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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...
economic affairs and the conspiratorial acts of the East and the West in reducing the price of oil and the occurrence of unexpected events, such as floods and earthquakes, require consideration for the condition of the people, especially the vulnerable stratum of the society. After determining the actual resources, exc...
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RESALAT Reports on Majles Sessions * 15 Dec Many of the Ratifications of the 1372 [21 March 1993-20 March 1994] Budget Have in All Practicality Faced Stagnation With All These Foreign Currency Problems, Still There Is No Agreement Between the Executive Managers and Monetary Policy Makers for the Appropriate Allocation ...
in the world. He continued: We thank God that he has placed the describable love of the revered Shi'ite source of emulation and the religious jurist, Grand Ayatollah Khamene'i, in the hearts of the people and displayed the bravery, power, piety, and disregard of this great man for the oppressive power and his popularit...
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RESALAT Reports on Majles Sessions * 15 Dec Many of the Ratifications of the 1372 [21 March 1993-20 March 1994] Budget Have in All Practicality Faced Stagnation With All These Foreign Currency Problems, Still There Is No Agreement Between the Executive Managers and Monetary Policy Makers for the Appropriate Allocation ...
investments. However, now that in many of the oppressed cities of the country there is no sign of large-scale investments, is it not clear and unjust discrimination to spend existing resources to complete ongoing projects, which are limited to some regions? Is deprivation eliminated from the oppressed regions merely by...
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RESALAT Reports on Majles Sessions * 21 Dec For the Late Debts of the Country, We Must Have a Comprehensive Solution in Order To Pay Them at the Appropriate Time
to fundamental projects or incomplete projects of its cities. In conclusion, he said: Can only the province of Kerman have the first rank in nonoil products by exporting pistachios, carpets, and handicrafts and for other provinces to be ranked lower or does this potential exist in other provinces of the country as well...
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RESALAT Reports on Majles Sessions * 22 Dec
claims being made in the world in an attempt to damage the revolution, especially by the so-called human rights organizations concerning the lack of freedom or the failure to observe the rights of women in Iran, it must be said that world imperialism and these organizations who work hand-in-hand with America have not u...
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RESALAT Reports on Majles Sessions * 22 Dec
and "women's rights" to settle international and purely political accounts are taking place in circumstances where the disgraced supporters of human rights have fallen silent on the crimes committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel, and other parts of the world. This has brought about aversion and repulsion in every n...
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RESALAT Reports on Majles Sessions * 22 Dec
be upon him). She said: Using comprehensive and future-oriented policies, one can stand up to the cultural invasion and American imperialism. If this policy is based as much as possible on a deep understanding of the history of the culture of traditions and national alertness in the country, it will be very important a...
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RESALAT Reports on Majles Sessions * 27 Dec
the clear difference in foreign currency in the region. [sentence as published] On the other hand, the interests from the activities of the so-called foreign investments within the framework of the progress of banks and financial establishments causes the free exit of large amounts gained every year through this system...
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RESALAT Reports on Majles Sessions * 27 Dec
this method not cause a small number to become rich and a large number of low-income people to be harmed more than ever before? Continuing, Dr. Fattahi pointed out the issue of self-management and the bill of general insurance, which is the basis of the Plan: The spirit and basis of this bill was the transfer and sale ...
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RESALAT Reports on Majles Sessions * 28 Dec
standards and measures. As our revolution is an Islamic revolution and Islam is a part of the essence of our revolution and inseparable from the revolution itself, fighting injustice, oppression, and heathenism is a part of the essence of the Islamic revolution. He added: Because the crystallization of so much oppressi...
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RESALAT Reports on Majles Sessions * 29 Dec
and said: The directives of the grand leader concerning social justice, attention to agriculture, the growth of exports, and a foreign policy based on dignity, wisdom, and our interests must be followed. Ratifications The amount of 5 billion tomans from the unused funds in the 1372 [21 March 1993-20 March 1994] budget ...
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RESALAT Reports on Majles Sessions * 29 Dec
be able to shape our economy, like our neighboring large and populated countries, without dependence on oil. He added: The honorable government has taken long strides toward agricultural self-sufficiency. Now that we are coming upon Agriculture Week, it is time to critically examine why we do not make clear policies ab...
