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FBIS3-12778_1 | UN Envoy Says Organization Follows U.S. Policy | on world events during recent years. [Kamal] Kharrazi, our country's permanent UN representative, said it is disturbing that the United Nations follows U.S. policies and stressed that the United Nations has become more like a pressure lever. Citing an example of how the United Nations follows U.S. policies, he referred... |
FBIS3-12784_0 | Political Islam Review: AL-SHA'B 22 Feb 94 | Article Type:BFN [Editorial Report] The following review of the 22 February issue of Cairo AL-SHA'B summarizes articles that are Islamic in nature. CONTENTS: 1. Regime Said To Collapse 2. Government at Odds With Correspondents 3. Corruption, Anti-Islamic Policy Viewed 4. Normalization With Israel Slammed 5. Satellite D... |
FBIS3-12832_24 | Mubarak on Politics, Regional Security, Other Issues | before the incident. Be careful, the terrorist groups will play in your country, I would warn. Then, after the attack against the center, they asked if we had prior information. The fact is that we did not have prior information, but our warnings were based on our knowledge of those groups and their methods. Those who ... |
FBIS3-12842_0 | Paper Says Country `Could Improve' Ties With U.S. | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tehran, March 5 (AFP) -- Iran could improve ties with its arch-enemy the United States if Washington began settling financial disputes with the Islamic Republic, a newspaper close to Islamic hardliners said here Saturday. The KAYHAN INTERNATIONAL, an English-language newspaper,... |
FBIS3-12843_0 | Velayati Welcomes Chinese Foreign Minister | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tehran, March 4, IRNA -- Chinese deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, Qian Qichen, arrived here this morning and was welcomed by Iranian Foreign Minister 'Ali Akbar Velayati. Upon arrival at Mehrabad airport, Qichen told reporters that the objective of his tri... |
FBIS3-12845_1 | Visit of PRC Official Previewed | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Qian Qichen arrived in Tehran today on an official visit. China's foreign minister during his two-day visit to Tehran will meet with Iranian officials. The two sides will discuss mutual relations, as well as regional and international issues. It is well [as hear... |
FBIS3-12848_0 | Nateq-Nuri, Qian Qichen View Issues | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tehran, March 5, IRNA -- Majlis speaker Hojjat ol-Eslam 'Ali Akbar Nateq-Nuri in a meeting with the Chinese Deputy Premier Qian Qichen here today said that there had been "no ambiguous juncture" in the long relations between Iran and China. Hoj. Nuri said parliamentary relation... |
FBIS3-12852_0 | Zionist Role Exmained | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Second Friday sermon by Ayatollah Khamene'i, leader of the Islamic revolution, in Tehran on 4 March -- recorded] [Excerpts] In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. [passage omitted] The issue of the Zionist enemy's aggression against the immaculate shrine of Abraham is s... |
FBIS3-12869_0 | Paper Reports Iraq Tightening Controls at Border | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Amman--Officials, Iraqi sources and travellers Sunday [6 March] said the Iraqi government had tightened existing rules as well as imposing fresh measures against smuggling across the border to Jordan in a bid to check the seepage of goods from Iraq, which is under a sweeping in... |
FBIS3-12891_0 | Editorial Blames `Degraded' Arab Rulers for Hebron | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Editorial: "No to the Massacre, No to Degradation"] [Text] Had most Arab rulers and officials not degraded themselves, their dignity, and the rights of their nation, the massacre at the holy Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron would never have occurred. The Zionist enemy's calculations would ha... |
FBIS3-12893_0 | U.S. Held Responsible for `Criminal' Embargo | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Text] Baghdad, 5 Mar (INA) -- An Iraqi newspaper has held U.S. President Bill Clinton responsible for maintaining the criminal embargo against the people of Iraq and closing all doors to questions being strongly raised about the reasons for its continuation after Iraq has fulfilled th... |
FBIS3-12951_0 | Editorial Says `No Coincidence' Goldstein Raised in U.S. | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Editorial: "Annihilation Way Toward Peace!"] [Text] Most of us cannot understand how the Ramadan massacre at the Ibrahimi Mosque could open the road to peace, nor can we understand how each massacre will remove an obstacle facing a settlement we all have been talking about and believe... |
FBIS3-12962_3 | Official Addresses Ba'th Party Cadres | addition to its inherent weaknesses, moral regression, and cultural alienation . "Americanism", which seeks to generalize the American way of life, is founded on three bases: 1. Superiority, challenge, and violence as reflected by the cowboy mentality, to quote Quincey Wright. 2. Bigotry based on race and Protestant re... |
