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FBIS3-33505_1 | Lawmaker Calls Falklands Oil Reserves British `Invention' | exploitation conditions are the most difficult in the world -- so difficult that oil prices would be as high as $50 per barrel when world prices are under 15. "The existence of oil is an invention of British authorities as a strategy to gain a better position when discussing fisheries or sovereignty. It is untrue and a... |
FBIS3-33510_0 | Targets of `Political Violence' Ranked | Language: Spanish Article Type:CSO [Text] As has been reflected in a poll recently devised by the Studies Center for the New Majority, during the past eight years the trade unions appear as the principal victims of the political violence in our country. The same survey shows that the trade unions are followed by the ne... |
FBIS3-33533_0 | Sentiment Against Cuban Blockade `Growing' | Language: Spanish Article Type:BFN [By Roberto Gili Colom] [Text] Havana, 16 Feb (PL) -- Representatives of the Cuban immigration community in the United States agree that opposition to the U.S. blockade against Cuba is growing within that sector because it is considered an obsolete policy. In statements to PRENSA LATI... |
FBIS3-33540_0 | Economist Views Monetary Situation | Language: Spanish Article Type:BFN [Interview with Economist Julio Carranza by mobile unit reporter Mariela Diaz; place not given -- live or recorded] [Text] [Diaz] Carranza, do you think a change in Cuban money would solve the excess currency problem? I would also like to know your opinion concerning the possible crea... |
FBIS3-33542_0 | Interview Highlights New Support for Rangel Proposal | Language: Spanish Article Type:BFN [Text] An important news conference was held yesterday in Washington with the participation of Reverend Lucius Walker, Jesse Jackson, and Democratic Congressman Charles Rangel. Listen now to a telephone conversation between reporter Zeneida Costales and (Yuri Guerra), collaborator in ... |
FBIS3-33562_1 | PRD Organizes 100 Marches | thousands of drivers. The streets most affected by these demonstrations are La Reforma, Juarez, Higaldo, Insurgentes, Puente de Alvarado, (?Tlalpan), Fray Cervando, and the entire first block [cuadro], among other major areas. The General Safety and Roads Secretariat as well as the Federal District Attorney General's O... |
FBIS3-33585_0 | Episcopal Group Urges Authorities To Solve Social Problems | Language: Spanish Article Type:BFN [Text] The Paraguayan Episcopal Conference, presided over by Monsignor Oscar Paez Garcete, issued a note addressed to civilian authorities and political, social, peasant, and workers' leaders urging them to seek appropriate ways to find just solutions to the grave social problems affe... |
FBIS3-33601_1 | * Firm Drills for Oil Off Cuba's Coast | Brazilian company is working on the island as subcontractor to a consortium put together by Total, of France, and the Canadian firm CMW. Exploration of the Cuban coastline in search of petroleum began last year when risk contracts were signed with multinational oil companies. Since it has no funds to meet any high-cost... |
FBIS3-33610_0 | Daily Downplays Hopes of U.S. Antinarcotics Strategy | Language: Spanish Article Type:BFN [Editorial: "The Peasant and the New Antinarcotics Strategy"] [Text] U.S. President Bill Clinton recently announced a drastic change in the U.S. Government's antinarcotics strategy. The idea is to emphasize prevention rather than repression which, generally speaking, has been used sin... |
FBIS3-33627_0 | Expert Criticizes New U.S. Antidrug Policy | Language: Spanish Article Type:BFN [Text] Although it is the first time since 1904 the United States has admitted that drug trafficking is also a U.S. domestic problem, expectations regarding the U.S. Government's change of attitude regarding countries such as Peru and Bolivia are not very encouraging because "in their... |
FBIS3-33679_2 | Brotherhood Official on Islam `Awakening,' `Surging' | to allow antifreedom forces to perform activities in a bid to minimize the people's cooperation with this strong Islamic trend. But no matter how the defeated secular forces and remnants of communism try, they would not be able to influence this religious Muslim people. Perhaps it is useful for the younger generations ... |
FBIS3-33684_0 | Doha Rejects Alleged U.S. Call To Sever Ties With Iran | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Text] Qatar has rejected America's request to sever ties with the Islamic republic of Iran. Sharjah's AL-KHALIJ newspaper has printed a detailed report on the visit by Qatar's foreign minister, Shaykh Hamad bin-Jabbur al-Thani, to America, and his meetings with American officials, in... |
FBIS3-33690_0 | Kurdish Leader Warns Against Mass Exodus of Kurds | Language: German Article Type:BFN [Interview with Mas'ud Barzani, chairman of the Kurdish Democratic Party, by Georg Hoffmann-Ostenhof in Arbil, northern Iraq; date not given: "Just Like Before an Execution"] [Text] [Hoffmann-Ostenhof] Mr. Barzani, there is an elected regional government in northern Iraq and de facto a... |
