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| Iran will protest to the International Court of Justice at the Hague and other global bodies about the U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe , the Iran Daily reported Monday. |
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| It quoted Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi as saying the radio |
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| It did not say when the complaints will be filed. The English-language daily also did not say which organizations Iran will approach besides the ICJ in the Netherlands . |
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| On Tuesday, Iran recalled its ambassador from Prague to protest the Czech government's assistance to the radio and said it would reduce the level of its economic and political cooperation with Prague. |
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| The American-sponsored station also began broadcast s directed to Iraq on Friday. In a trial period of several weeks, the station will broadcast one 30-minute program a day to Iran and Iraq. |
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| The Farsi -language service to Iran was approved by the Czech government in August. |
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| Radio Free Europe began transmitting from Munich, Germany , in 1951, spreading uncensored news to Soviet -controlled countries behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War between the West and the Communist East. |
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| It moved its headquarters to Prague in 1995 following the collapse of communism six years earlier. ti/vj |
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