FBIS3-12969_1 | Columnist Examines Lessons of Egypt-Syria Union | had to contend with Western manipulated Arab regimes that were lying in wait to abort the Arab nationalist policies. While some such regimes played up to Arab nationalists in the hope of containing them, others resorted to the more direct approach of repressing and liquidating Arab militants fighting for freedom and Ar... |
FBIS3-12999_0 | U.S. `Change of Heart' on Direct Talks Assessed | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tehran, March 8, IRNA -- A morning English daily here Tuesday commented on the recent remarks by U.S. officials on Washington's intentions to open direct talks with Iran. "Following 14 years of desperate efforts to undermine the legitimacy of Iran, the United States is finally ... |
FBIS3-13000_0 | `Major' Concessions Required | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tehran, March 8 (AFP)--A normalisation of US-Iranian relations will only be achieved if the United States makes major concessions including the release of Iranian frozen assets, a semi-official newspaper warned Tuesday [8 March]. The English-language daily TEHRAN TIMES argued: ... |
FBIS3-13002_1 | President, PRC's Envoy To Resist `Foreign Influence' | views between the regional countries, particularly Iran and China," Hashemi-Rafsanjani said, according to his office. The president urged Asian countries not to allow "domineering powers" to gain influence in Central Asian states and other regional countries in the "guise of solving their problems." The ex-Soviet repub... |
FBIS3-13004_0 | Russia's Adamishin, Velayati Discuss Ties, Tajik Conflict | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Text] In a meeting today between Foreign Minister Velayati and the Russian deputy foreign minister, Anatoliy Adamishin, expansion of Iran-Russia ties, regional cooperation, and the resolution of regional crises, especially the Tajik crisis, were discussed. At the meeting, Deputy Russ... |
FBIS3-13009_0 | Velayati Phones Pakistani Counterpart on Hebron Incident | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tehran, March 8, IRNA -- Foreign Minister 'Ali Akbar Velayati in a telephone conversation with his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ahmad Ali here Tuesday morning discussed holding of an emergency meeting of members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Iran has called... |
FBIS3-13010_0 | Hebron Killing Viewed in Jerusalem Day Feature | Article Type:BFN [Editorial Report] Tehran Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran First Program Network at 0345 GMT on 6 March broadcasts a special 45-minute feature on Jerusalem Day, which is to be celebrated on Friday, 11 March. The feature includes a brief opening talk by the announcer, who says: "If we want to exami... |
FBIS3-13013_1 | Commentary Views Cooperation With India, China | attention of the world's political circles to the tripartite talks among Iran, India, and China. Significance of this matter lies in the fact that, under the new global conditions, the concept of security and power has undergone a change in qualitative terms. The world is now about to enter the phase where political, e... |
FBIS3-13020_2 | Troop Movements Near Kurdish Territory Reported | only armored brigade. The ITC did not give a clear reason for this change in which the more advanced tanks withdrew to be replaced by older tanks to carry out "the expected attack." The explanation is perhaps that the Iraqi regime wants to protect its wing on the Iranian border. The ITC also said that the al-'Abid forc... |
FBIS3-13065_0 | Hashemi Addresses Meeting of African Diplomats | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tehran, March 8, IRNA -- First Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad Hashemi said at the gathering of African diplomats in Tehran that the Islamic Republic wishes to broaden relations with African countries. Hashemi who was addressing a reception at the embassy of Sudan said since t... |
FBIS3-13067_1 | No `Serious Resolution' Expected From UN on Hebron | and should thus take an impartial approach to incidents, it has impudently adopted a pro- Zionist policy vis-a-vis a calamity, the condemnation of which no one has the least bit of doubt, and is ignoring world public opinion. This stance by the White House stems from the fact that on the basis of international laws and... |
FBIS3-13068_3 | Mubarak Urges Reform in Koran Anniversary Speech | at the affairs of our people and reflection on our conditions would bring sorrow to our souls, agony to our hearts, and would puzzle our intellect. What pains us in our people's situation today are those negative phenomena that are completely alien to our nature and at odds with the tenets of our God-given faith. Among... |
FBIS3-13076_5 | Islamic Fundamentalist Comments on Political Events | given an interview to the newspaper in question. It is a fabrication. Al-Gama'a Islamiya printed a communique warning foreigners against going to Egypt out of concern for their safety, because they are in confrontation with the government. It is every Muslim's duty to ensure the safety of visitors, and that safety cann... |