FBIS3-33690_1 | Kurdish Leader Warns Against Mass Exodus of Kurds | [Hoffmann-Ostenhof] Do you want to threaten the friendly allies, who protect you, with this? [Barzani] No. But if the misery here increases, the people will again move to Iran or to Turkey -- or perhaps even to the south. [Hoffmann-Ostenhof] To Saddam Husayn's Iraq? [Barzani] If the people are starving.... [Hoffmann-Os... |
FBIS3-33691_0 | PUK Deaths From Islamic Movement Offensive Reported | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Mahabad (West Azarbaijan Prov.), Jan. 29, IRNA -- Four peshmergas of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) were killed in an offensive by the Islamic Movement forces, an informed Iraqi Kurdish source told IRNA here today. According to the source the attack was launched on 'Shu... |
FBIS3-33723_0 | Velayati, Cetin Phone Call Noted | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Text] In the wake of the sad incident on the border between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Turkey, Mr. Hikmet Cetin, the Turkish foreign minister, who is in Switzerland for the Davos meeting, spoke on the telephone with Mr. 'Ali Akbar Velayati, the Islamic Republic of Iran's foreig... |
FBIS3-33727_0 | Paper Views Attack | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tehran, Jan. 31, IRNA -- An Iranian English daily, TEHRAN TIMES, today commented on the Friday attack of Turkish fighters on Kurdish bases inside Iraq and suggested that a permanent solution could be found through sincere and combined political efforts of Iran, Turkey, Iraq and... |
FBIS3-33729_2 | Yazdi Leads Tehran Friday Prayers Second Sermon | enforcement and popular forces. Now there might be an individual case who may come to me or to you, and faced with this situation I should not interpret this in a special way and raise the question: What is the government up to? This is why I stress the importance of a holistic and generalistic outlook and far-sightede... |
FBIS3-33731_1 | Ayatollah Khamene'i Meets With Shiite Scholars | a cause for pride among all Islamic sects and denominations. He said: The followers of the Ahl al-Bayt, may peace be upon them, have raised the flag of Islam and the Koran in this part of the world, and in continuation of the efforts and struggles by the family of purity and modesty, may peace be upon them, they have m... |
FBIS3-33743_0 | Turkey Bombs Iranian Villages During Iraq Raid 29 Jan | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Text] During extensive military operations by the Turkish Government inside northern Iraq against the positions of the Kurdistan Workers Party [PKK] guerrilas, who are opposed to the Turkish Government, a number of rockets and bombs hit a number of our country's border villages, kill... |
FBIS3-33798_1 | Struggles With Economic Problems, Reform Described | Hashemi-Rafsanjani steadily removed subsidies, started monetary reform, and backed privatization of industry and services. He allowed foreign products back into Iran and urged wealthy Iranians who had fled abroad during the revolution to return home. Liberalization filled stores with goods, plunged the country into a s... |
FBIS3-33828_0 | U.S. Concept of `Limited Sovereignty' Attacked | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Editorial: "Limited Sovereignty, Another Face of America's World Order"] [Text] One of the most dangerous concepts that the U.S. Administration has come up with and tried to enforce in its international policy is the concept of limited or restricted sovereignty. This administration co... |
FBIS3-33829_0 | Commentary on Regime's Deals With Western Firms | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Station commentary] [Text] Informed press sources cite a member of the U.S. oil lobby as saying that American companies have recently concluded sizable deals amounting to $40 billions with Saddam's regime. The French oil lobby has expressed dismay at this step on the part of the regim... |
FBIS3-33833_1 | Opposition Statement Urges Army to Topple Saddam | to be vigilant of the plots being hatched against our beloved Iraq by its enemies, both Saddam's gang and the covetous forces that are trying to find a foothold in Iraq to practice their sabotage mission on behalf of the arrogant forces that seek to serve their own interests. On this anniversary, we also remind the wor... |
FBIS3-33834_0 | Kurdistan `Government' To Protest Turkey's Attacks | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Text] Quoting a source close to the government of the Kurdistan region, the newspaper KURDISTANINA this morning said the government of the region is currently holding consultations on the Turkish air attack on areas in northeast Iraqi Kurdistan. The source, who declined to disclose hi... |
FBIS3-33835_0 | Talabani Calls For Kurdish Rights in Turkey | Language: German Article Type:BFN [Interview with Jalal Talabani, chairman of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, by Georg Hoffmann-Ostenhof in Arbil, northern Iraq; date not given] [Text] [Hoffmann-Ostenhof] Mr. Talabani, when will the new Kurdish autonomy fail? [Talabani] We have freed ourselves from the Iraqi tyranny ... |
