrorist, have caused U.S. policy in the Middle East to buckle and become more accommodating. So more than six months into the war on terror, terror is more vindicated as a tactic than ever before.
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NBD plans to open Iran office
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Gulf News
National Bank of Dubai yesterday announced plans to establish a representative office in Iran.
The announcement confirms the official approval from the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran and closely follows recent political and economic developments in Iran which have accelerated the process of opening up the market to foreign participation.
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Iran: Tehran Seems To Be Blocking Caspian Summit
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RFE/RL
Reports from Iran suggest that the country is trying to head off a Caspian summit next month by backing a meeting in the fall instead.
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Tense situation reported in several religious cities
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SMCCDI Information Committee
Tense situation has been reported from several religious cities, such as Mashad and Ghom where sporadic clashes took place at the occasion of the Shia Mourning ritual of Ashura but also during the tribute paid to the sister of Ayatollah Montazeri who passed away last week.
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