FBIS3-13087_0 | Fatah Dissident on International Jerusalem Day | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Damascus, March 6, IRNA -- Secretary General of the Revolutionary Fatah Movement, Abu-Musa [Colonel Sa'id Musa Muragha] said here that the international Qods [Jerusalem] day is the manifestation of the Muslim ummah's true power in confronting the Israeli hegemony. Abu-Musa told... |
FBIS3-13099_3 | Political Islam Review: AL-SHA'B 4 Mar PARTY SECRETARY EXPECTS ISLAMIC VICTORY AGAINST INJUSTICE, RULERS' CORRUPTION | bombs to use against Palestinians in the territories, but to threaten the Arab nation, particularly Egypt, if they dare disobey the orders or raise their heads in pride." Addressing the United States, Husayn says: "We will not be fooled by your denunciations, even if the Security Council issues a strongly worded resolu... |
FBIS3-13136_0 | `At Least Six' Others Reportedly Involved in Hebron | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Bonn, March 10, IRNA -- A Palestinian doctor who is now living in Germany has disclosed more details on the massacre of Palestinian worshipers in Hebron on February 25. Maysam Abu-'Ali, a former resident of Hebron, said that he had been in the shrine at the time of the massacre... |
FBIS3-13146_1 | Editorial Views Iranian Proposal for Regional Alliance | level, however, the two countries are still contending with each other to establish regional influence and superiority. India, in particular, is badly gripped by this fever. Similarly, Pakistan and India have a long history of disputes, spanning about 1,200 years. India has repeatedly targeted Pakistan for its military... |
FBIS3-13162_0 | Update on 8 Mar Situation in Territories, Golan Heights | Article Type:BFN [Editorial Report] Tel Aviv HA'ARETZ in Hebrew on 9 March publishes a report on page A4 by Eytan Rabin which says: "Several incidents took place in the territories yesterday. Palestinian sources reported that seven Palestinians were injured in the Gaza Strip" while "the Palestinian sources also reporte... |
FBIS3-13176_0 | INC Says Saddam Planning Invasion of Kurdistan | Language: German Article Type:BFN [Report by correspondent Alan George] [Text] Iraqi leader Saddam Husayn is said to be planning a new military strike against Kurdish territories in the north of the country and to have deployed armored units at various points on the contact line with the Kurdish region in the past few ... |
FBIS3-13186_0 | Iranian Stand During Gulf War Reviewed, Analyzed | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Article by Malik Mansur: "Iranian Rulers are Treacherous Revanchists in the Service of Washington"] [Excerpts] By the conclusion of the cease-fire on 28 February 1991 between Iraq and the coalition, Washington had already agreed with the Iranian rulers on the final touches for an Iran... |
FBIS3-13189_1 | Editorial: Settling Financial Matters Would Help Ties | Washington did not intend to subvert the Islamic government in Iran and that it was ready to sit down with Iranian officials and discuss outstanding issues on which Tehran and Washington have different views. Mr. Pelletreau was also quoted as saying that the political system in Iran is here to stay for a long time to c... |
FBIS3-13190_0 | Egyptian Charges About Assassination Plot Denounced | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] In the wake of recent comments of Egyptian President Husni Mubarak accusing Iran of involvement in the assassination plot of the Egyptian prime minister, 'Atif Sidqi, last October, Iran's Foreign Ministry has reacted sharply. In the same connection, Mr. Morteza Sarmadi, the spo... |
FBIS3-13217_0 | U.S. Urged To Make `Greater Concessions' for Relations | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Editorial: "Conciliatory Overtures"] [Text] After 14 years of mutual animosity between the United States and the Islamic Republic, American determination to avoid contacts with Iran seems to have diminished. The U.S. National Security Adviser Anthony Lake, and Undersecretary of State... |
FBIS3-13220_4 | RESALAT Reports on Majles Sessions * 18 Jan Amendment to the Law Creating Means for Combatant University Admissions Bill on Iran's Membership in the Islamic Conference Organization Research Center Scientific, Cultural, and Educational Agreement Between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Governments of Kazakhstan and ... | will torment the people. When every aspect of the lives of our people is in commerce and border exchanges, naturally the forces combatting it with violence will cause social disorders and severe disruptions. Continuing, the speaker said: In the old days, in the historical fabric of our border-keeping people, border tra... |
FBIS3-13221_2 | RESALAT Reports on Majles Sessions * 19 Jan Bill on the Cultural and Educational Agreement Between Iran and Turkmenistan | monster and despite its heavy blows, such as the drop in the price of oil. The deputy from Amol then said: Thanks are due to the planners, well-wishers, soldiers, and executive managers who were shot at from both sides by bombs and bullets. Have no fear of traveling under the leadership of the decisive commander in the... |