FBIS3-34452_0
Islamic Countries To `Take Steps'
Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Text] The Islamic Conference Organization's [ICO] contact group has issued a statement announcing that if the international community refrains from staging aerial attacks on the positions of the Serbian aggressors, the Islamic countries, based on Article 51 of the UN Charter, will ta...
FBIS3-34466_0
Government Warplane Bombs Village, Refugee Camp
Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Pageri, Sudan, Feb 8 (AFP)--A Sudanese government warplane bombed a village and a refugee camp Tuesday [8 February], seriously wounding at least one woman in their fourth air strike against the rebel-held south in five days. Nearly 70,000 people have fled camps along Sudan's so...
FBIS3-34475_1
Civil Aviation Source Notes Remarks on Seized Plane
to aviation, and does not reflect reality. To explain this, he said the air traffic controller at Sanaa International Airport was surprised by the entry of the plane into Yemeni airspace without obtaining a prior authorization from the competent authorities. The air traffic controller recalled the report of the Air Def...
FBIS3-34489_0
Justice Official Appointed to UN Committee
Language: Hebrew Article Type:BFN [Text] Dr. Karmel Shalev of the Justice Ministry's Legislation Department has been elected to serve as a member of the UN committee on uprooting discrimination against women. In a vote held yesterday at the UN center in New York, 63 countries from all continents voted in favor of Dr. S...
FBIS3-34493_0
`Field Action' Plan Approved
Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Unattributed report: "Iraqi Opposition Criticizes Istanbul Meeting and Reaffirms Insistence on Federal System"] [Text] London -- The "Unified Iraqi National Congress" [UINC] and the tripartite Presidential Council emanating from it have approved a "field action" plan and reaffirmed th...
FBIS3-34497_0
Deteriorating Food, Health Situation Reported
Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Baghdad, Feb 7 (INA)--A recent report by a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) mission has confirmed earlier conclusions by another FAO/WFP survey that warns of a rapid deterioration in food supply situation throughout Iraq. The present mission report, issued in December la...
FBIS3-34497_1
Deteriorating Food, Health Situation Reported
system and the cold chain broke down completely immediately after the war, immunization rates are back well above 80 per cent, better than pre-war levels in certain areas (UNICEF 1993, personal communication). The Ministry of Health has received substantial assistance from UNICEF/WHO in maintaining the cold chain and i...
FBIS3-34497_2
Deteriorating Food, Health Situation Reported
antibiotics to control infection after surgery are virtually unavailable as reported by several hospitals and the minister of health. This was offered as the explanation of why hospitals are now functioning at 40-50 per cent of their original capacity in spite of the reported increase in infectious disease and severe m...
FBIS3-34498_0
Paper Notes Citizens' Complaints About Police Conduct
Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Report by Shihab Ahmad Mahmud titled: "Why Do Some Military Policemen Refuse To Recognize End of Service Document?"] [Excerpt] Military policemen's known duty is to punish wrongdoers, apprehend deserters from military service and so forth. Nobody differs on that. But there have been c...
FBIS3-34502_0
U.K's Major Ridiculed Over Kurdish `Safe Haven'
Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Text] Baghdad, 8 Feb (INA)--The newspaper AL-JUMHURIYAH says that the problem with British Prime Minister Major is that he, just like the other politicians whose calculations have proven to be wrong, thought that playing the Kurdish card would result in destabilizing the Iraqi regime....
FBIS3-34502_1
U.K's Major Ridiculed Over Kurdish `Safe Haven'
"the Kurdistan region is safe," wondering when it was actually more safe -- now or before the anti-Iraq aggression. The paper answers this question, saying that all fair-minded people, even Major himself, cannot deny that the Iraqi Kurdistan region enjoyed stability, security, a high standard of living, as well as the ...
FBIS3-34518_0
U.S. Conditions for Terrorist List Removal Cited
Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Report by Mahmud Bakri] [Text] Political sources have stated that preparations are under way to hold a meeting between the Syrian Foreign Minister and the U.S. Secretary of State to discuss the removal of Syria's name from the list of states that support terrorism. The meeting will di...
FBIS3-34533_0
Paper Views U.S. Aid Condition, Favors Nuclear Program
Language: Urdu Article Type:BFN [Editorial: "The New U.S. Condition for Economic and Military Aid"] [Text] The U.S. Administration has hinted that restrictions on economic and military aid to all nonnuclear states will be maintained even if the Pressler Amendment is abolished. A discussion paper addressed to congressme...