FBIS3-33836_0 | Kurdish Authorities Capture `Highway Robbers' | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Text] Pursuant to the decisions of our party's leader [Mas'ud Barzani], the parliament speaker, and the prime minister, a joint unit from the directorate of Atai-Shikakok [place-name as heard] and Darbandikhan, and the peshmerga of our party's third branch and second center of the Pat... |
FBIS3-33837_0 | Rebel Radio Reports Antigovernment Operations | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Text] The Islamic resistance forces have carried out a daring operation during which they took full control of the (al-Shib-Ghuzaylah) road in al-'Amarah Governorate. Reports from the rebellious south say that Islamic resistance groups attacked regime vehicles and convoys passing alon... |
FBIS3-33845_0 | Two Killed, Five Injured in Karachi Violence | Language: Urdu Article Type:BFN [Text] Two persons were killed and five injured in some shooting incidents in the Korangi area of Karachi today. Violent mobs also set four vehicles on fire. The district magistrate and law enforcment agencies are patrolling the area. |
FBIS3-33848_0 | Gunshots Interrupt Revolution Anniversary Ceremonies Gunman Disarmed by Crowd | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tehran, Feb. 1, IRNA -- People who packed the shrine of Imam Khomeyni to celebrate the 15th anniversary of his return to Iran disarmed a man immediately after he pulled out a pistol and opened fire during a speech by President Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, according to a police off... |
FBIS3-33850_0 | Gunshots Interrupt Revolution Anniversary Ceremonies President Comments on Shooting Incident | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Text] Our correspondent contacted President Hashemi-Rafsanjani a few moments ago via telephone. About the Iranian Muslim people's concern in the wake of the [shooting] incident, the president said: [Begin Hashemi-Rafsanjani recording] I am very grateful to the people and to you for t... |
FBIS3-33851_0 | Gunshots Interrupt Revolution Anniversary Ceremonies President's Anniversary Message Issued | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Message issued by President Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani in Tehran on 1 February marking the start of Islamic revolution anniversary celebrations -- recorded] [Text] In the name of God, the compassionate, the merciful. This moment is an historic and a very important occasion in our count... |
FBIS3-33852_0 | Gunshots Interrupt Revolution Anniversary Ceremonies Revolution's Achievements Stressed | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tehran, Feb. 1, IRNA -- President Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani inaugurated the ceremonies marking the 15th anniversary of the victory of the 1979 Islamic revolution held in Imam Khomeyni's shrine in southern Tehran Tuesday [1 February]. Addressing a huge gathering of people and ran... |
FBIS3-33854_0 | Gunshots Interrupt Revolution Anniversary Ceremonies Khomeyni Speaks, Supports Fundamentalists | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Text] Hojjat ol-Eslam val-Moslemin Hajj Seyyed Ahmad Khomeyni spoke today at the ceremonies marking the anniversary of imam's return. In his speech Ahmad Khomeyni describes exceptional virtues of the late imam. He said: What distinguishes the imam, may God be satisfied with his deeds... |
FBIS3-33855_1 | Gunshots Interrupt Revolution Anniversary Ceremonies Defense of Khomeyni's Aspirations Urged | of remarks, described the reasons for the victory of the revolution and the survival of the Islamic Revolution. [passage omitted] Hojjat ol-Eslam Seyyed Ahmad Khomeyni also spoke about the special characteristics of Imam Khomeyni. Our correspondent Ruhani-Nezhad reports on the president's speech at these ceremonies. [R... |
FBIS3-33857_0 | Turkish Air Strikes Against PKK Camp Assessed | Language: Turkish Article Type:BFN [Unattributed commentary: "Turkey's Air Attack on Zeli Camp in Iraq"] [Text] The ANATOLIA NEWS AGENCY has reported that Turkey's military aircraft carried out 52 sorties against the Zeli Camp in northern Iraq, which is 110 km from the Turkish border. According to the news agency, the ... |
FBIS3-33863_0 | Taxes Increased on Imports | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Text] The Islamic Majles resumed its open session at 1900 hours on Sunday. During this session some proposals of the deputies and Majles commissions were approved on revenue figures of the budget bill for the year 1373 [Iranian year beginning 21 March 1994]. On the basis of these pro... |
FBIS3-33931_3 | Envoy to UN Interviewed on Lockerbie, Other Issues | violate international legitimacy. Libya is completely aware of the pressures to which the Arab states are exposed. They find themselves in a weak position, and so cannot resist or refuse to comply. The recent Security Council resolution, that is Resolution 883, is considered interference in the Arab states' internal af... |