FBIS3-13221_18 | RESALAT Reports on Majles Sessions * 19 Jan Bill on the Cultural and Educational Agreement Between Iran and Turkmenistan | will be presented in an open Majles session. Ms. Maryam Behruzi, deputy from Tehran, announced this in an interview with RESALAT's parliamentary correspondent. She said: These included the Motion for Women Heads of Families Who Are Employed and Retired, and Women Whose Husbands Are Disabled and Without Income. Under th... |
FBIS3-13222_0 | RESALAT Reports on Majles Sessions * 23 Jan Return of the Bill on Ratifying the Charter of the International Engineering and [Genetics] Center Report on the Settlement of the 1370 [21 March 1991-20 March 1992] Budget Proposal To Determine the Regulations on Selection of Teachers Proposal To Amend Some Articles of the I... | Language: Persian Article Type:CSO [Text] Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division. The Majles held an open session yesterday with Hojjat ol-Eslam Nateq-Nuri presiding, and Messrs. Hoseyni, Razavi, Mokhtari, and Mohammadifar, deputies from the cities of Boyer Ahmad, Na'in, Najafabad, and Sanqez and Kolia'i, made ... |
FBIS3-13222_12 | RESALAT Reports on Majles Sessions * 23 Jan Return of the Bill on Ratifying the Charter of the International Engineering and [Genetics] Center Report on the Settlement of the 1370 [21 March 1991-20 March 1992] Budget Proposal To Determine the Regulations on Selection of Teachers Proposal To Amend Some Articles of the I... | shows the loyalty of these people to a regime in which no one has invested as much as they have. They are fond of the regime of the Islamic Republic and the leadership. But these dear people are very fond of the revered Shi'ite source of emulation, Grand Ayatollah Montazeri, because in our society emulation of a partic... |
FBIS3-13222_22 | RESALAT Reports on Majles Sessions * 23 Jan Return of the Bill on Ratifying the Charter of the International Engineering and [Genetics] Center Report on the Settlement of the 1370 [21 March 1991-20 March 1992] Budget Proposal To Determine the Regulations on Selection of Teachers Proposal To Amend Some Articles of the I... | in carrying out this responsibility, and the task is not merely the desired proposal. Given the importance of this issue and most of the assignments of the government experts, which are not necessary in some cases, and the shortage of foreign currency funds in the country, serious attention to inquiry and investigation... |
FBIS3-13223_11 | RESALAT Reports on Majles Sessions * 25 Jan Investment by the Islamic Republic of Iran in the World Bank To Increase Increasing Iran's Investment in IMF Affiliated With the World Bank [as published] Appending Note To Law Exempting the Municipality of Tehran From the Owners and Renters Law | retirement of government employees and to lift the current ceiling on pensions be approved in such a way that it provides a minimum livelihood for retirees. Continuing, the speaker discussed the outstanding victory at the Asia boxing matches by our nation's athletes, who were championship finalists. He expressed regret... |
FBIS3-13224_9 | RESALAT Reports on Majles Sessions * 26 Jan Bill Amending the Law on Procedures for Giving Medical Examinations to Those Subject to Obligatory Public Service Motion To Amend Article 8 of the Law on Independence of Attorney's Society | centers must be established that have high academic ability and potential resources. He discussed the fact that the doctoral and post-doctoral programs cannot only make young researchers more practiced and experienced, but they can also procure employable research manpower for basic and applied research. Continuing his... |
FBIS3-13224_11 | RESALAT Reports on Majles Sessions * 26 Jan Bill Amending the Law on Procedures for Giving Medical Examinations to Those Subject to Obligatory Public Service Motion To Amend Article 8 of the Law on Independence of Attorney's Society | the domestic and foreign trips, and who goes with them? It is very important to know who the consultants are and with whom they consult. How often in the future someone will commit a crime, make a mistake and commit an abuse, but due to his friends and colleagues and sometimes because he is presented as an insider, he ... |
FBIS3-13224_14 | RESALAT Reports on Majles Sessions * 26 Jan Bill Amending the Law on Procedures for Giving Medical Examinations to Those Subject to Obligatory Public Service Motion To Amend Article 8 of the Law on Independence of Attorney's Society | Society The second item on the agenda was the report from the first consultation of the Councils Commission concerning the Motion To Amend Article 8 of the Law on the Independence of the Judicial Attorney's Society, approved 9/5/1333 [26 November 1954], the general form of which was approved in the first consultation. ... |
FBIS3-13226_8 | RESALAT Reports on Majles Sessions * 2 Feb Mr. Taqavi Said in Answer to the Third Question [sentence as published] | interests of England and America were achieved, the most humiliating things were imposed on our nation such as the capitulation, but in the Islamic Republic the officials have risen from among the nation and are not dominated by foreigners. Inside the monarchy most officials spent the evenings at fancy gatherings, but ... |