FBIS3-34538_0
Commentary on `Satanic Powers' Plot
Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Unidentified commentary] [Text] In the name of God. Greetings dear listeners. As you heard in the news bulletin, today, Hojjat ol-Eslam val-Moslemin Fallahian, the honorable minister of intelligence, revealed new aspects of the treacherous plot to assassinate the well-loved president...
FBIS3-34539_0
Velayati Visits in Indonesia, Urges Action in Bosnia
Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tehran, Feb. 9, IRNA -- Foreign Minister 'Ali Akbar Velayati, currently in Indonesia, said that the only solution to Bosnian tragedy was international military intervention. He called on the U.N. Security Council to prescribe international military action to stop the genocide a...
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Commentary: U.S. Backs Serbs in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Station commentary] [Text] While the U.S. Government's media were loudly proclaiming that Washington was seeking to end the crisis of Bosnia-Herzegovina and U.S. politicians announced their opposition to the Serbian policy in this blood-soaked republic, the CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR r...
FBIS3-34542_0
Paper Discusses Turkey's Stance on Kurdish Problem
Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Editorial by Mohammad Sarafraz: "What Are the Turkish Government's Objectives?"] [Text] On Friday Turkish jets infiltrated 100 km into Iraqi territory and extensively bombed parts of that country. Apparently 50 Turkish jets participated in the operation, which resulted in civilian ca...
FBIS3-34545_0
Majles Speaker Receives Moroccan Ambassador
Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Text] At a meeting with the Moroccan ambassador yesterday, referring to the religious and cultural common denominators between Muslim countries and attempts by world arrogance to create a rift among the world Muslims, Majles Speaker Nateq-Nuri said: Today, world arrogance considers I...
FBIS3-34551_1
Editorial Examines Clinton Administration Policies
claim that during his year in office budget deficit has been slashed down heavily. A U.S. government release on the occasion makes particular mention of the President's success in smoothly getting on with Congress for legislative purposes, and refers to legislation ranging from Family and Medical Leave Act and Health C...
FBIS3-34556_0
Commentary Views Treatment of Minorities in Pakistan
Language: English Article Type:BFN [Commentary by correspondent Ashnarain Roy] [Text] The old adage -- physician heal thyself -- is nowhere more appropriate and pertinent than in Pakistan, a case [as heard] which has unabashedly sought to use human rights as a stick to beat India in an attempt to cover up its blatant h...
FBIS3-34563_1
Article Reviews Continuation, Cycle of Violence
encouragement and turning a blind eye--at other times--such that yesterday's cub has turned into a predatory beast, which is devouring those closest to it who sponsored and fed him only yesterday. What do figures say now about the victims devoured by the beast of bloody violence. Confirmed reports say that around 200 p...
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Article Reviews Continuation, Cycle of Violence
information stresses that "these armed Islamic groups bear the major responsibility for all the acts of violence seen in the country" and that 59 of the police victims were killed willfully as part of acts of direct physical liquidation, which these groups carried out despite the police halting their physical liquidati...
FBIS3-34572_1
Fallahian on Planning of Assassination Plot
warfare, efforts to isolate the Islamic Republic regime, efforts to distort the regime's face abroad, psychological war inside the country and assistance given to their elements, who during the past several years have tried to remain lackeys of aliens. In this connection about 24 bombs were smuggled inside the country....
FBIS3-34573_1
Sharma, Czech President Meet, Hold News Conference
Mr. Narasimha Rao, said India has an exemplary record on human rights. He said the aspersion on India's record on this issue is caused by those who themselves do not have any respect for human dignity. Mr. Rao described the president of the new republic as the father of democratic movement in Europe. The award carries ...
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Iraqi Minister Addresses Arab Economic Council
Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Text] Cairo, 9 Feb (INA)--Dr. Muhammad Mahdi Salih, Iraqi trade minister and head of the Iraqi delegation to the 53d session of the Arab Economic Council currently being held in Cairo, stressed that under the leadership of President Saddam Husayn, Iraq will continue the process of rec...