FBIS3-33935_4 | Interior Minister Interviewed on Terrorism | of the police. This has produced better results. We are searching for the terrorists' hideouts. We have arrested many terrorists and seized their equipment, explosives, and weapons. Thus, we have foiled several incidents before they took place. If the terrorists are targeting policemen to get at the morale of the entir... |
FBIS3-33937_2 | Political Islam Review: 'AQIDATI 25 Jan | Studies at the al-Mansurah Branch of al-Azhar University, then explains the Koran's rules on women's dresses. In reply to a question by one of the students about the causes of the phenomenon of terrorism and whether the Islamic groups are involved, Dr. Sa'd-al-Din Salih, dean of the Religion and Propagation College in ... |
FBIS3-33969_0 | Report Ties Iran, Abu-Nidal To Recent Violence | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Excerpts] The assassination of the Jordanian diplomat in Beirut, Na'ib al-Ma'ayitah, has opened the door wide for speculation. Our sources assert, however, that there is much more to it than meets the eye. Our information indicates that the martyr was not just an ordinary employee who... |
FBIS3-33985_0 | Shooting, `Ineffective' Plots by `Enemies' Viewed | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Commentary by the News Research and Commentaries Group] [Text] In the name of God, the compassionate, the merciful. The vigilant people know that the enemies of the Islamic revolution have always been apprehensive about the Muslim nation's presence on the scene, especially during the... |
FBIS3-33986_0 | Papers Cited on 10 Days of Dawn Violence, Saudi Role | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Report by Laurent Maillard] [Text] Tehran, Feb 2 (AFP)--Several people were injured and others arrested in a rare outburst of sectarian violence in southeast Iran, marring celebrations for the 15th anniversary of the Islamic republic, newspapers said Wednesday. The protest on Tuesday... |
FBIS3-33988_5 | Yazdi Backs Khamene'i as Jurisconsult | Republic of Iran was founded in the name of the imam [of the age]]. [passage omitted] When the Islamic government was founded it meant that during more than 1,000 years of confrontation with rulers infidelity vanished and Islam came. It was not like a dynasty vanishing and another dynasty appearing. That is most import... |
FBIS3-33989_0 | Foreign Minister Announces Accord To Expand Irish Ties | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tehran, Jan. 30, IRNA -- Iran an Ireland have decided to expand their mutual relations in political, economic, commercial and areas, a foreign ministry source said here Sunday. He said that Foreign Minister 'Ali Akbar Velayati in his visit to Dublin in mid January called for cr... |
FBIS3-33992_4 | GPC Statement Notes U.S. Actions, `Persecution' | enable one to reach peaceful solutions that are satisfactory to all parties. This was called for by all international and regional organizations, particularly the Arab League, the OAU, ICO [Islamic Conference Organization], the AMU [Arab Maghreb Union], the nonaligned countries, parties, popular organizations, and unio... |
FBIS3-33995_0 | Reports Say Opposition Suffering Losses | Language: Pashto Article Type:BFN [Text] After beginning a fight doomed to failure, the Karmal-Dostom militia has suffered great loss of life. According to reports obtained from surgical hospitals, which treat war casualties, 1,000 individuals from Dostum's militia have been injured so far and sent to those hospitals. ... |
FBIS3-34023_0 | Minister Views Iraq's Dependence on Port of al-'Aqabah | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Amman--Jordan Wednesday [2 February] said Iraq would continue to rely heavily on the Red Sea port of al-'Aqabah after sanctions end because its own ports could not handle the demand. "Iraq's dependence on the port of al-'Aqabah in the event of the lifting of sanctions will be p... |
FBIS3-34057_1 | Hizballah Leader Criticizes U.S. Policy | the Islamic Revolution Institutions in Lebanon; Muslim scholars; and a crowd of wounded people and their families. The Hizballah secretary general delivered a speech, which he began by talking about Abu-al-Fadl al-'Abbas, his importance, and his relations with Imam al-Husayn. [passage omitted] Addressing those who main... |
FBIS3-34068_0 | Reaction to Attack, Shootings During Celebration Noted CIA, Mosad Blamed | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Unattributed commentary] [Excerpts] The news of the shooting incident at the immaculate mausoleum of Imam Khomeyni, may God be pleased with him, on the first day of the glorious celebration of the 10 Days of Dawn of the Islamic revolution while the beloved president of the nation was... |