FBIS3-13226_9 | RESALAT Reports on Majles Sessions * 2 Feb Mr. Taqavi Said in Answer to the Third Question [sentence as published] | never forget the role of orthodox faith and leadership. Our nation, taking inspiration from the exalted orthodoxy of Islam and the principle of the vice-regency of the chief jurisconsult, has overcome the difficult conditions of the period of the revolution and is now moving with political stability and national harmon... |
FBIS3-13226_14 | RESALAT Reports on Majles Sessions * 2 Feb Mr. Taqavi Said in Answer to the Third Question [sentence as published] | first question: One of the very important effects and great achievements of the Islamic revolution is its revelation of the unknown talents of the people. Taking inspiration from the life-giving commands of Islam, following the leadership of His Holiness Imam Khomeyni and giving up life and property, the Muslim nation ... |
FBIS3-13229_0 | 'Arafat Views Role in PLO, Personal Life | Language: German Article Type:BFN [Interview with PLO Chairman Yasir 'Arafat by Brigitte Voykowitsch and Artur K. Vogel in Tunis on 8 March: "I Will Plant Roses in My Garden"] [Text] It is one o'clock in the morning in Tunis. Yasir 'Arafat -- in uniform, handgun in a green holster -- sits behind his desk under a pictur... |
FBIS3-13242_0 | Hundreds Wounded, Detained | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Report by Salih Rajab] [Excerpts] Hundreds of people were wounded and hundreds of others were detained as a result of the security forces' savage suppression of the uprising of the angry Egyptian people in protest against the al-Ibrahimi Mosque massacre. The Interior Ministry last wee... |
FBIS3-13249_0 | Kurdistan Party Urges Masses To Step Up `Resistance' | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Text] Baghdad, 10 Mar (INA) -- The Kurdistan Revolutionary Party has appealed to the Kurdish masses in Kurdistan to step up resistance against the agent cliques and foreign occupation. It urged them to make sacrifices for the honor of Iraqis and for Kurdistan to regain its freedom, jo... |
FBIS3-13261_0 | Update on 9 Mar Incidents in Territories | Language: Hebrew Article Type:BFN [Report by Eytan Rabin and ITIM] [Excerpts] Palestinian sources yesterday reported 31 local residents wounded in incidents with IDF [Israel Defense Forces] troops in the Gaza Strip. According to their report, there were incidents in Khan Yunus, Jabalyah, and al-Shati'. The IDF spokesma... |
FBIS3-13262_0 | 10 Mar, Other Incidents Detailed | Language: Hebrew Article Type:BFN [Text] The curfew on the territories begins its third week today. Yesterday was the fifth day of violent incidents in the Gaza Strip. A 15-year-old youth was killed and some 20 people were wounded, and two fugitives were captured in a special operation yesterday. Nisim Qeynan reports: ... |
FBIS3-13277_0 | Assembly Speaker Denies Iranians in Islamic Groups Abroad | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Text] Mr. 'Ali Akbar Nateq-Nuri, speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, Majles, spoke today before the start of Friday prayer sermons in Tehran. He referred to the magnificence of the Islamic revolution in Iran and its influence on world Muslims. He said: By inducig a new mood... |
FBIS3-13279_2 | Asia, Pacific Ocean: Arena for the West | an active diplomacy in that region. In order to attract the attention of Chinese officials, prior to the meeting with the government officials of that country, the U.S. President ordered the sale to China of a very advanced super computer. U.S. Reasons for Presence in Asia A) The U.S. economy, like the economies of Eur... |
FBIS3-13279_5 | Asia, Pacific Ocean: Arena for the West | the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the final failure of international communism, as the leaders of new socialism, the Chinese, by continuing the process of reforms that they had started in 1976 after the death of Mao, established new relations with the United States and other Western countries. Economically, th... |
FBIS3-13309_23 | * Supporting, Opposing Statements The Most Important Statements of the Supporters and Opponents of the 1373 [21 March 1994-20 March 1995] Budget Bill | In my opinion, this was the right thing to do, because this revolving fund at the beginning of the year is in effect borrowing, which of course must be repaid by the end of the year. In the past, the method was that they took this revolving fund and later did not return it to the Treasury. The important point is that t... |
FBIS3-13312_6 | Al-Qadhdhafi Delivers 'Id al-Fitr Sermon | and ally with them, and still claim to be a Muslim? This is blasphemy, hypocrisy, and deception of the Muslims. [passage omitted] How can a Muslim, an Arab state be an ally of America? What Islam are they left with? Such a state is a hypocrite and immoral, ruled by a despot, outside Islam, charlatan, liar, Musaylimah t... |
FBIS3-13312_19 | Al-Qadhdhafi Delivers 'Id al-Fitr Sermon | terrorist, and he who defends his honor is a terrorist, and he who defend his home is a terrorist. If this is terrorism then we are terrorists. If they were threatening us by cutting off the oil, we sincerely wish that the Western countries and America would force the Security Council to cut off oil exports from Libya ... |