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Daily's Special Edition Views `Ceaseless' U.S. Plots
Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tehran, Feb. 10, IRNA -- Fifteen years in the life of a nation, said KAYHAN INTERNATIONAL, is like 15 seconds "yet in this period we managed to come a long way and have little to fear." The English daily which brought out a special 24-page issue on the eve of Bahman 22 (Feb. 11...
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Paper Examines Turkey's `Dangerous Game'
Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Unattributed commentary: "Turkey--Dangerous Adventurism"] [Excerpts] Following the killing and wounding of our innocent compatriots when Turkish fighter planes dropped rockets on villages on the Iranian border, some observations may be made about bilateral relations and Turkey's regi...
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Russian Official Views Prospects for Relations
Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Report by an IRNA correspondent from Moscow] [Text] Russian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Zaveryukha stressed Iran's role and importance in the region and the need to broaden bilateral cooperation in economic, cultural, and other fields. During his interview with IRNA's corresponde...
FBIS3-34596_1
Paper Examines U.S. Effort To Prolong Blockade
the world in the name of democracy and human rights. Furthermore, its unlimited military support for Israel ignores "Israel's" long record of oppression and violation of Palestinian human rights. The Zionists besiege dozens of Palestinian towns and villages, blow up Palestinian homes, confiscate hundreds of acres of la...
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Paper Notes Iran's `Interference' in Other Countries
Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN ["Standpoint" column: "Iran and Export of Anarchy" by 'Isa Isma'il al-'Abbadi] [Text] The Iranian regime continues to interfere in the internal affairs of Arabs and Muslims instead of paying attention to its aggravating problems resulting from its haphazard policies and inability to fi...
FBIS3-34598_1
Actions of Saudi, Iranian Regimes Criticized
second al-Qadisiyah [Iraq-Iran war] -- hence their inferiority complex. The leader president commented on that by saying: Withdrawal from Kuwait was not within our plans, if it had not for that treachery. We wanted to deprive the enemies of any opportunity to undermine the domestic front, which was our main concern. As...
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Zhalah Commander Interviewed on Turkish Raid
Language: Turkish Article Type:BFN [Telephone interview with Numan Ucar, alias Mahir, the commander of the People's Liberation Army of Kurdistan Zhalah camp in Iraq, in Cologne, Germany, by Behcet Avsar; date not given] [Text] [Avsar] What were the aims and results of the operation launched against Zhalah? [Ucar] The o...
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Zhalah Commander Interviewed on Turkish Raid
the leaders' headquarters and communications room were destroyed? [Ucar] Our radio broadcasts and wireless communications are continuing uninterrupted. As for the destruction of leading cadres: The Kurdish Workers Party [PKK] leading cadres never stay together in the same region or spot. They are in areas were fighting...
FBIS3-34604_0
Report Links `Iranian Ambitions,' Embassy Cuts
Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Reporty by Salamah Ni'mat: "Jordanian Fears of Their Activities Were Behind Reduction in Number of Iranian Diplomats"] [Excerpts] Amman -- Reliable Jordanian sources yesterday warned that Iran is still trying to export its Islamic revolution to the Arab states "by various methods" suc...
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President, Envoys Meet, Note Revolution's Anniversary
Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Text] Foreign ambassadors and representatives of foreign diplomatic missions and international organizations in Iran today were received by President Hashemi-Rafsanjani. Our reporter sent us this report: [Unidentified reporter] During the meeting, the president said that the foreign ...
FBIS3-34645_0
ICO Ministers Urge UN To Lift Sarajevo Siege
Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 10, IRNA -- Foreign ministers of the contact group of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) [Islamic Conference Organization, ICO] in Jakarta, Indonesia Thursday [10 February] appealed to the U.N. Security Council to forge effective measures to lift th...
FBIS3-34654_0
PLO Leaders, Opposition Analyze Cairo Agreement Territories Express `Mixed Feelings'
Language: Hebrew Article Type:BFN [Excerpts] Palestinians in the territories greeted the signing of the agreement in Cairo with mixed feelings. There were no expressions of joy over the additional step on the way to the implementation of the agreement on self-government, but people intensely followed media reports abou...
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Official Comments on Procedures
Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Text] Dahham 'Abd-al-Rashid, head of the Financial Control Bureau, has said the decision to limit dealing in foreign currencies to officially licensed companies and banks is the most important step toward controlling speculation in the Iraqi dinar's exchange rate against the U.S. doll...