FBIS3-34069_0 | Reaction to Attack, Shootings During Celebration Noted `Conspiracy' Indicated | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Text] In an interview with the Central News Unit, a reliable source has revealed new dimensions in the assassination plot against the Islamic Republic of Iran's president during the ceremonies at the immaculate mausoleum of his eminence, the imam -- God's blessings be upon him. Accor... |
FBIS3-34070_0 | Reaction to Attack, Shootings During Celebration Noted Security Commander Comments | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Text] A few minutes ago, in an interview with the Central News Unit, one of the commanders of the security forces provided new details on the conspiracy involving an assassination attempt on the life of the president and the blows struck at the Islamic system by foreign affiliated co... |
FBIS3-34071_0 | Reaction to Attack, Shootings During Celebration Noted Thanksgiving Prayers Slated | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Text] Once again, the enemies of the Islamic revolution have embarked on a feeble attempt to overshadow the splendor and greatness of the Ten Days of Dawn ceremonies and the glorious presence of the Muslim nation of Iran in the defense of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This time their... |
FBIS3-34072_0 | Reaction to Attack, Shootings During Celebration Noted Confrontation Noted in Zahedan 1 Feb | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Zahedan, Feb. 1, IRNA -- With the awareness of the revolutionary and Muslim people of Zahedan, the conspiracy of the anti-revolutionaries who created a disturbance here today on Khayyam avenue was nullified. The shopkeepers and the people of Khayyam Avenue confronted and fought... |
FBIS3-34073_0 | President Says Regime `More Stable Than Any Other' | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Text] The president has described the esteemed families of the martyrs and devotees as the greatest and strongest foundations of the Islamic revolution, safeguarding the gains of this sacred divine system. He added: The presence of these dear ones in society and in various arenas of ... |
FBIS3-34075_0 | Tehran Views Israeli President's Visit to Turkey | Language: Turkish Article Type:BFN [Unattributed commentary: "Improved Relations Between Ankara and Tel Aviv"] [Text] President Ezer Weizman arrived in Ankara for a four-day visit to Turkey on 24 January. Effective security measures have been taken to protect him. Weizman was invited by President Demirel. His arrival i... |
FBIS3-34081_0 | Islamic Propagation Organization Hails Revolution Gains | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tehran, Feb. 2, IRNA -- The Islamic Propagation Organization (IPO) in a statement here blamed the world arrogance for exerting economic, military and political pressures on oppressed Muslim nations, Bosnians in particular. The statement, issued Tuesday on the first day of the T... |
FBIS3-34082_0 | Paper Cites U.S. Efforts To Prevent Defense Cooperation | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Text] The Pakistani newspaper THE MUSLIM has referred to the request made by the United States that various countries refrain from defense cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran and said: The Clinton administration is preventing the rebuilding of the Iranian army. The paper no... |
FBIS3-34092_0 | Officials Urge Promotion of Various Ties With Iran | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Muscat, Feb. 2, IRNA -- Ranking Omani officials Tuesday [1 February] called for promotion of bilateral economic and commercial ties with Iran and stressed that Muscat attached great importance to its ties with Iran. Governor general of Fars Province, in south of Iran, Mohammad ... |
FBIS3-34098_0 | 15,000 Join Mourning March 1 Feb | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Dhaka, Feb 1 (AFP) -- At least 15,000 residents of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka Tuesday joined a mourning march and mass prayers for the six opposition supporters gunned down by rivals in post-election violence, witnesses said. The marchers, including leaders from Shayk Hasina... |
FBIS3-34100_0 | Reaction to Attack, Shootings During Celebration Noted Tehran Says Vigilance Beat `Plot' | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Text] The vigilance of the Muslim revolutionary people of Zahedan neutralized a plot by a few counter-revolutionaries who sought to overshadow the people's fervor and enthusiasm on the eve of the 16th [as heard] anniversary of the Islamic revolution. These people congregated on Khayy... |
FBIS3-34135_0 | Parties Send Delegation to Iran, Saudi Arabia | Language: Arabic Article Type:CSO [Article by Ahmad Muwaffaq Zaydan: "Afghan Opposition Dispatches Delegation to Saudi Arabia and Iran to Express Its Opinion"] [Text] Peshawar--An Afghan opposition delegation is preparing to go to Saudi Arabia and Iran to familiarize the two countries' officials with the opposition's d... |
FBIS3-34136_1 | Daily Notes Clinton State of Union Speech | length on the steps taken by his administration during the past year and also elaborated on the plans of his government for the current year. The President did not make any attempts to hide his failures. This distinguishes a leader of a developed country from those of the developing countries. Referring to his election... |