FBIS3-13323_0 | U.S. Accuses Government of `Smuggling' to Iraq | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Text] The U.S. Administration has demanded that Jordan produce documents approving the export of 6,000 tonnes of chemical materials transported to Iraq in late 1993. The chemicals are used in the refinement of oil used by Jordan. The Jordanian Government has submitted a report showing... |
FBIS3-13324_0 | U.S. Attempts To Deal With Iraq Via Amman Viewed | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Text] The countdown to lift, or at least to alleviate the blockade that has been imposed on Iraq since the Gulf crisis, has begun. Many conflicting interests have emerged over the years of the blockade. After Iraq, Jordan has been harmed the most. It has been subjected to pressure and... |
FBIS3-13331_4 | U.S. `New Posture' Toward Country, Kashmir Examined | twisted more forcefully to sign the NPT. The United States is seeing new opportunities for itself in the troubled waters of Kashmir and it is moving, albeit unobtrusively, to seize these. Its basic objective is to remain as the only superpower in the world. President Clinton, in his address to the U.N. General Assembly... |
FBIS3-13338_3 | YSP Official on Clashes, Accord, Gulf Tour | security situation and create problems in order to keep people preoccupied, evade implementation of the document, and, at the same time, put the blame on us. This is evidenced by the fact that the other party has no desire or intention to take to justice those pepole involved in cases of assassinations and explosions, ... |
FBIS3-13339_1 | Editorial Views India's `Major Propaganda Victory' | about the success of our campaign to win international support. No matter what diplomatic jargon has been used to describe our unceremonious retreat, we have, for all practical purposes, withdrawn our resolution from the Human Rights Commission. And whether we like it or not New Delhi has scored a major propaganda vict... |
FBIS3-13355_1 | Foreign Ministry: `Interference' of Operation Condemned | the governorates of al-Sulaymaniyah, Irbil, and Dahuk are caused by the illegal and illegitimate action carried out by the governments of these four countries when they imposed, by brute force, a no-fly zone in northern Iraq. They have also encouraged rebel gangs to tamper with the region. The official Foreign Ministry... |
FBIS3-13358_1 | Rationale Behind U.S. Embargo Stance Examined | resolutions should have been relegated to oblivion. Since then, the United States has continued to pursue Iraq, even after the halt to hostilities and after a cease-fire came into effect. It forced the UN Security Council to pass Resolution 687, which contains the terms of a cease-fire between Iraq and the hostile mili... |
FBIS3-13359_0 | Paper Says Ekeus' `Procrastination' Part of `Ugly Game' | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Text] Baghdad, 14 Mar (INA) -- The AL-'IRAQ newspaper has asserted that both the Security Council and the UN Special Commission, led by Rolf Ekeus, are making a grave mistake if they think that they will not be held accountable for their continued attempts to avoid giving a specific d... |
FBIS3-13426_7 | President Delivers Second Friday Prayers Sermon | living body cannot last for long. Of course, it may remain for a while, as before. Some programs for the expansion of Israel may also be implemented. They may go forward a bit, but it will not remain. And in my opinion, the path to salvation is through Islam. The thing that can be effective, the thing that can keep the... |
FBIS3-13428_4 | Khamene'i Delivers 'Id al-Fitr Sermon | friendly terms with the Serbs, to go as UN troops and act as a buffer. What happened? Why did they not consider that the Russian soldiers are connected to the Serbs from a standpoint of religion and other ties? The world's magazines printed photographs of Russian tanks bearing the UN insignia entering the region, while... |
FBIS3-13434_0 | ABRAR Commentary Views Issue of Iran-U.S. Talks | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Commentary by Ruzbeh Bu ol-Hari: "Reasons for U.S. Request for Talks With Iran"] [Text] Last week, the United States made two requests for improved relations with Iran and for talks with our country's officials. In view of the policy of erecting barriers against Iran as announced by ... |
FBIS3-13435_0 | Commentary Notes U.S. Envoy's `Failed' Mission to China | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Unattributed commentary] [Excerpts] Chinese leaders have strongly protested against extensive Western, especially American, propaganda about the human rights situation in China during the visit of American Secretary of State Warren Christopher to Beijing. [passage omitted] In line wi... |
FBIS3-13436_1 | Israel's Objectives in Hebron Incident Noted | and the disarmament of the Hizballah. The third objective is Israel's entry into the world of Islam, the consolidation of economic relations with the world of Islam, and the establishment of a social and political presence among the Muslims; and naturally the Zionist regime is more enthusiastic about entering the oil-r... |
FBIS3-13440_0 | Political Islam Review: AL-SHA'B 8 Mar | Article Type:BFN [Editorial Report] The following review of the 8 March issue of Cairo AL-SHA'B summarizes articles that are Islamic in nature. CONTENTS: 1. Protest Rallies 2. Demonstrations 3. Call to Jihad 4. Attitudes Toward Israel 5. Government Policy and Establishment Media 6. Church and State 7. Cultural Conflict... |