FBIS3-34697_0
U.S. `Source' Cited on Economic, Military Aid
Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Text] A senior White House source has asserted that the U.S. Administration is seriously considering providing economic and military aid to Jordan in recognition of its distinguished role and importance in the region. In reply to a question by a correspondent for the JORDANIAN NEWS AG...
FBIS3-34710_2
Peres on PLO Agreement, Syria, Jordan Talks
can result in greater enmity and hatred, greater danger and number of casualties involved. Where does this unforgettable genius lead? [Raz] Still, what are the weaknesses in the agreement you worked out in Cairo? [Peres] You know, we initially said we would give the Palestinians honor and they would give us security, o...
FBIS3-34725_0
Editorial Discusses U.S. Nonproliferation Policy
Language: Urdu Article Type:BFN [Editorial: "Pakistan's Nuclear Program -- New Element in the U.S. Attitude"] [Text] According to the influential U.S. daily THE WASHINGTON POST, the United States is preparing to launch air strikes against nuclear installations in Third World countries. A Defense Department official has...
FBIS3-34732_0
Rabbani Congratulates Iran on Revolution Anniversary
Language: Dari Article Type:BFN [Text] A source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports that esteemed Professor Borhanoddin Rabbani, president of the Islamic State of Afghanistan [ISA], has sent a congratulations message on the occasion of 15th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution of Iran to the president of that c...
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Accompolishments, Obstacles Reviewed
the same time: one, economic adjustment, and, two, economic development; giving priority to infrastructural and cultural tasks. They saw how it travelled this path with success. They can also see how our own neighbors are having so many difficulties in carrying out their policies of economic adjustment and of changing ...
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Nine-Point Resolution Issued
upon him--as the fundamental and inviolable part of the domestic and foreign policy of the holy system of the Islamic Republic. We will not cease our endeavors to the last of our breath, until the aspirations of that great imam have materialized. The marchers stressed the unconditional obedience of the Iranian nation t...
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Daily Terms NATO `Ultimatum' `Propaganda Maneuver'
Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tehran, Feb. 13, IRNA -- A Persian daily Sunday commented on the 10-day ultimatum given by the NATO to the Serbs and termed it as a propaganda maneuver to deceive the world public opinion. In a statement released on Wednesday, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) issue...
FBIS3-34741_0
Commentary Examines U.S. Role, Aims in Bosnia
Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Unattributed commentary: "U.S. Role in the Bosnian Crisis"] [Text] After setting a 10-day deadline for Bosnian Serb forces -- which was aimed at removing the Serbs' heavy weapons from around the besieged city of Sarajevo -- U.S. White House officials and Western circles have been ove...
FBIS3-34742_0
Commentary Notes Clinton `Threats' Against North Korea
Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Commentary prepared by the News Research and Commentaries Group] [Text] U.S. President Bill Clinton announced yesterday that if North Korea prevents an inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA] of its nuclear installations, economic sanctions will be imposed. These ...
FBIS3-34755_3
Ramadan Discusses Ways To `Confront' Embargo
single voice. Why? It is not because these parties are now feeling guilty about their previous positions on Iraq. It is because the Iraqis rose to the level of the battle and these parties realized that they will definitely not gain even the minimum amount of the benefits they thought they could gain from the blockade....
FBIS3-34758_0
ICO Secretary General Stops Over for Visit Comments on Rgional Issues
Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] The OIC [Islamic Conference Organization, ICO] secretary general, Dr. Hamid al-Ghabid, has appealed to all Afghan leaders, parties, commanders and people to cease all hostilities and scrupulously observe a cease-fire on all fronts from the first of Ramadan al-Mubarak [Holy Rama...
FBIS3-34761_0
President Addresses Crowd on Anniversary of Revolution
Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Iran's President Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani in his address to the millions strong gathering of the people at Azadi Square said that such a gathering showed that the insinuations by the enemies of the revolution were of no use. "The extensive presence of the people here is a clear...
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Khamene'i Announces Changes
Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Text] His Eminence Ayatollah Khamene'i, the honorable leader of the Islamic revolution and the guardian of the cause of Muslims, today in a decree appointed Dr. 'Ali Larijani, the minister of culture and Islamic guidance, as the head of the Voice and Vision Organization of the Islami...