FBIS3-34173_5 | Al-Qadhdhafi on Defending Arabs, Lockerbie | until Algeria is fragmented piece by piece, and tiny states are set up in Algeria once again. Then these states will be ethnic and family states which are isolated from each other, and which ask Europe for help and which are at Europe's mercy. From Misratah, the city of historical resistance, the city of struggle, brav... |
FBIS3-34183_0 | ICO Urges Action To Stop Escalation in Bosnia | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Text] Jeddah, 3 Feb (SPA) -- Dr. Hamid al-Ghabid, secretary-general of the Islamic Conference Organization [ICO], expressed the organization's great concern over the escalation of (?aggressive) campaigns waged by Serbs and Croats against Muslims in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In a statement i... |
FBIS3-34184_1 | Rafsanjani Gives Friday Prayer Sermon, Notes Events | all events, such as the war and the conspiracies, and give continuation to the revolution during the period of construction, planning, and implementation of important and infrastructural tasks. Hojjat ol-Eslam val-Moslemin Hashemi-Rafsanjani described the human forming ideology of Islam as the most important factor in ... |
FBIS3-34187_0 | Khomeyni Delivers Thanksgiving Prayers | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Text] On the third day of the sacred 10 Days of Dawn celebrations, during which praise is given to martyrs, disabled, men missing in action, and prisoners of war, thousands of military commanders and model units of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army ground forces this afternoon partic... |
FBIS3-34188_0 | Authorities Admit to Disturbances in Southeast | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Safa Ha'iri report: "Sectarian Disturbances in Baluchistan; Fatalities in Iran after Confrontations with the `Guards'] [Text] Paris -- The Iranian authorities yesterday admitted the occurrence of disturbances in the province of Baluchistan southeast of the country and accused "counter... |
FBIS3-34188_1 | Authorities Admit to Disturbances in Southeast | Disturbances in Baluchistan; Fatalities in Iran after Confrontations with the `Guards'] [Text] Paris -- The Iranian authorities yesterday admitted the occurrence of disturbances in the province of Baluchistan southeast of the country and accused "counterrevolutionary elements" of organizing these disturbances the day b... |
FBIS3-34189_1 | Foreign Ministry Official Comments on Turkish Raid | of our country, killing and wounding some of our compatriots: [Begin recording] [Correspondent] Following the incident, meetings were held between Iranian and Turkish diplomatic officials. In a telephone conversation with Foreign Minister Dr. 'Ali Akbar Velayati, the Turkish foreign minister expressed his regret over t... |
FBIS3-34190_0 | Turkey Offers Compensation | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Ankara, Feb. 3, IRNA -- Turkey is ready to compensate for the losses inflicted on the Iranian borders as a result of the air raid last Friday, Turkish Foreign Minister Hikmet Cetin said here today. "Unfortunately we were informed that some mistake had occurred during the operat... |
FBIS3-34195_0 | Turkey Urged To Explain Military Operations on Border | Language: Turkish Article Type:BFN [Unattributed commentary: "The Visit of Turkish Experts to Iran's Border] [Text] Turkish military aircraft fired rockets and dropped bombs on several of the villages affiliated with Sar Dasht on Iran's border with Iraq on Friday, 28 January. Some 28 people were either killed or wounde... |
FBIS3-34198_0 | Columnist on Gulf War's Impact on World Events | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Article by Salah al-Mukhtar: "How Iraq Foiled America's Opportunity To Colonize the World"] [Text] In his book "Seize The Moment: America's Challenge in a One Superpower World," former U.S. President Richard Nixon admits that cursed criminal George Bush's idealistic dream of establish... |
FBIS3-34202_6 | AIG Committee Official Explains Group's Goals, Plans | becomes an individual duty. As for what you term violence, this is a misrepresentation of God's words and is meant to deceive the people. How can we consider "jihad for the cause of God" as violence? Can any Muslim allow himself to say this about God's words, unless he is a believer in the laws of the East and the West... |
FBIS3-34214_18 | Prime Minister Notes Peace Process, Other Issues | gigantic effects on the region in all aspects, particularly in the economic sphere. Therefore, the committee was set up to follow these developments and measure their effects on all aspects, especially on the economic side. [Al-Sa'id] What is your own view on the Middle East market and on the possibility of including A... |