FBIS3-13455_0 | Foreign Minister Interviewed on Ties With Iran | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Athens, March 14, IRNA -- "Kuwaiti-Iranian ties are more than good at this stage and the proof is that there is an open invitation by President Rafsanjani to the emir to visit Iran," Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir told Saudi weekly AL-MAJALLAH in an int... |
FBIS3-13457_0 | Officials Deny `Abnormal Diseases' Surfaced After War | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Report by 'Adnan al-Lughani] [Text] The ministers of defense and health have stated that Kuwait, in the aftermath of the Kuwait liberation war, is free of any abnormal diseases. This came in remarks made after taking part in a meeting of the Environment Committee of the National Assem... |
FBIS3-13463_0 | Editorial on Mubarak, New International Order | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [From the press review] [Text] The newspaper AL-JUMHURIYAH, in its editorial today, comments on President Husni Mubarak's interview with the Lebanese magazine AL-HAWADITH. Under the headline "The New Chaotic Order," the paper notes that President Mubarak described the new international... |
FBIS3-13465_2 | Commentary Criticizes U.S.Call for More Sanctions | because we believe in ourselves and we are proud of our free will and our sovereign decision, which are not the subject of any blackmail. It is, furthermore, a stance that would make us reiterate with clarity that we do not need you; we do not need your industries or your business; we do not need to sell our oil to you... |
FBIS3-13472_0 | New Coalition To Combat Anti-Islamic `Designs' | Language: English Article Type:BFN [By JORDAN TIMES staff reporter Mariam M. Shahin] [Text] Amman--Islamists, and pan-Arab nationalists, long at loggerheads, are unifying their ranks following last month's attack on the Ibrahimi mosque in Hebron and the subsequent attack on a Maronite church in Lebanon. "The February e... |
FBIS3-13480_0 | Editorial Criticizes Suspension of U.S. Aid | Language: Urdu Article Type:BFN [Editorial: "Deprivation of U.S. Aid to Pakistan"] [Text] The U.S. Congress Foreign Affairs Committee has decided not to grant assistance to Pakistan until 1995. Detailing the American policy, Ms. Robin Raphel, assistant secretary of state for South Asian affairs, said that of the $330 m... |
FBIS3-13509_0 | Columnist Speculates on Benefits of Visit by Pope | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN ["Viewpoint" by Salah al-Mukhtar: "Will the Pope Visit Iraq?"] [Text] In a noteworthy statement, Rafa'el I Bidawid, bishop of the Catholic Chaldeans in Iraq, has said that Pope John Paul II has promised to visit Iraq at the appropriate time. This statement is encouraging because the vi... |
FBIS3-13511_4 | Columnist on Mubarak's Role in Gulf War | Husni Mubarak's remark, Jabir al-Sabah went ahead with his conspiracy. His recommendations to Sa'd al-Sabah in his talks with the vice chairman of the Iraqi Revolution Command Council during their famous Jeddah meeting on 30 July 1990 were stubborn, like a solid, jagged rock. Husni Mubarak's remark, plus Jabir al-Sabah... |
FBIS3-13511_5 | Columnist on Mubarak's Role in Gulf War | threatened Iraq; and contribute actively and constructively toward the current peace process between Israel and the representatives of the Palestinians. Those exactly were the hidden reasons behind al-Sabah's insistence on riding the train of the oil conspiracy, which steamed off with U.S. motivation and Zionist instig... |
FBIS3-13512_0 | INRC: Regime Strikes Kurds in North Iraq | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Nicosia, March 14 (AFP)--Iranian forces launched missiles against Kurdish border villages in northern Iraq causing damage but no casualties, Iranian opposition forces said on Monday. The Iranian National Resistance Council (INRC) said in a statement that the homes in Iraq of fa... |
FBIS3-13513_1 | U.S. Policy of `Dual Containment' Examined | and Iraq, greater preference over the other. We are now in a situation where we should learn a lesson from the past and should study and adopt a suitable strategic stance on the Persian Gulf. Reliance on the strength and capabilities of one of the two countries to restrict the other and to maintain a balance of power h... |
FBIS3-13517_0 | Minister on Russia's `Decisive Role' in Balkans | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Vienna, March 14, IRNA -- Iran respects the decisions and wishes of the people as well as those of an independent Bosnia-Herzegovinan [B-H] Government, says Mahmoud Vaezi, Iran's deputy foreign minister in charge of Euro-American affairs. Welcoming the decreasing trend of blood... |
FBIS3-13522_0 | Nateq-Nuri Holds News Conference | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Text] 'Ali Akbar Nateq-Nuri, speaker of the Islamic Majles, held a news conference this morning attended by domestic and foreign correspondents. During this news conference the Majles speaker referred to particular features of the coming year's [beginning 21 March] budget bill, sayin... |