FBIS3-34775_0
President, Envoys Meet on Revolution's Anniversary
Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Text] Foreign ambassadors and representatives of foreign diplomatic missions and international organizations in Iran today were received by President Hashemi-Rafsanjani. Our reporter sent us this report: [Unidentified reporter] During the meeting, the president said that the foreign ...
FBIS3-34800_1
Wrapup of Various Reactions to Mosque Attack Implications of Attack on Stability Viewed
regimes on which the opposition depends are also lacking in democracy and freedom of expression. It is perhaps worth noting that the regimes which support some Sudanese groups in their legitimate struggle for democracy are the very same regimes which had plotted against the Sudanese democratic experiment which flourish...
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Rebel Leader Urges UN Intervention in Southern Conflict
towards the Ugandan border. "The deplorable and despicable practices of slavery and slave trade have surfaced," Machar said. Speaking a day after UN Secretary General Butrus Butrus-Ghali expressed concern about the escalation of the war and widespread human rights violations by all sides, Machar accused government forc...
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Political Islam Review: AL-USRAH AL-'ARABIYAH 27 Jan
are "secularists and communists, whose slogan is no to Islam, no to protecting religious and national ethics and values, and yes to permissiveness." Islamic Shari'ah Advocated Dr. al-Sayyid 'Abd-al-Sattar al-Miliji, secretary general of the Scientists Association, in an article entitled "The Fatal Error," contended tha...
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Political Islam Review: 'AQIDATI 1 Feb
Minyat al-Nasr. Most of the discussion is religious, although Chief Editor al-Sayyid 'Abd-al-Ra'uf makes a reference to a particular threat to the country's future. He says: "I am confident that the hostile values [al-qiyam al-mu'adiyah] that do not want Islam to prosper or Egypt to stand on its feet know that Egypt's ...
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Political Islam Review: 'AQIDATI 8 Feb
A report prepared by the "American Islamic Center" showed how the U.S. media treatment of specific issues tends to exploit these issues to distort the image of Islam. A specific example given in the study refered to the media treatment of the bombing of the World Trade Center in New York. It noted that all reports and ...
FBIS3-34809_1
`Necessity' To Safeguard Iraqi Unity Viewed
Territories" by Dr. 'Abd al-Karim 'Abd al-Samad] [Text] The tripartite meeting of the foreign ministers of Syria, Iran, and Turkey that concluded its work yesterday in Istanbul falls within the three countries' joint coordination effort for the sake of bolstering security, peace, and stability in the region. The meetin...
FBIS3-34820_4
Islamic Group Spokesman Comments on Plans, Other Issues
satan." 3. To stress to the IG, represented in my person, that the Egyptian Government does not use the U.S. aid reaching Egypt to strike at the Islamic movement. My answer was to refuse a meeting. We do not meet officials from governments. And for us, the United States is the major enemy, just like Israel. [Mubarak] W...
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Islamic Group Spokesman Comments on Plans, Other Issues
groups. Generally speaking, there were military people in the al- Jihad case. [Mubarak] The military who left service or were accused in the al-Jihad case were officers, noncommissioned officers, and soldiers. They had no influence. Supposing that what you say about a presence in this sector is true, this does not mean...
FBIS3-34861_4
Writer Refutes U.S. Human Rights Report
to arrest and detain people without any legal guidelines or constraints, many of us in Jordan do not wish to curtail the power of the police to the extent that many western nations have done at the expense of internal law and order. No nation would want to have criminals loose in the streets and witness the commission ...
FBIS3-34864_3
Muslim Brotherhood Official on Dialogue Exclusion
to establish a Christian party. [Al-Hudaybi] The regime's justification is weak and politically motivated. I believe there is no harm in establishing a Christian party vis-a-vis an Islamic party. In 1948, and before the parties law was issued, the Muslim Brotherhood was religiously and politically active without the Co...
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Hasan Al-Turabi Comments on Islamic Movement
also in other countries. The new phenomena in the course of historical change might be acceptable to some old regimes and might be given freedom, in which case they come cleanly and gradually contribute to the positive evolution of realities, and perhaps resort to dialogue about, say, the negative aspects of their view...