FBIS3-34238_0 | 'Arafat Loyalists Accused of Disrupting Union Vote | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Text] The United Islamic ticket [al-qa'imah al-islamiyah al-muwahhadah] and the Medical Democratic Alliance Bloc [kutlat al-tahaluf al-tibbi al-dimuqrati] of the Medical Society have denounced the incidents at the elections for the Medical Society at al-Azhar University in Gaza. A sta... |
FBIS3-34245_8 | Col al-Qadhdhafi Delivers Speech in Misratah | him. He must be finished, really. The Zandaqah is an extremely serious sickness, and he who carries this disease must be finished. For he who likes Islam, Islam is clear: Read the Koran, give us a lesson from the Koran, a lesson in religion, in morals; lead us in prayers, call for prayers, teach us and you are welcome.... |
FBIS3-34245_12 | Col al-Qadhdhafi Delivers Speech in Misratah | for a dollar, or trade in currencies, or smuggle medicine, smuggle food products, smuggle Libyan products, trade in the Libyan dinar, ask them to give us their canned foods, or ask them to give us their cigarettes or their drugs, they will laugh at us. They will say: These people only talk, but in the end they put out ... |
FBIS3-34246_0 | Embassy Source on Staff Reduction, Ties | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [By Hamdan al-Hajj] [Text] An authorized source at the Iranian Embassy in Amman has stated that the reduction in the number of Iranian diplomats in Amman will not negatively affect bilateral relations, adding that the Jordanian officials believe likewise. The source added: This is a pr... |
FBIS3-34267_0 | UK Airline Official on `Air Piracy' | Language: English Article Type:BFN [By Moira Whittle, PRESS ASSOCIATION] [Text] A British aviation company director tonight condemned the seizure of one of the firm's planes in Yemen as an act of "air piracy". Andy King, director of Gatwick-based ANA Aviation, said the Boeing 707 aircraft's cargo contained nothing more... |
FBIS3-34319_0 | Kurdish Radio Notes Ministers' Meeting in Istanbul | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Station commentary] [Text] The foreign ministers of Turkey, Iran, and Syria ended their meetings in Istanbul, Turkey, yesterday. The meetings were held within the framework of the periodic discussions held by these countries to study the situation in Iraq's Kurdistan. The final statem... |
FBIS3-34321_0 | `Reliable Source' on Opposition Attacks, Executions | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Text] A reliable source in Baghdad has informed us that the Iraqi opposition forces' attacks on the regime's establishments and offices have continued unabated in the past few weeks. On the night of 26 January, a heroic unit from the opposition forces staged a lightning attack on a po... |
FBIS3-34324_0 | `More Than 20' Arrested for Assassination Bid | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tehran, Feb 7 (AFP)--Iranian authorities have arrested more than 20 people for attempting to kill President 'Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani last week, Information Minister Ali Fallahian said. Fallahian, quoted on Monday [7 February] by HAMSHAHRI newspaper, said the suspects eithe... |
FBIS3-34325_0 | Khamene'i Warns Against `Plots of Satanic Powers' | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tehran, Feb 6, IRNA -- The leader of the Islamic revolution, Ayatollah 'Ali Khamene'i, on Sunday [6 February] warned against plots of satanic powers to physically eliminate those Iranian ulema who are efficient and helpful for the country, Islam and Muslims. The supreme leader ... |
FBIS3-34327_0 | Muslims Stage Unity Demonstration in Zahedan | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Text] In a large and rare demonstration in Zahedan today, tens of thousands of Shiite and Sunni Muslims manifested their unity against the plots designed by the enemies of the Islamic revolution. Our colleagues report from the Central News Unit of Zahedan. [Unidentified correspondent... |
FBIS3-34335_0 | Communique Issued on Visit | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tehran, Feb 6, IRNA -- Iran and Brunei here Sunday [6 February] issued a joint communique at the end of the 4-day visit to Tehran of the Brunei's sultan Muda Hassanal Bolkiah. The communique was signed by the ambassador of Brunei here Haji Subaini ben Haji Mohammad Hassan and I... |
FBIS3-34337_3 | Iran Issues Letter on Beirut Murder, Embassy Staff | have nothing to do with this criminal act, unless it was something out of his own creation and imagination? It is regrettable that in this regard, the voice of a Jordanian brother joined the voices of Westerners and Israelis who continue their feverish efforts to shake and confuse relations between Islamic countries in... |
FBIS3-34344_1 | Hashemi-Rafsanjani Delivers First Friday Sermon | fresh questions which lead to other questions when answered. [passage omitted] The most fundamental thing that has happened during the last 20 years of struggle and the Islamic struggles of the previous decades is that the awareness of the people has increased. [passage omitted] Competent leadership is the next thing. ... |