FBIS3-13523_0 | Comments on U.S., Egypt | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Excerpt] [Passage omitted] At his news conference today Majles Speaker Nateq-Nuri replied to a correspondent's question about remarks made recently by a U.S. official on talks with Iran. Nateq-Nuri stressed: America's performance has always been in contradiction with such remarks, an... |
FBIS3-13537_0 | AL-AHRAM Assesses Remarks of Iranian Foreign Minister | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Text] Cairo, 16 Mar (MENA)--The newspaper AL-AHRAM voices astonishment at Iranian Foreign Minister 'Ali Akbar Velayati's remarks two days ago that Iran will not disagree with Syria if it signs an agreement with Israel; rather, it will show understanding of Syria's circumstances. The n... |
FBIS3-13548_0 | U.S.' `Unconditionally Supportive' Policy of Israel Noted | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Commentary by news research and commentary group] [Text] While the United States continues its serious efforts not to accept any UN resolution against the Zionist regime that would guarantee international security for the Palestinians, the White House diplomatic apparatus has spared ... |
FBIS3-13556_0 | Visit of U.S. Envoy `Expected' To Lead to Rao U.S. Visit | Language: English Article Type:BFN [By our diplomatic editor] [Text] New Delhi, March 2:- The talks here later this month between U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Robin Raphel and Indian officials on Indo-American relations are expected to pave the way for the Prime Minister's trip to Washington towards... |
FBIS3-13588_0 | Paper Examines `Failure' of Country's Foreign Policy | Language: Urdu Article Type:BFN [Editorial: "After Kashmir, the Pressler Amendment -- That Fond Hope Also Dashed"] [Text] The United States has excluded Pakistan and Afghanistan from the list of countries which will receive international development aid in 1995. Robin Raphel, the under secretary of state and chief of t... |
FBIS3-13596_3 | Vice President Interviewed on Obstacles Facing Unity | unity, but about the state of the unity, the mechanism applied in this state, and the definition of the state. It is about whether it will be a simple or compound state and whether it will be a state that accommodates the changes created by unity, the democratic system, and the peaceful and democratic struggle and that... |
FBIS3-13613_4 | Article on West's Views of Islam, Fundamentalism | force behind these events. The religious reasons followed later as a natural result and not an original component. The same thing emerges from the confrontations and civil war in northern Ireland between the Catholics and Protestants. The roots of the problem are political more than religious, such as ethnic nationalis... |
FBIS3-13629_0 | Paper Urges Examination of Foreign Policy | Language: Urdu Article Type:BFN [Editorial: "After Kashmir, the Pressler Amendment -- That Fond Hope Also Dashed"] [Text] The United States has excluded Pakistan and Afghanistan from the list of countries which will receive international development aid in 1995. Robin Raphel, the under secretary of state and chief of t... |
FBIS3-13632_0 | `Concern' Expressed Over Pakistani Receipt of U.S. Weapons | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] India has conveyed to the United States serious concern over the transfer of sophisticated weapons to Pakistan, as this would affect the security environment. The minister of state for external affairs, Mr. R.L. Bhatia, informed the Rajya Sabha today during question hour that t... |
FBIS3-13634_0 | U.S. Official Cited on Desire To Control Exports to Iran | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Vienna, March 16, IRNA -- North Korea's ballistic missile program is becoming "more ambitious" and U.S. officials are concerned not only about the nation's weapons programs but also its export plans, says Ashton Carter, assistant secretary of defence for nuclear security and co... |
FBIS3-13636_0 | Kurdish Party Leader on Efforts To `Overthrow' Regime | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Interview with "Mr. Jalil," the secretary of the Democratic Party of Kordestan in Iran, by Mustafa 'Abdallah in Vienna; date not given] [Text] ['Abdallah] I met him during a tour he was making of a number of European countries that took him to Britain, France, Sweden, Norway, Denmark,... |
FBIS3-13636_1 | Kurdish Party Leader on Efforts To `Overthrow' Regime | Kordestan [DPK] represents 90 percent of the Kurdish people living in Iran. What is the DPK's relationship with the Mujahedin-e Khalq in Iran? [Jalil] By virtue of our common struggle against the present Iranian regime, we have strong ties with the forces that oppose this regime, including the Mujahedin-e Khalq movemen... |
FBIS3-13650_5 | Al-Qadhdhafi on Lockerbie, Terror, al-Kikhya | Biblical story of Samson] Asked about the acts of terrorism in Egypt and Algeria, al-Qadhdhafi said: It is known that the leaders of terrorism and the new atheistic movements live in Washington, Bonn, London, and Paris. From there they send instructions to carry out of acts of sabotage inside Egypt and Algeria. This is... |
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