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Hasan Al-Turabi Comments on Islamic Movement
underground into secret and private activity that would erupt in a form of jihad or something else, for a government's violence and pressure is met with counterviolence and pressure. I regret to say that most signs of mutual pressures and conflicts were started by old ruling regimes seeking to maintain their power. Wor...
FBIS3-34876_3
Editorial on Iraqi Goodwill, Favors Close Ties
certainly play an effective role in restoring Iraq's ties with the rest of the world and it must do so. Normalization of Iraq's ties with the international community will create a sort of stability in the entire region and will help establish and promote international contacts on the basis of mutual respect. Iraq's par...
FBIS3-34877_0
Report Details Terrorist Schemes, Global Connections
Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Report by Riyad 'Alam-al-Din in Beirut and Nayil Mukhaybar in Paris] [Text] A few days ago, several West European intelligence agencies received a top-secret report warning of armed squads arriving in some countries and preparing to carry out armed operations in coordination with fund...
FBIS3-34880_0
Motives Behind U.S. Foreign Aid Distribution Examined
Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Commentary prepared by the News Research and Commentaries Group] [Text] A bill for foreign aid in 1994 amounting to $20.861 billion has been submitted to Congress. The Zionist regime is to receive more than $3 billion, while Egypt is to receive $2.116 billion of this amount. Politica...
FBIS3-34880_1
Motives Behind U.S. Foreign Aid Distribution Examined
Political observers believe that such so-called financial aid is to pursue objectives that are 100-percent political in nature. The six-point criteria of the U.S. State Department, which is in charge of distributing this aid, does not fully justify the method of distribution, and this signals the existence of other cov...
FBIS3-34883_1
Commentary on Talks With Georgian Foreign Minister
is said to be the expansion and consolidation of Iranian-Georgian relations and cooperation in all fields. In the talks that were held between the officials of Tehran and Tbilisi, the expansion of the two countries' relations, important regional problems, the current crises in the Caucasus, and other topics were discus...
FBIS3-34887_0
Secular Party Leader Urges Clerics To Step Down
Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Report by Safa Ha'iri: "Nation of Iran Party Leader Urges Clergy To Abandon Power"] [Excerpts] Paris--Iran yesterday celebrated the 15th anniversary of the Islamic revolution amid calls by its leaders for mobilization against "foreign aggression" and the "economic blockade" imposed on...
FBIS3-34896_0
Ambassador to Europe Interviewed on Peace Process
Language: French Article Type:BFN [Interview with Mordekhay Drori, Israeli ambassador to the European Communities, by Olivier Gosset; place and date not given: "Mideast: Development Must Go Hand in Hand With Peace Process" -- first two paragraphs are introduction] [Text] A few days after the agreement on security signe...
FBIS3-34931_1
MIO Director Reacts to Ekeus Remarks to CNN
to CNN on 15 February 1994. In these statements, Ekeus gave the impression that Iraq continues to withhold part of the information pertaining to chemical weapons. As a matter of fact, Ekeus has made it clear in letters addressed to me that Iraq has provided the required information regarding its previous programs, that...
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Turkish Government Urged To Save `Eroding Economy'
was more secure than the other countries because its borders with Iraq were under the control of the central government [in Baghdad]. Such security does not exist at all now because of the miserable situation in northern Iraq. Turkey's attempts to coordinate with the so-called Kurdistan Front as well as its relations w...
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Islamic Front Threatens To Make Envoys `Hostages'
these forces, al-Sanusi unleashed a scathing attack on the so-called global arrogant forces and their Arab and African satellites. One of the Islamic Front militia recruits asked whether the Islamic regime can stand fast to the end in the face of the blockade and its harmful effects on society. The recruit said society...
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Al-Majali Discusses Peace, Army, Other Issues
of power. We need the United States' assistance to refurbish the armed forces and provide training as it is doing for other states. [Finnigan] What sort of military hardware does Jordan need from the United States? [Al-Majali] Basic things to defend ourselves like ammunition for training and spare parts. [Finnigan] Wha...
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Al-Qadhdhafi Blames Christians, Jews for Problems
fall into the plot of the Catholics, the Protestants, the Christians, and the Israelis. The issue of Bosnia-Herzegovina is one thing, where as the annihilation of Muslims in Bosnia is another thing. We are against the annihilation of Muslims; we should stand by them in Bosnia-Herzegovina. As for the political war, i.e ...