FBIS3-34372_0 | U.S. Reaction to Continuing Arab Boycott Viewed | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Article by Hasan al-Kashif; from the "Attention" column: "Decisions of the U.S. Era"] [Text] The U.S. President and his secretary of state see no reason to continue the Arab boycott of "Israel," saying "it no longer belongs to this age." And since Senator Brown cannot comprehend conti... |
FBIS3-34373_3 | Article Ridicules `Lame' Arab Lobby in U.S. | the mighty United States a secretary serving in the office of the Zionist prime minister, and has subjected U.S. will to the decisions of the Knesset. On the other hand, the latter has reduced Arab states, governments, and officials to employees in a small section of the U.S. State Department, begging for visas and ide... |
FBIS3-34374_0 | Iran's Interference in Arab Affairs Denounced | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Baghdad, Feb 6 (INA)--AL-THAWRAH daily of Iraq wondered about how long would the Iranian regime continue to play the role of a guardian on Arab and Islamic affairs. The paper, mouthpiece of the Arab Ba'th Socialist Party, said in an article today that the regime, which faced an... |
FBIS3-34384_1 | Diplomat Denies `Crisis' in Ties With Iran | Tehran. He added that the Iranian Government did not object, and understood the motives of the Jordanian request, which was made according to diplomatic norms. He affirmed that the request had nothing to do with any incident before or after it was made. He noted that current Jordanian-Iranian relations are normal, that... |
FBIS3-34406_0 | Security Minister Identifies Assassin's Group | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tehran, Feb. 7, IRNA -- Iran's Information [Intelligence and Security] Minister Hojjat ol-Eslam 'Ali Fallahian in an interview with HAMSHAHRI daily said here today that Kurosh Nik Akhtar who tried to assassinate President Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani on the first of February was a ... |
FBIS3-34407_0 | Relates Other Details | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Text] The intelligence and security Minister 'Ali Fallahian, in an interview with our reporter today, revealed new details of the assassination plot on the president's life. Giving some examples of the conspiracies hatched by global arrogance in various dimensions this year, Mr. Fall... |
FBIS3-34412_0 | Velayati, Afghan Delegation Meet, Discuss Events | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Text] Representatives of the Supreme Council for Coordinating the Islamic Revolution of Afghanistan [Shura-ye Ali-ye Hamahangi-ye Enqelab-e Eslami-ye Afghanistan] met Foreign Minister Velayati in Tehran on Monday and discussed the latest developments in Afghanistan. At the meeting, t... |
FBIS3-34418_0 | Kurdish Radio Views Iranian, Turkish, Syrian Talks | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Unattributed commentary] [Text] On 5 February, the foreign ministers of Iran, Turkey, and Syria met in Istanbul, allegedly to study the situation in Iraq again. This was the fourth tripartite session in this connection. It is surprising that the three countries should decide to hold ... |
FBIS3-34418_3 | Kurdish Radio Views Iranian, Turkish, Syrian Talks | domestic problems on the one hand and the West's public opinion on the other, has taken no serious step to ensure the national and political rights of the Kurds in Turkey. And finally, not only is Syria refraining from granting the just rights of the Syrian Kurds, but it is also trying to annihilate their national iden... |
FBIS3-34419_0 | Commentary Previews Upcoming Regional Talks | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Unattributed commentary] [Text] The fifth joint session of the foreign ministers of Iran, Turkey, and Syria has opened in Istanbul, Turkey. The session is being held to examine the issues of north Iraq, specially the events stemming from the recent Turkish air raids against the regio... |
FBIS3-34422_0 | Commentary on Significance of Language, Culture | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Commentary from the News Research and Commentaries Group] [Excerpts] The first congress of Iranologists and of Persian language and literature academicians from Central Asia and the Caucasus opened in Tehran on Friday afternoon, 4 February, with a message from President Hashemi-Rafsa... |
FBIS3-34434_3 | RESALAT Reports on Majles Sessions * 14 Dec I Condemn the Publication of Incorrect News Regarding the Observance of the Rights of Religious Minorities in Iran One of the Effective Factors in the Fight Against Cultural Invasion Is the Fight Against Poverty One of the Grave Duties of the Majles and the Government Is To C... | the Fight Against Cultural Invasion Is the Fight Against Poverty The next speaker was 'Ali Mohammad Gharibani, from Ardabil, who offered his condolences on the death of the revered Shi'ite source of emulation, Grand Ayatollah Golpayegani, and said: [passages omitted on world arrogance and anti-American rhetoric] In con... |
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