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Political Islam Review: AL-USRAH AL-'ARABIYAH 10 Feb
they entered Egypt as U.S. citizens. The minister noted that it is unimportant whether an expert is a Jew or not. The education minister "launched a fierce attack on the Islamists who had exposed the methods used in developing the curricula and obliterating the Islamic identity from the curricula." The minister reporte...
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Lockerbie Suspects: West Is `Settling Scores'
Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Report by Ashraf al-Faqiyy: "Fahimah al-Miqrahi Tells AL-HAYAH: Lockerbie Is a Settling of Scores"] [Text] Tripoli -- Al-Amin Khalifah Fahimah and 'Abd-al-Basit al-Miqrahi, the two Libyans suspected of involvement in blowing up the PanAm plane over Scotland five years ago, have said t...
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Allocates 15 Million Dinars for Karkuk
Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Text] President leader Saddam Husayn has ordered the allocation of 15 million dinars to promote services in the city of Karkuk. Al-Ta'mim Governor Hisham Sabah Fakhri announced this to the IRAQI NEWS AGENCY correspondent in the al-Ta'mim Governorate. The governor added that the amount...
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Columnist: Put `Espionage' Satellites Under UN Control
Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Article by Mazhar 'Arif: "Toward International Control of Earth Satellites"] [Text] It is time the earth satellites of a military and intelligence nature are placed under international control. For it is inconceivable for the big powers, headed by the United States, to continue violat...
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Fatah Officials Comment on Situation in Gaza Al-Zuray'i Notes Gazans' `Frustration'
into categories. There are those who are beyond reform and have crossed the point of no return, and there are those who got involved inadvertently or were wronged. Some of the latter could be returned to the national ranks or neutralized. At any rate, the situation in the Gaza Strip is difficult, like the other occupie...
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Editorial: Pakistan `Lever' for U.S. Pressure on Delhi
Pressler amendment, at least for the time being, would, without doubt, prompt questions about the U.S. policy. Indications that the Clinton administration was increasingly in favour of repealing the amendment on grounds that it no longer advances U.S. non- proliferation goals put a strain on Indo-U.S. relations. The mo...
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Editorial: Islamic Iran Has No Identity Crisis
was forced out of the country. His crime? Among all the evidence of injustice during the shah's rule and the lawlessness of his family members, the king's unquestionable subservience to Washington can be singled out as the stalk that broke the camel's back. Save the direct bombing of Iranian cities by U.S. fighter plan...
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Nazarbayev's Reaction to Clinton's Comments Cited
Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Text] The Kazakh president has said that during his recent meeting with the U.S. President, Clinton asked him to distance himself from the Islamic Republic of Iran. Nursultan Nazarbayev told correspondents in New York yesterday: Unfortunately the U.S. Administration's attitude toward...
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Officials, Radio Comment on Rushdie Fatwa Anniversary `No Relation' to Bosnian Crisis
Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Belgrade, Feb. 16, IRNA -- The decree pronounced five years ago by the father of the Islamic revolution, the late Imam Khomeyni, against the apostate author of The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie, bears no relation whatsoever to the Bosnian crisis, the Iranian Embassy in Belgrad...
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Officials, Radio Comment on Rushdie Fatwa Anniversary Rushdie Verdict To Stand
Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tehran, Feb. 17, IRNA -- An Iranian parliament deputy has recommended the West not to base its relations with Iran on a single person but rather view the situation realistically. Interviewed by the English daily TEHRAN TIMES Wednesday [16 February] Jalal Sa'Adatian commented on...
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Rebel Radio Views Political Developments
the Majles not only did not strengthen Hashemi-Rafsanjani but worked to the benefit of the conservatives inside the leadership. Hashemi-Rafsanjani had assumed that if the extremists inside the leadership were set aside and especially did not participate in the Majles, the rest of the opponents could be tamed by giving ...
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Minister Hails `Good Relations' With Iran
Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] London, Feb. 17, IRNA -- Kuwaiti Minister of Information Shaykh Sa'ud al-Sabah says that Iran is a key ally for peace in the Persian Gulf, but he did not think there can be real security in the region while the Iraqi President Saddam Husayn remains in power. Speaking at a Londo...